![]() Obviously Chibi’s Dream Mirror shines golden, and a pleased (but mostly relieved, given how hard Nehelenia’s been breathing down her neck as of late) Zirconia captures Chibiusa in a mirror and teleports her over to… Episode 163 – The Bit and the Spurned I know she’s the bad guy and all, but Zirconia is kiiiind of a boss. Then, in a moment both tense and very silly, she calmly lines up her shot, swings, and hole-in-one pops out Chibiusa’s Dream Mirror. Even so, they’re no match for Chibiusa and her magic cowbell, and it looks like the Quartet might even get Staged Out until Zirconia swoops in to protect them. That’s more-or-less what’s happening here, I think.Īt the top of the big…top, they duke it out once more with the Amazoness Quartet, who’re all wielding souped-up Amazon Stones courtesy of Queen Nehelenia. The older girls gently try to prepare Chibiusa for the eventuality that she and Helios will have to part ways, as they assure her that as long as they “hold on to their feelings, Pegasus stays with us forever.” The “pure” innocence of childhood may leave us, but just because we grow and change doesn’t mean we have to give up entirely on the things we held dear when we were little. They eventually replaced him with their own dreams, which is kind of a neat way to represent a universal human trait that then becomes tailored to each individual based on their personality and experiences. ![]() Go Team Sailor!Īfter mowing through the remaining Dead Moon Lemures, the Moonies hop on the Big Top Elevator and chat about how they all saw Pegasus in their dreams when they were little. So I guess we need to go find this Golden Crystal wielde…oh, no, we’re just gonna drop Mamoru off at home and storm the big top? That…sorta seems like the exact thing Helios asked you NOT to do, but you know what, y’all are the world-saving experts, so I’m not gonna argue. “And if you say ONE WORD about his mane or hooves, Mom ‘n’ Dad, I SWEAR TO THE MOON…” ![]() In happier news, Chibiusa finally gets to introduce her parents to her boyfriend! And meanwhile the Dead Moon’s threads are gonna keep stabbing the Earth and, by extension, Mamoru. Helios needs to activate the Golden Crystal (his horn) to seal them again, but he can’t do that until he finds the person who can wield the crystal. But what we didn’t know is that the Dead Moon troupe members are “monsters born of the remnants of dreams discarded by people who forgot what it means to dream.” So, like the subheading says: Literally where dreams go to die.Įlysion had kept the Dead Moon sealed away for ages, but the seal weakened and they escaped to wreak havoc. ![]() He, as we know, is Helios, Priest of Elysion, who watches over the dreams of Earth. Helios steps out of the shadows sparkles to tell the Moonies what the hell they’ve been fighting for 34 freaking episodes. The Recaps Episode 162 – Stroke and Mirrors The filler wastelands are but a distant dream at this point. Onwards, noble Alicorn, to the SuperShowdown! Dreams of childhood and adulthood meet, clash, and then find ways to coexist, our heroes face their lingering doubts and emerge stronger than ever, and our antagonists continue to fascinate me with bursts of sympathy and humanity. Our equine priest might have been harnessed, but the season is still galloping forward with no sign of slowing down. Welcome to the place where dreams literally go to die.
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