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So, I've been sitting around being pretty nostalgic as of late, so I've been revisiting one of my childhood loves, Sailor Moon. A little on this. Am I a girly girl? Uh, no. I'm not even a girl by most definitions of the word. But do I like Sailor Moon? Heck yes I do! When you get past the episodic nature of the show and really get down to it, Sailor Moon is a complicated and intricate show that actually toys a lot with the issues of good and evil and what you must sacrifice to be one or the other. On top of that, there is not much black and white in this show, and most characters show severe shades of gray. And I LOVE that. That being said, what prompted me to write this? Uh, Rubeus of course.

Guys, you can argue this with me all you want, but Rubeus is the nastiest villain the senshi have EVER faced. Arguing otherwise is silly because you are wrong. Why? Well, guys, Rubeus managed to capture the sailor scouts and CRUCIFIED THEM. I swear to God, this is the truth. Oh, and not only that, but with the exception of maybe Zoicite, Rubeus is the most powerful they have ever faced, save of course for the big "Final Bosses." I mean, guys, this is a dude that can control gravity, and I swear this is the truth. Argue that it is the dark crystal that gives him this power, but you're so wrong. His dark crystal only amplified the powers he already had, it didn't give him new ones. And dude, this guy could seriously dish it out.

Which brings me to my point: Rubeus is alive!

That is right, Rubeus never died on that ship! And I have proof! Oh, yes I do! And don't say that that stupid cut away with him screaming in his ship right before it exploded is proof he died, because it isn't. It suggests he did, but we all know he didn't because we didn't see him die. We just saw his ship explode. So, what is my proof, you may ask? Well, here you go. Emerald shows up, and Rubeus tells her that the ship will explode in two minutes. Start the timer, Emerald has he speech, and the next shot after she teleports away is the ship exploding. Stop the clock, guys, because that only took 33 seconds. So...what happened to the other minute and a half?

Let's look at the facts, guys. Rubeus's power amplifier had been destroyed, but that does not mean he is deprived of his innate powers. Among those powers is the power of TELEPORTATION. And you're trying to tell me that an extremely powerful career soldier is going to run around helplessly on a burning ship that is set to explode for a full minute and a half? Hell no he isn't, that fucker's going to teleport the hell out of there!

Where did he go? Not to the future, that's for sure, so we must assume that Rubeus landed somewhere on Earth, accepted that he was defeated, and who knows what happened to him after that. But he is alive! Yes he is!

True story.