On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Nightman wrote:

Ranma Al'Thor wrote:

SM and Modern day ought to be the same age, because the present day of

I think you meant to say that modern day and Crystal Tokyo would be
counted as one age; the "SM" above is the fallen Silver Millennium.

Ahh, I mean Modern day and the actual events of the SM series.  Yes, the
Silver Millenium would be the age right before the modern day.  I
misinterpreted your comment.

Sailor Moon is clearly our own world with magic in the shadows, so to
speak.  I think each age is distinct enough that having a Tokyo which is
identical in two different ages during the same turning of the wheel would
be unlikely.

I started to agree with you here but now ... I don't think I can. It's
not an unrealistic supposition - until you consider that the Ages roll
one into the other without a sharp demarcation; I think it's

Not from the evidence we've seen they don't.  The Second Age ended with a
bang which obliterated civilization, and the Third Age seems likely to end
messily as well.  If one postulates the Silver Millenium as an age, then
that gives you three ending in a big mess, and I wouldn't be surprised if
each age is punctuated by an effort of the Dark One to break free, this
event marking the end of the age.  


 > presumptuous to assume that *everything* and every city is going
to
be > wiped away suddenly. After all, the Ages span multiple thousands of

It happened at the end of the War of Power.  Utter, total collapse of
civilization.  The Ogiers couldn't even hold onto their steddings and had
to find them again.  

I think we can assume that Rand's Age is nearing its end with the
imminent release of Shaitan's seals; even if he's defeated the world
will likely be ripped up and plunged into darkness & chaos again,
yaddayaddayadda. Surely some of the extant world will survive -- my

Didn't happen last time and the civilization of the Second Age was far
more developed and integrated than that of the Third Age.  Depending on
how lucky the Dark One is, I wouldn't be surprised if civilization totally
crumbled.

Usagi's age). The anime posits a dark period between now & Crystal
Tokyo; still not a big deal, perhaps they hoped Chaos could be Seasonal
Villain #6. Clearly something Age-ending will occur, probably around the
turn of the (caldendar's) millennium and that keeps the parallel between
the two storylines pretty comparable.

I believe the manga posits that the Earth freezes over in the interval
between Stars and Crystal Tokyo.


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