#shitennou and senshi

[redfireroseblog]

more curtain call shenanigans and cuteness ♡

[muffinmonstah-art]

In the name of love!

I love Kunzite and the Shitennou! Venus and Kunzite are a beloved ship for me~

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[senshixshitennoulove]

by art_k_ark

[ohmightydevviepuu]

ficbinding: a sailor moon tete-beche

so here's the thing:

my first love? my first fandom? sailor moon, 1995. it's horrifically old-fashioned now to admit this (there are so many, many, many interpretations of the various relationships and potential love stories 30 years later) but i was obsessed with the reincarnated love story of it all and i lost my damn mind when i saw that, because of a series of drawings done by the manga artist, it is technically canon that the sailor senshi also had forbidden lovers in another life.

i was 13. it really stuck with me. it still does.

these stories are a matched set--one from the past (the silver millennium) and one set in the future (crystal tokyo). they are from 2011 and i found them in a time when i was Going Through It and needed to return to that first love and it was that impulse that drove me to finally bind them. well, that and the @renegadeguild annual binderary. we had an excellent workshop and session on using macros in word to simplify typesetting and i just went on a slightly unhinged spree, grabbing everything i could and running it through to have on standby.

these fics were slightly more complicated--originally posted on FF.net, not AO3, and had been deleted by the author in the intervening years (so i will not be linking them here). fortunately i was able to track it down and make this bind by adapting the macro workflow and incorporating the .txt files from the internet archive. the cover art is from mimiclothing on deviant art as highlighted by the senshi/shitennou appreciation blog.

the bind

legal quarto faux 3-pc bradel bind, with cutouts

art from mimiclothing and printed on semi-lustre moab paper

dubletta and verona bookcloth

churchpaper bookbinder's special 24# warm white

italian marbled endpapers from mulberry paper

sewn headbands (not pictured)

graphical elements are allusions to the alchemical symbols for mars and for fire, given that sailor mars is a fire senshi

[cursedwithgloriouspurpose]

Starting the year off right with a bit of Sen/Shi shipping. Ami Mizuno and Zoisite, of course. I figured it was appropriate to start with them, first, since they were the first of the set I drew two years ago when I started getting back into art. Also... I just really wanted to draw an underwater scene, and who better, right?

Unfortunately, I had to crop it down a bit a so that tumblr's compression didn't eat it. You can find the larger image in my kofi gallery (linked in source along with my commission info)

[red-roses-and-tea]

Finally finished!

[smvillainsweek]

The second annual Sailor Moon Villains Week will take place the week of October 6-12, 2024 (the second week of October) !

You may post your works on Tumblr, AO3, Deviantart, or anywhere you choose so as long as you link them in your Tumblr posts if they are off-site. All ratings are allowed, so long as NSFW work is properly tagged and follows the rules of the platform it’s posted on. Be sure to use the "read more" option if necessary (if you post a full fanfiction on Tumblr, to hide NSFW content, or potentially triggering content).

You can add your AO3 works to our designated collection for the event smvillainsweek2024. You can also add your works to our DeviantArt group. Feel free to also use the hashtag #smvillainsweek24 on Twitter or Instagram too.

Submissions should focus on at least one villain from any Sailor Moon media (manga, 90s anime, musicals, live actions, Crystal) at their core along with the daily theme. Ships are allowed as long as they contained at least one villain within the pairing. It doesn't have to focus on or even include a ship, given this week celebrates the Sailor Moon villains. Basically, as long as you're writing/ drawing/creating something featuring a Sailor Moon villain, it's all good.

Don’t forget to tag us at @smvillainsweek and use the hashtag #smvillainsweek24 so we can reblog your work! Late entries are welcome, but don’t post them early!

(Feel free to ask us questions if you need more information. You can also join our villain-themed Sailor Moon discord server to discuss with fellow villain enthusiasts too!)

The prompt list is as follows:

Day 1 - Rivalry/Friendship

Day 2 - Victory/Defeat

Day 3 - Wedding/Funeral

Day 4 - Drinks/Snacks

Day 5 - Revenge/Regret

Day 6 - Virtue/Sin

Day 7 - Free

**If you post something and don't see it reblogged, it's probably because we overlooked it or Tumblr didn't show it to us. Contact us and we will fix that right away!**

[leavesofcourage]

La Reconquista - Zoisite protecting Ami during the first fight between the Shitennou and Senshi.

[the-badger-mole]

Why is it whenever I start shipping a couple, all I want is to see them solve crimes together?

[prince-zoisite]

by Ash

[redfireroseblog]

💕lots of hugs and love at the curtain call of NogiMyu 2024 💕

[venusxaino]

subtitles by seaofserenity

[senshixshitennoulove]

By fmfm1106

[ohmightydevviepuu]

ficbinding: the dinner 'verse

this is just about primary colors and gorgeous paper for three of my all-time favorite comfort reads, posted around 2011-2012 (except for 'dinner at last', a little outlier adn should not be counted).

the stories

the dinner 'verse by lyaka rewired my brain chemistry when i was in a deep funk and i can never thank it enough. it gave me a place to live and wallow and even got me writing--in my notebooks, on my computer, during work, when i was home--working on my own version of how these stories would fit into a wider world. they're lovely. sailor moon, senshi/shitennou, exploring a series of scenarios post-canon between the senshi and the generals and how their paths would have crossed again. questions of fate, memory, history, illusion, truth, etc. simply delightful.

the binding

these are all sewn board legal quartos, a matched set with identical typesetting details. marbled papers (from mulberry papers) in senshi-inspired colors. paper spines in glitter cardstock.

[nocturnalserenade]

Something cheesy to recover from for the holidays! ♥

[red-roses-and-tea]

for the Rei/Jadeite week at @senshixshitennouweeks! Prompt: disguise.

Referenced from that popular manga picture that has spawned quite a lot of redraws already. But you can't tell me the guy doesn't look exactly like Jadeite's cruise captain disguise from the 90s anime :P