When the man died, the people heaved a great sigh of relief. The man had the power to make stories come true, and so his hands were cut off by the people, who were afraid of tragedies becoming reality. Tutu’s penultimate episode begins with a familiar refrain, as our humble narrators tells us “Once upon a time, there was a man who died. If you’re seeking the inspiring, redemptive power of fiction, merely look at Princess Tutu itself – a story which acknowledges all the hideous potential of fiction, but ultimately celebrates that through positive fictions and personal strength, we can all become the knights and heroes our fables promised. As Princess Tutu has regularly demonstrated, fiction can be a tool of deception, control, and imprisonment, but that is not the inherent nature of fiction – that is simply one expression of its formidable power. Fictions are a kind of faith, and I’m perpetually honored to carry that faith, celebrating how fictions can teach us new truths, inspire unknown strengths, broaden our perspective and empathy, and give us the hope and courage we need until believing long enough makes our hopes a reality. Fiction can take us to endless worlds, and teach us that across the infinite universe, empathy and courage survive. And wishing so badly to become a real girl, Ahiru has become more human and sympathetic than anyone, the spirit she has always possessed merely needing a vehicle to express itself, a source of hope to inspire her strength.įiction can provide that hope, and inspire that strength. Rue was told to play the part of loving Mytho, but ultimately came to genuinely love him, discovering a humanity that allowed her to escape the role of “the raven’s daughter.” Fakir might have clung to the role of the knight because he had nothing else, but his commitment to that role ultimately became a source of real strength, inspiring not just his own courage, but the strength of his friends. We don’t only internalize unhappy, limiting lies through fiction fictions can also inspire us to greatness we never believed possible. Rue’s curse is of the same kind that has tormented Mytho, the same lie that has hung grimly over all our characters, fostered by their creators – the lies we also know as “fiction.”īut as Rue has demonstrated, fiction can also be a glorious, empowering, transformative thing. Even our lies can contain partial truths, and a lie which is believed can change us until it becomes truth, for better or for worse. Though Rue was told merely to trick Mytho, her feelings of obligation eventually shifted to affection, and ultimately honest love. Instead, on the cusp of submitting to the raven entirely, it is Rue’s honest expression of love that frees him. After twenty-four long episodes of painstakingly restoring the prince’s heart, and a cruel turn where the raven’s poison saw Mytho transforming into some kind of hateful, raven-crossed beast, it is ultimately not Ahiru’s efforts that see Mytho freed and restored.
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