STILL ON THE MICHIRU EPISODE TRAIN, I’d love something lighter, and it’s a pity that the anime left the Outers out of SuperS because that would be prime team building territory. I wanna see episodes where Michiru starts a friendship with Rei beyond what we see in early Stars, and I’d be over the MOON if we could see her take Mako under her wing as a lady. (I’d actually love this for all of the Outers, they’re not a real part of the team and then in Stars they kind of have to be.) I’d love to see her try and connect to the girls after all that happened in S and kind of fail, especially since Haruka’s episode showed that she’s not the best at approaching people when she’s being entirely genuine. 

An angle that I’d find interesting but wouldn’t ever be something the show would go for, is if we can’t have the Outers in SuperS, have the conflict largely continue in Stars, and have the Starlights ENTIRELY hit it off with the Inners, even though the Starlights are ~secretly just looking for allies~. And then the Outers sense Galaxia coming, and know they NEED to work together with the Inners, and have that be an uphill battle of budding friendships and past hurts and bruised egos over OH BUT THOSE THREE ASSHOLES ARE FINE I SEE

if you could write an episode of sailor moon centered around Michiru, what would you write it about?

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT 😀

My first thought is an origins episode, set during S, and honestly the place my mind went for that is Minako vs. Michiru, because we never get a Sailor V origin in the anime either. And I think it would be a great way to play on the tensions already there at the time (I think, especially, when it’s post talismans reveal and the Outers are then still like, WE WON’T WORK WITH YOU).

So the conflict would come to a head with these two, because Minako is the most invested in having the team together, and Michiru is the least interested (Setsuna is just trying to do what’s right, and Haruka would love to be their friend if she thought they could). They end up fighting, all out senshi vs. senshi, and arguing over their attacks. Michiru naturally calls the Inner’s cushy, awakening with the princess and all that, so Minako brings up that she started off alone, and we get a flashback, and Michiru laughs in her face that there’s a difference between a cat telling you you’re a magical soldier and having daily nightmares for years until the panic pushes your transformation on you one night, and we get her flashback.

And as they fight we get more scenes of everything they’ve been through, the fights they fought alone and the doubts they had, leading up to when they meet her. For Minako, it’s Usagi, for Michiru, it’s Haruka. I’D LOVE A BRIEF SCENE FROM HARUKA’S ORIGIN FROM MICHIRU’S POINT OF VIEW.

The fight ends in a grudging draw, because both recognizes that they’re too evenly matched, and also have formed the tiniest bit of respect for each other. And the episode would end with Minako turning back as Michiru walks away, the slightest smile on her face, because while things are too much of a mess now, she sees a way forward. Understanding one another is the first step of connection.

Blehhhh I’ve been inactive and might be for a little bit, between work and stuff going weird with the house (not saying wrong yet, but not right) I’m super stressed and have little creative energy

Also video games. I admit I’m using a lot of time to play video games

This has been on my mind for a while, and with current events it seems like as good a time as any to say it— believing victims means believing them even when they say things about people who are good about other things— specifically, I mean people who are great about LGBTQ stuff. People who use the right pronouns for you or who are respectful of your orientation can still harass and assault others. One behavior does not immediately classify them as good and faultless.

Mall haul!! I got two Reis from blind boxes, which amuses me a lot! I was very happy one store had the Yukata Inners, they’re so pretty. And the shirt was irresistible— there was only one left, and my wife insisted I go for it.

Today my wife and I are driving out to Syracuse so I can take them to the GIANT MALL I saw Le Mouvement Finale in, which I’ve been wanting to do since I went. 

There are FOUR FLOORS and there are MAPS that you can take to navigate and I am EXCITED