Hey, whaddaya want? I just whipped the thing out in a couple of minutes yesterday afternoon. I'm not even seriously thinking of doing this thing, you know? Otherwise it'd be over on the Prereaders' List and not in the public discussion group.
Seriously, I know that there have been several "resets" in Sailor Moon, but I only know the details of one -- basically, at the end of the first season, the Senshi decide to beard Beryl in her den and invade the Dark Kingdom to take the fight to her. Good strategy. On the way, each senshi splits off to deal with a particular enemy thrown in their path and dies taking them out. Bad tactics. Finally, Sailor Moon gets to Beryl's throne room and does her Magical Princess Schwarzennegger act on the entire Dark Kingdom, using the Ginzuisho/Silver Imperium Crystal as her personal pocket nuke, aided by the ghosts of the dead Senshi. Since the bijou with the boom is also a wishbringer, when everything is reduced to smoking ash, Usagi wishes she were a normal schoolgirl once again and that everyone was all right and that Earth is all put back the way it was. This results in the resurrection of the dead senshi and mass amnesia about the whole Dark Kingdom/Youma mess in everyone, even Usagi and the senshi, who forget that they have superhero identities. In the latter case this works pretty well until the next soul-draining annoyance in line steps up to the counter.
What I was thinking is that Doug acts as military advisor/trainer and occasional butt-kicker during the course of the first season, possibly sitting out the final assault (which is handled more intelligently by the girls), and when for some reason Usagi makes the same wish, his reset takes him out of their orbits. Since except for the resurrection of the Senshi the effect seems entirely mental -- the clock isn't turned back, people just forgot the bad parts of the previous year, and the senshi forgot that they were senshi and friends -- it seems reasonable that his helmet would retain whatever records he uploaded into it, even after he forgets. And remember, his field isn't perfect, and the Ginzuisho is something like a deity-level magic item. He's going to get "erased" just like everyone else.
If I actually decide to take on this project, that is.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Seriously, I know that there have been several "resets" in Sailor Moon, but I only know the details of one -- basically, at the end of the first season, the Senshi decide to beard Beryl in her den and invade the Dark Kingdom to take the fight to her. Good strategy. On the way, each senshi splits off to deal with a particular enemy thrown in their path and dies taking them out. Bad tactics. Finally, Sailor Moon gets to Beryl's throne room and does her Magical Princess Schwarzennegger act on the entire Dark Kingdom, using the Ginzuisho/Silver Imperium Crystal as her personal pocket nuke, aided by the ghosts of the dead Senshi. Since the bijou with the boom is also a wishbringer, when everything is reduced to smoking ash, Usagi wishes she were a normal schoolgirl once again and that everyone was all right and that Earth is all put back the way it was. This results in the resurrection of the dead senshi and mass amnesia about the whole Dark Kingdom/Youma mess in everyone, even Usagi and the senshi, who forget that they have superhero identities. In the latter case this works pretty well until the next soul-draining annoyance in line steps up to the counter.
What I was thinking is that Doug acts as military advisor/trainer and occasional butt-kicker during the course of the first season, possibly sitting out the final assault (which is handled more intelligently by the girls), and when for some reason Usagi makes the same wish, his reset takes him out of their orbits. Since except for the resurrection of the Senshi the effect seems entirely mental -- the clock isn't turned back, people just forgot the bad parts of the previous year, and the senshi forgot that they were senshi and friends -- it seems reasonable that his helmet would retain whatever records he uploaded into it, even after he forgets. And remember, his field isn't perfect, and the Ginzuisho is something like a deity-level magic item. He's going to get "erased" just like everyone else.
If I actually decide to take on this project, that is.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.