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[Apollo][MSG0079] ep34 was fucking phenomenal
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despite the limitations they were under the director and animators did a great job at depicting mass scale fleet combat
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struck the perfect balance between "holy shit that's so cool" and "holy shit so many people just died" which is the ride Gundam always wants to ride
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the solar system is... whoof
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it's not a weapon that can be used on earth thanks to atmospheric interference
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and I think, looking at the kind of devastation it can wreak, that intent in its design is chilling
BWAAAAAH!
It’s also really indicative of the difference between the military doctrines of Zeon and the Federation
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the solar system is the federation's answer to zeon's colony drop and so many civilians are going to die when they eventually use it on a Zeon Side
BWAAAAAH!
Zeon buys a whole line of weird custom mobile suits
BWAAAAAH!
Feds buy a bunch of mirrors
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it's something that's only useful to crack open large satellites. no practical application in combat other than that. brrr
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but also yes you're very correct
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the zeons probably regretted their decision of hyperspecialzed Earth zone suits when it came down to their only answer to the feds catching up on development being "strap a jetpack to a dom"
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goufs also would be useful in taking down the GMs but I'm just partial to goufs as a whole so
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also. damn. hayato. that part where he's very clearly having a PTSD nightmare as fraw wakes him up is... whoof
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that entire two minute scene was Tomino banging pots and pans while yelling "REMEMBER THAT WAR STILL SUCKS"
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that aside, all of the kids have grown so much, not just amuro
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my kiddos have gotten so much better at efficiently killing people. pardon me while I wipe a tear from my eye
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Kai in particular is basically at the level of combat effectiveness amuro was a little while ago, it's just that he's not a newtype and not in a Gundam so he can't solo entire battleships
Vehrec
but the Big Zam Apollo!
Vehrec
Surely Big Zam can turn the war around!
lily!
Vehrec
: i find the big zam very funny because even dozle was like "could they have sent us another 10 doms instead of this pile of junk that hasn't even been assembled"
Vehrec
Yeah, I said the other day that all of Zeon's MS were like various aircraft from ww2, except for Big Zam
Vehrec
Big Zam is a Maus.
Vehrec
it's such a dead weight even Zeon can see it's dead weight.