Legend of the Galactic Heroes
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sub_dividedOkay! I wouldn't have done this except that I was challenged and, unlike those self-absorbed, hedonistic Court cronies, we supporters of the Free Planets have both a greater sense of justice and the moral obligation force our beliefs onto other people.
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v_voltaire's Why the Empire is awesome and deserves to overcome those foolish rebels (SPOILERS to 40 because v_voltaire is very cruel):
Reasons you should support the Free Planets Alliance in its never-ending struggle again Tyranny and Oppression
• Real cities
Stop by an Alliance world and you’ll think, ahh, here are the fruits of a cosmopolitan future society. Visit an Empire word and you’ll see a bunch of yokels with sticks.
• No capes
Mighty Mouse wears a cape. They’re impractical and they look stupid. On a related note, no shoulder pads.
• Better double-speak
The Empire confines itself to the occasional “those damn rebels,” never mind that our “rebellion” was over two hundred years ago. (Note to the Empire: get over it!) Whereas us members of the Free Planets Alliance devote whole sections of our vocabulary to bad-mouthing the New Reich. If the war were a trash-talking competition, the Alliance would have won ages ago.
• Better defectors
The Empire gets a cowardly boozehound whose only noble act was shooting Frederica’s father; an officer defeated at Geiserburg whose actions accomplish the exact opposite of his ideals; and a bad poet. Technically those last two don’t even belong to the Empire, but to Phezzan. The Alliance gets Admiral Merkatz and the Rose Brigade. Point goes to the Alliance.
• Less annoying sympathy-ploy foreshadowing
Leaving off the other K for the moment, Kempf headed off to Iserlorn with an enormous “I’M GOING TO DIE” sign attached to his invisible cape. In the Alliance, when important people die, they die, no contrived melodrama required. Even the senior Greenhill confined himself to a three-second montage.
• A refreshing lack of sister-complexes
You heard me.
• Better romantic flashbacks
In an Imperial flashback, a soldier and his childhood love embrace one last time on the shores of Lake Something Something, before they are cru-el-ly parted by the war. I wanted to gag, the scent of roses was so strong. In Jessica Edward’s flashback, Yang steps on her feet but she loves him anyway. Speaking of:
• Yang Wenli
Is so awesome he doesn’t need an explanation.
• Smarter old people
The Galactic Empire suffers from a congenital disease which renders all of its subjects terminally stupid by the age of 35, especially the ones in the military. Reinhardt's superiors plot to have him killed -- as soon as they stop dismissing him. Yang Wenli, despite having more enemies than friends among the over-forty-in-power set, is at least taken seriously.
• Better art
It certainly can’t be any worse.
• Better pilots
The Empire’s pilots are faceless and their boarding parties wear skull masks. The Alliance pilots look like George Lucas escapees, rack up 23-to-1 kill ratios, have custom ships, exchange good-natured quips, and name their squadrons after alcoholic beverages. Point goes to the Alliance.
• More professionalism
Who would you rather ran your country: a cabal of elder statesmen in business suits, or a fat guy in a toga?
ende challange. (OT: Prince of Tennis made me attempt serious tennis for the first time in six years; Hikaru no Go made me attempt Go for the first time in ten years. Legend of the Galactic Heroes...makes me want to go back to being a History major. >_<;; )
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v_voltaire's Why the Empire is awesome and deserves to overcome those foolish rebels (SPOILERS to 40 because v_voltaire is very cruel):Reasons you should support the Free Planets Alliance in its never-ending struggle again Tyranny and Oppression
• Real cities
Stop by an Alliance world and you’ll think, ahh, here are the fruits of a cosmopolitan future society. Visit an Empire word and you’ll see a bunch of yokels with sticks.
• No capes
Mighty Mouse wears a cape. They’re impractical and they look stupid. On a related note, no shoulder pads.
• Better double-speak
The Empire confines itself to the occasional “those damn rebels,” never mind that our “rebellion” was over two hundred years ago. (Note to the Empire: get over it!) Whereas us members of the Free Planets Alliance devote whole sections of our vocabulary to bad-mouthing the New Reich. If the war were a trash-talking competition, the Alliance would have won ages ago.
• Better defectors
The Empire gets a cowardly boozehound whose only noble act was shooting Frederica’s father; an officer defeated at Geiserburg whose actions accomplish the exact opposite of his ideals; and a bad poet. Technically those last two don’t even belong to the Empire, but to Phezzan. The Alliance gets Admiral Merkatz and the Rose Brigade. Point goes to the Alliance.
• Less annoying sympathy-ploy foreshadowing
Leaving off the other K for the moment, Kempf headed off to Iserlorn with an enormous “I’M GOING TO DIE” sign attached to his invisible cape. In the Alliance, when important people die, they die, no contrived melodrama required. Even the senior Greenhill confined himself to a three-second montage.
• A refreshing lack of sister-complexes
You heard me.
• Better romantic flashbacks
In an Imperial flashback, a soldier and his childhood love embrace one last time on the shores of Lake Something Something, before they are cru-el-ly parted by the war. I wanted to gag, the scent of roses was so strong. In Jessica Edward’s flashback, Yang steps on her feet but she loves him anyway. Speaking of:
• Yang Wenli
Is so awesome he doesn’t need an explanation.
• Smarter old people
The Galactic Empire suffers from a congenital disease which renders all of its subjects terminally stupid by the age of 35, especially the ones in the military. Reinhardt's superiors plot to have him killed -- as soon as they stop dismissing him. Yang Wenli, despite having more enemies than friends among the over-forty-in-power set, is at least taken seriously.
• Better art
It certainly can’t be any worse.
• Better pilots
The Empire’s pilots are faceless and their boarding parties wear skull masks. The Alliance pilots look like George Lucas escapees, rack up 23-to-1 kill ratios, have custom ships, exchange good-natured quips, and name their squadrons after alcoholic beverages. Point goes to the Alliance.
• More professionalism
Who would you rather ran your country: a cabal of elder statesmen in business suits, or a fat guy in a toga?
ende challange. (OT: Prince of Tennis made me attempt serious tennis for the first time in six years; Hikaru no Go made me attempt Go for the first time in ten years. Legend of the Galactic Heroes...makes me want to go back to being a History major. >_<;; )