Wing & SEED hover around the same area for me, as I think they’re alright and respect their importance to the franchise.
However, whenever I see SEED hate, it’s usually from Wing fans. Like, they’ll gush over the Wing Zero’s angelic wings, but will throw a fucking tantrum over the Freedom’s mechanic wings
Nah. I don’t think I’ve seen that much more hate coming from Wing fans. Hell, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone “throw a tantrum” over Freedom’s wings.
If you’re seeing anything, it’s just pure statistics: In 2000, Wing fans were a tremendous segment of the Gundam fandom. UC hadn’t had a main-line entry since the unsuccessful Victory in 1994, with only 08th MS Team to tide it over in the meantime. The other side continuities (AWGX and Turn-A) had failed to pick up steam.
So a fan who was active, emotionally engaged, and willing to disagree in the fandom was most probably a Wing fan.
Huh? Is Unicorn not mainline UC? Does it not count because it was an OVA series?
Whoops, that’s a mistype. I meant “UC hadn’t had a main-line entry [when SEED came out]”, but typed “hasn’t” instead.
Ah, that makes sense.
I dunno, I personally hated Wing even more than SEED Destiny or Freedom, but that’s a sample size of one.
