Trinity Blood rant
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petroniaDoes anyone have the Trinity Blood ending theme? I have it stuck in my head. ^^;
I ranted at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sesame_seed over chat the other day about how Esther annoyed me in The Iblis, for like a full hour, and the poor thing sat and took it even though she had no idea who/what I was talking about. XD;; But yeah. There was always something massively Sue-ish about Esther's character construct - beautiful red-haired seventeen-year-old NINJA-FIGHTING NUN with angsty past and oodles of personal charisma (well, so says the narrative, I don't see it) who is also saintly and forgiving when the need arises - it never really rang right with me that she completely forgave Gyula at the end of Star of Sorrow, and I totally don't see how she got over having to protect Ion and Radu in five minutes. She should've freaked out! Or at least asked questions! It's the functional equivalent of being ordered by the CIA to keep Osama bin Laden from being captured by the FBI! I don't know if I'd like her better if she'd freaked out - her frustration with Abel was understandable human behaviour but not at all sympathetic - but it would've been more realistic.
Anyhow, my actual point: I can live with the Sue-ness. I can even live with the fact that she is clearly the oh-so-special main character destined to become queen of the Toribura universe because the author likes her and keeps expounding her coolness to the reader despite ALL the other characters being more successful fanbait (Caterina hello!?). But she really got my back up by being insensitive to Abel. I don't know if this is really fair - essentially I may be blaming her for not being a Trigun fan - but I just kept thinking any reasonably intelligent person who's seen what she's seen by the end of ROM 1 should be able to put two and two together and figure out why Abel doesn't just go Crusnik at the drop of a hat without, yanno, HAVING TO BE SLAPPED IN THE FACE WITH IT. I mean, apart from his personal sense of guilt and self-loathing, how fast would that get him nailed by the Inquisitors?
So okay, that issue is settled by the end of the book, at least. But she's going to keep on being snippy at him, and I am so not a big fan of female characters who are unreasonably snippy at and walk all over the guys in their lives because they secretly sort of like them. Though Abel does invite it with hisuke face personality (as Dietrich put to Isaac von Kampfer, and the itch has got to be worse for the Rosicrucians given that they have to deal with the Suwabe Variant so to speak). It really is kind of funny how he's trod upon by the women in his life, and how they all entirely adore him. Is that usual for the sort of character he is? ^^; But seriously, if we're going to be like that, I have to repeat myself: CATERINA IS SO MUCH COOLER IT IS NOT A CONTEST.
...Also I keep getting these sudden spasms of "But she's a NUN omgwtfbbq!!112!?" Mind you clearly Yoshida-sensei never cared about that, so I'm trying not to either.
In conclusion, I'm almost liking RAM better just because there is no Esther, which is another reason the anime makes me bitter. Also I have no attention span, and the build-up to ROM's climaxes are always leisurely. No doubt this will all change once I really get into The Night Lords and Augusta and Aste rejoin the fray. XD Anyhow all my nitpicks are redeemed by scenes such as Lilith's message at the end of ROM2. I love that the truth of Armageddon was something unimaginable to the humans of the Trinity Blood present-day, who over the course of a thousand years have distorted history to myth: fleet admirals and battalion commanders become kings and saints, technological weapons become acts of God. How it started off with the United Nations and ended with the Vatican I have no idea, nor for that matter who exactly either side consisted of - "humans" versus "vampires" is clearly not the full picture - but that's why I keep reading, I guess.
Tres does seem to be getting less robotic as the series draws on (his interaction with Father Leon "my nose hair is sexier than your nose hair" Garcia de Astorias tickles me pink. "Aw, don't be shy!" "Shy? I do not comprehend my lord's statement. Please to renew input."). But then he's a cyborg and not an android; as much organic as Major Kusanagi out of Ghost in the Shell, really. I'm not sure if I read that bit in RAM1 right but he's the last of ten "killing dolls" who occupied the Vatican, i.e. what, he used to belong to Rosenkreuz or something? Caterina had him reprogrammed? @_@ It explains why he's III.X, though.
"Sling Blade" seems to be about Hugue again. So basically, the Adventures of Father Watteau are gaiden? XD I suppose since he's not obeying orders...
I ranted at
sesame_seed over chat the other day about how Esther annoyed me in The Iblis, for like a full hour, and the poor thing sat and took it even though she had no idea who/what I was talking about. XD;; But yeah. There was always something massively Sue-ish about Esther's character construct - beautiful red-haired seventeen-year-old NINJA-FIGHTING NUN with angsty past and oodles of personal charisma (well, so says the narrative, I don't see it) who is also saintly and forgiving when the need arises - it never really rang right with me that she completely forgave Gyula at the end of Star of Sorrow, and I totally don't see how she got over having to protect Ion and Radu in five minutes. She should've freaked out! Or at least asked questions! It's the functional equivalent of being ordered by the CIA to keep Osama bin Laden from being captured by the FBI! I don't know if I'd like her better if she'd freaked out - her frustration with Abel was understandable human behaviour but not at all sympathetic - but it would've been more realistic. Anyhow, my actual point: I can live with the Sue-ness. I can even live with the fact that she is clearly the oh-so-special main character destined to become queen of the Toribura universe because the author likes her and keeps expounding her coolness to the reader despite ALL the other characters being more successful fanbait (Caterina hello!?). But she really got my back up by being insensitive to Abel. I don't know if this is really fair - essentially I may be blaming her for not being a Trigun fan - but I just kept thinking any reasonably intelligent person who's seen what she's seen by the end of ROM 1 should be able to put two and two together and figure out why Abel doesn't just go Crusnik at the drop of a hat without, yanno, HAVING TO BE SLAPPED IN THE FACE WITH IT. I mean, apart from his personal sense of guilt and self-loathing, how fast would that get him nailed by the Inquisitors?
So okay, that issue is settled by the end of the book, at least. But she's going to keep on being snippy at him, and I am so not a big fan of female characters who are unreasonably snippy at and walk all over the guys in their lives because they secretly sort of like them. Though Abel does invite it with his
...Also I keep getting these sudden spasms of "But she's a NUN omgwtfbbq!!112!?" Mind you clearly Yoshida-sensei never cared about that, so I'm trying not to either.
In conclusion, I'm almost liking RAM better just because there is no Esther, which is another reason the anime makes me bitter. Also I have no attention span, and the build-up to ROM's climaxes are always leisurely. No doubt this will all change once I really get into The Night Lords and Augusta and Aste rejoin the fray. XD Anyhow all my nitpicks are redeemed by scenes such as Lilith's message at the end of ROM2. I love that the truth of Armageddon was something unimaginable to the humans of the Trinity Blood present-day, who over the course of a thousand years have distorted history to myth: fleet admirals and battalion commanders become kings and saints, technological weapons become acts of God. How it started off with the United Nations and ended with the Vatican I have no idea, nor for that matter who exactly either side consisted of - "humans" versus "vampires" is clearly not the full picture - but that's why I keep reading, I guess.
Tres does seem to be getting less robotic as the series draws on (his interaction with Father Leon "my nose hair is sexier than your nose hair" Garcia de Astorias tickles me pink. "Aw, don't be shy!" "Shy? I do not comprehend my lord's statement. Please to renew input."). But then he's a cyborg and not an android; as much organic as Major Kusanagi out of Ghost in the Shell, really. I'm not sure if I read that bit in RAM1 right but he's the last of ten "killing dolls" who occupied the Vatican, i.e. what, he used to belong to Rosenkreuz or something? Caterina had him reprogrammed? @_@ It explains why he's III.X, though.
"Sling Blade" seems to be about Hugue again. So basically, the Adventures of Father Watteau are gaiden? XD I suppose since he's not obeying orders...
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