Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny General Discussion Thread

[aeriolewinters]

@Renegade. Like I said, It's like Wendy Thomas dissing the Whopper.

It really seems to me that Ulen wanted Kira to be like (for the lack of a better comparison) X (yes, Dr. Light's creation). While the Accords have set and predetermined Potentials,

Spoiler for spoiler:

Kira's is unbound by it.

[Mad Pierrot]

Originally Posted by aeriolewinters

@Renegade. Like I said, It's like Wendy Thomas dissing the Whopper.

It really seems to me that Ulen wanted Kira to be like (for the lack of a better comparison) X (yes, Dr. Light's creation). While the Accords have set and predetermined Potentials,

Spoiler for spoiler:

Kira's is unbound by it.

Wait, I remember that X was the first mechanical creation meant to have his own free will and from such humanity, the mechanical being developed sadness upon fighting. Was it like that? There was a short OVA about exactly that called Day of Sigma where X's free will is tested to be the legit thing or just something he was programmed to be with.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by aeriolewinters

@Renegade. Like I said, It's like Wendy Thomas dissing the Whopper.

It really seems to me that Ulen wanted Kira to be like (for the lack of a better comparison) X (yes, Dr. Light's creation). While the Accords have set and predetermined Potentials,

Spoiler for spoiler:

Kira's is unbound by it.

Kira is the pinnacle of humanity. Biologically he’s perfect by Ulen Hibikis standards. Lacus’ mind is the pinnacle of humanity. She is everything Aura aspired to achieve. I almost fear their children if they don’t take after their parents. Perfect body and perfect mind

[Renegade334]

Originally Posted by aeriolewinters

While the Accords have set and predetermined Potentials,

Spoiler for spoiler:

Kira's is unbound by it.

I do not think the Accords are biologically incapable of walking off their biologically assigned path or that the gene editing necessarily railroads them into a single direction in life; Lacus is living proof of the absence of such cerebral hardwiring.

WW2 Nazis didn't become what they were just by dint of (purported) ethnic/genetic advantages; indoctrination played a huge part in their reinvention. It's simply that Aura - an obsessive individual with severe psychological issues that Ulen himself described as arrogant and manipulative - raised the Accords under the dogma that they were the best of the best and, because Durandal himself thought so in writing his Destiny Plan, their genes couldn't lead them to do anything wrong...or just fail. They grew up with no other moral guardrails aside from "do it for the Accord cause" and "let your genes do the talking". It's such a radically restrictive type of education that, in the end, they couldn't fathom other super-Coordinators going...biologically off-script.

[Scorpiopt]

Infinite Justice Gundam Type II lasers on the backpack wings make no dam sense and now its even worse has ramming weapon

[s07195]

Watched FREEDOM.

Spoiler for Waited 20 years and...:

I loved it. It's so cheesy but also so cool at the same time.
One thing I never expected was for Kira (Super Coordinator) to be the one treated as 'inferior human type' lmao

[Mad Pierrot]

Originally Posted by s07195

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Spoiler for Waited 20 years and...:

One thing I never expected was for Kira (Super Coordinator) to be the one treated as 'inferior human type' lmao

Reminds me to the ending of

Spoiler for ending:

Metal Gear Solid but with... sex in the beach?!

[Greener223]

Hello, started watching Seed for the first time.

Can someone tell me what the timeline and sources were for all the character names? I'd like to know where people got bizarre spellings like "Fllay" and "Mwu" from, and why/when they changed it to more reasonable spellings.

[Tactics]

Originally Posted by Greener223

I'd like to know where people got bizarre spellings like "Fllay" and "Mwu" from, and why/when they changed it to more reasonable spellings.

Official source.

Given to editor for officially released materials (magazine, manga, poster).
CMIIW Newtype 2002-2003 listed Mu as Mwu La Flaga; on Mu case, katakana Mu for his name given emphasis for long read (more awkward to read it as Muu).

Change happened somewhere around 2011-2014, during Gundam SEED remaster process, I believe.
I'm not sure about the reason but I suspect it because of Bandai started targeting overseas audience, suddenly spelling check matters to avoid possible copyright issues.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Greener223

Hello, started watching Seed for the first time.

Can someone tell me what the timeline and sources were for all the character names? I'd like to know where people got bizarre spellings like "Fllay" and "Mwu" from, and why/when they changed it to more reasonable spellings.

I suppose it depends on what ethnicity they are supposed to be. Hard to get certain specifics using hiragana and katakana since they aren’t of Japanese ethnicity.

Yay just 2 days till I can finally see the movie. Sadly failed to rewatch the series due to my procrastinating nature

[Laevatein]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

I suppose it depends on what ethnicity they are supposed to be. Hard to get certain specifics using hiragana and katakana since they aren’t of Japanese ethnicity.

Yay just 2 days till I can finally see the movie. Sadly failed to rewatch the series due to my procrastinating nature

I suspect it falls under "As long as it sounds foreign".

[cyberdemon]

I thought this as a kid but doubly so as an adult rewatching this. Did ZAFT actually do something wrong? Gil made things harder because of his manipulations in Destiny.. Patrick Zala went geocidal because things dragged on. Under Siegel, I feel ZAFT was in the right. Halberton was the only decent commander that we know