#ZZ Gundam

[alphamecha-mkii]

[knackeredforever]

Was not expecting there to literally be a character in gundam that has a mech fetish but here we are.

Anyway can this blonde twink stop slandering my mech fetish queen fuck off with your mysoginistic ass

[bozemane]

Haman Karn, Haruhiko Mikimoto

[winonaparadise]

Gundam character march madness has begun... why pit two queens against each other?

[anzuhan]

[amuwo]

Puru C4 and Haman D4 for this expression meme thingy

[squidbrainizzy]

Hey guys which Ple two do you like more?

[m48patton]

[peterrrei]

fa

[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.

[mayor-of-losertown]

[knackeredforever]

Shes right actually

[superspunkus]

sometimes i think abt how the only time haman makes a genuine, warm smile in the entire series is when neo zeon is in the throes of collapse.

[fureiya]

アラサーOLハマーン様 // puru manga icons

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[bison2winquote]

Judau Ashta piloting the Full Armor Gundam ZZ, Gundam Battle Assault 2 (Bandai)

[bozemane]

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair, illustrated by Hiroyuki Kitazume