Favorite Character

Liselle · Post by **Liselle** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:11 pm

Kheldar? I was more worried about you. I wish you'd stop calling me about that night in Big Brother.

It was all for the glory of TV I tell you. There was nothing behind it, let it GO.

Behemoth · Post by **Behemoth** » Sun May 04, 2003 3:26 am

I've only seen eps 1~12 (plus the final episode), but so far Melissa is my favorite. She's tough and capable, very responsible about her work and her subordinates.

I also like most of the characters, including Kaname, Sagara, Kurtz, Kalinin, even Gaulun: It's refreshing to see a villain who's all bad, just for the heck of it.

I have mixed feelings about Tessa, though. She's pretty, compassionate, sweet, and very intelligent. However, she doesn't seem fit to be in command so far. She's too uncertain of herself, and hasn't showed herself to be a firm leader. *shrug* Still, everyone seems to respect her, so I suppose she's got her own style of command.

Katyusha · Post by **Katyusha** » Sun May 04, 2003 9:40 am

When you design something and can have a feel for it's handling charactaristics like you have a feel for your own body, you're likely to make better use of it than some random schmuck, ne?

Jae · Post by **Jae** » Sun May 04, 2003 10:16 am

Well, Tessa's more or less training-on-the-job.
Like Kat's post- she's captian for a special reason.

If you notice, acutally Mardukas and Kalanin do most of the commanding-
either through suggestion or direct action.
Tessa's strong point is sub tactics for the Dannan. Kalanin seems to deal more with personnel-orientated command and Mardukas with standard military command. They defer to her because she does hold higher rank, but both seem to also be trying to support her in learning how to be a good commander.

Although I think they both, along with the rest of the crew, seem to also patronize her somewhat- "Oh, she's so cute!" attitude stuff- example, towards the end when she surprises the bridge crew. It was almost as if then they realized she was more than a cute (although odd) girl.

Sgt_Bartello · Post by **Sgt_Bartello** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:14 am

I hadn't noticed it before Jae brought it up, but yeah, Tessa does look like she's getting-on-the-job training. *Spoiler?* Especially when she drops her clipboard full of papers (or something like it) in one of the early episodes. That'd be pretty embarrassing in front of your boss if you were still learning the ropes of submarine command.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:38 am

ditto to everything everyone said. tessa's one of my fave chars.

i really got to watch FMP again to find out what i missed. i bet there's lotsa small details that i haven't gotten yet.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:30 pm

There's always a load of stuff to learn the 2nd time around, even
more on the 3rd,.... how many times around before we find out the
secrets of the universe?

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue May 06, 2003 5:55 am

well i watched vandread 13 times and i was still discovering new stuff. guess FMP will be the same. however, although i like the FMP series, i don't like watching it. strange, ne?

dunno why, maybe it's coz the OP, ED and storyline in general make me cry.

Katyusha · Post by **Katyusha** » Tue May 06, 2003 8:47 am

That's the first time I've heard of FM*P! making someone cry actually.

They arn't *THAT* dramatic, except for maybe the Hermajistan (sopposedly Afghanistan) arc of the story. Those 3 are my favorite parts. Pure gritty hell for them, and ...
(select for the Spoilers- jae)
only Sousuke (and Gaulun) get out alive.
...

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Wed May 07, 2003 6:07 am

i dunno... great OPs and EDs have that effect on me. Have yet been unable to discover the reason for the storyline though.

I'm not really a fan for action series, but FMP had this flow to it. Good characterisation played a part too i guess.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed May 07, 2003 2:38 pm

@Deckard
Have to agree with ya on all that. Music's great, the chars are played
to a T -- I already DREAD the concept of a dub, but I think most of their
effort should be to find ppl to play the chars as well, if not better.

...I'll give the storyline this. Mecha series before never explained 'how'
theire tech came into being, FMP does

Arx-7 Arbalest · Post by **Arx-7 Arbalest** » Thu May 08, 2003 4:31 am

yes i am back!!! hey cool you cry when watching FMP?!

you muz be very emotional.....

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Thu May 08, 2003 2:07 pm

HELLFIRE wrote:. Mecha series before never explained 'how'
theire tech came into being, FMP does

yeah.
btw, i like tessa the most; i just kinda go for characters like her.

Post by **Taurec** » Thu May 08, 2003 2:14 pm

grahf wrote: btw, i like tessa the most; i just kinda go for characters like her.

Yeah, "doormat" type girls really get to ya .. snif ..

Welcome to the club ..

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Fri May 09, 2003 1:05 am

ahaha... me too. short, athletically weak. my favourite. :SLURP:

[p.s. i'm not emotional. except when watching anime. why do you think i like watching onegai teacher and mahoromatic so much?

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