On May 19, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Reynolds, Jason M. wrote:
Which reminds me of a sort-of non sequitur: I noticed that the norm for
Zeon women seems to be very long hair while for Federation women it's
So what does it mean?
It means that the Feddies are more stiff, formal and by the book while
the
Zeon are more approving of individual style choices. This explains Ma
Quve's scarf, Garma's moptop, and Char's mask.
There might be something to that, if "rugged individualism" is part of
the Spacenoid mentality, which it probably is. File this under Mark's
thoughts on Utopianism and the Spacenoid independence movements. The
fact that Zeon officers are allowed to wear custom uniforms and that
males can have long hair (look at Dozel) suggests that being able to be
really unique in appearance is a privelege in the military--but it's
still allowed.
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