Perhaps the reason why people are bothered by the this series' plot (me at first, included) is because it's not a narrative at all. Unlike your everyday anime, it doesn't intend to tell a story. Maybe it's just the geek in me that caused me to love this show for its generation and culture value. It's full of symbolisms that portrays a LOT in the deeper pointOV. You can rewind thrice the episode and come up with a handful answers and more interesting questions. And yes, plotholes everywhere and ridiculous symbolisms althroughout indeed. If we're comparing this to any other anime labeled yuri (labeled anything at all, really), this is sh!te! But these there are reasons why it's deemed a masterpiece (in a unique sense). Many does not get it at all and share elfbs-san's hatred.
Well... It just means Utena isn't your cream's perfect cherry. No one is forcing you to love it.
More importantly, I love this fanart.