#phantaisies thoughts

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Serenity!!!

My buyer told me Serenity's out of stock and she need to check if she could still get Neptune as I didn't pre-order...(fingers crossed in regret tears(╥﹏╥)）

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You don't

Take someone’s Sailor Moon toy photos on tumblr and repost them on Instagram.

Give credit, or don’t post at all. They are not your photo, not your creation. You don’t save them to your phone and give them another filter and put them onto your instagram and make people think they’re yours.

Please remove my photos from your Instagram, and stop taking my photos.

[phantaisies]

Sailor Moon 幾個小雜感

今天在社團裏討論到一個有趣的問題，那就是內部的隊長是金星，外部呢？

我第一反應是外部是天王星，不過後來有網友點出外部沒有隊長，他們都是獨立作戰的。我才突然想到說，對吼，不管是動畫或漫畫，都沒有說天王星是外部的隊長。

我想可能是因為在外部4戰士中，天王星的攻擊是比較有侵略性的，對兔兔的保護慾也是天王星最明顯。

不過的確，外部4戰士並不會像內部一樣，明顯展露友誼面。我覺得外部表現的是一種惺惺相惜、以及對彼此的信任。這四人，即使住在一起，應該也是彼此保留一些距離吧。

嘻嘻，總覺得遙一定會和滿同一間房間，雪奈和瑩自己各意見，遙和滿平常各忙自己的事業，如果回到家4人就會好好煮一頓一起吃，吃完後會一起在客廳內，但不會聊天，會各做各的事，感覺都會閱讀，外部4人是書香世家這樣^^

後來又討論到誰是最強的戰士，我覺得最強的戰士絕對是GALAXIA啊！水手月亮不一定有比她強，但水手月亮是可以包容一切的戰士，所以最後還是接納（漫畫）/淨化（動畫）了GALAXIA。

水手宇宙是終極型態沒錯，但她的概念其實很模糊，武內其實只丟出了這一句，設定很不完全，我不覺得終極型態就等於最強啦。

最後就是，今天CRYSTAL ACT14的衛也太帥了吧！變成ENDYMION那裡超級帥的!

看到小衛拿出兔兔的手帕實在覺得太浪漫了！還一直擺放在胸口口袋。之前社團中有人說小衛是輕熟男，真的～衛好穩重啊

最喜歡優雅的衛了，像滿講的，有王子般高貴的眼神。 期待CRYSTAL做到S代，一定會的～因為武內超愛天王星一定會讓他出場，而且還有很多外部戰士的周邊等著賣呢

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Sailor Moon Crystal is inspiring

I used to like Sailor Uranus and Neptune a lot. I adored their ideal images and their intimacy. There's a period that I would re-watch again and again their anime clips like the famous holding hands by the windowsill, their discovery of talismans, and when Galaxia kills them and they try to hold each other's hands... 

 When Sailor Moon Crystal (SMC) started on TV, I didn't really like it because the girls' new looks are so vacant, like there's no spirit in their eyes. In addition, the first three episodes were too much like the manga so it was quite boring. 

My first surprise of SMC was when the inner senshis attacked Kunzite at the Tokyo tower. SMC's fight scenes have a really fast and powerful tempo that will make you feel yes! This is exactly how the senshis would work together as a team. 

The second time SMC impressed me was when everyone was crying in Usagi's room before they decided to go to the moon. I like the inner senshis lines of how Usagi changes their loneliness and brings them together as friends, and how they are always cheered by Usagi and their strong will to protect her. 

I have never been inspired like this with Sailor Uranus and Neptune in the 90s animes. These two girls are aggressive fighters after all, but perhaps have little compassion on others. Sailor Moon on contrast, will not leave anyone behind. She always put the others before herself and will rather sacrifice herself to save others. 

The part that really brought tears to my eyes was when Usagi said: “This time I will not be a weak princess anymore.” I had always remembered Usagi as the little girl who likes to nag around her protectors and make everyone happy. Most of the time in SMC, it was often Usagi who came and saved her teammates. Seeing Usagi like this makes me feel that she has grown so much in the past fifteen years, and if she can become so much stronger so can I. 

Perhaps SMC is indeed made to promote the 20th anniversary merchandise and the production team are not going to spend too much money making it, but I do feel that the production team has put efforts on bringing some new points of views. It is not an anime target at the kids nowadays and try to get new fans into the fandom, it is an anime made for the old fans, who were young then and now had become adults, who need to work and be responsible for their lives. Life isn't just about sticker books or best friends anymore, most of the time you may have to force yourself to do things you don't like or have absolutely no interest in. We may have to accept the fact that some childhood dreams will never come true, we will never be able to become the person who we once want to be. 

I'm glad that they didn't just remake SMC to let us think of the good and simple childhood memories, because we can no longer return to that stage. In SMC, Usagi and the senshis are so much more strong-willed. They are like candles suddenly lit up in this hard world of reality to remind us that we could too have some more faith on ourselves and be brave for whatever shit life gives us. 

I really like SMC, but it would not move me this strong if I hadn't watched the old 90s animes. So I'm really happy that I had participated in this journey of this significant anime/manga legendary masterpiece, and I'm so proud to be a Sailor Moon fan.