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herr_bookman) wrote2013-03-20 12:59 pm
herr_bookman) wrote2013-03-20 12:59 pm
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OOC: Character analysis, take II
Oh, hey! Remember that massive screed I wrote diving into this kid? Well, the poignant BrightBlueInk, writing on the Mark Watches review of the Princess Tutu finale, summed it all up in a paragraph:
Please note that nowhere in that blockquote do they state that he's no longer a jerk at the end! He doesn't get enough screentime to develop past a gangly, socially awkward kid--we only see the start of that in Akt 26. Even our last shot of him, during the credits, reveals that he's still obsessed with family lineages--and telling people to shut up in the library. The Japanese fanbooks hint he and Fakir might think of each other as friends, perhaps, but what does he do with his life after that? We have no idea.
Similarly, a Milliways friend pinpointed Autor's struggle in a sentence (paraphrased):
Them: So he's basically stuck in his own version of the Matrix, and he's the only one who knows.
Me: YES! Yes, exactly. When it comes to figuring out the story, he's the smartest character in the show... But also the loneliest.
Well, there you have it. A thousand upon a thousand words condensed down to... yet another thousand words. Drat.
...Autor saving Fakir's life (and Uzura's as well!) is one of the reasons why he's my favorite character. Here you have a bitter, jealous teenage boy with a serious inferiority complex that still cares enough about basic human life to both break a "sacred" rule for himself to protect someone (pulling Uzura into his replica of Drosselmeyer's study, despite earlier saying she couldn't enter it because she was "unrelated") and is willing to put himself at serious risk to fight back to protect the very guy that makes him consumed with jealousy. He's such a very, very flawed character, but still ends up a hero in the end (despite not being the story spinning badass he WANTS to be), and I love him for it.
Please note that nowhere in that blockquote do they state that he's no longer a jerk at the end! He doesn't get enough screentime to develop past a gangly, socially awkward kid--we only see the start of that in Akt 26. Even our last shot of him, during the credits, reveals that he's still obsessed with family lineages--and telling people to shut up in the library. The Japanese fanbooks hint he and Fakir might think of each other as friends, perhaps, but what does he do with his life after that? We have no idea.Similarly, a Milliways friend pinpointed Autor's struggle in a sentence (paraphrased):
Them: So he's basically stuck in his own version of the Matrix, and he's the only one who knows.
Me: YES! Yes, exactly. When it comes to figuring out the story, he's the smartest character in the show... But also the loneliest.
Well, there you have it. A thousand upon a thousand words condensed down to... yet another thousand words. Drat.