What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

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What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

Post by galileanTactician » Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:47 pm

So, recently I was just clicking through the panels of Homestuck^2 and I happened to notice a particular poster for the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena. Keep in mind, while I do know that it exists, I'm completely unfamiliar with the actual plot of the show. What would warrant the appearance of such a icon, and has it had relevance to Homestuck prior to the sequel?
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Post by egg » Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:53 pm

Dirk's a canon weeaboo, and probably just set it up there himseelf. It's meant to be a subversive work - as far as I know, that's the only connection.
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Re: What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

Post by galileanTactician » Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:55 pm

egg wrote:
Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:53 pm
Dirk's a canon weeaboo, and probably just set it up there himseelf. It's meant to be a subversive work - as far as I know, that's the only connection.
I mean true. I've also heard that OD is a stan for it so that may have warranted it. Though honestly im just not getting how it plays into the greater story.
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Re: What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

Post by paladinnertime » Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:02 pm

Utena and homestuck both draw heavily from gnosticism.
So like do highbloods just love milk or what?

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Post by Dream Muttman » Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:16 pm

galileanTactician wrote:
Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:47 pm
So, recently I was just clicking through the panels of Homestuck^2 and I happened to notice a particular poster for the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena. Keep in mind, while I do know that it exists, I'm completely unfamiliar with the actual plot of the show. What would warrant the appearance of such a icon, and has it had relevance to Homestuck prior to the sequel?
There's some connections, mostly in the way they're constructed as metanarratives and the fact that they're coming of age stories? But if you want an honest answer, it's because it's pretty gay and the writers probably like it.
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Post by Joyfulldreams » Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:54 pm

I've also heard that OD is a stan for it so that may have warranted it.
It was absolutely Taz. He's an Utena super-fan and considering he's an HS2 writer, there is absolutely going to be more Utena references as well as Utena-inspired...stuff, in the story.

And yes, both Utena and Homestuck borrow heavily from Gnosticism in terms of theming and various other things.

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Re: What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

Post by classpectanon » Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:56 pm

utena is both gay and meta, so its a pretty natural fit.

also just knowing dirk's personality its absolutely the kind of high-brow anime he'd use to justify weeb superiority over other anime fans, given the opportunity.
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Post by calamityCons » Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:02 pm

Dirk probably also goes on huge tirades about Neon Genesis Evangelion and refuses to acknowledge anyone’s upset feelings about the movie
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Post by Auntie » Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:09 pm

Notably, the other two posters next to Utena are Gravitation and Sarazanmai. Gravitation is a late 90s bl anime and Sarazanmai, while I'm not super familiar with it, has major gay romance(s?). So the gay part I think is a pretty big factor- Dirk's got that one pride flag in there now too.
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Post by thorondraco » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:28 pm

calamityCons wrote:
Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:02 pm
Dirk probably also goes on huge tirades about Neon Genesis Evangelion and refuses to acknowledge anyone’s upset feelings about the movie
Think he would complain about Shinji being a bitch despite having a literal god's power at his command.

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Post by Joyfulldreams » Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:00 am

Do note that Sarazanmai was also directed by Horikoshi, the director of Utena. ALL of Horikoshi's discography is going to end up in Homestuck at some point if Taz has anything to say about it. Which he does.

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Re: What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

Post by aspiringWatcher » Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:26 am

Joyfulldreams wrote:
Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:00 am
Do note that Sarazanmai was also directed by Horikoshi, the director of Utena. ALL of Horikoshi's discography is going to end up in Homestuck at some point if Taz has anything to say about it. Which he does.
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Post by Joyfulldreams » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:10 pm

YOU RIGHT. YOU RIGHT.

IT WAS LIKE 2 AM FOR ME. OKAY?????

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Re: What the hell does Revolutionary Girl Utena have to do with Homestuck?

Post by Crpal » Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:52 pm

Dirk is a weeb with good taste

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