That whole post is pretty great, despite the fact I have no idea what setting he's talking about. Still, I wonder if that in some way is missing the point. To me it's not that Usagi is somehow off-script in bringing her message of love and justice to a world of cosmic horror. It's that Usagi herself is yet another Eldritch Horror, afflicting her cultists with the greatest insanity, love.
I think you even see some evidence of this in the fandom itself. Some of them are passionately devoted to her (though perhaps not the same degree as suggested in Senshi: The Merchandising). And then you have this other faction that is all into the idea that moon healing escalation is a form of brainwashing or mind control. Forcing a person to feel loved is hardly baleful mind control when the person casting the spell actually loves you. But it's a little more eldritch than Nanoha Takamachi's method of befriending, that's for sure. Either way, there are people out there who are legitimately scared of Sailor Moon's power.
As far as that goes, even by age 14, Usagi has enough power to hold the hold the whole world in thrall, or to crush it under her feet. One of her brethren went on a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. But over and over again, she chooses niceness, community, and civilization. Looking at the rest of the cold, uncaring universe, pressing ahead for love and justice can only be insanity. And somehow, some way she inflicts this madness on others, and her power only grows. Tsukino Usagi is a terrifying unspeakable Elder God who is fundamentally good, and we love her all the more for it.
I think you even see some evidence of this in the fandom itself. Some of them are passionately devoted to her (though perhaps not the same degree as suggested in Senshi: The Merchandising). And then you have this other faction that is all into the idea that moon healing escalation is a form of brainwashing or mind control. Forcing a person to feel loved is hardly baleful mind control when the person casting the spell actually loves you. But it's a little more eldritch than Nanoha Takamachi's method of befriending, that's for sure. Either way, there are people out there who are legitimately scared of Sailor Moon's power.
As far as that goes, even by age 14, Usagi has enough power to hold the hold the whole world in thrall, or to crush it under her feet. One of her brethren went on a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. But over and over again, she chooses niceness, community, and civilization. Looking at the rest of the cold, uncaring universe, pressing ahead for love and justice can only be insanity. And somehow, some way she inflicts this madness on others, and her power only grows. Tsukino Usagi is a terrifying unspeakable Elder God who is fundamentally good, and we love her all the more for it.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto