#first of my inner senshi series

[magiertama]

Sailor Moon

[petitplum]

Second part of my Sailor Pantone series! The Outer Senshi + Chibi Moon I think my fav to do was Chibi Moon, but Uranus as the easiest to design. I just wanted her to look hot hehe What about you, have a favorite design? Inner senshi series: https://www.tumblr.com/petitplum/717431614023630848/reposting-the-first-part-of-my-sailor-pantone?source=share They’ll be on sale at Otakuthon this year :D Swing by my table!

[sindella96]

I like obscure Legacy Characters

Kopa

Nalas and Simbas son

The lion cub at the end of the first part was named Fluffy by the Production Team - in the Six new adventures book series as well as couple of audiobooks their sons name is Kopa. The production team of the second part was not aware of him.

I always wondered what would happen if Disney decided to bring him into the main continuity. And now with Mufasa live action movie on the way I wonder if the Lion Cub could be him.

IDK why but finding out about him in my childhood and even starting to have interest in listening to audiobooks is special to me.

Nemo

Nadias and Jeans unnamed son from Fushigi no Umi no Nadia or the Secret of Blue Water.

He only appears in the epilog sequence.

He does not has an official name - for obvious reasons I am calling him Nemo.

Artwork from an official Postcard Book, released in 1991

He was also shown in a game - for one ending. I couldn't find a screenshot...

Parallel Sailor Moon

Usagi and Mamoru's second daughter, Kousagi (in an alternative reality.)

She only appears in one short story. And technically I do not really enjoy it that much. Its basically about her and the children of the inner senshis trying to bond. They do bully her and i hate that. i kinda want a second story where she gets treated better. But I know its pretty much impossible...

Zatara II

Zatanna Zataras and John Constantines son from Earth 22. There has been no confirmed first name for him...yet.

He has a small role in the Kingdom/Kingdom Come. However, there are some informations - he likes Pie, is in a Relationship with Avia, the daughter of Scott Free and Big Barda and he is able to see the ghosts. In the comic "Offspring" he talks exclusivly backwards and Avia translates.

I always wondered if the Kingdom Come mini series didn't get cancelled if we would have gotten a short story about him as well.

He is also the inspiration behind "Zachary Zatara", Zatannas "cousin" in the main continuity (sometimes, when they don't forget...or maybe erase him).

Sadly, the Kingdom Come animated movie got canceled. I was hoping to see Zatannas Legacy getting a tiny cameo.

Thanks for reading

[sorakazeno]

Sailor Moon Museum Part 6

All the information provided on the Sailor Moon Cosmos Move at the museum in 2022. Two part movies set to premiere in early summer 2023.

Sign for the Sailor Moon anime collection room. The sign that explains the entire room.... after I looked at everything. Oops.

Sign for the next room. The room fill with all the merchandise goodies from the 90s to present with over 600 items. Many I own and were featured on this blog. I also saw a whole bunch of things I never seen before... many which I ended up purchasing!

Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion. Part of the 2016 Sailor Moon Exhibit in Roppongi.

All the merch!!! Some of these look really familiar now. Bandai release for 90s items. Closer up phots to flow. Cute Super Sailor Moon dress!

Transformation lockets and star locket. I didn't realize they had a prism locket. Proplica later released one.

Chalice were Pegasus hide in Chibi Usa's room, star locket (future post!) and the star wands from the R series. Somewhere I have Mercury and Mars but it's in a box somewhere. I've discovered a some of collection got separated when I moved and there are still some boxes that were never unpacked. I guess I needed that motivation to go through those boxes, eh?

Close up of the star wand wands along with Stars mech. Gloves, Star Yell (on my wish list but so $$$).

The Luna P is so cute!!!!

Close up of Stars merchandise. I now have the Star Headset. But that Star Yell keeps taunting me.

Close up of Eternal brooch, gloves, and Eternal dress.

Propolica. I was so excited when these were released since I was never able to buy these in the 90s.

Proplica brooches.

Children's dresses for each of the Inner Senshi.

Proplica wands. Eternal Tiare was not released at this time.

Still searching for a Holy Chalice that is not super expensive.

I have the Bandai or Irwin release off the four staffs below.

I'm glad they released the wands for Uranus and Neptune, but why not Pluto and Saturn? There are so many other items they can release from the show!

SuperS scepter and wand beneath.

I have about half the items in this picture. Outers wands are hard to come by.

First time I saw the star wand for the Inners. Afterward I started to look for one and found one!

Doll box. Love the look!

Lots of little plushies.

So many different versions.

The few times you find Tuxedo Kamen!

[felixcloud6288]

Dungeon Meshi Chapter 20

We're finally taking care of that undine.

So yeah, Marcille did in fact get attacked earlier because she accidentally poured hot water on the undine.

Is everyone in this series low-key racist?

That's pretty cool how Marcille's staff can act as an external indicator to how much mana she has left.

Something about Namari having to leave the party due to financial issues bugs me. I'm not bugged by Namari specifically, I'm bugged more by the situation.

I've talked about my opinions on the Adventurers' guild from what little bits I've seen and my opinion on it has been generally negative and Namari's situation now makes me feel like the entire guild is just a scam meant to swindle adventurers.

It does provide various services such as corpse retrieval and resurrection, and it probably handles things like providing supplies and maybe building things like the docks in 4F, and it can act as a hub for adventurers to meet each other; but it always feels like the guild doesn't care about adventurers at all beyond what money it can squeeze out of them.

It should ultimately be the guild's responsibility to save Falin and if it isn't up to the task, then it should pay Laios's party to either recover Falin's remains or escort someone who can resurrect her.

I dunno. There doesn't seem to be any large or local government behind this. The Adventurer's guild could be a means for researchers, archaeologists, botanists, pharmacists, etc to get the help they need related to the dungeon, and adventurers should be more akin to salaried or contract workers. But the guild feels like the kind of business that tries to manipulate young people into doing free work for "exposure" and "because they're so passionate".

Marcille, these shenanigans are what I'd expect from Laios.

How forward thinking was Ryoko Kui on everything? We saw a mana herb in chapter 3 and mandrakes were introduced in chapter 4. They're close enough that Kui may have decided to link the two together when she drew a mana herb, but it's really neat how nothing exists in a void.

I'm imagining her writing her Dungeon Meshi bible and having a section about the monsters she wants to use with notes about what kinds of dishes they could be made into. Then there's a section about miscellaneous healing items, and at some point she looked at mana herbs and said "This one needs some background explaining its existence" and then she said it's actually a mandrake.

For once, Laios is the straight-man while Marcille is the one rambling inane methods to capture and eat monsters.

So Senshi's pot isn't just a cast-iron.

Namari said adamantine could withstand dragon fangs and break dragon bones. This had better be relevant when they fight the dragon.

I'm trying to think how Senshi's pot originally being a shield works. The best I can come up with is the original shield was slightly domed-shaped and the part that used to be the lid was the inner layer of the shield.

So yeah. This chapter confirms to me that Namari is a dwarf. I've praised Ryoko Kui a lot but now I'm disappointed that she's actually a coward. Why isn't she drawing Namari with the beautiful braided beard she deserves?

Namari tackled Laios with enough force to send him rolling and hit his head and he's suffering from it after the fight. His armor is dented where she tackled him.

This is the first chapter Laios's race was called Tallmen. Earlier chapters referred to him as a human.

When Marcille is peeling the tentacle, she's holding it with a cloth and it appears to be soaked in vinegar.

I'm going to take a guess here and say that a Tentacle got between Laios and Namari and stung them both at the same time.

Well it all worked out. Marcille recovered her mana.

Namari felt bad leaving the party in dire straits and learning they're eating monsters to get by made her guilt escalate even further. As soon as she tried the food and tasted how good it was, she realized that the party is doing fine and she doesn't need to worry.

Mr Tansu was concerned through this chapter that Namari might rejoin Laios's party out of some sense of obligation or guilt over their situation. All of them sharing the meal Senshi and Marcille made got them to understand that Laios's party is fine and they don't need to worry about them.

Even though it's better for Namari to stick with Mr Tensu's party both for financial and reputation reasons, I'm super bummed that she's not going to stick around. She has great chemistry with the party and there could be an extra layer to the basic story concept by having someone who might take an interest in using monster parts to make tools and weapons.

I think Namari is trying to learn a few things about the whole "Cooking monsters" thing. She's watching intently while Senshi explains something to Chilchuck.

Chilchuck says he's only helping because he was paid in advance and is obligated to stick around, but I bet there's more to it. This is above and beyond his contractual obligations.

And the other guy who left the party in chapter 1 is Shuro. Namari says he likes Falin and proposed to her. So now I need to know why he didn't stick with the party. If he has other connections, maybe he could have funded the journey to rescue Falin instead of leaving Laios to fend for himself.

We'll likely meet him at some point since he apparently is trying to save Falin as well.

back

[revolutionary-thoy]

I have a lot of favourite moments of Sailor moon the 90 anime, some of the most important s to me involved Rei and Usagui.

1) First season, it is after Rei sacrificed herself, the spirits of the others sailors encourage Usagui to keep going, and Rei still gives her tough love.

2) Last season, after Galaxia took their stellar seed, and Usagui plead to Rei, to not leave her.

What is your favourite moments of Sailor Moon?, manga, anime or any other adaptation

You just listed two of my favorites lmao. Usagi and Rei have my favorite relationship in the show, so any intense moment between them is instantly my favorite. I really like Rei's death in the season 1 finale. Her being the final one to go is just chef's kiss. Another Rei moment I like is near the end of the last season when she's the only one who notices Usagi is hiding her pain and confronts her about Mamoru not responding to her letters.

Other favorite moments without Rei are:

Usagi desperately trying to transform in the S finale (and pretty much the entire sequence that follows it with Saturn appearing and Sailor Moon defeating Pharoh 90 offscreen and coming back with baby Hotaru. good shit)

Usagi refusing to use the sword in the series finale

Pretty much all of episode 92 (A Handsome Boy? Haruka Tenoh's Secret) with Minako and Usagi crushing on Haruka. Top tier inner senshi shenanigans

Uranus and Neptune sacrificing themselves for the talismans

Michiru flirting with Seiya and Haruka walking in to have a butch-to-butch staredown

The Outer Senshi queer polycule family! Every moment with them just makes me so happy. I would watch a sitcom spinoff about the hopelessly romantic sapphic couple, ageless eternal being aunt and their spooky posessed daughter.

I could basically list any Haruka and Michiru moment here lmao

also whatever this moment is:

[yamino]

When I discovered Sailor Moon (the show, not the character) as a queer teenager, the moment I found out about Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, they had my heart. On the other hand, it seems like the Inner Scouts speak more to you. I was wondering if you could talk a bit about what appeals to you about the Inners? I've been curious about this for ages but every time I tried to ask, it always sounded so confrontational, like JUSTIFY WHY YOU LIKE MERCURY AND NOT NEPTUNE NOW, NOW! For the record, I think the Inners are awesome as well (especially Mercury ♥ 🌊) and I'm just interested in hearing different perspectives.

When I was a young teen and first got into Sailor Moon, I was also obsessed with Uranus and Neptune! I drew so much art of them and they were extremely formative for me as a young queer person desperate for representation.

As I have revisited the fandom now in my mid 30's, I'm still enamored with HaruMichi, but I have also become a lot less interested in monogamous ships, in general. After a while, it feels repetitive and predictable. When it comes to poly ships, they are all so situationally and emotionally unique, that makes them extremely interesting and challenging to me to write.

I've also grown a lot more fond of the main characters (aka the inner senshi) because I neglected them most of my childhood in favor of focusing soley on HaruMichi.

I think there's an amazing potential for a very interesting poly ship with the inner senshi, especially as they all basically exist to love/protect one person, their princess. (Although admittedly, Usagi is my least favorite and the least interesting to me, lol.) I like all the different dynamics they have with each other one-on-one and as a unit.

I'm particularly interested in the ships that barely get any attention. Back in my day, Inners-shipping was basically a free-for-all with no one ship dominating the others.

But when it comes to Inners ships, fandom these days is basically just Reinako and MakoAmi, which is fine but not super compelling to me compared to their much more layers and complex group dynamic. I'm particularly interested in the one-on-one dynamics that get slept on in favor of the focus on Reinako/Makoami, like... what about Mina/Mako? Rei/Ami? A Rei sandwich between Usagi and Mina?

Romance/shipping aside, there's so much to dive into with their shared experiences and trauma. Child soldiers who have died for each other, over and over and over. Through multiple lifetimes, even. That kind of bond is compelling.

As for HaruMichi, I am actually planning a comic about them with my wife right now, potentially to become a series of short comics about the Outers family. Rather than focusing on HaruMichi as a couple, I really like thinking of them in terms of the whole family with Hotaru as their adopted kid and Setsuna being a co-parent (and who knows... maybe more?)

[hatingfromacrackedscreen]

I love episode 191 of Sailor Moon, and feel like it doesn’t get enough credit. It’s pretty unique for a Sailor Moon monster of the day ep given it was only 9 episodes out from the series finale. And the episode decentralizes Sailor Moon herself, which in turns lets it truly analyze her role this season, along with adding complexity to the seasons overarching theme of what it means to be a Senshi.

First off, I love the setup, with the inners minus Usagi all participating in a video game tournament. The most unique thing about this is that this is the only time in the ENTIRE 200 episode/3 movie series that we focus on just the inners doing something without Usagi. It makes sense that we almost always see them with her, as they’re all besties, but also showing them hanging without her gives their lives more interiority and shows their bond too. And it gives us some really great and fun moments, with the ridiculousness of Mako/Mina/Rei vs Ami at the tournament.

The next part of Sailor Moon’s structure that the episode plays with is the monster battle. In this season all monsters are phages and were previously people, and Sailor Moon is the only person who can heal them back. This episode is the only one this season that looks at that as the strategic disadvantage it is. A phage shows up at the event (of course), and without Usagi there the inners just pretty much get their asses handed to them rather than hurt and potentially kill an innocent person. The Starlights themselves even comment on this, and I love this because it drives home a point that we take for granted but has been there since episode 1. These girls truly are heroes, and regularly put their lives on the line not necessarily to defeat the enemy, but to protect people, and this episode really highlights that difference.

This heroism then inspires the Starlights, in one of my favorite “Solar System Senshi”/“Sailor Starlights” interactions. Seiya sees the inners fighting a dead end fight without Sailor Moon, risking death because they want to protect the life of one single person. This leads them to question why they ever left their home planet, fleeing but also ensuring it’s destruction by Galaxia. This echoes one of the major thematic threads of the season, which is what makes a Sailor Senshi. The inners are sailors & have powers, but that doesn’t automatically make them heroes, it’s an active decision to protect that they follow through on that does. The season contrasts this most obviously with Sailor Galaxia, who uses her sailor powers for destruction & domination, but also in more subtle shades with the Starlights here. Seiya realizes if the inners can’t write off a single person, they could never write off their planet. And that maybe the Starlights’ willingness to write off people for the greater good, and flee potential further harm, was the first step to their planets destruction. I love that here the Starlights realize again that maybe there’s another way to fight a war, and that it’s something the inners do so instinctively that they don’t even think about it.

And lastly, I love how Sailor Moon fits in all of this. By not having her here, we really get to look at what her role is this season, and what she means to her team. None of the girls want to kill a phage and thus a person, which is something that Sailor Moon can solve. In effect, the plot cannot be solved without her here. This works in the literal sense, but also in a meta sense as well. Usagi has been the biggest proponent of harm reduction, and serving to protect, the entire time. In episode 1 it’s not a monster out there that gets Usagi up and fighting, it’s that her best friend Naru needs help and only she can save her. It’s this wish to protect the people around them, that has been driving the inners the entire time. It’s what drives the biggest stake between them and the outers in S, when they refuse to sacrifice anyone for the sake of the world, it’s fundamental to their ethos. And that’s why Sailor Moon’s eventual appearance is one of my favorite Usagi hero moments & entrances, because it works on two levels. Sailor Moon, the hero of the show, has arrived to take out the bad guy. But also to the inners Usagi is their hero because she’s protecting them from having to kill an innocent person. Thus Sailor Moon is protecting everyone, the phage and the inners. That’s why I love the way the episode plays with the idea/role of Sailor Moon as a whole: she doesn’t have the monster-healing power because she’s the hero of the story, but rather she’s the hero of this story bc she’s the one with the healing power, and out of the plethora of destructive powers the Senshi of earth possess, that healing power is the one they most value. That’s why the look of relief and love that the inners express when Sailor Moon shows up always melts my heart, and really shows how much she means to them here.

The episode isn’t perfect, but it’s fun and experiments with new ideas in a lot of really subtle ways, and is a much-needed late addition to the Sailor Moon canon.

[thatnerddave]

Well…damn it…

When I started writing the fan fiction sequel to Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the 2003 live-action show, I had no intention of adapting more than the Black Moon arc to the show’s continuity.

I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to these characters quite yet, but I also couldn’t really see myself writing four additional seasons for a one-season television series. With good reason, I might add.

Right now, I am releasing new episodes of Black Moon on a monthly basis. I’ve actually been writing a bit quicker than that, so episodes have been popping up closer to three weeks apart.

Each episode is about a one-hour read and consists of between 11,000 and 14,000 words. In short, I’m writing a lot in a short amount of time.

My process is pretty involved. I have a master outline for the whole season. Before I start writing a new episode, I break it down into individual scenes. I then write one scene at a time in rough draft form.

Then comes my first revision phase. Next, I listen to the story out loud to catch mistakes or clunky writing I may have missed. Then comes my second revision phase.

So, long story short, after Black Moon, I had planned to move on. Yesterday, I spoke to an artist and Sailor Moon fan who was very positive about what I have posted so far. He said “you gotta go all the way to Stars”.

I don’t think I can think that far ahead…but it did get my mind churning. What would my take on the Death Busters arc look like? How would I introduce the Outer Senshi while not neglecting the Inner Senshi that I love so much?

So, this morning, I opened the notes app on my phone and started outlining. To my surprise, I think I still have more to say. I’m starting to think Black Moon might not be the end for me, after all.

…damn it!

[sproouts-jpeg]

@c4ndytr4p i’m thinkin abt that ask u sent me a while back on my thoughts on a hypothetical chibiusa spinoff. i finished reading the series just yesterday, so my thoughts on the ending are still very fresh! thus i thought id use that to expand on your idea!

the ending of sailor moon left me dissatisfied and wanting more! it felt as though the story takeuchi wanted to tell in the final arc was cut short due to some sort of time constraint. the first half of the stars arc (introducing the starlights, galaxia’s sailor animamates, the moral conflict surrounding fighting other fellow guardians, and losing the inner senshi in battle against the animamates) was well paced in the usual manner that she writes. but as soon as the outer guardians go to their castles to gather information on where the animamates came from, they are all very swiftly taken out, and hotaru disappears/dies along with them with no explanation despite not being attacked. this is where the plot very quickly speeds up, leaving no time to further consider the moral conflict, or the exploration of the expanded galaxy of fictional planets and stars from where the animamates originate, as it is revealed that for some reason the princess kakyu the starlights have been searching earth for was under the care of sailor chibi-chibi (who also just very randomly appears). and then usagi can no longer ponder the whole “can the starlights be trusted” conflict, as they’re the only people who can help her get to sagittarius star zero! usagi’s confrontation with sailor galaxia is also incredibly brief, as they only exchange blows once before galaxia’s backstory is revealed and she’s immediately betrayed by chaos (who is shoehorned in and his merging with the galaxy cauldron is completely unexplained despite that being an important thing that would’ve definitely been discussed more in depth had it not been introduced in the penultimate chapter). and then usagi jumps into the cauldron, sacrificing herself to purify the cauldron for the sake of the entire galaxy, while chibi-chibi (who’s also there) all the sudden turns into SAILOR COSMOS just has to info-dump lore and reiterate what just happened to the amazoness quartet (cause she brought them there for some reason even tho they didn’t do anything except watch chibiusa die, btw chibiusa also traveled back from the future just to die to fuel more emotional catharsis for usagi) cause it made zero sense!

OK IM GETTING OFF TOPIC HERE. TLDR: THE PACING IS WACK AND THINGS ARE JUST HAPPENING JUST TO GET SHIT OVER WITH AND NOTHING ELSE

what’s most important in this moment to me, and why i dislike the ending, is why usagi chooses not to destroy the galaxy cauldron like chibi-chibi/cosmos told her to. chibi-chibi wants to destroy the galaxy cauldron cause even tho it’ll stop new sailor guardians from being born, it’ll also stop all those villains the guardians have faced from being born as well, thus ending the constant cycle of struggle between dark and light and end usagi’s responsibility as sailor moon that plagues her so much. but usagi recognizes that destroying the cauldron would only lead to stagnancy, no more new stars or planets or sailors, no more growing or learning! and she would rather have to face off hoardes of evil over and over again if it means Usagi gets to grow and learn and live and love with her family and friends!! she has learned that all this adversity makes her “promised” future of crystal tokyo uncertain (as the big bads have been shown to have the power to alter the future) so she wants to take it upon herself to BUILD and EARN that future!

so when she purifies the cauldron and tells the guardian of the cosmos crystal that she doesn’t want to reset the timeline and instead wants to go back to earth and continue living her current life, WHY DOES SHE SEND THEM TO THE 30th CENTURY INSTEAD OF THE 20th??????? TO WHEN CRYSTAL TOKYO IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED????? so then usagi and her friends don’t get to grow up, achieve their dreams (wtf happened to ami wanting to be a doctor, rei wanting to be head priestess at her grandpa’s shrine, makoto wanting to run a bakery, minako wanting to become an idol????) , or work towards establishing crystal tokyo themselves! ALL THE WORK HAD ALREADY DONE FOR THEM THIS WAY!!! AND THEN USAGI AND MAMORU GET MARRIED AND IT JUST ENDS???? LIKE NOTHING ELSE MATTERED??? LIKE THESE THEMES THAT WERE VERY OBVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED MEAN NOTHING????

if i had to change only a single thing about the ending of sailor moon. only one. it’d be that. i’d have guardian cosmos send usagi, mamoru, and the rest of the guardians to the 20th century, where there’d then be a few vignettes of the girls continuing to go to school, fooling around at shops, studying hard, getting boyfriends, baking and singing and maybe even graduating and going to college and LIVING AND LOVING GROWING UP. and some kind of sequence or small panels interspersed about the beginnings of how crystal tokyo is established (cause how tf does an elusive team of magical girl heroes come to establish and rule an entire kingdom in modern tokyo, like there’s already a govt there??) ok and maybe then and ONLY THEN, cause ik takeuchi always planned to end it with their wedding, can we flash forward a little more to mamoru and usagi getting married in crystal tokyo. i don’t think that would’ve been hard to do.

im genuinely curious has anyone heard anything or read any interview about naoko takeuchi’s thoughts on the final arc? cause i genuinely do think the weird pacing and ending might have to do with something weird going on in production! like i wouldn’t find it hard to believe if the ending was rushed due to like financial constraints or something else going on with the publisher.

[tokiro07]

Undead Unluck Week 2024

Day 6 - Favorite Quote: "Let's enjoy life"

Is it cheating to use a quote from the author rather than from the series itself? It better not be, cus for all of the quotes from this series that rattle around in my brain, either because they're extremely poignant ("What kind of man wants to see the woman he loves suffer?") or stupidly funny ("You not telling me was a test, wasn't it?" "Yes." "You're lying, aren't you?" "Yes."), this summation of the series posited by Tozuka's editor is the one that actually changed me

That may seem hyperbolic for a three-word quote, but ever since I saw that quote, it really has altered something in my brain chemistry. Like a Negator reinterpreting the meaning of their Rules, my whole worldview changed, at least subtly, when I heard that quote

Naturally it changed my approach to reading UU, as every scene, every moment, every quote, every panel suddenly became about reinforcing the idea that life is something to be enjoyed with other people. It's incredibly clear that this philosophy is the driving force for every single decision in the narrative, with every action that the main cast takes (and possibly even the villainous cast with recent revelations) being directly influenced by the goal of happiness, the search for the Greatest Life

Beyond that, though, I've found that it's influenced my daily life as well. In much the same way that Dungeon Meshi fans have an inner Senshi that reminds them to feed themselves, I now have an inner Tozuka that reminds me to find the joy in whatever I'm doing. Whether it's to remember the purpose of why I'm doing something in the first place or to convince me that the effort isn't worth it and I should stop, the maxim to enjoy myself gives me the clarity and perspective to focus on what matters

It's not always easy. Sometimes life just hits you a little too hard and you can't remember the words of wisdom that would help you through the rough patch. But remembering that the whole point of life is to enjoy it, to be around people you can enjoy it with, eases the burden a bit. It redirects your energy towards trying to be happy rather than trying not to be sad

Fiction is a source of comfort for people. Whether it's seeing people going through the same problems they are and overcoming them, seeing people who look like them thriving when they themselves otherwise can't, or even just hearing a quote that resonates with them, the escape into fantasy should, ideally, give you something to latch onto and bring back with you into the real world. It can be something simple, like a superhero story equipping you with the courage to stand up for yourself, or a romance showing you how to be open with your emotions, but the best stories always leave you better than they found you

I've always believed that the purpose of life is to enjoy it, but I don't think I ever quite put it in those terms or thought about it that concretely. It was more just a general feeling, an implicit understanding that a life without happiness can hardly be called living, but once I read Undead Unluck, it became much more than that. It became an active choice. I've decided to live my life in a way I can enjoy, even if all that means is appreciating the moments where I'm just relaxing instead of "living life to the fullest." I don't have to see everything the world has to offer, I don't have to push myself to achieve every dream I've ever had, but I can't beat myself up for not doing those things either. You can't enjoy life if you're too worried about not enjoying life enough, now can you?

To truly get the most out of life, we have to be willing to live it, and on some level that means accepting who we are as individuals and meeting ourselves in the middle. It's fine to push yourself, but if you push yourself to the point of misery, then there's no point to it. Some of you even suggested that very thing to me when I felt like my UU anime reviews were getting too repetitive to be fun. You all, as my community, actively tried to help me break my own pattern of unenjoyment. I don't know if I ever said it, but thank you for being there for me. Thank you for helping me to remember to enjoy myself. I hope that this post will help do the same for you

I'll see you all again tomorrow for the final day of UU Week 2024. After that, and until next year's celebration:

Let's enjoy life

[sailormoonandme]

Some of my Sailor Moon headcanons for your considerations:

Manga:

Before Beryl found them again, the reincarnated Shitennou were on occasion bumping into and being drawn in by Mamoru much the same way the Inners were with Usagi.

Kunzite worked as a security guard at one point, a job obviously not dissimilar to his role as body guard in the Silver Millennium. During one night shift he had an encounter with Tuxedo Mask.

Before Usagi became Sailor Moon, Sailor V and Tuxedo Mask also had an encounter similar to the one from the opening scene of PGSM. PGSM had input from Takeuchi and was originally intended to be a more faithful manga adaptation than the 1992 anime, so this is good enough for me to say it is essentially 'author approved'

The Thyron Crystal that Pharaoh 90 possesses was to the Tau Nebula what the Silver Crystal was to the Solar System. Basically, had Metalia's plans succeeded the Solar System would have wound up much the same as the Tau Nebula

Since Pharaoh 90 never knew about the Silver Crystal (whilst the other Chaos extensions did) and required Mistress 9 to act as a host body for him Pharaoh 90 was probably the first and most primitive of Chaos' creations

Nehalennia's 'curse' that Serenity would die was less her invoking an actual magic spell and more her sort of being cryptic about how Metalia was already lying in wait within the Sun

Princess Serenity/Usagi is an 'extension' of Queen Serenity, in much the same way Metalia, Nehalennia, etc are extensions of Chaos

The Amazon Stones that the Sailor Quartet wield are basically just their Star Seeds

It was Queen Serenity who implanted the Quartet's stones on Earth, concerned that if Serenity got pregnant, her future grandchild would need protectors

'Sailor Galaxia' is not an actual Senshi title. That was just a moniker the villain we know (and fear) adopted for herself as an act of aggrandisement. She should actually be Sailor

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The Amazoness Quartet existed during the Silver Millennium and were originally the children of circus families

Usagi never turned back time when she restored Nehalennia to her childhood. She literally de-aged her just as she did with Hotaru and reconstituted the atoms of her entire Kingdom and people, resurrecting them completely

The Dark Kingdom was in fact a subterranean kingdom on Earth during the Silver Millennium. Its members were not human, but rather minerals made flesh through Metalia's evil energy, shaped by the collective dreams and nightmares of humanity

By extension 'Metalia' is in fact a mutilated pronunciation of 'mother' by the Youma.

Some Youma survived the fall of the Dark Kingdom at the end of season 1 and would go on to be the ancestors of the Black Moon Clan

Jadeite didn't die when the Dark Kingdom fell. In reality he lived on and eventually became Wiseman

When Neo-Queen Serenity salvaged the Earth from the great cataclysm that befell it, she invoked similar magic to the kind she used at the end of Season 1 and that Queen Serenity used in the Silver Millennium. As a result, she and her friends do not have 100% clear memories of their lives in the 20th century accounting for why they were blindsided by the Black Moon Clan's invasion

Following Nehalennia's second defeat, Setsuna moved in with Hotaru and Professor Tomoe

Because Galaxia's Star Seed was drawn to Usagi, it instinctively adopted a physical form that resembled both her and Chibi-Usa, accounting for why Usagi and the gang noticed similaried between ChibiChibi and Usagi/Chibi-Usa

In Crystal Tokyo, the gang have so thoroughly mastered their Senshi abilities that they can transform into any level that they desire, standard Senshi, Super Senshi, Eternal Senshi, etc. This is why in Season 2 we see them in their normal Senshi outfits despite them having unlocked their Super forms in the series.

[petitplum]

Reposting the first part of my Sailor Pantone prints since I did some adjustments! The Inner senshi! Inspired by some stuff in my own wardrobe as well as Harajuku outfits and fashion week fits.  My Outer senshi series: https://www.tumblr.com/petitplum/717431354688716800/second-part-of-my-sailor-pantone-series-the-outer?source=share Who’s your fav?

[nerdytextileartist]

Given the positive response to my last art post, I decided to do a series of Teen Titans Fab Five/Sailor Moon and the Inner Senshi outfit mashup.

First up, Donna Troy in Usagi’s apron dress!

[sorakazeno]

Sailor Moon Museum Part 9

The start of the Sera Myu Room!!

Newer versions of the fuku.

Tuxedo Kamen at the end. I realized later that is one pic I have of the outfit. Rats. I could not get over how tiny the waist lines are on these dresses.

The classic ones I grew up on.

Took a picture in front of Sailor Mars for a friend.

Eternal Sailor Moon. I thought the wings were larger. But then again.... the woman that wore these outfits were are a lot shorter than I am so it probably fit them for the portions.

My favorite Inner Senshi

My second favorite Inner Senshi. Atlas no Outer Senshi. >.<

Nogizaka46 Version Musical 2019 on the left.

Kaguya-hime no Koibito on the right from 2021.

Le Mouvement Final on the left from 2017.

Super Live from 2018 and 2019. I need to take pictures of the poster released in the US... and a post for this musical. It was amazing.

La Reconquista from 2013.

Fumina Hara, the second actress to play Usagi in the musicals.

Ohyama Anya, the first actress to play Usagi and will always be my favorite.

Close up of Jupiter and Mercury.

Just realized this my only Chibi Moon one.

Shin / Henshin - Super Senshi e no Michi - Last Dracul Jokyoku. Also commerates the 500th musical for Sailor Moon. I was able to purchase a coin for this that was in a previous post.

Starlights - Ryuusei Densetsu 2003.

Now entering the Nakayoshi room! Lots and lots of little giveaways as the series are original being published in the 90s. Most of these I never seen before.

Notebook, playing cards, and Sailor Moon mask.

Usagi and Tuxedo Kamen bag, poster with the Inners.

Better view of the mini poster.

Stickers, postcards and various inserts.

Bags, inserts, sticks, trading cards

Mini poster is some kind of Santa Claus game. Bag and cute little cardboard box.

Senshi cards are listed as "Super Premium" cards.

Calendar and bag.

Chibi Moon bag, fan books and a card game in the upper corner.

Sailor Moon was constantly featured on the cover of Nakayoshi

More covers.

So many covers.....

I believe all art was published in the five artbooks from the 1990s.

[gaaralover55]

Hey guys!

As you all have seen I have been very quite in the sailor moon fandom.

And the reason is because I am tired.

I am tired of all the critisim Sailor Moon crystal has gotten!

I am tired of all the "The 90s Sailor Moon is best ^W^ and no other magical girl show is better"!

I am tired of all of it!

I just can't stand the complains about Sailor Moon crystal when it's 9 years ago it premire! Still complaining about the art of the first season! And praises the 90s series as a great animated serie!

WHEN IT NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE!

And then they praise the 90s serie for good storylines and that the characters!

WHEN THE STORYLINE WAS FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THE SAME REPEATING FILLER EPISODES!

And worst was fans complaining about Naoko Takeuchi story sucked and someone rlse should have written Sailor Moon instead.

....Ungratefull little shits!

I am tired of it!

I am tired of pepole praising Sailor Moon season 3 artstyle! When it's just a mix of 90's and pretty cure just to please the complaining 90's fans!

I AM TIRED OF ALL OF THE FAN FICTIONS!

I AM TIRED OF ALL THE BETRAYAL FICS!

I AM TIRED OF ALL THE USAGI/EVERYONE FICS!

I AM TIRED OF ALL THE BASHING FICS OF THE INNER SENSHI, CHIBUSA AND MAMORU!

I AM TIRED OF ALL THE USAGI TSUKINO IS A ALLMIGHTY MARY-SUE GODDESS FICS!

I AM TIRED OF ALL OF IT!

I am DONE WITH ALL OF IT!

I don't know if I will return to the Sailor Moon fandom again. I lost my intress and only the future will show.

I hope you others will still stay but I can't anymore.

I am sorry