Sunday, November 8, 2009

Jerid Messa: we hardly knew thee

Uneventful day...

So in lieu of studying or complaining about said studying and related school. The following is my character analysis of Jerid Messa.

...and it all began with Jerid calling Kamille a girl

Jerid is the tragic hero in Gundam Zeta, having his mentor (Lieutenant Commander Lila) and girlfriend (Ensign Mouar) killed and being shot down seven times by the same kid with a girly name. Jerid represents the harsh reality there will always be somebody better out there, no matter how good you are.

You know Jerid was kind of a dick, did a lot of bad things, trashed a lot of Titans Mobile Suits and just screwed up a lot of things in general. But I still felt sorry for him in the end.

I mean pretty much everyone around him dies, hates him or looks down on him and even his own death felt so minor and gets brushed away so easily. He just wanted revenge so badly, for his pride and for everyone.

His determination and will is what made him a likable character.

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