@paksenarrion-reader TUMBLR STILL WON’T LET ME KEEP EVERYONE’S REBLOGS ON THE MIRROR OF ERISED POST SO I’M POSTING THIS ON ITS OWN. JUST SO I CAN BE A BAD INFLUENCE AND HAVE MAKO THOUGHTS.

Imagine Mako coming to the mirror several times throughout her life

The first time, when she is very young she sees her parents, alive and hugging her.

The next time, she still sees that, but the her in the mirror between her parents is different from how she really is, small and demur and more “Traditionally beautiful”

A little older still, and she see her parents (yes both of them, one on each arm because she loves them so much) walking her, more beautiful than she would ever believe herself to be in real life, down the aisle at her wedding

Years later, after meeting Usagi and crew, she sees herself as she is, surrounded by friends and the family she hopes to have in the future

(And someday, she encounters the mirror and does not recognize it for what it is, because she sees only her own reflection)