Thanks to Nanoha ViVid, I think I finally understand "gap moe" (a form of moe that I kinda grasped intellectually, but not as much at an emotional level).
Most of the characters in Nanoha ViVid are
highly aggressive, passionate, bold, and competitive when it comes to things like physical training, magical training, and formalized competitions that are basically the mage versions of the real world's UFC. There's a definite fierce hotblooded edge to all of this. Let's be frank - these girls seriously like kicking butt, and are prepared to risk getting their own butts kicked to do so.
But then, before and after the battle, many are as sweet and cheerful and friendly as any person could be. They'll even be downright nice to people that just literally knocked them out cold.
And this contrast is a fairly consistent feature in ViVid. There appears to be nothing these girls like more than kicking each others butts. It's not like this is just playing conventional video games, either - These girls are feeling serious pain and if this was real life, I might be worried about long-term brain trauma many of them could suffer from repeated concussions.
But then after their UFC mage battles, they are the very picture of cute girlish camaraderie and friendship. Hotblooded badasses "in the octagon" and sweet little Princesses outside of it. This is an amazing contrast. This is an amazing...
gap.
And this gap does make the more conventionally moe moments stand out even more. It makes for an even stronger moe, you could say. Is this "gap moe"? It seems like that to me.
In the case of Sieg in particular, I'm highly amused at how the defending Champ herself is remarkably soft-spoken and humble (at least in her words and how she carries herself). For me, that gives Sieg "gap moe", you could say.
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