StarS has a bleep load of plot holes.
lwf58 wrote:I don't believe that it was ever officially addressed in canon, but we know that the only other Mau shown in the series did not have the mark. (Tin Nyanko, if you're wondering.) Why Luna and Artemis stayed in cat form most of the time in the Moon Kingdom days is a mystery, but it was mentioned why they stayed as cats in modern times. At first, they'd been in suspended animation for so long they just couldn't remember that they had another form, and then couldn't remember how to change back. After they did, they found that they'd been cats for so long that they felt more comfortable in that form. But later in the series, they could and did change to humanoid form occasionally, as did their daughter.
It might well be that the changes in their vocal cords preclude speaking when in cat form, so it's not unreasonable to guess that the mark does two things for them: identifies them as being part of the retinue of the Lunar royal family (they were advisers), and allows them to talk when in cat form. That would certainly explain the first episode of Sailor Moon when Luna is unable to talk with the mark covered.
Calling them "Moon cats" is a little misleading, since they immigrated to the Moon Kingdom, and were the only two Mau ever mentioned as living there. Unfortunately, not much is known about planet Mau and its inhabitants from canon, except that it can be supposed that they didn't like to travel much - all of the rest of them seem to have stayed on their homeworld, and were still there up until the last story arc of Sailor Moon. After Galaxia had Sailor Mau assassinated, the rest of the Mau were killed too, down to the last man, woman, and child. Then when Tin Nyanko died in that arc, Artemis and Luna were left as the last Mau still alive anywhere.
lwf58 wrote:Why Luna and Artemis stayed in cat form most of the time in the Moon Kingdom days is a mystery, but it was mentioned why they stayed as cats in modern times. At first, they'd been in suspended animation for so long they just couldn't remember that they had another form, and then couldn't remember how to change back. After they did, they found that they'd been cats for so long that they felt more comfortable in that form. But later in the series, they could and did change to humanoid form occasionally, as did their daughter.
Calling them "Moon cats" is a little misleading, since they immigrated to the Moon Kingdom, and were the only two Mau ever mentioned as living there.
Unfortunately, not much is known about planet Mau and its inhabitants from canon, except that it can be supposed that they didn't like to travel much - all of the rest of them seem to have stayed on their homeworld, and were still there up until the last story arc of Sailor Moon. After Galaxia had Sailor Mau assassinated, the rest of the Mau were killed too, down to the last man, woman, and child. Then when Tin Nyanko died in that arc, Artemis and Luna were left as the last Mau still alive anywhere.
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