Anthy2 was also changed, though she kept the goal of freeing herself (both selves?), but became willing to do anything to for that goal.
Did Anthy really have a goal? The sense I got was that she was simply hiding as much as possible from herself and her actions. The Rose Bride has no will of her own, she's a 'doll with no heart'. After sacrificing everything herself for Dios/Akio for so long, she doesn't know how to be any other way. (Possibly it hurts less if there isn't a real person there to be hurt, in a sense.)
For me, the way Utena revolutionized the world was in reaching the real person Anthy, not the dissociated shell, and convincing her to take an action for herself. She grabbed for Utena's hand, knowing that Utena would be killed or terribly hurt trying to save her - accepting someone else's sacrifice instead of being the sacrifice. If there was an Anthy1 and an Anthy2, they merged back together at that point. I'm not sure that they ever were completely separate, but Anthy at the end is much more like a whole person, much more present, than before.
(The events in the ep.12 duel (with Touga), and the lyrics for that duel song explain some of what's going on in Anthy's head and the nature of the split. I think. Maybe.)
...And I have another theory, said the brontosaurus expert, but will hold off unless you actually want to hear it. :)
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Date: 5 August 2005 05:21 am (UTC)Did Anthy really have a goal? The sense I got was that she was simply hiding as much as possible from herself and her actions. The Rose Bride has no will of her own, she's a 'doll with no heart'. After sacrificing everything herself for Dios/Akio for so long, she doesn't know how to be any other way. (Possibly it hurts less if there isn't a real person there to be hurt, in a sense.)
For me, the way Utena revolutionized the world was in reaching the real person Anthy, not the dissociated shell, and convincing her to take an action for herself. She grabbed for Utena's hand, knowing that Utena would be killed or terribly hurt trying to save her - accepting someone else's sacrifice instead of being the sacrifice. If there was an Anthy1 and an Anthy2, they merged back together at that point. I'm not sure that they ever were completely separate, but Anthy at the end is much more like a whole person, much more present, than before.
(The events in the ep.12 duel (with Touga), and the lyrics for that duel song explain some of what's going on in Anthy's head and the nature of the split. I think. Maybe.)
...And I have another theory, said the brontosaurus expert, but will hold off unless you actually want to hear it. :)