My name is Maldoror, and this is my first time posting in a live journal *blush*. I'm only doing so because Sol ordered me to. I'm actually quite a shy person, and I prefer to sit in my corner and write my pretty fics, in which I like to explore the romantic aspects of GW, and the deeply misunderstood, angsty teens that are its heroes, though I always have a happy end, so that everybody gets the warm fuzzies.
Who are you, and what did you do with the REAL Maldoror?
two cents canadian is worth what, .07 cents american?
I suppose the fourth and fifth categories then would be:
- If you're a set of members being oppressed by your own nation, who decide the time has come for a new government, then you're Revolutionaries.
- If you're a set of members who are being squashed by a conquering nation and its puppet government then you're a Resistance force.
Of those five, I'd say the Gundam pilots probably fall most often into the Resistence Force category, since IIRC the Earth Sphere Alliance has comandeered the colonies at the beginning of the series, and has essentially introduced martial law. I don't recall the pilots (or the colonies) seeking an entirely new government, which would be a major part of revolution and/or civil war. They seem instead to just want to throw off the yoke of their oppressors and self-govern, so perhaps Resistance is the best word for the Gundam's original affiliation.
A'course, that does all go to hell in a handbasket when the colonies withdraw their support of the Gundams. Once the Gundams lose that appointed status, they're freedom fighters at most, terrorists at worst. Or something.
And don't forget that whole craziness of not wanting to support White Fang. I've always wondered about that - the utter arrogance of saying the colonists shouldn't fight for themselves. What was it White Fang wanted that was so repugnant, again? Other than letting dogs and cats live together in sin, I didn't get the impression White Fang's purposes were that much off the Gundam's original purpose - the whole "drop Libra into the oceans" was a Zechs notion, I thought?
Re: I have no idea what I'm doing, but here goes...
Date: 7 Aug 2004 09:06 pm (UTC)Who are you, and what did you do with the REAL Maldoror?
two cents canadian is worth what, .07 cents american?
I suppose the fourth and fifth categories then would be:
- If you're a set of members being oppressed by your own nation, who decide the time has come for a new government, then you're Revolutionaries.
- If you're a set of members who are being squashed by a conquering nation and its puppet government then you're a Resistance force.
Of those five, I'd say the Gundam pilots probably fall most often into the Resistence Force category, since IIRC the Earth Sphere Alliance has comandeered the colonies at the beginning of the series, and has essentially introduced martial law. I don't recall the pilots (or the colonies) seeking an entirely new government, which would be a major part of revolution and/or civil war. They seem instead to just want to throw off the yoke of their oppressors and self-govern, so perhaps Resistance is the best word for the Gundam's original affiliation.
A'course, that does all go to hell in a handbasket when the colonies withdraw their support of the Gundams. Once the Gundams lose that appointed status, they're freedom fighters at most, terrorists at worst. Or something.
And don't forget that whole craziness of not wanting to support White Fang. I've always wondered about that - the utter arrogance of saying the colonists shouldn't fight for themselves. What was it White Fang wanted that was so repugnant, again? Other than letting dogs and cats live together in sin, I didn't get the impression White Fang's purposes were that much off the Gundam's original purpose - the whole "drop Libra into the oceans" was a Zechs notion, I thought?