->''"See the Backstage of the Webcomic World!"''
-->-- Sailorsun.org

''[[http://sailorsun.org SailorSun.org]]'' is a web comic about the misadventures of two former "FanFiction Actresses" written and drawn by CD Rudd and loosely based on Rudd's own ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fan fiction series of the same name. As the tagline implies, Sailor Sun is depicting the "real lives" of actors and actresses who portray FanFiction and WebComic characters. In keeping with the backstage theme the comic frequently features cameos by "actors" from other webcomics such as ''Webcomic/{{Cheer}}'' and ''Webcomic/TheWotch'', mostly from within the 910 Webcomics community (which also includes his other comic, ''Webcomic/IDreamOfAJeanieBottle'').

The Sailor Sun fanfiction series that inspired the comic can be found at ''[[http://www.sailorsun.com SailorSun.com]]''.

The comic was completed on [[https://sailorsun.org/?comic=1221-i-present-to-you-mr-and-mrs-marks-the-end August 22, 2018]].

Not to be confused with the fanfic trope SailorEarth (though it is based on an example) and not at all likely to be confused with the much DarkerAndEdgier WebOriginal novel ''Literature/SailorNothing.''
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!!This series provides examples of:

* AllThereInTheManual: Some aspects of the comic reference obscure bits of the predecessor fanfiction. [[spoiler:Like Honey's origin and Bay's long-lost twin sister.]]
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Bay and Heather look identical, despite Bay being born as a boy
%%* AnimatedActors: Fanfiction Actors, actually.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Too many examples to list, but the whole "Helices" thing takes the cake.
%%* ArtEvolution
%%* AttractiveBentGender: Bay.
* AuthorAppeal: Gender benders, wacky hijinx, cheerfully irresponsible idiots who never get called to account for their actions.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Honey, Bay and Crystal respectively (though Crystal's hair is more pink than red). While all three are very buxom and beautiful, Honey doesn't seem to think she is.
* ButLiquorIsQuicker: Honey's origin, when finally revealed, turned out to be that [[spoiler: Bay got drunk or worse, roofied at a bar and woke up pregnant.]]
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Bay. Poor Bay. Although it ''was'' implied that the drink was spiked with something, every time Bay has drunk alcohol things have not gone well for her.
%%* CatGirl: Neko and Kinko. Also Bay, temporarily.
* CitizenshipMarriage: Bay has to get married to avoid being deported back to Canada [[spoiler: but she really does love Auction Guy, the deportation threat just forced her to make up her mind and advance the timetable.]]
* ContinuityLockout: Most elements of the FanFic are clearly fictional in the webcomic but others just as clearly are not. Figuring out what's what can lead to some head-scratching.
* DisappearedDad: Played with. No one has any idea who Honey's father may be, as Bay conceived her during a drunken one night stand with a random stranger. That doesn't stop Honey from longing for a father on occasion.
** Ethan's older Brother Matt is believed to be Honey and Brady's father, according to both Ethan and Matt himself.
* TheDitz: Bay, verging on IdiotHero sometimes. Though she doesn't seem to be dumb so much as buffaloed by the constant weirdness that makes up her life.
* DumbBlonde: While Honey is normally a subversion, she sometimes stumbles nonetheless, most notably when trying to get a job.
** Honey's apparent ditziness is not helped by her poor eyesight or her stubborn refusal to wear her glasses because she doesn't like the "nerd girl" stereotype they represent.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Turt, Steve the narrator.
* EnforcedMethodActing: [invoked] The studio, using TG guns and time portals.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what happens, Bay will never be turned back into Brad. Given the nature of the comic, it shouldn't come as a surprise. Also see StatusQuoIsGod below.
* FillerStrips: marking holidays and making announcements, mostly.
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: the existence of not one, but two versions of Bay's KidFromTheFuture implies that Bay will never go back to being Brad. Bay is reduced to tears contemplating the inevitability at one point.
** [[spoiler: Chapter 8, with Honey automatically assuming that a boy has possessed her mom's body (instead of, after seeing years worth of odd behavior and other hints, thinking that there could be another reason), paints a pretty clear picture that Honey has never suspected anything at all about her mother's identity.]]
* FlashBack: Teri [[spoiler:and Brady]] in the Cat & Butterfly arc. Recently, Bay's early days at the [=SailorSun.com=] studio.
%%* FreakyFridayFlip
* GenderBender: Bay, who was once a man and is now [[FirstLawOfGenderBending stuck]] as a woman after a "[[TransformationRay TG Gun]] accident" allegedly due to EnforcedMethodActing on the part of the studio. Some other examples, notably the ButtMonkey [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2009-04-17.png Tom]].
** [[spoiler:However, a few comics and her feelings in general hint that she really is a girl inside (or became one over time) and is ''very'' comfortable in being so. Is this a case of TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody, or something much more than that? Bay also shows a strong maternal instinct towards Honey.]]
* GoingNative: It's becoming increasingly more obvious as the comic progresses that this is happening to Bay, to the point where she's starting to not mind and is accepting it. Also see LoveEpiphany below.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Seen [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2009-09-14.png here]]. Played with again later when [[http://sailorsun.org/?p=2298 Bay's bad angel has to fill as Honey's good angel.]]
* GuestStrip: several examples from like-minded fans
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Steve the narrator, who hangs out ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall above the comic panels]]''.
* HotLibrarian: Research assistant Honey. Who will probably get another UnnecessaryMakeover.
* IdiotBall: Bay fails to recognize a lot of things that seem glaringly obvious to the readership, like Berry, though part if it seems to be due to some kind of internal WeirdnessCensor. For instance, she kept Honey and Brady secret from each other because she was afraid of losing them to a time paradox, despite having a living example that wouldn't happen in Teri and Ams.
* InformedAbility: Honey is supposed to be a genius, but she doesn't even pick up on ''Ams speaking Pig Latin'' (though she ''was'' waking up after undergoing what was essentially massive genetic manipulation at the time). Essentially, other than really barely-above-average booksmarts, she ''never'' shows the kind of quick or deep thinking her given IQ should entail.
* KarmaHoudini: any number of cheerfully irresponsible idiots, but Chris from the studio really takes the cake.
* KidFromTheFuture: Honey. [[spoiler:Recent events have revealed that Brady, who looks like a younger version of Honey and also calls Bay "Mom" was snatched from an alternate future as well.]]
* LongLostRelative: Subverted twice
** Honey receives a map and directions from a kindly lady at the Ottawa airport, not realizing it's her own grandmother.
** Ethan discovers that he shares too many genes with Honey for them not to be related and promptly goes haring off in the wrong direction, despite several hints that his brother Mathew is probably Honey's father.
* LoveBubbles: Bay's daydream, in [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2008-08-15.png this comic]].
* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler:By the looks of it, Bay has finally admitted it to herself, going as far to [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2009-12-14.png kiss him]] later on. She also admits to Shaura that she liked it and that it is 'like a crush that won't go away'.]]
** [[spoiler:The Auction Guy seems to also love Bay back, but Bay is torn over who she was, is, and will be and doesn't know what to do.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Bay, whenever she's so much as near the (as of now, still unnamed) guy she was sold to at a [[BachelorAuction Bachelorette Auction]]. Even more so when she's drunk.
** [[spoiler:For a brief time she did not, as Bay thought that he took advantage of her after she had too much to drink. [[AboveTheInfluence He didn't, of course]].]]
** [[spoiler:Bay has fallen '''hard''', after she decided to go see him again to ''turn him down''. Love Makes Bay Crazy, indeed.]]
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: After Bay's amnesia-inducing head injury, much to Honey's distress
-->'''Honey:''' "Stop groping Mom's body!"
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not exactly. While characters from several other series ''do'' appear at times, in this reality they are all [[AnimatedActors actors from the comics they represent]]. The Fanfic included crossovers with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Of course) and Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration.
** [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2008-06-27.png One comic]] crosses over with ''Series/DoctorWho'' of all things. However, since it's clearly marked as a filler it's most likely meant to be regarded as non-canon.
* MsFanservice: Bay (and anyone disguised as her). Also Crystal.
* MundaneFantastic: Among other things, switching genders and TimeTravel don't seem to be rare occurrences and are quite easily accomplished (making Honey's obliviousness about her mother even more counterlogical). There's also the HRC, which is in effect a computer system that can ''edit anyone in the world'', also with little effort. Our Earth this definitely ain't.
* NoNameGiven: Auction Guy. Even on the cast page he's just "Auction Guy".
** [[spoiler: His full name is revealed during Bay's wedding vows in comic 1220.]]
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: While nowhere near omniscient, the producers seem to have this act down pat: Need an actress? Turn your actor into one using illegal future-tech that may or may not be a felony! Need action? Grab some green slime that is used in more 'illicit' films with various undefined properties and some-such. Need a sidekick for your TG'd main? Just steal her unborn daughter from the future, not like they'll care. More amazing is that before they randomly decided to go bankrupt, no one questioned this ever: at the very least their accountant should have taken notice. Why? So we can produce a televised adaptation of a Sailor Moon fanfic. Internet IS serious business.
* OffModel: Some comics clearly have ''much'' more work put into them than the rest, while others seem to be obviously rushed.
* PetTheDog: Despite being TheRival to Bay who's not above cheating to win at stuff, Morgan still is quite kind to Teri when she finds him lost and scared in the streets. She brings him home, cleans him up, and feeds him ''caviar'', as well as planning to get him pancakes if he behaves while she goes out.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Bay in a nutshell. Her apparent fear of revealing her GenderBender to anyone alienated her from her family and caused her to miss the last two years of her Grandfather's life. She never told Honey about Brady. She doesn't even know her fiance's name because she's apparently too embarrassed to ask. Her alternate history counterpart Berry won't identify herself either, apparently because she's miffed that Bay hasn't recognized her.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin / WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: To the point where the comic absolutely ''needs'' a beta reader and / or GrammarNazi. Believe it or not the fanfics are ''even worse.''
* RunningGag: Bay ''still'' hasn't learned Auction Guy's name, despite accepting his proposal and setting a wedding date. It almost gets her deported because she can't convince the inspector it isn't a citizenship marriage.
* SailorEarth: Ok, so Rudd used a star instead of a planet: the trope still fits.
* SecondLawOfGenderBending: Immediately followed by an amnesia-induced SnapBack.
** Implied in the Helix chapter to stem (like Bay's weakness for muscular men) from the repairs HRC had to do to Bay's helix to stave off the decay caused by the malfunctioning TF gun.
** Bay is reduced to tears when she realizes that going through with her CitizenshipMarriage with Auction Guy means that she can never go back to being Brad.
** Late in Chapter 10 it's shown that Bay's attraction to muscular men came about when Tom, the perpetual SpannerInTheWorks at HRC, thoroughly screwed up their first restoration attempt, implying the subsequent mucking about with her Helix was as much to fix the damage Tom did as the damage from the gun.
* ShipperOnDeck: Honey, pretending to be Bay, set the Auction Guy up on a date with her mother because she wants "[[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2009-06-29.png a real daddy]]".
* ShipTease: Bay and the Auction Guy, as mentioned several times above. Also Honey and David to some extent.
* ShirtlessScene: [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2009-08-28.png This]].
* ShoutOut: The TG gun appears to be a reference to ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''.
** Chapter Nine is titled "[[Series/DoctorWho Timey Wimey]]".
*** And the timeline changing whenever Bay mentions that someone's been messing with it brings a certain quote from the beginning of ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' to mind...:
-->"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another which states this has already happened."
** The girl who talks to Bay at the guys-turned-girls support group in the second prequel strip is Jo Starr from ''Webcomic/{{Cheer}}'' and ''Webcomic/TheWotch''.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Tom. Things go badly any time he gets involved.
* StableTimeLoop: Chris the producer created several by passing notes between his present and future selves through the time portal. [[spoiler: Berry (an alternate future version of Bay), underwent several of the loops exploring TheMultiverse until she nightsided herself by passing Chris a note that convinced him to destroy the portal in the past, saving our Bay but stranding herself in our present.]]
* StatusQuoIsGod: It will be a long time before Bay either accepts her fate or returns to being Brad. Given that the comic would [[GrandFinale effectively end]] or [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore drastically change]] by either all events that seem to be leading up to them are always [[ResetButton aborted or sidelined at the last minute]].]]
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Bay is only two years older than Honey. Later revealed to be the case because [[spoiler:Honey was kidnapped from an alternate future by the producers of the fanfiction Bay worked in.]]
* TalkingAnimal: Bay and Honey's cats. Of the two, Teri is usually much more talkative (and active) than Ams. [[spoiler:They are also the ''same'' cat from different times, Ams being Teri's grown-up form from the future.]]
** And Turt, a 76-year old ''turtle'' who Bay sometimes visits to try and help her find acting jobs.
** And lately, [[spoiler:a white female cat named Cleo, who Ams has a thing for.]]
* TheRival: [[http://sailorsun.org/comics/2007-05-18.jpg Morgan Fayet]].
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Enforced by Bay's acting job. Played straight later when [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Love Makes Her Crazy]].
** Made explicit when it's revealed that someone can only be safely changed back by the same TF gun used to transform them in the first place, and as the gun used on Bay was malfunctioning it would be too dangerous to use it on her again.
* TimeyWimeyBall: from all of the mucking about in the timestream. Chapter 9 is even named "Timey Wimey"
%%* TransformationComic
* TooDumbToFool: Brady instantly spots Berry as "a time travelling mommy from the future." She's still at an age when keeping track of your mother is a very important skill.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler:In chapter 8 Bay lost several years of her memories after being hit in the head by a collapsing roof and forgot her GenderBender as a result. Her reaction, and those of several other characters, allows the author to answer many questions without resorting to exposition.]]
%%* TheVoiceless: Crystal.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: After a GenderBender transformation Bay is rather disturbed to discover [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody she is now apparently really attracted to]] muscular guys. Later shown to be a result of the repair work done to stabilize her helix after the change instead of the change itself.

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