[PGSM Rewatch] Acts 1-5
So I'm doing a massive review of the various Sailor Moon versions. PGSM is up first! As I go, I'm taking notes for myself on the various histories, personalities, and powers of the main characters and I'll be posting about things that catch my attention.
How far does senshi power go? We see Usagi immune from the Act 1 youma's vapors that put everyone else to sleep, and it's not the first time low-level youma abilities haven't worked on the girls, explained as 'their senshi power'. So certain immunities seem to truly be part of it. The question is why Usagi also has the feeling Naru is in danger, a feeling she can't explain herself. Rei and Luna can sense youma, but the others typically can't. Is there something different that lets them sense general danger (which would explain why they show up at the exact right time sometimes)? Or is this just, Usagi is always at her best when it's a question of protecting her friends?
I kind of want to throw out anything in Act 2 from Beryl. We never see her wanting Earth's destruction after this (or before) and there's no clear development to changing her mind (such as there is when she realizes the dangers of Metalia and tries to minimize those later on). She's never made out to have the crazy grins and all that after awhile, either; she still has some definite issues, but it's a very different feel and this episode just does not fit with the rest of her.
I knew Ami was wrong in a lot of her paranoid mistaken assumptions about motives, but I didn't remember Usagi had actually made all those initial friendship efforts before Luna ever even told her Ami was a senshi. Casts a bit of a new light on Ami's refusal, but not really since it's still pretty clear from other scenes that Ami is far more guarded than she needs to be about people approaching her - mostly due to experience, granted. Also: hallucinations and passing out? Ami is really more disturbed than the series really addresses about these issues.
[ x-posted to pgsm]
How far does senshi power go? We see Usagi immune from the Act 1 youma's vapors that put everyone else to sleep, and it's not the first time low-level youma abilities haven't worked on the girls, explained as 'their senshi power'. So certain immunities seem to truly be part of it. The question is why Usagi also has the feeling Naru is in danger, a feeling she can't explain herself. Rei and Luna can sense youma, but the others typically can't. Is there something different that lets them sense general danger (which would explain why they show up at the exact right time sometimes)? Or is this just, Usagi is always at her best when it's a question of protecting her friends?
I kind of want to throw out anything in Act 2 from Beryl. We never see her wanting Earth's destruction after this (or before) and there's no clear development to changing her mind (such as there is when she realizes the dangers of Metalia and tries to minimize those later on). She's never made out to have the crazy grins and all that after awhile, either; she still has some definite issues, but it's a very different feel and this episode just does not fit with the rest of her.
I knew Ami was wrong in a lot of her paranoid mistaken assumptions about motives, but I didn't remember Usagi had actually made all those initial friendship efforts before Luna ever even told her Ami was a senshi. Casts a bit of a new light on Ami's refusal, but not really since it's still pretty clear from other scenes that Ami is far more guarded than she needs to be about people approaching her - mostly due to experience, granted. Also: hallucinations and passing out? Ami is really more disturbed than the series really addresses about these issues.
[ x-posted to pgsm]