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revisiting gundam seed
3 Jan 2012 01:17 amTrying to get through some of my favourite stuff before work consumes my life =(
At first the thought of going through 50 episodes of Gundam SEED was a terrifyingly mountainous task, but once started I realised/remembered how much flashback there was and got through each episode in under 15 minutes ==;;;;
After watching it...
I feel so, so sorry for Athrun =( Compared to him, Kira has been extraodinarily fortunate (main character protection/favouritism aside).
Even though Kira's road was rocky in the beginning, he's always had people supporting him by his side, from the start he had friends who spoke in his defence when it was revealed that he was a Coordinator. Partly due to his non-military training, his instinctive humanity made him many powerful friends, from Orb's princess Cagalli, to PLANT's equivalent Lacus, without both of whom Archangel and Kira wouldn't have survived.
But Athrun's path was one of continual betrayal, and the more the series went on, the more people he lost from his side. From initial shock of his best friend on the other side of the firing line, to Lacus' sudden announcement of anti-ZAFT sentiments, to finally facing his father only to be gunned down. Even in GSD, he was used and betrayed by the chairman of PLANT.
But he never really made a wrong choice, I feel. I don't think his reason for fighting was any different from Kira's - which was to protect themselves before their loved ones get killed. It's just a pity that his loved ones deserted him for different sides of the battle. Lacus and Kira became pacifists. His father became a ZAFT extremist. In the end it was ZAFT who betrayed him, taking away his conviction in his motivation and his faith in his own people.
I'm not sure what makes Lacus different in GSD, but Athrun wanted to return home. PLANT was his home, but he didn't belong there any more. But neither did he belong with Cagalli or Kira and Lacus, which was why he hesitated so much in GSD. He wanted a place to belong and he was offered ZAFT, but the more he stayed the less he was sure it was where he should be.
And can I just say how AWESOME and COOL and CRUSH-WORTHY Cagalli was before the sh!t that was GSD happened??? I think I've fallen in love with her all over again!!! She and Athrun were so cute together at the end of GS, why ruin a perfectly good relationship DDD=
(And why did they ruin a perfectly good death....Mwu T-T)
At first the thought of going through 50 episodes of Gundam SEED was a terrifyingly mountainous task, but once started I realised/remembered how much flashback there was and got through each episode in under 15 minutes ==;;;;
After watching it...
I feel so, so sorry for Athrun =( Compared to him, Kira has been extraodinarily fortunate (main character protection/favouritism aside).
Even though Kira's road was rocky in the beginning, he's always had people supporting him by his side, from the start he had friends who spoke in his defence when it was revealed that he was a Coordinator. Partly due to his non-military training, his instinctive humanity made him many powerful friends, from Orb's princess Cagalli, to PLANT's equivalent Lacus, without both of whom Archangel and Kira wouldn't have survived.
But Athrun's path was one of continual betrayal, and the more the series went on, the more people he lost from his side. From initial shock of his best friend on the other side of the firing line, to Lacus' sudden announcement of anti-ZAFT sentiments, to finally facing his father only to be gunned down. Even in GSD, he was used and betrayed by the chairman of PLANT.
But he never really made a wrong choice, I feel. I don't think his reason for fighting was any different from Kira's - which was to protect themselves before their loved ones get killed. It's just a pity that his loved ones deserted him for different sides of the battle. Lacus and Kira became pacifists. His father became a ZAFT extremist. In the end it was ZAFT who betrayed him, taking away his conviction in his motivation and his faith in his own people.
I'm not sure what makes Lacus different in GSD, but Athrun wanted to return home. PLANT was his home, but he didn't belong there any more. But neither did he belong with Cagalli or Kira and Lacus, which was why he hesitated so much in GSD. He wanted a place to belong and he was offered ZAFT, but the more he stayed the less he was sure it was where he should be.
And can I just say how AWESOME and COOL and CRUSH-WORTHY Cagalli was before the sh!t that was GSD happened??? I think I've fallen in love with her all over again!!! She and Athrun were so cute together at the end of GS, why ruin a perfectly good relationship DDD=
(And why did they ruin a perfectly good death....Mwu T-T)
