I always thought the animรฉ version of Black Lady/Wicked Lady was much more powerfully done. That moment when she visualizes the Senshi around her, โitโs all your fault, youโre to blameโ is heartbreaking. I feel like Chibs in the manga should have been more questioning of Wise Man rather than just accepting his hand.
It did okay for me (accepting that the manga is never going to go to the level of characterization I really want) in the sense that I can see Chibs beingย โWELL AT LEAST SOMEONE WANTS MEโ. I can also see it as aย โtheyโll miss me when Iโm gone, thatโll show themโ gesture, which again, works, particularly given Chibsโ age. You know, sheโs eight, and it seems her parents barely took time out of their week to hug her, Iโm not surprised she didnโt learn about Stranger Danger.
ALSO WHO THE FUCK WAS GUARDING THE GATE BEFORE PLUTOโS SEVENTH BIRTHDAY IF ITโS SO FUCKING CRITICAL AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM THAT THE ONLY ANSWER WAS A FUCKING FIRST GRADER
Future Minako wouldโve runย โDeath Phantomโ through and had Future Rei burn the fucking corpse and Future Ami to freeze the ashes in a thousand separate blocks and drop them into the ocean and Future Mako to bake a cake to celebrate.
I always did say Venus should have been the real heir and princess of Silver Millenium.
Telling a child she has to go, alone, to this horrible place, and never ever ever leave is making me rage. Itโs one thing โ not a great thing, BUT ONE THING โ 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 wasnโt 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!
The 3 taboos:
โข She must not travel through time
โข She must not abandon her post at the door โข 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.