Princess Tutu eps 10-13

[meganbmoore]

A prince without a heart, a villain without resolve, a knight who fears death and a princess who cannot express her love. Paraphrased, but quite succinct of HD.

And really, that is one active ghost, isn't it? Like all writers, he enjoys putting his characters through tons of hardship and angst...and then objects when they don't play along.

But in the end, the knight who fears death and the simple duck save the prince, the princess expresses her love without words, the villain learns you can't force love, and the knight watches the prince and princess dance the night away.

But...uhm...forget about that, because...

FAKIR!!! FakirFakirFakirFakir! And Fakir/Ahiru!

I swear, this anime just invaded my head so that it could cater to me in every way possible.

First, of course, we have Fakir as the grumpy, unpleasant guy with a nice guy inside. Then we have Fakir in the library, and then Fakir defending his prince with a sword. And then Fakir pretty much deciding that a sword is an extension of your hand, and that you should run around in solid black while weilding one. And, of course, showing his sweet side with the little duck. And then learning to be nice to the silly girl who wants to restore his prince's heart.

And of course, we have Fakir/Ahiru. They were, of course, guaranteed to be my thing...the grumpy guy who's more than a bit of a jerk, but nicer than he seems, and the sweet, cheerful girl who brings out his inner nice guy, and to top it off, they throw in the bonus of her only reaching his shoulders. Then they have things like her dragging him back to his room, bandaging him up and tucking him in, then falling asleep there(followed by his tough guy act, of course), checking the music room to make her happy, jumping off the chasm after her after she falls, and then declaring he will change fate and take on an army of crow swordsmen so that she won't have to express her love and disappear into a speck of light.

Yes, I have sunk into shameless shipping.

To cater to me more, it'd have to be Kyo/Yuya or Shuri/Sarasa. But really, it caters to me in all possible ways, not just all things Fakir(I desperately need Fakir icons.)

I will leave off with an MV I'm told has the power to win anyone over to the power of Princess Tutu:

Now for Ahiru to get over Mytho and go cuddle in the library with Fakir...

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

There is anime about ballet? Ballet????

Now i've seen everything :)

*Is still traumatized by childhood attempt of parental figures to get her to try ballet*

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

"There is anime about ballet? Ballet????"

Actually it's about fairy tales, and the characters attend a dance school.

But yeah, I found the ballet part really offputting when I first heard of it(how could it possibly be interesting with BALLET as a them? And yet it works so amazingly well...) but caved to 2 extremely reliable recs and was sucked in the first episode(and both the recs are allergic to magical girl shojo on top of that, so I knew it had to be Special.)

I don't recall the last time I was as immediately in love with an anime character as I am with Fakir. It may have been Kougaiji...

(thankfully, I have been a clutz since birth, so nothing beyond beginning gymnastics was ever tried on me)

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED PRINCESS TUTU?!

If you only see one anime in your life, make it this one!! Or Ouran.

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

It's really an anime about the fairy tales and stories that are told through ballet and opera.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

This is hardly new -- one of the classic 70s shoujo manga is all about ballet (http://www.dccomics.com/cmx/?action=on_sale&i=2419) -- 21 volumes' worth of ballet! (http://littlegiselle.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/swan/)

(Really, if you can think of a subject, there's probably a manga about it....)

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Gratuitous icon comment.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Allow me to add my voice to the pimping (http://spectralbovine.livejournal.com/103594.html)! I have no interest in ballet but have a great love of fairy tales and storytelling and metanarratives!

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

I love Tutu so much. Except for me it's all about Ahiru, then Fakir, then Fakir and Ahiru, then Rue and Mythos. And Edel. The entire cast, pretty much.

[tinyangl.livejournal.com]

OH. OH. I LOVED PRINCESS TUTU. *_________________* You're posting about it repeatedly is making me utterly want to rewatch it. I loved Ahiru/Fakir so much. I think I even went on a rampage about a few months before my JE obsession looking for fic because seriously... I adore them together. And Fakir always broke my heart. And EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Okay. So make this another one on the list of things I need to rewatch.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

my mainlining tendencies alternately make people flee in terror or squee like fangirls, i think.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Whenever I watch that video, it really brings home at how well the choreography is done in this series. You can tell Rue is a more skilled dancer than Ahiru (in girl form).

I adore this series. Adore, adore, adore, and you've hit on pretty much every reason why so far.

Gonna have to rewatch this weekend. Hahaha.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yes, you should. And post on it so I can read other people's Tutu posts.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have nothing to post about that you and magicnoire haven't already said, more thoughtfully than I can.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

octopedingenue and coffeeandink have a lot, I think. Click on my "princess tutu" tag - used today - and I have some links to other discussion.

Er, don't read them until you've finished the series, though. :D