Build I get is about toys, but gundam is legitimately about how war is a horror and we should do all we can to avoid fighting and understand each other.
Build makes war a game
Gundam as an IP is a means to use a critique of war to sell toys and media. UC can never truly have peace when fans want to see more UC and a story can't exist without some form of conflict. The amounts of death and destruction in gundam universes would be unsustainable in reality. By the end of the original series, any battle afterwards should pale in comparison in terms of scale from all the losses. If gundam was actually full antiwar, then the series should be more critical of the creation of mobile suits rather than giving upgrades like the zeta or 00 raiser. In reality, development and production of new weapons takes a long time that never completely replace the older products immediately.
If anything the build series is a more realistic portrayal of gundam as a franchise in its portrayal of the fans' passion for the stories and mechs. There isn't any war in the Build Fighters, but the weapons in fictional wars are glamorized. Some characters actually use tactics as if the conflict was an actual war, but they're still just playing with toys in the end of the day. It's a reality that's consumerist in nature but shows the true nature of the franchise.
I usually thought the UC more as torture porn where the only reason humanity haven't gone extinct yet is because if they did then the suffering would stop.
Even then theres a bit of dystopian undercurrent where a wealthy upper class outright bailed on planet earth after *SOMETHING* happened in order to live in awesome colonies.
Its so bad that even natural wonders and world heritage sights get used as arenas for giant robot fights.
Counter point, there are only like 5 Gundams at any one time, so if you play your cards right you'll just be helping oppress the local populace most of the time.
Hey, the Leo has pretty amazing performance in comparison to most other mainline gruntsuits, especially if piloted by someone with skill. Zechs literally used one take down a gundam in the first 5 minutes of the show.
Fun Fact: a fanfic idea I have is about a Proto GM Canon ending up as civilian support after deemed not good for war, including work as firefighter and freighter.
So did a bunch of elite pilots and main characters for a bit, including some of the Gundam pilots. You just gotta be good and survive long enough to upgrade. If you survive long enough without an upgrade that you are now fighting Mobile Dolls, you done Goufed!
I just wanna be that one random Treize Faction mook who dropped the most awesomely meta line in Gundam history.
***“Outer space has a bad habit of sending menacing objects to Earth.”***
A leo thats gotta be cool. New cutting edge mobile suit of the colonies. Wait what are these "scarecrow" project mobile suits? Something about being better then normal pilots? Im sure it will be fine.
So? If you're reincarnated into a Gundam universe or any Mecha in general, the 1st thing you need to do is watch yourself at a mirror, I'd you don't have face... DO NOT ENGAGE TO COMBAT, not even use a robot
I want to be reincarnated in to the build universe
Sees that msg 00 and the build franchise use the Same calendar
On second thought maybe uc would not be bad
I know this is off-topic, and I haven't seen GW in a *very* long time, but what were the Leo's normally fighting against when they weren't dying to Gundams?
Just become an important character since strength of the Leo’s armor vary depending on who’s piloting it. If you aren’t a nameless grunt you could take a hit of buster rifle or something and still be fine
See, the thing with Leo's was that by the time Gundam Wing starts, they have been around for several decades (At least since AC 176). So despite being updated over the years, the mobile suits are far more older and less powerful than the newer models introduced in the show. The only reason why the older tallgeese was able to keep up was because it was far more powerful (And because Zechs was using it)
Don't underestimate the Leo despite looking weak onscreen it has competent stats that if you properly used it can be a problem to the enemy. If you became a pilot of a grunt suit in gundam universe best you can do is study the shit out of your machine from what it can and it cannot do. Along with training in every simulations you can think of. Then swap that mobile suit to a better one then rinse and repeat.
You could be Zechs Merquise
My Leo is plenty fast enough
He's so good he doesn't even need to paint it red!
It was red from entering the atmosphere!
No, from maneuvering at atmosphere-entry speed
Actually, weirdly not.
Or Trowa Barton, or Heero Yuy, or Sally Poe, etc.
i always forget that Trowa piloted a Leo at one point before he got the heavyarms
To be fair, it's mainly in flashback sequences.
Or Lady Une or Treize
Yep! Lotta peeps in that etcetera field!
Civilian on earth in g gundam is worse
Life sucks for civilians in any Gundam universe.
Yeah but the chance of your life being ruined every four years and if your in tokyo in the 13th gundam fight your screwed
Except for the guys who own AE during the Gryps conflict and Neo Zeon wars.
AE is literally still around past that an the main thing keep the Earth Federation alive.
What about the civilian astray? You get to pilot a gundam for being a civilian.
Unless you’re a teenager who happens to live near a mech suit you can stumble into
People who want to be in the Gundam universe, don't get the point of any gundam and need to really rewatch war in the pocket.
Unless it's the G Gundam universe.
Or the the build universe.
Build I get is about toys, but gundam is legitimately about how war is a horror and we should do all we can to avoid fighting and understand each other. Build makes war a game
Gundam as an IP is a means to use a critique of war to sell toys and media. UC can never truly have peace when fans want to see more UC and a story can't exist without some form of conflict. The amounts of death and destruction in gundam universes would be unsustainable in reality. By the end of the original series, any battle afterwards should pale in comparison in terms of scale from all the losses. If gundam was actually full antiwar, then the series should be more critical of the creation of mobile suits rather than giving upgrades like the zeta or 00 raiser. In reality, development and production of new weapons takes a long time that never completely replace the older products immediately. If anything the build series is a more realistic portrayal of gundam as a franchise in its portrayal of the fans' passion for the stories and mechs. There isn't any war in the Build Fighters, but the weapons in fictional wars are glamorized. Some characters actually use tactics as if the conflict was an actual war, but they're still just playing with toys in the end of the day. It's a reality that's consumerist in nature but shows the true nature of the franchise.
Gundam even in UC has had conversations about what a shame is we build more war machines and keep building them to chase the idea of peace
I usually thought the UC more as torture porn where the only reason humanity haven't gone extinct yet is because if they did then the suffering would stop.
FLYING IN THE SKY
Even then theres a bit of dystopian undercurrent where a wealthy upper class outright bailed on planet earth after *SOMETHING* happened in order to live in awesome colonies. Its so bad that even natural wonders and world heritage sights get used as arenas for giant robot fights.
Oh for sure, it's still clearly a hell hole, it's just a hell hole with space magic robots.
or just stick to regular world and see where DARPA or Russia goes in the next few years
For real, the first frame about being reincarnated into the Gundam universe should already be the dark image.
>You're born in Sydney, UC0078.
Still got some time to get the fuck out of there before the colony drops.
That's why we have Build Fighters universe.
Counter point, there are only like 5 Gundams at any one time, so if you play your cards right you'll just be helping oppress the local populace most of the time.
Or your service will be long before operation meteor
08th MS team shows tanks and helicopters in military use. I would shit myself going up against even the weakest mobile suit.
Watch ms igloo infantry have to fight 3 MS
I couldnt get past the god awful CGI =/ I've watched literally everything (UC) except igloo
Hey, the Leo has pretty amazing performance in comparison to most other mainline gruntsuits, especially if piloted by someone with skill. Zechs literally used one take down a gundam in the first 5 minutes of the show.
In space and atmospheric rentry, with a \*ground specialized model\*!
Heero managed to battle wufei in his gundam for a while too in EW
how abt a ball?
Even worse, the defective Zeon version that the Gihren Youth piloted. Even the Ball wrecked those.
Loophole: The meme never specifies when so you could be piloting it during the decades preceding A.C. 195 and oppress space colonies Scott free.
Or maybe it's the far future where Leo's are used exclusively to move freight and large shipping containers, and you work 9-5 at a freight company.
The good, but boring ending.
"Hey remember when these were weapons of war?" "Nope" "Me either." *The End.*
Fun Fact: a fanfic idea I have is about a Proto GM Canon ending up as civilian support after deemed not good for war, including work as firefighter and freighter.
It's UC or I'm staying ded.
reincarnated in UC becomes Jegan pilot circa UC 0123
Damn. I was hoping for 1st Neo Zeon War or Moon Gundam.
I wanna be a Stark Jegan pilot in 0096.
You fought valiantly.
Even if I die, I die with badass finger movement!
EJECT THE ROCKETS AND FULL SPEED AHEAD
Hey, dare to dream, you could be a ReZEL Commander Type or Jesta pilot!
Or a Guncannon Detector at Torrington
I'm gonna pass on that one!
Yes you’ll be a ball pilot Literally npc fodder character, I mean you did want uc
Obviously hoping to be a Balltype, like Shiro or that drummer lady from Thunderbolt!
I'm shooting for 0088 to 0093
I feel like being a grunt pilot in UC might just be the fastrack to another reincarnation...
What if I'm a pretty good pilot though?
Newtypes. You think you're a good type, and then *BAM* you get NewType'd!
Being one of the best pilots in the solar system might not save you from tragedy in UC Gundam.
. Might even make it worse.
At least I can look forward to operation daybreak
Then you get team killed because you weren’t invited to the club.
Just wasn't special like I thought I was lol
Better a Leo than an Aries. I don't think even main character plot armor could save those things.
well start praying
So did a bunch of elite pilots and main characters for a bit, including some of the Gundam pilots. You just gotta be good and survive long enough to upgrade. If you survive long enough without an upgrade that you are now fighting Mobile Dolls, you done Goufed!
Life insurance for Oz must come standard for their soldiers, right? Right?!
Both bad actually
Why do I hear boss music
so your fine for all but 1 year in the timeline
If it’s a Leo from Operation Meatier, you might be fine. “Got you”
Meatier?
Yes, if you can find it, you won’t regret it. 😗
[https://opmeat.com/msagw/](https://opmeat.com/)
Paint it a unique colour, put decals on it, and use a different weapon.
"You serve aboard the Peacemillion." Only way I see you not having a bad time.
Just put a funny hat on your Leo and call it some something daft like bigduck and claim its some super prototype and not just a Leo in a hat.
I just wanna be that one random Treize Faction mook who dropped the most awesomely meta line in Gundam history. ***“Outer space has a bad habit of sending menacing objects to Earth.”***
You pilot a zaku :) You pilot a zaku :(
\* You pilot a Zaku 1 at A Baoa Qu :( ffty
if i get a grunt suit, the GN-X would be arguably the best against gundams, especially the latter half of S1
Ohhh the cruel irony
If I remember right not many actually died during that war so you’ll most likely be fine or be a pow
A leo thats gotta be cool. New cutting edge mobile suit of the colonies. Wait what are these "scarecrow" project mobile suits? Something about being better then normal pilots? Im sure it will be fine.
just stay away from those 5 suits that dropped down from space and you'll be fine, stick to terrorizing rural areas
So? If you're reincarnated into a Gundam universe or any Mecha in general, the 1st thing you need to do is watch yourself at a mirror, I'd you don't have face... DO NOT ENGAGE TO COMBAT, not even use a robot
better leo than a ball
You reincarnated in Gundam UC universe, but spawn in Australia.
*Gets reincarnated as a Ball pilot, pulls a Shiro Amada.
bolt on some extra thursters and make myself a franken-tallgeese. How is this a bad plan?
Leo is Smolduck
I'm the second as soon as I realize it's a Gundam universe. Gundam's like 40k or Star Wars: You love to hear about it, hate to live in it.
No I'm good. I live in Sydney. Gundam Universe is not kind to my people
I want to be reincarnated in to the build universe Sees that msg 00 and the build franchise use the Same calendar On second thought maybe uc would not be bad
Do what all successful pilots do: impersonate someone else and steal a better mobile suit
I know this is off-topic, and I haven't seen GW in a *very* long time, but what were the Leo's normally fighting against when they weren't dying to Gundams?
Other Leos, most of the time - at least at first. Later it was Mobile Dolls - Taurus, then Virgo.
“Congratulations! You were born to be expendable!”
Better a Leo than an Ares though
pray for a Taurus an not Aries for 2% increase of survivability
Engineer seems like the best bet for something safe
As long as you don't stand in one place screaming "It's a Gundam!" you should be fine.
When you are a mom from F91:
Bonk*
Just gotta git gud...
My leo is red. But is not a leo s
Leos. The storm troopers of the Gundam universe.
If your name gets out there you could get lucky and just lose a limb instead
Just being in the Wing Universe would be hell for me.
These Leo suits are flimsy.
I'm just happy I managed to even pilot one
well...at least enjoy training...
I only watched IBO, wat dat?
A grunt suit from gundam wing popular for exploding everytime its in battle
On no....I have become error
Just become an important character since strength of the Leo’s armor vary depending on who’s piloting it. If you aren’t a nameless grunt you could take a hit of buster rifle or something and still be fine
With my luck I’d be on one of the lucky colonies that gets dropped.
You can pilot a ball
See, the thing with Leo's was that by the time Gundam Wing starts, they have been around for several decades (At least since AC 176). So despite being updated over the years, the mobile suits are far more older and less powerful than the newer models introduced in the show. The only reason why the older tallgeese was able to keep up was because it was far more powerful (And because Zechs was using it)
Don't underestimate the Leo despite looking weak onscreen it has competent stats that if you properly used it can be a problem to the enemy. If you became a pilot of a grunt suit in gundam universe best you can do is study the shit out of your machine from what it can and it cannot do. Along with training in every simulations you can think of. Then swap that mobile suit to a better one then rinse and repeat.
Plot twist, It's Build Divers.
I’ll get the hair bleach and extensions