On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Douglas Helm wrote:

Oh come on. What about one of the most underutilised (in fanfics) Sailor 
Moon cultures, the Nemesis (Black Moon) clan? What about drawing characters 

>from other mythology/nationality legend backgrounds? What about making up 

something that has nothing to do with the Moon Kingdom?

It can be done, I have a large selection of fics on my site that prove the
point nicely.

Sailor Moon fiction really needs to get a bit away from that recurring
theme, it's becoming stagnant. (Phew, managed to work the subject header
into the post).

There are only a few fanfics that do a decent job at Moon Kingdom stuff, at
lest in my opion. These include Mr. Biles "SM Z", The Trenchcoat Mask
Series and "Betrayal of the Fifth Planet." Thier might be more but those
are the ones that spring to mind.

I must speak up here...in agreement.
 The strange (or notsostrange) thing is that some of these fics mentioned
are strong due to their central characters...
Trenchcoat Mask for instance is full ofwhat I can only describe as a
certain Earth-centricity.... He has the attitude of
 "The Mon Kingdom was strong but only due to the might of the Earth."
 I like this as it works well in the story. The cultural bias of the story
 moves the story allong rather than making you stop and ask
 "Hey,what's so bloody great about the Earth?"
 or perhaps you do and he answers.

How about this?
 Why was the Dark crystal attracted to Naru?
She may not have been part of the Moon Kingdom (or may have) 
Was it love? or perhaps something else?
 "The further adventures of Naru"
 after she vanishes at the end of the dark moon cycle?
 into some sentai t.v. show of her own. 
 or (shudder)
  "The adventures of Molly and Melvin -freelance."

                                     Robyn


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