Title: SOS FAQ MiST - Part 1
Name: Yaten
E-mail: starhealer_@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13
The Official SOS FAQ v0.05.1

[Please feel free to re-distribute this FAQ. We only ask that the entirety of the FAQ be distributed so as to prevent our words from being taken out of context]
I kept the entire FAQ here so as to prevent their words from being taken out of context. All I added was Mystery Science Theater 3000. I didn't take anything out of the FAQ.

[ This FAQ is available online at:
http://dau.physics.sunysb.edu/~ming/sos/sosfaq/ ]

This is the work of the people of SOS. It is theirs and they are welcome to it. This MiST is to show many of the problems I see with SOS. Yes, it may be harsh, but SOS has disregarded many e-mails from me and my friends. The characters are not mine, they are owned by Best Brains and DiC or Toei or Naoko as the case may be. For any comments, suggestions, love letters, or death threats, e-mail them to: starhealer_@hotmail.com


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Joel got out of bed as he heard the alarm go off. It was Dr. Forrester again. What did he want this late at night. Joel saw Tom and Crow waiting for him.
"Hey, Dr. F. What do you want this late at night? I don't have an invention ready, yet," complained Joel as he stared at the mad scientist.
"No need for that, Joel. Frank managed to find the thing that will finally break your spirits and make me the undisputed ruler of the world," boasted Forrester with an evil grin on his face.
"I happen to know that the three of you are pretty loyal to the original Sailor Moon. This has enough dubbie references, self gratification, and moronic sayings to destroy you."
"Nooooooooooooooooooo," screamed Crow.
"Oh, yes. Prepare for pain Joel. Send the FAQ, Frank," said Dr. F.
Joel carried Tom and Crow into the theater because of Crow's crying.
Joel: It's okay, Crow....
Crow: But, remember what Dr. F. said?
Tom: What did he say?
Crow: That this is some dubbie FAQ talking about how awesome the dub is...
Joel: It might not be too bad, Crow.

The "Save Our Sailors" campaign is a fan-organized public campaign to help promote "Sailor Moon" on North American television. As with any public campaign, no matter how well-intended, the SOS has its share of supporters and critics.

Crow: Make it STOP!!!
Joel: It hasn't even started yet...
Crow: Oh, sorry.

Lately questions/accusations/rumors related to the SOS have been circulating among the Internet media, notably in various newsgroups and mailing lists.

Tom: Most of these accusations seem to be because of their site saying that Haruka and Michiru are just friends. Anyone who's seen the original or read enough good information would know that Haruka and Michiru are lovers.
Crow: Ummmm... yeah.
Joel: Yeah, how can they put down on their page that Kunzite and Zoicite are gay but they don't put that Haruka and Michiru are gay?
Crow: Because Kunzite and Zoicite were already dubbed.

Unfortunately we do not have the time nor man-power to answer each and every query our supports/critics may have, so we'd try to summarize the most commonly asked questions about the SOS below in order to clarify some things and dispel some myths.

Tom: Yeah, good. I want to know which parts of the greek Odyssy were true and which weren't. I mean, sometimes, that stuff got confusing....
Joel: *Whacks Tom upside the head* I don't think that they were talking about those myths.
Tom: Owwwwww...

Q: Who runs the SOS?

A: Mostly fans of "Sailor Moon" like yourself (we assume), and most of us are also anime fans. All of us volunteered to donate much of our time and effort to help promote "Sailor Moon" on North American television, because we love the show and we'd like others in North America to be able to share it too.

Crow: Yeah, we love the show too, that's why we don't want it destroyed by you or DiC.

Just a sample of the current core members of the SOS (in alphabetical order): Aaron - our resident Bannou-Bunka-SanŽ ^_^

Tom: Hey, Aaron! He's the guy who responded to one of my friend's e-mails... He was pretty nice about it but he was still a bit oblivious to reality on the points he responded to.

He's responsible for many of the cool SOS logos you see, and he also designed cool pages and printouts for the SOS, and he also does PR and many other things. He is our liason to DIC Entertainment. David

Joel: *Pretending to be Alice* Greg, Martia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, Cindy..
Tom: Timmy, Mike, Billy, Phillip,
Crow: McCloud.

- our campaign advisor. He works in the television animation business. He's one of our professional contacts. Ditchdigger - our PR person. He and Evvie are the ones responsible for the SOS Action List Updates. He's also the one who's handling most of the messages and comments fans sent to us.

Tom: Hey, he's the one who responded to one of my friends other e-mails. He is such an asshole. I mean, if he and I met in a dark alley....
Joel: *Covers Tom's mouth* Let's not keep any resentment here Tom.

Emiko - our bi

Crow: *Opens mouth but looks at Joel and closes mouth* Nevermind...
Tom: Also, they said that they heard from a japanese person that Haruka and Michiru are just friends. They talked to one japanese person about it...
Crow: The dictionary definition for Homosexual- "adj. of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire toward a member of one's own sex." Nah, I think she meant that Haruka and Michiru are gay.
Joel: "sexual desire?" Then it doesn't sound like Naoko was saying they are just friends. *looks up and notices they were getting too serious for a MiST* Oh yeah, sorry about that. Let's try to relax, guys.

-coastal (USA/Japan) correspondent and resident Japanese instructor ^_^ Emiko wrote many of the informative articles about Japanese "Sailor Moon" that you find in the SOS site. Evvie - our PR person. She and Ditchdigger are the ones responsible for the SOS Action List Updates among other things. Jennifer - Vocal acting liaison. Maintains contact with the voice actors of the show, and tries to keep the SOS up-to-date on who's staying, who's new and who's going.

Tom: The Smoking Man- he handles everything we need from conspiracies to aliens to photocopying.

Jonathan - the "hillbilly" SOSer.

Crow: ThE wHaT SoSer?!

He helps gather information for our webpages. He also writes and publishes about "Sailor Moon". Marc(GJ) - Marc does all kinds of things for the SOS. Ming - our web guy.

Crow: He's also the lead homophobe of the group.
Joel: For those of you who don't know, he's the one who created the mailing list and in the mailing list, you couldn't talk about Homosexuality or religion on the mailing list. That's why SOS is a homophobic group.

The founder of SOS. His little experiment with mailing lists led to the creation of the Sailor Moon Mailing List on Looney (now defunct), the members of which in turn created the SOS campaign. Regina - Regina also does all kinds of things for the SOS. Others - throughout the campaign many have helped out in one capacity or another. Though some of them have since moved on to other things, we owe a large part of our success to their generous and enthusiastic help.

Tom: Like little Billy who waved at us, and Thomas who mumbled those encouraging words to us...

We'd like to thank them all for contributing to the SOS and making the dreams of thousands come true. This includes also everyone who have signed our petitions (online or off), who have participated in our procott and other campaigns, who wrote letters to companies on SOS/Sailor Moon's behalf, and who have supported the SOS in any other form or spirit.

Crow: Is it done yet?
Joel: Sadly, no.

Q: Why did you keep your core members' names secret? Is it because there's a conspiracy or something?

Tom: *As Smoking Man* No, there is no conspiricy and aliens have not visited earth.
Joel: *As Ming* *Smacks him upside the head* He meant our names...
Tom: *Smoking Man* Ohhhhhh... no, there isn't....

A: Um sorry to disappoint you, but it's nothing as melodramatic as that. This has to do with an internal policy we've had since Day 1 of the SOS campaign: We've agreed that members of the SOS should stay away from personal self-glorification as far as possible. We adopted this policy because it's our opinion that we can serve our fans much better if we can concentrate on working for *them* and not for ourselves. So most of the time we're content to be known as the "Faceless SOS People"

Tom: Sounds like a movie Dr. F. would send us. "The Faceless SOS People." They go around eating people who won't watch the dub and like it...

who worked behind the scene to help promote "Sailor Moon". That's why you don't see a single name of any SOS member listed on the SOS webpage. But this is not a policy written in stone, and you do see our names from time to time being associated with the SOS. It's just that we don't want to make a big fuss about this, because after all, we are just "Sailor Moon" fans like yourself.

Crow: Yes, but I'm a Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon fan. I don't like the NA crap version.
Tom: *Looks at Crow* They mean they're fans of the mutilated version of BSSM. So in essence, they're not fans like you.
Crow: Ohhhh... Okay.

BTW, our names have never been secret. They've been listed among the 78723 SOS signatures since the dawn of history. This is the way we like our names listed: to be among other fans, to be among friends.

Crow: I'm not your friend, dammit.
Joel: All those 78723 people have been lied to.

On to Part 2