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In a nutshell, the first film is about a traumatized Usagi suppressing her memories of Mamoru dying in front of her.
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In a nutshell, the first film is about a traumatized Usagi suppressing her memories of Mamoru dying in front of her.
I randomly heard somewhere that the brain goes over bad memories or traumas whenever you feel safe to heal itself [I just heard this from an anonymous person online. I have no clue if it's true and couldn't find a great way to describe it to find answers online] But now that I talked to someone I'm feeling better
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The body responds to traumatic events in many ways.
I overcame some difficult obstacles in life and I thank God and the Lord everyday for blessing me with the strength to overcome said obstacles.
Recently, though, I experienced acid reflux. I did all kinds of medical exams, including an endoscopy, and all the doctors said I was perfectly fine. “Nothing wrong.” It turns out that I was briefly exposed to a trigger event from my childhood/adolescence and my body reacted the way it did. There is a brain-gut connection: “Your brain sends signals to your gut and the gut actually talks back,” my doctor explained.
Anyhow, this panel is very important to understand the films:
Galaxia wants the Silver Crystal. She believes she can obtain the Silver Crystal by traumatizing Sailor Moon. She starts by killing Mamoru and then… literally everyone else. Galaxia’s hope is that a deeply traumatized Sailor Moon will fight Chaos. “Chaos and Sailor Moon shall spontaneously combust,“ is Galaxia’s hope. However, Chaos is very much aware of Galaxia’s plan and is using Galaxia as a pawn.
I overcame some difficult obstacles in life and I thank God and the Lord everyday for blessing me with the strength to overcome said obstacles.
Recently, though, I experienced acid reflux. I did all kinds of medical exams, including an endoscopy, and all the doctors said I was perfectly fine. “Nothing wrong.” It turns out that I was briefly exposed to a trigger event from my childhood/adolescence and my body reacted the way it did. There is a brain-gut connection: “Your brain sends signals to your gut and the gut actually talks back,” my doctor explained.
Anyhow, this panel is very important to understand the films:
Galaxia wants the Silver Crystal. She believes she can obtain the Silver Crystal by traumatizing Sailor Moon. She starts by killing Mamoru and then… literally everyone else. Galaxia’s hope is that a deeply traumatized Sailor Moon will fight Chaos. “Chaos and Sailor Moon shall spontaneously combust,“ is Galaxia’s hope. However, Chaos is very much aware of Galaxia’s plan and is using Galaxia as a pawn.
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I'm going to revel a bit and reveal one aspect of my personal life: my job is I'm a clinical psychologist. 
Doing some armchair psychology on Usagi though, and taking into account Cosmos part 1 seems to be happening on a span of a few months, it could be Usagi didn't literally "forget" Mamoru turning to sand right in front of her. Rather, it seems more likely she unconsciously overruled that which she saw for a fantasy that Mamoru simply is far away - maybe made easier for the fact she fainted right after, so she could be thinking him turning to sand was something of a delusion. Of course, all of this happens involuntarily.
If she was a real person, it'd maybe be a bit more tricky to realize how much of this traumatic experience actually happened and how much of it is the person's defense mechanism for her grief. Naoko makes this a bit exaggerated by showing her emotionless eyes whenever someone mentions Mamoru.
If one doesn't have healthy ways to cope with loss (if the loss was too sudden/traumatic, if it's someone without close friends or family to talk to, if they're not emotionally strong to withstand the new routine without that person, aren't able/can't afford to go to therapy, etc.), ignoring the trauma trigger, intentionally or not, might help to soothe the anguish. Doesn't mean whatever issue was developed by trauma was "cured", as all it takes is some soft exposure to whatever triggers the trauma for the person to even feel physical pain (like when Seiya tries to remind Usagi of how Mamoru died).
Even me, myself, understand how this feels. When we lose someone and it's particularly painful, simply trying to stop thinking about this person is almost a survival strategy, because otherwise it becomse torture to do normal things like working, going out, exercize, etc. All it takes is accidentally seeing this lost one's pic because your friend posted it on an Instagram story and I can spend days having nightmares about it.
Thinking in therms of Usagi, I think as painful as it must've been for her to remember how Mamoru died, her confronting it is what ultimately gave her motivation to go after Galaxia and, eventually, make Mamoru come back to life. Again, if Usagi was a real person and her boyfriend died in front of her in a car crash or something, especially at an impressionable age as somenone just entering high school, I could totally understand how she'd prefer to pretend it didn't happen just because of how painful it can be.
Doing some armchair psychology on Usagi though, and taking into account Cosmos part 1 seems to be happening on a span of a few months, it could be Usagi didn't literally "forget" Mamoru turning to sand right in front of her. Rather, it seems more likely she unconsciously overruled that which she saw for a fantasy that Mamoru simply is far away - maybe made easier for the fact she fainted right after, so she could be thinking him turning to sand was something of a delusion. Of course, all of this happens involuntarily.
If she was a real person, it'd maybe be a bit more tricky to realize how much of this traumatic experience actually happened and how much of it is the person's defense mechanism for her grief. Naoko makes this a bit exaggerated by showing her emotionless eyes whenever someone mentions Mamoru.
If one doesn't have healthy ways to cope with loss (if the loss was too sudden/traumatic, if it's someone without close friends or family to talk to, if they're not emotionally strong to withstand the new routine without that person, aren't able/can't afford to go to therapy, etc.), ignoring the trauma trigger, intentionally or not, might help to soothe the anguish. Doesn't mean whatever issue was developed by trauma was "cured", as all it takes is some soft exposure to whatever triggers the trauma for the person to even feel physical pain (like when Seiya tries to remind Usagi of how Mamoru died).
Even me, myself, understand how this feels. When we lose someone and it's particularly painful, simply trying to stop thinking about this person is almost a survival strategy, because otherwise it becomse torture to do normal things like working, going out, exercize, etc. All it takes is accidentally seeing this lost one's pic because your friend posted it on an Instagram story and I can spend days having nightmares about it.
Thinking in therms of Usagi, I think as painful as it must've been for her to remember how Mamoru died, her confronting it is what ultimately gave her motivation to go after Galaxia and, eventually, make Mamoru come back to life. Again, if Usagi was a real person and her boyfriend died in front of her in a car crash or something, especially at an impressionable age as somenone just entering high school, I could totally understand how she'd prefer to pretend it didn't happen just because of how painful it can be.
I'm going to revel a bit and reveal one aspect of my personal life: my job is I'm a clinical psychologist.
Sailor Moon Cosmos Part 2
I think the exposition got a bit heavy and complicated in the 2nd half of this one but alright. I may need some time to get my thoughts together. I liked Fight and Sailor Moon's reactions to all the bad stuff going on around her. I may need some time to get my thoughts together about everything though
- What were they really expecting Diana to do. Was it really that hard to say no to her face?
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- Ok fair enough
- Chibi Moon's transformation was excellent for me
- When Galaxia appeared, the planet plunged into a mournful silence. So she wiped off all the people on the surface? *Shows planet exploding*........ oh
- I think I felt a bit more for the deaths of Lethe and the other one than the Starlights. Are they sisters?
- I'm starting to notice a lot of crucifixion in stuff from 90s Japan.
- Random thought: Wait was the life span of someone from the Crystal Tokyo era 1000 years old? if so, does that mean Chibi Usa could die in 100 since she's 900?
- The comic relief scene came a bit abruptly after talking about the cats dying.......... but to be fair, they just talked about the cats dying so I guess a comic relief scene was warranted.
- Evil
: JUPITAH! TWO FRAAAAAMMMMEEE PER SECONDO!!!! -
- So, Neptune's attacks aren't supposed to be as strong or more elegant?
- When Mamoru went down on Galaxia for some reason it reminded me of the quote:
- "Would a virgin say there's 493 Pokémon before going down on me!"
- Why is everyone constantly running away after casuing a scene
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- I know this was really important and dramatic with something super serious happening but the way the star thing fell down mid-sentence was hilarious
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Galaxia: Ta-ta B**CH!!!
- Sailor Moon is Cosmos's old self?
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- I'm pretty sure he had more abs then that in season 1
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- Was everyone else trying to one-up Usagi during her wedding with their dresses
I think the exposition got a bit heavy and complicated in the 2nd half of this one but alright. I may need some time to get my thoughts together. I liked Fight and Sailor Moon's reactions to all the bad stuff going on around her. I may need some time to get my thoughts together about everything though
Usagi will ascend to the throne at the age of 22, there will be a long period of peace and happiness…
… but Chaos did not die and will come back to destroy Neo-Crystal Tokyo just like it destroyed the Silver Millenium.
Usagi, Queen Serenity, will transition to Sailor Cosmos… and her fate is to fight Chaos (Sailor Chaos) for eternity.
At least anyone getting into Gravity Falls, The Owl House, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, or Amphibia doesn't have to go through that now coz all four of those are complete. But if you started watching them when they first came out... I actually made a point of holding off on The Owl House until it was finished, just to avoid that. Waiting 10 years for [HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED]'s final defeat and another 7 for both Chrysalis and Thanos was annoying enough.
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Sailor Moon Cosmos
- I thought this thread could be over but I'm probably gonna have to come back later for an overall review after rewatching the entire series in one go
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- A few other things
- Mamoru sucking his teeth and running away with his cape reminded me of Nephrite from PGSM.
- Mamoru: Usa .... when I get back..... we're breaking the bed
- This is definitely the most I've enjoyed looking at the frames in crystal.
- The Death Phantom Galaxia saw is the one Usagi's going to have to face in the future right. I didn't think about that until someone pointed it out.
- regarding Galaxia's flash back
- Spoiler: show
- I realized I can go into those other Cosmos threads now that I've seen the film
- Usagi's voice actress did a phenomenal job in my opinion. Especially in part 2 the fury and heartache she displayed was excellent.
- I did enjoy watching it as it was something entirely new to me since I've never seen the last arc outside the 90s anime. It did feel like a lot to pack into 2 movies. at least character wise
- Besides Galaxia, Usagi, Chibiusa and maybe Chibi Chibi [Not sure why her at all but will include anyways] I'm not sure If I felt too much about the characters. When there's so many, it's hard for me to focus on what happens to the others. The series is about Sailor Moon and I enjoyed her so I guess I can't be too up in arms about it. But introducing so many concepts in a short time spans does make certain things confusing for me. Especially while watching it in a different language and having to read all the text explaining what's being said so maybe I should also see this in English [I didn't watch any of Crysternal in English]
- I liked the song that was used in the movie
- The animation and artwork in the definitely surpassed my expectations. When I saw those two intros, while I didn't hate what I saw, some of the motion still felt kind of "eh". Definitely not bad it just didn't personally give me much. But plenty of scenes in movies the did a lot more for me so I'm happy about that.
- A disturbing lack of Mamoru's abdomen though ngl.
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Do you mean Chaos?
Metaria, Death Phantom, Pharaoh 90, Nehelenia are fragments/reincarnations of Chaos.
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There's this run that whether or not it started from the show, is typically referenced from it
sorry old meme , but my mind sent me off that memory so i had to say it.
but seriously , i couldnt take that scene in a serious way , well at least cosmos knew how to make funny scenes , it wasnt on purpose but i think it counts.