Newtype, X-Rounder and Innovators
I believe that heightened spatial awareness is key to accelerated reflexes, data processing, and even precognition in Gundam. Spatial awarenes is ones sense of "self" in relation to the surrounding space, and everything in it. This is refered to as spatial contextual awareness according to wikipedia wikipedia:Spatial contextual awareness . The protagonists and antagonists of Gundam have various depths of spatial awareness when significantly advanced they detect very subtle fluctuations in atmoshere(much like you and I can tell that it is going to rain with changes in atmosopheric pressure). Be they Samurai, European Knights, african warriors, etc. martial artistists of all cultures have long claimed to have expanded their senses to such fenominal ranges through their special training that they border on preternatural tallent(reserch their folklore for details), much like those of Gundam characters. Is there truth to this?( you the reader must determine this on your own).
The Newtype is supposed to naturally occure in the lineage of those who live in space colonies for several generations (see "The Newtype: Challia Bull"The Newtype: Challia Bull ), probably because in space survival demands more acurate spatial reasoning than here on Earth. However, the first protagonist (Amuro Ray) and antagonist Char (Aznable) of Gundam developed their Newtype status by surviving against incredible odds in war. They were ordinary people who through extraordinary exertion of will to survive were able to marshall their sensory faculties beyond the conventional limits in order to survive. These two are emotionally imbalanced due to the forceful nature of their expanded perceptions. Amuro is somwhat more balanced thus closer to being the Newtype of Zeon Zum Deikun's ideology. Setsuna F. Seiei shares a similar path of maturity however his evolution was drastically augmented via exposure to high grade GN Particles. Thus he is dubed first of the Innovators who, like Newtypes, exist for the sake of peace. Setsuna's abilities are comparable to Amuro Ray's in fact they were both able to reveal "the light of the human heart" which is the posibilty of peaceful coexistence through better understanding of oneanother.
Lalah Sune seems to be versed in the Yogi ideology of strict mental development via the attentive manipulation of breathing and concentration[2] thus she was a natural candidate for the Biofeedback[3] type training that permitted further depelopment of her mental faculties. This which allowed her extreemly acurate spatial awareness to the point of pinponting the location and motion of inanimate objects in her environment without the use of her eyes. This is indicated in the Flanagan Institute test seen in episode episode 37 The Duel in Texas, She eventually developed the ability to read the intentions of others as they moved about her. This became second nature to her, thus granting premptive reactions to any potential threat within range of her enhanced perception.
These characteristic of Lalah Sune were developed as product of her culture upbringing and later on use of biofeedback. However, they are naturally displayed by Yurin L'Ciel who's born with a well developed "X-region" of the brain that is responsible for spatial awareness. Just as Lalah Sune's resonation with Amuro Ray accelerated his development tinto a Newtype: Yurin L'Ciel also resonated with Flit Asuno upon first contact and this acellerates his awakening as on of the X-Rounders , this is alluding to the core nature of those abilities being one and the same: heightening spatial awareness.LinYen-Newtype (talk) 20:14, November 14, 2013 (UTC)LinYen-Newtype
Newtype references in videogames
In Dynasty warriors Gundam 2, the interactive mail entitled Amuro awakening, Amuro states:"Are you getting used to space encounters? I'm sure you've noticed how much focus they require compared to ground combat"-Key point is the extra use of one's focus in order to get a Newtype's heightened sense of spatial awareness which is the gateway to all other Newtype abilities..LinYen-Newtype (talk) 16:02, December 21, 2013 (UTC)
Spotting the Newtype
Newtype Identification in the Original Gudam anime is to note the presence of glimmer in their eyes, in general they have two white spots of reflected light accompanying their pupils, it shifts down to one spot on occasion(such as when Amuro refused to fight in the gundam and other instances in which he isn't living up to his potential). Think of these spots as sparks of consciousness, indicating the focus or acuity of a character's awareness. With that in mind, it is only natural that they fade or vanish in moments of distraction, doubt, emotional imbalance and instances of zoning out.LinYen-Newtype (talk) 20:43, December 21, 2013 (UTC)
Some characters that do not boast much extrasensory awareness have moments of heightened awareness and light spots appear in their eyes, within these moments they seems to have borderline Newtype awareness. Lila Milla Rira of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam had developed a skill for intentionally stimulating these moments, in order to sense her environment in a Newtype like manner(She taught it's principals to Jerid Messa who utelizes it in his remaining days to become a Newtype). Up until her unfortunate demise, Lila seemed to be in the process of forcing her psyche's develope to the point of being Newtype. Although considered an Old type, Bright Noa has several of these glimmering eyed instances: closing moments of episode 30, he has the standard Newtype eyes when discussing his new position as decoy, during episode 40 of Mobile Suit Gundam Bright asseses Amuro's progression in piloting, during his conversation with Mirai Yashima. Brights's eyes actually fluctuate between having one gleeming spot beside each puil to none in his moments of uncertainty as if symbolic of Bright's mind, expanding and contracting on the topic of discussion to reveal greater awareness. In later installments of Gundam, Bright gets a"feeling" when anyone in his proximity is"like Amuro"(Kamille Bidan,Judau Ashta and Banagher Links )-This reenforces the conlusion that Amuro Ray comes to in Episode 41:"With the way we've been fighting all along, the entire White Base crew must be Newtypes!". Counterattack. LinYen-Newtype (talk) 20:43, December 21, 2013 (UTC).
Variety in Newtype
Episode 41: The whitebase crew is having a meeting regarding Newtype status and it's relativity to their situation, Bright Noa: "So Newtypes don't necisarily have psychic powers?" Sayla Mass:"Yes" Bright:"But judging from what amuro said, it seems the enemy must have some kind of special power" Sayla:"For all intents and purposes, isn't it the same?" Kai Shiden: "If our enemy really does have special powers, how are we supposed to fight it?" Mirai Yashima: "I don't think it's that serious a problem. It's a pity we have to rely on you for everything but if that Tricorn Hat(MAN-08 Elmeth ) appears again..." Amuro Ray:"I'll take care of it. It's nothing after everything we've been through." Mirai: "That's right. It seems you're begining to exibit Newtype potential too." Amuro:"That's the only explanation for everything that's beeen happening to me lately, inside my head. But even if I am a Newtype, it doesnt make me any better than anyone else! With the way we've been fighting all along, the entire White Base crew must be Newtypes!"In this way we can see clearly, that there are varying degrees of Newtype, not just in After War Gundam X but in the original Mobile Suit Gundam series and it's sequels; Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's . LinYen-Newtype (talk) 20:43, December 21, 2013 (UTC)
In Zeta Gundam the eyes are also a major indicator in discerning Newtype status, the system of identification is carried over into ZZ Gundam aswel. Here are pictures in reference to my point; Matilda Ajan : [1] ,[2] , Amuro Ray : [3] ,[4] , doubting the Federations's leadership, thinking that he is being used as bait Amuro refused to pilot the Gundam and was slapped for this: [5] LinYen-Newtype (talk) 16:01, December 21, 2013 (UTC)
Such an eyesore...
What's so hard about proper article linking and spacing? I fix the headers, but you should do the rest yourself.
And while wall of text may impress some, most of time the reaction will be just "too long, didn't read". And what the heck with series of code that did nothing in last paragraph? Seriously, this is terrible essay.--My girlfriend is a loli. 16:10, December 23, 2013 (UTC)