I love how this worldview of Tomino, which he inserts into characters like Char Aznable, is torn apart by After War Gundam X - really underrated series.
Sure, a bit idealistic, but the whole
spoiler
The use of newtypes as tools to gain power and influence completely disregards the wishes and humanity of the newtypes themselves, who after all have a human consciousness and are not seeking power, violence, etc. by nature through some enlightened superhuman state. To make a newtype conform to those views, you have to basically force that worldview on them and that has the neat side effect of spreading the ideology to oldtypes and entrench them to be viewed as instruments of war.
I'd certainly think Tomino explicitly rejected that worldview, considering he gave Char one of the most pathetic deaths possible.
It's consistently those with an oldworld view of thinking that try to use newtypes as a weapon, drawing them into conflicts and destroying them as people with the brutality of war.
Yeah, like the defining tragedy of the original series is how people with the ability to understand each other through an empathic connection end up being used as weapons against each other.
And that the tragedy keeps repeating, that the characters with the responsibility to prevent it aren't able to is described over and over as their failure.
considering he gave Char one of the most pathetic deaths possible.
Wasn't Char in Gundam Unicorn? Did he die there, or was there some plot twist I missed about whether that was really Char because I stopped watching before the end?
I love how this worldview of Tomino, which he inserts into characters like Char Aznable, is torn apart by After War Gundam X - really underrated series.
Sure, a bit idealistic, but the whole
spoiler
The use of newtypes as tools to gain power and influence completely disregards the wishes and humanity of the newtypes themselves, who after all have a human consciousness and are not seeking power, violence, etc. by nature through some enlightened superhuman state. To make a newtype conform to those views, you have to basically force that worldview on them and that has the neat side effect of spreading the ideology to oldtypes and entrench them to be viewed as instruments of war.
is excellent.
I'd certainly think Tomino explicitly rejected that worldview, considering he gave Char one of the most pathetic deaths possible.
It's consistently those with an oldworld view of thinking that try to use newtypes as a weapon, drawing them into conflicts and destroying them as people with the brutality of war.
Yeah, like the defining tragedy of the original series is how people with the ability to understand each other through an empathic connection end up being used as weapons against each other.
And that the tragedy keeps repeating, that the characters with the responsibility to prevent it aren't able to is described over and over as their failure.
Wasn't Char in Gundam Unicorn? Did he die there, or was there some plot twist I missed about whether that was really Char because I stopped watching before the end?
Spoilers for Gundam Unicorn
Full Frontal is a literal clone of Char. The real Char died in Char's Counter Attack.
I sort of suspected that.