Since I can’t concentrate on my homework, I figured I’d write some tl;dr on 00 since that usually settles me down (my brand new, top-of-the-line computer turned into a piece of shit over the last couple weeks somehow and it’s driving me fucking crazy–that, by the way, is my big excuse for not having drawn much in the last few weeks, on top of the costume design project, Photoshop is really painful to use right now). Anyhow! Post-8 thoughts, mostly about Innovators and the usual shit. And have a screenshot from the preview because… sexy Innovators?
Regene
This week’s big Regene-question is what was it that Regene said/did that went over the line for Ribbons? Obviously he did something he wasn’t supposed to do. But what was it?
- Contacting Tieria (at all? directly?)
- Using quantum-brainwave-telepathy to talk to Tieria
- Telling Tieria about Aeolia’s plan
- Provoking/taunting Tieria
- Something else?
Either way Ribbons is not happy with what he did. Regene is probably grounded now, but I get the impression he knows it and took the risk anyway. Regene’s preparing to make some kind of move, but as usual we have no idea what it is still. I think he’s trying to protect Tieria though, hence the especially creepy approach/etc to put him off joining the Innovators (though if it wasn’t for Lockon it probably would have worked). I wouldn’t be surprised if Regene goes rogue soon.
Also, Regene’s got himself a bunch more deathflags this episode. If he goes down he’s taking a lot of shit with him though–I can see him sacrificing himself for Tieria/whatever his plan is.
The “Plan”
There are so many fucking plans going on it’s becoming difficult to keep track of. Here’s what I think is going on:
Aeolia’s original plan (according to Ribbons and co.)
- CB interventions eradicate war (in-between step: CB is destroyed)
- A-Laws control humanity
- Humanity moves into deep space
Assuming this is actually Aeolia’s original plan and not just Ribbons’ revised plan, of course. I think during S1 when Aeolia’s body and the Veda core were tampered with the plan shifted to a backup plan which Aeolia had devised ahead of time (this would include Trans-Am and the Twin Drive/etc, especially given that the Twin Drive was something not in Veda and that Ribbons didn’t know about).
Regene keeps posing the question of whether Ribbons is actually following Aeolia’s plan or not. I think I’m inclined to agree with one of the guys on /m/ who said that Ribbons is doing his own thing but within the bounds of Aeolia’s original premise (perhaps so that he can blame whatever he ends up doing that’s all evil and horrible on Aeolia–he doesn’t seem to like Aeolia much at all so using his plan to destroy his image and achieve his [Ribbons'] own goals seems like it’d be a pretty sweet deal for Ribbons).
Then of course there are outside factors like Wang (who seems to be working with Regene, I kind of think Regene’s just trying to cover all his bases–I’m almost inclined to say that Regene has no grand plan but is mainly concerned with self-preservation and I do think he has some kind of related interest in Tieria).
The Mirror Scene
So, we have Hilling Care, Tieria and a mirror that gets shot in this episode. Was that the ominous mirror scene from the ED or perhaps foreshadowing of it? If the mirror scene ‘happened’ this week I make the following predictions:
- Revive’s the first Innovator that’s gonna buy it, probably in episode 12 or 13 after O-Raiser comes online and OO starts wrecking shit.
- Hilling’s next.
If it’s meant as foreshadowing, I think the Innovator-splinter cell thing might happen. Hilling is interesting though… Well both him and Revive seem pretty loyal to Ribbons. But then again Revive seems more of the type just giving lipservice to Ribbons, and Hilling seems a touch psycho so I guess it’s plausible. I dunno how they’d work with Regene though…
Innovator =! Supersoldiers
For the last time idiots, they’re organic robots. They’re not modified humans, they were designed and ‘built.’ STOP BITCHING THAT EVERYONE’S A SUPERSOLDIER. THEY’RE NOT.
Um… I think I had other stuff I wanted to write about too buuut I’ve lost my train of thought and I’ll just toss in that I’m really excited about where the story’s going right now and that we’re getting MOAR INNOVATORS next week.
