Holy FUCK Queen Serenity just got shadier than ever this chapter, thank you Manga if, for nothing else, at least validating half the fandom’s headcanon regarding her!

keyofjetwolf:

Telling a child she has to go, alone, to this horrible place, and never ever ever leave is making me rage. It’s one thing – not a great thing, BUT ONE THING – if Pluto is a kind of ageless being with no beginning and no end who is tethered to this one duty.

But making Pluto a child implies a life BEYOND the Gate of Time. That there was something she knew that wasn’t this, and a million things she could have but now never will. All because Queen Serenity said so.

AND THAT IT SEEMS TO ALL BE PATENTLY UNNECESSARY IS THE FUCKING ICING

I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SHARES THESE SENTIMENTS.

One of the many reasons Serenity is an awful queen and ruler. Justice for Pluto!

kuramirocket:

The 3 taboos:
• She must not travel through time
• She must not abandon her post at the door • She must never stop time or her life is forfeit

Okay, but like WHO PUTS A CHILD IN SUCH A LONLEY POSITION. Even if Pluto is the daughter of the God of time, Chronos; this just feels wrong. Even Luna refers to her as the solitary warrior and notes the saddness in her eyes.

“𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻.”

If Neo Queen Serenity couldn’t bring herself to kill Wiseman, that makes even less sense than her being unable to kill him. We’ve already seen the senshi kill Beryl and assorted minions without hesitation. I mean, maybe it’s the difference between killing someone mid-battle and not having the death penalty, but it’s expressed in terms of Serenity’s personal feelings and I don’t know why she suddenly cares or why this is the one time they captured an enemy.

keyofjetwolf:

I KNOW. I accept the translation correction, but jesus wept, it just makes everything that much worse to me. I mean fuck, Rei awakened as Sailor Mars on one page, and was LITERALLY ALREADY KILLING JADEITE before the end of the next. The first thing she does is summon Phobos and Deimos, and the next thing she does is roast a dude alive. SHE DOESN’T EVEN NEED PHOBOS AND DEIMOS TO DO IT I ASSUME SHE JUST INVITED THEM OVER TO WATCH.

Then fast-forward a thousand years, and we have Death Phantom/Wiseman who (assuming correct translation) DESTROYED THE ENTIRE CITY, killing gods only know how many people, and Neo-Queen Serenity’s just “oh I don’t know, I don’t want to think about it, let’s just send him somewhere else”. I mean you’d think maybe the Senshi might’ve been “Yeah, sure, leave it to us” and then fucking killed the guy anyway. NQS clearly had no intention of thinking about him the second she sent him away, so how would she know?

WHICH BY THE WAY HOW INTERESTING A STORY WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN DEATH PHANTOM RETURNING FOR REVENGE AND NQS LIKE “WTF WE BANISHED YOU” AND THE GIRLS LIKE “UHM YEAH ABOUT THAT”

This keeps making me think about how irritated I was by Episode 200, though, where Usagi’s just like “Oh I’m sure this’ll be fine, bye now!” NO IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. As the only person with any power to make them stop fucking murdering – which can assume NQS must be, since the only account we get is centered around her feelings and actions – then it’s AT MINIMUM her responsibility to make sure they don’t do it again. If her conscience demanded she banish Wiseman, then her conscience should have fucking demanded she know where he was and what he was doing at all times. Instead, she called it job done and went for a beer.

That’s the part I’m really struggling with. It’s so unbelievable irresponsible, and I just KNOW there won’t be any repercussions from it.

𝙄’𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺