I Love The Dichotomy Of Pilots And Their Mechas In Gundam. There Will Be An 18 Meter Tall War Machine

I love the dichotomy of pilots and their mechas in Gundam. There will be an 18 meter tall war machine utilizing the latest advancements in electronics and firearms named after a demon or some shit with the meanest face you've ever seen on a robot and then the pilot will be the human equivalent of a Quokka

*The Following contains spoilers for Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Urdr Hunt*

The *other* follow-up point to my prior Urdr Hunt Post.

Okay, so the Gundam Marchosias was apparently scary enough to give a mobile armour PTSD.

That is RAD AS HELL.

Let’s analyse that, shall we?

So the Gundam Marchosias was apparently able to beat Harael, a Mobile Armour from the Calamity War that is programmed to kill humans and has no brain, will or personality of its own, badly enough that when it sees the Hajiroboshi 325-ish years later, it instantly recognises its killer and has a flashback to the Calamity War, leading to it desperately trying to kill the Hajiroboshi (which for its part seems to recognise its victim).

Absolutely fantastic.

Skit by Argentinian comedy program Peter Capusotto y sus videos

Me: oh hey, I can totally use the like function on tumblr to earmark posts to look at later, I don’t like that much stuff.

Also Me: Now where’s that Char post I liked a couple months ago - oh fuck.

Things modern Gundam has robbed us of; part one -

Look how fucking malevolent the bridge of the Musai looks. It’s a giant grinning demon and that is rad as hell.

For reference the outside of the ship looks like this, but I want more command decks that look absolutely possessed by hostile forces.

Damn, I would read, and perhaps more to the point buy, a Gundam visual novel.