User blog comment:Sakurairo/My stage critique of the cool-type stages/@comment-26426093-20170301032543

It's not everyday that I come across a collection of cool-type stages and instantly decide on my favourite, but I didn't even think twice when I picked the Dreaming Bird stage, mainly because both live and fashion show versions of this exalted stage are the literal epitome of  gothic themed designs. Honestly, the Dreaming Bird Stage is in a class of its own when compared to other cool-type stages on this list, let alone other stages of this series.

You have that broken giant birdcage with thorny roses surrounding it in order to symbolise the bird's (Lily) flight to freedom after being caged for so long, along with its feathers falling down everywhere as proof of the bird shedding them (its past self) in order to become a totally new being, free of guilt and pain at long last. Not only that, the Dreaming Bird Stage is one of the better Gothic-theme stages that is on par with its cousins from the original series, and Lily's Gothic Rose Coord along with her signature song couldn't have fitted in more perfectly than anywhere else.

In short, the Dreaming Bird Stage is a perfect representation of how Lily finally broke free of her chains holding her back to finally forge her own individual path towards becoming her own designer.