gsd rewatch
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mayoraaseiI know I know...I don't know why I'm watching this LOL
Have been skipping huge chunks of most episodes. It's quite terrible, actually, to have come from GS and to be a fan of the original series, because even though the scriptwriter said (rather belatedly) that the first third is dedicated to Shinn, the 2nd third is for Athrun and the last third is for Kira, the new characters have deplorably little screen time.
And there are just too many new characters for us to care about. Even with GS, it took a while to start caring for characters outside the immediate circle of friends. It's hard to start caring about Minerva when they're on the aggressive side several times, in an anime that keeps trying to toll its anti-war messages.
Shinn still makes me teeth grate DDDD= I wonder how they decided to sit down and say, "Look, Kira and Athrun were hugely popular last season, so to make a main character who will match their awesomeness, let's make this new character narrow-minded, naive, aggressive, short-sighted, disobedient, prejudiced, unreasonable...and has a huge sister complex and hero complex."
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I guess that explains why they had to in turn make Athrun mope non-stop and Kira make very dodgey calls about what side he is taking, in order to make Shinn seem less of an idiot.
It's not like he doesn't have good characteristics. Unlike Kira and Athrun, he wears his heart on his sleeve, he's straightforward, he doesn't mope about wondering what to do.
But it's really hard to like a character who lays blame on everyone else for things that are just based off his prejudice. His family gets killed while evacuating from Onogoro, "IT'S ALL ATTHA FAMILY'S FAULT!!!!!" Heine tries to attack Kira and forgets about Stellar who slices him up from behind, "IT'S ALL FREEDOM'S FAULT!!!!!" Stellar burns down millions of people and an entire city, Kira jams her beams and the explosion kills her, never mind that Neo promised to never let her set foot in a mobile suit again, "IT'S ALL FREEDOM'S FAULT!!!!!"
And the way he uses "You don't understand" as a shield and weapon is so pathetic. What right does he have to shout that at Cagalli, who saw her father go up in flames before her? Or at Athrun, who almost had to face down his father with a gun?
I guess what annoys me is that there are so many holes in his arguments and yet NO ONE PICKS IT UP and throws it back in his face. Athrun, "Do you think handing Stellar back helped her? To someone who can't leave the battlefield of her own free will, we'll just fight against her again!" To which Shinn replies, "But Neo promised that he would not let her fight again."
AND YOU FRIGGIN BELIEVED HIM YOU NINCOMPOOPHEAD??????
And when he destroys Freedom he cackles, "Stellar! I avenged you!" So should Athrun kill you because you killed Kira??? HUH??? And he gloats about defeating Kira to Athrun, of all people even though someone as dense as him knew that Athrun was partial to Freedom. "Should I cry and despair after killing him??" THEN WHY THE FUCK WERE YOU SO UPSET OVER STELLAR???
Argh. Why am I watching this, again.
Have been skipping huge chunks of most episodes. It's quite terrible, actually, to have come from GS and to be a fan of the original series, because even though the scriptwriter said (rather belatedly) that the first third is dedicated to Shinn, the 2nd third is for Athrun and the last third is for Kira, the new characters have deplorably little screen time.
And there are just too many new characters for us to care about. Even with GS, it took a while to start caring for characters outside the immediate circle of friends. It's hard to start caring about Minerva when they're on the aggressive side several times, in an anime that keeps trying to toll its anti-war messages.
Shinn still makes me teeth grate DDDD= I wonder how they decided to sit down and say, "Look, Kira and Athrun were hugely popular last season, so to make a main character who will match their awesomeness, let's make this new character narrow-minded, naive, aggressive, short-sighted, disobedient, prejudiced, unreasonable...and has a huge sister complex and hero complex."
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I guess that explains why they had to in turn make Athrun mope non-stop and Kira make very dodgey calls about what side he is taking, in order to make Shinn seem less of an idiot.
It's not like he doesn't have good characteristics. Unlike Kira and Athrun, he wears his heart on his sleeve, he's straightforward, he doesn't mope about wondering what to do.
But it's really hard to like a character who lays blame on everyone else for things that are just based off his prejudice. His family gets killed while evacuating from Onogoro, "IT'S ALL ATTHA FAMILY'S FAULT!!!!!" Heine tries to attack Kira and forgets about Stellar who slices him up from behind, "IT'S ALL FREEDOM'S FAULT!!!!!" Stellar burns down millions of people and an entire city, Kira jams her beams and the explosion kills her, never mind that Neo promised to never let her set foot in a mobile suit again, "IT'S ALL FREEDOM'S FAULT!!!!!"
And the way he uses "You don't understand" as a shield and weapon is so pathetic. What right does he have to shout that at Cagalli, who saw her father go up in flames before her? Or at Athrun, who almost had to face down his father with a gun?
I guess what annoys me is that there are so many holes in his arguments and yet NO ONE PICKS IT UP and throws it back in his face. Athrun, "Do you think handing Stellar back helped her? To someone who can't leave the battlefield of her own free will, we'll just fight against her again!" To which Shinn replies, "But Neo promised that he would not let her fight again."
AND YOU FRIGGIN BELIEVED HIM YOU NINCOMPOOPHEAD??????
And when he destroys Freedom he cackles, "Stellar! I avenged you!" So should Athrun kill you because you killed Kira??? HUH??? And he gloats about defeating Kira to Athrun, of all people even though someone as dense as him knew that Athrun was partial to Freedom. "Should I cry and despair after killing him??" THEN WHY THE FUCK WERE YOU SO UPSET OVER STELLAR???
Argh. Why am I watching this, again.
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Date: 2012-01-05 07:48 pm (UTC)/covers ears and runs around screaming
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Date: 2014-07-25 07:10 am (UTC)I'm just really frustrated at the anime and am really glad that AT LAST I HAVE FOUND SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS D:
Athrun is my favorite character and I was and am and will be so very sad for him :((
At first I liked the dynamic between Athrun and Shinn. It was like mentor/student
or father/son //shotso why did the plot have to progress that way?? Stella wasn't even a romantic interest >_____<
And after all Athrun has done for Shinn he just insults Athrun who had always been nothing but concerned and wonderfully understanding to him D:
I just... can't.... *breaks down sobbing*
PS. I was reading all your Ishida Akira stuff (haha I'm such a huge fan of him and various seiyuus like Miyano Mamoru, Kaji Yuki, etc.) and was thinking do you have a tumblr or Skype account? Want to be friends haha ^^
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Date: 2014-08-31 03:19 am (UTC)I don't have tumblr, but if you drop a reply with your email (the comment will be screened so it won't be visible), I'm happy to keep in touch =)