hes interpretive dancing his sinister brainwashed exposition right now
incredible
princess tutu is “interpretive dance your exposition” the show
h8 drosselymeyer but i still laughed
“Princes are actively terrible, they should go away and let ladies get shit done” is the Utena story
“Princes are adorable but useless, they should sit back and let ladies get shit done” is the Princess Tutu story.
i almost feel bad about the extent she has to take care of this child she is like bringing him an umbrella so he doesn’t drown out in the rain because you know this poor bastard would, he would literally stand staring up at the rain with his mouth open because he hadn’t gotten his “get out of the rain” heart shard back. Next time Ahiru will have to brink his galoshes too and shoo him to safety she has such a hard life poor thing.
HOW MUCH DO I LOVE THAT AHIRU KNOWS THAT IF MYTHO GOES OFF ALONE SHE BETTER GO AFTER HIM BECAUSE HE WILL INEVITABLY BE KIDNAPPED/BRAINWASHED/TARGETED BY EVIL/ FALL OUT OF A WINDOW and she will have to SAVE HIS ASS. She’s genre-saavy. Seriously you cannot leave this boy alone for 2 mins. And Fakir is really terrible at looking after him, tho he tries
will never get tired of easily brainwashed and kidnapped magical girl love interests (or oopsturnsouthe’snotherloveinterest in PT’s case but same diff whatevs) who constantly need their asses saved by ladies best genre best thing.
in their bedroom Mytho’s hanging out with no pants looking really eager to rip his nightshirt off while Fakir attempts to brood in the bed next to him. business as usual in tutuland
a rose wilts between them symbolically. Which makes me wonder if Ikuko Itoh and Ikuhara were friends or had any relationship? I mean, she animated the BEST EPISODES of Sailor Moon S and Ikuhara directed that so they must have met. Or maybe not. I LIKE TO IMAGINE THEY’RE FRIENDS THOUGH BC U KNO IKUHARA WOULD LOVE THE SHIT OUTTA PRINCESS TUTU. And this is Itoh’s shout out to his rose obsession. Except that last one is def stretching it roses are common symbolism but work with me here.
UGH RUE
BABY DON’T DO THIS TO ME
it’s so clear she doesn’t believe she’s worthy of being loved for herself and that she didn’t choose her role, it was forced on her and she felt she had to embrace it. And her arc is about reclaiming that agency.
Is there seriously any other interpretation/play on Swan Lake that treats “the Black Swan” with such sympathy, respect, and allows her to grow and learn and actually change and be rewarded and have a friendship with the White Swan? If there is, I’d be interested bc the only other play on it I know of treats the Black Swan as the white swan’s self invented *evil lesbian counterpart* so.
this is why Princess Tutu rocks part 2 billion.
ADVICE FROM A MASTER
also why are fansubs inevitably always better than official subs. THE TERM IS FLEA COLLAR.
