#Grandpa Gundam

[kaxtwenty]

Having finished six Gundam shows, including Gundam's original trilogy (0079, Zeta, ZZ) and with GQuuuuuuX on the horizon, I've been thinking a lot about what I think Gundam is really about. I've talked before about Gundam being a story about loneliness and finding a place where you can belong, but I think there's a third thematic throughline that pervades throughout every show.

Survival.

In the shows I've watched so far, each story is about people thrust into conflicts they didn't start nor fully understand and having to do their best to get through it without dying or losing themselves to the madness of it all. These characters rarely have that much power to change the world around them and can only hope that their actions may one day lead to a future where they and their descendants don't have to fight.

To me, compared to similar franchises like Star Wars, Gundam stories are generally less about creating a better future and more about not losing hope in one. As a kid who's had to come into adulthood in the 20-fucking-20s, I find endings like IBO's and ZZ's a lot more relatable and even kinda needed in this day and age. Sometimes, the world just refuses to really get any better and the best you can manage is to survive it with the people you love.

These shows have honestly helped me cope with a lot of the...everything that's happened this year and I can't thank them enough.

[roesart]

Art i drew for the gunpla ottawa club's bbq for their anniversary.

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[roboyfriend]

RG RX-78-2..... 2!

[thatbitchfrommercury]

"Grandpa!"

"Cali, he's not your grandpa."

"...I guess I'm a grandpa now."

[s3znl-gr3znl]

This is the end for you, punk

[atticchild]

Drafted cel from Mobile Suit Gundam 0079

[smellslikebot]

i got reminded that SD gundam force exists, which reminded me of a time i was playing an MMO years ago where i knew someone whose username was Zako or Zaku or something. and one time i called him "zapper zaku" & he hit me with a "-_-"

[saintjoanofgunpla]

some fun with grandpa mg 3.0

[king-dra]

this is so funny, why would you choose THESE three to represent different gundam continuities when two of them are literally from the same timeline

[zazagundam]

Gunpla-heads, do you have a kit you like to travel with? Or even play with more than the others, at the moment?

Mine lately has been Grandpa's Origin kit along with MG v1.5

[kaxtwenty]

Giants being dwarfed by their surroundings is one of my favorite aesthetics.

[tukathewolf]

it's grandpa time baybee. the only other RX-78-02 i have is the HG one, so this will be a find addition to my collection.

[roboyfriend]

by ユースケ

[duplicarto]

girl, her grandpa, and her giant mecha

[qqchurch]

idk why but over-the-shoulder cannons are always neat for me on mech designs

[noirangetrois]

Relena sputters a laugh as Dorothy pulls into traffic. “That’s a terrible joke. I can’t believe you just said that.”

From my very, very late Weed Grandpa Cookbook entry. Sorry, @weedgrandpacookbook ! Working on it, I swear.