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gundam 00 episode 18 (+17)
...Too impatient to wait for Conclave-Mendoi's subs, I downloaded Shinsen's versions instead.
I'm in love with Billy's hair.
For some reason, at the end of episode 17, I thought Louise would die. But the young lovers suddenly got so much more interesting. And touching (before, I wondered why they were even together - not that I still know why exactly they hooked up, but at least they really really like each other). Now I wish they weren't the only civilian characters the show follows - unless they have some much grander purpose still, their presence is a bit jarring.
I could easily watch a lot more of Billy and Graham's interactions, they have such easy chemistry that following their scenes feels like floating on water. (...My, what a strange metaphor.) And man, Graham Acre is ridiculously cool. The end of this episode was the first time this show has made my breath catch, though part of that was Setsuna's doing.
Yeah, I'm starting to really warm up to our littlest war orphan. :( Growing up, he wanted to be a realboy Gundam.
I wonder if they're going to do more with him and Nena. These promises (possibly completely in my head!) of a complicated hate relationship are arousing my interest. But Nena needs some redeeming qualities before I can like the character more than on intellectual level.
Speaking of the new pilots, I'm loving on Michael's (Mihael? Micael? Mihaeru?) terrible temperament. He isn't as subdued as other explosive, big-mouthed anime characters I've encountered: he's wonderfully unruly compared to what the stereotype usually delivers. And I can't hate him, his comment about Tieria last episode made me laugh too much. Johann's refreshingly sane compared to the two hotheads, but mostly I like him for his skin colour. Ah, non-white, non-black anime characters. Not such a pretty shade as Setsuna's caramel, but still nice!
AND NOW THAT I'M DONE BEING UTTERLY SHALLOW. The beginning introduced us to a naïve ideal of erasing War from the world, and what made me take it more seriously than I thought I could was that the characters themselves acknowledged that the idea of a world without war is really somewhat silly, in a sad way. Sad in that it is unbelievable, which makes me, still, root for Celestial Being. I've been keeping an eye on them, and I don't think they've done anything that I truly disagree with. Saying that I'm against unnecessary killing is like saying water's wet, but then, what is war?
(Side note: I'm a stupid unappreciative hippie pacifist and can't give modern soldiers the credit they apparently deserve. Apologies. There should be alternatives to fighting nowadays [98% of the time], so anyone who becomes one is... okay, CERTAINLY NOT asking for it, there are always circumstances, governments are often to blame, but... aware that lives are at stake, including their own. So from the POV of a cold observer the loss of a soldier is not the same as the loss of any other individual - they knew what they were signing up for.)
At least they follow the rules they've set for themselves.
Saying something like this at this point in the show is bound to come bite me in the ass in the future, I know. But Setsuna, Setsuna, be a Gundam. What the Thrones are doing now is wrong and abuse of power that shouldn't be abused.
Some questions this episode raised: What exactly is Wang Liu-Mei's role? I wasn't paying much attention to her in the beginning but all of a sudden I'm intrigued. Some kind of informant overseer? What is Marina doing? We haven't seen her in a while and she's supposedly going to be important. And what the hell is up with Tieria? Yeah, ha ha, he's an android, he's a robot! BUT IS HE REALLY-- WHY I NEVER-- NOT REALLY--
...and I love Billy's hair, okay. *coos*
I'm in love with Billy's hair.
For some reason, at the end of episode 17, I thought Louise would die. But the young lovers suddenly got so much more interesting. And touching (before, I wondered why they were even together - not that I still know why exactly they hooked up, but at least they really really like each other). Now I wish they weren't the only civilian characters the show follows - unless they have some much grander purpose still, their presence is a bit jarring.
I could easily watch a lot more of Billy and Graham's interactions, they have such easy chemistry that following their scenes feels like floating on water. (...My, what a strange metaphor.) And man, Graham Acre is ridiculously cool. The end of this episode was the first time this show has made my breath catch, though part of that was Setsuna's doing.
Yeah, I'm starting to really warm up to our littlest war orphan. :( Growing up, he wanted to be a real
I wonder if they're going to do more with him and Nena. These promises (possibly completely in my head!) of a complicated hate relationship are arousing my interest. But Nena needs some redeeming qualities before I can like the character more than on intellectual level.
Speaking of the new pilots, I'm loving on Michael's (Mihael? Micael? Mihaeru?) terrible temperament. He isn't as subdued as other explosive, big-mouthed anime characters I've encountered: he's wonderfully unruly compared to what the stereotype usually delivers. And I can't hate him, his comment about Tieria last episode made me laugh too much. Johann's refreshingly sane compared to the two hotheads, but mostly I like him for his skin colour. Ah, non-white, non-black anime characters. Not such a pretty shade as Setsuna's caramel, but still nice!
AND NOW THAT I'M DONE BEING UTTERLY SHALLOW. The beginning introduced us to a naïve ideal of erasing War from the world, and what made me take it more seriously than I thought I could was that the characters themselves acknowledged that the idea of a world without war is really somewhat silly, in a sad way. Sad in that it is unbelievable, which makes me, still, root for Celestial Being. I've been keeping an eye on them, and I don't think they've done anything that I truly disagree with. Saying that I'm against unnecessary killing is like saying water's wet, but then, what is war?
(Side note: I'm a stupid unappreciative hippie pacifist and can't give modern soldiers the credit they apparently deserve. Apologies. There should be alternatives to fighting nowadays [98% of the time], so anyone who becomes one is... okay, CERTAINLY NOT asking for it, there are always circumstances, governments are often to blame, but... aware that lives are at stake, including their own. So from the POV of a cold observer the loss of a soldier is not the same as the loss of any other individual - they knew what they were signing up for.)
At least they follow the rules they've set for themselves.
Saying something like this at this point in the show is bound to come bite me in the ass in the future, I know. But Setsuna, Setsuna, be a Gundam. What the Thrones are doing now is wrong and abuse of power that shouldn't be abused.
Some questions this episode raised: What exactly is Wang Liu-Mei's role? I wasn't paying much attention to her in the beginning but all of a sudden I'm intrigued. Some kind of informant overseer? What is Marina doing? We haven't seen her in a while and she's supposedly going to be important. And what the hell is up with Tieria? Yeah, ha ha, he's an android, he's a robot! BUT IS HE REALLY-- WHY I NEVER-- NOT REALLY--
...and I love Billy's hair, okay. *coos*