#the rose bride

[opia-jpg]

give me a reason to believe

#CAN YOU SEE MY VISION!!!!!! #THANK YOU FOR THE VENOM IS *THE* UTENA SONG TO ME #it's been so long and i still can't think about anthy too long or else i start clawing at the walls #i wanted to make a comic or animatic first (and i still might) but an illustration was something i really needed #it's been rotting in my brain long enough #now. the actual tags #revolutionary girl utena #anthy himemiya #shoujo kakumei utena #rgu #sku #rgu fanart #revolutionary girl utena fanart #the rose bride #mcr #thank you for the venom #id in alt

[ripleylarue]

The rose bride

#rgu anthy #anthy himemiya #anthy #lesbian art #revolutionary girl utena #the rose bride

[desirephim]

moonchild

#revolutionary girl utena #anthy himemiya #anthy himemiya fanart #the rose bride #anthy fanart #mine #artists on tumblr

[utopikia]

"witch"

cr. revolutionary girl utena settei (scanned by lin)

#revolutionary girl utena #shoujo kakumei utena #rgu #sku #少女革命ウテナ #anthy himemiya #rgu anthy #the rose bride #chiho saito #kunihiko ikuhara

[most-enchanting-magical-girl]

#anthy himemiya #the rose bride #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #diana cavendish #little witch academia #lwa #honoka yukishiro #cure white #pretty cure #precure #futari wa pretty cure #futari wa precure #magical girls #tournament #bracket #polls #group c #round 4 #anime

[local-lamppost]

Utena’s Caged Intelligence

Something of a continuation of this.

TL;DR Ohtori, like pretty much every school, was not designed for those with developing intelligence (like middle schoolers) to be able to grow and flourish.

So I’ve gone over a little bit of the initial curiosity of Utena and how that diminished, but I wanted to address some topics I might have missed because I mainly focused on Utena’s logic.

When I say logic, I mean her matter of fact/overtly blunt manner of problem solving. She forces her way through problems headstrong, making her solutions equate to the dumb joke stereotype. She sees things in a straight line in a world that is determined to pave only curved roads. Her logic makes her the biggest moron in a world of the illogical. This can actually be seen in Miki as well. Miki is an artist at heart, but doesn’t think he can express himself that way because of the “feminine” nature he’s been taught the language of art is. Miki tries to translate his artistic thoughts into logical dialog, and because of his inability to correlate his mind and voice it makes him one of the easiest characters to manipulate; he’ll mimic what those around him says-especially after an emotional moment-because that must be how a regular “logical” speaker would act.

Utena is similar to a degree, she’s just in no way self aware. Less frantic than Miki, but easier to condition once you can tug Utena’s logic away from her own and onto someone else’s (Akio’s).

Utena is not allowed to come to her own conclusions. Akio or Anthy or whatever student council member has been enlisted are all quick to put her in situations that derive her of exploring other options. It becomes that the best way to solve her problems is to go along with the duels (to the point that she challenges Touga to a duel purely for herself and her own issues, because that’s how problems are solved at Ohtori).

I think the best way to dumb this thought process down is to think that everyone is playing a game. Utena plays by the book and is a naturally very skilled player, others will have mind games or better items to try to gain an upper hand; but then there are players like Touga, Akio, and Anthy who have cheats enabled, but Utena is unable to realize this.

Lastly, the point that can slip people’s mind is that Utena is 14 and the people pulling the strings are all older than her/more experienced. Akio is in his twenties or thirties(not even counting that he might be a magical immortal deity), Touga is both an upper classmen but someone who appears to be living the most ‘adult’ lifestyle of all the underage duelists (the mindest for them is very much sex=maturity/power), and Anthy’s bread and butter is preparing sacrifices for her brother(as well as being a maybe immortal witch).

Her age is Utena’s greatest detriment in the game she’s playing. The only characters that get manipulated as much as she does are Miki and Nanami (Nanami especially) and they are the youngest of the duelists. Yet there are the scant few times it gives her strength, such as her duel with Wakaba (but even then, this duel gave Akio that firm line in the sand he would need to eliminate to further bring Utena under his control).

A school is supposed to be where you go to grow your logical intelligence, while being placed in an environment meant to grow your social intelligence. Ohtori, under Akio’s direction, does not comply to this standard: they value the independence of the students. Something that sounds good, until you remember that these are kids still in need of support, support Akio is glad to provide as he frames himself as the only truly mature and reliable presence in these children’s lives.

#rgu #revolutionary girl utena #utena #anthy #the rose bride #akio ohtori #touga kiryuu #miki kaoru #ohtori academy #it phsysically makes me ill to talk about Akio #i hate him so much he's that well written #i want to write something about him but my disgust for that insect makes it difficult #ride your stupid carousel while utena helps anthy to save herself #no other character illicits such contempt and loathing from me

[boymagicalgirl]

Anthy has suffered more than Jesus Christ

my reference for this doodle that suddenly became this:

#leo arts #revolutionary girl utena #shoujo kakumei utena #anthy himemiya #the rose bride #la fillette revolutionnaire utena

[anna-neko]

Dontcha just love how all digital recording devices have timestamps of some kind (specifically tehre to call me out)

My camera - first photo taken at 11:44am, last photo taken at 4:50pm. The files naming convention lets it show that 413 shots were taken

full day for what.... a doll in some roses and my knees full of gravel

FRELLIN WORTH IT a++ cannot wait to do again

At some point you find yourself: sittin on the cold grass, legs splayed out, back bent at bizarre angle while attempting to steady self with elbow diggin into something, the very shiny metal doll-stand base balanced on your foot used as a make-shift reflector.... Yawp, hobbies were a mistake

#doll photography #Volks #Dollfie Dream #doll photos #ドルフィードリーム #Anthy #The Rose Bride #Revolutionary Girl Utena #少女革命ウテナ #姫宮 アンシー

[5trawb]

Himemiya

#the rose bride #rgu #revolutionary girl Utena #Anthy Himemiya #Art #2023 #5trawb #anime

[jaeharuart]

Wanted to paint Anthy Himemeiya from Shoujo Kakumei Utena for a long time now. Visuals in that anime have always been some of my favorite. This didn't really come out how I wanted it to but yolo. Here it is anyway : / All support and follow links for my art are here: https://linktr.ee/jaeharuart

#shoujo kakumei utena #revolutionary girl utena #anthy himemiya #himemiya anthy #jaeharuart #fanart #anime art #the rose bride #rose bride #concept art #rgu

[scilleros]

The Rose Bride

#Rgu #rgu anthy #anthy himemiya #anthy fanart #revolutionary girl utena #the rose bride

[desirephim]

anthy anthy

#revolutionary girl utena #anthy himemiya #rgu #anthy himemiya fanart #the rose bride #anthy fanart #mine #digital art #artists on tumblr #chibi #cute

[utopikia]

beautiful girls always carry snails in their pencil boxes!

cr. chiho saito original illustration collection~ revolutionary girl utena (scanned & uploaded by empty movement)

#revolutionary girl utena #shoujo kakumei utena #rgu #sku #少女革命ウテナ #anthy himemiya #rgu anthy #the rose bride #chiho saito

[most-enchanting-magical-girl]

#anthy himemiya #the rose bride #revolutionary girl utena #miyuki hoshizora #cure happy #smile pretty cure #smile precure #mashiro nijigaoka #cure prism #soaring sky pretty cure #soaring sky precure #magical girls #tournament #bracket #polls #group c #round 3 #match 1 #anime

[local-lamppost]

Utena and Questions

So I’ve recently made the mistake of rewatching Revolutionary Girl Utena for the thousandth time-while I’m sick too, so I’m mixing cough medicine and Ikuhara-and I’m again reminded of something that fascinates me about the beginning of the show/Utena’s early character. That is, Utena does question what’s going on. Quite often.

I know the joke is that Utena is a dumb jock/himbo type, and while this isn’t untrue it does a bit of disservice to the writing. Utena is quite smart, it’s just as the duels progress and her involvement/investment with it, Anthy begins conditioning her to just go with everything. The most literal example of this is Utena’s grades; Wakaba says she never needed to study much to get good grades in maths, but now she needs Miki to help her pass a make up exam.

Something not pointed out enough is Utena’s penchant for questions in the beginning. She tries on multiple occasions to get answers (What’s with the castle? Why is Anthy the Rose Bride? etc.) but every character, Anthy especially, shoots her down and encourages her to just except things as they are. Stop trying to figure things out, it is what it is Utena, who cares why a sword pops out of her chest.

And just as Utena is caught up into the romance and fantasy of the duels, where she acts like the prince, Utena stops asking questions; stops trying to learn about her situation and Anthy’s. Until, they open the coffin and promise to share a poisoned cup of tea.

#rgu #revolutionary girl utena #utena #utena tenjou #anthy himemiya #the rose bride #word of advice: utena and cold medicine should not mix #this was almost a rant about touga saying baby and proclaiming himself a feminest

[boymagicalgirl]

Hey I made an AMV for the first time :)

It was so much fun

#revolutionary girl utena #shoujo kakumei utena #anthy himemiya #the rose bride #utena amv #utena tenjou #leo’s obsessions #Youtube