#eternal sailor mini moon

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Eternal Sailor Forms for the other 9 Sailor Guardians

Now in the past I made posts about how I’d be rewriting and updating the Pokémon advanced series. Now this rewrite post be different from the rest, as I’ll be looking into Sailor Moon… the original Sailor Moon anime that is.

(Credit for all these goes to Dominickdr98 on Deviantart)

Now this objective would be where the other 9 Sailor Guardians: Sailor Venus, Sailor Pluto, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Mars, Sailor Saturn, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Mini Moon… would receive their eternal forms (as seen above) in the original Sailor Moon anime.

Now just to clarify, I do absolutely love and adore the original Sailor Moon anime… however, the only major gripe I have with it is the fact that ONLY Sailor Moon got an eternal form while the other 9 Sailor Guardians did not (like they did in the manga which came before the anime), and I find that to be pretty unfair.

So this first major rewrite objective I have for the original Sailor Moon anime will fix that problem. Now as for where in those 200 episodes, I’d say that the best point for the other 9 Sailor Guardians to get their eternal form would be two or three episodes after episode 172. And they’d keep their eternal forms just like Serena (Sailor Moon). Now that would mean that episode 174 or episode 175 would have to be slightly rewritten and changed so that the other 9 Sailor Guardians receive their eternal amulets (which would look like they do in the manga), but after that, everything else would remain the same.

And one noteworthy example of this slight change would be in the episode where Moon and Venus fight against Sailor Iron Mouse, Iron Mouse would be going against Eternal Sailor Venus and Eternal Sailor Moon.

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Eternal Sailor Chibi/Mini Moon: This is so great! I bet Pegasus will be head over hooves when he sees me like this!

ETERNAL SAILOR CHIBIMOON

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Every one of us has a star in our heart

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One piece of merch from my collection every day, day 12

Today we have this Mini Figuarts Eternal Sailor Moon!

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Miss Dream Update 11/13/2023: Fun New Additions

Miss Dream Update 11/13/2023: Fun New Additions

Hello Dreamers! We are still alive and still going! A lack of updates on my end does not equal a lack of acquiring new material to scan through the year, so over the next several weeks, I shall be periodically getting this queue online. This afternoon, we bring galleries and downloads of two odekake mini books, and the Sailor Moon Eternal Visual Book! Today’s Downloads:   Sailor Moon Eternal…

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I need these

Chibiusa x Helios Afternoon Tea! The Dead Moon Circus Arc is my second favorite arc after the Sailor Stars!

Menu:

Chibiusa - Hazelnut Macaron @petit.meringue

Helios - Fluffernutter Macaron

Crystal Carillion - Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes @Magicalgirl.cakes

Stallion Reve - Pavlova with Strawberry & Whipped Cream (Customer Favourite of the set!)

Pegasus - Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle

(original concept was to have it in a cookie cage, but it wouldn't work. I was so sad. My tester worked 2 weeks prior but it didn't want to cooperate the week of (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) )

Gold Dream Mirror - Ham & Cheese Puff Pastry

Luna P - Ube Tostada with Fried Diced Ube, Ube Black Bean Puree, Cojita, Ramp Chimichurri, Salsa & Sliced Radish (sooo good. I originally wanted to make it in the Luna P shape but it didn't work out.)

Sailor Mini Moon - Coronation Chicken Sandwich

Moon Kaleidoscope - Curry Egg Finger Sandwich

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take pictures myself as this was a really time consuming set to make. I dropped this set when Sailor Moon Eternal came out. So you can imagine how crazy it was (´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`)

Some pictures from customers and a video!

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What better way to wrap up Usagi’s floriography mini-series than with her final image in the manga! 👰‍♀️

Some of you might be wondering why I didn’t include any white roses with Eternal Sailor Moon, and that’s because the white rose is none other than Usagi herself. White roses can symbolize everlasting love and hope, and certainly those are things that Usagi embody 🤍

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Look guys!!! It's G1rlR0b1n 💖💖💖 (bet you didn't know this is what my handle meant lol)

Yet another commission by the super talented @tamdrry!!! (this was done a while ago I just hadn't gotten around to posting it)

So, there was actually a fic that was supposed to go along with this but... I never got around to finishing it 😭

If you want to see what I had planned to write you can check it out under the cut. ��

One of my personal headcanons is that Damian is nonbinary (or trans but for this particular story, just nonbinary for now)

Anyway, he starts to discover this after spending a lazy afternoon with Cass and Steph in Cass's room.

They're cleaning out her closet and think it'd be fun to play dress up with her little brother. He relents because he likes feeling included and he enjoys their company and doesn't 'want to mess this up'. They're several piece swaps and a whole makeover in when the girls finally settle on what they have decide is the perfect 'fit. Damian turns to see himself in the mirror, mini skirt, crop top, fish nets, combat boots, smoky cat-eye, glossy lips, and he just…freezes… doesn't react… until he does. He starts to cry and flees from the room. The girls don't know what to do but they run after him. He nearly knocks Bruce over in the hallway, then the girls come storming after and he stops them.

Bruce: what's going on?

Steph (she looks worried): we were just messing around, we didn't mean to make him cry!

Cass (also upset and crying herself): we didn't mean to hurt him.

Bruce: ok, let me talk to him. Go back to your room, we'll chat in a bit. Try to calm down, ok?

The girls nod reluctantly but turn and go back to Cass's room. Bruce had long suspected that Damian may be having a difficult time with self-discovery from little things he's picked up on and from when he was at that age himself. he had a feeling something like this would be coming sooner than later, after all, emotions and individuality were not traits looked highly upon by the League of Assassins… or (he admits) with the Batman. he knocks on his door and when there is no answer he peeks in. Damian is sitting on the carpet in front of his floor length mirror.

Bruce: hey chum

Damian:

Bruce: can I sit down?

He says nothing again but scootches over slightly

Bruce: you wanna talk about it?

Damian:

Bruce: Cass and Steph think they've upset you.

Damian shakes his head: I'm not mad at them. (He emphasizes the word 'them')

Bruce: are you mad at yourself?

Damian nods but says nothing else. Bruce pulls him into a hug and he allows it, buries his face into him, cries, and Bruce just holds him there. They say nothing else until Damian finally let's go an eternity later. Bruce tells him he won't make him talk about it and he won't make him explain himself to the girls but he is going to tell Cass and Steph that he isn't upset with them unless he would like to do it himself (he'll tell them nothing more than that, he emphasizes). Damian's not ready to face them, he tells his father he can relay the message, and he does, later once Damian has asked to be left alone. The girls are relieved, they don't ask questions, they respect Damian's privacy. It's one of the reasons why Damian loves them.

A week later Bruce takes Damian to go to a fashion show with him, he goes because his father has been nagging him to put more effort into him public persona long before this anyway. There he sees androgynous models wearing mashups of typically male and female clothing and something starts to click. He feels seen for the first time but the feeling is uncomfortable and he begins to sink into himself, Bruce pulls him into his side, and he doesn't pull away.

Another week goes by and Damian comes home to find a large box on his bed, tied up with a large red ribbon. There is a tag that just reads, "fighting evil by moonlight". He opens the box and there is a new Robin uniform inside reminiscent of one of his favorite characters, Sailor Moon. The tears he cries are from happiness this time.

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My 2024 Anime Watchlist

Anime (and related media) I watched last year

Sailor Moon Cosmos (2023)

After 10 years Crystal finally comes to an end! The 2-part movie is cool, it gives us an epic streak of final battles in the second part, things feel very grand and it brings emotion. The ending is oh so lovely. Also I was happy to see some things animated for the first time! That said…Most of it goes by too fast, specially in the first movie. Too many beloved characters have limited screentime, which really brings the arc down. I know these are problems from the manga too, but damn…This solidified to me that in the manga/crystal version of events, Dream Arc is more enjoyable. That’s not the case in the 90s anime, which butchered a good chunk of the Dream Arc but has the characters around much longer in Stars (yes I know screentime in a movie is obviously shorter, but still). I think in the end the musicals brings us a good balance of Stars. If only they had included the Sailor Quartet in those myus, they would feel complete. But anyway… this was it. Could Crystal have been better? Yes. Should it have been longer? Yep. But overall? I really enjoyed the whole thing through and I’m happy it was made! Just really wish the last two arcs were seasons instead of movies, but oh well...What a decade!

I watched subbed and dubbed. Brazilian dubs are usually great but a couple choices sadly kinda killed this one, just like in Eternal (somehow I thought this time it was worse but I think it's just that in Eternal I was happy to see it dubbed, since Crystal wasn't). Unless they redub it, I'll stick to the subs.

Kaleido Star (2003-04)

Sora is a Japanese girl who finally gets to live her dream of working as a trapeze artist on Kaleido Stage, a famous american circus. Every spectacle means new challenges and lots of hard work. But some people want to see her (and even the whole circus) failing...

I used to watch this as a kid! Finally sat down to watch the whole thing, and it’s a great show. It has cool characters and it’s very entertaining to see them training and performing new shows at the circus. True, season 2 has some annoying characters, so season 1 is better...Except for the final arc, cause personally I found the end of season 2 much stronger than season 1 - it was a great way to end the show (I could see people prefering the s1 ending, it just didn't hit me as hard). There are also a couple of OVAs that take place after the ending. The first one is so-so, but the second is pretty cool and it works nice as a second ending/epilogue.

Watched it dubbed (except for the 2nd OVA since there is no dub)

Yu Yu Hakusho Stage Plays (2019, 2020)

Picking up from last year's Yu Yu marathon, I've watched the stage plays! First one is really just the beginning: Yusuke dies, comes back as a spiritual detective, and we get the Three Youkai mini arc. We also see Kurama and Hiei's first meeting, like in Two Shots. The second play covers both the 4 Beasts castle and Yukina's rescue (they basically skip the training). Since Kurama and Hiei are not much in the second half, their actors get to play a side character each.

Sadly I don’t think these were very good. Sure, visuals are cool, the characters are well done, and they have their moments, but overall these plays were not it, imo. The bit where they play the opening song with a fighting montage is great though, very entertaining.

Rurouni Kenshin (1996-98)

Another from my childhood I hadn't seen in full! First two arcs are good, specially the second one (plus you can notice there’s some filler in the first, but it’s ok). Third part diverges from the manga and is mostly anime original stuff - and noticeably much weaker. If I ever rewatch it I'll stick to the first 2.

Watched it dubbed.

The Apothecary Diaries (2023-)

I had been hearing about it and decided to catch up in January. What a Good series! I was impressed. Maomao is a great character, the court intrigue is a thrill and I’m looking forward for a better understanding between her and Jinshi, and yes, rooting for actual romance. The series got drama, mystery and comedy, it’s great. Happy for the upcoming second season!

Subs cause the dub only came later.

7th Time Loop Season 1 (2024)

Rishe is stuck in a 5 year time loop that starts at the annulment of her engagement with the prince. No matter what profession and life she lives, it always ends during a war. 5 years into her 6th life she swordfights Emperor Arnold, from the neighbouring country, who is responsible for the war - and is killed by him. In her 7th loop, she soon meets Prince Arnold (not yet emperor) and he unexpectedely is smitten with her and proposes. After working hard in her previous lives, she is determined to finally relax and hopefully find out more about how the war starts, so she accepts. As his fiancée she soon notices Arnold is not completly cold as she expected, wondering what makes him go down that path.

I believe I saw some posts here and then I saw a clip of Rishe dealing with poison and so I decided to watch. I loved it! It was not quite what I was expecting, but rather better. Rishe is a delight and the whole mystery surrounding Arnold’s past and future, which lead them to the war seen in the previous loops, is very intriguing. I’m also captured by Rishe’s past jobs (merchant, harbalist, knight, etc), they’ve made her very resourceful. I really like the court day to day stuff and the drama, and the way she navigates all that. The dynamic of her knowing certain people from past loops but them not knowing her is always intriguing – and we get to know a little more about her this way too. And of course, I love her growing romance with Arnold!

I watched a bunch of dubbed episodes but then I caught up and the subs come faster, so.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (2023-)

This one seemed to be a fan favorite of the season and well, I can see why…While 7TL and tAD are more my vibe, I can’t overlook Frieren. The way it presents grief, time, connection, and the mortality of people through the eyes of this seemly apathic elf is very touching. It made me cry a few times! It also has cool action. And of course, I can’t resist a good medieval fantasy setting. I’m not versed in rpg but even I can recognize some basic elements, it’s pretty cool.

Watched it dubbed!

From Studio Ghibli

Only Yesterday (1991) - This one is pretty slow, contemplative. It’s also a little boring imo... I can see its value, but it’s not really for me. Subs cause there is no dub.

The Cat Returns (2002) - I didn’t intend to watch this one but changed my mind at some point. It’s pretty fun! Not sure what I expected but it wasn’t this haha I quite liked it!! Subs cause there is no dub.

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) - This is a pretty long one, and the different artstyle threw me off at first, I thought I might not like it... I finally got  to watch it though, and not only it is not boring, but it is visually very pretty. It could have ranked high but I didn’t vibe with the ending, so. I could see it being other people’s favorite though. Watched it dubbed.

Earwig and the Witch (2020) - This one’s got a bad reputation but I thought it was fine! Like sure, this 3D animation did not capture that Ghibli charm, but the character design does seem on point and I thought it  had an interesting setting. Overall I liked it, even though the ending is rather anticlimactic. Things shift abruptly and are over soon after, leaving some stuff unresolved too (I imagine there would be a sequel). It was still entertaining though. Watched it dubbed.

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

I think this was the first time I watched a Ghibli movie in cinemas! It’s a good film. Not among my Ghibli favorites, but it would rank in the upper half. I'm sure it's other people’s favorite. I think the relationship with the stepmom could have been better developed, but it's still cool. The crazy, whimsical world kinda reminded me of Spirited Away at times. It's got that Miyazaki balance of weird and wonder, with a rather unique mythology and intriguing characters.

I wanted to watch it dub but there were limited screenings and the day I went had only subs.

Buddy Daddies (2023)

A duo of assassins with very different backgrounds and personalities are sent to kill a criminal. The mission is accomplished, they just didn't expect him to have a little daughter. Now they have to figure out how to take care of a child.

I heard good things about this one - and I loved it! I wish it had been longer, I believe it could easily fill 20 something episodes, but oh well… The trio is very endearing, their dynamics are great.

Subs cause no dub.

Yona of the Dawn Season 1 (2014-15)

Princess Yona has to flee her castle with her chidlhood friend/bodyguard Hak after her beloved cousin Soo-Won murders her father, the king. While searching for the four legendary dragon warriors to help them reclaim the kingdom, Yona finds out her people have been suffering for years, and feels it is her duty to help them.

I was honestly surprised to see this series is already TEN years old. I remember people talking about it but I didn't remember it had been this long? Maybe I heard of it afterwards? Maybe not…Anyway. This series is great. I didn’t expect it to be so good. It’s an epic (east asian) medieval fantasy! It’s got drama, adventure, action, and I’m looking forward to the romantic plot development with Hak. It’s cool to see Yona growing from sheltered princess to a warrior. I’m honestly shocked they never made a second season, like, wtf. Fortunately they’ve started selling the manga in here, and I’ve been following it! Good stuff. I wish I could watch the plays, but specially the musical. Oh, I'm saving the OVAs for when I reach the respective manga chapters.

Subs cause no dub

Snow White with the Red Hair Seasons 1-2 (2015-16)

This one is also medieval fantasy, has plenty of drama, and while it does have action and adventure, it’s not so much in the epic side - it’s more…mundane? I mean sure, it’s got court intrigues, swordfights, and there’s a kidnapping at one point and whatnot… But the vibes are more on the quieter, lovelier side? I mean, there isn't an epic quest. But it’s cool to see Shirayuki’s journey in becoming a great herbalist while Zen trains in his princely duties and how they both fight to be together despite the obstacle of their different status (something which worries Zen's older brother and other influential people). Their friends also form a cool cast. Wish there were more seasons, but the ones we got are good. I’m not even mad at the misleading title cause the only reason I remembered its existence and watched it was because years ago I saw there was a Snow White anime. Alas, this has basically nothing to do with Snow White, but it’s so good I don’t even care. 

Subs cause no dub

Spy x Family - Code: White (2023)

Yes it’s filler but it’s fun! Plus it's not like Spy x Family plot moves fast anyway... So here we got a little winter family trip in search of a recipe (for the Mission!!!) turned into a crazy kidnapping and rescue as Loid and Yor separately go after Anya…it’s action-packed, whacky and fun! It’s Spy x Family!!! There are also a couple of cute Twiyor/family moments, which I love, of course. It’s a good pastime. Bring me season 3!

Watched it dubbed at the cinema!

A Sign of Affection Season 1 (2024)

A lovely show! It’s about the daily life of a deaf college-age girl, and her new romance with a guy who loves to travel, and how her world expands when meeting him and other people in college. I think most school settings stories I see are in high school or middle school so this is a nice change.

Watched it dubbed

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022-23)

People talked so much about this one I had to give it a go. The only Gundam series I had contact with before was Gundam Wing (watched some assorted episodes as a kid), so I thought that would be the first one I watched in full, but I still haven't done it, oops. And now I’ve seen Gundam Witch! Intriguing developments and characters! Deals with some serious issues, which apparently is an usual Gundam thing. It has some cool dynamics and the queer romance is cute, it has a good arc. The show is not quite my jam, so not a favorite, but it’s a good show, felt solid.

Watched it dubbed

My Happy Marriage (2023-)

Miyo lives in a Cinderella situation until she is engaged to Kyoka, a rich guy with a bad reputation… In a society where powerful families have superpowers, she’s got none, so her family wants to get rid of her…The poor thing lives with no affection and the guy is desensitized to previous fiancées chasing his status, but then he sees that’s not the case and is decided to treat her well AND to stand up to her family. Oh, and it’s got an historical setting. Also Kyoka is part of the special forces which fight evil spirits or something. He controls elements. I gotta say I was not expecting that kind of action in a Cinderella-esque story, ha! It was a good addition.

It's kinda tough to see Miyo so meek, but it's key to see she is not magically cured after the engagement, she still struggles from the abuse of her family, but with help, little by little she gains more confidence, which is lovely to see. She also finds her own way of helping Kyoka herself, the end of the season really makes it stronger. I don't think it's gonna be a favorite of mine, but it IS good. Season 2 incoming!

Watched it dubbed

My Happy Marriage Movie aka As Long as We Both Shall Live (2023)

The movie is basically a compressed version of what we see in season 1. As such, it is definitely inferior to the animated version, but it’s okay... Like, it has its moments but overall it really doesn't hit the same, specially the ending. I would say it has all the important bits of the first half of the season, but a lot of the second half is lost (Hazuki, you were missed, girl!).

Shaman King: Flowers Season 1 (2024)

I was entertained, I wanted to see more of the kids and their dynamics (and more of their parents), and I wish they would continue it…But I don't know, it's got some odd choices. Granted, it's a short season, if it had been longer it might have been more charming/intriguing. For example, Ren's son is the last to join so we don't see a lot of him, which is a shame. I also thought it was going to be a complete story but turns out the Flowers manga was continued in Super Star, and the season we got was really just Flowers…Also I still think it would have been a better investment to use the money to improve on the Shaman King remake, but anyway. I wonder if they will ever continue it.

Watched it dubbed

Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac Season 3 (2024)

This was about the same level as season 2 I guess. Though back then they let the fights begin in one episode and end on the next, while here they kinda kept it in the same episode, which made them feel shorter :/ Like, it was cool but still not even close to the original series. It has its moments, but parts of it are too quick, there’s a lack of stronger soundtracks to enhance the scenes, etc. The original content was interesting enough, but we had so little time it would have been better to use it on canon events... or at least parts of it.

I would watch more if they made it but it seems they’re going to stop this version in this arc – and I get it, like I said, its really not as good as it should/could be. I’m glad they finished it though, it would have been a bummer to see the arc only halfway done. I hope we don’t have to wait too many years until a new saint seiya anime…also I wonder what it will be.

Watched it dubbed

Delicious in Dungeon (2024-)

Everybody couldn’t shut up about it so I had to watch it XD yes, yes, it’s good! Well made rpg-esque medieval fantasy setting. It’s got plenty of comedy, and the story is pretty different from the usual stuff… It wasn’t until things started to get serious that it really got me though, like halfway through the season. From what I’ve heard, it should be done by season 2. I'll be there to watch it!

Watched it dubbed

Sailor Moon: Musical Festival Chronicle (2022)

Finally could watch this one, yay!!! Story-wise it's not really impressive, but then again this one is more of a celebration of myu history than anything else. Cool to see the old numbers back, lovely to see Satomi’s guest appearance and, of course, the BANDAI MYU team, hooray!!!! Oh and we could see more of Riona’s Mamoru too! Since The Super Live full recording was never released, we don’t have much of that, so this is nice.

I honestly thought this would be the end of the myu/moon renaissance, but after the announcement of the long run of the new Super Live in London, I'm not so sure! But alright, let's not get ahead of ourselves...

Ranma ½ (2024-)

Ranma’s return!!!! Its been rather fun to follow Ranma and Akane’s shenanigans again. I’m glad I watched the full og anime a few years ago!!! I hope they get to adapt the manga until the end this time (I’ve never read it myself). Waiting for season 2!!!

Watched it dub (I’m so happy Netflix got the cast back!!!)

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Sailor Moon Museum Part 7

Did you know there was Sailor Moon wedding dress collection a few years ago?

Modeled after Luna from the S Movie.

Sailor Moon.

Based on Chibi Moon and four Inner Senshi

Outer Senshi

Article for the wedding dresses with more pictures.

Snuck in a picture because I love the outfits.

I think these are SH Figuarts.

SH Figuarts Minis and the start of all the dolls.

Glitter and Glamour figures on the top. These were the only ones available at the time.

SH Figuarts

Figuarts and some of the 90s dolls. I think they were Bandai ones.

Close up of the Glitter and Glamour dolls. Love the series! I would love to see an Eternal version of all the senshi and the Starlights.

Bandai dolls from Sailor Moon S.

Amazon Quartet Bandai Dolls from Sailor SuperS

Bandai Sailor Starlight Dolls.

SH Figuarts... maybe I should star collecting some of these.

I understand these Pullip Dolls are popular but the eyes creep me out!

More dolls.

I'm not sure where the figures on the right are from. Figuarts Usagi and Mamoru. Really hard to find that statue now without paying a fortune.

Love these!

No idea who made them. Figuarts Princess Serenity.

I keep seeing these via proxy but I can' justify to myself spending hundreds of dollars on these at this time. We need more Starlights figures!

Luna, Artemis, and Diana collection of plushies. It was at the time I started to realize I didn't have merchandise with the cats.

Luna P looks so cute!

Love the winking Luna and Artemis at the top.

Some really happy looks cats

Sailor Moon Otedama were released at the musuem but I'm not fan of these.

Huge collection of otedama

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🌙🧋Naixue Tea X Sailor Moon Eternal ~ Luna Mini Bag.🐱👜 Super cute.🥰

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Sailor Moon but Superhero TTRPG

Look... if you give me the opportunity to look into playing a superhero ttrpg and making a character for it just as I’m finishing watching the Sailor Moon Eternals movies (parts 1 & 2), you will be getting a magical girl OC. I’m going to go through my process of how I made my magical girl superhero for the Legends ttrpg. I also like the idea of her gaining her powers well into adulthood as a twist to the magical girl genre where it’s mostly teens fighting bad guys to save the world. Like, “Oh you had an established routine as an adult? Have fun trying to weasel yourself out of getting to work late because you were fighting bad guys in a mini skirt and can’t tell anyone.”

What’s the point of me saying all this? Idk I just wanna info dump about the process I went through to make this character yesterday and today.

So buckle up and let’s get into it :D Have fun reading

To start, I looked at the Sailor Guardians naming conventions and their themes. Each of them are based on planets or celestial bodies in our solar system, most of which are named after Roman or Greek gods/ goddesses. So I went forth and researched greek gods and the planets/ moons in the solar system and I found out that Ceres is a designated dwarf planet in our solar system and just so happens to be a counterpart goddess to Demeter; both of them are goddesses of agriculture, fertility, some elements of love, and Demeter in particular is also a goddess of sacred law. I REALLY liked Demeter’s mythology more so I went with a mashup of both and it spun into the idea that I sort of wanted to do a Harvest Moon/ farming themed Sailor Guardian :D

So now I have Sailor Ceres, Pretty Guardian of Harvest and Love. Her civilian name is Demetria or Dem for short.

I settled on this only to realize one of the Amazon Quartet in the show is already named Sailor Ceres >.> but since in-universe for the Superhero ttrpg it’s just our real world with a slightly shifted AU I can ignore the already established Sailor Ceres and play it off as my character cosplaying their own Sailor Moon OC and also a sprinkle of canonical “sleeping powers that have to be awakened” like the Sailor Guardians actually had.

So now I’ve got to figure out power sets and transformations. The Sailor Guardians all used either pens or later broaches to transform. The Inner Guardians also rarely changed their outfits until Sailor Moon does a huge power up (I’m pretty sure the Inner Guardians outfits didn’t change a huge amount until the end of Eternals). The Guardians have about one or two powers at a time, gradually swapping each out for a better move over the course of the series. Sometimes they used magical items in their attacks like Venus and her chain which she later added a sword to (the names of their attacks we will get into in a bit because if you look at the english translations only they’re absolutely ridiculous). Sailor Moon had the most attacks as she often cycled them out for new abilities. She also almost strictly used magical items for her attacks (excluding the supersonic crying she used in the very beginning of the series); she had her tiara, moon stick, chalice, etc. 

With this knowledge we can establish that we need a means of transforming but also a weapon or something to use as a conduit of our powers. Based on how ability points are used in this TTRPG setting for level zero I’ve got maybe 6 points to use across the tiers for powers and abilities; A-tier costs 4 points, B-tier 2 points, and C-tier is 1 point each. There’s a huge list of options between regular weapons, elemental abilities, basic attributes skills (ie: strength, charisma, etc). 

Let’s start with our magical powers since that’s the easiest. A-tier has a “magic spells” we can put points into. This opens up more options for what KIND of magical spells I want. I didn’t have access to these pages and needed to wait to talk to my cousin who would be the GM to go over them. So what I did instead was look over the names of all the Sailor Guardians attacks. If you just read some of these out they just sound like words slapped together. Let me give you some examples:

- Moon Gorgeous Meditation

- Rainbow Moon Heartache

- Jupiter Oak Evolution

-Venus Wink Chain Sword

So I thought, for my attacks I could keep them somewhat thematic but I could be a bit goofy about it? And since I’d have limited ability slots for a bit I could maybe go for a seasonal theme for the attacks. I came up with a few including but not limited to “Summer’s Shining Sunrise”, “Swathing Harvest”, and “Winter’s Breath”. Those sound cooler than the Sailor Guardians attack names but this is just the first draft, we can workshop goofy things in later. Plus, the actual spell attacks that were chosen at level zero were slightly different but we will work up to some thematic ones (I really liked Winters Breath). These names were just to help establish a baseline for thematic approach. 

For the first spell everyone by default gets a Magic Blast but I can choose the Unique Effect that it has so I just decided that it’ll just Push the enemies back like 3 meters. One of the spell names I came up with earlier, “Summer’s Shining Sunrise”, is close enough to Blinding Light which is... self explanatory. For the personal flavour text I’m going to have the blade itself shine blindingly bright like the Sun. The second spell I wanted something nature-y and on the list is a spell called “Vine Whip" that’s plant control (vines come up from the ground and whip the enemy and do earth damage). This one I named “Nature’s Wrath” >:) 

Now... the weapon of choice. After more research I found out that Demeter was also known as “The Lady of the Golden Blade” and also presides over life and death (like plant life or death as a goddess of harvest? Idk I’m just rolling with the wikis). There’s depictions of her golden blade being either a sword or frequently sickles. But there’s also been precedent for her to have a scythe. Which, yeah that’s cool as hell and I’ve always loved the idea of scythes as weapons (thanks Soul Eater). So we have our weapon now as a Golden Scythe :D 

The thing is... at this point I had to establish that the weapon was not strictly a Magical Weapon (it’s not going to be Mjolnir where it has all the magic powers itself) and was just a regular weapon where I would use it as a conduit for the Sailor Guardian’s magical powers. So how was I going to get my character to transform if I’ve already spent most of my points? Magic Spells is in the A-tier list which means it costs the bulk of my points at 4 out of 6 and a regular weapon is 1 point. I can’t have yet another magical item, that’s from the B-tier list that costs 2 points. 

For the answer to this we have to go to another show in the magical girl genre; Cardcaptors (or Card Captor Sakura). If you aren’t familiar with the show basically this little girl uses a magic staff to activate/ release the creatures from magical tarot cards in order to collect the remaining cards that had escaped (Gotta Catch ‘Em All). Those cards and the staff are what holds the powers that she is able to use against enemies as the creatures manifest outside the card when called upon. The thing I’m pulling from this show is that the girl in this show doesn’t transform but her staff grows from the size of a necklace charm to an actual weapon with an incantation. So while the Golden Scythe isn’t a “Magic Item” in and of itself with it’s own magical properties/ powers, my GM has agreed that this is what we can do to allow my character to transform and it will compress into a charm until activated. We also agreed it would have notable durability via Plot Armor for reasons lol we can’t have the end of the scythe chip off when it hits the ground or something now can we? 

To recap, we now have themes for the names of my character and her superhero persona and powers, the way the powers function with the opportunity for flavour text, and also a weapon!

But there’s something missing... I still have 1 ability point left to spend :O And there’s ONE power that is a common theme in Sailor Moon that I haven’t mentioned... 

THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP. 

THAT’S RIGHT.

When the going gets tough the inspirational and motivation speeches gets TOUGHER. 

As it turns out, there’s a spell for that! It’s apparently listed under “Empowerment”. But that’s a magic spell to delve into later and instead my Ability point will be spent on the C-tier ability “Emotion Manipulation”. Now that may sound... well like I’m going to manipulate people’s emotions. But I’m gonna use it for (mostly) motivation and inspiration for Extra BOOSTED Power of Friendship for my allies XD BELIEVE IN YOURSELF SO HARD YOU HIT THE ENEMY HARDER. I mean I could also use that ability for other things but I think it would be amazing if I had that as the basis for learning the Empowerment spell later on. To end this post I present to you a visual WIP of my Guardian:

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