Authors notes and ramblings on I Could Only Watch.
Originally this piece started out as a one shot about Saturn being unable to defend Neo Queen Serenity when she was frozen in Crystal Tokyo. Form that it went to a flashback to the destruction of the moon kingdom and that got tricky. The outer Senshi have always been conveniently left out of the past, future, and even the present of the anime. For a poor author, such as myself, this left a lot of questions. So I did what comes naturally for an author who's curious, I made it up!
I Could Only Watch is based on the anime. Before it was dubbed for the US I was lucky enough to get my hands on some fan subs of the S season and enjoyed hour after delirious hour of Sailor Moon as it was meant to be seen. Hotaru/Saturn soon became my favorite character. I was driven by the need to explain why Hotaru never transformed and what happened in the final battle with Pharaoh 90. I hadn't read the manga back then.
Now here I am three, no four, years later finally completing this novel of a story. I never expected to get reviews, thanks to those who did, and I didn't plan on this reaching the length it has. After all it was supposed to be a one shot! This is now a regurgitation of the S season from Saturn's point of view and I apologize for that. The lack of reviews for this story shows that most people either (a) saw the size and ran the other way, (b) lost interest after chapter 2, or (c) just don't care to share an opinion.
Overall, and most importantly, I am happy with the story I have shared. I hope that everyone who reads this will enjoy it and be happier for their time spent reading the hours away. Thank you all for reading.
Ceila
Originally this piece started out as a one shot about Saturn being unable to defend Neo Queen Serenity when she was frozen in Crystal Tokyo. Form that it went to a flashback to the destruction of the moon kingdom and that got tricky. The outer Senshi have always been conveniently left out of the past, future, and even the present of the anime. For a poor author, such as myself, this left a lot of questions. So I did what comes naturally for an author who's curious, I made it up!
I Could Only Watch is based on the anime. Before it was dubbed for the US I was lucky enough to get my hands on some fan subs of the S season and enjoyed hour after delirious hour of Sailor Moon as it was meant to be seen. Hotaru/Saturn soon became my favorite character. I was driven by the need to explain why Hotaru never transformed and what happened in the final battle with Pharaoh 90. I hadn't read the manga back then.
Now here I am three, no four, years later finally completing this novel of a story. I never expected to get reviews, thanks to those who did, and I didn't plan on this reaching the length it has. After all it was supposed to be a one shot! This is now a regurgitation of the S season from Saturn's point of view and I apologize for that. The lack of reviews for this story shows that most people either (a) saw the size and ran the other way, (b) lost interest after chapter 2, or (c) just don't care to share an opinion.
Overall, and most importantly, I am happy with the story I have shared. I hope that everyone who reads this will enjoy it and be happier for their time spent reading the hours away. Thank you all for reading.
Ceila