I tihnk the reason why there aren't many fics set in a dystopian Crystal
Tokyo, while there are plenty where Crystal Tokyo would be dystopian, if
it came to exist, is fairly simple.

For the later type of fic, only one character need be made evil, Sailor
Pluto.  Since she's somewhat of a cipher, that's easy enough to do
without seeming silly.  On the other hand, to do a fic set in a
dystopian Crystal Tokyo requires an evil Sailor Moon, and probably most
of the other Senshi.  That is, in my opinion, very hard to do without
becoming ludicrous, given the characters' canon personalities.

I disagree.  Sailor Moon need not be evil in order to create a dystopian
society.  All she needs is the belief that she is protecting the people 

from

themselves.  A common mistake among benevolent rulers who devolve into
tyrants.  The senshi have fought beside her in countless battles and treat
her as their queen.  She can easily sway them to her point of view.  Has
anyone ever considered the possibility that the Great Freeze was actually
the result of a nuclear war (nuclear winter)?  All the references I recall
about the Great Freeze were rather vague.

Another tact would be to let Crystal Tokyo be setup as a near utopia, but 

have it degrade over >time.  This gets around some of the characterization 
problems by giving the characters as much >time as needed to change.  After all, a 
person can change a great deal over the course of a >normal lifetime and from 
what I’ve seen of the series the Sailor Scouts would live much longer >than a 
normal human.

Another advantage to this approach that it would fit in well with the 

continuity of the series.  If you >just hypothesize that everyone who we’ve seen 
travel back in time comes from near the beginning >then it’s still a really nice 
place to live.  However if one were to look at Crystal Tokyo a thousand >years 
later it might not be anywhere nearly so nice. 

Or that’s my 2 cents anyway,

Orlean

A good example of this would be the mid-80's Squadron Supreme miniseries.
The JLA analogues take over the world (after ruining it themselves... long 
story)
and proceed to make life better all over by instituting several changes: the 
banning
and destruction of all guns and weapons of mass destruction; creating new
non-lethal weaponry for law enforcement officials to use (such as a gun that, 
IIRC, 
shoots a porous gel-like substance); belts that project forcefields; and 
ultimately,
a machine to 'fix' the minds of criminals so that they can't commit crimes.  
The 
series took place over a year (book-time and real time), and in the end, made
the point that no matter how good the intentions of the people in charge, they
will eventually step down and allow some one else to take over.  And the new
rulers may not have the best of intentions...


"I can't take his money. I can't print my own money.
I have to work to -get- money. Why don't I just lie
down and DIE?"
Homer Simpson


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