[Commentary Thread] Dear Sweet Kami-sama, Why Do You Hate Me So?

[Black Aeronaut]

I generally like what I see.  I love a crossover where all the parts are made to mesh neatly.

Glad you like it.  I'm still tinkering with the world building in general, but I intend to make things fit as well as I can.  Although, as you'll see, this is still a work in progress.

On that subject of meshing: You may need to resolve where the Zentradi have been that they weren't crossing paths and butting heads with the Jurai/GU faction.  Or if they were interacting with that faction, what happened and how have things been resolved?

From what I understand of the TM-Universe, there's still a lot of the galaxy that's unexplored.  Enough that the remaining Zentradi forces can go unnoticed - for the most part the Zentradi travel as a single massive fleet with scout fleets deployed to look for Supervision Army remnants.  And if it isn't Supervision Army, the Zentradi aren't gonna bother.  (ASS-1 was actually a Supervision Army Gun Ship, which was why the Zentradi were so interested in it - they thought the Earth people had been turned by the Supervision Army.)

On Earth, if the BRPD is a UN group who funds the SCP and do they actually have any legal authority that is recognized by governments or agencies?

Oh no.  The SCP is actually self-funded, much how Mithril is, except at the highest levels, they're actually being run by SEELE.  The SCP pretty much operates like your typical off-the-books black organization.  The reality is that they do not have any real authority, but they get away with it because what they do is recognized as a needed thing - half the time they're on top of something before the BPRD can get wind of it.  The BPRD can do things better than the SCP does, but their speed of acting is hampered by red tape.

Some issues to be considered as you move forward:
As Sailor Moon is central to this story, is Sailor Galaxia a force to be reckoned with in the galaxy at large?  I've been told that she travels sublight and so wouldn't pop up very often, but I don't know if that is canon.  She might also be something that the Juraian's get called upon to keep at bay with their ships that have light-hawk wings.

This is pretty easy.  While Jurai has been around for quite a while (dating back to the collapse of the Protoculture around 150,000 years ago) the issue is that they aren't expecting something with planet-killer powers to only be able to travel at sublight speed.  So it's kinda taken them a while to connect the dots on this matter.  They won't really know the full facts behind the matter until Usagi comes forward as the reincarnated Princess Serenity.

Are Senshi of various planets a known thing out in the Galaxy at large?  If so, what kind of relationships do they form with the planetary and interstellar governments?

They'll be known of... but it will be kinda rare, and regarded as a sort of an 'anachronistic colloquialism' with titles like 'Champion of Justice'.  However they're real power will largely go unnoticed until the shit hits the fan.

Are Ali and Ann a thing in your universe and if so, is the Doomtree related to the Royal Trees of Jurai in some way?

They'll be around.  The thing is that the Doom Tree arc has already happened and this is why Rei and the others have their memories of prior events.  Keep in mind, also, that I've stretched the timeline some.  This will have other interesting effects, like Chibi-Usa not freaking out Usagi quite so badly, as by that time children will have inevitably come up as a topic between Mamarou and Usagi.  (But it'll still kinda freak her out that the little runt is her kid from the future.)

This one always comes up, but it comes up for a reason.  What sort of relations did the old Moon Kingdom have with the Galactic Union, Jurai, and other interstellar powers that are old enough to have been around at the same time?  Is it remembered and if so, what kind of reputation does it have?

Good question.  I guess a good way to play this off would be to have the Sol System be like the Afghanistan of the Milky Way - that it has traded hands between local powers several times, as well as had the royal family come and go before they finally all got killed off.  They'll be recognized as good people, but a hotbed for conflict due to their resources and strategic location.

How does magic in general (or specific types of magic associated with Earth or Senshi) relate to and interact with psychic abilities (which are a thing in Tenchi Muyo, along with summoning and binding spirits).

Well, for one thing, Gods are recognized as a thing that exists in the galactic community.  This is why the people of the planet Airai have beef with the Juraians.  The Airaians think the Juraians keeping Tsunami all to themselves, when really that's not the case.  And really, there's no such thing as 'magic'.  (Washu would break out the paper fans if someone suggested that.)  What I'm gonna roll with is ATC's idea that so-called magic is simply yet another one of these fundamental forces of the universe, much like gravity, magnetism, weak- and strong-nuclear force, etc.

However, once TSAB comes around and explains their understanding of the subject matter, their terminology will take root in the rest of society, and only because TSAB has the strongest grasp on this stuff.

And yes, this means that ultimately, Ezekiel, the Senshi, and others will be getting Intelligent Devices or similar, and will be regarded as 'Mages'.

Edit - I saw Beldandy mentioned on a skim of the thread.  This leads to the question of how OMG Kami-Sama and the Yggdrasil system relate to D3 and the other dimensional overseers who report to Tokimi.

Honestly, I'm a little unsure.

One idea I currently have is to play it off that Belldandy and the others aren't really Gods, but higher level beings (say, Fifth-Dimensional instead of Three-dimensional that drifts on the surface of the Fourth-dimension).  Belldandy's people would be a group of highly altruistic folks who are looking out for the well being of the universe in general, and the Yggdrasil computer is a device that helps maintain the stability of the space-time continuum when shit gets out of hand.

And on the side, they like to do humanitarian work in the field.

This would also explain why it's such a bad idea for Belldandy to be involved with Keiichi - her home simply cannot be comprehended by his mind.  But that's love for you.  :p

Not quite sure how to swing the Demons and Nidhog in this case.  Bob?  Got any ideas?

I don't know if you want any more crossover elements in an already-crowded story but here are some possibilities I've played with in the past:
Outlanders - The Santovasku Empire, which utilizes a combination of bio-tech and sorcery, are descendants of the Moon Kingdom who made it out of the solar system when it fell.  Now they are back on something of a crusade to find and reclaim their Holy Homeworld.
Darkstalkers - Having the supernatural be around but mostly out of sight is easy.  Whether Pyron is out there destroying planets is the issue.  Possibly another reason for people to line up behind Jurai and it's tree-ships of phenomenal-cosmic-power.

Hmmm...  In Sailor Moon, we already have something like the Santovasku in the people of Nemesis, aka Nehelania.

Not so sure about Darkstalkers - it was never my thing, although I'll be the first to admit that Felicia is pretty damn cute.

Follow up: If the Oni are a thing in this, presumably so are the other Urusei Yatsura characters.  That includes Oyuki, the current princess of Neptune, which leads to questions of her relation to the royal house of Neptune from Moon Kingdom times and the reactions of the current Neptunian court to Michiru if they become aware of each other.  Also, the possibility of life on other planets of the solar system.

Well, that's something that I want to mess around with in order to make things work.  One idea that I have is that Oyuki's people are not actually from Neptune - that's just where they wound up taking refuge.  The reality is that they're actually from Mercury before it somehow got blasted into it's perilously close orbit of the sun, and before it used to sit somewhere between Mars and the Asteroid Belt.  This would explain people on Neptune having ice powers like Ami, rather than pure water power like Michiru.

As for reactions?  Well, for the most part, happy that there were survivors elsewhere than on Earth, and then they'll set about trying to restore the proper order of things by seeing who wants to stay on Neptune and who wants to go back to Mercury once it gets relocated back to its proper orbit.

Tangent: Most of the aliens in Urusei Yatsura are based on supernatural creatures of Japanese legend.  Are some of the supernatural beings of Earth actually aliens or their descendants?

For the most part, yes.  But, on the other hand, I'll qoute what Raven says to Rei here...

“The Japanese have known me by many names, child. Amaterasu. Yatagarasu. Tengu. Each one of them is an aspect of what I am. But make no mistake about it. I am indeed a God...”

Which brings me to this...

Edit: I forgot, we already have supernatural-aliens from the Sailor Moon side of this.  More along those lines, the Tengu themed princess Kurama from Urusei Yatsura is looking for a mate to continue her people.  With Zeke's luck and connections, it seems like she's destined to cross his path down the line.

Heh-heh-heh...  Princess Kurama, last descendant of the rulers of Coronis... and she hears that an Avatar of Raven has finally appeared...  And Zeke thought he had enough trouble with Deimos acting more than a little flirty.