“… hidden behind each [sticker], lies a rich story of friendship!”

Yep! That’s exactly it.

“You had told me so during a discussion in which I had revealed that Mercury was my second fav’ Senshi though I hated blue as a color, and loved red while disliking the classic anime depiction of Sailor Mars. Fire and water, what a perfect pair of complementary contraries!”

Bwahaha! I do remember that conversation! Do you know what I also remember? Disagreeing with your hatred of blue with the tremendous passion of every ocean on Earth. >8D ALL HAIL ETERNAL BLUE!! *Raises fist in forever blue-loving pride* But what I love about the Sailor Moon fandom, in particular, is how everybody has a different favorite Guardian, for different and personal reasons. <3

Oh, Sailor Jupiter! She shall have her cookies. If I had things my way, I'd have included all the Guardians on the cap. Sadly, space was very limited. Thanks for the reply!

For an outside viewer, your stickers look like simple avatars of popular culture, but it’s great to learn that they’re not so “simple”, and that hidden behind each of them, lies a rich story of friendship!

Also, I had remembered the fact that your favourite Senshi was Mercury, while your best friend’s favourite Senshi was Mars . You had told me so during a discussion in which I had revealed that Mercury was my second fav’ Senshi though I hated blue as a color, and loved red while disliking the classic anime depiction of Sailor Mars. Fire and water, what a perfect pair of complementary contraries!

As for Sailor Jupiter, do not worry: send her a box of homemade cookies with a flower bouquet, and she’ll forgive you, I tell ya! Of course, do not forget to include a signed photo of you, for she still wants to have an autograph !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKhsTXoKCI

Yeah, the Cheshire Cat’s out of the bag now. “Alice in Wonderland” (1951) is my favorite movie, but Donald is my other favorite cartoon character. The colorful UNR is the name of the university (Reno), and I tried to crudely write it as if it were done by Crayon. But with an awkward hot glue gun, I didn’t have to try at all to make it look crude! The mascot of UNR is a wolf (Wolf Pack), so that sticker you like is “wolf pride.” The castle is technically supposed to be Cinderella’s, but I used it to represent all the family and friends who live in my “kingdom” of life. That’s my big catch-all for everyone else, who didn’t get personal stickers. (Actually, the castle also represents online role-playing forums, which was a hobby of mine for ten years, until I retired from it.) It’s also worth noting that the official colors for UNR are blue and silver, hence the silver lining and bluish backdrop.

So, stickers represent someone or something important, especially during my time in UNR. I’ll just rattle off some of the meanings behind the stickers, if not every single one.
-Ariel is the most recurring character because she represents the most people. Three close friends of mine, two of whom I met during my college experience, love “The Little Mermaid,” and each of ‘em wanted to be represented by Ariel herself. So, she’s on the thing twice, one as a cap topper, and another with some guy getting his legs sliced off by one of the castle’s towers.
-The Sailor Moon character stickers might be the biggest no-brainers to y’all, but Sailor Mars is the favorite of one of my best friends, again, whom I met during college. Sailor Mercury paired with her represents us. I already mentioned my best friend represented by Simba, on top of the high school we attended.
-Usagi playing with her GameBoy when she’s supposed to be sleeping. Exactly what I did for countless nights, with a Nintendo DS Lite and then the 3DS.
-The muddy sprites of three characters, though one of them is beside Donald, are characters from “Octopath Traveler.” One of my dear friends (also met him in UNR) has a favorite character from that game, and she’s the one closest to the top of the cap. He graduated in late summer, just a few months before my ceremony, so I “walked” with him, with his representative sticker on my mind.
-I love Mario. ‘Nuff said. I even dressed up as him for my final Halloween in UNR.
-The Kingdom Hearts logo signifies my last “major” gaming accomplishment just before being accepted for graduation. I 100% that short game, “A Fragmentary Passage,” on Critical Mode. I ended up liking this brief experience more than Kingdom Hearts III’s entirety!
-Finally, the sign that Alice is glancing at is “UP.” ‘Cause I can only go upward and onward from that time! That was my logic.

Oops. I just realized, Sailor Jupiter didn’t make the cut. Eeesh. She’s gonna be so mad at me…

Thanks, Matt! Very kind of ye. I admit, I did stand out like a sore thumb. So many people opted for usual or expected cap themes, especially ones with inspirational quotes. Like, “She dreamed she could do it… so she did.” Very pretty, sure, but I went whole hog for, what I dubbed, “Carefully Messy.” I went for a “high school yearbook” kind of approach.

“Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid (!)
I’m still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you* on my mind

I’m still standing yeah yeah yeah
I’m still standing yeah yeah yeah”

* That “you” can refer to Toei, or Sailor Moon Crystal, as you like it, or whatever else you want.