-Relena is at least as much of a main character as Heero, and definitely more interesting
-Zechs is HELLA BORING and I don't really see his physical appeal, other than his hair is pretty and I guess he's got muscles?
-I don't see the 1x2x1 moments. I rewatched this show and the most I got was BROS, and you know I can put on my slash goggles with the best of 'em. They just don't really interact past the boarding school bit, and even then they weren't really slashy. Now, Duo and Quatre or Duo and Wufei, on the other hand...
-Noin is the hottest character
-The majority of fandom couldn't/can't write the characters at all. THERE ARE ABOUT TWELVE CHARACTERS SO I WON'T GO INTO IT ALL but basically, most characters are much more complex than fandom has ever largely given them credit for.
-I wish GW were a current show so they'd get a lot more official arts and yonkoma and stuff :( I have no idea if there's any popular opinion on this or not, but I really wish it were current.
-I love that they only hit at romance and don't actually do any outright. I love that the folks behind this show admitted that they couldn't write romance and that they preferred to focus on the plot, because a) it just made the show BETTER in MANY WAYS and b) I personally prefer subtext to outright romance.
-I wish they hadn't messed up the schedule so we could have had BACKGROUND EPISODES. I don't think this one's an unpopular opinion, either, but. BACKGROUND EPISODES 8< meilaaaaaaan
-GW didn't do so well with world-building as I would have liked and I wish there'd been more background on characters like Sally, Hilde, Dorothy and Cathy. Dorothy's background was kind of rushed in, "OH AND ALSO WAR KILLED YOUR FATHEEEEER"
-I know Arabs aren't ethnically homogenous or anything, but seriously, pasty white and super blond? Brown pilot would have been nice, especially since he's later the BOY LEADER of the Maganac Corps. UNFORTUNATE IMPLICATIONS MUCH?
...I've probably got more, but they're all variations on NEEDED MORE INFO/BACKGROUND. GW wasn't the best-told story, but the characters were interesting and fuck but it had amazing music.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE FIND ZECHS INTERESTING EITHER.
Duo keeps doing a 'oh, man, he's driving me nuts' thing with Heero I can see people hanging a ship on. Hell, I've hung ships on less. But oh, man, Duo and Quatre. Until Trowa got almost-killed and amnesia'd I could not understand why they were not the big slash pairing.
I WISH IT WAS CURRENT TOO. And ditto x1000 on the romances.
Yeah, I can SEE shipping it, just...I can't see why it's the most popular ship in fandom. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE INTERESTING SHIPS OUT THERE. I definitely prefer Duo and Heero as bros, Duo just always comes off as a really friendly guy. I guess I don't really see the chemistry between him and Heero for romance - I see it with Quatre and some with Hilde and actually, I would love some Duo/Relena. I guess he mostly comes off as straight to me. :|a
I can't remember where I read it, but I know I read SOMEWHERE that back when they were thinking along the lines of doing canon romances, Trowa/Quatre was going to be one of them.
-Zechs is HELLA BORING and I don't really see his physical appeal, other than his hair is pretty and I guess he's got muscles?
-I don't see the 1x2x1 moments. I rewatched this show and the most I got was BROS, and you know I can put on my slash goggles with the best of 'em. They just don't really interact past the boarding school bit, and even then they weren't really slashy. Now, Duo and Quatre or Duo and Wufei, on the other hand...
-Noin is the hottest character
-The majority of fandom couldn't/can't write the characters at all. THERE ARE ABOUT TWELVE CHARACTERS SO I WON'T GO INTO IT ALL but basically, most characters are much more complex than fandom has ever largely given them credit for.
-I wish GW were a current show so they'd get a lot more official arts and yonkoma and stuff :( I have no idea if there's any popular opinion on this or not, but I really wish it were current.
-I love that they only hit at romance and don't actually do any outright. I love that the folks behind this show admitted that they couldn't write romance and that they preferred to focus on the plot, because a) it just made the show BETTER in MANY WAYS and b) I personally prefer subtext to outright romance.
-I wish they hadn't messed up the schedule so we could have had BACKGROUND EPISODES. I don't think this one's an unpopular opinion, either, but. BACKGROUND EPISODES 8< meilaaaaaaan
-GW didn't do so well with world-building as I would have liked and I wish there'd been more background on characters like Sally, Hilde, Dorothy and Cathy. Dorothy's background was kind of rushed in, "OH AND ALSO WAR KILLED YOUR FATHEEEEER"
-I know Arabs aren't ethnically homogenous or anything, but seriously, pasty white and super blond? Brown pilot would have been nice, especially since he's later the BOY LEADER of the Maganac Corps. UNFORTUNATE IMPLICATIONS MUCH?
...I've probably got more, but they're all variations on NEEDED MORE INFO/BACKGROUND. GW wasn't the best-told story, but the characters were interesting and fuck but it had amazing music.
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Duo keeps doing a 'oh, man, he's driving me nuts' thing with Heero I can see people hanging a ship on. Hell, I've hung ships on less. But oh, man, Duo and Quatre. Until Trowa got almost-killed and amnesia'd I could not understand why they were not the big slash pairing.
I WISH IT WAS CURRENT TOO. And ditto x1000 on the romances.
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I can't remember where I read it, but I know I read SOMEWHERE that back when they were thinking along the lines of doing canon romances, Trowa/Quatre was going to be one of them.
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