Pimping and a new 30 Day Sailor Moon Meme - Days 1 & 2

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For those who don't know how "Land" communities work, everyone is placed into teams, and you earn points for your team by participating in various challenges -- fic writing, graphics, games, etc. I can honestly say it's the most fun I've had in ages, and all the members are really nice. If you want to participate in a community where the Sailor Moon fandom is very much still alive and kicking, sign up at this post and mention that I referred you. (FYI: I'm one of the new leaders of Team Outers.)

sailormoonland  is also where I found my next 30 Day meme.

Day 1

What age you started watching Sailor Moon

I'm thinking it was the summer between fifth and sixth grade, so I would have been around eleven. (Gosh, that means I've been a fan for around sixteen years. I feel old!) During the summer, my sister and I were allowed to stay up as long as we wanted, and one night we stayed up all the way until morning. Mom woke up to get ready for work and was flipping through the channels when she came across this strange-looking cartoon. She said something about how it must have been a Japanese cartoon and changed the channel. I was intrigued, though, and went back to our bedroom to watch this "Japanese cartoon" called Sailor Moon on the other TV. It was the episode where Neflyte went after Serena's home ec teacher, who was getting married and wanted to enter the wedding dress design contest. I pretty much fell in love with Neflyte/Nephrite at first sight and loved the rest of the show to boot, so for the rest of the summer, my sister and I would continue to stay up until morning in order to watch it. And when school finally started up again, we would wake up extra early to catch it as well. (I think it came on at like six a.m. We were dedicated.)

As for the manga, I think it was around junior high when I happened to come across a subscription card for a new manga anthology called Mixxzine in the magazine Animerica. By that time, Sailor Moon was no longer in syndication (and we didn't have cable -- still don't, actually!), so I eagerly subscribed and fell in love all over again. ^_^

Day 2

Favorite character when you were younger

Nephrite! He was the villain in charge when I first started watching, and I just fell absolutely in love with him. So handsome! His storyline with Naru was just wonderful, and it was devastating for me when he died. I think that was my first experience with heartbreak.

Talking about my favorite senshi growing up, it was Jupiter, which is a bit ironic since she's one of my least favorite now. But I still do love first season Jupiter. I love how strong and kick butt she was. (Of course, it's not like she ever lost that, but I don't know... It seemed to me that aspect was kind of toned down in later seasons.) Plus, there's the skating episode, one of my all-time favorites. Being good at figure skating automatically makes a character awesome in my book! *laughs*

♥ » Day 03 – Favorite character recently
♥ » Day 04 – Best friendship
♥ » Day 05 – Best canon couple
♥ » Day 06 – Couple you wished existed
♥ » Day 07 – Prettiest/most handsome character
♥ » Day 08 – Favorite villain
♥ » Day 09 – Least favorite villain
♥ » Day 10 – Character you wish was a Soldier
♥ » Day 11 – Favorite Outer System Soldier (and why)
♥ » Day 12 – Favorite Inner Soldier (and why)
♥ » Day 13 – Favorite secondary character
♥ » Day 14 – Best dressed Soldier
♥ » Day 15 – Best Outer System Soldier attack
♥ » Day 16 – Best Inner Soldier attack
♥ » Day 17 – Favorite attack overall (villains included)
♥ » Day 18 – Manga or anime?
♥ » Day 19 – Sailor Moon episodes subbed or dubbed?
♥ » Day 20 – Worst dressed Soldier
♥ » Day 21 – One thing you wished the show had
♥ » Day 22 – Sailor Moon moment that upsets you
♥ » Day 23 – Sailor Moon moment that makes you happy
♥ » Day 24 – Sailor Moon moment that makes you cry
♥ » Day 25 – Funniest Sailor Moon moment
♥ » Day 26 – Dark Kingdom, Black Moon Clan, Death Busters, Dead Moon Circus, or Shadow Galactica?
♥ » Day 27 – Soldier you are most like
♥ » Day 28 – Soldier you are least like
♥ » Day 29 – Solar System Soldiers or Sailor Starlights?
♥ » Day 30 – Favorite Moon Cat

To wrap things up, the new chapter of To Be By Your Side is posted at FF.net and .moon if you haven't read the sneak preview I posted in my writing journal. (Chapter 11 is also now posted at .moon. I could have sworn I posted it there last month, but I guess I forgot. Weird.)