[image description: various stills from revolutionary girl utena with tumblr text posts and other social media text superimposed:
utena backflipping while dueling akio, with a post by threedollarsdotcom that reads, “taught my living weapon how to do backflips on the trampoline.”
utena and anthy holding hands while lying in their beds, with a post by feintlaurent that reads, “girls be in their bedrooms. spiraling and what not.”
utena looking ruefully at her rose crest ring, with a post by snailune that reads, “oooohhhh ok. the more you deny yourself the more you lose yourself.”
nanami looking annoyed, with a facebook post that reads, “i don’t claim to know a lot, but i suspect several things…..!!”
wakaba walking past anthy, who wears saionji’s hairclip, with a post by daftpatience that reads, “and what if the character wasn’t directly rejected but at every turn they were made to experience situations that made them feel completely irrefutably unwanted. what then.”
utena pulling the sword of dios from anthy’s chest, with text that reads, “friendship moving way too fast.”
nanami sitting curled up on the floor with a defeated expression while anthy stands over her, holding a saw, with a post by lawoftheclaw that reads, “*wrinkles nose* shouldn’t you be repressing that.”
anthy and utena reaching out for each other’s hands, with a post by soracities that reads, “if u understand looks and if u understand hands u understand romance no dialogue required.”
juri standing hunched over her desk, with a post by ring2002 that reads, “sexually repressed people be like ‘i have an ancient evil stirring within me. no one can know’ and it’s literally just craving intimacy.”
utena blushing as she sees her name written under anthy’s outside their dorm room, with text reading, “comically mismatched roommate wanted.”
utena and miki looking at the ruins of nemuro memorial hall, with a post by nevaurs that reads, “’gentle reminder-‘ violent forget !!! ❌”
akio revealing himself as the final duelist, with a post by leannihilation-deactivated20230 that reads, “i don’t care that you were queerbaited [said like a cruel prince].”
nanami in a nightmare where her shadow takes the form of a cow, with a post by thepleasuregoblin that reads, “we are committed to ensuring all of our meat is ethically sourced. every steak you eat at this restaurant came from a cow who perished in an honorable duel to the death with one of our chefs. this is our promise to you.”
two stills, one of utena placing anthy’s hand on her own chest as they gaze into each other’s eyes, the other of shiori cupping juri’s chin as they gaze into each other’s eyes, along with a text post by phantasyhalation that reads, “if you held me at gunpoint and told me to identify the one greatest fuel for occult forces: it has gotta be the lesbian situationship.”
