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Usagi stands before a mirror, winding her hair into odangos. Music rises and she begins to sing.
“Mom was the Sol system’s tyrant
Stole a child from each planet
Mom bound them all to protect me
She thought they’d be unbeatable
But Earth proved them defeatable
Mom gave us new life with the crystal
Put all my friends through living hell
All to ensure eternal legacy
Nothing last but Serenity
That is really quite upsetting
I’d rather think about …a wedding!”
THIS IS THE CUTEST.
That’s really all I have to say. I love that Usagi recognizes it’s not entirely polite to take food from someone she just met (especially since she practically invited Mako to offer it), but she wants it’s so bad that she can’t refuse. And Makoto just isn’t sure how to take it. She hasn’t been approached by a girl in so long, she’s actually a little suspicious right now (oh Mako, you’re suspicious because you heard Umino tell her about you, but you’re not suspicious when an older boy on a dark street says he loves you out of nowhere. Darling, no.). But Usagi is just so genuine, and that overrides everything.
What better way to spend a sick day than coloring?
I seem to be in the minority, but I really love Sailor Moon’s eternal fuku.
Credit goes to Miss Dream for the original scan, and serapuu for the cleaned-up image. I gotta say, coloring is even more fun and relaxing when the image is already clean.
The second dream sequence is my favorite. On the one hand, it feels like a real dream. She starts off AS the princess (the perspective is notably different from the first dream), but then V appears and she is V while seeing V, and then it’s the video game she played earlier. I appreciate the realism.
But. There’s also a lot this implies story-wise.
Endymion has his sword out. This is during the war, probably actually right before they die. They’re running away from something Usagi’s dream represents with a dinosaur.
And then V cuts in.
There are two things I take from that. 1) Endymion has taken Serenity away from her guardians. They’re probably fighting, of course, and so away from the battle means away from them and that would seem like the safest choice. Heck, Venus or one of the others might have told Serenity to get away. But the point remains, Serenity is without her guardians and when danger strikes, she wants them there. I don’t think Usagi/Serenity wants to remember what really did come next, and V keeps that from happening. If Venus or anyone else had been there, it wouldn’t have happened the way it did.
2) Usagi/Serenity *becomes* V in her dream. Through the video game, she can fight the monster. She can save herself.
And then she wakes up and becomes a soldier for real.
This time, she will save herself.
So there are a LOT of things I really love about the SilMil dream sequences. They’re beautiful and romantic and *rambles ane cries forever*
BUT. I think storywise their existance does a lot.
First, how cute is it that Usagi admires herself? I really love the message there. See that beautiful beautiful princess? THAT’S YOU. That’s always been the case in Sailor Moon, even clumsy crybaby Usagi could ALWAYS be the princess, but I just feel a certain way about her explicitly thinking this.
I also love that it puts the possibility of remembering in early. She’s not an entirely random girl who has a past life thrust upon her; when she finds out it won’t be a complete shock. There’s residue from her past life. Learning about it will make everything make sense for Usagi.
I’m strangely excited to find out just how Serentiy died in this version, because that will put the dream in a different light depending. If she killed herself over Endymion, these will get a lot sadder, because even with all that tragedy she still managed to project these moments of happiness to her next life.
I’m not crying you’re cryingWe’re all crying can I get a fandom group hug over here?
I woke up today excited for Crystal and Usagi’s birthday. The newly released images have multiplied that about a hundredfold. Just five more days!
Crying doesn’t help anything.
You’re right. If we don’t keep trying…
There’s no tomorrow for the pretty soldiers!
Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge Day 3
Favorite Character Recently
Usagi isn’t my favorite character when I’m thinking just in terms of Sailor Moon (that’s Mako forever and always), but when I think of the world in general, she’s number one. She’s so important. Usagi is this perfect imperfect force of love and there’s no character I’ve ever needed more. There’s so many reasons to love her, but her love is really the bottom line for me. She goes through so much, and she never stops loving her friends and her prince and the world. And she would love you too. That’s so comforting to me. She’s my inspiration and strength when things aren’t going well, because not only would she get through it if it was her, but she would help you through it if she knew you. Just. So much love.
Learning to gif with the senshi: 1/?: Usagi
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