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Okay, sorry this is late. The first draft was actually finished before the due date, but then editing it down to under five thousand words proved to be more difficult than I thought. Sorry!


Title: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To My Inevitable Doom
Author: elektra3
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Pairing: Fakir/Ahiru
Spoilers: The entire anime.
Notes: This essay is anime-only, as a) the manga is, in my opinion, considerably inferior to the anime and b) much of Fakir's backstory and character development gets thrown out the window for the manga, making the relationship between him and Ahiru neither as important or as interesting as it is in the anime. Screen caps were either taken from Once Upon A Time or The Waterside, with the exception of one, which is actually an icon made by sleepdebtfairy.
A note on names: In the official release, names that are actually Japanese words (Ahiru, for example) are translated instead of being kept as they are, as was done in the fansubs. Though I own all the DVDs that have been released, I was first exposed to this show via fansubs, and the untranslated names are the ones I'm most familiar with. Thus, in this essay Duck is Ahiru, Mr. Cat is Neko-Sensei, and Gold Crown Town is Kinkan Town.

This essay will make a lot more sense if you're familiar with the series, but if you're not, here is an overview.


( He's a surly goth nerd! She's a magical ballerina duck! Together, they fight crime! )