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dangermousieGundam Wing.
Oh God.
You guys, you haven't lived if you haven't read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
meganbmoore's hilarious GW posts (she just started on it). Go here.
I had to read some of it out loud to Mr. Mousie, it is that good.
For those not in the know, GW is a famous anime, one of those mecha/politics-pacificsm/lots of hot boys for fangirls things.
I rememberkatranna and aliterati trying to explain it to me, years ago. One of them snidely called it the boyband of anime.
I think it's one of those anime that people know about by osmosis, if they know anything about anime at all, even if they haven't actually seen a second of it.
Tempted by sheer promises of WTFery held out bymeganbmoore's posts, I checked out the first ep or two.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I am not sure if I am scarred or amused. Probably both.
1. They name their characters after NUMBERS. Literally. One, Two, Three etc in various languages. I mean, I knew it before, but it's a whole other level to really see it. I am in awe of sheer creativity that must have went into that one.
2. There is a character named 'Zechs.' Yes. I know it's German for 'Six.' I don't care. Every time they say his name, I laugh. He has tight pants, knee-high boots, and long blond hair. In between being a fearsome fighter pilot, he apparently loves to accessorize. I am convinced he wears that gigantic helmet to prevent his skin from being ruined by dry atmospheric air. He clearly loves to moisturize.
3. One of the bad guys is named Treize. I keep expecting his older, eviller brothers Catorce and Quintze to show up.
4. Our hero is named Heero. Yes, I know it's 'one' in Japanese. No, I will not stop cackling. He is suicidal. But so bad at it. If he can't even kill himself despite repeated tries, are you sure he is competent enough to use complicated machinery? Though if I had parents who didn't care enough about me to even give me a name, I might be too. Unless they follow ancient Roman customs, but then shouldn't he be named Primus?
5. Clearly, the fate of all the worlds of the universe should be entrusted to teenagers. Give them huge military machines and send them to fight to the death. That will promote stability and help them deal with hormonal swings. Obviously, there are no trained military personnel over 18 anywhere in the known universe. Whoever gave giant destructive robots with probably nuclear power to a bunch of suicidal schoolboys is a brighter brain than I can imagine.
6. Relena. Hee. Heeee. Heeeeee. I like her. She has clearly escaped from a 1980s Bollywood movie where people used to prove their love by threatening to kill themselves. This is the only explanation for her lack of self-preservation.
7. STOP TALKING. Everyone yammers on. Shut UP already. Can Heero kill them all before he self-destructs himself?
8. Zechs. Seriously.
This is so FUNNY.
Oh God.
You guys, you haven't lived if you haven't read
meganbmoore's hilarious GW posts (she just started on it). Go here.I had to read some of it out loud to Mr. Mousie, it is that good.
For those not in the know, GW is a famous anime, one of those mecha/politics-pacificsm/lots of hot boys for fangirls things.
I remember
katranna and aliterati trying to explain it to me, years ago. One of them snidely called it the boyband of anime.I think it's one of those anime that people know about by osmosis, if they know anything about anime at all, even if they haven't actually seen a second of it.
Tempted by sheer promises of WTFery held out by
meganbmoore's posts, I checked out the first ep or two.Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I am not sure if I am scarred or amused. Probably both.
1. They name their characters after NUMBERS. Literally. One, Two, Three etc in various languages. I mean, I knew it before, but it's a whole other level to really see it. I am in awe of sheer creativity that must have went into that one.
2. There is a character named 'Zechs.' Yes. I know it's German for 'Six.' I don't care. Every time they say his name, I laugh. He has tight pants, knee-high boots, and long blond hair. In between being a fearsome fighter pilot, he apparently loves to accessorize. I am convinced he wears that gigantic helmet to prevent his skin from being ruined by dry atmospheric air. He clearly loves to moisturize.
3. One of the bad guys is named Treize. I keep expecting his older, eviller brothers Catorce and Quintze to show up.
4. Our hero is named Heero. Yes, I know it's 'one' in Japanese. No, I will not stop cackling. He is suicidal. But so bad at it. If he can't even kill himself despite repeated tries, are you sure he is competent enough to use complicated machinery? Though if I had parents who didn't care enough about me to even give me a name, I might be too. Unless they follow ancient Roman customs, but then shouldn't he be named Primus?
5. Clearly, the fate of all the worlds of the universe should be entrusted to teenagers. Give them huge military machines and send them to fight to the death. That will promote stability and help them deal with hormonal swings. Obviously, there are no trained military personnel over 18 anywhere in the known universe. Whoever gave giant destructive robots with probably nuclear power to a bunch of suicidal schoolboys is a brighter brain than I can imagine.
6. Relena. Hee. Heeee. Heeeeee. I like her. She has clearly escaped from a 1980s Bollywood movie where people used to prove their love by threatening to kill themselves. This is the only explanation for her lack of self-preservation.
7. STOP TALKING. Everyone yammers on. Shut UP already. Can Heero kill them all before he self-destructs himself?
8. Zechs. Seriously.
This is so FUNNY.
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Date: 2008-01-04 05:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-04 05:52 pm (UTC)Let's face it, anyone not utterly insane wouldn't want Heero, so we have to have someone like Relena :)
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Date: 2008-01-04 07:04 pm (UTC)But I would love it if you got into this show, and then we could talk about it. Big surprise: my mega-fictional-crush on this show was absolutely and unquestionable Treize. (Who, actually, as you'll see a handful of episodes in, isn't the main bad guy of the show at all. There actually aren't any "bad guys," which is one of the better things about it. But Treize is actually quite the admirable good guy.)
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Date: 2008-01-04 07:54 pm (UTC)I am amused by her, however, as I am amused by most things in this :)
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Date: 2008-01-04 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-04 07:55 pm (UTC)And heee, GW is like that emo fanfic people write.
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Date: 2008-01-04 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-04 08:38 pm (UTC)It's been a while since I've heard someone talk about GW. I remember the snark was abundant in this anime's close periphery (what with canon being tantamount to handing out whips and arching one's back)... at least outside of a fandom that mainly consisted in a bunch of demented teenager fulfilling their fantasies about ridiculously named boys with sideswept bangs getting it on.
One of the bad guys is named Treize. I keep expecting his older, eviller brothers Catorce and Quintze to show up.
This had me laughing so hard I think I broke something.
Mostly, what I remember is the hatefest to which Relena was the guest of honor. Good times.
IMO, this anime's worth its salt, if only for that OP theme, the meaning of which I've yet to grasp.