#personal barks

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qifrey, verbatim: witches are extremely intolerant of any sort of difference and any perceived deficiencies.

multiple characters, verbatim: you should be very suspicious and sceptical of anyone who tries to keep knowledge from you.

the magical cops, verbatim: we are the ultimate judge and executor, and we will not hesitate to destroy anyone we deem heterodoxy

the fucking discourse i get and see on this anime/manga: i think tarta isn't allowed to learn magic bc he can't see well so they are protecting him. :) the monopoly on magic knowledge is good because people are silly and fans create silly spells, which shows no one should ever be given any knowledge that could be dangerous. this is good!

our entire real world information infrastructure in the background: sorry i can't tell you what a molotov cocktail is bc it's dangerousss hehe :) buy our products to help break your bones so your rectangular body fits this circular mould!

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also people said the utena movie is, like, more surrealist and less to-the-point than the anime and yet.

multiple times through the movie they literally just vocally say points about the series. "this person was abused and it fucked them up" shows up multiple times. "we need to escape the princess/prince binary it's hurting all of us" shows up like. twice as well. touga's victimhood is obscured by his perpetuating the cycle in the anime but in the movie they literally just go "abuse and prince expectations killed him".

the anime is a bit obtuse with how it handles utena (and everyone else) being influenced by the prince mythos, but the movie just literally goes "the influence was another victim of the mythos".

akio's double-identity/history with dios also got purified into a very obvious "the prince turned corrupt and lost" scene.

the concept of graduation and being stuck apparently missed some people so the movie just goes "THEY NEED TO ESCAPE CHILDHOOD AND DETERMINE THEIR OWN WAYS TO BE ADULTS IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD"

not to mention anthy making moves on utena every single scene they're in bc it's ikuni's movie and he's making it obvious they're not just really good friends.

good movie. shiori would turn into a car out of closeted spite

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with heated rivalry we are getting one step closer to the REAL ideal gay sports show........ rugby....................

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hyuuganatsu-san i hate jinshi too. it doesn't have to be this way. make shisui and maomao kiss and be reborn as a bee sipping nectar off a lily blossom or whatever

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sorry im sobbing how do three grown men in like their 30s-40s not collectively know what nosferatu, count chocula and edward cullen sound/act like

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i love her so fucking much im going into hysterics there are tears in my eyes,,

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got a good pic of me taken today and turns out I smile the most sincere when thinking about women who are war criminals

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really crucial context on me claiming wasps are my best friends, my big group share house a couple years back had a huge wasp nest in the walls and they attacked my flatmate's bitch boyfriend that i hate but whenever they'd come into my room we'd just exchange pleasantries and they'd leave