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EVASIVE_MANEUVERS

                                                January 20, 2010

Throughout "Macross 7", many characters
are using an implicit "if you've gotta            SEVEN_NOT_PLUS
ask, you're never gonna know" philosophy.

When asked a direct question, they often
make neutral, evasive comments, grunt
noncomittally or smile mysteriously, etc.

This is both:

 (1) often a reasonable policy for
     dealing with people -- if you
     try to explain yourself, you're
     giving them too much material
     to work with, and you're likely
     to end up quibbling over trivia.

     It really is often better to
     just provide a few hints, and
     let them work it out for
     themselves.

 (2) Convenient for controlling the
     dramatic pacing... if Basara
     were inclined to lecture about
     his philosophy we would find out
     too much too soon.  Better to
     watch him in action and try to
     infer what he's doing.

        Really, he makes comments early
        on that make it pretty clear.
        If you come in in the middle,
        it can be a little harder to
        get -- which is an argument
        for coming in in the middle.


 (3) The philosophical premises would sound
     pretty silly if stated baldly.

     (a) that fact that they are this silly
     makes it possible to infer them pretty
     easily -- so why not let people infer
     them?


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