Revolutionary Girl Utena AMV about losing ego, attachments, and deep trauma in the pursuit of freedom and agency.

Utena is story that doesn't really live in its plot line, but rather in the depth of its esoteric metaphors that a viewer has to decipher themselves. Every character is living in a heavily controlled world, victims of their perceived roles and sense of confidence within them, and at some point have had innocence violently ripped from them. Everyone seems to want to go back to a time where they last felt control except Utena and Anthy who conspire to break free at any cost without knowing what's beyond (and we don't get to know either). Its my opinion that Utena and other characters can transform into cars because it's a metaphor for using your own power and how necessary it sometimes is to strip most of yourself away to abandon a poisonous world. I really tried to stay true to the artists' metaphors, but be as inventive as I could at the same time.

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I gotta say I first thought this song was a really typical bombastic song, but when you really listen to the lyrics, it's about an artist who is so bogged down by materialism, drug use, and a fear that he's too far down that road to climb back out. He's actually turning on his fans and blaming them while simultaneously mocking them, hence the "ha, ha, ha" chorus and starting the whole song off by saying, "I'm trying to put you in the worst mood." Interesting and gutsy move for an artist.

I hope this concept is fun for you to think about. It was crazy intimidating to start this and I gave it more of my energy than any video so far. I plan to keep having to say that ;).

Quick thanks to all my amazing subs that get this far. I want to let you know that I don't ever ask you to subscribe or like things because I really respect that fact that you know how to freaking use YouTube lol, but honestly, 669 (nice) subscribers is more than enough. I don't tie my ego up into that count; I'm genuinely excited to hear from every one of you :D! Stay safe out there and make your first AMV in lockdown! Join the club :)))))))!