@silver-and-ivory

…thank you?

what are the other parts

Okay, I’ll answer this more seriously.

I recall reading that selfie post where you asked about looking male-sexed but visibly femme.  Also, said selfie had long hair.  So, not so far off from a bishounen!

Now, in a space mech war anime, there sometimes is a bishounen or maybe biseinen character with long hair.  Usually, he is a capable mech pilot, as you don’t want to spend that characterization on an unimportant side character.

Now, you’re more SJish than I am, and I am read as right-wing.  The goal of the main antagonist in the first season is not so dissimilar from various Gundam antagonist factions - Space Nationalism - or just plain opposition to the World State.  So since I’m on that side and I’m a villain, you of course are on the protagonist’s side.

It makes sense for the protagonist (since this is being hinted at as being harem genre) not to be upstaged by such a guy on his ship!  So the logical thing is to place him on another ship.  And since the two ships often won’t be together to avoid loss of narrative focus, they will encounter each other several times.

Now then, since the director would want this pretty male character to bring cross-demographic female interest, it makes sense for him to be an ace pilot that rescues the protagonist and maybe gets rescued by the protagonist again later to drive fandom shipping (and thus viewership and merchandise sales).

Fan favorite because this combination of factors leads to shipping wars and conservation of screen-time ninjutsu, but also you have a very earnest personality.

(Note that I’m not a proper mecha otaku.  Sorry @rocketverliden!)

@wirehead-wannabe doesn’t seem like the type to pilot a mech in a space war, and also is not a Nationalist/Traditionalist/etc, and also this is an anime, and thus ends up as one of the bridge bunnies.  

@brazenautomaton I like but left out on the first round because I couldn’t figure out a good one and also didn’t want to accidentally come off harshly.