PFFT
That’s mildly upsetting
I’M SO PLEASED
Sounds about right.
Eh.
This is eerily fitting considering some of the stuff I’ve rped
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I LIKE IT
A Party Also Known as an Orgy
Well now~
On the importance of Magical Girl Heroines & Weaponized Femininity:
Let me start by saying that officially speaking, Sailor Moon is older than I am. I started watching while living in Singapore while I was four, so I definitely came in around the end of Sailor Moon R and watched Sailor Moon S despite the fact that it was played in Japanese with Chinese subtitles. When I moved back to the States, Sailor Moon started being released and aired in sub and dub form and being young and happy to actually hear a language I understood with a show I already liked, I watched the dubs. They’re not the shining star of any animated dub, but I went back several times as I got older, and rewatched the series, in dubs, in subs, all 200 episodes. I changed my self-identified scout, I understood what got cut out of the show, what was censored, I went back and relived my crush on Tuxedo Mask again…and again. In terms of “formative media” Sailor Moon is probably near the top of the list. I still have the sticker book I had when I was 5/6 that has a page dedicated to these magical girls, and they’ve been with me a lot longer than almost anything else, including Harry Potter, Avatar: the Last Airbender, and most other narratives, superhero, fantasy, or otherwise.
When I got the chance last year, I showed one of my girl cousins (who was twelve) the first episode of Sailor Moon. She came back to me about a week or so later and was maybe thirty episodes into the series, bursting with excitement over everything and every one.
I stopped to think about how much that meant to me. Then I thought a little harder. One of my best friends gave me an opportunity to cosplay as Sailor Scouts, and I leapt at the chance. I accidentally stumbled across the newer series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and marathoned all twelve episodes. Then I made my best friend watch it.
Why does Mahou Shoujo stick with us? The show I loved when I was six is something I love when I’m twenty, and something my cousin who is a tween also loves. For that matter, Puella Magi is, essentially, an update of the classic Magical Girl story, with some genre subversions thrown in. What makes magical girls so important?
THIS IS MY 680 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY~!
For one, I never dreamed of even getting 100, let alone almost 700. You guys are amazing for sticking around this silly rp blog of mine!
So this is to thank you all.
Let’s start off with the rules.
- You do NOT have to be following me to win, of course.
- Reblogs and likes count, and I don’t care how much you reblog. Just don’t annoy your followers, ahaha~
- No multiple blogs stuff I WILL BE CHECKIN so no cheatin~
- Be comfortable with giving me your address for shipping.
- I will ship internationally as well as cover shipping so don’t worry about that. Be aware that if you live out of the country, though, it may take a little longer for yours to get there.
- Deadline is April 11th, yes.
okay enough of that. PRIZES~!!1
Pack 1: Two prizes. A Delic and Psyche Plushie! Made by Altair. Super adorable and well-made~! Pictured are mine; I have to order this one so if you get this one, be patient as I have to get it shipped from Japan.
Pack 2: Sims 3 Plus Supernatural Pack, Sims 3 University Life Explansion Pack Plus! The Hobbit Two Disc Special Edition DVD. This is sort of like 4 prizes. It does have the original Sims 3 game, plus two expansions of amazing and The Hobbit DVD. WOAH DATS AWESOME.
Pack 3: [Mostly Yaoi] Manga. Plus a booklight! What we have there is Only Serious About You Vol. 2, a very sweet romantic yaoi. Then, Secrecy Of The Shivering Night, equally adorable romantic yaoi with a few stories in it. The next is Durarara! Volume 1. It’s DRRR! so of course it’s great. Then, we have one of my favorite yaoi mangas, In These Words, Vol.1. This is a GRAPHIC yaoi, blood, sex, and yes, rape. So if you don’t like those things, I won’t include it. But it is a very, VERY well-drawn manga with a very cool story that is like a murder-mystery. But like I said, kinda graphic. Just a warning to those triggered by those things.
And lastly, Pack 4: A big stuffed floppy-eared stuffed Bunny, made for Easter 2013. And a DVD copy of Rise of the Guardians! Pft who doesn’t love a big stuffed bunny. You can cuddle it and watch Rise of the Guardians. You know you wanna~
How will I choose? Welllll~
Using a random number generator, I will choose winners.
There will be 4 winners.
First number I pick will get first dibs on a pack, second will get second choice and so on.
Pretty simple, eh?
So, have fun, good luck and thank you, everyone!
