Dont need no meeeeeeens~ (but gimme meeeeeeens~ )

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So besides just being bored with this new SM Crystal episode, I think this is the part of the show I dislike the most. I'm jaded to the point where the shitty production just makes me sigh, rather than getting upset.
but this..
I just can't. Can't even.



In the intro song for every episode eve;;


Later in the episode. This comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone that knows even a LITTLE about the series.




No.. Tuxedo Mask.. Dont.. you can't buy that right??


No.. Tuxedo Mask.. come on.. you know better... seriously..

Literally a handful of seconds later..

Oh ok. You're going to jump in front of your friends to .... what? For a second I thought she would actually protect them!


She's not buying it.
I probably shouldn't be either...



Oh SHI-



Welp. That didn't last long. 
Good thing TM apparently did come to his senses and  knew better than to leave her alone for even a moment.
:iconufufuplz:
But you know. They're all strong women and stuff. They dont need no mens. Certainly not to save them or anything like that.
imo you can approach a story with the idea that its got lots of fluffy romansu and last minute saves that emphasize the fluffy romansu.
or you go full on feminist like in the intro song.
Not both.
That's just... Come on. Really.
I wonder if Naoko -actually- approved of that....


If I wasn't reminded of this idea EVERY OPENING, it wouldn't bother me so much maybe, but its there, to the sound of rock guitars and girl group vocals. Every time.
I could rant on and on about hypocrisy between whats -actually- in the show/manga/whatever and what fans paint it to be half the time.. but I wont eve;;;;;;;

I'm still and always will be a fan of Sailor Moon.. but generally for rather different reasons than most . Especially these days.

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lol I know. It's so silly. At least in the manga they dealt with it pretty damn well! Well, I mean considering that the series started back in the 80's, where compared to now, this would've still been thougt of as quite revolutionary.

Admittedly him taking the hit right after there was pretty damn stupid, but on the plus side, this particular battle which spans more than one episode seems if anything, to be a showcase of how weak Tuxedo Kamen really is and that he's actually AWARE of this in the entire series. He keeps failing to protect her over and over and actually admits that he's weaker than Usagi in the sense that he has no special powers. He's like if Bruce Wayne tried to become Batman as a 17 year old but apart from some badass abs, stylish clothes, and what I assume must be a HUGE amount of money from his dead folks, he's not magically endowed like the Senshi. I don't care how many sit ups he does every morning, he's still chucking roses (Well not in this, but still) and serving as a random distraction, and she's throwing her magic tiara that will slice anything in half. So as irritating as that bullcrap was, it DID show off the major difference between the two characters: Usagi/Sailor Moon/Serenity is still learning the whole "Hero" thing, so she probably has no idea about half of what goes on, whereas Mamoru has been physically and mentally preparing for danger thanks to years of his obsession with the Silver Millennium Crystal, BUT that does imply that he's still....well.....secretly pretty goddamn useless. On the plus side, he's nowhere near as much of an asshat he was in the old anime! I just....As long as he's not such a jerk, I'll stop watching him get his ass beat on rewind.....for now......lol

But yes, it's just as you describe. I usually find it funny, but this can be pretty irritating. ^^;