From: paradoxtxs@yahoo.com   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 84 - Wiseman's evil hand! Chibi-Usa disappears   
      
      
   Okay, a bit more explanation here.  After what appears to be a nanny   
   scolds Chibi-Usa for being clumsy, she goes to the Silver Crystal,   
   hoping that just holding it will make her more ladylike.  Yeah, it’s   
   stupid, but she’s a kid.  When she touches it though, it vanishes, and   
   in that moment, the Black Moon attacks.  Serenity falls, Endymion is   
   wounded, and the city is smashed.  Chibi-Usa blocks out the memory,   
   because she can’t handle her own belief that she is to blame for the crisis.   
      
   When she wanders outside the safeguards of the Palace (seriously, a   
   leash, maybe?), Wiseman catches her and exposes her secret, then takes   
   her away, promising to help her prove her innocence to the people he’s   
   helped convince her are going to blame her.   
      
   If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  Why did they go from Usagi keeping the   
   Silver Crystal on her at all times, to putting it on an isolated,   
   unguarded pedestal easily accessible by a small child?  Yeah, there was   
   some sort of security system, but still… If it was the most powerful   
   magical item in the world, and I was responsible for keeping it safe,   
   I’d probably invest in a watchman.  I can see why there was a way for   
   Chibi-Usa to access the crystal, as a last-resort emergency measure if   
   something terrible happened to the Queen, but again, if that particular   
   key was used, I’d at least set it to trigger a warning for the grownups.   
      
   Esmeraude’s deal with Wiseman kinda summarizes the entire Black Moon’s   
   predicament.  They know they can’t trust him, but they can’t do what   
   they’re doing without him, so they have to keep risking it and hope he   
   doesn’t pull the rug out from under them.  For Esmeraude, though, her   
   time is up.  She at least gets to go out with some flair as the giant   
   dragon.  I think this is the first person to die from one of Usagi’s   
   attacks since Beryl, and only the second overall (Kunzite died of his   
   own powers).  True, there probably wasn’t any saving her at this point,   
   but still, it doesn’t happen often, so it’s worth noting.   
      
   We get some idea of time’s progression here.  Saphir talks about their   
   people’s ancestors, who were forced to leave the Earth.  That sort of   
   implies at least a few generations have passed since the rebellion that   
   led to the Nemesis exile, yet the Senshi and Royalty of Crystal Tokyo   
   seem to have hardly aged a day.   
      
   SK   
      
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