Gender swapping in Sailor Moon. Why?

[lead_shitennou]

Dear mun, why on earth does the English sub turn my Zoisite into a....woman? Why? He is just fine being himself. Alright, he does act a little girlish at times but there is no need for him to completely loose his....manhood. [cringe] I would hope that you don't read fan fic involving me with a woman version of Zoisite because I think it is absurd. Very. Zoisite is a shitennou warrior, a good, strong man.

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[waterfell]

No. That was fun for awhile, but it ended.

[lead_shitennou]

Fun? Hmph. You prefer being bad with us? How touching.

[waterfell]

I prefer the life I have now.

[lead_shitennou]

[He nodded.] I am pleased.

[waterfell]

Yes. This is all for the best.

[It doesn't mean she'll thank him. It doesn't even mean he was trying to be kind - it's not hard to see, as she'd pointed out, the advantage her knowledge about the senshi and their ways gave the Dark Kingdom when she came to them. He wanted that, she knows.

But somehow, against every bit of the odds, by breaking and putting itself back together all wrong, it still worked out.

Heh. Sailor Moon would have a lot to say about that.]

[lead_shitennou]

[He nodded and looked up at the dark sky above them.]

[waterfell]

[Reflexively, she glances to the sky as he does.]

Kunzite, do you want to leave here and let the Dark Kingdom rise to the human world?

[lead_shitennou]

Leave the Dark Kingdom? As long as I have Zoisite with me and I can have my own life back. No Beryl looking over me. [He nodded slowly.] What about you?

[waterfell]

I don't mean that exactly. I want to remain with everyone. But I want to rise to the surface world. Why should we still be shut away?

[lead_shitennou]

[He nodded.] You are right. We should rise up from this existance. We hide away here in this world, oblivious to anything else. I want to remain with everyone also. All of my brothers.

[waterfell]

We'll make it come about with our own hands.

[lead_shitennou]

Indeed. [He smiled at Mercury. They were actually agreeing on something and having a civil conversation.]

[waterfell]

[She thinks of a better way to say it, while he's in this mood to indulge her thoughtful one.]

I wanted to become part of the Dark Kingdom. I wanted to reach our goals. But I won't give up everything to do that.

[lead_shitennou]

[He nodded.] As long as we achieve what our hearts tell us, then there is hope.

[waterfell]

Talking like that sounds a bit like a sailor senshi, doesn't it?

[lead_shitennou]

What? I...didn't think of it that way.

[waterfell]

[Oh, she's surprised him. Good.]

With all your talk about love and heart, you'd make a good friend for them!

[lead_shitennou]

Your effort at humour is pathetic. You are the brats' friend, not me.

[waterfell]

That was before.

[lead_shitennou]

Before as in when you were a good little spy- I mean girl.

[waterfell]

You're confusing me with Jadeite. I was never a spy; I left them openly.

[lead_shitennou]

Hmph. Jadeite is his own man. I care not what he does. [Beryl's lapdog.]

What was it like being with the scouts?

[waterfell]

[Quiet. Disappointing. Lonely.]

A waste of my time. I don't need them dragging me down.

[lead_shitennou]

Weren't you the clever one they were always looking up to?

[waterfell]

Exactly. That took away my time from my own goals. I don't need that.