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[ SMMT Characters >> Sailormoon Zodiac >> Jessica Taylor ]

Jessica aka Sailorleo Sailorleo

    Name: Jessica Taylor
    Kanji Meaning [about]: N/A
    Significance: (literally) Tailor [with] God's Grace
    Birthday: August 13
    Age: 16
    Sign: Leo
    Favorite Color: Red, Orange
    Favorite Food: Sushi, Spicy food
    Likes: Student government, Machiavelli, classical music
    Dislikes: Chaos, disorder, not being in control
    Dream: To be a CEO...or a U.S. Senator
    Annoying Habit: Often unnecessarily harsh in criticism
    Image By: Akechi

Who is Jessica Taylor?
    Jessica Taylor was born in New York city to a very wealthy family. One side of her family had been in the U.S. since the Mayflower, while her mother's side is much more colorful and ethnic. While fairly young, her father moved to Tokyo and prepared the family for them to migrate as well. Although she has studied Japanese for years, she has very little interest in the culture and made the move because she recognized the importance to her father's career. Coming from a wealthy family, she has always had her way--but she isn't quite a spoiled brat. Rather, her father taught her that instead of simply getting everything she wanted, she had to work for it. He taught her that in a man's world she had to be dominating and resourceful--and often times devious. Although she has many "friends," she rarely chose them or had to actively be nice to be friends with them. She has little social skills and one could say that Jessica has a fairly ugly personality which contrasts sharply with her beautiful, exotic looks. She is overly critical, arrogant, and power-hungry--generally, quite far from a "nice" person. She has the tendency to think she is always right, although she usually *is* always right. Jessica unfortunately has an incredibly skill for leadership (people seem to take her orders well, for whatever reasons) and making good decisions, which has done little for a sense of modesty. She's rather classist and hierarchical and dislikes people talking to her who she has not spoken to first.
    Jessica attends T*A Academy and despises Hino Rei for being unworthy "competition." Yet behind Jessica's cold and unapproachable nature, there is a very confused girl. But she cannot decipher her feelings herself, and she is hardly the sort of person to admit any fault or weakness and ask someone to help her. As a result, she keeps her confusion to herself and hates that she constantly feels lonely, despite being surrounded by wellwishers. She is also bothered by the fact she feels guilty when she tries anything romantic with a male--or female.

    As a Zodiac Senshi, Sailorleo is the self-proclaimed leader of the Zodiac Senshi, for awhile, at least. At first, Leo was given directions from Estrella, Jessica's cat. But as time wore on, Leo's need for Estrella began to wane. Leo is intensely loyal to the team. In many ways, she views herself as a CEO and the rest of the Zodiac Senshi as her various employees. While demanding and bossy, she respects the skills of the strong--but in true realist fashion, has little time or patience for the weak.

Attacks & Powers

    Leo Cosmic Star Power, Make Up

    Sun Lion Destroy (Offensive Attack)

    Sun Rise (Defensive Attack)

Author's Comments

    Jessica was one of the first characters I developed. Her name was chosen mainly because I love the name Jessica...and I think it just has this really "mean girl" feel to it. I probably based that off of soap operas or something. Taylor was added because it sounds fairly aristocratic. Jessica is one of the few characters that really hasn't changed at all from the old version or the new version. She's still bitchy, still gorgeous, but still popular/hated by the fans. She's an interesting character in that so many people seem offended by her. I get a lot of emails from Leos complaining that she's not anything like them. That's good! I hope to god not. But how on earth can anyone expect me to write a character that's like every Leo in the world without making it as bland and unspecific as most horoscopes are? But that's completely missing the point. She's not really representative of Leo as much as she's representative of the Sun (her "planet"). She's brash and harsh and she believes everything revolves around her. ^_~ No seriously, the Sun is often symbolic of aggression and of the male. In Chinese philosophy, she's the yang which is symbolized by light, brightness, action, masculinity, heat, control, hardness, the sun, and aggression. She's the perfect opposite and compliment to Hikari.
    But back to the story, she was raised to live in a man's world and taught (perhaps unnecessarily) to behave like a ruthless male. Wouldn't you say that much of Jessica's perceived "bitchiness" is due to the fact she's a female? A male character who behaved largely like her would be lauded as a badass. She's not a stereotypical Leo. I never intended on that and never wanted that. People who'd counter I don't do research are people who don't do research either--and besides, anyone who actually puts any stock in Zodiac signs don't look solely at Sun signs.

    Some argue that she's a horrible leader since all she does is yell at people. I don't know very many great leaders who're NICE to everyone. ^_~ Leadership is about getting people to do what you need them to do, of course the BEST leaders are those who can be positive and motivate their people. I never said she was the best leader, just that she's a good one. I think we can all think of some really unsavory people who we'd all admit were great leaders--how else do you think these nasty bastards take over countries and get people to murder one another? Its leadership. There'd be no such thing as dictators or tyrants if all people with leadership ability were nice. Besides, that's what we saw in the original Sailormoon. Usagi, the nice girl, as a leader..and how many times did she get yelled at for being "weak?" (like every single time =P) Those who've read the series through and through will see two things in Jessica: 1. She's a great leader sometimes (see episode 18), 2. her nasty personality really harms her leadership ability (refer to Ameko). Perhaps she should have been taught that you attract more bees with honey rather than vinegar. ^_^ A very flawed character, but just the sort I love to write.

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