Consider, here we have Misako, the neglected second child being encouraged
to hate her elder sister to whom she'll have to swear loyalty one day.  
Even worse, although Usagi has the claim to the throne by primogeniture,
Misako is the inheritor of the power of the Earth.  Who better than the
holder of the Earth power to be the queen of Earth?  With only one 
generation into the dynasty, the basis for royal legitimacy hasn't been
established by tradition, so Misako makes a very viable claimant to the
throne who has been trained to be disloyal.  

That's an interesting theory. I hadn't considered that aspect fully. It
would be possible for Misako to assume the throne if the Senshi council had
decided that Small Lady was unfit for rulership. 

At this point one begins to suspect that Pluto does not have the realm's
best interests at heart, which is a possibility, but not one that seems
to be supported by the general style of the series or the redirection of
Misako away from being groomed to be the next Queen Nephrenia.  So what
the heck is Pluto doing?  Preserving the One True Timestream?  Nonsense.
Misako wasn't _in_ the One True Timestream.

I will state at the top that we are reluctant to provide full details of
Pluto's motivations publically. However I have provided something that
shows some of what Pluto feels. It might aliviate some of the problems, it
might not solve anything but it's the thing that we're comfortable
releasing publically at the moment. 

Pluto's use as a plot device is aggravated by its lack of necessity.  
It was perfectly believable that Misako would be neglected in favour 
of the heir, particularly given the bizarre circumstances under which
Serenity met Princess Usagi for the first time and their similar 
dispositions.  Parents screw up.  It happens and can be forgiven as the
product of human fallibility.  But this...

Serenity and Misako will face the issues that have between them. So it was
a conscious decision to leave that particular item unresolved for the moment.

If the following isn't satisfactory, and I do recognize that it might not,
I can provide more specifics but oly privately. We do appreicate all of the
comments.

Douglas Helm
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Sailor Pluto stood watch over the timeline. Centuries of standing guard had
taught her how to suppress emotions. How to make difficult decisions for
long term gain. Yet now, frustration moved within her. It was one of the
rare times that the duties she had to preform chaffed. Small Lady would
understand if she saw, yet Pluto could not show her. 

She also felt a tinge of guilt; she had caused this pain for her own
reasons. Better to have the Small Lady she knew rather then having a
stranger, or none at all. She could have simply erased Princess Tsukino
Misako but she couldn't bring herself to do that to Small Lady. Small
Lady's happiness was more important then her own sense of loss.

And so the Guardian of time stood, hoping that the person she loved, that
Small Lady would someday find it within her heart to forgive her. Or more
importantly, forgive her mother.

Doug

"I write in broad tapestries, interweaving characters lives leaving
 the little details to the reader unless the detials are important."
	- Anne McCaffrey
	  From the book "Get off the Unicorn"

"I am Sailor Chibi-Earth! And I will sit you in the corner!"
	- Tsukino Misako in "Tales of Younger Venus" Part 6

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