2 - Allelujah was involved in some sort of incident that apparently left him marooned in a drifting shuttle. It's possible that he kept his real name in the assumption that no one in the rest of the world would be able to connect it to him anyway. And the name of his psychotic personality comes from the mental discussions that his normal personality has while the psychotic personality is in control. It's also possible that his psychotic personality adopted the alternate spelling simply because it was available as an adaptation of the assigned code name.
4 - There's been absolutely nothing so far on the background of Tieria. This is actually somewhat odd, given the fact that we've had at least little bits of information on the other characters and Tieria is the Gundam Meister that's most obviously unusual (i.e. he dresses effeminately, and seems to be the coldest of the group). I'm not sure whether or not the gold eyes mean anything. When Hallelujah comes to the surface, the eye that's exposed is shown as gold. And I *think* there's been an instance in which one of the other characters had a similar thing happen (I'm not 100% on that), so the gold eye may be more of a context thing than an indicator that Tieria is some form of cyborg. 5 - I'm pretty confident that Setsuna is going to change, and that Marina is going to help bring that about. The first opening seems to hint pretty strongly that he gets something important from her. And there's a late night scene between the two of them that you may or may not have seen yet that suggests that Setsuna is starting to question some of his old assumptions. I also suspect that Setsuna's association with Saji will help Setsuna break out of his shell as well. Villains - I think you forgot to mention Ali. I know I certainly wouldn't root for him. At the very least, he's completely amoral. And it's possible that he actively enjoys the havoc and mayhem that he causes. junior Subject : [gundam] My Gundam 00 Thoughts Date : Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:25:22 -0600 >From : "Reynolds, Jason M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : <[email protected]> 2. If my theory about all of the CB members, or at least the ones other than Wan and her assistants, is correct then it seems almost silly that Alleluia would have an alternate personality called Halleluiah as there is probably no correlation between those names and his real name. Unless he is schizoid enough to actually believe that his codename is his true identity just as Setsuna thinks being a Gundam Meister is his only identity. 4. Tierea - In one of the episodes he comments on humanity as if they are different then him. Since Allelujah hasn't had any reaction to him we can definitively say he isn't an enhanced human like Soma. Has there been any speculation that he is a cyborg or an android? That would explain the yellow eyes, floating around inside Veda, etc. 5. Wing Comparisons - This is big enough to warrant its own section. While I can see some parallels with Wing (Bishonen Gundam Pilots, Female Pacifist Leader of a small country in love with the lead protagonist, a small group of Uber-Powerful Gundams vs. the whole world, a commitment towards pacifism/peace for the long term, etc.) I think there are some powerful differences. * Characters - I will definitely concede that at first glance the Meisters seem like clones of Heero, Chang, and Trowa without the lightheartedness of Quattro or Duo. That being said the Wing Pilots never had to gun down their own parents... My question is will they actually develop or will they stay unchanged all the way to the end. Will Allelujah actually end up as a villain or deal with the split personality and other damage caused by his genetic heritage instead of just remaining in confusion? Will Setsuna be able to overcome the ethnic divide/hatred between him and Marina? Unlike the sexually ambivalent Heero, Setsuna actually has a reason to reject the main heroine. * Villains - I like the fact that other then the Thrones, there are almost no clear cut "evil" villains in this series yet. With the exception of Patrick, the other aces are not evil and people you can actually root for in the same vein as Ranba Ral, Norris Packard, etc.
