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Witch Image is one of the top 3 best songs on the Prequelle album and it needs to be talked about more I swear (and I sincerely hope it gets a spot in the tracklist the next time Ghost goes on tour which ik it may not happen but LET ME DREAM

#the band ghost #ghost the band #prequelle ghost #the live version of the song is also just as good #cardinal copia #tumblr #jenn rambles #copia ghost

Tomorrow is my 39th birthday and that is insane to me lol. My 30s have been awful and amazing in equal measure. I’ve made some wonderful friends (yes, you’re all FRIENDS and I’ll die on that hill) here and you all make me smile every day, and occasionally make me need a new pair of panties lol. I’m excited for the last year to close out this decade.

And also, HBD to my birthday twin Sebastian Stan ❤️

#personal #Jenn rambles #happy birthday #39

Longer Turn a Gundam review/thoughts here. Again, already posted a TL;DR — this will be me rambling for god knows how long. Some major spoilers below, if you wanna check this series out and haven’t, I’d recommend just doing that. Come on back later on. If undaunted or you’ve watched it, well come on in!

Turn A Gundam floored me. I’ve been watching a bunch of Gundam series over the last year-ish. Largely bouncing around from various UC shows. Now going from 0079 to 0080 to 08th MS Team is probably not the best method of watching Gundam. But hey it’s worked for me. Now, I was originally gonna save Turn A for later. I figured I’d save it for after Zeta or ZZ, but…my local library (shoutout to the Gunpla nerd in charge of procurement, you’re like the MVP) had a copy of Turn A and I went…“well why not?” And I am so glad I did.

I will say, I do think enjoyment of this series will be enhanced if (when) I revisit it after watching some of the other Gundam series that predate Turn A. Yes I did the whole “Leo pointing at his TV” when the Borjarnon/Zaku showed up. But I need to see where (ZZ) the Kapool/Capsule hailed from. One day. Now, I’ll talk more about the original designs for this series below, but I wanna talk about the characters first.

Because the characters, the characters make this series. I’d say there’s four main characters, two hailing from the moon (Loran and Dianna) and two of the earth (the Heim sisters, Kihel and Sochie) Let’s start with our Gundam pilot — Loran Cehack. I love Loran, he’s such a fascinating contrast to say, Amuro Ray. Loran is, like a lot of other giant robot pilots throughout history, reluctant! He doesn’t want to pilot this machine. But, while he eventually takes this awesome responsibility, he remains as pacifistic as he humanly can. It’s just delightful to have a Gundam pilot who understands the burden, and tries to minimize the damage this war machine can unleash. Now let’s consider Sochie Heim. Because she’s a wonderful contrast to Loran. She’s brash, headstrong, and clearly wants to fight against the Moonrace. She has perfectly justifiable reasons to fight as well! Her father was killed in the initial invasion of Vicinity, and she has a bit of an inferiority complex. First to her elder sister Kihel (and we’ll get to her!) and then, to Loran. Especially as Loran gets to wield the White Doll. She wants that power! Even if…the audience knows, that she could not handle the responsibility. This really makes her feel like a prototypical Gundam pilot. Like, at the beginning of the war she’s brash and full of herself, but after episode 27 with the death of Gavane Goonny, she becomes far more humbled by the horrors of war. While she becomes a badass Kapool pilot over the course of the war, she is still mostly driven to triumph over her sister and Loran. Such a fascinating and tragic character. (I’ll be thinking about her ending for some time).

Now…the two main girls I’ve saved for last Queen Dianna Soreil of the Moon and Kihel Heim. Holy heck these two. Kihel who desires, so much more than her provincial life can offer her. Dianna, who is burdened by hundreds of years of rule (cyrosleep baby!), and desires a quiet end on Earth. Also these two look suspiciously alike. Is that ever explained? Nope! Who cares! It’s time for shenanigans! The first time these two trade places…we are already see the groundwork for these two merging from two into one. Dianna-Kihel and Kihel-Dianna. And as the show progresses that fusion becomes more and complete. They understand each other, and they both get what they want. Kind of. Kihel as Dianna is beloved and rises to greater heights (quite literally). Dianna as Kihel finds herself at peace, despite it all. Again, every time these two interacted after episode 27 my brain literally felt like TV static. I don’t know what their relationship is, but whatever it is I need more.

Now look this thing is already plenty damn long, but to hell with it. Let’s talk about some of the side characters. Harry Ord, Royal guard to Dianna, love interest to Kihel. Also quite possibly the best Char clone on gods green earth. God I love him so much, he dresses like a dweeb, but he’s got a heart of gold. Guin Rhineford, an industrialist and politician who tries to force femme Loran into Laura Rolla. All because he’s got the hots for him and this man is like hella repressed. (I did not stutter, this fucking guy really does spend like half of Turn A trying to force femme Loran), um anyway - peak. Then there’s so many, many others. Miashei Kune, an Earther airplane pilot. She’s spunky and like Sochie eventually becomes a major Kapool pilot for the militia. Or Lily Borjarno, a Luzianna (go with it) Royal — just a fantastic character. Snarky, lady like, and a conniving politico. She plays a great femme fatale. How about Fran Doll and Keith Laijie two Moonrace civilians who came to Earth with Loran. Fran has that newshound spunk. Keith, my man just wants to bake bread and avoid the war. And then there’s girlfailure Poe Aijee a recurring Wodom pilot from the Dianna Counter. Again, peak girlfailure. I really could keep going, but I’ll stop here. For the characters at least.

I’ve gotta heap some praise upon the greatest of all time, Yoko Kanno. Kanno has done some damn good compositions before, and Turn A is no exception for her. I’m no expert in musical composition, but again, this stuff is phenomenal. A lot genres mixed together. Some classical, waltz, folk, and even some oddball (if you haven’t see the show) inclusions! Like tribal chants, JRPG sounding choral chants, electronica. The soundtrack is available on YouTube and your various music streaming services, if you’re like, reading this review/ramble, and haven’t see the series…um. Why are you here, again? But anyway — if you are here — go listen to this ost, it slaps.

Lastly, let’s conclude this ramble with talking about — mobile suits! Deeply dangerous series, for my wallet. Because, wow, wow, wow. There’s some fantastic designs in this show. One thing you’ll see mentioned in most Turn A reviews will mention that Syd Mead, a westerner and industrial designer. He did work on Blade Runner, Tron and the likes. His designs in Turn A are stellar. He did the titular Turn A, as well its sibling Turn X. Wicked good Gundams. He also designed the SUMO and FLAT. Two excellent mobile suits. But then there’s the War of the Worlds looking Wodom. Or the Mahiroo or Bandit. So, many, good mobile suits. Again, my wallet is hiding in fear. This show is like, going to get me into gunpla. For better for worse, I suppose it was inevitable…god I should have picked a less obscure series to get obsessed with the mobile suit designs.

So, okay. That was, a lot! I might edit this down later on or so. But I just, have so much in my system to say about Turn A Gundam. It’s a truly special show. Incredible characters, absolutely blissed out vibes with the animation and ost. Wonderful mobile suit designs, some great action. Highly recommend. If you’ve made it all the way to the end of this ramble, thanks for reading!

#turn a gundam #jenn rambles #review? sure yeah review

I’ve finally gotten back into writing. Slowly, but surely, I’ve got about 7k words in to the next CITB installment but I keep stopping to go into delulu land.

Kim Mingyu has taken over every active brain cell that is left in my head making it impossible to focus.

This photo made me speak gibberish. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

#jenn rambles #kim mingyu is a menace #but im excited to be back to writing after weeks of depression and life trying to end me

Shitghosting/Pondering

What if the next frontman of Ghost isn't a Papa?

Been thinking...

Tobias knows how beloved Copia is, and how important he is to so many fans. So what if he retires him from performing, but not from the role as Papa?

Popia can stay at the Ministry and run things from there. He can still be in the Chapters videos. We can be content seeing him once in a while and knowing he's okay.

So who will front the band?

Imagine this:

A Chapter entitled: Casting Call

Papa, Sister Imperator, Saltarian, and spectral Papa Nihil hold auditions for the next lead singer of Ghost. (Hell, have some Ghoouls there in the background as well - they should get a say.)

Siblings and clergy members from different branches come and give it their best shot. Could be a very interesting roster of potentials. Mary Goore? Resurrected Terzo in disguise? Unmasked Phil? I'm sure Tobias has a TON of silly characters taking up space in his brain.

I don't know where this idea came from, but it's taken root in my mind. I could be really cute/funny/clever if done right. And could be a compelling way to introduce the new singer...