I had such a totally weird dream last night that I feel compelled to post about it here!

In the dream, I was watching the English dub of Sailor Moon, but everything was a little weird about it. Like there was this big scene where Serena (untransformed and alone) ends up on the moon for some reason. After a little while I realized that what I was watching was a different English dub that I’d never heard of. There were a lot of mystifying similarities - like all the dub names were intact - and a lot of stuff that was so altered from the source material that I could hardly believe it - like the Serena on the moon scene above, or how shortly before his death Jadeite somehow got transformed into a human-sized slimy salamander thing.

Also I sleeptalk, and I’m pretty sure I actually shouted “Moon Prism Power!!” during one part of that dream… 

So that’s my weird dream! I left out a lot of irrelevant details, like how at random points I was flying in circles around the house for some reason, or how I spent like five whole minutes worrying that Serena wasn’t going to be able to breathe on the moon.

It also got me to thinking, for some reason (there must be unremembered details of the dream hovering on the edge of my consciousness), about if someone did a new version of Sailor Moon (anything from fanfic to legit TV show) and had it take place in America, what would be the best choice for the city it’s set in? New York, because it’s the country’s largest? D.C., because it’s the country’s capital? Or something else entirely, for a reason that didn’t occur to me?

I’m interested to hear - what do you think?

Signups for the Altador Cup are beginning tomorrow, and that means that Hello, My Name Is… is set to begin very soon! In fact, I was storyboarding the first couple of comics yesterday when I apparently decided it was time to draw Sailor Chibimoon.

It’s just a three-minute sketch, but I think it’s one of my favorite pictures I’ve done of her!

Holy mackerel! I just got a lot of requests for that character quiz! I’ll be getting to them over the coming week, but I have something else lined up for tonight.

As for Fruits Basket, no, I don’t really know the characters. I read a couple of chapters, but the friend who owned them didn’t keep buying the volumes.

marydanandthemodalnodes:

well shit:

• sailorfailures
• futuresushi
• ofpurelove
• ughohugh
• gosensei
• eff-blog
• cosmicheart
• comix-till-you-bleed
• vondell-swain

Haha, that’s a pretty steep margin!

How do you do these, anyway? I’ve been seeing them all around tumblr, but I’ve never figured it out.

It wasn’t late at all, but it is the last one. Ann 64! Let’s go!

Why I like her: She’s a real sweetie: she loves, lives, and works with animals; she does her best with her brother, who has been having a hard time; she does her best at home even though her domestic skills leave something to be desired… plus, she’s adorable!

Why I don’t: She definitely has a temper problem. At first it isn’t so apparent - she seems excitable, but not temperamental. If she marries Cliff, though, they seem to argue constantly. She even hits him at some point or another. So, yeah… not so cool there, Ann…

Favorite episode game: Well, since this is specifically about Ann 64… That said, I do prefer BTN/FoMT Ann.

Favorite season/movie: I keep trying to come up with something clever to put here, but I’m afraid I got nothin’!

Favorite line: “… I can’t ride the horse for a while because of the pregnancy. No, not the horse… Me, I’m pregnant!” (Gif here!)

Favorite outfit: She has all of two outfits in this game, and I can take or leave her wedding dress, so I guess it’s her usual outfit! I am rather fond of how her practical overalls and ponytail have the big, fluffy bows for a little cuteness. <3

OTP: Hmmm, that’s a deceptively difficult question. (See headcanon, below!) Ultimately, I guess it has to be Ann/Cliff, despite the fact that their marriage is so turbulent. If Grey marries Popuri, hopefully having her friend in the house will help even Ann out.

Brotp: On that note, Ann and Popuri! They don’t have too many scenes together, but they seem to get along remarkably when they do! Frankly, I think Popuri is good for Ann for a lot of the same reasons that she’s good for Grey!

Headcanon: Odd that we managed to hit both of my only two headcanons remotely like this! Well, the theory is that - specifically in Harvest Moon 64 - Ann is the granddaughter of (SNES) Ann and the player character. An extended explanation (and the same for my FoMT Popuri headcanon) is available here. That’s why my OTP for Ann 64 ends up being Ann/Cliff by default, since Ann/player character would be incest.

Unpopular opinion: Are there actually generally accepted popular opinions for the Harvest Moon 64 characters? Haha, I can’t think of any kind of unusual thing I think about her. Well, other than the headcanon.

A wish: That her marriage with Cliff gets a lot better as the post-game years pass. Also, that she gets a grip on her temper!

An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen: Ann/Cliffgard-the-horse rule 34 fic. I know it must exist, but this is something I really don’t need. Please.

5 words to best describe her: Perky, temperamental, compassionate, cute, impulsive.

My nickname for her: Just “Ann”. Sometimes “the girl at the ranch”, but that may be even less interesting!

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And that’s all of them! Thank you for your character suggestions! It was a lot of fun!

Popuri time!

Why I like her: Well, there are two different versions of Popuri and I like both for different reasons! The flower-shop-girl Popuri from Harvest Moon 64 I like for her bubbly, sweet, bright nature. (And also how she’s always watering the sidewalk for some reason.) The poultry farm Popuri from Back to Nature and the Mineral Town games, on the other hand, I relate to and sympathize with. She’s old enough to want to be treated like an adult, but she lacks practical skills and the people around her think of her as a child. I feel those feels, to use the tumblr vernacular. Also, pink hair!

Why I don’t: Especially in her Mineral Town incarnation, she’s childish, easily irritated, and at times a bit manipulative.

Favorite episode game: Hard call! I think that in real life I’d get along better with Popuri 64, but I can go on about FoMT Popuri for pages! I think, ultimately, I have to go with Harvest Moon 64!

Favorite season/movie: Not… applicable, I guess?

Favorite line: What does it meeeeann??

Favorite outfit: Her basic outfit, I suppose. Her wedding dress is floofy but relatively uninteresting, and I’m not crazy about her Sunshine Islands outfit. With that last, though, you do get to see something special. She has feet?!

OTP: Popuri 64/Grey, I think. Grey really needs her, and Popuri does seem to love him. Plus, their baby is named Mint! How cute!

Brotp: Popuri and Claire (the female main character from More Friends). I have a pet plotbunny concerning Claire taking Popuri under her wing a little bit and teaching her how to do all the stuff she herself does around the farm.

Headcanon: In FoMT, Lillia is (SNES) Nina’s daughter. Popuri’s father is Doug’s brother (explaining Rick’s red hair). Doug is (SNES) Ann’s son. That makes Popuri the granddaughter of two of the original bachelorettes, and also (BTN/FoMT) Ann’s cousin. Also, the SNES player character is her maternal grandfather. Since the BTN player character (but not his FoMT counterpart) is the old farmer’s grandchild as well, this makes Popuri his cousin and their potential marriage an incestuous one.

So complicated!

Unpopular opinion: I kind of anti-ship Popuri and Kai. I feel that Kai was uncertain about the marriage to begin with and that Popuri would, once settled, quickly grow dissatisfied by his lack of passion. This is only emphasized in Sunshine Islands, where she’s ostensibly married to Kai and yet spends half of every year on the islands without him. (Karen’s accompanying her I tend to attribute to either Rick’s protective streak - he’s willing to give up his own wife for half of every year so long as Popuri is safe - or the fact that I think their marriage is troubled as well.)

A wish: I would love nothing more than a Mineral Town game for the 3DS. Preferably with all the new crops and items and such but without most of the new mechanics (no too much sun/too much water and no rotting vegetables, thanks).

An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen: A Harvest Moon game that takes place where Kai and Popuri spend the other three-quarters of the year, and shows with certainty their dispassionate marriage. She’s one of my favorite characters (and I don’t hate Kai or anything, either), so it would be heartbreaking. ;__;

5 words to best describe her: Bubbly, fluffy, childlike, loving, pink!

My nickname for her: I… don’t think I have one. Back before I remembered her name in 64 I called her something like “the flower shop girl”, but that’s not terribly exciting!

(Aww, come on queue - work right! Geez.)

And now for Tom Nook!

Why I like him: A variety of reasons, actually. He’s the only purveyor of home furnishings who doesn’t charge an arm and a leg or smell suspiciously of illegal activity. He makes real estate and major home renovation a breeze. Even if you disappear for years on end, he doesn’t get on your case about your unpaid loan. Furthermore, I find there to be something earnest, uncertain, and maybe even sweet about his character. It’s highlighted particularly well in City Folk when, each month, he starts worrying that he’s not providing good enough service to the townsfolk.

Why I don’t: Waiting for store upgrades can get incredibly frustrating, which I do tend to direct at Nook! Also, personal space, bitch! Give me some!

Favorite episode game: City Folk, I suppose. He seems to be slowly building character development with each new Animal Crossing installment, so City Folk contains the most empathetic version of his character thus far.

Favorite season/movie: Well, there actually was a movie, so I’ll have to go with that!

Favorite line: “I’m still just a swinging bachelor, yes? People usually assume that I’m divorced or something, but I’ve never married, hm?”

Favorite outfit: I would have to say that I am rather fond of the outfit he wears when his shop is… is it Nook n’ Go or Nookway? The one with the little white hat and the apron that looks like the type you wear when working at a festival.

OTP: Nook and Sable, naturally! Especially in Wild World, where their relationship is explored more than in City Folk.

Brotp: Hmmm… Nook and the player character, I suppose? Poor fellow doesn’t really have too many friends, it seems. There’s not really any substance to the friendship back in GC, though you are the only person who ever seems to interact with him! In Wild World your character takes on much more of an eager younger person/confidante type of role, which actually gets really sweet at times if you ask me! Your City Folk character, on the other hand, seems to be much cheekier! It’s an interesting thing to see Nook get sort of startled by that!

Headcanon: I guess it’s not a current headcanon, but back in the days of Animal Crossing GC I came to the conclusion that the reason Nook’s emblem was the item leaf was that he was the one who developed/invented the item leaves in the first place!

Unpopular opinion: Man, I actually like the dude. Full stop.

A wish: That the substance of his character won’t be completely different in the 3DS game, even though he’s switched jobs! That he’s still got that backstory with Sable, and he still is polite and not at all pushy and just a little insecure.

An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen: Take Tom Nook and give him Kapp’n’s personality. Nooooooooo god whyyy?

5 words to best describe him: Workaholic, straightforward, anxious, quirky, polite.

My nickname for him: Just “Nook”. Basic. (If I get really pissed at him, though, I can substitute “that raccoon bastard”.)

Okay! :D

Mamo-chan

Why I like him: In the anime, it’s the corniness of his Tuxedo Mask persona. He has next to no real power and his girlfriend is going to grow up to be queen of his planet. So what does he do? He throws roses and gives hilariously incomprehensible speeches. Thumbs up, man. Thumbs up. As for the manga, I really love the character wholesale!

Why I don’t: Well, there’s the anime. I know it’s cliche, but it’s true! In addition, I was introduced to the character through the even-less-flattering English dub. Abrasive? Check. Total jerkass? Check. Yup.

Favorite episode: Episode 136: Protect Mamoru! Jealousy of Usagi the Ninja. Otherwise known as the episode in which we (and Rei) got to see Mamoru in the nude.

Favorite season/movie: First season, I suppose? It’s sort of by default, since he’s not around by fifth season, he was really underwhelming (in my opinion) in most of seasons three and four, and I actively dislike him through much of season two. (In the manga, it’s arc four!)

Favorite line: “Sweets are works of art, nurtured by the dreams of young girls. And at times, even the sweet hearts of these girls who adore beauty will melt. Sweet sugar candies can melt away their heartache. But even those sugar candies sometimes melt.”

Favorite outfit: XD

OTP: Oh, Mamoru/Usagi! Mamoru may grate on me at times, but these two are just too perfect.

Brotp: Mamoru and Motoki! I really wish that Motoki had gotten more screentime with Mamoru. Back when season one was all that was available, the MamoruDarien and MotokiAndrew friendship seemed a lot more significant, but it failed to develop further in later seasons. I still love them, though.

Headcanon: The skills he displays with his cane aren’t powers - he developed them himself. When he starts dating Usagi, she walks in on him practicing in his apartment and he hides his practice cane behind his back like she can’t totally see it. <3

Unpopular opinion: I think my opinions about Mamoru are pretty much par for the course, actually. When I was a teenager, though, I disliked him so much that I had a tendency to write him as abusive. Looking back, that was pretty far out of line.

A wish: That he hadn’t undergone character assassination in the anime. (Lol, basic.)

An oh-god-don’t-ever-happen: A live-action version based on the English dub! It wouldn’t ever happen, but still.

5 words to best describe him: Ridiculous, abrasive, hilarious, studious, attentive.

My nickname for him: “The Prince of the Ass” There’s this one song from the musicals called Prince of the Earth. One line in particular is in English, but because of the Japanese accent it turns into… “I’m the Prince, I’m the Prince! I’m the Prince of the Aaaaaassss!”

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I’ll get to Tom Nook next time! I look forward to it!

I only got a few suggestions, so it’s not too late to throw me an Ask if you were thinking about it!

freckledfiction:

• Why I like them
• Why I don’t
• Favorite episode (scene if movie)
• Favorite season/movie
• Favorite line
• Favorite outfit
• OTP
• Brotp
• Head Canon
• Unpopular opinion
• A wish
• An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen
• 5 words to best describe them
• My nickname for them

All the cool kids have been doing this, and since I’ve been having a hard time coming up with post topics since the play ended, I thought I’d give it a shot! So go ahead and shoot me an Ask (or a few asks - I have some time on my hands)!

What’s this? Why, it’s more blog recommendations!

HeyRainbows (or LeClaire or Belle Marie??) - Do you like pretty things? Do you like cakes, cookies, sandwiches, and other tasty treats? Do you have the willpower to resist eating if you see pictures of pretty cakes? Then this is the blog for you! Also occasionally contains quotes that stabbity-stab me right in the feels.

Relativity Pudding - Well, of course! Actually, I’m surprised that it took me as long to find and follow this blog as it did! Particularly quality: the tags!

Life in Foxpond and A Trip to Newacre - Recommending even though they’ve been on hiatus for like a month, because if you’re looking for quality in-character Animal Crossing blogs, these are like the pinnacle. Be sure to read through from oldest to newest!

Fuck Yeah, Animal Crossing! - An active, cheerful, funny Animal Crossing blog that posts not too much and not too little content every day. Seems to be mostly reblogs (so if you follow a lot of AC blogs you might not find too much new), but with a nice scattering of submissions and asks.

I Play Harvest Moon - Is to the SNES Harvest Moon what Heck Yeah! Harvest Moon 64! is to Harvest Moon 64. A little wordier, a lot snarkier. Definitely worth it.

Exodar, as I’ve mentioned before, is the name of my Animal Crossing: City Folk town. Recently things have been rather interesting around Exodar, so I thought I might make a post about it! Why not, right?

About three weeks ago a rumor started that Bill and Tangy were dating. (Totally cute couple!) I’d heard that such things were possible in these games, but hadn’t seen it yet in City Folk. While Bill and Tangy never actually admitted anything to me, they did speak of each other often and in fond tones.

Fast forward to this past weekend. Bill mentions something about how Tangy and Punchy are into each other. I’m going “You two were dating yesterday! What happened?” when he unexpectedly goes on to compare the three of them to superheroes (I thought that it was only lazy villagers who loved superheroes??) or the like and it dawns on me - we have two cats and a duck in a three-way in my town!

Meanwhile, Gala has decided that she just can’t stand anything about Punchy at all. I wonder if she’s angry about him and Tangy? She also used to be good friends with Tangy, which seems to have dropped off, so I have to wonder if I’m onto something here!

Knox, on the other hand, has decided that my secondary character Circuit (who I play as a sentient robot built by aliens… as if this game wasn’t weird enough already) is the best person ever since she brought him medicine every day when he was sick. It’s actually really cute - I’ve been friends with him for much longer as Rainbow, and never knew he had these hidden depths!

Speaking of hidden depths, Mallary is all about heavy metal. Rock on! (I totally didn’t see that coming…)

After Amelia moved out, Eunice moved in! She was one of the original villagers in my Animal Crossing GC town and lived just in the acre next to the players’ houses. And Eunice moved into the closest spot to my (Rainbow’s) house! So I have a new best friend. XD It only took her about twenty minutes to change her clothes and pick up Ruby’s catchphrase.

Limberg, meanwhile, is being a lot more abrasive than usual. He’s been in this town since it began, so I’m wondering if it might be time to let him go if he wants to.

Geez! This is better than TV!

Quick definition before we get into this: amigurumi is a Japanese craft in which one makes knitted or crocheted stuffed toys. They are often too cute for words, as you will shortly see via my incredibly incoherent comments. XD

Item one: Bulbasaur

So

awesome

aaaaagggghhh <3

Item two: Pikachu

The artist refers to this little guy as “Dramatic Marshmallow Pikachu”, and clearly that is completely accurate! He looks squishy and nice!

Item three: Creeper Beanie

That’sssss a very nice hat you have there…

Okay, overused memes aside, this is fabulous. I really want one, and I’m not even a hat person!

Item four: Mario

I love all the others, but this! This totally blows my mind!

Hey, we had Paper Mario - next, how about Amigurumi Mario? XD

Heeeey everybody! I survived the play! There were some hiccups, as always, but it was quite possibly the best play we’ve ever done and I’m frankly pleased to pieces. I’m still readjusting my schedule, so no long post today. Instead, I’ll be hyping a fabulous blog I’ve been reading recently:

Sex+ is a blog about sex, body positivity, sex education, sexuality and gender topics, and - oh yes - more sex. It is run by the frank and funny (and incidentally gorgeous) Laci Green. The banner link there is just to her tumblr - she also has a youtube channel (go there) and another blog which fall under the Sex+ label.

The reason I checked it out in the first place was the humor, and then I stuck around for the educational value. Seriously, I wish this stuff was what had been covered in my sex ed classes.

Obviously this is very NSFW, so exercise common sense when visiting. Thank you all for waiting so patiently through these last two weeks, and a big welcome to the three new followers (!!) who came during that same time!

Adshdhjfbvsjk DX DX

Tonight was that rehearsal that’s horrifically terrible. That one you kind of forget is going to happen - even though it happens every year. The old directors gather in a circle afterward and commiserate before everyone slinks on home. I mean, you know it was a bad night when nobody even wants a beer. Ouch.

Stressed-out Usagi makes me feel better, for some reason. (Schadenfreude?) That or it’s the one-o’clock in the morning dinner of beef stew.

Just wanted to keep you updated…?? IDEK, there is noooo point to this post. Thanks for sticking with me, here! It’s been really heartwarming that I haven’t lost a single follower during my little hiatus so far! You guys are great! <3

sailorfailures:

Hey, followers! I could use some extra money right now, so I’ve decided to bite the bullet and try doing commissions. Since I’m a rookie and just starting out, you’ll probably end up getting a real bargain, so I advise you to shamelessly abuse that.

Click here for more information, and where to send a message if you’re interested!

Also, here are some quick and convenient links to the samples pictured here:
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Even if it’s not your thing, don’t forget to tell your friends. Y’all would be doing me a big favour. ♥

I don’t have any money, but perhaps some of my readers do!