Originally posted by: naruto22
WOHOO!! THE DOM PILOTS SURVIVED!!!!!

That aside, the whole plot stank. Everybody's motivation was so damn murky. I still don't know what the hell is going on between Rey and Gilbert. WTF did Rey do that?!?!??!?!?! It makes zero sense to me. I thought the idiot already accepted his fate as a slave to Gilbert. I can't make out what Kira said that finally made Rey snap.

Ah well, blame it on Fukuda. That jerk really doesn't know how to write a good script. One that is understandable to the audience and can reach out to their hearts. Instead, we get philosophical jargon what is as bad as an episode of Star Trek Voyager.

Anyway, summary is that ORB won. Kira and everyone else is alive, even the 3 DOM pilots.

You know, why can't they give a proper ending for once in Gundam? Why can't they give an ending that basically says:

"...........and they all lived happily ever after."

I guess they can't because they want the characters to suffer so they can churn out more lame models.

Can everyone at least agree that the ENDING EPISODE SUCKED, if not the whole series? In the end, nothing is resolved. Zero. Zip. Kosong.

Rey's motivation
Gilbert's motivation
Talia's motivation
Shinn's lame ass crying
Mwu La Flaga's resurrection (I don't count 5 seconds of flashback as adequate)
DOM Trooper Pilot's motivation (purely for model purposes as far as I'm concerned.
Kira and Lacus' romance
Asuran and Cagalli's romance
The future of ORB and the rest of the world for that matter
The future of ZAFT

None are resolved and we're left to fan fiction to satisfy our curiosity.
The plot isn't resolved? Oh noes! Thats never happened before!

Seriously, open ended is good. I means there can be more. Or not. But at least the option is there.

I for one certainly wont agree that the ending, or really anything significant about the series sucked. Did you ever consider the idea that maybe Shinn wasn't supposed to be developed? That maybe the point was that he is a very very shallow person?

As for Rey's motivation, I thought that was obvious? He had been told his whole life he didn't have a future. Kira believed he did. He liked Kira's outlook better, because it made him someone other than just a clone of Rau. As far as him being Talia's actual son... that doesn't mean biologically. She said she had -a- (singular) son, and asked that Murue visit him. More likely, Rey was thinking of her as his mother because of how she treated him, and his lack of a mother when younger. If you look at Rey, in this last episode, he developed and grew more than Shinn did in the whole series. I kinda like that.

As far as the DOM troopers go, I woudln't be surprised if they were to star in a form of media such as a manga, or movie. I dont think they will be simply wasted.

Same goes for the setup they created with this ending. This doesn't look done, and thats not a bad thing.