Gundam 00, episodes 39 & 40.

[annwyd]

Once again, I am behind. Joy. Two-episode catchup post. Hopefully I'll watch the next episode early next week.

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[sapphire_hime]

--Wait, is that Louise with the rainbow android eyes? What the hell?

She also had them in the first episode of S2, when Exia first appeared in battle.

[annwyd]

Huh, I must not have noticed it then.

[sapphire_hime]

Well, that episode was quite fast paced. I'm sure I missed lots of things myself.

[stormcoming]

Kati and Patrick make any scene better, this is definite truth.

[annwyd]

They should have their own spinoff.

[stormcoming]

Or at least omake portions at the end of the eps, goddamn.

[annwyd]

Chibi Kati/Patrick scenes do want.

[heartlaced]

If they're going to put adorable naked Feldt (jiggling, WTF) in the opening, they could damn well let her do something in the show itself.

I love Feldt and she's been great throughout the season thus far, but I'm still waiting for her crowning moment of awesome. Please let her do something already, Sunrise!

[annwyd]

I don't think she's done much at all through this season, which really disappoints me. Last season really set her up beautifully to take on a badass role in this season, but so far...not much. :/

But then, my not-so-secret opinion is that just about everything that is wrong with S2 can be traced to lack of Feldt.

[moebot]

Tieria's section in the ED really makes me depressed, because while all the other Meisters have clothing/scenarios who represent them being with someone (Saji has Louise, Lyle has Anew, Alle has Marie, Setsuna has... Gundam?), Tieria's is... baaaaaaaaaaw, it's just his glasses and his shirt. Alone.

ALONE.

;~;

[annwyd]

It's okay, he'll get to die tragically and go be with Lockon eventually. And he'll look really pretty while doing it.

In the meanwhile, he still has a nice butt.

[moebot]

I've got his death scenario in my head already.

He takes down the Innovators (maybe not all, but some) but dies in the process. His final scene is him going to the place Lockon is, complete with the Ghost of Irish Christmas Past showing up and Tieria taking his hand.

THEN SOMETHING EXPLODES in a pink cloud of dust. Or purple. What colour are the explosions this season?

[annwyd]

I think they're purple. Pink was SEED. Or maybe purple was last season, and magic electronic fairy Innovator powers have changed it to pink now.

Do you have a clean version of the scan your icon is from? I need to gather as much pretty official art as I can for ship_manifesto purposes.

[parasaurolophus]

I think the song reached Setsuna and Ali, not because it was loud, but because Setsuna was in the 00 Raiser with its magic telepathic GN particles

[annwyd]

Magic telepathic GN particles can do anything!

I think it's been confirmed that Healing/Hilling is the only female-identified Innovator (aside from Anew in her current state). All the other pairs may have one more masculine and one more feminine member, but everyone except Hilling and Anew seems to identify as male.

Nena is also Setsuna's creepy stalker. But she's cute about it. ;)

I'm kind of "meh" over Anew/Lyle because, if the ED is any indication, they seem to be pushing it as equivalent to Allelujah/Soma and Setsuna/Marina and, seriously? The tossed-together relationship of two characters I can barely bring myself to care about is equivalent to stuff we've seen develop since midway through the first season? It seems almost pointless to try to play any angsty love tropes straight with them at this point; it's hard to care enough

[friendpersonpat]

"I just think we all need to understand each other."

(Setsuna proceeds to Trans Am as hard as he can, covering ALL OF EARTH AND SPACE WITH MAGIC NEWTYPE DUST)
(Now everyone is telepathic and naked)
(World saved)

[annwyd]

That's the Good Ending.

And if you play through a second time you can unlock an H-scene with boobs!Tieria.