Alrighty So, Gundam The Witch From Mercury Episode 20. Kinda Hits Rather Hard. Another One To Add To

Alrighty so, Gundam the Witch from Mercury episode 20. Kinda hits rather hard. Another one to add to the list.

Alright so Tumblr’s apparently putting recommended posts in my following feed now.

I know they’ve been doing this a while, but my feed’s suddenly like 70% recommended posts.

Which’d be fine, if it wasn’t repeating the same posts, so I’m just staring at the same post about a cat repeatedly and when I refresh my feed, it’s still there with all the other duplicate posts.

(Like yeah, I can dismiss the ones I don’t like, but some of them are good, it’s just I only need to read them once)

There are a lotta flaws with Gundam SEED Destiny.

However it’s ability to accurately convey a character’s personality through their design is commendable. You don’t even have to watch the series to know what a detestable asshat this guy is.

Garrod "i know what you are" Ran.

Alright, it’s probably too early for me to be doing this sort of analysis (I normally like to wait until things are a little more concluded) but

I wonder if the grudge between Renee Costa and Lillique Kadoka Lipati being comparatively petty (Lillique refused an invitation from a boy, Renee viewed this as a insult to him, and by extension her, since he was “number 12 on her list of back-up boyfriends”) is supposed to illustrate that the students settling these thing via near-lethal duels is a bad idea?

(Even weakened beams can still easily kill, as shown by Suletta’s fight against Elan 4)

Furthermore, it enforces the idea that power (in this case Mobile suits) is the deciding factor. Any student on the MS course will have an advantage, regardless of the effectiveness of their support team, since the pilot’s skill matters most. It’s entirely possible for one strong pilot to dominate the house, any duels being passed back to them to resolve, as seen with Guel and Suletta (With their losses greatly impacting the house). It also weakens them against the kind of soft power that Shaddiq and Miorine employ.

I do find it interesting how it’s only Grassley that goes all in on Duelling, with 6 suits compared to Jeturk’s 4 and Peil’s 2 (though that’s mostly suppositions both, since they could have had more off-screen, and that Shaddiq was likely stockpiling materials for his move.).

If nothing else, Renee and Lillique’s duel provides a good contrast to the corporate machinations of Peil and Prospera.