Re: Your Current Projects

(Anonymous) 2018-08-08 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm trying to write an Utena/Princess Bride fusion, because Anthy is very 'as you wish' and I love the idea of Utena as Buttercup but deciding to be a prince when she hears Anthy is dead. Except I don't know how to reintroduce Anthy because the idea of surprise pirate Anthy is so jarring.

Re: Your Current Projects

(Anonymous) 2018-08-09 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
I love the idea! Dread Pirate Anthy is hilarious to me somehow.

Maybe it would work by going at it with the kind of absurd humor surrounding Anthy that turns creepy as the story unfold? (especially with Nanami) Anthy does have a thing for sneaking around in the background, disappearing and reappearing. And she's someone used with "playing roles", between the Rose Bride and her creepy witch side.

Re: Your Current Projects

(Anonymous) 2018-08-09 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, thank you, anon! I can see Anthy doing a lot of witchy 'helping' while Utena tries to brazen her way through various trials.

I haven't figured out how Nanami fits into this yet but she's DEFINITELY got to have a role somewhere.

Re: Your Current Projects

(Anonymous) 2018-08-09 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I think the only way pirate Anthy would work is in a creepy Davy Jones way. Narratively all you really need is for the Westley to be in a vaguely powerful/cool role that lets them rescue Buttercup, so anything from 'traveling caravan fortuneteller' to 'witch who lives in a weird Baba Yaga house' would work.