yeah yeah...

the truth is that some of us love UC Gundam because of just that. We know what'll happen, more or less....just HOW it's presented is what drives us to watch it.

also, the sheer vastness of it.....an entire system of the Earth + colonies.....a timeline of 10-12 years with multiple regime changes.....and the growth of characters throughout this entire thing. War is something that transforms everything around it and Gundam shows exactly what that is like. The characters are deep and intriquing (*ahem* CHAR!!!) and the interaction they have with one another only builds more onto the story.

Now I ain't saying that the AUs suck...but I'll be damned if the child can surpass its parent in this case. Not even GSD can, and I praise the fuck out of it.