[OOC][PLOT] The Third Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

[Labster]

Actually those balls had all sorts of magic powers, not just inflicting idiocy on the heroines.

Spoilery complaining about all post S seasons, like thousands before me

I mean, I get what you're saying about SuperS, but I still think it's far more forgivable to carry the idiot ball the entire season than what Stars did. At least it's still enjoyable from the monster-of-the-week, little girls riding unicorns while teenagers go on dates perspective.

But Stars, it's like Mamoru disappears pretty early on and Usagi doesn't bother to find out anything about it, just being slightly down. This is really OOC, as Usagi should be completely freaking out as it drags on into weeks. And then her friends start dying, and instead of grieving, hey, let's do a little more monster-of-the-week. It felt like enough time that police would have been asking serious questions. Humans just don't act this way. Humans can be stupid for a long time, but not just ignore the death of companions or even strangers. And then we devolve into a Gainax ending for no particular reason, using mostly unfamiliar characters.

I know they can't exactly match the manga's timing, which was fast. It felt like a real invasion, with all of the crazy happening in a couple weeks, and people just trying to hold on in the face of overwhelming foes. And waves of unexpected allies, first from Kinmoku, but then a second set with Chibiusa leading the Amazons. And the Galaxy Cauldron is a much more evocative setting.

But really, I guess what this means is that I can have the Minor Senshi (from "minor planet") discover their true powers somehow, which actually doesn't have a canon story anywhere. Or I guess they could be random people with magical and circus skills... but nah.

Anyway, I was going to work on a trick-or-treating story, and by the end of the day I had a couple pages on Sakaki and Mihoshi not trick or treating. I think my problem is too many ideas outstripping my ability to write them all down.