#Gundam 00 spoilers

[rin-hanarin]

I missed my Lockon Lives AU more than I initially thought, I think I need help.

Also dang Neil, who let you have a twin and an alternate persona you can argue in your head with? (I did)

[sapphireswimming]

Remember the Bayeux Tapestry meme? I got the urge to make some for Gundam 00

[tieria-erde]

mobile suit gundam 00 - the second birthday [pg. 25-27]

read from the beginning

previous

[local-redhead-bookworm]

RIP to Alejandro Corner, least successful Treize clone. You died as you lived, tacky and annoying

[scratching92]

Okay, I'm like a decade late but I just need to say that the operation to destroy the Memento Mori in Gundam 00 is genuinely some of the sickest shit I have ever seen.

[cobaltfluff]

watched gundam 00 and like idk what happened in those 50 eps but what i DO know is that lockon 1 and tieria were boyfriends and the only ship that mattered

[samusmaximus]

I need to try (and then fail) to fuck him (because I'm pretty sure he only fucks gundams)

[hoshinoreika2004]

I just finished watching gundam 00 movie and that was wildddd. honestly the more I think about it the more I like the ending, it was a really nice conclusion to the story and something very unique that I rarely see other media do. usually one side beats the other, I was surprised to see them coming to an understanding and making peace, especially after all the bloodshed that had already happened anyway tieria erde best boy

[tieria-erde]

here's a snippet from aoi kizuna, a spin-off manga anthology that goes into a little more detail on some events from the show. this is its take on the lead-up to tieria's famous "crossdressing" scene; i think it speaks for itself~

TIERIA ERDE from MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 00

JUSTIFICATION:

"jesus christ look at her. i'm supposed to believe she's a cis man?? the hair and glasses are 100% tgirl swag, and if you held a gun to my head and made me wear slacks & a buttondown, her pink sweater is literally exactly how i would femme it up. also i haven't gotten this far but apparently she crossdresses later in the show and from the pics she pulls it off perfectly." - @caterjunes

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[rose-matcha-latte]

fun fact: gundam 00 s2 ed 2 enhances angst so i (poorly) edited it into the 5nore scene enjoy angsters

[anthurak]

So at this point I am really expecting/hoping that we get a true ‘second-season’/full-50-episodes of Witch From Mercury. Because right now I just don’t see how the show can wrap up in a truly meaningful/satisfying manner in just four/five more episodes.

Now yes, the plot of the show could be conceivably wrapped up in that time; if we see Prospera finally reveal her big evil plan next episode, we might be able to see Suletta get her meaningful resolution, reunite/reconcile with Miorine and Aerial, and have a big final conflict against Prospera without things feeling too rushed.

But in terms of character/relationship arcs and broader narrative themes, no I simply do NOT think we have enough time left this season to explore and resolve those in an actually satisfying way.

To use G-Witch’s main relationship as an example; while we do have enough time for Suletta and Miorine to reunite and have a big love confession on a surface-level, I don’t believe we have enough time to show these two fully reconciling in a satisfying manner. Miorine lied to Suletta, she HURT Suletta, all in a horribly misguided attempt to keep Suletta safe. Suletta and Miorine reuniting and having a big love confession should really only be the START of the process of repairing their relationship, not the end. Given the care and nuance with which the show has explored Suletta’s and Miorine’s relationship up to now, I frankly can’t imagine them concluding their arc with some basic ‘they said I-love-you and had a big-damn-kiss so everything is fine now’ routine. Now sure, I can imagine (and frankly HOPE) those things happening, it’s just that Suletta and Miorine also need TIME to really repair their relationship and the show to explore that. Something I think the show can only do with a full second season.

And basically everything I just said ALSO applies to Suletta and Aerial. Because Aerial lied to and HURT Suletta just as much as Miorine did and for basically the same exact reasons. So I have to imagine the show needs time for Suletta and her sister to really repair their relationship as well. Again, given how the show has both explored its relationships and provided a deconstructive lens to typical relationship tropes, I can’t imagine it would wrap up this arc and conflict so easily.

THEN there are the broader narrative themes the show has brought up. For example, the theme of the death of childhood innocence and naiveté explored not just through Suletta and Miorine, but also through Guel, Shaddiq, Elan 5 and effectively EVERY kid-character in the show. Particularly after this latest episode, I simply do not see how the show can really explore the fallout from this event and its effect on these characters in just another four/five episodes. It’s the sort of thing that really needs TIME, both screen-time and in-universe time, for our characters to recognize and come to grips with.

Or just think about the conflict with Earth and everything that’s been setup there. Do you really think the show can resolve that in just a few episodes? What we saw last week really feels like only the START of a long-brewing conflict between the people of Earth and Space. Something that is NOT going to be resolved simply by stopping whatever evil scheme Prospera is doing. This really feels like the setup for a conflict next season, rather than something to be actually resolved this season.

And speaking of shitty parents, remember Delling? Dude’s been in a coma for literally the entire season. At this point, even if he were to wake up next episode, it’s hard to imagine there being enough time for him to do much more than have like one meaningful conversation with Miorine and then get killed off in dramatic, redemptive fashion as some ‘he was complicated but he always loved you’ bit. Which I think we can all agree would be MASSIVELY unsatisfying as a conclusion to Miorine’s conflict with her father.

Finally, just look at everything on this list, plus a bunch more I wasn’t able to cover, and ask yourself: How the hell is the show supposed to resolve even half of this in a satisfying manner over the course of, at most, FIVE EPISODES? Simply put, I firmly believe the writers have set up plot and character points that can only be resolved in a true following season after this one.

Now that’s not to say I don’t think there won’t be any resolution by the end of this season. Rather, I think we’ll be resolving a few key conflicts set up this season while still leaving a lot for what’s to come. Like I definitely expect(/hope) we’ll see Suletta and Miorine reunite, plus Aerial as well, and get some kind of reconciliation/love-confession, but again something that is clearly only the start of them repairing their relationship.

And the same thing goes with the other main characters like Guel, Shaddiq, Elan 5 and the members of Earth House. They’ll reach some form of resolution, but one that sets them on an arc for the rest of the series. Like maybe Guel has a massive blow up with his brother that may end with Lauda dead and Guel forced to take over the company. Maybe El5n kills and replaces Elan Prime and seizes control of Piel Tech. Maybe Shaddiq manages to escape and begin to establish himself as the head of a full-on Anti-Spacian rebellion. And there of course there is whatever Prospera is plotting.

As I���ve stated in a previous post, I’m starting to think we’re headed for an end of Gundam 00’s first season situation. We definitely seem to be headed to a situation wherein the Benerit Group is dissolved/broken-up/destroyed in a similar situation to what happens with Celestial Being, both at the hands of Government forces. And it seems that, just like Ribbons Almark in 00, Prospera is manipulating these events for her own ends. Meaning that I think we’re likely to see Asticassia attacked and outright destroyed at the end of the season, with Suletta, Miorine and Aerial only barely escaping with their lives and the fates of their friends unknown. Leading us into a whole new status quo for the following season.

[bronanlynch]

lockon/tieria (gundam 00)

rated t | 4.6k words

canon divergent from around the end of season 1

ft. trans woman tieria, discussions about utility and purpose, and the first steps toward developing post-veda ideology

in which Lockon and Tieria pick up the pieces OR, “Veda didn’t tell me how to feel about you,” Lockon said, “and Aeolia Schenberg sure as hell didn’t.” “You can’t know that,” said Tieria. That sharp, frantic edge to her voice had returned, like a warning light blinking before a system failure. She sounded like she was on the verge of tears, and Lockon didn’t even know if she could cry. Lockon knew that she could bleed, had seen her with bruises from being thrown around the cockpit during difficult missions and scrapes on her knuckles from punching the wall after frustrating ones. “I can’t… I don’t know where Veda ends and I begin.” “Veda’s not here right now,” said Lockon, reaching out for Tieria’s hands, “and you are. So I have a pretty good idea.”

[tieria-erde]

mobile suit gundam 00 - the second birthday [pg. 18-20]

read from the beginning

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[corvidayays]

so anyways setsuna walked so ein and eri could run

[daylandeangelo]

(light spoilers) i think Gwitch ended up taking the biggest softball path it could have taken and ignored the much harder questions. a bit of a bummer, honestly but

the characters still remain some of my favorite in the series, so the finale REALLY hinging on that made me feel fairly satisfied. plus the lesbians won and I was truly terrified that sunrise would Coward Out on that front.

still im gonna be thinking about this show for awhile. might write something a little more coherent about it in the future idk

[chrissysky]

And that's a wrap! Thanks to everyone who voted. Looks like it's going to be Tuesdays so... starting later today, I'll be watching two episodes of Gundam 00 (season two) every week until we get to the movie. Which has aliens, I've been told. And perhaps two Lockons???

gonna put this up for a week and see where we end up. 😂