sailorfailures:

I was going to make a post along the lines of “Why were Sailor Moon’s disguises always such #hairgoals?”, and then I realised there was actually kind of a point to it.

Usagi’s hair didn’t always change when she transformed. In the wedding dress episode, it was basically the same, just hidden under a veil, and notably in the fancy dress ball episode, she kept her regular hair so as to draw comparisons to Princess Serenity. But for the majority of her tranformations, her hair changed drastically, usually to be much, much shorter. I also realised, especially after taking these caps, that a lot of the emphasis of the shots was on her hair – the way it moved, the way it fell, etc. Even in episodes with a lower animation budget, or where she was only disguised for a very short time.

It made me realise that, yeah, the Disguise Pen is ultimate little-kid wish fulfilment, but not just because of the clothes/disguise; it’s also because cutting your hair can be really confronting, especially for kids, and especially if you have very long hair like Sailor Moon does. The desire to protect your long hair and maintain your current hairstyle vs. the desire to chop it all off and play around with how you look in different cuts can be a tough choice!
A lot of kids have
also
experienced a disappointing/upsetting haircuts, so the thought of cutting it off can be scary, too.

So while it’s supreme wish-fulfilment already to see Sailor Moon play around with different clothes, don disguises that let her get into restricted areas or pass by unnoticed, and to suddenly gain special knowledge or skills, but there’s an EXTRA layer of daydreaming wish fulfilment of how nice it would be to be able to just transform your hair into a radically different style, then change back to your long hair when you’re done.

That said, why were they such #hairgoals?