[RFC][Sailor Moon][SI] The Final Dream
09-10-2017, 09:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-17-2017, 12:34 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
09-10-2017, 09:07 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-17-2017, 12:34 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
Alright, so this happened in a chat in Discord where we were discussing Kino Makoto - how I dislike how people have been drawing her like a bodybuilder as of late. Yes, she's tall as hell. Yes, she strong as fuck. But she's a healthy young lady who's undoubtedly impressive six-pack is covered in a soft layer of skin.
I then mentioned that I would totally date her if given the opportunity.
And then I got to thinking... What would I be like in the Sailor Moon universe?
As a straight up SI, no real changes to what I am or who I am.
See, the thing is that a long time ago I had a wiccan girlfriend and lived with her and her wiccan roomies. And they were all in agreement: i had the magic equivalent of ECM. No one could ever sense me, and line of sight rendered me as magical static and white noise. And good luck charms that were in my possession frequently either broke or became disappeared.
It can be turned off, but it's like a cat in this way: it only 'sleeps with its belly exposed' when I feel super-secure and at ease.
Now, apply that to Sailor Moon.
Has your jaw hit the floor yet?
So, here's how it would work. We plug my birthdate directly into SM (Sep 28, 1980) and that makes me 11 years old.
To make this work, we'll say that dear old dad never got out of the Air Force. And being the highly qualified cryptotech it would only have been a matter of time until he got sucked into a billet in Japan.
Right about then was when my younger brothers started to get REALLY troublesome - destroying models that I'd assembled, killing my pet fish, and generally causing problems for me.
And at some point Mom and Dad, with the help of a psychologist, would have figured out that I do very well in a fast-paced learning environment. (Keep in mind I had a 12th grade reading level at this time.)
So, off I would go to a special boarding school for foreigners meant to prepare them for a Japanese high school. Probably somewhere in Juuban. I can still make regular visits home - it's not that far off - and I'd still get to have special learning experiences like helping dad work on the family car or mom with her work in the garden. I'd also take classes for Okinawan Karate because I saw Karate Kid when I was small and wanted to be like Daniel LaRusso.
Given how seriously I'd take something like that, I'd advance pretty quickly and in just a few months I'd be a blue-belt.
Having the freedom to move about in Juuban, I would eventually find the Hikawa Shrine and run into the girls as they arrive for a study session. I would know just enough Japanese to get by (barely) and they would immediately twig to the fact that I speak fluent English and OH MY GOD THAT ENGLISH TEST IS TOMORROW HEEEELLLP!
And so it would go. 11-year old me, bishi as all get out because I take strongly after my mom, and a bunch of girls three years older than me are practically fawning over me. I'm being an energetic bundle of ADHD, excited to be helping out all these pretty girls and they think that I am absolutely the best and teaching me all kinds of things in return. Not only just Japanese, but pop culture stuff that is 'cool' because as pretty as I am, I absolutely gotta be cool, too.
And then I accidentally find one of Rei's ofuda. Which promptly incinerates itself the moment I pick it up. Nobody knows what the hell just happened, but the cats do.... they're staying quiet for the moment.
And then later, after several days of meeting up with my new friends, I run into my first youma.
It does not go according to the youma's plans. I no sale their macguffin-of-the-week and they take it personally. At witch point I no sale their attacks and begin to beat down the bastard.
Cue the Senshi showing up.
"Ah... guys? What's going on? And why the costumes?" Yeah, he'd see through their glamour. At which point they bring him in (after dealing with the insensate youma) and after trying a few things at the Moon Cats direction, Artemis drops the bomb.
"He's a voider."
"What?"
"He voids any and all magic he touches - complete dispelling of all thaumaturgical energies. Pure magic attacks don't hurt him, healing spells don't work, and forget about altering his perceptions or controlling his mind. And any malicious spirit that tries to possess him is in for a nasty surprise. These guys were considered abominations by the Empire back in the day."
"WHAT!?"
"Well, think about it. Magic spells keeping all the air breathable... one little slip up from someone like him and suddenly everyone is sucking on Lunar vacuum.
"His kind were also the reason why we were in a sort of cold war with the Earth Kingdom. While we were hunting them down, the Earth Kingdom was welcoming them with open arms. Granted, most of them had to live in a state specially set aside for them. They were damn good with machines since they couldn't use magic. But one of them was able to control his ability. The guy was like a boogeyman - scared the crap out of everyone because he could actually project his nullifying ability. He was the reason why Earth remained habitable during the collapse of the Empire. Not even Metalia wanted to take him on head-on. Instead they dropped a small asteroid on their state in the opening salvos.
"Except he wasn't home at the time. And he went out and got revenge. It was not pretty.
"We're not sure what happened to him after that, but I'm pretty sure we're looking at one of his descendants right here."
Just imagine the horror that the Shitenyou would experience if they ever kidnapped me in my sleep... only to break out of my cell by touching the magical forcefield and just going around and fucking shit up everywhere until the Senshi show up - By then I've broken the geass that's been on the Four Heavenly Generals all this time and we're all like, "Welcome to the party! Grab a weapon and let's finish clearing this hell hole out!"
Oh, and I would be a mere three months older than Hotaru. Guess what's getting butterflied to hell and gone again?
So, thoughts? Input? Kvetching?
I then mentioned that I would totally date her if given the opportunity.
And then I got to thinking... What would I be like in the Sailor Moon universe?
As a straight up SI, no real changes to what I am or who I am.
See, the thing is that a long time ago I had a wiccan girlfriend and lived with her and her wiccan roomies. And they were all in agreement: i had the magic equivalent of ECM. No one could ever sense me, and line of sight rendered me as magical static and white noise. And good luck charms that were in my possession frequently either broke or became disappeared.
It can be turned off, but it's like a cat in this way: it only 'sleeps with its belly exposed' when I feel super-secure and at ease.
Now, apply that to Sailor Moon.
Has your jaw hit the floor yet?
So, here's how it would work. We plug my birthdate directly into SM (Sep 28, 1980) and that makes me 11 years old.
To make this work, we'll say that dear old dad never got out of the Air Force. And being the highly qualified cryptotech it would only have been a matter of time until he got sucked into a billet in Japan.
Right about then was when my younger brothers started to get REALLY troublesome - destroying models that I'd assembled, killing my pet fish, and generally causing problems for me.
And at some point Mom and Dad, with the help of a psychologist, would have figured out that I do very well in a fast-paced learning environment. (Keep in mind I had a 12th grade reading level at this time.)
So, off I would go to a special boarding school for foreigners meant to prepare them for a Japanese high school. Probably somewhere in Juuban. I can still make regular visits home - it's not that far off - and I'd still get to have special learning experiences like helping dad work on the family car or mom with her work in the garden. I'd also take classes for Okinawan Karate because I saw Karate Kid when I was small and wanted to be like Daniel LaRusso.
Given how seriously I'd take something like that, I'd advance pretty quickly and in just a few months I'd be a blue-belt.
Having the freedom to move about in Juuban, I would eventually find the Hikawa Shrine and run into the girls as they arrive for a study session. I would know just enough Japanese to get by (barely) and they would immediately twig to the fact that I speak fluent English and OH MY GOD THAT ENGLISH TEST IS TOMORROW HEEEELLLP!
And so it would go. 11-year old me, bishi as all get out because I take strongly after my mom, and a bunch of girls three years older than me are practically fawning over me. I'm being an energetic bundle of ADHD, excited to be helping out all these pretty girls and they think that I am absolutely the best and teaching me all kinds of things in return. Not only just Japanese, but pop culture stuff that is 'cool' because as pretty as I am, I absolutely gotta be cool, too.
And then I accidentally find one of Rei's ofuda. Which promptly incinerates itself the moment I pick it up. Nobody knows what the hell just happened, but the cats do.... they're staying quiet for the moment.
And then later, after several days of meeting up with my new friends, I run into my first youma.
It does not go according to the youma's plans. I no sale their macguffin-of-the-week and they take it personally. At witch point I no sale their attacks and begin to beat down the bastard.
Cue the Senshi showing up.
"Ah... guys? What's going on? And why the costumes?" Yeah, he'd see through their glamour. At which point they bring him in (after dealing with the insensate youma) and after trying a few things at the Moon Cats direction, Artemis drops the bomb.
"He's a voider."
"What?"
"He voids any and all magic he touches - complete dispelling of all thaumaturgical energies. Pure magic attacks don't hurt him, healing spells don't work, and forget about altering his perceptions or controlling his mind. And any malicious spirit that tries to possess him is in for a nasty surprise. These guys were considered abominations by the Empire back in the day."
"WHAT!?"
"Well, think about it. Magic spells keeping all the air breathable... one little slip up from someone like him and suddenly everyone is sucking on Lunar vacuum.
"His kind were also the reason why we were in a sort of cold war with the Earth Kingdom. While we were hunting them down, the Earth Kingdom was welcoming them with open arms. Granted, most of them had to live in a state specially set aside for them. They were damn good with machines since they couldn't use magic. But one of them was able to control his ability. The guy was like a boogeyman - scared the crap out of everyone because he could actually project his nullifying ability. He was the reason why Earth remained habitable during the collapse of the Empire. Not even Metalia wanted to take him on head-on. Instead they dropped a small asteroid on their state in the opening salvos.
"Except he wasn't home at the time. And he went out and got revenge. It was not pretty.
"We're not sure what happened to him after that, but I'm pretty sure we're looking at one of his descendants right here."
Just imagine the horror that the Shitenyou would experience if they ever kidnapped me in my sleep... only to break out of my cell by touching the magical forcefield and just going around and fucking shit up everywhere until the Senshi show up - By then I've broken the geass that's been on the Four Heavenly Generals all this time and we're all like, "Welcome to the party! Grab a weapon and let's finish clearing this hell hole out!"
Oh, and I would be a mere three months older than Hotaru. Guess what's getting butterflied to hell and gone again?
So, thoughts? Input? Kvetching?