History Script / ShadowjackWatchesSailorMoon

What followed... was a surprisingly original take on the source material, shining with appropriate humor and insight into the theme and characters. The recaps themselves started very short, but grew increasingly detailed and peppered with in-jokes as time went on. Furthermore, Shadowjack started with almost no knowledge of ''Sailor Moon'' canon ''or'' fanworks, and his interpretation was thus entirely free of the {{fanon}} that's been built up around the series — leaving him and the other RPG.net forumites free to come up with entirely new fanon, for example, Naru's mother being [[spoiler:Queen Beryl]].

An index for all episodes is maintained on [[http://www.shayguy.com/shadowjack.html this page,]] and can be read individually or following the threads and reading through everyone else's commentary and jokes. Yes, the threads are ''long''. The episodes are also currently in the process of being rehosted [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23950483/chapters/57600715 on AO3,]] with the images restored.

Shadowjack completed up to season 4, [=SuperS=], before abandoning the thread altogether.

'''Note to editors:''' Since the author himself or someone following the forum threads in a spoiler-free manner could be browsing this article, please spoiler-tag anything not yet revealed as of the latest recapped episode.

What followed... was a surprisingly original take on the source material, shining with appropriate humor and insight into the theme and characters. The recaps themselves started very short, but grew increasingly detailed and peppered with in-jokes as time went on. Furthermore, Shadowjack started with almost no knowledge of ''Sailor Moon'' canon ''or'' fanworks, and his interpretation is thus entirely free of the {{fanon}} that's been built up around the series — leaving him and the other RPG.net forumites free to come up with entirely new fanon, for example, Naru's mother being [[spoiler:Queen Beryl]].

One constant feature of this series have been periodic summary comics, in which the characters themselves comment on the events so far in a NoFourthWall way. These, too, have been getting increasingly elaborate from season to season.

Shadowjack has completed season 4, [=SuperS=].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[InvokedTrope Usagi's reaction]] to [[BreakingTheFourthWall "Mister Tsukino Does His Taxes and Household Budget"]]. Followed by [[HyperspaceMallet preparation to cleanse]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the artist]] of evil influences.
-->'''Usagi:''' What are you ''ON?!''
-->'''Shadowjack:''' Nothing? I'm always sober.
-->''*{{beat}}*''
-->''*Usagi vanishes, then returns as Sailor Moon, winding up with the Goddam Princess Wand...*''

* LesYay: Usagi/Rei as constant Tsundere flirting, Ami/Makoto are actually dating, and Minako has an obvious but so far unrequited crush on Sailor Moon. [[invoked]]

* AllJustADream: Not JUST a dream, but the Dead Moon Circus takes place in an increasingly dreamy reality and, on being defeated, [[YearInsideHourOutside might have taken no time at all.]]

* TheyFightCrime: "I'm Usagi Tsukino, and I have a magic cat. Together, we fight crime."

* AllJustADream: Not JUST a dream, but the Dead Moon Circus takes place in an extremely dreamy reality and, on being defeated, might have taken no time at all.

* CallBack: All over the place, as Shadowjack's alternate continuity is remembered and expanded on by the characters.

* InteractiveNarrator[=/=]MediumAwareness: Now and again, the characters will read the narrative lines and react to it. Everyone hates seeing a 'SUDDENLY!"

* {{Nosebleed}}: Invoked during the R movie on Rei thanks to a panty shot from Minako.

* {{Nosebleed}}: Invoked during the R movie on Rei thanks to a PantyShot from Minako.