Title: Madonna; Medusa
Challenge: Amnesty—#174: Villain.
Fandom: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Characters: Anthy Himemiya, Akio Himemiya, Utena Tenjou
Pairing: Anthy/Utena, (Implied Non-Con Akio/Anthy)
Rating: T
Genre: Angst/Drama/Romance
Length: 900 words
Content notes: Trigger warnings for misogyny, racism, and implied rape and non-consensual acts of incest. The implied rape and incest is not written as romantic—it's written as tragic and horrific, as what was done to Anthy by her brother is disgusting.
Summary: She is a figure of polarization—a proclaimed Madonna bestowed and accused of wielding the snakes of the infamous Medusa, bestowed upon men and women as a princess yet a witch. (Or, a drabble on Anthy's feelings about how she is both a blessing and a curse.)
Author notes: Poor Anthy is such a complex character, much like the show itself, and maybe that's why it's so ironic how some people see her as an unsympathetic secret vicious and others a hopeless damsel, despite the whole point of her character being on how she was neither 100% of either of the two gender stereotypical tropes.