MINA VERSUS MICHIRU

CHRIST okay, I’m going to assume it’s an even playing field, which means either 1) they’re toying with each other, or 2) it’s somehow come down to saving Usagi or saving Haruka (so they’re going all out).

Option 1 probably goes to Mina. Both of them can get very serious even with low stakes, but Mina has that Venus drilling– how you practice is how you’ll fight for real. Michiru has enough of a disconnect from the old Neptune that that’s not present for her. 

Option 2 ends in a draw– mutual destruction. Mina/Venus lives for Usagi/Serenity. Her literal life’s purpose is to keep her alive. Whatever she feels about it, it’s all she has. Maybe she’ll hate herself for the means she choses to reach that end (she will, oh she will), but that end must be reached. 

But Haruka is every good thing for Michiru, the one thing she’s chosen in this whole mess of a life. If it’s Haruka or the world, she’ll choose Haruka– but then, neither of them are really fighting for the world. If Usagi will save it, well, that’s a nice coincidence that bears no effect on Mina’s choice.

They’ll fight like hell until one of them–probably Mina– decides that the way to end it is by having there be only one person left to save. But once Haruka’s dead, there’s no way anyone’s coming out alive. Mina spends the last few seconds of her life hating herself. 

haruka plus seiya I AM DRUNK AND SORRY BUT NOT REALLY

  • “+” for how I ship them (platonic, familial, romantic, not at all)

NEVER BE SORRY DOC.

I’m here for the hatemance, but I’m also sooooooooo here for begrudging friendship that comes out only in specific situations. They’re are certain small instances where the other’s vulnerability becomes endearing. Way way long ago I did a headcanon about Haruka inadvertently helping Seiya realize she’s a butch lesbian, AND I STILL LIKE THAT IDEA. THEY’D BOTH BE SO PISSED THEY SHARE THIS CONNECTION AND THE MOMENT, BUT THERE’D BE THAT LITTLE BIT OF LOVE. 

ALSO MAYBE THEY MAKE OUT ONCE, DEFINITELY NOT SUBTLY EGGED ON BY MICHIRU.

haruka or soda

  • “or” for who I like better

I’M GONNA GUESS YOU MEANT SEIYA, based on your other two, and also because I’m still Midwest enough to call soda pop.

If they had equal screen time and characterization strength this would be hard and would actually probably go to Seiya, even though she breaks my usual favorite character type. I LOVE THIS CHEEKY ASSHOLE A LOT. Also as much as I look up to Haruka, Seiya’s questionable gender status was kind of a safe space for my early do/be/ahhh??? feelings, I was SO attracted to her, but it was okay because she’s totally a boy! Yes even in the musicals where she is played by a woman. Yes even as a senshi. I WAS TOTES STRAIGHT. And If I sent my friend a video of one of the three lights myu songs saying “I want to look this androgynous” that… was just because Seiya is so cool! It’s normal to want to be like a cool person! No deeper meaning than that!

BUT NAY, HARUKA. SHE IS WHERE THE DEPTH IS. SHE IS INFINITELY MORE INTERESTING FOR HAVING BEEN MORE DEVELOPED. AND ALSO. I APPRECIATE HAVING AN NON-NEGOTIABLE BUTCH LESBIAN. AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST, I WON’T GET INTO ALL MY FEELINGS BECAUSE WE’LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

HARUKA VERY SEIYA

  • “vs.” for who I think would win a fight

OKAY THIS DEPENDS ON A LOT OF VARIABLES. It can go either way. I think Haruka could win a lot more than she does in physical fights, but Seiya knows how to fluster Haruka enough to land a good hit. 

Verbal fights USUALLY go to Seiya, though sometimes Haruka will hit a sore spot and it’s SO SURPRISING that Seiya can’t react with her usual buoyancy.

But really, the truth is, we’re always the winners here. Us and Michiru.

docholligay

 

Imagine Haruka being so taken with everything…

ALSO infinite yes to haruka devaluing her own intelligences as ‘not counting’

I see Haruka coming to value so much about herself, but intelligence is one thing I can’t see her ever recognizing. She’s got fucking catalogue knowledge of things she likes, not to mention hands-on/mechanical intelligence, but she can’t see it. Intelligence was always framed a certain way. She’s very much not that type of smart, so she can’t fathom being smart at all.

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i get literally so annoyed when anyone comments on my body at all, for reasons like this

An easy guide to commenting on someone’s body or eating habits: Don’t

Certain “positive” comments bother me more than negative ones, just because it’s like, heyyyy I work hard to place value on things that are not my size, sometimes it doesn’t work so please do not feed that particular beast 
Outright negativity makes it easier to say fuck them and omve on

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You have a right to be LITERALLY WHATEVER about your own life YOU ARE AWESOME AND YOU WILL HANDLE THINGS PERFECTLY WITHOUT RUDE COWORKERS I’M SURE

THANK YOU SNUMPLE I LOVE YOU

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JESUS CHRIST HOW IS SEVEN YEARS OF THAT NOT A PROBLEM

COMING FROM A CERTIFIED WALKING PROBLEM: YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT TO CONVEY ‘YES HELLO THIS IS NONE OF YA BUSINESS AND CONSIDER FUCKING OFF’ TO PEOPLE

IT WAS A PROBLEM IT JUST WASN’T AS MUCH OF A PROBLEM AS OTHER PEOPLE I’VE KNOWN HAVE HAD. It wasn’t an eating disorder so I don’t like giving it any importance, though I recognize it was unhealthy (especially when I started, I was 13.) (I have lasting anger with my parents for a lot of things, and them encouraging that is a big one)

AND THANK YOU I WILL TRY. I can be REALLY GREAT at telling people to fuck off, but I’m much better at doing it for someone else’s sake than my own.