| Sailormoon R |
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| MOST EXCELLENT!! |
| Dark Muffins Productions is now one year old. And happily, we've yet again to score a major award at Nekocon, where our cosplay tradition began. Speaking for the whole of the cast, this has been our most enjoyable cosplay to date (save maybe Bloodlust Gone Wrong) and the exhilleration while performing was mindblowing. Our fears that the crowd would reject a dramatic Sailormoon cosplay were unsupported, and we scored a standing ovation along with a remark from the MC, "Who says you can't do a good Sailormoon cosplay?" The craftsmanship level of the group has skyrocked from last year's production of Messiah. We are all now better performers, better costumers, and I would like to think we are more mature people. The name of Dark Muffins Productions is now well-known and respected at East Coast conventions, and we certainly have our work cut out for us as the con-goers expect quality performances from our group. Now that that's out of the way, indulge yourself in the report of Sailormoon R. |
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| Chibiusa takes the stage, announcing to the crowd that she's going home. ("Awwww...") |
| She's given the Time Key by the enigmatic Sailorpluto, the Guardian of Time, known to Chibiusa as Puu. |
| In present day Tokyo, she hugs her future mother and father, Sailormoon and Tuxedo Kamen. |
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| Even though they fought for most of their time together, Chibiusa will be missed by her parents. |
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| Her journey is interupted by the Black Moon family. The Ayakashi Sisters are the first minions to intercept her, lead by Calaveras. |
| Close behind is the second sister Cooan. The Sisters are employed by Rubius, who in turn serves Prince Diamond. |
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| The servents of Diamond, Emerald and Saffire await their Prince's orders while Chibiusa stands frightened, trapped in the middle. |
| Diamond's orders are to capture Chibiusa, the Small Lady, but he is distracted by the objection of his obsession: Sailormoon, the future Neo-Queen Serenity. |
| Chibiusa struggles to free herself, but is captured by Rubius, as the sisters block her parents from rescuing her. |
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| Sailormoon struggles helplessly to save her daughter. |
| The true power behind the Black Moon, Wiseman, reveals himself. All but Saffire are under his control. He oversees the battle, not interfering just yet. |
| Sailormoon finally breaks free, and attacks Rubius, finishing him off. The Sisters, now no longer under Wiseman's power, are free and return to normal lives. |
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| The Black Moon takes charge after Rubius' defeat. Diamond captures Sailormoon and hypnotizes her, as Wiseman does the same with Chibiusa. Saffire, Diamond's brother, does not approve. |
| Emerald is not pleased either. She secretly loves Diamond and is furiosley jealous of the Neo-Queen. However, she stays loyal to him, altough Saffire is wavering. |
| Wiseman enters the court of the Black Moon. Diamond and Emerald show their respects while Saffire looks away in defiance. |
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| For whatever reason, there's about 45 seconds worth of cosplay missing from the Fansview pictures. That may not seem like a long time, but this contains quite a bit of story. I'll sum it up here. After the Black Moon show their respect for Wiseman, he leads on the newest follower of his plan for domination: the alluring Black Lady. He has tempted Small Lady (Chibiusa) into using her awesome powers for evil in a fit of emotional grief. The nobility of the Black Moon are infurriated as Wiseman presents her with the Imperium Silver Crystal, a power which they have all lusted after. Diamond however, is distracted with his new toy; a brain-washed Sailormoon. He kisses her, much to the disgust of Emerald. Emerald slaps Sailormoon, and in response, Black Lady kills her in respect for Diamond. With her new found power, Black Lady hypnotizes her own father, Tuxedo Kamen, and passionately kisses him, as she has wanted to ever since she met him in the past. At the same time, Wiseman kills Saffire for going against his wishes. Diamond snaps out of his trance in grief for his brother and scorns Wiseman. Wiseman simple kills him as well. Sailormoon is shocked and tries to reason with her transformed daughter, but Wiseman steps between them, forcing Sailormoon down and stealing the Silver Crystal of Usagi's time. With the two crystals from both time periods, she prepares to touch them together, an act which would destroy the universe. However, in an unexpected show of self-sacrifice, Sailorpluto leaves her post at the Door of Time and uses her staff to freeze time, giving Sailormoon just enough of a chance to pull her own crystal from Black Lady's hand. When she becomes unfrozen, Black Lady is furious and angrily lashes out at Sailorpluto. Already weaked from the act of freezing time, Sailorpluto dies and falls to the ground. This act reawakens the soul of Chibiusa and Black Lady collapses in horrible grief for killing her only friend. Sailormoon, now with her crystal restored, turns on Wiseman. However moved by sadness, the crystal's power is no match for Wiseman, who embodies all the strength of the wicked planet Nemesis from which the Black Moon family hails. |
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| Awakened from Wiseman's spell, Small Lady appears in the form of Princess Serenity and adds the strength of her crystal to Sailormoon's. |
| With the full power of Silver Milliniem on their side, Sailormoon and Small Lady defeat Wiseman and pose victoriously. (This is also a scandelous panty shot for Lauren) |
| ...and the Muffins leave the stage. A good time had by all, wouldn't you say? |
| Who says you can't have a good Sailormoon cosplay.......... |
| WATCH THE COSPLAY!! courtesy of chocoborancher-anime.com |
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