Credit goes to silvermoon424 on Tumblr (okay I keep linking their theories because they're really good!!!) link to original post: http://silvermoon424.tumblr.com/post/98330109258/i-like-your-theories-a-lot-so-im-asking-you
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Although we don't see how or why Pluto was chosen to be the Guardian of Time, we do see Queen Serenity give her the position.As we can see, Pluto is very young when she's assigned this duty. Normally assigning a child to something as important as guarding time would be a bad idea, but Pluto isn't just any kid; she's the daughter of Chronos, the god/personification of time.
(the "guardian" referred to in the above screencap is Sailor Pluto, of course)
As the daughter of a time god, she's more than suited to be the Guardian of the Space-Time door. She probably had an easy time learning to control and use her powers because she had a time god's blood in her veins, too. It's safe to assume that Chronos probably didn't have any other children, or else we probably would have heard about them.
I imagine that Pluto was probably born very early into Queen Serenity's reign, way before Princess Serenity or the Guardian Senshi were. Queen Serenity, aware of Pluto's heritage and powers, assigned her to the role of the Time Guardian as soon as she was old enough to handle it (which, as I said above, was a lot younger than you may think).
So that brings us to the second part of your question: Was there a Time Guardian before Sailor Pluto? I'm kind of iffy on this one, so here are the two theories that I like the best:
There have been a series of guardians, always someone of Plutonian origin. However, none were as powerful as Pluto (who was both the daughter of Chronos and a Sailor Senshi) so someone would carry out the role for some years before passing it on to a successor. Because this was such a serious and honorable position, people would train for years in advance to be eligible for the role. Pluto was the first permanent guardian, holding the position all through the Silver Millennium, its destruction, the vast amount of time between that and the present, and then into the future of Crystal Tokyo.
The Door of Space-Time has always existed, but it didn't really need a guardian before Pluto came along. The knowledge that it existed and how to reach it was only known by a few people (most of whom belonged to the royalty of the Silver Millennium, like Queen Serenity) so the Door was left in peace for countless years. However, someone gained knowledge of the Door and tried to use it for their own selfish purposes, causing a lot of distortion in space-time before Queen Serenity stopped them. After that, Serenity kept the Door of Space-Time closed with her powers, but still feared that it would be abused. After she heard of Sailor Pluto, she decided to ask her if she would be the Guardian of the Door, which Pluto accepted.
I like both theories a lot and I waffle between which one I prefer. But I hope I gave you something to think about!
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