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Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

I am going to be so disappointed if this show doesn't end with someone loving the robot.

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Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Kwyndig posted:

Bravern already described having Isami in his cockpit to be analogous to sex, so somebody is loving the robot.

Needs more cum.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Isami is not at all appreciative enough of his very large boyfriend.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Kwyndig posted:

To be fair, he is lying about who he is to Isami. Although also to be fair Smith's true self is Bravern.

Can't give the game away too early or else the time loop would break and Smith wouldn't end up exploding in order to power up at all.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Wait.

Wait.

Is the reason Bravern even needs a pilot at all just because Lewis didn't want to fight without his husband?

:allears:

Captain Fargle fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Mar 8, 2024

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

I am going to be so disappointed if the series doesn't end with Bravern proposing to Isami while trying to hold a normal rear end wedding ring in his giant gundam hand.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

I swear to gently caress if they end this series without Bravern ever telling Isami who he actually is I'm going actually fly out to Japan in order to find Obari's office and very calmly and politely explain my issues with his show.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Rand Brittain posted:

I don't care whether he explains so long as they kiss.

It's not very heroic to leave your friends thinking that you're dead!

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Also it would be really skeevy if he kissed Isami without telling him and it's unacceptable for the show to end without them doing that.

It's no way to build a healthy relationship.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

I'm genuinely really worried that show is going to end with it just queerbaiting and us all being left hanging. There's not a lot of time left to wrap thing up you know? Also anime series like this don't have a great track record when it comes to gay relationships.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Midjack posted:

So write a fanfic about it like every frustrated nerd in the history of fandom instead of posting fantasies about confronting Obari in the thread.

Oh.

I'm sorry if that post came across as genuine. It was supposed to read as exaggerated sarcasm.

My apologies. I'm not trying to go aggro on the thread.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

I both loved and hated this episode. The lack of Isami and Bravern just having an honest conversation together is destroying me.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

This episode also did nothing to ease my anxiety that the whole show is just going to end with having been a dozen episodes of queerbaiting. The writers are extremely good about keeping me on the edge of my seat to see how it ends.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

This episode made me very happy and I'm looking forward to next week a lot now to see what nonsense they pull in order to get him back.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Azubah posted:

Is Isami....Superbia?!

No.

You can tell because Bravern hasn't tried to gently caress him.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Booky posted:

why would we be left on a cliffhanger this big for a week...........

Because we have to hurt Isami somehow. Wouldn't be a Bravern episode without him suffering.

Three months of "How can we traumatize this one particular JSDF officer this week?"

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

https://vxtwitter.com/Ik_Nyong_0096/status/1765972871183262067?s=20

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Arc Hammer posted:

https://twitter.com/bangbravern/status/1772096548413075868?t=bwaieqmJNuhT00lj2hHQEw&s=19

Final episode, Beyond Bang Brave.

Superbia is wielding the Burn Blade

The episode preview is also just a clip show with zero new footage at all.

They really don't want us figuring out what's going to happen on Thursday.

It's going to be ridiculous.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

So a new set of preview images was released:



And I noticed that either Bravern is off model in that first shot, which seems unlikely, or something else is going here.



Above is the preview and below is a shot of Bravern without his colours.

Captain Fargle fucked around with this message at 11:36 on Mar 28, 2024

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Well apparently I was wrong and just misinterpreted some particularly dramatic lighting.

A good ending overall I guess but not nearly gay enough. I'm genuinely really drat annoyed that they didn't even let them hug on screen, let alone kiss.

At least it was a happy ending.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Endorph posted:

he was naked inside bravern (smith) idk what else you need

Actually letting your gay couple embrace and be a couple. Maybe have any kind of acknowledgement at all of their relationship in your finale instead of just having things carry on like he didn't just declare his love the last time they were alone together?

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Terry van Feleday posted:

But... They are a couple. The show takes great pains to make clear that's what the pilot-pilotee relationship means, it's like the text of the show. If you want to see some smooching men animated and are disappointed you didn't get that here that's cool but it's not a case of lacking acknowledgement by any means

Maybe I'm not communicating clearly and if so I apologise.

When I say acknowledgement here I mean that it felt kinda like if Episode 11 and the confession hadn't happened at all their interactions in the finale would still have been exactly the same you know?.They don't treat each other like a couple who've just got together properly after a very intense build up. You could have gone straight from Episode 10 to Episode 12 with just a 30 second flashback shot of Wrath gutting Bravern and it wouldn't feel like you'd missed anything relationship wise and I think that sucks.

Swilo posted:

The wrong person jumped into Smith for a hug in the final scene.

This, basically.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Endorph posted:

this fixation on like, kissing or w/e, is kinda weird. a lot of straight romance anime dont end with that lol. it feels mostly like projection outwards as needing something to 'prove' its gay when even if they did make out for 20 minutes uninterrupted people would still ignore it. idk

like 'not missing anything...' but 11 itself means a lot. its weird to act like it doesnt matter just because they didnt perform this hyperspecific action. its basically arguments homophobes make to dismiss gay text but from the opposite direction

I really resent the words you're trying to put in my mouth here.

Me, as a gay man, wanting greater representation on screen of gay couples being allowed to be openly intimate and affectionate towards each other is not at all a comparable situation. Kindly knock it off.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

Arc Hammer posted:

The dude last episode got decapitated and survived long enough to watch a sick rear end fight scene, I think they can play around with how mortality works. Or hell just pop a tower up to 3D print another mecha

Bravern's magic 3D printer is still just there on the aircraft carrier after all. And when you want Superbia back too you just drop Lulu's necklace in there. Easy setup for Season 2 or whatever.

Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnii0bUeP9w

Subtitled version of the frying pan ad.

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Captain Fargle
Feb 16, 2011

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

I'd say the same but not at that price

Are you mad?!

39,800 JPY for 9 tons of enamelled aluminium is an absolute steal!

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Captain Fargle fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Apr 1, 2024

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