I just realized something recently about Princess Tutu and I feel the need to share it with Tumblr. Because of their color schemes and roles as protagonist and antagonist most fans believe Princess Tutu is Odette and Princess Kraehe is Odile, but if you look at their relationship with the Prince,I believe Tutu is actually Odile while Kraehe is Odette. This is a long one so more after the break.
Audrey Dubois
3:57 am on September 1, 2018 Tags: i know so many younger kids who are like 'i cant cut my hair because I NEVER HAVE', I LIKE THIS APPROACH A LOT, meta, reblog ( 929 ), we all need a disguise pen and tbh sailor moon ain't using hers to its full potential after the first 20 episodes
I was going to make a post along the lines of “Why were Sailor Moon’s disguises always such #hairgoals?”, and then I realised that was actually probably the point.
Usagi’s hair didn’t always change when she transformed. In the wedding dress episode, it was basically the same, just hidden under a veil, and notably in the fancy dress ball episode, she kept her regular hair so as to draw comparisons to Princess Serenity. But for the majority of her tranformations, her hair changed drastically, usually to be much, much shorter. I also realised, especially after taking these caps, that a lot of the emphasis of the shots was on her hair – the way it moved, the way it fell, etc. Even in episodes with a lower animation budget, or where she was only disguised for a very short time.
It made me realise that, yeah, the Disguise Pen is ultimate little-kid wish fulfilment, but not just because of the clothes/disguise; it’s also because cutting your hair can be really confronting, especially for kids, and especially if you have very long hair like Sailor Moon does. The desire to protect your long hair and maintain your current hairstyle vs. the desire to chop it all off and play around with how you look in different cuts can be a tough choice!
A lot of kids have
also
experienced a disappointing/upsetting haircuts, so the thought of cutting it off can be scary, too.
So while it’s supreme wish-fulfilment already to see Sailor Moon play around with different clothes, don disguises that let her get into restricted areas or pass by unnoticed, and to suddenly gain special knowledge or skills, but there’s an EXTRA layer of daydreaming wish fulfilment of how nice it would be to be able to just transform your hair into a radically different style, then change back to your long hair when you’re done.
That said, why were they such #hairgoals?
Audrey Dubois
7:10 pm on January 13, 2018 Tags: ('we' = millennials who grew up with sailor moon haha), and as such its her feminine heroism that gets highlighted rather than her 'canon' personality, and get dope tattoos and wear denim jackets with patches, and that perception changes with time, anyway who's publishing this in an academic journal??, as kids we wanted to be magical girls and now we want to ride sick motorbikes and go to liberal arts school, i'm allllll about this, LOVE this post, meta, miscellaneous ( 212 ), reblog ( 929 ), she exists as a character and as a physical manifestation of the girls we wanted to be as children, the image of sailor moon when i see it out in the world is symbolic of 'i grew up in the 90s and appreciate female heros', which is 1000% good! she's become emblematic of an idea; like cultural shorthand
I think you could do a whole academic study on Sailor Moon as a character vs Sailor Moon as a cultural icon.
And I mean, not even getting into Sailor Moon-the-Icon over the decades around the world, especially Japan, which is way, way bigger and more complicated than what had in mind when I made this post. I’m just thinking of Sailor Moon-the-Icon as she’s appeared in the past few years as the face of Millennial nostalgia.
There’s the canon Sailor Moon. Fourteen years old, crybaby, reluctant hero, loves to eat and sleep, loves her friends, loves everyone unconditionally.
But there’s also been this surge in 90s nostalgia, combined with a rise in Millennial Aesthetic, resulting in a Sailor Moon who is somehow very detached from her canon self, and yet still immediately recognizable. The tattooed, pierced, witchcraft-wielding, motorcycle-riding, sexy femme ass kicking Sailor Moon. We’ve all seen her all over, not even just on Tumblr. There’s tons of artists who have done their own variations. Lots of cosplay with these edgy, grown up twists. There are multiple burlesque troupes now doing Sailor Moon-themed numbers.
And yet I’ve never seen one complaint from the fandom about how completely un-Usagi-like this version of Sailor Moon is, because I think we all recognize that this isn’t an attempt to change our beloved character. It’s representing the icon that people have grown up with. In a way, it’s showing how the image of Sailor Moon has grown up in people’s minds, beyond the character herself. People who felt represented by her when they were young are reimagining her as what she represents to them now. And it’s just neat how much that is solidly in the spirit of Sailor Moon.
Audrey Dubois
11:23 pm on November 4, 2017 Tags: fanart ( 326 ), headcanon ( 27 ), i love that they have dynamics BEYOND and SEPARATE from the context of being soldiers, L O V E !!!!!!!!!!!!!, meta, reblog ( 929 ), they all love her equally yet differently i will never get over this
@ree-fireparrot: In your mind, how does each Inner show that they love Usagi?
HAHA well…. I think it’d be fun to explore this outside of senshi duties, yeah?
Ami: Before Usagi, we all saw Ami off by herself. A lone wolf, but not in the way that Makoto was. Once Usagi came into her life, Ami’s blue palette no longer felt literal anymore. Here was a bubbly idiot child who wanted to be her friend, even aside from senshi duties. To Ami, this meant a life long friendship shown in the way Ami does it best. As simple as just waiting for Usagi after school to walk home with her. To love Usagi is to be by her side forever and always.
Rei: I swear if it were a tad bit more cliche, Rei would be your ttttttsundere character, and I’m relieved she isn’t. It’s easy to find her chiding against Usagi as too harsh, but it’s just as easy to see that it’s done with genuinely good intentions. Rei chose to close herself off from those around her, and somehow this odango sporting girl has happened to break through this, and brought back a sense of companionship felt long ago. Old habits die hard, but that’s what makes Rei charming to us all, eh? To love Usagi is to direct her to success.
Makoto: My precious giant. Makoto seemed to be much more visibly an outcast when first introduced. People were afraid of her, she had a tough exterior and kept to herself. However, when Usagi eventually got close enough to befriend Mako, we find out that this supposed beast is really a pupper. Mako’s toughness simply came from her needing to fend for herself at an age where most should be enjoying their youth. Sweet Usagi was able to break through to see this and in return, Mako is a literal guardian of Usagi’s. Protect her from the trash of the world while also making sure she has something for lunch, god bless. To love Usagi is to keep her safe and happy.
Minako: Listen, I would d i e for Minako, and so would she for Usagi. After all, that’s what it means to be a senshi, no? Well, eventually this devotion finds a second breath in this lifetime when she is able to care for Usagi based on who she is as a person. Usagi was her lifeline in keeping senshi duty from taking over her existence just this once. In return, Minako is Usagi’s anchor as well. Luna’s monologue pestering you? Boy I sure do feel comedy hour coming through. Yikes, the test didn’t go well? Let’s go to the Crown, you have yet to beat my high score. Senshi duties overbearing? Hold my hand and I’ll see to it we make it through this together. To love Usagi is to be her foundation.
I hope I didn’t end up straying away D: It’s like 2:31 in the morning and I’m distracting myself from finishing a presentation. (Also, they’re in their early uniforms cause I like em better than stars they’re iconic af)
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