Anonymous said: Gundam IBO Gundam Wing
Okay, for the record, setting this in a fictional timeline in which everyone is simultaneously alive and present. Also I didn’t watch the last half-season of IBO so I am unaware of things that happened in that period of time.
the characters i’d ship
Honestly probably no one. Honestly, I’m not much of a shipper, even in crossovers.
the characters who would be BFFs
Relena and Kudelia, definitely–they have very similar backstories and positions and they tend to try to make allies first before making enemies. Also probably Atra and Catherine Bloom, as both of those two are “caring sister” types with spines of absolute freakin’ steel underneath (and a fair bit of childhood trauma; Catherine’s an orphan who grew up in a circus after all). Those two would probably also get along with Biscuit and Hilde, who are smart and used to hanging back in support roles and would also be friends, I think.
Lady Une and Fumitan would get each other. They might not talk much but they’d hang out. Their personalities are similar enough.
Sally Po, Merribit Stapleton, and Nady Yukinojo Kassapa would form a sort of informal commiseration group, most likely with alcohol, dedicated to the subject of “why won’t these kids stay out of the fighting.” If you adhere to Sally’s (ridiculously young for her appearance and role) canon age, she can have sparkling grape juice.
the characters who would be enemies
With regard to Treize, Zechs, McGillis and Gaelio…well, it depends on which point in canon I’m considering them to be at exactly how many of them are fighting each other, but it’s safe to say that during a crossover the protagonists wouldn’t actually have to worry about them, because they’d be too busy fighting each other, in one configuration or another. All of them are capable of being goal-oriented but are able to be derailed by a good challenge, which the others present. Whoops.
We’re just going to hope that Relena doesn’t find out about the Turbines. She will jump to very bad conclusions and probably attempt to “liberate” a bunch of very capable robot pilots and support staff from their place of work and chosen refuge. She would not like Naze, and even if she found out that the harem thing was a cover, she’d still probably disapprove. I think she’s capable of learning the value of subterfuge but in canon that isn’t a thing she’s yet managed.
the characters who would be allies
Quatre and Orga would very quickly work out that there were enough similarities in their goals to make collaboration worthwhile, and further, that the other was sharp enough to make collaboration a rewarding experience.
They would probably end up making an arrangement by which the entire Tekkadan and the Gundam pilots would be somewhat allied. In a formal fashion that wasn’t too binding and allowed for the fact that Quatre’s got a Heero and a Duo and Orga’s got a Mika and a Eugene.
the characters who would be allies, but reluctantly
Lucretia Noin, Crank Zent, Naze Turbine and Amida Arca are reluctantly invited to the drinking-and-commiseration group. Noin’s and Zent’s invitations are reluctant because they keep fighting the children, Naze’s is so because he “runs a harem” and lets some of the 18yos in it fight (and Amida is party to it). Naze, of course, isn’t about to tell strangers about the whole flying women’s shelter thing, and Merribit and Nady are keeping his secrets for him, so Sally still objects to his inclusion.
Mika and Heero are too alike and too paranoid to trust one another but since both groups are in some senses fighting for their respective sets of colonies both of them would have to buckle down and get along.
the characters who would drive each other bananas
Wufei and…really, most of the Tekkadan would absolutely grate on each other’s nerves. It gets exaggerated in fic, Wufei doesn’t go around yelling “Honor!” in canon, but ideologically, he does fight according to a code of honor, the same way Crank Zent did. Zent’s death was a demonstration of how foreign that concept is to the Tekkadan. They fight to survive; ethics and codes don’t enter into their considerations, so Wufei approaching those subjects would fray tempers fast. And their refusal to listen to his input would tick Wufei off just as badly.
Duo would take personal offense at Eugene’s grumpiness and probably try to fix it. He might at least not go after Mika once it became clear that Mika was even more likely to shoot him than Heero, but Eugene? Eugene is getting teased until he loosens the heck up. Eugene will not appreciate this.
the characters i think are the most alike
Kudelia and Relena start from a very similar place. I feel like Kudelia is something like what I would have liked to see happen with Relena.
my favorite character from each fandom & how i think they would get along
Duo and Orga…they’d be dangerous. Orga would have a plan and Duo would make suggestions of how to make it more effective but also like 2 times more risky (which is never a thing that Orga’s plans need to begin with, mind!) and it would work, because Duo is in fact that good, in addition to being an actual daredevil with a superweapon. Duo, meanwhile, loves Orga’s plans, though he does like to…embellish. Usually with extra explosions. Orga, who’s used to Mika following plans to the letter, doesn’t like this at first, but Duo’s additions usually work, and he learns to go with it.
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