Haman vs Kamille

[Darkerangel]

Soooo call me curious, but after watching the fight again, I was wondering if you guys think Tomino at one point intended to have Haman and Kamille encounter each other a bit more?

[Murra]

I don't think so, there's just not really that much to happen between the two.

Kamille's battles with the Titans were partly fuelled by the tragedy they caused him and others. Quattro had a deep background with Zeon and Haman herself, so there's something between those two. Kamille and Haman though, it just doesn't seem to be much more than two soldiers on opposing sides, there's not even a sense of rivalry between the two.

[Red Comet90]

I doubt that Tomino ever wanted more between those two. I view the battle between Haman and Kamille as Tomino using the battle to inform the viewer about the type of history Char and Haman had in the past.

Other than that they were just soliders on opposite sides of the battlefield.

[NastyNate]

Did tomino write ZZ, because if he did then if he wanted more interaction between them he would have done so in ZZ.

[Imperial]

Did tomino write ZZ, because if he did then if he wanted more interaction between them he would have done so in ZZ.

He did, which is a pretty good indicator that he never conceived of anything else between the two.

That said, I do know what Darkerangel is getting at. For such a prominent villain, not to mention one who very nearly mind-melds with Cammy, Haman has precious little screen time with him. I thought their pseudo-rivalry would have worked better if it had been played up more, especially after the two nearly came to a Newtype understanding.

Of course, this is all probably a side effect of Haman being Char's "final boss." The two had more bad blood between them than Haman and Cammy, so Tomino opted to emphasize their tension, leaving Cammy with only a tenuous link to Haman.

[Dark Duel]

For such a prominent villain, not to mention one who very nearly mind-melds with Cammy, Haman has precious little screen time with him. I thought their pseudo-rivalry would have worked better if it had been played up more, especially after the two nearly came to a Newtype understanding.

Agreed. And IMO it would have made for much more interesting development than her going consistently after Char for no readily apparent reason. At least IMO.

Did tomino write ZZ, because if he did then if he wanted more interaction between them he would have done so in ZZ.

He did. On a slightly unrelated note, popular belief is that the reason Glemy Toto goes from being a total loser to an expy of Char is that Tomino got the go-ahead partway through for CCA, so he opted to develop Char there instead. Dunno how much truth there is to that, but there it is.

[Darkerangel]

Did tomino write ZZ, because if he did then if he wanted more interaction between them he would have done so in ZZ.

True, but...hmm how do I word this. With Kamille's state of mind in ZZ, you would think to see more of an interaction in Z than ZZ. Not to mention Tomino likes to have the new people shine more, other wise we would get a Seed Destiny affect.

[zerogradius]

Did tomino write ZZ, because if he did then if he wanted more interaction between them he would have done so in ZZ.

He did, which is a pretty good indicator that he never conceived of anything else between the two.

That said, I do know what Darkerangel is getting at. For such a prominent villain, not to mention one who very nearly mind-melds with Cammy, Haman has precious little screen time with him. I thought their pseudo-rivalry would have worked better if it had been played up more, especially after the two nearly came to a Newtype understanding.

Of course, this is all probably a side effect of Haman being Char's "final boss." The two had more bad blood between them than Haman and Cammy, so Tomino opted to emphasize their tension, leaving Cammy with only a tenuous link to Haman.

There would have been no point to Haman and Kamille having a more profound rivalry given what Tomino had in store for the latter. Besides, Kamille's real beef was with the Titans, not with the Axis Zeon. Up to that point, Axis had not done much of anything.

Haman and Char's rivalry also could have used some more focus, since at no point was their relationship mentioned outside of that newtype reaction Haman and Kamille had. There's also no real closing to it, as I'm pretty sure Haman realizes that Char is not dead by the time ZZ Gundam begins. The rivalty between the two had more to do with Haman than Char as Char does not seem to care all that much about Haman anyway.