Applicant Info

Name: Gigi
Contact: valroyeaux
Current Character(s): n/a

Character Info

Character's Name: Anthy Himemiya
Character's Canon: Revolutionary Girl utena
Character's Age: 14 (physically) but is implied to have lived much longer
Canon Point: post-anime
Background/History: In the end girls are all like Rose Brides. ( cw: sexual assault, incest)
Strengths:

EMPATHETIC: Anthy is typically quiet and observant– sometimes by choice, mostly because of her circumstances. The role of the Rose Bride has turned her more into a tool than a person, and for this reason she is rarely noticed and not usually spoken, so she's had centuries to watch other people without any restriction; she has both witnessed and been on the receiving end of the ugliest, rawest and most viscerally honest expressions of emotion. So, as you can imagine at this point she's pretty good at understanding other people's feelings even when they're trying their best to hide them.

While she often uses her ability to understand others for immoral purposes, it is this ability that also allows her to befriend individuals who are not honest in how they present themselves and allows for her to connect with them on a personal level.

RESOURCEFUL: She's lived under someone else's thumb for nearly all her life, which means she's had limited mobility and resources. Some might balk at such circumstances but they've made Anthy a quick and creative thinker. She has spent much of her existence under the impression that she can't directly fight against the rules forced upon her– she is in constant conflict with her inability to free herself and her desire to achieve her ends.

So instead of fighting them head-on she often gets her way by figuring out outside the box ways to shirk the rules. Much of the cast remained unaware of Anthy's involvement in guiding their fates. Each and every character in the series ultimately had their strings pulled by Anthy, and at no point were any of them ever made aware that it was Anthy who was twisting their arm without ever so much as laying a hand on them.

When faced with a problem she's very good at finding unconventional solutions. She's someone who's always been hell-bent on getting what's hers, so when push comes to shove she'll find a way to make what she wants happen.

OPEN-MINDED: This trait is a result of two key aspects in her life: the fact that she herself has done many morally ambiguous and often actively malicious things, and the fact that Anthy has spent much of her life trapped at Ohtori.

From systematically using the deepest desires and hidden secrets of the duelists to achieve her ends, to leading Utena into Akio's trap, Anthy knows better than anyone that she isn't a good person. For this reason she's not one to judge other people simply based off their morality or less than savory actions. That being said she's also fascinated by new experiences, things and cultures. She's likely spent centuries locked away in Ohtori, so as you can expect she'd love a change of pace and would not immediately balk at the sight of something new or unconventional.

Weaknesses:

GUARDED: The Rose Bride is not a person– she is a thing, a treasure to be won, one that will mirror your wants, whims, and hopes. Anthy has spent all of her life being passed around by other people and being seen as less than human because of her role as the Rose Bride.

Because people don't see her as a person she gets treated like a thing; trapped by her circumstances she has persevered physical and emotional violence from other people, and to extreme degrees at that. Even when not actively playing the role of the Rose Bride Anthy was seen as an outsider at Ohtori and spent all of her time there being alienated and bullied; seldom did anyone step in to help her. Even when they did it was typically for their own gain.

For these reasons Anthy is slow to trust and quick to go on the offensive if someone personally upsets her. After seeing the absolute worst of humanity she assumes most people are out for themselves, even after leaving Ohtori.

SPITEFUL: Anthy rarely forgives other people and she always gets even.

Being abused for so long and never getting so much as "sorry", even after the people who have harmed you have realized the error of their ways turns you into the type of person who is incapable of letting someone slight you without returning the favor. Anthy's methods of retribution were never direct or blatant but she holds onto every transgression someone else has made and returns the favor in kind.

Acting on her spite was, for a very long time, the only form of agency she had.

PASSIVE: While Anthy may get revenge when slighted she only ever does so in very round-about and passive aggressive ways. When faced with conflict she will seldom respond directly or confront someone. A culmination of her role as the Rose Bride and the centuries of alienation she's undergone have made it difficult for her to openly express her own wants and honest feelings.

As much as she hates being seen as a doormat or someone with no will of her own, the fact of the matter is that she's still learning what it means to be her own person. Not expressing any of her own desires was in its own way a coping mechanism as well, and even now there is an underlying fear that if she makes it too clear how she feels about something or how much she wants something it will be used against her or alienate her further from other people.

Powers/Abilities:

In her canon Anthy is lowkey this witch/god being that can do everything but I'm going to try and condense her abilities into a few key ones that would be realistic and fair in terms of game mechanics: the ability to create illusions, teleport at will and hex others.

Her illusions can be tangible and interact with objects and people but unless given permission by the other player they'll just be your run of the mill ghostly images that you can't touch.

Hexing is a bit more complicated and throughout her canon takes various forms: she's been able to force people to switch bodies and have long periods of bad luck as two examples. The commonality in how this power manifests is that the consequences of it are never actually good and involve some misfortune on the part of another person. This ability will never come into play without being discussed in advance with the other player in question.

Other Noteworthy Traits:

- Really good with animals
- Pretty good at drawing
-Terrible at cooking to catastrophic degrees
- very knowledgeable botanist
- Plays the piano
- Despite the icons used Anthy will never be seen with glasses or with her hair pinned up. It may sound like a minor detail but it's something that's very important to her!

Weapons & Other Special Inventory:

Anthy will be bringing her familiar and bestfriend Chuchu. He's a monkey who can't talk, but he understands human speech and is also a notorious little glutton of a man.

Color:

BLUE (#5B1DB8): It's a calm and soothing color, similar to how Anthy carries herself but also has a mysterious undertone much like her. Also her hair is purple/blueish?

Sample:

🌸musebox thread - Anthy searches other worlds for her best friend who she stabbed.
🌸meme thread - Anthy adjusts to life post-Ohtori (different account because I didn't want to buy a rename token, I promise it's me!)

World Aspect: N/A