Thanks! And I'll have to look over that list of recs.
That scene in Episode 12 was actually one of the scenes that was in the first draft, and then got cut out. Not that I'm not happy with the essay I posted here, but the first draft was definitely more complete. Unfortunately, it was also about fifteen thousand words over the limit, so a lot of it went into the Great Dustbin of Editing.
When Fakir first clapped for the Rue/Ahiru dance in episode two I laughed, and thought "Wow wouldn't it be weird if they made the rude, surly, unhappy kid became her love interest instead of the popular bishie romantic kid we all know she's going to end up with?"
The great thing about Fakir/Ahiru is that it sort of sneaks up on you: They spend so much time hitting the audience on the head with the Great Love between Mytho and Princess Tutu and how Princess Tutu will come to a tragic end when she confesses her love, isn't that sad, yadda yadda yadda, that any possible Fakir/Ahiru hints get immediately dismissed by the viewer as them reading too much into things.
And then comes the second half of the series, which cheerfully stomps on all your expectations and dances the flamenco on their weakly twitching remains. But that's another story.
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Date: 2006-02-26 04:17 am (UTC)That scene in Episode 12 was actually one of the scenes that was in the first draft, and then got cut out. Not that I'm not happy with the essay I posted here, but the first draft was definitely more complete. Unfortunately, it was also about fifteen thousand words over the limit, so a lot of it went into the Great Dustbin of Editing.
When Fakir first clapped for the Rue/Ahiru dance in episode two I laughed, and thought "Wow wouldn't it be weird if they made the rude, surly, unhappy kid became her love interest instead of the popular bishie romantic kid we all know she's going to end up with?"
The great thing about Fakir/Ahiru is that it sort of sneaks up on you: They spend so much time hitting the audience on the head with the Great Love between Mytho and Princess Tutu and how Princess Tutu will come to a tragic end when she confesses her love, isn't that sad, yadda yadda yadda, that any possible Fakir/Ahiru hints get immediately dismissed by the viewer as them reading too much into things.
And then comes the second half of the series, which cheerfully stomps on all your expectations and dances the flamenco on their weakly twitching remains. But that's another story.