At least, that's how I remember GW.

In a discussion on fanon and female-character-hate in anime fandoms and ficdoms, rianax mentioned Relena-hatred in Gundam Wing fandom, and how everyone called her a crazy stalker. I was always in the minority of that fandom as well because I loved Relena's character. I had this in part of my reply, reposting here because it amuses me:

And with Relena and Heero the stalking was kind of mutual, if I recall...

::Relena is doing her thing::
::Heero appears, waving a handgun::
Heero: I came here to kill you. But I'm not going to. But just know that I could. Kill you. If I wanted to. And don't let anyone tell you any different! And by the way, I'll be back tomorrow. To kill you! Or maybe not if I should decide not to in which case it will be my decision so don't read anything into it!
::Heero disappears, behind a curtain::


::Heero is doing his thing::
::Relena appears, waving a purse and pad of paper::
Relena: I thought you promised you were going to come by this week to kill me! Well, anyway, I'm here visiting you to warn you that I'm taking over the world. So ha. And by the way, are you seeing anyone? And, can I interview you and use your memoirs for political inspiration? Great! KTHNXBAI!
::Relena disappears, in her jet::

another vid rec this week

I find it interesting that the first AMV to Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" that I actually like and want to save for repeated viewings is made from Blue Submarine No. 6, of all shows.

I would never have thought to use that song for Hayami's character or BS#6, but after watching the video they've convinced me.

Stupid vidder also made me want to go out and buy the damn thing on DVD. Because digging up old VHS recordings from when it aired on Toonami like 5 years ago would be too painful, when DVDs are so pretty and shiny and... and...

FUCK. I NEED A JOB SO I CAN BUY STUFF.


By freaky coincidence of subject matter, I'm 90% of the way hired to work at Boat U.S. In fact it's more like 96% hired.