@retrocelestial This! I saw utena just a couple years ago, even in this era it succeeds the landing. The ending is HOPEFUL. Anthy doesn't leave Utena, she leaves her oppressors and even mentions she will look for Utena! Sayolara did exactly the contrary
the context a work is created in matters when interpreting it. a yuri where the girls don’t kiss or state romantic feelings isn’t aroace rep any more than Class S is—they are all, for the most part, just a reflection of a society that doesn’t take lesbians seriously.
"Your love is so special that it will only ever be vaguely implied. You will separate. You will never be together. You can only have some vague hope reunion or live forever as someone's special bittersweet memory."
the love between two women is so special and ⭐different⭐ that we'll never actually say 'I love you' because we're SO BEYOND that! WE'RE A WHOLE NEW CATEGORY! SO DIFFERENT FROM HETEROS THAT all we have is a vague, implied, feeling than actually being together
This kind of empowering message works when a woman breaks the chains of patriarchy and "needs no man" because the large history of women being oppressed by men and those relationships being romanticized. We cannot apply the same to queer relationships.
Honestly it’s crazy how some ppl misunderstand what others mean when they say katsuki could’ve ended up like endeavor bc who the hell is talking ab katsuki becoming an abuser? I’m starting to think ppl are illiterate on purpose
being subtle about it to challenge views of love or whatever will Never be more "revolutionary" than explicit queer rep and i dont think we should be satisfied with anything less #tbh
No, we're just tired of lesbian relationships being teased to us and then left either vague enough that the hets can come in and say they weren't gay, or just taken away entirely.
Happened with GWitch even...
Lesbians in the anime community are just sick of it.
It's always irritated me when people are like "their bond is soooo much deeper than love or sex anyways" about subextual yuribait
Like ur just lesbophobic actually, why are you denigrating lesbian love and sexuality over a boring anime that can't commit. It's not like u got -