Disclaimers: Don't own 'em, don't want to

Disclaimers: Don't own 'em, don't want to. They belong to the nice people at Bandi (action satisfaction), and all the other corporate conglomerates, which are slowly taking over the airwaves with the help of our own complacent government.

            Welcome everyone to History 251: Near Earth Historical Colonization, a Survey. In this class we will look at the inter-personal relationships between the main actors during the Colony Incidents. As all of you know, the major players in this time where the Gundam Pilots: Heero Yui, Duo Maxwell, Quatra Rababba Winner, Trowa Barton, and Wu Fei Chang. Oz with: Treize Khushrenada, Lady Une, Lucratiza Noin, and Sally Poe. White Fang with: Zechs Marquise, and Dorothy Catolonia, and finally the non-aligned with Relena Peacecraft and the enigmatic Howard.

            Now, I'm sure you've all ready the various "Historical Fiction" that clogs the pipes of the Data Sphere. These "Hisfics" most often allude to sexual relationships between the major actors; known to this nitch as "Yaoi" "Yuri" or "Slash". Even some prominent scholars have defended this view, most notably Bertelmen in Volume 67 of The Journal Gundam, were she notes the sexual tension between Winner and Barton, and the lack of historical data for the first 2 meetings. She draws the conclusion that these two meetings were nothing more then sexual encounters, but more recent academics disagree, a subject that we will get to latter in the course.

            And of course there is the obvious sexual tension between Marquise and Noin. If any relationship was to be fulfilled, this is it. But as Yelle noted in her masterwork Inter-Personal Relationships in Near Earth and Earth Conflicts Prior to AC 300; an Overview, Noin's two top students, Alex and Muhler, who today are noted as the men who broke the gender barrier in inter-college synchronized swimming competitions, seemed to have a romantic interest in their teacher, and it is not unfeasible that it was fulfilled.

            But that is a side note. Possibly the most important "Yaoi" interaction would be between Yui, Maxwell, and Peacecraft. For those of you taking notes, refer to "Can a Triangle Stand?" in Essays in the Philosophy of Gundam, Vol. 92 and "On Love and Guerilla War" in The Lunar Journal of Gundam, Vol. 17.

            Both these articles will give you a good understanding in the facts, which are that during the Peacecraft-Yui failed marriage, the latter would go on various "undercover assignments" for weeks at a time with Maxwell. While "Can a Triangle…" posits that these were nothing more then routine missions, "On Love…" points out that during these periods, no fighting was ever reported, and several strange charges would be seen on Maxwell's government expense account. While Maxwell claimed that all of those items were needed for global security, some my doubt the necessity of leather bondage masks in guerrilla combat.

            But the legendary split up between Yui and Peacecraft might not have been entirely the former's fault. As "School Trips" in The Journal of Neo psychological Analysis Vol. 109 points out, even before Yui's excursions, Peacecraft would take "Fact finding trips" with her former schoolmate Catolonia were just as interesting "Fact finding equipment" would be charged to both of their accounts.

            Well, there's the bell. Remember your homework, pages 1-40 in An Introduction to Gundam.