#and who really is Suletta?

[kyuumon]

Sure girl, keep deluding yourself.

[moghedien]

Miorine wakes up hot and sweaty in the middle of the night, thinking about this

[koetjingwarrd]

You're my baby, say it to me...

[incorrecttowerofgodquotes]

Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Season 2 Episode 8 Review

- This’ll take a while and have a lot of feeling and my own experiences, so please do keep in mine. Content warning for suicidal thoughts.

- Let’s start from the happier moments shall we?

- Secelia and Rouji have doomed the narrative. Secelia by standing and Rouji by speaking more than 3 lines. But still, they put the students lives first and act to save them. Secelia giving the new suit to Chuchu and Rouji interrogating Martin shows that they put a lot of importance on their jobs as school leaders. With the school now in shambles, I hope they move on to supporting the resistance against both the Space League and Prospera

- Kenanji is once again a pretty interesting character. He’s clearly suffering from some type of PTSD with Gundams as he was holding onto his arm to stop it from shaking. Also it’s cool that even though he’s moved up higher in the ranks, he’s still a talented pilot. But just when I was starting to like him again, his squad committed the ultimate crime. I will not forgive him

- Felsi and Chuchu claiming best pair of lesbians in the series, I’m sorry SuleMio fans. Felsi going out there to protect others and ultimately teaming up with Chuchu, despite their prideful and angry personalities. I expect Felsi to pilot the canons on the back of Chuchu’s new suit, the two working in tandem to save lives and kiss each other.

- Nika has finally returned to her true home, and while there’s definitely tension, right now she has to focus on saving others. Big props to Martin for standing up and be willing to hear her side. He’s really grown

- I like that Shaddiq’s harem squad weren’t OP. They’re still students, and even if they are talented, they don’t have enough experience compared to the actual professionals. A shame none of them died though. Okouchi plays cruel jokes on us

- Shaddiq is the biggest loser of all time. His pathetic white knighting for Miorine is sickening. He doesn’t see her as a person, he just sees her as an object. And the same goes for everyone else. Shaddiq has a savior complex, either something he developed or something that was drilled into him when he was young due to his talent. He has a point about how Earthian lives are more expendable, and I can sympathize, but the actions he takes are too horrible. He released Norea on purpose to get her to kill everyone. If Spacians are evil for killing innocent Earthians, then he is evil too for getting innocent Spacians killed. The end may justify the means, but that doesn’t mean what he did was good.

- Guel is the biggest gigachad of all time. Gives a cool speech shooting back at Shaddiq, disarms his suit, and then front flips outside of the exploding Darilbalde. While Shaddiq has grown complacent, Guel has seen the horrors of war up front. His father died by his hand, and an innocent child died in his arms. While Shaddiq can pass off his actions as the right thing, not harboring any guilt, Guel has taken on the pain of his sins and moves forward because of him. He knows the true pain of taking a life, which is why he leaves Shaddiq alive. He knows that if you’re dead, you can’t make up for all of the suffering you caused, that you can’t become a better person. He recognizes that Shaddiq has suffered just like him, and that it would be unfair to take his life for such a thing.

- Also the fact the fact Guel keeps performing better and better when more odds are stacked against him is crazy. Shaddiq was fully going in for the kill, with his handicap off, and Guel still beat him with just green beams. RIP Darilbalde, you saved your master.

- The fact that Sarius still refers to Shaddiq as his son, he really does love him. Best parent

- Lauda really going through it, huh? Imagine finding out your sibling killed your parent. Like, how do you even function after that? He put his brother up on such a high pedestal, but it’s all come crashing down. But will Guel be able to explain the situation, or will Lauda have his Joker moment before he can talk to him. With the phone call he received at the end, I don’t think Lauda will be sane enough to listen to anyone. Either he fights his brother or Suletta, possibly in the Schwarzette

- Petra…my sweet child. Her talking about all the things she wanted to die with Lauda reminded me of Sophie’s lamentations before her death. Her wants were so basic, but that just makes them even stronger. And you can tell Suletta realized that she wanted the same with Miorine. But sadly, while helping others, Petra gets caught up in the attack and is buried by rubble, dying. Maybe. I’ve seen some people say she might be alive and get the GUND prosthetics, which would make me extremely happy, but I’m too sad to hope. Some others have been saying she’ll be uploaded to the Schwarzette and while I find that far-fetched it would be pretty cute to have either Lauda or Suletta pilot it with her help.

- All right, this is the heavy part. Norea and El5n. Because he deserves a name, his real name preferably, but this is the best I can do right now.

- Norea, once again reminded of the fact that her and her people’s lives are played with by the upper class and that they’ll continue to hurt them, breaks and goes on a rampage. With no care to how much harm she’s causing, she acts out, because she herself is hurting. She’s carrying the burden of thousands of dead and suffering Earthians. Her howls of pain resound throughout the school as she lashes out, dying her hands red.

- But even still, despite all the pain she’s caused, El5n believes she can live a better life. He wants to believe that. Even if she carries the pain of all Earthians and the sins she commits, he wants to share that burden with her. Just as he believes he can live a happy life despite being just an experiment, he believes she can do so as well. He wants to see the world she lives in. He wants to see the girl who drew that beautiful lakefront. So he rushes out to stop her in Sophie’s Gundam, even if he might die.

- He tries to plead with her but she can’t accept it. She sees no meaning in her life if it isn’t being used to help others (save Earthians.)

- I’ll be honest, I experienced the same sense of emptiness Norea has. The feeling as if you have no future left. I remember near the end of middle school, I was given an assignment to choose what college I wanted to go to and what I wanted to major in and research it all, and like, I didn’t even think I was going to make it pass high school. I didn’t do the project because I genuinely didn’t believe I had a future. I distracted myself with anime and manga, much like how Norea focused on her drawings. It’s taken a lot of work to get where I am today thanks to having people care for me similarly to how El5n cared for Norea.

- His profession of care for her, saying he’ll stay by her side and that she wants her to show him the beauty of Earth, it all melted my heart. He spent almost his entire life locked up in a facility to be experimented on and had his very identity stolen away, but he finally found someone who feels just like him. Someone so desperately looking for a purpose after being shat on by the entire world. He reaches out to her and holds her hand, and Norea is reminded of Sophie, her best friend and only family.

- Finally, Norea puts down her weapons. Her rage isn’t gone, but the idea that someone cares for her makes her stop hurting others. But just when she can finally smile, her life is cruelly stolen away by a sniper shot. She’s shot straight through, the bracelet she and Sophie made together burning away, and El5n is left mourning.

- Just when he finally found someone who he could relate to, someone he wanted to explore the world he was sheltered from for so long, she’s gone. The one person who cared about him. Suletta only saw El4n and Belmeria only felt bad for herself. Norea was the first to see the suffering and lonely child behind the mask El5n put on and she dies.

- This is the very first moment activates his Permet by his own will, and it’s not to battle. Instead, it’s a manifestation of his grief and rage. He takes control of the GUND bits and uses them to kill the men who took Norea away, and then he leaves, because what else can he do? His entire life has been played with in order to serve some higher power. But he won’t back down after all this. Peil better sleep with one eye open, because he’s coming for all of them.

- While Guel showed great skill this episode, El5n, in my eyes, is the undisputed best pilot of the children. Able to keep up with a Permet 4 Norea in an unfamiliar suit and immediately hijacking the Gundvolvas and using them. He’s showing prowess on the same level as the Aerial, though I don’t think he’ll ever climb to her level. El5n will use these talents to carve his existence into the world. I hope he retakes his original name as he does this. No matter what you do El5n, I will support you.

- Suletta continues to move forward. Even though she doesn’t have Aerial with her, she spends hours removing rubble to save others. She couldn’t do anything during the attack, which is why she moves herself now to help others. And her persistence emboldens her friends, who jump into work just as she did. She survived, and now she has to choose what she wants to do. Does she want revenge? Does she want to help others? Or will she go see Miorine? No matter what she chooses, it will be her own choice made by her own will. No one can control her now

Where do we go from here? The Space League is moving now, ready to start a war. Prospera will be theif to fight Ochs Earth and start Quiet Zero, all just for Eri. But what will the young ones do? What can they do?

Well, that’s for next episode to show.

On this day remember to think about the millions of children who die in wars, conflict, or because of horrible circumstances. Let us work for a better tomorrow

[minweber]

Never thought I’d say something like that, but the drama of space robot politics in this show doesn't quite measure up to the drama of those teenage girls’ romance.

[chaztalk]

[captain-yousoro]

Having to watch 2 men with Suletta and then that final scene, truly God hates me on this devastating Sunday morning

[87foxeninaboxen]

God Elan 4's fate is so much more tragic now considering just how little impact his death has had on anyone. I know it signifies the underlying darkness of the universe and the first big moment of adults really failing children we see, but on a personal level for him as a character? We don't get to see Suletta grieving, we don't get to see her being upset when he doesn't show up for their date, and the only character in the main teen cast who knows what happened to him for a majority of the show barely knew him.

In summary, I was a fool for ever thinking we'd get Elan 4 lore. The show clearly does not care about him anymore.

[johnmalevolent]

suletta sunday and miorine monday happened btw. i just need to process the episode before going in the tag because .

[augustameretrix]

one dramatic difference between utena and wfm is that miorine already wants to leave in episode 1 and if anything she has to learn to want to stay part of the system therefore suletta is never punished by the narrative for dueling - shes only punished for being naive and obeying her mother. meanwhile the fact that anthy doesnt want to/feels that she cant leave for 38 and a half episodes makes it so that utena on the other hand is punished very harshly for participating in the duels

[demilypyro]

It's been fascinating seeing the reaction to the poll. The Destiel fans seem to think their ship deserves to stay popular and relevant just because... it used to be popular and relevant, I guess? Reading these tags has such a flavor of entitlement, it's really something.

It's like they're not realizing that the standards for what qualifies as good representation, or even a good show, have shifted in the last 10 or so years. Not realizing that a lot of people who were here back then, like me, never cared for Supernatural, and don't agree it was important at all, and would not be interested in celebrating it. Not realizing that other fandoms have been happening around them, and that some, like in the case of Mobile Suit Gundam, have legacies that reach back to decades before Supernatural was even on the air.

Destiel is such a product of its time. It's a fanon ship that, as I recall, was strongly disliked by its show's staff, acknowledged only because the fans demanded it so much. The ending of Supernatural was widely mocked, and the show is now mostly remembered as that meme people learn the news through.

Sulemio meanwhile had the full, joyous support of its staff, and was canon since the first episode of Gundam Witch. The whole show's plot revolved around this pairing. The Gundam franchise hit record sales numbers during and after the show. Sulemio brought hundreds if not thousands of new people into the mecha audience, and got many of them interested in the hobby of building Gunpla. Suletta and Miorine being canonically married even stood out politically, because gay marriage is not legal in Japan.

Is this not progress? Is this not worth celebrating? Why cling to the old and busted when the new hotness is doing such great things?

"Be serious", they say. But I am serious. I've been serious the whole time.

Maybe it's not for me to understand.

[hannsoap]

Suletta's a WOC, born to a (implied) European mother and a (implied) South Asian father, at first she's a country bumpkin unaware that girls could get married, but once she found out she fully accepted and leaned into it

In the end of the show, after an intense struggle, she's gained mobility issues in her legs requiring her to use a pair of canes to support her body (the show's depiction of disability in general is very positive and doesn't dehumanize or talk down to folks with disabilities)

So really, she's a disabled lesbian WOC who is yes, very much, is happily married to her CEO girlboss wife Miorine (who runs a company that develops medical technology and prosthesis for folks with disabilities) while living a peaceful life in the countryside as an elementary school teacher

TLDR: watch gundam witch for Suletta she's everything

(P.S. she has crazy shy anime girl stutter in the early episodes but thats Suletta lore related TRUST)

[magicalswordgirls]

Sulemio Week Day 1- Commander/Mistress

I'll be honest here, I think that the Commander AU implies changing Suletta's personality a lot and it's not really my jam. However, if she's having another personality anyway she should be someone who's obssessed with her Lady to the point of conquering Space Colonies in her name!! (Miorine never asked for any of that).

Well, that's my take, anyway.

[adracat]

Hey there guess who's been binging A Red Tempest recently🤠

I just got into watching gundam and it was a nice surprise to find you writing for gwitch, since I really love your FE3H fics (especially Shall We Walk Together Again). Thank you for writing, it's always a joy to read your work!

By the way here's a little drawing of Suletta showing Eri off after things settle down in Salacia; protect these precious beans please and thank you!

Oh that's lovely of you, thank you so much!!! I'm happy when people find me across fandoms. ART has been a treat to write and seeing art for it makes my day! It's been a rough week so sorry for the delay in answering. Thank you again! I'm eager to bring more gundam space western to y'all soon  🤗❤️

[thanakite]

I'm watching Witch from Mercury on YouTube (before I was watching them on a pirating site) to help show how amazingly good and popular it is, but it also means that I can see people's comments on each episode, and man these people...

Like the biggest thing to me that I've see from them so far is that they are calling the scene where Miorine chases down Suletta at Plant Quetta the "you don't have the right to feel this way" fight, and I just find that so disingenuous

Miorine isn't saying that Suletta doesn't have a right to feel the way she does, she's not even mad at Suletta for feeling that way, what she is mad about is that Suletta not only didn't communicate that with her, but with literally no one else (except a little to her mom), she's upset, because she can't change how she acts unless someone lets her know that it was wrong first, and that is totally understandable

Honestly, I've run into issues with this in my own life, where someone expressed issue with something I did or said, but they did it WAY after the fact, so not only did it make it difficult for me to have known that a change was needed beforehand, but then I also struggled to know if ANYTHING I was doing was okay, because now I knew they wouldn't tell me right away

Communication is big with any relationship, and while both Miorine and Suletta are bad at communication, Miorine is at least aware that it is important and something that needs to be worked on and that is what she is pissed about and trying to get through to Suletta in this scene

It is NOT "You have no right to feel this way" it is "You need to take action and communicate these things to me because I can't know there is a problem, nor can I help you with it or fix it if I don't know there is a problem in the first place"

This is a conversation that (on some level, not necessarily this level of drama) all couples that want to last need to have at some point, because if you don't communicate these things the relationship WILL crumble

This is a major milestone in their relationship and really starts to solidify for Suletta her feelings for Miorine, and that wouldn't be the case if it was as simple as "You have no right to feel this way" as even someone as kind as Suletta wouldn't fall for someone who invalidated her feelings so completely as to say or imply something like that

[the-eeveekins]

For people who think the finale of G-Witch only implied that Suletta & Miorine are married and nothing explicitly confirmed it in-series:

Eri calls Miorine her sister-in-law. That explicitly confirms in the show that Suletta & Miorine are married. You'd literally have to invent a new sibling for Suletta that never existed in the show for that line to mean anything else.

That line combined with the matching rings and their entire interaction in the epilogue is just completely explicit, if you don't think so you're either in denial because there was no kiss/wedding or you've got some homophobia going on. It may not be the way of explicit confirmation everyone wanted, but it is explicit, and the staff committed to that much. It's canon. There's no subtext you have to read into to confirm they're married. They're textually, in the show, explicitly married.

And while I'm at it, if you think there wasn't anything romantic about their relationship before the timeskip, you've really got to work on your heteronormative mindset. They have so many moments and scenes together that would be clearly and unquestionably romantic if it was a straight couple. So many tropes surrounding them are clearly romantic tropes. Miorine asks Suletta to promise to stay by her side forever. Suletta openly asks Miorine to choose her so they can get married, and openly talks about her hopes and dreams for their wedding!

Please stop downplaying their relationship and the romantic aspects of it just because they're both girls. Especially when people act like Suletta clearly had romantic feelings for Elan, when she never comes close to expressing these sort of feelings about him or to him!