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[skygiants]

Am I ever going to pass up an opportunity to babble extensively about AWESOME LADIES? The answer is: no, I most certainly am not!

Therefore, stolen from in_the_blue and a few other people by now: name a canon you know I know, and I'll tell you (in no particular order) my three favorite females and why. And then I'll name a canon for you, because I'm just as curious as I am eager to share.

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Princess Tutu! Because nothing says badass like a tutu.

[skygiants]

Princess Tutu, I am ashamed to say, is pretty easy for me because even though there are lots of awesome ladies there are clearly some that hold special places in my heart.

Rue: After several rewatches, Rue has become completely my favorite character in the series. She's so complicated, and she grows so much, and there's so much she gives up - I love how human she is deep down, and how her friendship with Duck is ultimately as important as her relationship with Mytho (even though she's never talked to another girl like this, she doesn't think she hates it!) and how the one thing she knows how to do is love, and every time I hear "The Dying Swan" these days, I have to stop and go RUUUUUUUUUUE in my heart.

Duck: Of course I adore Duck! Drosselmeyer's Mary Sue who destroys the script and thwarts tragedy single-handedly, just by real person who cares about everyone and not just the pretty boy she's supposed to be in love with. I love her terrible taste in clothing (DUCK PANTS) and her amazing Fakir impressions and how very, very hard she tries, and most of all I love how she refuses to vanish. Because she doesn't need to sacrifice herself to save the boy, she just needs to be herself.

Pique: I love Pique because she is so SANE. It's easy to miss because Lilie is so crazy! But Pique is completely under the impression that she's in a normal dance school and people should react in normal ways. So she has a crush on the jerktastic-but-hot older boy (and finds Mytho totally boring, which I find hilarious) and tells Duck to do her homework and runs around doing normal teenaged things. And I love that she's the only person who goes up to Mytho and is like, "hey, that Fakir relationship? That - that looks kind of unhealthy. And maybe you should get out of that." I mean, she's going after the wrong person in this case, but it's a SENSIBLE REACTION.

Revolutionary Girl Utena!

[web-of.livejournal.com]

Aaaaa, Utena is kinda hard since there are so many awesome ladies to choose from!

Anthy: I love how Anthy changes, so very subtly, over the series, and how you get that little 'ohsnap' moment when you're rewatching and realize what she must've actually been thinking. I love how, despite being sympathetic in the end, she is still not completely a good person. And it's understandable that she isn't! And I love so much her giant fuck you to Akio at the very end.

Utena: You can't watch this series and not love Utena. She's completely awesome, in ways that I'm sure I don't have to explain. But what I love most about her are those little peeks at fucked-upedness we get as the series progresses, ultimately culminating in a complete deconstruction of her beliefs.

Nanami: Nanami is completely hilarious, for one thing. From her first appearance she is pretty much the best scheming Mean Girl ever. But out of all the characters in Utena, I think she's the one that grows the most, and, is, in a sense, the normalest out of the bunch. Compare her reactions to the news people are yanking swords out of duelists' chests with the rest of the student council's. Her main concern is how much it hurts. That's what I love about her, she knows she's in a weirdass show. And she's still obsessed with her brother.

[skygiants]

That is one of the many reasons I love Utena! *_* In the end, it is ALL ABOUT the ladies, including the three that you mentioned who are ALL AMAZING. (And man, I keep thinking I have an Utena icon and realizing I don't. One day soon I will have to remedy this. :O)