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I think Trowa pretty well remembered his whole life up to the point he got amnesia. After all, he remembered stuff like his being a mercenary when he got his little flashback in EW. The reason he doesn't remember being Triton is probably because he was only 2 when he got separated from his family; he might have some vague memories of what his parents and sister were like, but not enough to say "Wait, Cathy's my sister?"

Here's one for you: In Episode Zero, while speaking to Heero, Odin says "the void of space, that took everything away from you". How do you interpret this? I've always figured that Heero was a survivor (maybe the lone survivor) of a shuttle explosion or something similar, which cost him his original family and maybe his memory, which was when Odin stepped in and adopted him to help establish a cover identity.

Yeah, I had pictured the same thing. Odin taking in Heero at a young age after he lost his family. Something similar to Heero and Dr. J's first encounter with each other? That's what I kind of figured.

Maybe Odin's comment had something to do with the war times they were living in? Reguarding not only his family being taken from him, but also to Heero's identity. Their universe took from him what life he could have had under normal circumstances. Heero's a child yet the only childlike attributes he has are physical. He can shoot heavy missles, take down grown men, shoot a gun, plan an escape route under pressure, and who know's what else. With the few years he spent with Odin he was able to learn how to survive a war. The only playful side I was able to catch of Heero was when he referred to Odin as "Dad." I guess even that only seems to support how mature he was for his age, the fact that Heero was able to understand and respond with sarcasm.

Actually, that brings up a question of my own. I found that in the series Heero seemed to express himself much more freely than he did in Episode Zero. He laughs in battle. Expressed stress, anger, shock, and frustration. But, suprisingly at a young, tender age in Episdoe Zero... he has a constant blank mask. Do you think this has to do with Odin's advice for Heero to act on his emotions? Is this just Heero living out the advice he was given? Or do you think it has to do more with differences in Doctor J's training (as opposed to Odin's) and Heero's own personal growth throughout the war?

I guess to elaborate... this kind of struck me:

Everyone remembers the scene where Heero's upset about the little girl's death. But, what relevance does it have? He showed no remorse when Odin, his own caretaker, dies. Throughout Episdoe Zero, I got the vibe that Heero and Odin were a great team. Even to the point where Odin cared about Heero's future, expressing that he wanted him to live a normal life and live by his emotions to prevent making the mistakes Odin had.

Was it more about failure for Heero? That the girls death was due to his own faults and Odin's wasn't? Or was it symbolic? Heero killed a normal, childhood life that was innocent from war... one he was never allowed to have. Was he upset because he took from another the life that was taken from him?

Any thoughts?

J pushed the emotions out of Heero on orders from Dekim Barton after the incident when he killed the little girl. Dekim felt there was no place for such emotions in battle. That's why Heero was so cold at the beginning of the series. However, as he said in Endless Waltz, the death of that girl has haunted him since. He shows it when fights are near civilians. He saves Relena from the falling tower... moves battles away towns when he sees they're not empty... seeks forgiveness or punishment from Noventa's family after he kills the Marshall on mistake because of Treize's trick with the OZ shuttle...

This is his way of trying to find closure for that girl... and maybe even find his emotions again after J drove them away.

This is probably the case. Relena had to be off learning how to be a Peacecraft; why would she hang around her old home doing nothing? I think a lot of people like to go with the bittersweet, romantic notion that Mrs. Darlian died of a broken heart shortly after losing her husband, but that sort of hurts Relena in the end, doesn't it?



The ZERO System analyzes the current battle situation and calculates all possible outcomes at an incredible rate, then feeds them back to the pilot. This acts as a form of foresight (pseudo-Newtype, I suppose), but also makes the system excellent for organizing allies, since you can get a pretty good idea of what each plan of action will bring about.

BTW, the madness associated with the system seems to come because, in addition to the above effects, it amplifies and controls the brainwaves associated with combat, making the pilot more effective at combat. People who are incapable of handling this effect suffer from the enhanced brainwaves, which might explain why basically everyone's "going nuts" sequence involves seeing enemies everywhere.



Forked eyebrows are just a genetic trait, like attached earlobes or being double-jointed. All it means is that the trait runs in both the Dermail/Khushrenada families and Heero's as well. He MIGHT have noble blood in him, but I'd think that circumstances would mean that, if he were descended from the Romefeller families, it would be the result of a noble meeting a Japanese woman and having a one-night stand.



Bah, if anyone's a nerd here, it's me, for knowing how the fragging heck the ZERO System works.

im wondering why didnt zex come back using eypon in endless waltz

Well, the idea of someone having a one-night stand with a Japanese woman would explain Heero's non-Japanese appearance. Of course, there's also the whole 'nationality vs ancestry' thing. After all, his family could have been somewhere else, and he was born in a Japanese owned territory, which would technically make him Japanese. *shrugs* That's a common problem in America. People mix up 'nationality' and 'ancestry' all the time. My ancestry is Irish, French, English, Welsh, Scottish, and German, but my nationality is American.

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I don't like the idea that Mrs. Darlian would have died blah blah blah. While it is romantic, she would have felt that she needed to be there for her daughter. She wouldn't have just given up on life. Plus, Void's right. It would have been even harder for Relena to keep going if her mother had died as well. It's bad enough having your father die in an assassination and tell you on his deathbed that you're not his real child, but add to that the fact that now you have a country of your own to rebuild, a huge legacy to live up to from your real father who you never knew, and deal with finding out that your brother is trying to kill the man you have a crush on. The last thing you need to worry about is the death of your mother on top of it. I think Relena's had it hard enough for that year.

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The question of Zechs and Epyon is an easy answer. While he obviously survived the destruction of Libra, Epyon was probably too badly damaged to reuse. So, he scrapped it. That, and everyone was coming to the realization that there shouldn't have been a need for MS anymore with the war over. He had no reason to try and repair it. However, when Mariemeia comes to town, he realizes that he needs an MS. Treize had made three MS... but we only see two of them before he dies... Epyon, and Tallgeese II. Zechs finds out about the third and requests it from Lady Une, which apparently she knew where it was being kept. Enter the Tallgeese III.

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Odin mentions something about the void of space stealing Heero's family, memories, and name. It's fairly safe to speculate that his family could have died in a shuttle accident or one of the Alliance attacks on a colony.

Probably, for that situation. I think Epyon was Zechs being against Heero. By taking Tallgeese III instead, he's showing he wants to fight FOR the Earth and WITH the others instead of against them again. Hence the reason it's 'gone', for all intents and purposes, after the series.

Now, my question is... Preventer 5. The group that hijacks the Sanc Kingdom Palace during Relena's party... there's someone that looks a heck of a lot like Zechs AND they call themselves Epyon de Telos.

Any theories?