As we all know, in the manga, Chibi Chibi is revealed to be Sailor Cosmos, Usagi's distant future self. This is all well and good until we remember that in Act 20, it was established that "it's not possible for more than one of the same person to exist in the same time and space."
Now sure, one could argue that perhaps through the power of the Cosmos Crystal and/or by taking on the form of Chibi Chibi, Sailor Cosmos was able to circumvent this issue, but that's exactly the kind of lazy plot hole plaster I hate.
So how would I fix the Chibi Chibi problem?
For starters, I would not have her be Sailor Cosmos. Rather, I'd use Sailor Cosmos as a framing device: The Stars arc would open with her at the Galaxy Cauldron after another brutal battle with Chaos, once again faced with the question of whether or not to destroy the Cauldron. Sailor Cosmos thinks back to the first time she came there, proceeding to relate the events of the Stars arc (either to herself or to Guardian Cosmos) as a flashback, with occasional cuts back to Cosmos in the future, the arc ending in more or less the same way.
Now, as for Chibi Chibi... I'd make her Princess Kakyuu's daughter with Sailor Cocoon/Heavy Metal Papillon.
The original character concept sheet for Papillon from the Materials Collection mentions that she's a mother, but this is never indicated in the finished manga:
Building off that idea, what if Chibi Chibi were her daughter? Her daughter with Kakyuu? That would certainly tie in nicely with the butterfly motif that surrounds Chibi Chibi and Kakyuu in the anime.
In Act 52, we're told that "Princess Kakyu lost her beloved to Galaxia, too,"
and while the implication is that Galaxia killed Kakyuu's lover, what if she simply brainwashed her into becoming one of her stooges? That's what Galaxia does with Mamoru and the Sailor Team, after all, so why wouldn't she do the same with Kakyuu's lover as a way of messing with her?
Because Planet Cocoon is never mentioned in the manga, there's nothing to say "Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon" isn't a real Sailor Soldier. There's nothing to say Cocoon wasn't part of or near the Kinmoku Star System. There's nothing to say Kakyuu's lover wasn't a woman. There's nothing to say two women can't have a child together in the Sailor Moon universe. (I mean, if Princess Serenity can be the result of presumably parthenogenesis...)
I think making Chibi Chibi the daughter of Kakyuu and Papillon would be a nice way of tying these groups of characters together and creating additional dramatic/emotional stakes that would increase our investment in the story. (It would also help flesh out why Chibi Chibi seems so attached to Kakyuu.)
So yeah, just some thoughts I had on how to fix the Chibi Chibi/Cosmos plot hole. What do you think of my suggestion? Any alternative solutions?
Now sure, one could argue that perhaps through the power of the Cosmos Crystal and/or by taking on the form of Chibi Chibi, Sailor Cosmos was able to circumvent this issue, but that's exactly the kind of lazy plot hole plaster I hate.
So how would I fix the Chibi Chibi problem?
For starters, I would not have her be Sailor Cosmos. Rather, I'd use Sailor Cosmos as a framing device: The Stars arc would open with her at the Galaxy Cauldron after another brutal battle with Chaos, once again faced with the question of whether or not to destroy the Cauldron. Sailor Cosmos thinks back to the first time she came there, proceeding to relate the events of the Stars arc (either to herself or to Guardian Cosmos) as a flashback, with occasional cuts back to Cosmos in the future, the arc ending in more or less the same way.
Now, as for Chibi Chibi... I'd make her Princess Kakyuu's daughter with Sailor Cocoon/Heavy Metal Papillon.
The original character concept sheet for Papillon from the Materials Collection mentions that she's a mother, but this is never indicated in the finished manga:
Building off that idea, what if Chibi Chibi were her daughter? Her daughter with Kakyuu? That would certainly tie in nicely with the butterfly motif that surrounds Chibi Chibi and Kakyuu in the anime.
In Act 52, we're told that "Princess Kakyu lost her beloved to Galaxia, too,"
and while the implication is that Galaxia killed Kakyuu's lover, what if she simply brainwashed her into becoming one of her stooges? That's what Galaxia does with Mamoru and the Sailor Team, after all, so why wouldn't she do the same with Kakyuu's lover as a way of messing with her?
Because Planet Cocoon is never mentioned in the manga, there's nothing to say "Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon" isn't a real Sailor Soldier. There's nothing to say Cocoon wasn't part of or near the Kinmoku Star System. There's nothing to say Kakyuu's lover wasn't a woman. There's nothing to say two women can't have a child together in the Sailor Moon universe. (I mean, if Princess Serenity can be the result of presumably parthenogenesis...)
I think making Chibi Chibi the daughter of Kakyuu and Papillon would be a nice way of tying these groups of characters together and creating additional dramatic/emotional stakes that would increase our investment in the story. (It would also help flesh out why Chibi Chibi seems so attached to Kakyuu.)
So yeah, just some thoughts I had on how to fix the Chibi Chibi/Cosmos plot hole. What do you think of my suggestion? Any alternative solutions?
