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dawnlitbouquet · 9 months ago

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I've been hunkering down in Gundam Seed JP Twitter and it has been extremely enlightening, especially since I haven't rewatched the main series in a while. Things I forgot, things I actually remember but see in a new light...

Some people love/hate the new movie on there, but I've seeing a lot of people find it good - because it makes the point that 'Kira didn't actually heal from the events of Gundam Seed, and now that he's back on the battlefield without Lacus his sanity is hanging by a thin thread'.

A bunch of people pulling receipts on the discriminatory behaviours/opinions even Kira's friends had possessed unconsciously (in Sai's case, kind of... A bit more blatantly than most back when Kira didn't even pull shit, which had me hissing through my teeth...), the things that isolated Kira into thinking he has to handle things on his own (Tolle's death when he tried fighting by his side, for example), a comparison of behaviours between Murrue who gave him a bow of respect vs his friends who tell him 'we'll distract ZAFT as EA soldiers while you're on the refugee shuttle!' oblivious to the actual dangers because they were only ever on the bridge (haha,,,,, the fact this saved them even if it backed Kira into a corner,,,,,,,, ffffffuck)

Back to the movie, I've seen some mixed reactions about the second half, but!!! I'm generally seeing a lot of people looking at first half Kira and going 'my sad baby. my poor meow meow. get whumped.'

Again, this is all JP twitter, not EN, and definitely not the actual movie - but seeing people's reactions have been an entertaining ride.

#gundam seed #gundam seed freedom #spoilers #not to mention tidbits in the novel #i went onto twitter because i was doubting i would ever watch it for myself/wanted to see what i could understand of jp on my own so far #(the answer to that second bit is; not a lot but i do understand somewhat)#and found a whole lot of meta...#one of the most interesting takes i saw in there is 'the first half of the movie feels like Gundam SEED'#so that's fun #seeing a lot of people come out or convert into shinnkira addicts #and mobkira addicts.... oh boy #he's apparently got a very cute tortured face #i am having such a great time looking through seed jp twitter guys #i've never been able to connect all that strongly with en fanworks so this has been a blast #also very important: it makes a point of making kira and lacus both more human!!! lacus is given more focus!!!!!!!#i couldn't connect with lacus past 'she seems sweet' back then with the sole exception of being interested in her political savviness #so there's a clear attempt to shine a spotlight on things the series itself didn't get time to zoom in on #is what i have been able to parse #what i was able to get from en posts made it seem like it was just a het nightmare whether you shipped anyone or not #but it's nice to hear otherwise #the canon ships will canon and all of them were made with enough intent to be actually good #kira and lacus felt like the weakest of the main pairings once upon a time which sucked because i liked them individually #so now #you get the idea jvuvuvuv #i'll still ship what i like but this gripe at least is put to rest #gundam seed freedom spoilers #islea's words

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