Kickin' it old school
Aug. 11th, 2010 08:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tasty_kate My very, very first fandom ever was Sailor Moon. I think I first saw an episode of Sailor Moon (Jupiter Comes Thundering In, yes, I still remember) was back in... oh, gosh, lemme do the guesstimate math... 1996ish. And just with most of my other fandoms, it was my father who was watching it on the television and I happened to plop down and ask a lot of annoying questions ("Why are their eyes so big?" "Why do their mouths get so big?" "What's that rain drop for?").
Not sure exactly when it happened, but I slowly became obsessed. Like... whoa. Particularly in middle school years (1997-99). I had posters, printed pictures lining the walls, VHS's (both legit and bootleg of the original Japanese with subtitles), books, art books, original Japanese manga, action figures, life-size wands and compacts, and a home-made Sailor Mars costume (my twin sister with a Sailor Venus costume). Yeah, it was bad. Super bad. And I had two friends (designated Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter, each with their own costumes) who were right there along with us.
Towards the end of middle school and into high school, us four guardians all transfered our enthusiasm into band and soon became involved in relationships and all that other jazz that comes with being a high schooler. But Sailor Moon was always there to turn back to. Occasionally over the next 10 years, I would sheepishly go and Google Sailor Moon for images or go on YouTube to watch some episodes uploaded on it. A couple months back I had another surge, one that led me to Amazon.com. And I found the whole set of episodes (two hundred of 'em!), including the three movies, for about $160. My birthday was coming and so I bought them. The day they arrived, I stayed up into a ridonkulous hour of the morning, watching over twenty episodes in a row. Which, when you fast-forward through the opening and ending themes, previews for the coming episode, transformations, and sometimes the longer powers (looking at you, Sailor Moon), it wasn't so bad.
Summer classes started up again and so I put Sailor Moon on hiatus (as Doctor Who took over my full-throttle). I ended it with the S series. Today I started up with SuperS. Is it sad that I still get chills during Moon Gorgeous Meditation?
I feel like this has impacted my life to the extent where I still feel it. I like to think that parts of my personality are still influenced by watching Sailor Moon SO MUCH when I was that young and thinking about it all. the. frickin'. time. It was during this fandom I also discovered fanfiction, which has clearly held over well into my 20's. Sailor Moon fun and light-hearted and can still jerk a tear out of me every now and again and no one can tell me otherwise. *grin*
Yes, I still fit into my costume.
In other news: The Sailor Jupiter from my group of friends is having a baby tonight!! Wish her well and all the fast-healing a c-section can give her.
Not sure exactly when it happened, but I slowly became obsessed. Like... whoa. Particularly in middle school years (1997-99). I had posters, printed pictures lining the walls, VHS's (both legit and bootleg of the original Japanese with subtitles), books, art books, original Japanese manga, action figures, life-size wands and compacts, and a home-made Sailor Mars costume (my twin sister with a Sailor Venus costume). Yeah, it was bad. Super bad. And I had two friends (designated Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter, each with their own costumes) who were right there along with us.
Towards the end of middle school and into high school, us four guardians all transfered our enthusiasm into band and soon became involved in relationships and all that other jazz that comes with being a high schooler. But Sailor Moon was always there to turn back to. Occasionally over the next 10 years, I would sheepishly go and Google Sailor Moon for images or go on YouTube to watch some episodes uploaded on it. A couple months back I had another surge, one that led me to Amazon.com. And I found the whole set of episodes (two hundred of 'em!), including the three movies, for about $160. My birthday was coming and so I bought them. The day they arrived, I stayed up into a ridonkulous hour of the morning, watching over twenty episodes in a row. Which, when you fast-forward through the opening and ending themes, previews for the coming episode, transformations, and sometimes the longer powers (looking at you, Sailor Moon), it wasn't so bad.
Summer classes started up again and so I put Sailor Moon on hiatus (as Doctor Who took over my full-throttle). I ended it with the S series. Today I started up with SuperS. Is it sad that I still get chills during Moon Gorgeous Meditation?
I feel like this has impacted my life to the extent where I still feel it. I like to think that parts of my personality are still influenced by watching Sailor Moon SO MUCH when I was that young and thinking about it all. the. frickin'. time. It was during this fandom I also discovered fanfiction, which has clearly held over well into my 20's. Sailor Moon fun and light-hearted and can still jerk a tear out of me every now and again and no one can tell me otherwise. *grin*
Yes, I still fit into my costume.
In other news: The Sailor Jupiter from my group of friends is having a baby tonight!! Wish her well and all the fast-healing a c-section can give her.
