I'm going to try to keep this as simple as I can, so bear with me
while I explain exactly how I've cheerfully mangled the Sailor Moon
plot lines.
Sailor Moon V is a parallel story line to the original Sailor Moon
story line. The split occurs between the American-Dubbed Episodes #6
(Time Bomb) and #7 (An Uncharmed Life). There, the first Dark
Adventure of mine takes place (entitled "For The Love Of Mercury").
After that, the story lines run roughly parallel up until Episode #40
(Day Of Destiny). The major change with that episode is that no one
loses their memories and Serena keeps the Crescent Moon Wand. At that
point, the Sailor Moon plot line goes one way while the Sailor Moon V
plot takes a sharp turn to deep left field.
I've already received several complaints about minor discontinuities
in the stories. Keep in mind that this is a parallel plot and that
small details may be out-of-order by either accident or design (or
ignorance of the real answers). Also, keep in mind that my only source
for information about the Sailor Moon "world" is from the American
episodes from DIC. The known and obvious discontinuities are:
The incorrect spelling of Lita (I always heard it as Leda. I liked it
so I kept it. Makes more sense, too, if you know alot about Greek
mythology).
Darian's jeep (I knew he had a bike, but I wasn't sure about the car
he drove. Having a jeep sounded cool so I let him have one).
Ami and Greg never really hit it off (namely because Ami has Tolaris).
Mina and her family live in a studio apartment (sounded cool when I
first wrote it).
Chad's attitude towards Rei (Chad doesn't worship her as much as he
does in the series and won't take a lot of her attitude).
Zoisite's gender (keep in mind my source for this....)
The incorrect spelling of Jaedite (wrote the 1st Episode before I
found out how to correctly spell it).
Lita's past relationships (I only know she once had a boyfriend named
Freddy who dumped her. Everything else you read about her past was
made up by me).
The Shinto religion uses shrines instead of temples (tell that to the
people who wrote the script for the US version).
Another potentially fatal mistake is the number of liberties I've
taken with this story. Fan-fiction means I get carte blanche with the
story lines, but I do hope I didn't go overboard. FAIR WARNING: The
first episode is rather clean and nice, but (IMHBEO) the plot quality
kinda drops a bit in the second story ("By The New Moon's Light").
Also, starting with the 2nd Episode, there are certain scenes that
some readers may not like (ie: The various Scouts get some with their
boyfriends....), so if you don't go for that kind of stuff, you are
advised not to read it. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. <evil laugh> [Note:
IMHBEO means In My Humble But Expert Opinion. Just so you know.] The
list of liberties are as follows:
Episode #1 (For The Love Of Mercury)
Tolaris's powers are modeled after X-Men's Storm.
Maze looks vaguely like Rei from "Vampire Hunter D".
The name/group "Dragoons" was taken from the game "Final Fantasy II"
Dyvach's name was adapted from "Taran Wanderer" by Lloyd Alexander.
Ensign Tempest looks an awfully lot like X-Men's Storm :)
The oft-used phrase "Ami, we've got to get you out more" was taken
from a piece of fan-fiction entitled "Digital Moon" by Mike Koos. (I
talked to Mike about that one and he kinda liked it. Thanks, Mike!)
Episode #2 (By The New Moon's Light)
Mina's ancestral lineage was based partly on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Daigan's name was taken from somewhere, but I can't remember where :(
Daigan looks a LOT like Count Strahd from AD&D's RAVENLOFT campaign.
Shar-Tei's reflex power came from Robotech.
Episode #3 (Of Love And Crystal)
The Napoleon reference was adapted from a routine by The Greaseman.
("Napoleon, get your hand out of your pants and put it in your shirt.
History will give you more respect that way....")
Episode #4 (Shadows Of The Past)
I make no apologies for the Smurf joke.
The MechBlaster 3000 was modeled after the heavy assault weapon used
by Drake and Vasquez in the movie "Aliens".
The name Raijen stems from a mistranslation of Raiden.
The Highlander references stemmed from a converstation I had with one
of my fan-friends. Thanks for the input, Skywise!
Episode #5 (Time Enough For Love)
Reish'id's name was taken from that super-old arch-enemy of Batman
from the Animated Series, Ra's Al-ghul (don't bother trying to figure
out how I diddled with the spelling).
Reish'id's voice is modeled after Shere Khan's from "Tale Spin".
The village of Asleen is based on a city from the movie "Willow".
The 'Dark' and related elements were taken from "Vampire Princess
Miyu".
Episode #6 (The Return From Darkness)
The names Alex, Susan, and Michelle in reference to the Outer Scouts
were picked up from a discussion in rec.arts.anime, I belive (I could
be wrong). I don't remember who said what, but my thanks to whomever
was involved.
The character of Mephisto was taken from the original anime movie
"Demon City Shinjuku".
The name Myst was taken from the interactive CD-ROM game made by
whomever made it. (I don't know who did, but I really like the name).
On the drawing board: Episodes #7 - #15.
Yes, I really have things planned out that far. I won't say much about
it, but I will be bringing in the Outer Scouts (ie: Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto). I have *NO* idea how they came into the regular
Sailor Moon series, so I'm making *all* of this up and there is *no
way* any of you will be able to see any of this coming. <laugh> For those
of you who've been waiting on edge since this
started, Serena and Darian will finally go at it in an episode. It won't
be graphic but you will get the general idea....
A few juicy highlights: The return of the Outer Scouts, a new Sailor
Scout drops in (and she didn't come for Rei's tea....), more
background on the Moon Kingdom and the Silver Millenium is revealed,
General Rune cooks up one hell of a pop-tart (that's a nasty surprise,
BTW), not one but two of the Negaverse's Top Ten Evil Hall of Famers
returns from the darkness of the past to cross paths with the Sailor
Scouts, and an entirely new set of beings from yet another dark and
evil dimension crash-land into the lives of the Sailor Scouts.
The names Kay, Morgan, and Minerva in reference to Sailor Scouts have
been taken with permission from a piece of fanfiction entitled
"Moonlit Destiny" by Bill Barbas.
The name Zenaida came from a long-forgotten schoolmate, Zenaida
Serrano.
The airborne carrier "Storm" has been loosely modeled after the Sky
Pirate's "Iron Vulture" from Disney's "Tale Spin".
On a serious note, if anyone out there feels like taking a potshot at
writing their own Sailor Moon V episodes, just drop me a line at the
below e-mail address with a brief summary of your story ideas and I'll
probably let you run with it. A few ground rules however:
1) [Rule #1 is no longer in effect. If you don't know what Rule #1
was, then don't worry about it.]
2) No major character goes kaput. If you create an original character
of your own, feel free to bury that char at your leisure. Just don't
have any of mine start pushing up daisies.
3) Go easy on the blood. Granted Ami likes blood, but keep in mind her
feelings on draining people. If they volunteer, feel free to drink up
but not to any damaging excess.
4) Just make sure you let your readers know that while your episode is
based on characters and events that take place in my series, it is not
part of my series. Call it a parody of a parody, if you will, but
don't call it Sailor Moon V. (I'm not a lawyer, but a simple,
quick-and-dirty disclaimer somewhere will work for me.)
5) Rule 5? Simple: Take all the plotlines you can find about Sailor
Moon, dump them in a blender, puree them until you get all of the
lumps out, pour into a small air-tight can, screw the lid on, shake
well, and serve with confidence that you've just written a damn good
piece of fanfiction. (Whether that is true or not is up to the
critics, but having an attitude sure helps your ego.)
I have also been considering the idea of making a second series once I
get this first one taken care of, whenever that may be. It'd be called
Sailor Moon V * The Negaverse Chronicles. Basically, each episode
would be about the life and views of the main denizen characters,
starting with Raijen and working our way down the timeline down to
Beryl's ascention to power and the start of the regular Sailor Moon
series. This is only a rough idea since I'm still sorting out the
ideas (delusions?) I keep getting about the current series. In short,
this one is going to take awhile, so don't worry about seeing anything
done. I just thought I'd tell you about it to keep you in a mild state
of suspense for roughly a decade or so. <evil grin>
For some strange reason, I found myself possessed during one rough
weekend so I sat down on and typed up a lemon episode for SMV. After
it was written and I sat back to wonder just WTF I had done, I started
toying with the idea of making it a separate series (originally Sailor
Moon L). I then had the idea of making it a sub-series of SMV. Since
the original series was subtitled "The Dark Adventures of the Sailor
Scouts," I eventually decided on naming this lemon series "Tales of
the Night". Episode #1 has been released some time ago for public
consumption, so if you can't find it, keep looking. As I now have two
SMV series out, please use a caveat in the subject line when you're
sending e-mail to me or any of the web page maintainers so we can get
a clear idea of which series you're talking about (ie: SMV*DA for Dark
Adventures and SMV*TN for Tales of the Night).
It has been made aware to me that there is a group called the Psi-Corp
on the television show "Babylon 5". I have never seen the show and any
similiarities between Sailor Moon V and Babylon 5 are purely and
entirely coincidential. It has also been made aware to me that another
Sailor Moon fanfiction series makes use of the concept of
'extradimensional pockets' for the Sailor Scouts. Again, any
similiarities between Sailor Moon V and that series (I don't know the
name of it) is purely and entirely conincidential.
That should cover it, I hope. If anyone has any suggestions,
questions, <sigh> flames, whatever, you can send it to my e-mail
address.
For those of you with Yahoo! Instant Messenger, I do make use of it
whenever I've got my fat butt parked in front of the computer (the one
that's connected to the Internet via fiber-optic cable, that is). So
if you have that service as well (why, yes, I do Yahoo!), feel free to
harass me (my ID is smvhq) if you manage to find me. Your best bets
are Monday thru Friday between 7pm and 9pm Eastern Standard Time, as
that's when I'm usually fresh home from work and trying very hard to
relax on the Glass Dragon MUD (see below). (Note: Getting on the Glass
Dragon to talk to me is probably a bad idea as I'd most likely be busy
flirting with someone, so if you do check it out don't do it just
because you want to shoot the breeze. I am, however, more than willing
to help you figure out just what the bloody hell you're supposed to be
doing on a MUD.)
As of 22 November 1999, I am gainfully employed as a telcommunications
specialist with The Centech Group, a sub-contractor on assignment for
USAID. Since the vast majority of my time from Monday through Friday
will now be spent either sitting in traffic, sitting at my desk, or
sleeping, work on the series will, unfortunately, slow down even
further. Please, bear in mind that SMV is only a fun hobby of mine I
do in my spare time. I assure you I have zero intentions of giving up
on SMV and only ask that you not write me an email every month asking
when the next update is going to come out. (I'd ask you to have
patience, but it would be rather hypocritical of me to ask you to have
patience when I surely don't have any.) My sincerest thanks to those
of you who have taken the time to share your views and opinions with
me about my series. Your efforts will not go unrewarded....
Special thanks to:
Tamex Skyblade for not only putting up with me babbling about Sailor
Moon since Oct '95, but for keeping me from going overboard when it
came to writing certain scenes. (Lady Skyblade became married May 13th
and we all wish her the best.)
Luna for being gracious enough to put my stories on her web page (which
for some odd reason keeps moving) and for a being really cool kitten to
know. (Luna, in my personal opinion, is a wonderful but extremely shy
individual who could use a few good friends and Internet pen-pals. If
you want to start up a conversation just drop her a line and let me
take the brunt of her mood for soliciting new friends for her.)
Tim Nolan for being another wickedly cool Sailor Moon author to bounce
ideas off of in IRC and for sending me those anime tapes to satisfy my
craving for fresh anime as well to use as a source of new ideas.
Jason Hatter for also being kind enough to put my stories on his web
site (which, like Luna's, migrated elsewhere and I have yet to remember
where I wrote the new info down).
Greenbeans for being the moderator of a Sailor Moon fanfic author
discussion forum and hence probably being the only sane one of the
group (although there are now quite a number of us trying to corrupt
her into seeing things our way).
The various personae at The Glass Dragon MUD (telnet
dragon.ods.com:4000) for putting up with my pestering everyone about
wanting to read my works, my occasional mud-wide venting of my
frustration and/or temper, or in the case of a certain Elder Goddess,
just pestering her, period. (If you ever happen to see an Immortal
named Raijen with [95 SMV] in his title, that's me.)
The men and women of the United States Army for not only giving me a
kick-ass job (which gave me the money to buy Mintaka), but for
teaching me a whole new view of life that I believe everyone should
have the opportunity to learn, if only for a single four-year term.
(My current point of view is that life sucks, but never to the point
of orgasm. However, don't let my own pessimistic outlook get you
down....)
And last, but never least, a HUGE thank-you goes to Takeuchi Naoko for
creating Sailor Moon in the first place.
Troy "Silver" Stanton
07 June 2000
"You know.... that looks like an awful long drop...."
- Sailor Uranus, peering over the edge of
the airborne carrier "Storm" before her
first, sudden experience with free-falling.
(What, I didn't write that scene yet? Silly me.... <dark laugh>)
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