On 3/8/06, Dr. Core <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
I'm just gonna quickly respond to one thing. Others to follow later, baby pending.
Looking back at all the defections in Zeta, you'll see that they are NOT by moral choices. Except for Emma, all defections start with a internal/selfish motivation... Camille did it because of his treatment by the Titans/Jarid; Reccoa did it out of the lack of attention from Char (she surely know the defection is not a moral choice), Four "kinda" defected due to her love to Camille; Haman, Scirocco (not defection by double-crossing)... the drive is their own political agenda. Rosamia was not counted as defected right? Katz... puppy love?
To be honestly, I would only count the Emma and Reccoa as defections. Don't make it sounds like Zeta is a "Defection of the week" story (sorry Joseph). I think that's what makes Emma special in Zeta story IMHO.
[okay, there's still this one pilot in the Dakar arc that defected... but does he have a name?]
This confusion in who's good guy and who's bad guy makes moral choices
by the characters difficult. THIS, I think, is the intention of
Tomino. Making moral choices sometimes means abandoning your loyalty
and friends and join the enemy. Bi-directional defections (along with
the new sport of Gundamjacking) became a new theme in Zeta and persist
in almost every UC/AU series down to Seed.
But, we the audience need to participate in that moral decision
process. We need to share the personal choices. When we saw Camille
leaving the Fed/Titans we said, 'ok, the kid has some issues, but I
can understand why he did that', when Camille refused to join AEUG
formally, we also understand that (somewhat). Turning against Titans
was a easy choice, but AEUG hasn't earned his trust yet. Defection
the other way is obviously a tricky issue, but if one believes that
best possible world is to put the most intelligent, focused,
hard-working and capable individuals in charge of the big issues like
government and law and order. These people are quite likely to be
attracted to the Titans.
I'm just gonna quickly respond to one thing. Others to follow later, baby pending.
Looking back at all the defections in Zeta, you'll see that they are NOT by moral choices. Except for Emma, all defections start with a internal/selfish motivation... Camille did it because of his treatment by the Titans/Jarid; Reccoa did it out of the lack of attention from Char (she surely know the defection is not a moral choice), Four "kinda" defected due to her love to Camille; Haman, Scirocco (not defection by double-crossing)... the drive is their own political agenda. Rosamia was not counted as defected right? Katz... puppy love?
To be honestly, I would only count the Emma and Reccoa as defections. Don't make it sounds like Zeta is a "Defection of the week" story (sorry Joseph). I think that's what makes Emma special in Zeta story IMHO.
[okay, there's still this one pilot in the Dakar arc that defected... but does he have a name?]
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Boaz
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