Thing that annoys me:
- Beryl is a great reflection of Usagi’s dark side, jealousy, possessiveness, two royal women seeking vengeance on each other. Good shit.
- Galaxia can easily be a Mina-gone-wrong figure, they are both the best soldiers, they both feel overshadowed by circumstances and want more than they are given, if you told me Minako went rogue and took over the universe to prove herself it would not strike me as out of character outside of her loyalty to Usagi/Serenity
- There are five inner senshi and five arcs/big bads
- I HAVE BEEN TURNING IT OVER IN MY MIND FOR WEEKS AND I CANNOT MAKE THE REST WORK TO MIRROR OR FOIL EACHOTHER WITHOUT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING THE BIG BADS
OH MY GOD YES and I raise you the idea that both Haruka and Mina would do this, Haruka because if anyone must make the sacrifice, it should be her, and Mina because if anyone can succeed, it would be her
I’ve been grappling with the idea of inner-outer-baddie trios in each arc being highlighted for the sake of a theme, and they work BRILLIANTLY for the idea of what does it mean to be powerful and what does it mean to be noble. I also like Rei/Setsuna/some revised black moon clan memeber for the idea of how can you build a future you want, and what is inevitable. The rest gets difficult to parse out, though I have the slightest hint of an idea of Mako/Michiru and almost Nehellenia playing with the idea of who are you supposed to be.
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