Ahhh, yes! And if Mytho's role had been assigned to a female, as it typically is, then does that make Ahiru's role as the lead character typically male? Probably. But this is a story that belongs to the females, whoo, and we're not talking about the dancing and the flowers.
Mytho is the most passive character since the stupid girl I hate from Phantom of the Opera.
If you've ever watched any Utena, then you'll understand me when I say that he is the Anthy of the series, only for helpless birds instead of flowers! They are both impassive and, umm, objects, and sort of tossed around by the other characters - though in Utena, the tossing of Anthy is much more crude and sexual and downright annoying. I like Mytho a lot more than I like Anthy, though; actually, it's more like I hate Anthy, whereas I tolerate and appreciate Mytho without any particular preference. (ANTHY, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ROSE BRIDE, JUST SAY SO. Utena, Juri, and Miki are not such jerks that they'd fight for you when you make it clear that you hate it, Touga's busy womanizing everyone else, and Saionji's an easy win for Utena.) I don't... even want to get into Anthy's issues with her brother. I didn't get far enough in the series to completely understand them, either.
Admittedly, I did love Utena the character. But anyway, yes - what started out as a power struggle to protect Mytho, with the male in the lead, ended up an achievement of all three but particularly through the girls. I also loved that Fakir could not counter-write through Mytho's perspective but only through Ahiru's - this doesn't only highlight that Fakir's understanding of Ahiru far surpassed his understanding of anyone else, but also that Ahiru, the pacifist female, had the most of whatever it took to return the rest of Mytho. It marked Fakir's growth when he allowed his role to become Ahiru's and when he came to the realization that he is Mytho's support by being Ahiru's support - and I will never stop loving that he doesn't drop the role of support after the story, but only lives up to it by staying with Ahiru when he no longer needs to.
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Re: MORE SPOILERS!
Date: 2008-01-28 04:51 am (UTC)Mytho is the most passive character since the stupid girl I hate from Phantom of the Opera.
If you've ever watched any Utena, then you'll understand me when I say that he is the Anthy of the series, only for helpless birds instead of flowers! They are both impassive and, umm, objects, and sort of tossed around by the other characters - though in Utena, the tossing of Anthy is much more crude and sexual and downright annoying. I like Mytho a lot more than I like Anthy, though; actually, it's more like I hate Anthy, whereas I tolerate and appreciate Mytho without any particular preference. (ANTHY, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ROSE BRIDE, JUST SAY SO. Utena, Juri, and Miki are not such jerks that they'd fight for you when you make it clear that you hate it, Touga's busy womanizing everyone else, and Saionji's an easy win for Utena.) I don't... even want to get into Anthy's issues with her brother. I didn't get far enough in the series to completely understand them, either.
Admittedly, I did love Utena the character. But anyway, yes - what started out as a power struggle to protect Mytho, with the male in the lead, ended up an achievement of all three but particularly through the girls. I also loved that Fakir could not counter-write through Mytho's perspective but only through Ahiru's - this doesn't only highlight that Fakir's understanding of Ahiru far surpassed his understanding of anyone else, but also that Ahiru, the pacifist female, had the most of whatever it took to return the rest of Mytho. It marked Fakir's growth when he allowed his role to become Ahiru's and when he came to the realization that he is Mytho's support by being Ahiru's support - and I will never stop loving that he doesn't drop the role of support after the story, but only lives up to it by staying with Ahiru when he no longer needs to.