Well, for now I think I got free reign to say "This is my own Macross canon. You no likey? You can go make your own - the creators have all but given us free creative license. (Though how far they'll let you get away with making Doujinshi, I dunno for sure...)"
And so far the reactions I've been getting in regards to Minmei, as well as characterizations for the rest of them, have been greatly encouraging for me.
I forget - in a previous thread did someone mention something about Gloval not actually being Russian in 'canon'? Because I recently discovered he's actually supposed to be Italian.
Wut.
No. Really. The characterization is completely off. For one thing, Italians, to my knowledge, take 'passive aggressive' to an artform. Gloval would not be taking even half the abuse he gets with that placid front he shows all the time. Instead he'd be doing a very good impression of an overstressed boiler getting ready to blow.
And on that note, if he were Italian there would be a helluva lot more fire in his repartee. Instead, everything he does is calm, cool, and measured. His attitude is the quintessential Russian sort of, "Well. This is bad. We'd better get to work, then and save what we can now. We can mourn the rest later." Granted, he is explicitly horrified when he realizes the wholesale death that must have occurred on the Prometheus and Daedalus after the spacefold. But after that moment, he simply sighs and starts directing people. Nichevo and all that.
And so far the reactions I've been getting in regards to Minmei, as well as characterizations for the rest of them, have been greatly encouraging for me.
I forget - in a previous thread did someone mention something about Gloval not actually being Russian in 'canon'? Because I recently discovered he's actually supposed to be Italian.
Wut.
No. Really. The characterization is completely off. For one thing, Italians, to my knowledge, take 'passive aggressive' to an artform. Gloval would not be taking even half the abuse he gets with that placid front he shows all the time. Instead he'd be doing a very good impression of an overstressed boiler getting ready to blow.
And on that note, if he were Italian there would be a helluva lot more fire in his repartee. Instead, everything he does is calm, cool, and measured. His attitude is the quintessential Russian sort of, "Well. This is bad. We'd better get to work, then and save what we can now. We can mourn the rest later." Granted, he is explicitly horrified when he realizes the wholesale death that must have occurred on the Prometheus and Daedalus after the spacefold. But after that moment, he simply sighs and starts directing people. Nichevo and all that.