Sakuya to me feels a little out of character in this whole "angry at Usagi"
bit.  Usagi did lots of bad things in the past, many of which Sakuya had to
clean up after and punish Usagi for.  Then something really horrible
happens, the sort of thing that leaves permanent mental scars on a little
girl (the kidnapping), Sakuya offs a couple of bad people (not youmas), and
makes Usagi promise not to tell!!!  She traps a little kid into a situation
that pits the child against her parents, leaves her no one to turn to to
deal with said problem, and the Sakuya "heroically" gets herself thrown
into jail, totally bereaving the kid of anyone to talk to.

That is a good analysis of the situation. Usagi/Chibi-Usa looks up to, and
seeks approval from, Sakuya. That's a lot of power to have, especailly when
it's over a little kid. Sakuya, at least by that point in "Tales of Younger
Venus" is still the very "balck and white view of things" type of person. 

Personally, I think we're dealing with a Sakuya that may have become a
little infected by evil, she's brushed to close to the edge and been
tainted.  This smells more of this Pluto / "keep the timestream pure"
nonsense, which is amazing, considering that Sakuya hates Pluto's guts.
Which was massively underplayed, really, Pluto deliberately off's Older
Jupiter's daughter (failing to act makes one as guilty as having caused it
in my book) and no one gets upset at her!  I think someone would get tired
of this sort of nonsense out of Pluto and off 'er.  Hmmm, something to send
Sakuya to jail for real for. ^ ^  One easy way to get rid of two of the
story's nasties.

There are those that would argue that Sakuya's mother's death is not
Pluto's fault. There is evidence either way that Pluto is/isn't at center
of this all. As that could be a future plot element I'm not at liberty to
comment on it. Makoto got upset at Pluto but via Serenity Pluot soothed
Makoto.  Would Sakuya really risk offing Pluto? Maybe... although I think I
have another candidate in mind but as this is definitely something that
will come out in future plot I won't say anything.

A very well-written story.  My thanks to Douglas!  Everytime I see a new
chapter come in it moves to the top of the line and gets read pronto-tonto.

Thank you very much, and you're welcome. I appreciate your thoughtful
comments as well.

Waiting eagerly for the next part!

Out next week!

p.s.  I know it's a incredibly good story when I find myself getting upset
at what happens in an imaginary story to purely fictional characters. ^ ^

^_^! You don't know how good that makes us feel. It is one of the things we
stive for, to make people's become attached to or hate certain characters.
The choice is thiers.. 

Thanks again.


Doug

"It is the major decisions that change the course of our future but it 
is the minor decisions that shape the being who we are."

"I write in broad tapestries, interweaving characters lives leaving
 the little details to the reader unless the detials are important."
	- Anne McCaffrey
	  From the book "Get off the Unicorn"

"I am Sailor Chibi-Earth! And I will sit you in the corner!"
	- Tsukino Misako, ToYV#6

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