i started watching sailor moon because of your blog and nothing you have said has prepared me for how absolutely dorktastic tuxedo mask’s theme music is

nothing can EVER prepare you

okay but you didn’t tell us what you got in this clickhole quiz

sorry. I’m Zoisite the negaforce-serving dirtbag and I’m going to date your daughter anway

Top 10 Ballet Theraphy Sessions?

10. Tutu allows Pike to get some character growth independent of Lillie

9. Tutu moonlights as a food critic 

8. Tutu convinces a ghost it’s time to let go of her attachments to the mortal plane

7. Tutu convinces a ghost it’s time to let go of his attachments to the mortal plane, a second time

6. Xtreme Group Therapy

5. Tutu reminds Freya that Mytho is nowhere NEAR as dope as FLOWERS

4. Tutu discovers the source of Fakir’s drama queen tendencies

3. Tutu retrieves the heart shard of being super gay

2. Tutu coaches a giant anteater through her unhealthy competitive impulses

1. lamp

Looks to me that “I’m never going to emotionally recover. But thank you anyway” should like be the tagline of this blog.

You are entirely correct.

oooh, there’s so much i wanna say now that you’re done with tutu and i don’t have to worry about spoiling you but where to start. a lot of people tend to interpret fakir’s entire role change as a stealthy ‘pen is mightier than the sword’ pun! playing off of that, a lot of people really enjoy how fakir / ahiru’s gender roles tends to play into this: the finale has ahiru going in to ‘fight’ while fakir’s more in the background being her support. any thoughts??

Can you imagine how angry Fakir would be if he found out that his Designated Role in The Story was just to be a vessel for a pun? he would transcend his own existence and enter the realm beyond his own reality to punch Drosselmeyer in the face

For sure, there’s a ton of gender-role-flippery going on. When Fakir threw away his sword and dedicated his life to creating things instead of destroying them, I was like “oh good, toxic masculinity is finally dead.” And the way Ahiru manages to take on an active role in the battle without it being a harmful one is perfect and I expect nothing less. Ahiru, Fakir, and Mytho are kind of like a party that’s all bards. They’re always playing defense and support, and use their art to heal each other up.

Because you called Drosselmeyer a self insert author, I keep imagining him as those fanfic author’s who would like break the fourth wall and randomly talk in the middle of chapters, which is basically what he does, so

“To save the prince, the duck decided to give up her life as a human forever. [Author’s Note: I know I’m going to get so much hate for this rofl xD I’m so evil mwahahaha >:D]”

You know, the Happy Ending of Princess Tutu becomes significantly less happy when you realize that the lifespan of a duck is 5-10 years.

Drosselmeyer sent this

I remember there was a lot of theorizing that Mr. Cat already HAD a family but he was anthropomorphized and they weren’t by the story, and he missed them and wanted to form a family again even though he couldn’t really remember them.

HIS OBSESSION WITH MARRIAGE IS JUST HIM SUBCONSCIOUSLY REMEMBERING HIS WIFE 😿😿😿

Is there anything your planning on watching after Princess Tutu?

Planning is for people who think about the future! (not me)

My tentative plan (LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!) is to finish Princess Tutu this weekend, then use school days to read some manga on the train and each weekend to do something y’all vote on (heavily leaning on a musical next though because gosh darn do I love musicals). But that’s contingent on my random, random work schedule.

i feel personally cheated that u didn’t include a screencap of fakir saying that he’ll stay by duck’s side forever even if she’s a duck but anyway i love your PT recap sm it’s amazing

I was too busy crying to properly capture the moment

I just… Remember that angry boy who just drop-kicked anything within a 10-yard radius of Mytho and thought that emotions were a trick of the devil? That character sure got some good development.