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Disclaimer: The first part of the writeup is intended to be very tongue-in-cheek. Please don't take it seriously.

Official Round Music: The Year of the Hawaiian by Frank Delima, specifically at 5:10 (couldn't find a link, sorry)

Official OSI writeup

The 19th century saw drastic changes to the Hawaiian cultural landscape as the islands became known to the world at large. Among the arriving foreigners were the missionaries, dedicated to bringing Christianity to the natives. They brought some good things and some bad things, but quite famously, they brought mu'umu'us--those frilly, tent-like dresses designed to cover pretty much everything.

Here we see Haumea if she had the fate of being reborn in such a time. Normal sailor fukus, while not as revealing as some alternatives (starlights, anyone?), are clearly *not* modest enough for a new believer, not with that form-fitting bodice and tiny skirt. Furthermore, she is no longer called Sailor Haumea, but rather Sailor Sarah, after Abraham's wife, mother of nations (can't have a pagan goddess's name, after all!).

Sailor Sarah receives a new attack to match her new holy form--by opening her new weapon, the Bible (aka The Sword of the Spirit ), and crying "Rock of Ages," she summons a circle of rock from the ground that both defends and heals those inside. The observant may notice that this is very similar to her prior primary attack, "Piko Mothering Embrace," but trust me, it's different. THIS one's powered by the HOLY SPIRIT, not that dark magic from SATAN those other, unfaithful, senshi use. Sarah uses her new attack primarily in warding off the mortal enemies of Hawaii's righteous: the whalers .

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Parody religious reasoning aside, I did make an effort to tie traditional fuku and traditional mu'umu'u together. The major elements are all there in their own way: floofy skirt attached to a white bodice, white arm coverings (sleeves/gloves), colored cuffs on said arm coverings, choker, etc. The pattern is based off Hawaiian quilts, one of the really cool things the missionaries brought. I chose to give her an ilima haku lei (the headdress), both as a more thematically appropriate tiara replacement, and because the ilima is Sailor Haumea's signature flower. And just to clarify: I realize this design is completely ridiculous as a fuku--that's the point.

[/OSI writeup]

The Story of my madness

So I had several criteria before this round started as far as what I wanted for redesign:

Must be significantly different from her original design (I didn't want a reworking, I wanted a redesign)
Must be inspired by something about Hawaii
NO F'ING HULA GIRLS (I'm doing my best to avoid that stereotype)

Working from the round possibility of ancient form, I was kinda going with something ancient Hawaiian inspired - including a lack of any covering up top (bewbies!). When I was sketching this, I got the thought "and then a couple hundred years later, the missionaries make her cover up." The idea made me lol, so I started developing both, with the mu'umu'u as side entry.

THEN the round gets announced. The requirement of a new attack made the creative juices start pumping in my head, and I decided to take it one step further. Instead of JUST a new attack, she gets completely made-over into MISSIONARY!Haumea. So yeah, I decided to keep with the mu'umu'u.

In retrospect, I was probably playing Sorin's level in Sengoku Basara a few too many times, and then a lot of the weirder things I heard from teachers in school gave me a little too much material to work from. Not to mention the church lady skit from SNL running through my head.

Art and design notes

Okay, I'm sure my watchers know by now that design is SRS BZNS for me, right? Even in a parody, I still put thought into every decision I made. I had to make sure to have the classic mu'umu'u silhouette (i.e. a tent), but I didn't just slap a sailor collar on it and call it a day. I already mentioned the tying it in to a traditional fuku with the color choice and the lower skirt. I gave her a more normal sailor fuku bow to make it a little more obvious that I was going for Sailor mu'umu'u rather than just mu'umu'u. I chose long sleeves as opposed to short sleeves as it better worked with the whole "missionary" feel (and short sleeved mu'umu'us seem to be a more modern adaptation). The colored hand ruffles tie in with the lower skirt. I added the ruffles on the bow, collar, and above the skirt to really give it a more cohesive look. Also, the yellow ruffles on the red bow, although a lighter yellow, tie in with Haumea's original look. The broach is supposed to have a cameo-like look to it. I chose to leave her barefoot to tie in more with the islander feeling, and if anybody brings up the ultra-conservative "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen" stereotype, well that works too.

Continuing my theme of trying something dramatically different for each round, I tried my hand at vector art. It's not 100% vector (I added the sepia effects to add to the history look), but enough so to justify listing it as vector.

Medium, references, etc

Adobe Illustrator predominantly
Sepia effects in photoshop
Pose reference: Here

Description
For

Disclaimer: The first part of the writeup is intended to be very tongue-in-cheek. Please don't take it seriously.

Official Round Music: The Year of the Hawaiian by Frank Delima, specifically at 5:10 (couldn't find a link, sorry)

Official OSI writeup

The 19th century saw drastic changes to the Hawaiian cultural landscape as the islands became known to the world at large. Among the arriving foreigners were the missionaries, dedicated to bringing Christianity to the natives. They brought some good things and some bad things, but quite famously, they brought mu'umu'us--those frilly, tent-like dresses designed to cover pretty much everything.

Here we see Haumea if she had the fate of being reborn in such a time. Normal sailor fukus, while not as revealing as some alternatives (starlights, anyone?), are clearly *not* modest enough for a new believer, not with that form-fitting bodice and tiny skirt. Furthermore, she is no longer called Sailor Haumea, but rather Sailor Sarah, after Abraham's wife, mother of nations (can't have a pagan goddess's name, after all!).

Sailor Sarah receives a new attack to match her new holy form--by opening her new weapon, the Bible (aka The Sword of the Spirit ), and crying "Rock of Ages," she summons a circle of rock from the ground that both defends and heals those inside. The observant may notice that this is very similar to her prior primary attack, "Piko Mothering Embrace," but trust me, it's different. THIS one's powered by the HOLY SPIRIT, not that dark magic from SATAN those other, unfaithful, senshi use. Sarah uses her new attack primarily in warding off the mortal enemies of Hawaii's righteous: the whalers .

---

Parody religious reasoning aside, I did make an effort to tie traditional fuku and traditional mu'umu'u together. The major elements are all there in their own way: floofy skirt attached to a white bodice, white arm coverings (sleeves/gloves), colored cuffs on said arm coverings, choker, etc. The pattern is based off Hawaiian quilts, one of the really cool things the missionaries brought. I chose to give her an ilima haku lei (the headdress), both as a more thematically appropriate tiara replacement, and because the ilima is Sailor Haumea's signature flower. And just to clarify: I realize this design is completely ridiculous as a fuku--that's the point.

[/OSI writeup]

The Story of my madness

So I had several criteria before this round started as far as what I wanted for redesign:

Must be significantly different from her original design (I didn't want a reworking, I wanted a redesign)
Must be inspired by something about Hawaii
NO F'ING HULA GIRLS (I'm doing my best to avoid that stereotype)

Working from the round possibility of ancient form, I was kinda going with something ancient Hawaiian inspired - including a lack of any covering up top (bewbies!). When I was sketching this, I got the thought "and then a couple hundred years later, the missionaries make her cover up." The idea made me lol, so I started developing both, with the mu'umu'u as side entry.

THEN the round gets announced. The requirement of a new attack made the creative juices start pumping in my head, and I decided to take it one step further. Instead of JUST a new attack, she gets completely made-over into MISSIONARY!Haumea. So yeah, I decided to keep with the mu'umu'u.

In retrospect, I was probably playing Sorin's level in Sengoku Basara a few too many times, and then a lot of the weirder things I heard from teachers in school gave me a little too much material to work from. Not to mention the church lady skit from SNL running through my head.

Art and design notes

Okay, I'm sure my watchers know by now that design is SRS BZNS for me, right? Even in a parody, I still put thought into every decision I made. I had to make sure to have the classic mu'umu'u silhouette (i.e. a tent), but I didn't just slap a sailor collar on it and call it a day. I already mentioned the tying it in to a traditional fuku with the color choice and the lower skirt. I gave her a more normal sailor fuku bow to make it a little more obvious that I was going for Sailor mu'umu'u rather than just mu'umu'u. I chose long sleeves as opposed to short sleeves as it better worked with the whole "missionary" feel (and short sleeved mu'umu'us seem to be a more modern adaptation). The colored hand ruffles tie in with the lower skirt. I added the ruffles on the bow, collar, and above the skirt to really give it a more cohesive look. Also, the yellow ruffles on the red bow, although a lighter yellow, tie in with Haumea's original look. The broach is supposed to have a cameo-like look to it. I chose to leave her barefoot to tie in more with the islander feeling, and if anybody brings up the ultra-conservative "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen" stereotype, well that works too.

Continuing my theme of trying something dramatically different for each round, I tried my hand at vector art. It's not 100% vector (I added the sepia effects to add to the history look), but enough so to justify listing it as vector.

Medium, references, etc

Adobe Illustrator predominantly
Sepia effects in photoshop
Pose reference: Here