Mytho's roommate and another talented ballet dancer. At the start of the series, Fakir appears to be very cruel - he's rude and forceful, especially to Mytho, as well as possessive to exclusively him. Fakir had tried to prevent Princess Tutu from regaining the prince's heart pieces and would become very agitated when Mytho began to experience emotions. The reason for this though, was still in best interest for Mytho. Fakir only wanted to protect him from the original, tragic course of the story. As the series progresses, however, Fakir's behavior changes drastically, mainly through Ahiru's antics. He loses his possessiveness and a little of his harsh edge, which lets his essential nobility of spirit shine through. He agrees to help Princess Tutu, realizing she is a trustworthy, kind person after all and that Mytho himself wishes his heart back. In the anime, Drosselmeyer's story The Prince and The Raven the character of the knight who is to protect the prince dies by the claws of the raven without landing a single blow of his sword. Fakir took the role of the knight when long ago he found the pure, heartless prince and named him Mytho. He is only a reincarnation of the prince's knight though. By joining Princess Tutu on her quest and allowing the story of The Prince and the Raven to start again, he accepted the threat of the knight's fated death and all the while tries to defy it. Although Fakir himself has never said anything to prove it, Fakir seems to grow a kind of affection for Ahiru in the second season while they are working together to aid Mytho, shown well in the pas de deux the two dance together in the Lake of Despair where Fakir encourages Ahiru to accept "her true self" as a duck.
One of Ahiru's best friends, Pique (called "Mai" in the manga) has a bit of a crush on him, and describes herself as part of the "Fakir-sama Faction". Like Mytho, he 'enjoys' a reasonable share of popularity at the school despite his antisocial behaviour. Later in the series, Ahiru herself is forcibly tossed into the 'faction' and is told to deliver a letter confessing her own love for Fakir, which she vehemently (though some what comically) denies.
 vailendeathmage · Tue Sep 04, 2007 @ 12:56am · 0 Comments |
