Post by Linalin on Jan 31, 2005 3:06:52 GMT -5
Ok, this is for anyone that watches Gundam Seed Destiny. Don't read anything below if you haven't because it contains pretty major spoilers.
I seriously think we were lied to when we were told that Shin Asuka would be the main character of Gundam SEED DESTINY. Have you noticed how much airtime Shin's gotten? In the first episode he was in only 3 damn scenes (His family dying, groping Stellar, and at the end in the battle scene). Did the guy even have 10 minutes? I think it's great that they haven't neglected the old characters, but they haven't really begin to show the depth of the new characters (in less nice wording: Sidelining the new characters and focusing mainly on the old). I shouldn't complain though since Shin doesn't really seem like that special of character. He's just a guy (that looks like Natarle) who can't let go of his family's death (the dude even listens to his dead sister's voice messages!).
Honestly I think the series so far has been revolving more around Athrun. Look at the facts. Athrun is in (most of) the first episode (and almost every ep after), he had to use an alias in the first eps (because he was a ZAFT defector) and when his real name is revealed it caused a bit of a stir, he becomes a ZAFT pilot again, has been in the major battles (including Junius 7), gets the Savior Gundam, in ep. 10 the whole thing was about his hatred for his father, an imposter Lacus, and him shedding his alias (was Shin even in the ep), he's a member of FAITH, is almost in a love traingle since it seems both the Hawke sisters like him and he's still got a relationship with Cagalli (which appears to be even stronger than KiraxLacus especially before Cagalli's wedding to Yuna all those damned flashbacks and how upset she was in the next ep and how Athrun reacted to it).
Going back to Shin although I should pull a DESTINY and just ignore him for the rest of the post. For the very little amount of screen time he gets all he does is fight, [explicit] about ORB, or mourn his families death. His apparent love interest (according to the openings) is Stellar, but the most that's happened so far is him grabbing her tits, fighting her, and saving her from drowning (which seems to be their only semiromantic scene so far).
I do believe this pussy of a main character (I would say new age Quatre, but ^.^; I would so get my ass kicked by a friend) has some potential to become an actual main character in later eps, even though he can SEED and isn't a test subject (meaning his piloting skills are somewhat awesome but aren't as innovative as Kira's and Athrun's were). Since Kira killed his parents, it would be to good to see something come from that since Kira's piloting for ORB and ORB and ZAFT are no longer on friendly terms since the colony dropped. Besides the opening 5 sec sequence of Kira and Shin, they met and I don't think either realized the connection they had to the battle of ORB vs. Earth (where Shin's parents were killed). Well, I really hope they bring out Shin more as a main character, because right now it seems he is to DESTINY as La Flaga was to SEED. I'd love to read the opinions of whoever reads this.
Just a few more thoughts: Ok, it's been 2 years. People have changed out of their SEED clothes (...-_- sorta), but what the hell is with their hair? Did it just not grow or did they like the style so much that everyone decided to keep it for 2 more years!?
Also, what the hell is the Desert Tiger doing a) having a naked pic of his exgirlfriend out n the open b) being in a suggested pairing with Murrue?
I seriously think we were lied to when we were told that Shin Asuka would be the main character of Gundam SEED DESTINY. Have you noticed how much airtime Shin's gotten? In the first episode he was in only 3 damn scenes (His family dying, groping Stellar, and at the end in the battle scene). Did the guy even have 10 minutes? I think it's great that they haven't neglected the old characters, but they haven't really begin to show the depth of the new characters (in less nice wording: Sidelining the new characters and focusing mainly on the old). I shouldn't complain though since Shin doesn't really seem like that special of character. He's just a guy (that looks like Natarle) who can't let go of his family's death (the dude even listens to his dead sister's voice messages!).
Honestly I think the series so far has been revolving more around Athrun. Look at the facts. Athrun is in (most of) the first episode (and almost every ep after), he had to use an alias in the first eps (because he was a ZAFT defector) and when his real name is revealed it caused a bit of a stir, he becomes a ZAFT pilot again, has been in the major battles (including Junius 7), gets the Savior Gundam, in ep. 10 the whole thing was about his hatred for his father, an imposter Lacus, and him shedding his alias (was Shin even in the ep), he's a member of FAITH, is almost in a love traingle since it seems both the Hawke sisters like him and he's still got a relationship with Cagalli (which appears to be even stronger than KiraxLacus especially before Cagalli's wedding to Yuna all those damned flashbacks and how upset she was in the next ep and how Athrun reacted to it).
Going back to Shin although I should pull a DESTINY and just ignore him for the rest of the post. For the very little amount of screen time he gets all he does is fight, [explicit] about ORB, or mourn his families death. His apparent love interest (according to the openings) is Stellar, but the most that's happened so far is him grabbing her tits, fighting her, and saving her from drowning (which seems to be their only semiromantic scene so far).
I do believe this pussy of a main character (I would say new age Quatre, but ^.^; I would so get my ass kicked by a friend) has some potential to become an actual main character in later eps, even though he can SEED and isn't a test subject (meaning his piloting skills are somewhat awesome but aren't as innovative as Kira's and Athrun's were). Since Kira killed his parents, it would be to good to see something come from that since Kira's piloting for ORB and ORB and ZAFT are no longer on friendly terms since the colony dropped. Besides the opening 5 sec sequence of Kira and Shin, they met and I don't think either realized the connection they had to the battle of ORB vs. Earth (where Shin's parents were killed). Well, I really hope they bring out Shin more as a main character, because right now it seems he is to DESTINY as La Flaga was to SEED. I'd love to read the opinions of whoever reads this.
Just a few more thoughts: Ok, it's been 2 years. People have changed out of their SEED clothes (...-_- sorta), but what the hell is with their hair? Did it just not grow or did they like the style so much that everyone decided to keep it for 2 more years!?
Also, what the hell is the Desert Tiger doing a) having a naked pic of his exgirlfriend out n the open b) being in a suggested pairing with Murrue?
