Utena meta: Why I feel sorry for both Nanami and Touga

I call this meta, but really, it's more like a several-hundred-word splurge of feelings on these characters. Anyway, I originally wrote this nearly five years ago on Tumblr, but with that site being what it is right now, I thought I'd rescue it over to here. It's pasted over completely as-is; I wouldn't mind polishing it up eventually, because at one point I liked the idea of submitting a tidier version to Empty Movement as an essay, but for now I just want to preserve the original thing.

Without further ado...

( Cut both for length and for potentially disturbing subject matter (namely CSA and incest) )

I may-or-may-not repost more of my old meta from Tumblr here, depending on if I find anything else I want to rescue while going through my old posts.

Since I've been adding more people...

A big welcome to all the new friends I've added from the no-frills multifandom friending meme! ♥

Also, just as big a welcome to anyone who's come here from Tumblr!