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[the-ephemeral-bhg]

[wordsandrobots]

Endless Waltz is, of course, gorgeous and mad as a box of frogs. It's Gundam Wing playing the hits. Everyone is on fine form, too, as time, space and sundry laws of physics and geopolitics bend before the melodrama.

Treize Khushrenada wanted to make a point: thousands dead, millions homeless*. Quatre's grand gesture backfires, forcing him to once again prove he's more than a pretty face. Wu Fei makes his PTSD/identity crisis the entire Earth-sphere's problem. Heero remains chronically incapable of explaining the one and a half steps he's planned ahead. Duo goes along with him anyway because regular exercise is an important part of responsible death-wish ownership. Trowa and Sally quietly solve 60% of the plot on their own. Zechs is also there. And Relena gets locked in a room with the villains, listening to them monologue for two hours, before reminding everyone that though she is in favour of grand-scale disarmament, she's a bit fuzzier on interpersonal violence, and then catching Heero when his spring inevitably, finally winds down.

It works, as a capstone, and it's nice to get expanded backstory for everyone on screen. My main reason for rewatching it this week is noticing that Gundam Info had the OVA version up, which I hadn't seen, and wanting to compare the differences. Obviously the extended scenes help a lot in terms of rendering it as a fully functional story (plus extra Dorothy, always a plus). However I do think rejigging where the flashbacks occur lessens the impact in a couple of cases, sadly. I get why they moved Duo's, since you kind of need Trowa's to be where it is and keeping the double flashback would kill the pacing. But the loss of the OVA's particular transition for Duo is a shame. Although not as bad as what happens with Quatre, where moving the flashback later actively undermines the point being made. Kind of a little mad at that decision, even if it's broadly in service of spreading things out so the extended time-frame is clearer than in the OVA.

Still, it's good they didn't try to expand or explain how Zechs just sort of shows up again after being presumed-dead. Like - my man - how exactly are you walking into this probably high-security building, with inside knowledge of how the Preventers' code-names are themed? Have you been leaving Noin on read for an entire year, while she sends you increasingly long rambles about how things are with her? Like a jerk? (Noin and Une both perpetually deserve better.)

I'm not in the least surprised that Une's response is basically 'sure, go fight this entire army single-handed, we'll do the paperwork if you make it back'.

*Technically this particular farrago isn't Treize's fault in the immediate sense, but come on. It's still Treize's fault.

[astragifs]

[cynfinnegan]

This is just damn cool.

I wanted to ask the artist if I could post this on my GW blog, but they turned off the comments. :(

[incorrectgundamwingquotes]

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Wufei: But no. You know what else is legal at 21? Blades. Get yourself a sword. A big knife is also okay.

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Febuwhump Day 5: not trusting reality

Duo lay in his bed, chilled to the bone and drowning in sweat. A bandage covered his torso, a small circle of blood visible through the wrapping. Sister Helen sat by his head humming softly, while Solo watched over him protectively. Father Maxwell sat in the corner, reading from the scripture in his soothing voice.

Duo knew that something was off, that this wasn’t real. This was too perfect to be reality. Even though Duo knew it to be true, he let himself bask in the comfort of his loved ones while he could.

He turned to look at the doorway lethargically when he heard the doorknob turning. He smiled happily when he saw Heero walk in. Now he was sure that this wasn’t reality. Heero had left after the Mariemaia incident and had disappeared off of the face of the Earth Sphere. No one had seen or heard from him since, not even Relena. There was no way that he would just randomly show up in Duo’s apartment, of all places.

“Hey buddy,” Duo said, grinning as he gestured widely “Welcome to the party!”

“Hey yourself,” Fake Heero said, looking around the room speculatively. “Who do we have here?”

“Oh yeah, you guys have never met,” Duo realized. His rare dreams of Heero were normally separate from those of his past. “The pretty lady over here is Sister Helen. The ugly fucker glaring at you over there is Solo. And the gentleman in the corner is Father Maxwell.”

”Aa,” Heero responded, barely vocal, as usual. He nodded his head in acknowledgement, face looking pensive.

”Take a seat,” Duo offered, patting the side of the bed that Sister Helen wasn’t perched on. He wasn’t sure why Fake Heero looked so awkward as he did so. It’s not like there were any social niceties to be observed when you were just a figment of the imagination.

“I’ve missed you, buddy,” Duo said honestly. He wanted to take Heero’s hand in his own, but didn’t want to break the spell. It was so rare that Heero entered his dreams, so he wanted to enjoy it for as long as he could.

”I’ve missed you, too,” Heero said softly, a faint blush coloring his face.

”I wish you hadn’t disappeared on us.” Duo looked up at Heero mournfully. Finally having his best friend in front of him again, Duo found himself spilling his heart out with no prompting. “I’m having trouble doing this without you. With how we hung out together after the Eve Wars, I had thought that we would still have each other after Mariemaia’s little uprising. It threw me off real bad when you disappeared.” His eyes went unbidden to the corner of the room where he had sat with the loaded gun in his hands for hours, trying to convince himself that there was a reason to keep going. The bullet was still in the wall from where he had barely flinched out of the way in time.

Heero followed his gaze, getting up to walk over to the small hole in the wall. “Duo, what is this?” His fingers hovered over the bullet hole.

”Just a bad day,” Duo said. “That almost went in my head. I’m struggling here, buddy. The world is racing on by, and I’m just stumbling along behind it, trying to keep up.”

”Duo, no,” Heero breathed, looking back at Duo in horror. “Why? Your life is worth so much.”

Duo laughed humorlessly. “Says who?” he asked. “I’m just a dirty street rat who moonlighted as a terrorist, trying to play at being a normal person. I don’t fit in, as much as I pretend to. I’m so busy being who everyone wants me to be, that I’ve lost who I really am.”

”I thought you were doing well at Preventers,” Heero said, confusion and concern warring on his normally stoic face. “You passed your psych evaluation with no problem. You do well on your missions.”

”I lied,” Duo said flatly. It was pretty obvious, after all. “There’s no way I would have passed that stupid eval if I had answered honestly, you silly man. And my missions go well because I don’t care if I die.”

“Duo…” Heero looked at Duo in dismay, seemingly at a loss for words before he pulled himself back together. “How can you be so flippant with your life?”

”Because it’s worthless.” Duo was starting to tire of the conversation. They were just going in circles. “Anyways, what have you been up to?”

Heero looked like changing the topic was the last thing he wanted to do, but eventually gave in. Of course he did—he was just a figment of Duo’s imagination, so he would do whatever Duo wanted him to do.

”I’ve been going around doing odd jobs. I ended up getting into agriculture. It’s nice to finally create something beautiful and alive with my hands, instead of just destruction.”

”That sounds great,” Duo said, feeling surprised. He would never have expected something like that for Heero, so he wasn’t sure what made his brain conjure that. Maybe it was just the fever talking. Either way, he was happy that Fake Heero was doing well. It made him so sad when he would dream of Heero suffering and lonely, all on his own. Duo hated the feeling for himself, and hoped that Heero really was handling life after the war better than he was.

“What have you been up to aside from Preventers?” Heero asked, walking back over to Duo’s bedside. “What do you do in your free time?”

Duo cocked his head as he considered the question. “Not much,” he admitted. “I used to go out for drinks with some of the guys from the office sometimes, but I couldn’t relax around them enough to even let myself get buzzed. I ended up becoming the designated driver while the rest of them partied it up and had a blast, and it just wasn’t fun.”

”Don’t you talk to Hilde anymore?” Heero asked curiously. “I thought you two were pretty close.”

Duo’s mood dropped. “Yeah, no, not anymore. She had thought that I had the same feelings as she did towards me. When I let her know that I just saw her as a sister, she blew up at me and accused me of leading her on, among other things. I know that it was just her hurt pride talking, but she said some hurtful things. She weaponized things against me that I had told her in confidence. It really hurt that someone I trusted was able to do that to me.”

“I’m sorry to hear that,” Heero said sadly. “What about Wufei?”

Duo sighed. “He’s stuck in the notion that I’m just messing around all the time. He’s very dismissive and doesn’t take me seriously. There’s only so much of that that I can take before I give up.”

“And Quatre or Trowa?”

Duo rolled his eyes. “Quatre’s busy with running his family business, and Trowa and I were never that close. Quatre and I used to email each other and call once in a while, but I guess he got busy. The replies kept taking longer and longer to get to me, and less and less calls of mine were returned.

Heero frowned at Duo’s response. He opened his mouth to keep questioning Duo, but Duo quickly cut him off. “Look, I don’t know how much longer this dream is going to last, and I don’t wanna spend most of it talking about myself and how my life sucks.”

Heero looked like he wanted to protest, but he sighed and thankfully let it go. ”Ok, fine,” he said. “What do you want to talk about, then?”

Duo smiled sadly. “I’m getting tired, so I guess we can just end it like usual.” He ignored Heero’s confused expression. “I’ll tell you how I feel about you, and you’ll tell me that I’m disgusting before you disappear into thin air.”

Heero’s brow furrowed. “Why would I ever say that you’re disgusting?”

A humorless laugh tore its way out of Duo’s throat. “Because I am. Who else would lust after their best friend? Especially when they’re obviously interested in the Princess?”

”But I’m not.” Confusion was clear on Heero’s face, even through the slight blush that colored his cheeks. “I’ve never been interested in her like that. It’s always been you.”

Duo stared at Heero in confusion. This wasn’t how it usually went. Fake Heero always yelled at him and disappeared. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Duo just rolled with it.

”Alright, let’s try this again, then.” Duo turned towards Heero and looked directly into his piercing blue eyes. “Heero, I think you’re hot as hell. I’ve been in love with you ever since the war. I want you to fuck me into the mattress so hard that I can’t even think anyore.”

To Duo’s surprise, Heero’s face went bright red as he quickly averted his gaze. His hands spasmed at his sides.

”That sounds—” Heero paused to clear his throat. “That sounds great.”

“Sweet!” Duo leered up at Heero. “Come visit me in my dreams, then, and let’s make that happen.”

”Why not in reality?” Heero asked, peering at Duo through thick eyelashes.

”Because you’re not real?” Duo spoke slowly as though explaining to a child.

”But I am,” Heero protested. “I’m real and I’m here. Why wait for a dream?”

”Baby, you are a dream,” Duo explained. How odd. Fake Heero was usually more self-aware. Was his fever fucking with his brain that badly?

Duo jerked away when Heero reached for him, gasping in pain as he pulled at his wound. “What the fuck! The hell do you think you’re doing?”

”What do you mean?” Heero asked, hand hovering over Duo’s arm.

“You know that this all goes away once we touch. I don’t want you to go yet.”

”Duo, I’m not a dream,” Heero insisted. “I’m really here. I’m sorry that I haven’t been when you needed me, but I’m here now.”

”Why would you show up now out of nowhere?” Duo questioned, not believing what he was hearing in the slightest.

”I read the mission debriefing,” Heero admitted. “I read that you got hurt really badly, that you could have died. I also saw the doctor’s notes that you’re supposed to have someone watching over you, but you’re here alone. I got worried, and for good reason, too. It looks like you’re running a fever.”

”Bullshit,” Duo argued. “Heero hasn’t shown his face in years. He wouldn’t show up out of nowhere just for me. To save the Princess, sure. But not for little ol’ me.”

“Why wouldn’t I show up for you?” Heero’s voice was starting to rise in frustration.

”Because I don’t matter,” Duo said with finality. “Heero made that very clear when he left without even saying a word to me.”

A pained look crossed Heero’s face. “I’m sorry for that,” he said. “I needed to go out and do this for myself. I knew that if I talked to you, I would end up just staying with you and I would never heal.” With his determined expression being Duo’s only warning, Heero quickly reached out and grabbed Duo’s upper arm, being careful not to jostle him.

Duo made a panicked noise in his throat when he felt the warmth of Heero’s skin, the rough calluses that covered his palms, the blunt fingernails digging into his arm.

”The hell are you doing here?” Duo choked out, mortified as he thought back to how honest he had been with Heero. How lonely he had been. How the hole came to be in his wall. How he wanted Heero to fuck him into the mattress. No wonder Heero had blushed like that.

”I told you,” Heero said. “I was worried about you. It turns out I had every reason to be and more. You haven’t been taking care of yourself. If you’re running a fever, your wound may have become infected.” He paused for a second, looking at Duo consideringly. “I’m taking you to the hospital,” he said, his tone leaving no room for argument.

“Who the hell do you think you are to boss me around like this?” Duo said angrily. “You can’t just pop up out of nowhere after disappearing for over a year and just expect things to go back to normal!”

Before Duo had a chance to react, Heero was suddenly leaning over him, their faces barely an inch apart. “I’m the one who’s going to fuck you into your mattress until you can’t think. But you need to be healed first.” And like he hadn’t just short circuited Duo’s mind, Heero was standing straight by the side of Duo’s bed, arms crossed and watching Duo expectantly.

”Fuck you,” Duo said, face aflame.

”That’s the plan,” Heero countered with a smirk. Duo hated how that smirk went straight to his groin. It wasn’t fair that Heero had such an effect on him after leaving him alone the way he did.

With that thought sobering his libido, Duo pushed himself up to a seated position. “You don’t need to come out of hiding for my sake. It’s fine. It was nice seeing you, but I can go to the hospital myself. You showed yourself in, so you can show yourself back out.”

”I’m sorry,” Heero said seriously, the smirk having faded from his face. “I know that I hurt you, and I’m sorry for that. But I’m here to stay now.”

”Don’t stay for my sake,” Duo spat out. “I’ve been fine this long without you. I can manage on my own.”

”You haven’t been fine,” Heero argued. “You need help. I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to provide that to you following the war, but I’m here now and…I need you, too.” He peered at Duo, his expression vulnerable in a way that Duo had never seen before.

”Fine,” Duo said reluctantly. “But if you disappear on me again, I’m not letting you back in.”

[gatormeister]

Just finished Endless Waltz, and it is absolutely fantastic. I loved every second of that movie. Took everything that was good in Gundam Wing and turned the dial up to eleven. Got just that little bit extra backstory for the pilots. More Tallgeese is always a good thing. I like the TV versions of the suits better in every case other than the Deathscythe Hell, that one's about equal with the TV appearance I'd say. Give Heavyarms back it's orange damn it!

Absolute pacifism was always a weak ideal in the show, mostly because it just sort of worked all the time just by Relena talking. It was only ever really opposed by war mongers. Endless Waltz finally shows the struggle that is maintaining peace and peaceful attitudes in a way outside of having some cartoonish monarchist/fascist practically look at the camera and call it naive before being proven wrong very shortly after. Which was fine in the show really, as I said in a previous post, Wing tried doing a lot with it's plot that it couldn't fully support, and the end result was some plot points that just never sat quite right.

Mariemaia was a seven year old trying to become a world dictator. She was just a puppet of course. Sort of a Haman and Mineva situation there. But every time she'd open her mouth to try and sound smart I could only think, "You are literally seven, what the hell are you talking about?" Which was funny.

My favorite suits from the series and movie would be the Tallgeese with the Tallgeese II be my favorite iteration, the Wing Gundam of course with Unit 01 the first iteration being my favorite of those, the Sandrock, and the Deathscythe Hell TV version. I liked the Leos and Tauruses, but the rest of the grunt suits just weren't big hits with me. I'd put the Leo above the Taurus, but I would also say that everything I like about the Leo, the Graze from Iron Blooded Orphans does the same but better.

Over all an okay to good series with a fantastic ending. I don't know if I'd watch the whole series over again, but I'd absolutely re-watch Endless Waltz. Next up is War in the Pocket followed by Stardust Memory and Thunderbolt, but before that I'm going to take a small break from Gundam. I may have only just started posting about the shows with Turn A, but I have been watching Gundam basically nonstop since around the August last year. Going from G-Witch, to IBO, to The Origin, 0079 the series, Zeta, Double Zeta, Char's Counterattack, 08th MS Team, Unicorn, Narrative, Turn A, and now Wing and Endless Waltz. It's been a lot, and I am ready to watch some shorter shows without giant robots in them... for at least a little bit. I'm thinking I go back to Gundam in February. I'll still be posting pictures of Gunpla I build in the meantime, but that's a lot different than sitting down and watching multiple shows that are around fifty epsiodes each. See ya!

(Edited to add Narrative into the list. A movie so self contained I literally forgot to put it in with the rest of Gundam.)

[theotherwesley]

Character Opinion Bingo: Mariemaia Khushrenada?

Oh, Baby Strawberry Dictator-sama? I'm very normal about her thank you for asking

[thisweekingundamwing]

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Green Mischief https://archiveofourown.org/works/50260426

Gen, Trowa Barton & Duo Maxwell

Sally Po, Trowa Barton, Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy

Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Cocktail Friday, Alcohol, Trowa and Duo being little shits, bad star wars references, Wufei will not be pleased

Sally is unimpressed by the creepy-looking cocktail Trowa and Duo serve her, especially when they start talking nonsense. Before long, however, her own plan begins to form.

Wine and Hugs https://archiveofourown.org/works/50416243

F/F, Sally Po & Lady Une,Lucrezia Noin & Lady Une, Lucrezia Noin/Sally Po

Lady Une, Sally Po, Lucrezia Noin, Mariemaia Khushrenada (mentioned)

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Sally and Noin bring Une a belated birthday gift.

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[noirangetrois]

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Gundam Wing Relationships: Sally Po & Lady Une, Lucrezia Noin & Lady Une, Lucrezia Noin/Sally Po Characters: Lady Une, Sally Po, Lucrezia Noin, Mariemaia Khushrenada (mentioned) Additional Tags: Cocktail Friday, Alcohol, Wine, Birthday, Friendship, Post-Canon, Not Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop Compliant

Summary: Sally and Noin bring Une a belated birthday gift.

Excerpt: Une had just gotten comfortable on her couch, reading glasses on and book open in her lap - yes, an honest to goodness paper book - when she heard a knock on the front door. Confused, she set down her book and got up to check through the peephole, then smiled as she recognized two of her closest friends.

“Sally, Noin, to what do I owe the pleasure?” she asked once she’d opened the door.

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[astragifs]

[persianblue01]

Excerpt from a roleplay. Heero is Relena's self assigned bodyguard post EW and is driving her home after a late night in the office.

Heero would always be a soldier. No matter what the situation, no matter how many years had passed, he was raised and practically built to be a soldier. It was all he knew. It was why he was struggling so much in a post war world to find his place in it. As much as he hated to admit it, he had understood Wufei's reasoning when he joined Mariemaia Khushrenada. There wasn't a place for them in the world, but that didn't mean that Heero wanted to keep fighting in it. It was part of why he hadn't followed Wufei when he joined the Preventers; he'd still be fighting. Protecting peace was a worthy cause, but Heero... Heero was tired in a way that ran bone deep. He'd been trained to be a killer at such a young age, but he never fully lost his humanity and that part of him that was still human wanted to live a normal life. At least, as normal as he could get. He was jealous of Quatre, Trowa, and Duo for having things to go back to. Places to call home, a purpose of some sort. Heero had, had nothing before the war and it left him with nothing after the war. Maybe that was why he found himself pulling into Relena's driveway at a quarter past 2 in the morning. It was just the natural progression of things for someone who had nowhere else to be. She wasn't pulling punches with her questions either, but Heero wasn't one to out right lie. He might not answer or withhold certain information, but he was too kind of a person to lie to another person. Though sometimes he wished he could lie to himself. He was actually a lot like Duo in that respect, though he'd never told the other as much. "It's complicated," he settled on as he turned off the car. Gundams in general were a complicated topic, but especially when it came to the relationship between the machine and its pilot.

[incorrectgundamwingquotes]

[during Mariemaia’s Rebellion]

Zechs: Hey!

Duo: Ugh, this guy again.

[pyroanime2k16]

Gundam Wing Sequel: Angel's Reckoning

Premise

This is set around the same time as Frozen Teardrop, with a few differences.

Since the end of the OZ and Mariemaia conflicts, there has been years of peace. Mobile Suits as weapons of war, while still a little fresh in people's minds, are largely a thing of the past as MS are now strictly made for civilian-use only. Strict laws are made in order to make this possible.

Our heroes from the conflicts are living normal lives as best they can. Duo and Hilda are raising their son, who's much like his father. Zechs and Noin live happily with their twin children. Wufei and Sally have some sort of kinship as they raise Kathy together. Trowa (Triton) lives peacefully with his sister at the circus.

For Quatre, things are not so simple. Much to his surprise, he has a clone named Katherine. He's been trying to take her under his wing, but it's been a challenge. The Preventers, led by Une and Relena, have had their hands full with 1: training Phobos and 2: keeping watch on an organization potentially breaking the MS law and 3: gearing for an inevitable armed conflict.

Heero, meanwhile, has a clone that he's been raising as his own daughter. However, that also has challenges as he's forced to be cryogenically frozen, only able to be woken up for 48 hours a month at most. He has yet to specify why, though most speculate that his health's declining.

Like it or not, this peace is short-lived as the organization is dead-set on wiping out those involved with Operation Meteor and the OZ conflict.

New Characters

Tenshi Yuy

Repurposed from my Gundam Build OCs, Tenshi is the sole clone of Heero, raised by him and the other Gundam pilots as his daughter. Physically, she's very much like her father, but with longer hair.

She's cheerful, kind, and often relaxed. She's also quite charming and has a brave and heroic side to her, not to mention selfless. She also cares about her family and friends deeply. As such, she's quite affectionate.

Much like Heero, she can be cold and stoic and much like her father, she believes that the best way to live life is by one's emotions. This is shown when she encourages her friends to show and vent out their sadness and angry openly.

As for what's unique about her, Tenshi is 19 years old, 5 feet and 6 inches, and is VERY protective over her loved ones. She can be quite violent and quick to act if there's danger. She also quite nerdy, especially about the gundams and weapons.

She is also a woman of respect, learning, and change. She respects her family, friends, teachers, and others as people, rather than idols. She's also willing to learn and change if necessary. Even though she struggles with it.

She carries around two pistols for emergencies and has no issue with using them. She will also often call Heero's Gundams as "Dad's shadow/wing" ("Kage/Tsubasa no Otousan" in japanese), showing her belief that the Wing Zero can be viewed as Heero watching over her and showing her deep care and love for her family.

For those of you who are curious about her sexuality, she’s aromantic and sex-repulsed.

Antagonists

The antagonists are comprised of certain FT antagonists (like Katherine) and original ones, like our main antagonist. The organization members are mostly motivated by getting revenge on those who were involved in Operation Meteor and the OZ conflicts, due to massive losses of life.

Our main antagonist, while also motivated by this desire, wants to punish the world rather than uproot the discourse and make things better. She is largely calm and collected, strategically thinking of how to best ensure the destruction of the enemy, but is can be mentally unstable towards her enemies.

In terms of appearance, she is very similar to the late Treize (including his height), though her outfit is more similar to Une's.

Mobile Suits

As said, most MS in the current MC era are meant for civilian usage. As such, they do not contain any form of weaponry. They are primarily based on the outdated Leo, as it was cheap and easy to mass produce.

Of course, Duo II uses the Warlock as he does in FT, but Phobos uses the Prometheus (which was original stolen by Katherine in FT). Quatre uses an MS meant to mimic the capabilities of the Sandrock.

The Wing Gundams

Both Wing Gundams from the show and EW are featured in two different ways. Here, the show's designs for the units are canon, but were upgraded to their EW/Katoki designs later.

The Wing was salvaged after the Mariemaia conflict as a secret last resort method by the Preventers. Wing Zero was upgraded during the last days of the Eve Wars. Later, Wing Zero would be salvaged after the Mariamaia conflict and be reborn as a new unit, again by the Preventers.

BOTH were done at Heero's request.

The Wing was renamed Wing Gundam Second Coming. Statistics-wise, it is essentially identical to its EW counterpart, but comes equipped with the WING system (a lesser copy of the superior ZERO system. Both have the same job, but WING gives less information and is far less taxing on the pilot). It also serves as an AI/auto-pilot.

The Wing Zero was upgraded into the Wing Gundam Archangel. Virtually, it is identical to the Wing Gundam Snow Wing Prelude from FT, but it has a few new features. It has been refitted with a co-pilot cockpit specifically for Neo-Bird Mode, the Wing Zero's ZERO system (now upgraded to be less mentally taxing), active camouflage, two heat swords stored in the Seraph Binder, and two beam pistols hidden in the Twin Buster Rifle.

Antagonists

Aside from using MS from FT, the main antagonist uses an MS based on the Tallgeese with a complementary Mobile Armor.

It is named the Tallgeese Meteor, which was based on the Flugel and Tallgeese II, but significantly upgraded. The Armor is named the Armageddon Unit, specifically made to destroy the Gundams.

Elites commanders are allows to use MS that are designs to LOOK like the Operation Meteor Gundams, as a means to mock their opponents.

Story Overview

The first season would start off more light-hearted, as Tenshi (despite knowing she's a clone of the greatest Gundam pilot in the AC/MC timeline) is trying to live a normal life.

17 episodes are used to showcase the characters' bond with each other and demonstrate their capabilities, while 5 are used to set up the main conflict of this story, which is the antagonists' goal to kill the Gundam pilots in an act of vengeance.

3 others are used as recap episodes, summarizing the original show, the EW movie, and what happened in between these three stories. This also includes the development of the FT and unique MS.

The second season would primarily go through the conflict, showing that while Tenshi and Duo II, as well as Zechs and Noin's kids, are most CERTAINLY not ready for war, they will protect their families by ANY means.

This will reveal who the antagonists are (some are still the same from FT, though it'll be hinted at much better here), Wufei's involvement (because he's always the person doing his own thing), and WHY Heero was continuously going through cryo.

I'm ultimately considering Heero either giving his life to protect the children or die in peace while bonding with his friends and family. That's his endgame. The Wing's last mission is to bring Heero back safely for a proper funeral.

Tenshi would go after the main antagonist herself, believing that no one else she loves should die because of this nonsense. Ultimately, she succeeds in reaching her target, but loses in a one-on-one fight.

Phobos, Duo II, and Zechs and Noin's kids rescue her, thus convincing her that they need to work together in order to return home. The younger cast resolve to stay while the OG cast leave to ensure the Wing's safety.

During the final battle, Tenshi with the Wing Archangel lays waste to EVERYTHING daring to challenge her. Duo II, Zechs and Noin's kids, and Trowa Phobos are with her in the Wing Archangel's cockpit after the Warlock, Prometheus, and other allied units are destroyed.

Duo, Trowa, Quatre, Zechs, Noin, and Wufei will join the final battle in the OG Wing, Tallgeese Heaven, and Epyon Bai respectively. Duo, Trowa, and Quatre piloting the regular Wing is them paying tribute to Heero, much like Tenshi is by piloting the Wing Archangel.

The OP would be Across The End by Two-Mix, because yes. Nightwish's Wish I Had an Angel would be used as an insert song during the final battle.

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