And I Must Spork: Maradonia, Part XI

[pariah164]

I apologize for the break; various issues beyond my control happened. But I am still here, Still tackling the fail that is... Maradonia. Hit it!

Comments

[charlottehywd]

Isn't Pollo Spanish for chicken? Not too intimidating really, especially with the eeeeevil waterpark he keeps the mermaids in.

Also, Fluffy... yep, that pretty much kills the drama right there...

[charlottehywd]

Oops, my mistake!

[catchingspirit]

No, pollo is indeed Spanish for chicken.

[charlottehywd]

Is that a picture of Sailor Mercury? <3

[catchingspirit]

It is! I heart her muchly.

[charlottehywd]

She always was my favorite Sailor Scout, though it seemed to me that she got taken for granted a lot, poor thing. I've heard several people say that Sailor Neptune's abilities/talents make her redundant.

[catchingspirit]

Mm. /trying to reply without writing a book XD

I don't think she's made redundant by Neptune; the two have clearly different spheres. I do agree she can be overlooked; it's some of the basis for the live-action Dark Mercury arc.

[charlottehywd]

Dark Mercury? How interesting! I'm not very familiar with the live action though. How does it differ?

[catchingspirit]

Very similar to the Chibi-Usa to Black Lady arc: loneliness and mistrust, someone plays on that to corrupt them, they fight the senshi (for the Dark Kingdom in this case), they go back to normal when someone dies over it (Mercury 'kills' Usagi).

Live-Action overall is kind of...well, that was a good example. It takes the themes of anime and manga but twists them around and sheds different light on them and puts some of them in different places. It follows the manga VERY closely early on, but deviates pretty quickly and really moves off to become a pretty dark tragedy (in the literal, academic, literary sense of the term).

[catchingspirit]

No, pollo is indeed Spanish for chicken.

[pariah164]

Well, it's of note that I shorted King Apollyon to King Pollo back in my first spork, for the sake of my sanity.