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[spleener.livejournal.com]

So Xing Ke and Kaguya are obviously calling bullshit on last episode's shenanigans- well, it's possible that they haven't been told the real story, but somehow I doubt it given their positions in the organization. While I expected this from Xing Ke, I must say, Kaguya's surprisingly smart under her usual LOL ZERO IS MAI HASBANDO ^_^ exterior. Then again it's possible that her ZERO IS MAI HASBANDO LOL attitude is what let her realize that maybe they were being hasty in passing judgement on him, since most everyone else already didn't really trust him.

On a related note, did anybody else notice that between him talking about how they should make up a story about Zero being dead and the scene later where he talks about Ougi not being right for his role Diethard got his face roughed up a bit? I suppose this is going to be like Cecile's dress in episode 8, another random thing that we're not going to find the story behind until the picture/audio dramas get there.


So did anybody else go "WELL IF YOU HAD COME TO THIS CONCLUSION ABOUT 40 FUCKING EPISODES AGO IT WOULD'VE SAVED EVERYONE A LOT OF TROUBLE" at this line?

In all honesty, though, I do like his "while preaching on about methods over results, what I really valued were ideals and aesthetics" line, he does have a point in that all this time he was failing to realize that there's a difference between what feels like the right thing to do and what actually is the right thing to do. Not to say that what he's doing right now is the right thing to do, he's obviously completely fucking snapped, which is most likely JUST AS PLANNED for Schniezel.

And Marianne's personality is about what I expected given previous information. I'm wondering if her lack of concern for her son is an 'I have confidence my son can pull his own ass out of the fire' thing or a 'screw that kid, I just care about my keikaku' thing, though. I suspect the latter (unless of course her aforementioned keikaku also involves helping him out in some way.)

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[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

So did anybody else go "WELL IF YOU HAD COME TO THIS CONCLUSION ABOUT 40 FUCKING EPISODES AGO IT WOULD'VE SAVED EVERYONE A LOT OF TROUBLE" at this line?
Alas, there was no nuke 40 episodes ago. Nothing induces a change in character like massive emotional trauma upon massive emotional trauma. =Db Anyways, character development is not exactly a bad thing. And it's not like he or Zero are in the "right" or "wrong". If either of them (doesn't matter whom, really) had just given up, everyone's stories would likely have had a happier (or at least a more alive) end.

In general, the fanbase seems to preoccupy itself on trying to gauge who is comparatively more right or wrong for any given episode, when (at least to me) it's pretty clear that it's their absolute descent into wretchedness and the one-on-one nature of their conflict (regardless of moral/ethical considerations) that are what's actually important. (Sorry to go off a little on the fandom there...)

Not touching the Anya and Marianne thing because I'll be damned if I know. But her "bad mom"-meter rose significantly in this episode.

[tanzentravis.livejournal.com]

"In general, the fanbase seems to preoccupy itself on trying to gauge who is comparatively more right or wrong for any given episode, when (at least to me) it's pretty clear that it's their absolute descent into wretchedness and the one-on-one nature of their conflict (regardless of moral/ethical considerations) that are what's actually important. (Sorry to go off a little on the fandom there...)"

THANK YOU. That's what I've been thinking and wanting to say for a while but I didn't quite know how to say it. Neither side is right OR wrong, they're both goin' batshits. Kinda.