#but I am a Sailor Moon fan

[tomtefairytaleblog]

Once you know that Marissa Meyer based The Lunar Chronicles (and specifically Cinder, the first book) on an old Sailor Moon fanfic she wrote, the inspiration can be fairly obvious (most obvious being the missing princess from the moon and the threat of war between Earth and the Moon). That being said, there’s enough of Meyer’s own inspiration/ideas in there to help make it stand out (the futuristic setting, for one thing).

But it did make me think: Bill Ellis (who I mentioned on here before) wrote an essay about Princess Tutu where he said that Cinderella--the fairy tale Cinder retells--is an archetypal precedent to magical girl transformations. Cinderella and Sailor Moon have premises unique to themselves, but then I thought about the basics of both stories: both Cinderella and Usagi start out as girls who are at a low point of their life (Cinderella is mistreated by her stepfamily, while Usagi is chronically late for school and failing tests--one is arguably worse than the other, sure, but the point is, neither of them is doing great in their own way). Then both of them encounter magic (fairy godmother, talking space cat, etc.) that gives them, as Ellis puts it, the skills they need to accomplish whatever they need to do (go to the ball, fight evil). For an added bonus, no one at the ball ever recognizes Cinderella, similar to how no one ever puts it together that Usagi is Sailor Moon, despite her never covering her face (though she did have a mask in the early chapters of the manga). Also, there’s a prince in both stories.

With that in mind, it’s not hard to see how it was easy for Meyer to take inspiration from Sailor Moon in her Cinderella retelling. (Interestingly enough, the original fanfic was a Puss in Boots AU, because as Meyer pointed out, both Puss in Boots and Sailor Moon have talking cats.)

[midigated]

Don't know if anyone saved and re-uploaded the video on YouTube but here's the disaster video from James Somerton attempting to (horribly) analyze Utena and gets literally everything wrong.

I also wrote my own analysis of what he got wrong in the first four minutes of his Utena video:

[wisefoxluminary]

So I've been writing a SPN fanfic and this is the first time I've looked at what I've written and I felt like I have lost my goddamn mind. I can't stop laughing at this 🤣

[gracemyheart]

Sera Myu Ending Songs through the years

→ SERA MYU WEEK 2022 ~ DAY 7 I Free Day

@sera-myu-week

[art-of-sailor-moon]

[blumin-onion]

Daily Doodle Day 18

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Saw someone say they wanted to see Mamoru in the I am Kenough. Hoodie and decided to try to fulfill that vision for today’s daily doodle :)

[nizaberry]

Serena Prismatic

Not So Berry Yellow Gen 03 Heir

[curemoonliite]

* eternally caught between my dream (cosplaying a villain's sexy, tragic girlfriend from a '90s anime) and my reality (the fact that not a lot of people read/watch the old shit anymore and that therefore no one will probably recognize me at the con) *

[rheaweary]

my necks gonna hurt so fucking bad tomorrow i got my wisdom teeth out today and just drew and watched sailor moon and midnight gospel allllll day my necks abt to hate me but i live to spite this physical form

[sailoreddy]

The Sailor Starlights transforming to Take Me As I Am by Rina Sawayama

[takeachanceontoday]

Do u think Timmy yells something as he goes thru his magical girl transformation? “WAND MAGIC MAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUP.” 

[undyinglantern]

“im not really a magical girl fan” and then i remember kamichama karin literally introduced me to manga (and therefore anime) and i actively liked shugo chara and tokyo mew mew

[myheadisemptyffonly]

Now, I have to be honest, I don't usually use any fancasts for the marauders. Like any book I read I tend to imagine them as anime characters, the only thing that changes is the type of animation 💀

I do have some fancast that I love like Kedar Williams as James, Timothée as Regulus, Annalise Basso as Lily, etc, etc... But I always ends up imagine all as 90's anime or something like that.

Which is great actually, cause I can have a perfect picture of how they look like without feeling something is off.

But yeah, I was just thinking about this lately after seeing some tiktoks complaining about fancast or asking for recommendations, and I just couldn't stop but realize that is actually hard to find an actor, model, person, etc, that give the vibe or looks of certain character.

[nezuchuuko]

i changed my url back to my original url 😌✌🏼 i’ll probs switch back temporarily once the reze movie drops

[phantom-of-the-ruckus]

Somehow, the first drawing of the year is a sketch of Owen dressed up as Sailor moon and Jakey little as Tuxedo mask. I am currently drawing the sketch of Jakey tuxedo mask and questioning all my life choices XD

[sumechiayuu]

If I have to clarify to a random that Mamoru is 16 and Usagi/Mamoru are roughly around the same age and the anime is wrong when it comes to his age I WILL explode