tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696900205506171051.post2394402714158530916..comments2023-09-07T19:36:30.823-07:00Comments on The Musings Of The Consensus: Cross Ange Episode 24GethN7http://www.blogger.com/profile/00367352075223924769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696900205506171051.post-25093559962570953082015-03-27T14:08:58.083-07:002015-03-27T14:08:58.083-07:00Good points, my take on them:
1. Embryo seems to ...Good points, my take on them:<br /><br />1. Embryo seems to have a "repulsion on makes my love/lust stronger" thing going on, in that he desires what he can't have, and Ange has, to date, utterly resisted his efforts to win her over via logic, mind rape her, or good old fashioned seduction. His obsession seems to stem from his need to be the one in control of everyone he sets his eyes on.<br /><br />When Tusk basically told him "sorry dude, I took her v-card before you and she liked it", Embryo flipped out because Tusk already got more than he ever could out of someone he just couldn't break.<br /><br />And yeah, the Aladdin reference fits perfectly here. Much like Jafar, he doesn't NEED the girl, he just wants to bend her to his will to prove he can for his own ego.<br /><br />2. Basically, Embryo is Paptimus Scirroco 2.0, and like the original used his mind hax rapist powers to get an Amazon Brigade to do his will in Zeta Gundam, so Embryo did the same. Problem is, due to how late they introduced him as the villain, they didn't really have a lot of time to develop any more characters, so they were just disposable props to flesh out Embryo's coterie of female bodyguards.<br /><br />Lame, really, as they could have excised them and the plot really wouldn't suffer too much, and at least all of Scirroco's female goons had plot relevance.<br /><br />3. Eh, it's possible she gonna live, the wound hit her side around the lower abdomen, and unless she doesn't get proper medical treatment soon, she'll probably live (Embryo seemed to have left her alive so he could gloat). Besides, the whole Salia and Jill resolution would go out the window now and be left hanging if they killed her off.<br /><br />4. Yeah, methinks you might be right. He never actually enters the cockpit, even though it's confirmed he used it in the backstory to wipe out Earth 1.0, so his dimension projection revival bit is probably tied into the space time weirdness built into his mecha, where his original form is probably serving as the control mechanism.<br /><br />And yeah, for a series that started off a shitty note, it got better surprisingly fast, hope they don't piss all that away in the ending.GethN7https://www.blogger.com/profile/00367352075223924769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696900205506171051.post-67449474559222091282015-03-27T13:23:39.160-07:002015-03-27T13:23:39.160-07:00After watching the episode, there's a couple t...After watching the episode, there's a couple things that just seem to bug me:<br /><br />1. We've established that creepy as fuck relationship between Embryo and Ange (nice Aladdin comparison, BTW). But at this point, with Tusk revealing he got it on like Donkey Kong with her. I don't get why he needs the sloppy seconds when he could, just as easily, cut his losses and kill everyone (Ange included).<br /><br />2. Tania and Erma- Aside from Sunrise realizing "Oh shit, we need to round out the bad guy's forces", the two had almost no purpose being there. Aside from Embryo and maybe Salia and Chris, they never interacted with any main characters, took part in the battle in episodes 17 or 21. Plus they never had any build up to their appearances or back story as to why they're even with Embryo in the first place. Even the new Arzenal pilots (Mary, Nonna and Marika) got more screentime and did stuff in comparison to those two.<br /><br />3. Jill- I joked at the end of episode 21 that all that was left for her to lose (after her humanity, virginity, the first Libertus, right forearm, ability to pilot Vilkiss and at the time, command) was her life. Good to see I was right, cause damn, that's a lot of blood. If she does manage to survive, then that asspull has got to top Tusk's survival in episode 22.<br /><br />4. Hysterica, Embryo's mecha- I'm half tempted to call it and say that either the real body's inside that thing. Or that it is Embryo's real body. Think about it. We never see it in flight mode, not the cockpit like we do the other mecha. So they're clearly building up to some reveal for the next episode.<br /><br />Either way, for a series that started off with prison rape and pants-wetting, it's actually got me invested. Which is more than I can say for most Anime (or cartoons, movies or pretty much anything) nowadays.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04737399537154376370noreply@blogger.com