40 Day Anime Challenge Day 18: Your NOTP (that regrettably became canon): All of the Sailor Senshi with all of the 4 Heavenly Kings from Sailor Moon Crystal (2015)

Synopsis (from Wikipedia): “Usagi Tsukino, a middle school student, is given the power to become a Pretty Soldier. Joined by other Sailor Soldiers, she defends Earth against an assortment of evil villains.”

(Art credit in photo- I couldn’t find a screenshot of all of them but I love the merging that this artist has done)

I love SMC for fixing a lot of the flaws of the 90s anime, cutting out unnecessary villain of the week filler, better developing the characters, and following the manga better. And I know that in the manga, the 4 senshi and the 4 kings are a thing. But look, it’s lazy writing. How tf do not only the moon princess and the earth prince fall in love, but also each of their soldiers pair off nicely with each other? No one looks for love anywhere else? No love triangles? No complications of any kind? Unrealistic. Lazy. And outside of Venus and Kunzite (which is a ship I actually love in SMC), we are not given any reasons for why any of the others fell for each other, we’re just supposed to accept that it happened. Which is bad enough, though I still probably could have let it go, HOWEVER:

The original anime may have gotten a lot wrong but THEY GOT THIS RIGHT AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL!!!!! Nephrite x Naru forever!!!!!

Also:

Zoisite and Kunzite being so in love despite being “unloving villains” (and then the English dub trying to make it look like they were brothers and making it even weirder...ah I love SM English dub backfires lololol)

And:

Jaedite being a strong independent man that don’t need no woman, because not everyone needs a partner!

This is what true love looks like. Btw.

maria's new va...

i'm suddenly thinking about rockstar!eddie shooting a music video on some naval ship and meeting actual sailor!steve who's all dressed up in his whites 'cause eddie's a big name star and the captain said everyone had to look their best and eddie immediately folding for the pretty guy in uniform

just: eddie wanting a couple of the guys to act in the video 'cause hopefully then they'd actually know what they're doing, and asking the capt to point out his most competent sailor. the capt immediately points out one of his low-ranking ensigns (like, brand new baby officer 'cause that's the kinda shit an officer would pull) and eddie, having been raised by wayne (who i'm hc-ing as a navy vet) knows better and is immediately like "No sir, I said your most competent, not your least. someone point me to THE second class. Where's he? I need an enlisted guy." and a higher-ranking chief that's been following the band around the ship all day bellows out a laugh and says "You're gonna want Harrington, Mr. Munson."

idk idk, it's niche but for some reason my mind went into the cold clammy depths of my time in the navy this morning and i was like 'NOPE! don't wanna dwell here, make it fun! make it about the blorbos so you dont get sad!!' lmao

"A sailor attached to utility squadron VJ-4 plays with kittens that were discovered in an equipment room at U.S. Naval Air Station Squantum in Massachusetts, 1942." Original source is the National Archives but I found this in the book Cats in the Navy.

Shen Yuan…Shen Yuan he’s drowning…

Don’t just sit there staring at his face 😮‍💨

They're on their honeymoon ⛵️🦞🌊💕

Kissing in the Starlight. ☔

I reposted my older makoto x ami fanart on instagram (it's beedaleeart if you'd like to follow me there. i am trying to be active!) and it reminded me of this sketch I made eons ago. so this is me making good on my promise to myself to make more Makoto x Ami art. ...as a birthday treat!!

I had this scene in my head while listening to makoto's “kissing in the starlight”. (please listen to it... i am begging... her original seiyuu is SO DREAMY in it...)

ALSO...!! I found out they did a duet song for Crystal called "Secret Midnight Talk" where they discuss their insecurities and loneliness with each other... if that's not kinda sapphic IDK what is 🥴

so about the ship thing . . . Have you heard of a little guy called Sailor Dee? They showed up in Revenge of Meta Knight as part of Meta Knight's crew, and I think a couple other times in minigames and merch. I imagine he'd be braver than the average dee since he works for MK, so maybe they'd be able to power through the ick reaction like Bandee

hmmm... i think you might be onto something!

might be about to give bandee a run for his money, perhaps. speaking of... here's a little bonus:

Dracula Daily sketch for 18th July

In which we meet the crew of the Demeter, and the captain has some concerns.

Love me a cranky old sailor

I need to draw more HighTide there’s not enough art of him

usamamo star gazing date

Don't mind me, just my mind living happily in Lesson 32 for the next some odd weeks.

A sailor-made scrimshaw model (this is not a POW Bone ship) of a 3-masted packet ship. mid 19th century

The model is constructed of whalebone, whale ivory, baleen and rich tropical hardwood, the keel and bottom of the ship are dark brown wood.

getting used to being heard