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*Pours herself a second, different gin* - Hayley upon witnessing Athrun Zala in a Z'gok
"I think I can press Assault charges against this movie." - Friend of the show Penguinator
If you made me watch this garbage 100 times I could probably give you 100 different essays on why I hate it.
The Cosmic Era doesn't have to suck.
"I can't believe they've dropped the ball this quickly." - Hayley on episode 2.
"Well at least Arthur's a fan of Murrue's huge naturals... and Talia's large coordinators." - Hayley on the best character.
"You could replace most of Athrun's lines with the Tim Allen grunt." - Hayley
"Glad the Heavyarms stock footage is getting work again."- Hayley on the DESTROY.
"Gundam SEED really loves killing women huh." - Hayley on ED3.
"I'm too gay to watch any more of this tonight." - Hayley after two or three episodes per session.
A sovereign nation is under fire from a global power who has decided its space launch infrastructure is easier to pilfer than those currently held by an actual military rival. The evacuation of civilians has gone roughly, with families still desperately running by foot from active combat zones. A 15 year old is separated from his family when he ducks down a ravine to grab his sister's dropped mobile phone. By sheer coincidence, stray fire from ZGMF-X10A Freedom grazes the area, taking the lad's family and leaving him relatively unscathed. The apotheosis of Kira Yamato is a myth. He's a teenager with too much firepower. For all his vaunted perfect, ethical aimbot targeting he's as capable of unforeseen collateral damage and ruining lives as any other soldier.
Mobile Suit Gundam ended with a hopeful note that human empathy can grow and expand in a way that will bend society towards something kinder than thought possible. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam mercilessly tore the idea apart with example after example of empathy exploited for military conquest, state violence and personal isolation and greed. With its first five minutes, Gundam SEED Destiny maintains this approach by taking a sledgehammer to the heroics of its predecessor's third act.
Unfortunately this introduction is followed up with, well, Gundam SEED Destiny.
