This rant contains bitter ramblings and insults to people from West Virgina.

Earlier this month my sister came to visit me. And we watched Jem and Lady Lovelylocks.

Lady Lovelylocks made me think of something...you see, Lady's prince, Prince Strongheart, was turned into a dog by an evil spell. Prince(that's his dog name) can turn back into a boy at convenient points(or whenever the moon is...well, whenever the moon does something.)

Now, I mention this because Lady Lovelylocks has no idea about any of this. And Prince doesn't want her to know. Lady Lovelylocks just thinks Prince is a nice doggie who shows up at convenient times.

I bring this up because of a young boy named Helios. Who was turned into a flying horsie who powers up Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini-Moon's butts. Now, as we all know, Rini doesn't just think Pegasus is a nice horsie...she's in love with him.

Yes, Lady Lovelylocks was an insipid pile of crap that probably screwed up hundreds of little girls, myself included, but at least the title character was never in love with an animal.

"Wait a minute," you may be ready to argue as you enter your e-mail account and write my address in the "to:" space and "YOU SUCK" as the subject, "The title character of Sailor Moon was never in love with an animal!"

You're right. However, Rini plays a big part in the season where she loves a horse, and it's not like Maiden Curlycrown or Maiden Fairhair ever lusted after Prince in a bizarre, cross species love triangle.(Shining Glory, maybe, but inside his magic crystal he could see and Prince could be a real boy, so that was okay.)

Point of all this? I don't know. But these are my deepest thoughts and feelings(well, not deepest. That would really be depressing)and I can say whatever I want. Besides, as many of you know, Rini/Pegasus is what I consider an extremely disgusting aspect of the anime.

Somewhere along the line, Toei(that's the animation company, right? Well, however) dropped the ball. Yes, anime's going to be different from manga, but Rini/Pegasus is a nasty side effect of the differences.

I know some of you will argue that SuperS is a hideous stigma that should have been skipped altogether. I don't know how you people managed to see this much of my page...

I'm fine with the bulk of the anime. As you can all guess, I'm fine with the fact that Amazon Trio aren't picked off one by one to power-up the inner senshi and instead spend half a season slowly getting drunk. I'm fine with the fact that Nehelenia doesn't wither into Zirconia's evil twin just to confuse me and instead goes back into her mirror to live another season.

I am not fine with the whole little girl/horse thing. Pegasus/Helios being too old for her...well, that's a minor detail. Besides, look at Rini's mother. It's the fact that the anime Rini/Pegasus is supposed to be love at first sight which is wrong from every imaginable angle.

It's wrong from Rini's perspective because you're not supposed to fall in love at first sight with a horse.

It's even wrong from Pegasus' perspective, mostly because Rini is child. But it's still less wrong than falling in love at first sight with an animal...

The Age Switch episode came on yesterday. I really do enjoy PallaPalla sometimes...she's completely unstable, but she doesn't deserve to be hung with her own whip the way someone does...(Rewatching the second half of SuperS has made me realize something: I can live with the Amazon Quartet. I just really hate VesVes...)

Anyway, I like Rini's older voice. True, it seems like a bland monotone at the worst moments...

Oh, right. Back to whatever my topic was. In the age switch episode, Rini gets to hear all about Pegasus. Hell, he even tells her his name!

But, long story short, Rini eventually admits that she was selfish and runs through a sparkly thingie that turns her back into a little girl. Then, as Pegasus moves towards her--he's still a horse, by the way--Rini tilts up her chin, closes her eyes, and blushes just a bit. Readying herself for a kiss, as it were.

If Pegasus hadn't turned into a boy for the actual lip lock, I would probably have been unable to keep myself from vomiting.

Kids, I don't care where you're from, but even in West Virginia they don't kiss horses on the lips.(Siblings, sure! But never horses!)