Do you like queer media with swordfights? Do you like series that deal with the concept of fiction and characters as a whole (this is an auto-yes because we're on the homestuck forum)
Then you should watch Revue Starlight! trust me you wont regret it. It's also pretty short, being a show, a movie, and a visual novel that isn't really necessary to read. There's also stageplays if you want more content. I just got done rewatching it for the 4th(?) time and it gets better every time :)
Have you seen Utena bc if not do I have a recc for you
re: Suiddo
I haven't! its on the list after I watch Madoka
Haha I was thinking about making a Revue Starlight thread! I still might. I think Utena's tone and themes are a little too dark to make a good direct reccomendation on the basis of liking starlight, but there *is* a lot of overlap--Junna and Nana's movie duel literally ends with an iconic reference to Utena, and Starlight's director is literally a protege of Utena's director who worked on several of his later shows in particular.
I looooove the movie. Wild-Screen Baroque is one of my favorite movies of all time, it is just such a surrealist tour de force and it's so incredible seeing the ways they recontextualize the power dynamics of all the relationships. Junna getting her time to shine! Claudine's orange stage light finally coming into focus on stage as the blazing orange fires of hell consuming Maya's white (Christian coded, straight coded) stage! Truly amazing stuff.
'"I thought this was a love story," you say.
Your Lola's insistence has remained with you since the beginning, and you say these words in a quiet manner, with a shrug, as if to let these performers know it is fine, it does not matter that much, this thought—that maybe the definition of what a love story is could be stretched to include all that has up till now taken place. You say it like an apology. Like it is a thing to be apologized for.
A runaway child, charging through the porcelain shelves:
I thought this was a love story. I had hoped this was a love story.
You say it with shame, embarrassed at having said it, wishing you could take it back.
You say it, worried that you have betrayed some secret part of yourself that does not wish to be exposed—
an old gremlin in you, sick and yearning. You say it with hope.
Timid, and without conviction.
The hope of someone who knows they are about to wake from a dream to a reality they do not understand. The pub awaits, as does your empty bed.
I thought this was a love story.
You regret having said it; as if you know it will lessen the quality of the tale. Rob it of its smoke and shadow. But still, you say it.
And this moonlit body smiles. And from the wings the patting of the drums slowly builds, and the curtains behind the dancers rise. Because you are right, this moonlit body tells you;
This is indeed a love story. Down to the blade-dented bone.'
-You, in the Inverted Theater - The Spear Cuts Through Water
"I don't care if the best I can hope for is half of what I want. I'm not here for a realistic outcome. I'm just going to fight! Forever! With perfect greed! Until I get everything!"
-Saturn, Heaven will be Mine
Side note: I don't actually know if its possible to edit a thread name but if it is I might suggest putting Revue Starlight in the title of the thread. It was funny that I saw "do you like swordplay" and just kind of guessed it'd be about this show though.
Also what are everybodys favorite pairings? It is a HARD HARD choice but i think for me its gotta be Junna/Nana.
'"I thought this was a love story," you say.
Your Lola's insistence has remained with you since the beginning, and you say these words in a quiet manner, with a shrug, as if to let these performers know it is fine, it does not matter that much, this thought—that maybe the definition of what a love story is could be stretched to include all that has up till now taken place. You say it like an apology. Like it is a thing to be apologized for.
A runaway child, charging through the porcelain shelves:
I thought this was a love story. I had hoped this was a love story.
You say it with shame, embarrassed at having said it, wishing you could take it back.
You say it, worried that you have betrayed some secret part of yourself that does not wish to be exposed—
an old gremlin in you, sick and yearning. You say it with hope.
Timid, and without conviction.
The hope of someone who knows they are about to wake from a dream to a reality they do not understand. The pub awaits, as does your empty bed.
I thought this was a love story.
You regret having said it; as if you know it will lessen the quality of the tale. Rob it of its smoke and shadow. But still, you say it.
And this moonlit body smiles. And from the wings the patting of the drums slowly builds, and the curtains behind the dancers rise. Because you are right, this moonlit body tells you;
This is indeed a love story. Down to the blade-dented bone.'
-You, in the Inverted Theater - The Spear Cuts Through Water
"I don't care if the best I can hope for is half of what I want. I'm not here for a realistic outcome. I'm just going to fight! Forever! With perfect greed! Until I get everything!"
-Saturn, Heaven will be Mine
i just finished a rewatch of the show! gonna rewatch rondo rondo rondo and the movie next (rubs hands together evilly). i had the chance to see the movie in theaters and it was SUCH a cool experience, i really hope they'll do a rerelease someday. im obsessed with the music in both the show and the movie (wildscreen baroque will forever be my favorite). my favorite pairing is probably futaba and kaoruko, but i like them all! ive also grown to really like mahiru this rewatch (always did of course..)
re: optimisticDuelist
I LOVE JUNANA :D
most of the "canon" pairings are my personal favorites, but I also like the El Dorado pairings. as for one thats apart from those, I like MayaNana a lot too, and Nanari (Hikari X Nana i dont know the actual fandom term for it)