It should not be so easy.
Even with things stacked in Garrick's favor, Minmei is still a young girl. And even one who is so self-confident is going to stumble when she finds out... well, what she's about to find out.
She isn't giving up. She may falter, but she hasn't come all this way for nothing. But it's going to be confusing for her, dealing with emotions that she's never really dealt with before. Oh, she's had a crush or two before. But those were just crushes. Right now, Minmei is head-over-heels for Garrick. And for the first time ever she is going to feel genuine heartbreak.
Ironically, this is something all of Garrick's ladies have in common.
For Minagi, it was the loss of her Father.
For Yuki, it was a life bereft of love from her family.
For Yume, it was the pain of leaving behind her people and culture.
For Achika, it was the boyfriend that left her after the Kane incident.
And now, for Minmei, it's going to be the shattered image of her fairytale ending, and the hard choice: leave Garrick behind, or share him with four other sister-wives.
And this opens things up for more conflict.
While Minmei is still going to be very much in love with Garrick, Lynn Kaifun will immediatly pick up on the rift between the two and try to take advantage. And while Garrick will initially shut him down with the very valid point that Minmei's turbofan plane cannot be overloaded, Kaifun will appeal to the British Ambassador, citing that his own parents are on the Macross. Garrick is absolutely powerless when the ambassador says that he will clandestinely arrange for a 'space availability' seat on the next supply shipment to the SDF-1 for Lynn Kaifun.
And what's worse is that Minmei is going to take it badly when Garrick warns her that her cousin only wants to use her. After all, her cousin cares about her, right? RIGHT?
The only thing about this new plot development is that a good bit of material is gonna wind up in my recycle bin. But hopefully I'll find a use for it elsewhere.
There's still more stuff I need to work out - saving Hayao and Roy, a duel between Max and Myria, and perhaps even a showdown between Garrick and Kamjin. And also perhaps bringing in the characters from Robotech: Battlecry - because while that may be entirely a contrivance of Harmony Gold, they were still getting the cribbing for their baby entirely from SDF Macross, and only so it would fit in with the timeframe.
Besides, I need more Valkyrie squadrons, and Wolf Squadron will go well in there. But also, Garrick is going to be given his own squadron - not one of the already established ones. Due to their losses, Wolf Squadron is basically reinforcing them permanently, while the remaining squadrons' planes and pilots are shuffled into Skull Squadron and another heretofore named squadron. Gloval is going to tell Garrick, though, that before they all get shuffled in, Garrick is to take his pick of the veteran pilots and the newbies finishing their crash-course training.
This means that I need to come up with a whole slew of pilots, but I'm thinking of just snagging them from different things here and there, like Top Gun. Except some of the names are gonna be different. 'Maverick' and 'Ice Man' are waayyyy too cool sounding (pun not intended). Call signs are supposed to be embarrassing. Goose, though, will get a pass. His name will be the result of a noodle incident that nearly got him kicked out of combat pilot school that involved his instructor telling him that his goose was cooked. And in fine tradition, it stayed with him.
Anyhow, thing is that Gloval wants a 'special missions' unit that's a veritable swiss army knife. He's already got elite units - Skull, Wolf, and the Squadron that's going to be led by Max and Myria... But Garrick's unit? That will be the one where you a troublesome spot hammered with extreme prejudice and utter impunity, such as a hard to hit and highly mobile guerilla unit. And there's going to be plenty of those running around after Budolza bites the dust.
Oh yeah, shit is gonna be MESSY.
Even with things stacked in Garrick's favor, Minmei is still a young girl. And even one who is so self-confident is going to stumble when she finds out... well, what she's about to find out.
She isn't giving up. She may falter, but she hasn't come all this way for nothing. But it's going to be confusing for her, dealing with emotions that she's never really dealt with before. Oh, she's had a crush or two before. But those were just crushes. Right now, Minmei is head-over-heels for Garrick. And for the first time ever she is going to feel genuine heartbreak.
Ironically, this is something all of Garrick's ladies have in common.
For Minagi, it was the loss of her Father.
For Yuki, it was a life bereft of love from her family.
For Yume, it was the pain of leaving behind her people and culture.
For Achika, it was the boyfriend that left her after the Kane incident.
And now, for Minmei, it's going to be the shattered image of her fairytale ending, and the hard choice: leave Garrick behind, or share him with four other sister-wives.
And this opens things up for more conflict.
While Minmei is still going to be very much in love with Garrick, Lynn Kaifun will immediatly pick up on the rift between the two and try to take advantage. And while Garrick will initially shut him down with the very valid point that Minmei's turbofan plane cannot be overloaded, Kaifun will appeal to the British Ambassador, citing that his own parents are on the Macross. Garrick is absolutely powerless when the ambassador says that he will clandestinely arrange for a 'space availability' seat on the next supply shipment to the SDF-1 for Lynn Kaifun.
And what's worse is that Minmei is going to take it badly when Garrick warns her that her cousin only wants to use her. After all, her cousin cares about her, right? RIGHT?
The only thing about this new plot development is that a good bit of material is gonna wind up in my recycle bin. But hopefully I'll find a use for it elsewhere.
There's still more stuff I need to work out - saving Hayao and Roy, a duel between Max and Myria, and perhaps even a showdown between Garrick and Kamjin. And also perhaps bringing in the characters from Robotech: Battlecry - because while that may be entirely a contrivance of Harmony Gold, they were still getting the cribbing for their baby entirely from SDF Macross, and only so it would fit in with the timeframe.
Besides, I need more Valkyrie squadrons, and Wolf Squadron will go well in there. But also, Garrick is going to be given his own squadron - not one of the already established ones. Due to their losses, Wolf Squadron is basically reinforcing them permanently, while the remaining squadrons' planes and pilots are shuffled into Skull Squadron and another heretofore named squadron. Gloval is going to tell Garrick, though, that before they all get shuffled in, Garrick is to take his pick of the veteran pilots and the newbies finishing their crash-course training.
This means that I need to come up with a whole slew of pilots, but I'm thinking of just snagging them from different things here and there, like Top Gun. Except some of the names are gonna be different. 'Maverick' and 'Ice Man' are waayyyy too cool sounding (pun not intended). Call signs are supposed to be embarrassing. Goose, though, will get a pass. His name will be the result of a noodle incident that nearly got him kicked out of combat pilot school that involved his instructor telling him that his goose was cooked. And in fine tradition, it stayed with him.
Anyhow, thing is that Gloval wants a 'special missions' unit that's a veritable swiss army knife. He's already got elite units - Skull, Wolf, and the Squadron that's going to be led by Max and Myria... But Garrick's unit? That will be the one where you a troublesome spot hammered with extreme prejudice and utter impunity, such as a hard to hit and highly mobile guerilla unit. And there's going to be plenty of those running around after Budolza bites the dust.
Oh yeah, shit is gonna be MESSY.