Predictions for Turn 8?

[artikgato.livejournal.com]

So, since Turn 7 was so boring full of plotless angst, what are everyone's predictions for Turn 8? We know from the previews that Diethard and Nina are back in the show, at least. =D

...and did anyone else notice Euphemia randomly in the shorter preview? What do you think of that, a flashback or is Euphie an Eleven hating Zombie Princess? xD

I predict that...there will be more fanservice. xD And that Sunrise will once again fill their ghey quota for the week. Aaand...it will probably have something to do with China.

By the way, this is my first real post in this comm. Hi everybody! =D

NOTE: I didn't think there were spoilers in this. o_O So I didn't put it behind a cut. Sorry! ^^; And it's so much harder to express sarcasm in written form. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I didn't like Turn 7, it's just that there weren't quite as many plot developments in it as compared to the first six episodes of R2.

And what's up with all the Nina hate? Yeah she was rather weird and did get annoying, but she was still a rather important character, after all.

Comments

[evilmooglequeen.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I didn't love the episode that much either. It was plenty angsty and fun, like all the rest of the episodes. I know if doesn't make sense to say it was too angsty (since angst is pretty much the reason we watch the show...) but usually the angst is done well and makes at least some sense.

I felt like there was too much of a random switch in Lulu's personality. Sure it was fun to watch him hit rock bottom, but was there really any reason for it? All he found out was that his sister *gasp* has free will and a mind of her own and that maybe what he was doing was unnecessary. Had his epiphany been that Nunnally thinks what he is doing is completely horrific and wrong then he might have come to realization of how much of a hypocrite and a monster he is. That would have been a cause for some real angst. Instead he comes to some mushy conclusion that he has to fight for all his friends, not just his sister.

Hopefully this is a just a set up for things to go horrible horrible wrong and he'll be back to his old maniacal self.

[tenshi789.livejournal.com]

Instead he comes to some mushy conclusion that he has to fight for all his friends, not just his sister.

Now there's one thing I don't understand. How is he fighting for his friends as well? I came to the conclusion that he was fighting for happiness or some other vague thing.

But well, so far his actions has killed Shirley's father and causing them a lot of grief by hijacking the school and putting their colony in turmoil. He has saved them once before in season 1, but I don't see how he's fighting for them now.

Fighting for Kallen, C.C., the Black Knights, and anybody oppressed by the Britannians I understand. But I don't get how he's fighting for Shirley, Milly and Rivalz.

Enlighten me? xD

Oh, but on hitting rock-bottom, I think he just felt useless and all his work was for nothing etc. etc. low self-esteem (and inferiority complex to Suzaku maybe, in that Suzaku's the one protecting Nunnally)

[consequences.livejournal.com]

hrm, the way you put it- I agree. :\ (sorry for popping in here) fighting for all his friends don't make sense but I think it's that he's trying to create that 'kind world' that Nunally keeps on talking about. idk. in maybe a different approach than before? >_o; confusing.

probably an inferiority complex, yeah. XD