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fairygeek777 · 8 months

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"Reasons 90s Mamousa ain't it for me:

I'm sorry this is the LAST episode and that's your answer to the girl you're gonna spend the rest of your life with??? I mean yea its sweet but you couldn't think of something more? And why does she have to ask if you love her come on 😭

Meanwhile my prince from the manga/crystal cannon:

Again I must make the point.

These two only say "I love you" once each. Know why? CUZ THEY KNOW THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. They have expressed their feelings in 20,000 different ways in all 60 chapters.

And in 200 episodes, you're lucky if Mamoru and Usagi even get moments just the two of them. There's so much Gosh dang filler that actually makes you question these two more than it does show their loyalty to each other. I dunno if they were going for a realistic young adult couple vibe but please. The amount of episodes where Usagi was like "MaMo's cHeAtInG oN mE" in a single season let alone the whole damn series made me want to tear my hair out.

And I just want to point out SuperS episode 27. These two are so fricken immature in this episode. And yes I'm saying that about Mamoru too. these two handle jealousy terribly 🤦‍♀️ Admittedly its a little funny and any guy or girl would be like this at this age but still they were really immature 😂 especially when Mamo was outside the office and "rehearsing" greeting Usagi after the appointment and he says he doesn't see why he would have to apologize when she was acting that way around the doctor.

Contrary to their manga counterparts who are both younger than them. They talk out their feelings.

I just don't feel like these two were convincing enough in this anime. Something didn't connect. I will say that ironically the arc where Mamoru breaks up with Usagi after being a couple for a singular episode shows their love for eachother a lot. It spans like over more than 10 episodes and its hard to get through, but specifically episodes 69 and if I remember right 77-ish show Mamoru's feelings and give insight into just how important Usagi is to him. Which I really love. R and Super were really great for Mamousa. I would include season 1 but there Mamoru was uh a bit of a jerk and plus the series is like reset after that so it doesn't really matter 😅

Idk I can keep comparing these two series till I'm blue in the face. Its not gonna change anything lol. Just sometimes I need to rant 😂"

Backing up: Rewinding. Blog under Construction.

I wrote this on like idk Saturday night or whatever and now I'm kinda cringing.

I went through my past blogs. The ones where I recounted my initial thoughts on the series. Almost all of the blogs are me gushing over the Mamousa. The only parts I strongly disliked were Evil Endymion, and the 10 episode gap between Mamo breaking up with Usa followed by the 10 episode gap between us learning why he broke up with her and them getting back together. So why did I react like this to the last fricken scene of the anime? 🤨

Here's my honest opinion on 90s Anime Mamoru and Usagi

1. The beginning of their dynamic from episode 1 to episode 35 which was later restarted in episodes 47-59 was actually really fun. Its soooo different from the manga cannon but you know what it works.

2. Mamo was never actually trying to insult Usagi in the beginning. Maybe she got on his nerves a little bit but early on you can see that he really has fun talking to her and that includes teasing her.

3. I really really like the way episode 34 is written. I've rewatched it a lot. The two don't have any clue that they're Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask and yet they already show that they want to protect each other. Usagi didn't have to follow the jerk who calls her bun head to where ever he was going but she did because she was worried about him. And I'm actually pretty sure Mamoru was already falling in love with Usagi by that point. He was very protective of her. The separate reveal of their identities is, So. Damn. Perfect. And then of course the sacrifice Mamoru makes to protect Usagi.

4. Already mentioned this in a previous blog but episode 44 where we see Serenity and Endymion is well done. No more needs to be said.

5. I'm so very close to calling episode 69 my favorite episode. Reasons being, Mamoru in every version is my favorite character and that episode specifically shows us his point of view. We see just how much he wants Usagi in his life. He's literally crying at the end of the episode because he was so relieved that he saved her life but he also had no choice but to break her heart in the same breath. Its killing him and the nightmares where he's seeing Usagi die every dang night are terrifying him and he can't help but be reminded of those nightmares every time he sees her in the streets. Its also like peak modern meets fairy tale stuff and if it wasn't obvious that's my sh*t.

6. Mamoru gets boyfriend points for saving Usagi from Demande before he kisses her. I don't even think Usagi ever told Mamoru that happened to her in the manga.

7. Unfortunately the concluding episodes with Black Lady are a blur in my brain but I vaguely remember Usagi becoming Neo Queen Serenity and Mamoru assisting her as they try to make Chibiusa see the light. Which i think i liked. So yea R season is a win.

8. Sailor Moon R the movie: Promise of the Rose was really fricken good Mamousa content. We got a manga scene adapted and we got an extra scene where the two actually met as children.

9. Super was peak 90s Mamousa. Like from beginning to end of that season they were just goals. Episode 101 or 102 whichever one that's focused on Mamoru protecting Usagi while she's unable to transform on her birthday. Again boyfriend points.

10. Mamoru referring to her as Usako from Black Moon arc through the rest of the series is cute. Also the departure scene in Sailor Stars is one of my favorites.

Tldr: 90s Mamousa is valid and cute. Ignore past me.

#sailor moon #pretty guardian sailor moon #manga #anime #mamoru chiba #usagi tsukino #mamoru and usagi #mamousa #90s sailor moon

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Hi again! So you got any ideas about what Tropy and Cortex did during their time together during their exile with uka uka? So many years together they must know each other so well, including their habits, likes, dislikes, etc

It’s just so funny imagining the arguments they could have now, just stuff like

“Cortex you broke my screwdriver!” “Oh yes we’ll atleast I didn’t leave the toilet seat up at night!”

Or the chance for any romantic time, or atleast maybe them both being touch starved or lonely, needing each other because they’ve got human needs that uka uka cant fill

Plus the fact you know they’re both so egotistical they just HAVE to have someone to flex on otherwise they’d perish from boredom, these boys live on spite

Gosh the limitless potential 👀✨

OK OK I'VE STALLED ON THIS ASK LONG ENOUGH

i'm so sorry it took long, i just have so many thoughts on this and this is a rare opportunity so i wanted to make sure i don't miss anything i'd like to say 😭😭 i still will def miss something

so!!! full agree with everything you said. they DEFINATELY know most if not all of each other's habits and quirks intricately (tropy comments on how cortex chews food?????). started with noticing the basic things, like what position they sleep in, then eventually they just instinctively know what the other would do in any situation/scenario possible. every aspect of the way the other works and acts would probably become second-nature after spending that long together. they know all of the other's likes and dislikes, even if they didn't personally see/witness those preferences (considering they're trapped in a semi-wasteland).

cortex has definately traumadumped. multiple times. tropy is now acutely aware of every mentall illness his ass has, whether he likes it or not.

on a seperate note: i've always kinda assumed that the place they're trapped in is a complete barren, time-standing-still wasteland, where they neither age, have any resources, nor have bodily functions, but after thinking about it the "chewing" comment, cortex having a wooden stick, and the fucking hand-made crash doll would probably imply that's not the case. there are some resources and plants(again, the stick), and while not aging or anything of the sort they HAD food. so i guess we can add "scavenging together" to the list of bonding activities.

also, from what we've seen, the place doesn't seem to be dumbass-proofed, so for another bonding activity, they probably just constantly took turns patching each other up for the dumbest injuries known to man. tropy's armor tubes got caught on a branch, he fell forward and broke his nose, cortex ate a weird fruit and got sick, tropy tried to show off the "stepping on lava" trick and burned his fucking foot, cortex tripped and stabbed himself on a sharp rock, so on. tropy will never stop holding neo's embarassingly low pain tolerance over his head, and cortex won't be able to see tropy as threatening ever again after seeing him cartoonishly hopping around on one leg.

i LOVE the stupid arguments, your example is 100% what i imagine their conversations after being freed to look like. tropy just radiates the "obnoxiously leaves the seat up and refuses to change the habit out of a sense of pride" energy 💀💀

and i love LOVE the idea of them realizing they actually do need company and touch after being stranded for a while. they'd probably each come to realize this about the same time but with varying degrees of being upset at the realization. bonus points if either one or both of them have already been supressing some kind of feelings. they'd probably both be initially to proud to admit it even to themselves, much less let it show to the other.

though, an excuse for that: if we assume the wasteland is like other desert-like environments (it looks like a rocky desert), then it'd be likely to have major temperature drops at night. which would be the perfect excuse to seek physical closeness "for warmth". both would probably start contemplating it after a few cold nights, but i like to imagine it'd be tropy who openly suggests it first. of course, acting distant, and explaining the idea Logically and Scientifically. whether to keep up appearances or try to convince himself, who knows.

they're cuddling Only For Logical Reasons, No Other Reasons At All what are you talking about. they're definately not touch-starved. and none of them is in denial, at all. tropy definately doesn't feel at all protective ever. just two guys being dudes.

okay that's- all the thoughts i've managed to organize. it's probably still an incoherent mess i'm sorry.

i'm just bouncing them around in my head like the dvd logo i can't form more cohesive thoughts than this 😭 (or maybe i can when i have less to say and i'm less stressed about getting out every thought i've had in my life, i don't know. i just couldn't make this one any more coherent. i hope the general point is at least understandable💀)

#thank you SO SO MUCH for this ask i owe you my life #when i got it i was bouncing happily in my chair like an excited yoga ball and squeaking you don't understand (/j)#i'm just. god i have so many thoughts.#please feel free to send me asks whenever you feel like it i'm ecstatic to talk #ask #cortropy #neo cortex #n. tropy #nefarious tropy #timeray #crash bandicoot #long post #doodle #my art #yanderefoeyay #the sketch is shit quality sorry. i'm in the middle of exam season and don't have time to make anything better :(#//also cortex is in his turtleneck there bc you can't convince me he sleeps in the fucking labcoat

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