Bell getting the runaround and the mystic technobabble he complains about is stuff I chalked up to the In Nomine influence. It's not really a standard OMG
universe, it doesn't all work the way presented in the manga and anime, the hierarchy and organization is set up differently. Is the mystic-babble on
Mara's condition and ward-cracking essentially meaningless? Well, yes. So what? XXX-babble is always meaningless, hence the "babble" part of
the term. It's also necessary if only to give the impression that the characters understand the problem.
Doug's confession was mostly flashbacks to things we've seen, things we might never see, and things we won't see in the series, which I liked. It
may have been aimed more at people who are already fans of the series. Plotwise, it was a list of stuff he feels kind of bad about, things he could have
handled better, events for which he wishes there had been a better way, etc. It was about clearing his headspace and getting some emotional release and peace
so he can concentrate on the task before him, not about exploring whether or not these things were morally justified in the larger picture.
On the one hand, Glazius wants the story stripped down by removing Doug's confession and explanations. On the other hand, he wants Chris soul-searching on
the edge of infinity. I think I have to agree with Zojojojo, "he wants the same story, told by different authors."
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.
universe, it doesn't all work the way presented in the manga and anime, the hierarchy and organization is set up differently. Is the mystic-babble on
Mara's condition and ward-cracking essentially meaningless? Well, yes. So what? XXX-babble is always meaningless, hence the "babble" part of
the term. It's also necessary if only to give the impression that the characters understand the problem.
Doug's confession was mostly flashbacks to things we've seen, things we might never see, and things we won't see in the series, which I liked. It
may have been aimed more at people who are already fans of the series. Plotwise, it was a list of stuff he feels kind of bad about, things he could have
handled better, events for which he wishes there had been a better way, etc. It was about clearing his headspace and getting some emotional release and peace
so he can concentrate on the task before him, not about exploring whether or not these things were morally justified in the larger picture.
On the one hand, Glazius wants the story stripped down by removing Doug's confession and explanations. On the other hand, he wants Chris soul-searching on
the edge of infinity. I think I have to agree with Zojojojo, "he wants the same story, told by different authors."
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.