Ruby Weapon Questline

[LystAP]

In regards to the current trajectory of the Ruby Weapon questline:

So all of these orphans are going to die to make us feel bad for Gaius right? Seems kind of generic Kill'em'all robot story. Even when they showed that Echo flashback, I didn't really connect with them at all. Unlike Emet-selch which we traveled around with a bit and got to know, these orphans feel like they were meant to be just killed off as a narrative tool.

[Anonymoose]

Are you suggesting that a trial series inspired by Gundam is instead going to be a progression of increasingly impressive robot fights with thematically matching pilots woven into a narrative which pushes a global war into the backdrop so that everyone can focus on groundbreaking military hardware utilized in personal conflicts by youth consumed by interpersonal and family drama an- ... Oh.

...Is Gaius going to end up a temporary Char Clone?

...Do we need to find him an estranged sister?

...Is one of our allies secretly Cornelia bas Baelsar?

[LystAP]

Are you suggesting that a trial series inspired by Gundam is instead going to be a progression of increasingly impressive robot fights with thematically matching pilots woven into a narrative which pushes a global war into the backdrop so that everyone can focus on groundbreaking military hardware utilized in personal conflicts by youth consumed by interpersonal and family drama an- ... Oh.

...Is Gaius going to end up a temporary Char Clone?

...Do we need to find him an estranged sister?

...Is one of our allies secretly Cornelia bas Baelsar?

As long as we get to pilot our own robot at the end, it'll all turn out great.

[Mysteltain]

It's all Gundams and rainbows until it all comes tumbling down. Tumbling down. ...tumbling down.

[SannaR]

For me it's more of an Eva thing as there is a sync ratio that they checked before launch. Then whole core switch thing taking over is a lot like Eva unit one going berserk. At least there's no ATV fields and hopefully this won't end up causing a third impact I mean another try at a calamity.

[Bhearil]

When is saw the scenes i though Evangelion not Gundam as well. The core taking over looks like a mix of the Dummy Plug with Eva going berserk and Rei(Nael) going Third Impact route

[KageTokage]

I'm kind of hoping that Cid, knowing about Gaius' feelings for his adopted children as well having intel on the nature of the Weapons finds a way for us to disable their Oversoul mode so at least some of them don't end up dead in the end.

That and it would get kind of stale for all of them to have a similar phase 2 twist even if the data is being borrowed is from different individuals.

Right now, I can't really say I feel terribly sorry for anyone other then Gaius because the Weapon pilots seem to know what they're getting themselves into (Millsandia seemed to understand that Oversoul is a last resort that will kill them, but not exactly how) and thus far it seems as though they're only in it for the sake of pursuing glory. It wouldn't surprise me if the new VIIth legion is forcing people from Werlyt to involve themselves in the Weapon project based on their compatability, though. It doesn't seem normal for the Garleans to entrust conscripts with that sort of technology, and it may simply be that they're the only ones who can use it.

[JeanneOrnitier]

Should've been a G Gundam-inspired questline. I want to see a Weapon use Erupting Burning Finger.

[RyuDragnier]

I'm kind of hoping that Cid, knowing about Gaius' feelings for his adopted children as well having intel on the nature of the Weapons finds a way for us to disable their Oversoul mode so at least some of them don't end up dead in the end.

That and it would get kind of stale for all of them to have a similar phase 2 twist even if the data is being borrowed is from different individuals.

If they plan to use Rhitahtyn sas Arvina, I could picture a second phase being avoided with him recognizing Gaius and letting go of the pilot due to an order from Gaius, or merely due to his dislike of needless bloodshed. Assuming they want to go down that route and show that the system has a downside to it with the personality still having the same flaws and morals as the original, anyway.

[Dualblade]

...Is one of our allies secretly Cornelia bas Baelsar?

My first thought here was Mikoto for some reason. She is getting more screen time soon.