# ( daughter; you cannot usurp an empire; you can only admire it. ) # G OD OKAY CAN I TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND # THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME SATSUKI CUTTING HER HAIR IS SO FUCKING IMPORTANT TO ME # S ATSUKI's hair has been used as a weapon against her; first by her mother and then by ryuko # and there's just -- sort of a parallel between threads and satsuki's hair # the fibers that controlled people & made a monster of her mother and a ' half monster ' of her little sister # L IKE LOOK AT THE LAST GI F # HER HAIR LOOKS LESS AND LESS LIKE HAIR AS ITS RELEASED # AND MORE AND MORE LIKE LIFE FIBERS # and JUS T the symbolism of her cutting her hair at the end of the series # when she is freed of the control of her mother & free of the burden of her need to defeat her mother # she's releasing the trappings of her abuse # maybe she's finally allowing it to /effect/ her # because she no longer needs to be strong in the face of it. # JUST!!!G  DO