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They're the ONLY surviving NONDAMAGED form of the show. In the late 90s, the masters from which the show is printed were damaged with a red-pink hazy filter.

So. Good luck buying them even if you find them. They're some of the most valuable collector's items in the entire franchise.

Without piracy, there would be NO UNDAMAGED COPIES OF SAILOR MOON AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ANYWHERE, PERIOD.

When I recently came across viral TikTok clips of comedian Chris Overalls labeling himself a “chaser” seeking to hook up with trans men, I felt, frankly, unnerved. Chasers, or people who fetishize and sexualize trans people based solely on their transness, have been the topic of intracommunal trans dialogue for decades. In fact, a robust canon of zines, blogs, and articles have documented the phenomenon, usually focusing on cisgender men who fetishize trans women and transfeminine people. But less-discussed, both in the archive and in the present, are the specific subset of chasers who pursue trans men and other transmasculine people. As controversy has erupted over the content made by Overalls — who, it should be noted, has “John Wayne Chasey” in his bio — several transmasculine people and trans men have taken to social media to share their own thoughts about this controversy, but with one clear and overarching message: In general, we need to talk more about chasers who pursue transmasculine people. “Predators who target trans men are often loud af in the way they claim to affirm our manhood and masculinity in order to build a sense of false trust,” Jersey Noah, a trans social media creator, wrote in an Instagram post. “In reality, they use our isolation, our struggle to gain access to our bodies.” The recent bout of discourse speaks to the necessity of finding common language for this experience. There has even been some discussion about whether or not trans men are subjects to chasers at all, because so often trans men are often mistakenly viewed in two camps: not passing, and being seen as a woman, or passing, and being unclockable as trans. The reality is that transmasculine experience occupies many more shades of gray, and anyone in that spectrum of experiences is still subject to unwelcome fetishization from cis people. According to Louis Lindley, a researcher who has written papers on the sexualization of trans and nonbinary people, this is, at its core, an issue of power. [...] How exactly do chasers who pursue trans men differ from those who pursue trans women, and does the distinction even matter? According to Lindley, there are a few distinct — and often troubling — ways in which trans men and transmasculine people are fetishized. Trans men who are early on in their transition, for example, might be approached by cis men who are attracted to them because they have a “prepubescent” look. Cis women can also be chasers, despite popular representation, often by saying they won’t date men while actively seeking out trans men as the exception to that rule — an approach that can both hinge on and invalidate someone’s identity. For G. Perry, a trans man based in Philadelphia, his experience with chasers manifested in feeling disposable and sexualized in uncomfortable ways. “I once had a cis bisexual guy that I used to f**k tell me he likes transmascs because we don’t expect him to marry us,” he tells Them. “Now, he is in a serious relationship with a woman, and it hurts a little to know that I am good enough for a quick f**k but not a marriage.”

Wanted to share this article because I'm glad them is talking about transmasc issues and raising more awareness. Although god I wish transandrophobia / anti-transmasculinity was more mainstream, because even this article I wish tackled this topic better.

For instance, Yukiko's issue is that she feels guilty over not wanting to continue the family business, and her shadow represents her warped view on feeling that way, loudly proclaiming how much she resents her parents. Yukiko's arc is accepting that it's okay to want a different future for herself and that it doesn't mean she's selfish or doing wrong by her family. Similarly, Kajij comes to accept his less masculine traits after dealing with his ridiculous camp shadow. In every other case the shadow represents a negative, self-loathing induced caricature of what the character does actually genuinely desire. Even Rise's hyper sexual shadow is motivated by a sincere desire to be seen for who she really is beneath her image as an idol, even if that is a somewhat contrived and long way to go for the sake of fan service.

It's bizarre and inconstant that Naoto's shadow is the only one that's just a flat out one eighty. It emphasizes Naoto pretending to be a man to escape feeling like a child - if that's the case, why is the shadow not like, dressed in a juvenile dress and sucking on a pacifier? That feeling of feminine helplessness is what she's trying to push away, denying her femininity because she sees it as a burden. That the shadow instead embodies the coping method makes no sense. It could in a situation where the shadows were just generically representative of the character's given psychological issue, but that's not the case. Every boss battle is triggered with the character in question saying something like "no, you're not me, that's not who I am" for a reason.

Everyone else's shadow represents is what they have to accept about themselves. If Naoto's shadow is trying to transition her, it only follows that Naoto must actually want to be a man, or at the very least, since shadows are hyperbolic exaggerations, find some degree of comfort and joy in not being feminine that she subsequently feels bad about. Doing all that for the lesson "you can just be a butch woman" would still be transphobic, but it would at least perfectly fit with the rest of the story, and yet her relationship route after that involves making her more feminine.

Wood engravings by Colin See-Paynton. ~ "Loons" ~ "Puffins" ~ "Tiding of Magpies"

Artist from Berriew, Powys, Wales. Born 1946.

(you can see that people pick up on this, subconsciously or otherwise, in the fanart- pre-movie caricatures of elphaba and glinda were basically "tall gawky angles/short soft and curvy," while post movie ones are "round and earthy/angular glamour girl")

number of notes this post has: nearly 30,000

number of notes i thought it would get: idk, 15?

number of people it actually takes to start interpersonal bullshit according to the notes: average is probably around 11 lol

why i chose 100: i thought back to the only fandom i was ever in with 0 discourse (at least none that was scary), and it was for green lantern the animated series, a fandom made up of approximately 20 women, 10 non binary people, and a dream. which is probably why it got cancelled after one season, but i digress. so, probably less than 100, but more than 30

top three groups that have been mentioned in terms of hardcore wank: third place- religion second place- sports first place- yarn, apparently!

number of xkcd comics this post is getting compared to: 2 (915 and 1095)