Thread by @SailorMoonSub

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the comedy of this establishing shot with absolutely no context

Chibiusa really lets the adverbs do the heavy lifting in her narration, I see.

Yes, we'll to summon the Time Portal in a minute, Chibiusa. I just have to quickly witness this total eclipse of the sun first

Whoever on the design team decided “pegasus is pony-sized” deserves a RAISE for their INSPIRED contribution to the franchise

I can't express how funny the pacing is. as soon as Pegasus appears, Mamoru suffers an intense bout of Moon Fever, but the solar eclipse is happening, so he pulls himself together and postpones the implications of this to a later date. this is 3 minutes into the movie

"and then a circus boat flies out of the sun" always reads like such a "after her manga is renewed for a fourth time, Naoko Takeuchi tests the limits of her power" moment to me

Rei: traditionally the Moon card is associated with fear and deception..... what could the ravens be trying to tell us......

Phobos and Deimos: it means the circus is from the moon

In some ways this adaptation of the dream arc is the MOST correct because, in almost every scene, Diana is perched on Chibiusa’s head like a little hat.

my last two braincells @ my checking account

It's also the first time that an attack item has been purchased from a local retailer instead of being provided for free

Chibiusa using Michiru’s psychic mirror to do her hair is SUCH a power play

"usagi you're so jealous and insecure" yeah and you have an Electra complex

Chibiusa: here’s a story my mom used to tell me about the time she battled a mirror lady for control of the moon

Usagi: wtf I don’t know this story

Chibiusa: you WILL

“everything the light touches is our kingdom”

“what’s the shadowy place over there?”

“that’s the Outlet Malls”

The extremely tiny Crystal Carillon made me laugh way too much. I'm anticipating the dinner-plate-sized bell from the 90s anime and then Pegasus delivers this carillon for ants.

I am reminded of Anza's MASSIVE Moon Rod prop in the early stage musicals. Same energy in the opposite direction.

parents of the year

Yeah. Because Pluto is on sabbatical to raise her daughter. You already know this.

ASJDKLFDJS; the exterior shot of the café cutting to the interior shot of an underground spec ops bunker run by cats

usagi: so immediately after the solar eclipse, a mysterious ship arrives from the sky, the time portal won’t work, a pegasus begins to speak to my daughter in dreams, and Mamoru is dying. if anything else happens I'm gonna lose it

news: A TIGER IS LOOSE IN THE SHOPPING DISTRICT

The most charming quality about Chibiusa and Usagi is that they will not hesitate to throw hands with an actual, real tiger

two of em, even. Dan Brown could never

Usagi: That’s right… the last time we transformed we had all the planetary guardians by our side… without their power I am nothing.. how can I go on without them…

Pegasus: i’ll spot u. how much does a magical girl transformation cost? 10 friendship? here’s 20. keep the change

Pegasus: I will lend you my power

Chibiusa: Thank you

Pegasus: ––but you have to beg me for it

Chibiusa: 😐

love that Chibiusa's first reaction to seeing Mamoru passed out in the street is "thank god this isn't MY problem"

"let kids be kids" you're 902

Amazoness Quartet casting magic attacks: so this won't necessarily stop them, but it will, like, fuck with them psychologically

peak character design, Zircon serving that Biblical Angel realness

Ami: oh no :(

Rei: fuck no >:(

AMI!!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ANY OF US YOU WERE RELATED TO A MILF!!!

"Mamoru is dying" THIS AIN'T ABOUT HIM

matching his-and-hers emotional baggage

If I was adapting the Dream arc for theatrical release 25 years after its publication, I would simply have left this out

My face involuntarily makes the 🥺 expression any time Diana is on screen. now THAT'S a cat who knows how to be a babey

Helios: you are the only one who can save me and the planet!

Chibiusa: nooooooo you must mean my stronger, hotter mother

can you imagine how powerful Chibiusa would be if she wasn’t nerfed by crystal tokyo inferiority complex

there is no trope that infuriates me quite like “I have the information you seek but the stars are not in position for me to give it to you”

and then he follows it up by asking her to trust him anyway? the audacity of this horse

No one:

Nobody:

Ami: remember when Setsuna said I was her favorite........

what am i supposed to say to that? "haha no mom you totally raised me! i wasn't forced to become independent at a young age at all!"

Ami: my father is an artist, which is perhaps why he didn’t get along with my scientifically minded mother. I often believe that these two opposing forces exist within m

VesVes cracking a whip at the animals in the zoo: ALL RIGHT WHO HERE WANTS TO BE A PEOPLE

we have created an army of genderfluid prettyboys. nothing can stop us now

PallaPalla using psychoanalysis to hawk her product like "your mother and father both abandoned you in different ways. though you pride yourself on self-reliance, it comes at the cost of desperate loneliness. buy a fish to stave off the void"

You installed a tropical saltwater tank on the dining room table. YEAH she’s gonna be surprised.

the first nightmare that Fisheye shows Ami is "your mom fucks" and, like, yeah, she does, I thought we already established this

I LOVE this chapter for Ami bc it throws everything you know about her into a different light. She's not stoic, she's traumatized. She's doesn't love studying, she loves turning loneliness into something productive. She's not disinterested in love, she's afraid of the rejection.

Don't forget what we're fighting for (girls)

THESE OUTFITS ARE SO CUTE WISH THEY CHANGED INTO THEM 20 MINUTES AGO

thank you for going through an entire emotional crisis and breakthrough, Ami. really helped us out of a tight spot

Helios: I’m looking for a beautiful maiden with pure dreams, who is protected by the power of moonlight

Usagi:

Chibiusa:

Usagi:

Chibiusa:

Ami: So……. thats obviously Usagi right?

Chibiusa: AJSDFLKJDSAKFLJASKFJS

Chibiusa falls madly in love with the first person to tell her "you’re not a complete waste of space" girl..…. that’s depression

That's one way to put it, sure

Minako's got a whole "here's how to rebrand heterosexuality to make it work for you!" spiel prepared like someone who's given this a normal amount of thought

the shameless bishounenfication of Grandpa Hino

Rei: I CALL DOWN MY SISTERS BY THEIR TRUE NAMES, THEY WHO SHALL SERVE AS MY EYES AND MY HANDS

Grandpa Hino: that's great honey!

It's so funny to me that Dead Moon Circus is literally destroying Planet Earth from the inside out but that doesn't stop them from trying to make some Human Money while they're doing it.

A WALL, REI

Inner Senshi more like four abandonment issues stacked up in a trench coat

Always thinking about how Rei’s enemy IS her own internalized comphet tendencies

and then she destroys them with fire!!!

Noooooo they wanted to see the circus :(((((

Deimos: Wake up Mars! It's us, your pet crows. We're people now. Get off the floor. You need to transform and fight. Here, we already got your crystal for you.

Rei: You're people now?

Phobos: Yeah. We already established that. Try to keep up.

Is she….. y’know……. taken the vow of chastity to Serenity

HAHA DON'T KILL ME I CONTAIN MULTITUDES

the way each of the inner senshi draws her power from imagining her hot older friends praising her, with or without clothing

Dream Arc is a story about discovering what you truly want out of life and pursuing that vision of the future with everything you have, except you, Amazon Trio, you can fuck off and die

LEAVE ME ALONE IM TRYING TO HAVE A BIG GIRL EXISTENTIAL CRISIS

also this is a strong contender for my favorite moment from the manga