revisiting gundam seed
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mayoraaseiTrying 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)
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Date: 2012-01-02 02:53 pm (UTC)Strange that you chose to re-watch it out of all the old fandoms XD
Agreed so much that GSD ruined Cagalli's character in so many ways, as well as the AsuCaga otp gdiii
team Kira or team Athrun? I just have to ask /shot
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Date: 2012-01-02 03:31 pm (UTC)LOL
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Date: 2012-01-02 08:46 pm (UTC)I haven't watched GSD since I hadn't heard good reviews
and there was no Athrun/Cagalli :(but I've always liked Athrun over Kira for some reason. Loved this show so much. ♥no subject
Date: 2012-01-02 11:59 pm (UTC)But Athrun is one of those serious guys you just can't dislike, who tries to hold onto normality and morality and all those ideals when things are falling apart around him, simply because it's his obligation. He's very much a trained military man, and in a way very much a Japanese character, and ultimately these qualities and ideals - loyalty, humanity, freedom, justice, peace - make him waver when they fall on different sides of the battle. I can understand him becoming what he did in GSD but it annoys me no end, so if I had to consider the franchise overall I would say Kira wins out by the advantage of not appearing so much and therefore annoying me less in GSD LOL.
But for me GSD was an aberration in time and did not occur =_=+