Princess Tutu, ep. 10-13
Wed, Nov. 8th, 2006 06:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterSpoilers for all four eps.
EEEEE! This just keeps getting better!
I spent the majority of the episodes yelling, "SO CUTE!" at the tv. Fakir has apparently now joined the legion of anime and manga heroes and heroines for whom "baka" is a term of immense affection. Just... Fakir and Ahiru are so cute! I now have a giant soft spot for Fakir.
I wonder why this type of character pushes my buttons, while the alpha bastard one doesn't? Hrm.
And there's even more story meta! I cheered when Kraehe turned and talked directly to Herr Drosselmeyer, and the entire bit about people/characters in stories having to know their places was fascinating, although my brain is too soggy to actually figure it all out.
I felt bad for Edel-san, who I liked.
I hug Fakir repeatedly. That scene when he realizes Ahiru is the duck he hugged was awesome, particularly his extreme embarrassment about someone seeing him cry. Awwww!
And the whole bit where they subvert what happens and get a happy ending is cool too, though it left me wondering what in the world they were going to do for the second half! I'm guessing the series takes a left turn into the metanarrative territory?
I am sure there are far more intelligent things to say about this set of episodes re: meta and fairy tales and Swan Lake part 234 and story and puppets and characters, but my brain is still hung up on the sheer cuteness of Fakir and Ahiru.
EEEEE! This just keeps getting better!
I spent the majority of the episodes yelling, "SO CUTE!" at the tv. Fakir has apparently now joined the legion of anime and manga heroes and heroines for whom "baka" is a term of immense affection. Just... Fakir and Ahiru are so cute! I now have a giant soft spot for Fakir.
I wonder why this type of character pushes my buttons, while the alpha bastard one doesn't? Hrm.
And there's even more story meta! I cheered when Kraehe turned and talked directly to Herr Drosselmeyer, and the entire bit about people/characters in stories having to know their places was fascinating, although my brain is too soggy to actually figure it all out.
I felt bad for Edel-san, who I liked.
I hug Fakir repeatedly. That scene when he realizes Ahiru is the duck he hugged was awesome, particularly his extreme embarrassment about someone seeing him cry. Awwww!
And the whole bit where they subvert what happens and get a happy ending is cool too, though it left me wondering what in the world they were going to do for the second half! I'm guessing the series takes a left turn into the metanarrative territory?
I am sure there are far more intelligent things to say about this set of episodes re: meta and fairy tales and Swan Lake part 234 and story and puppets and characters, but my brain is still hung up on the sheer cuteness of Fakir and Ahiru.
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duckgirl/deadbeat knight=OTP
Wed, Nov. 8th, 2006 03:43 pm (UTC)Oh God episode 12 made me fall for Fakir and Fakir/Ahiru SO HARD. "Can ducks drown...? Well, for her it's a possibility...BAKA!" The entire exchange, including one of the few "heroine is suddenly naked in front of cute guy" scenes that feels relevant and not just fanservice! And the way he smiles at her after they swim through the tunnel. [Claymation!Rudolph] He thinks she's CUUUUUTE! [/Rudolph]
It does not hurt on the Fakir side that he is A)tall B)lean C)dressed in attractive black D)carrying a sword E)a goofball F)a hero G)a book lover. And smarter than the average shoujo male with his ability to put two and two together--"A duck...duck...where have I seen a duck befo--OH CRAP." H)a duck lover!
I believe I shrieked when Kraehe turned around and talked to Drosselmeyer directly. Whooo, gears!
I love that Ahiru gets around her fairytale limitation using a traditional-fairytale-style technicality: she can't speak her love and live, but none of the rules said anything about dance-mime communication. (I so need a dictionary of ballet-mime moves! All I know is love, death, and Princess Tutu's come dance with me hands.) And that Fakir does the "I'm going to sacrifice myself nobly now so you can be the awesome hero I know you are" thing usually left to shoujo females, so he and Ahiru can work together with both of them defying their fates and finding glory.
Re: duckgirl/deadbeat knight=OTP
Wed, Nov. 8th, 2006 04:28 pm (UTC)When Ahiru started dancing, I whacked myself on the forehead for not having seen that coming.
When Fakir realized the duck was Ahiru, I nearly fell off the couch because I was so happy! That was so good! And the blushing and the yelling!
I hesitate about OTPing them, just because I'm scared the story won't go that way. But I have a little smidgen of hope because the series subverts fairy tale things and who knows! But... so cute!