you’ll forgive me if I sound insensitive;

nothing matters after Minako died

new sport: synchronized dying

Props to Mars for not saying something along the lines of “well YOU don’t have much time for anything”

character development episode 17 / episode 36

you know, the concept of Luna and Artemis as plushies has the potential to get really messed up if you think too hard about it

there’s the velveteen rabbit scenario, where some antiquated contagion lives in the fabric of their bodies and can only be removed by burning.

someone spills food on them, and they are casually thrown into the washing machine. to the humans, it is nothing; to the cats it feels like an hour of simulated drowning without ever losing consciousness. 

after years of being carried around, the stuffing recedes from well-loved arms and the threads holding their seams together becomes weaker and weaker. limbs fall off sometimes, perhaps an embroidered eye is unraveled. these can be fixed through temporary means, but nothing lasts. the mind is as bright as ever, but its vessel is constantly falling apart.