Trowa Barton

Trowa's being taken from around ep 18 or 19, so before he goes to space. And before Quatre blows him up. YAY.


Alright, so we're going to do some random stuff about Trowa in this post here. Because we can. None of this really has that much proof other than me. So, sh. But feel free to kick me.

On Names
Trowa's name isn't really Trowa. Not until after Endless Waltz does he decide to stick with the name, so all during Gundam Wing Trowa Barton is just an alias to him. He's "Nanashi" for about fourteen years of his life or so until the original Trowa Barton is killed and Nanashi takes that name for his own. I think that Trowa was using 'Trowa Barton' temporarily, like how he was an OZ soldier temporarily. It was a role he was fulfilling. As Trowa, he knew what was expected. Trowa Barton had goals and destiny, Nanashi did not. The role of a Gundam Pilot/Trowa Barton came before everything else, which is why in the earlier episodes there are far more instances of Suspicious Bastard!Trowa. However, as Gundam Wing progresses Trowa Barton becomes less and less of a role and more and more of how Trowa thinks of himself. At the end of Endless Waltz Trowa ends up keeping the name (thanks to some help from friends~) and that settles his identity a bit more.

On Heero and following your emotions.
The first glimpse of Trowa that the audience gets is Heavyarms annihilating some base and Trowa says that whoever lays eyes on a Gundam has to die. He carries his orders out to a T. He's not a nice person, and while not an actively mean person, he will shoot you in the back as you flee. When Noin comes to Heero and Trowa for Zechs it's Trowa who pulls the gun on her and is suspicious of them. Heero and Zechs have some deep understand about wanting to kill each other, apparently. The Siberia duel is not something Trowa approves of, in fact the whole Siberia affair is a bit of a 'mess' to him. In Siberia when Noin's men turn back he calls them weak and then goes to 'correct their mistake'. Emotions are in a different mental compartment for Trowa. His actions are ruled by what a role demands and not what he personally demands. However, then he and Heero go on the 'let's go find all the Noventas and see if they want to kill me' trip and Trowa gets an interesting view of Heero. (Not that kind of view).

On Quatre and actually liking people instead of blowing them up.
I told you that you had your own section.
Now, Trowa doesn't actively dislike people, but as seen in Episode Zero and in the series he doesn't really consider himself human and/or worth whatever. Course, this is all very odd when he meets Quatre who's the pacifist guy doing the "*BLAM* ;~; OMG I AM SO SORRY" thing. Trowa's all surrender-y and then Quatre is all "Hey, let's be friends, I surrendered first!" and ignores his manbitches who have their guns and the like. Trowa wants to like people, he really does, but the whole soldier =/= being friendly. But there's Quatre, who is rather, friendly extraordinaire. And they bond over music.

I would say that while Trowa may respect various other Gundam Wing characters he really only truly trusts Quatre. Heero comes close, but no cigar. When we get psycho!Quatre blowing shit up, Trowa is totally all for the trusting the psychoblond. Which ends up in him getting blown up by said blond. Yay. However, then we get amnesiac!Trowa who is completely different from normal Trowa. In that he's sort of a sad-stoic and when he remembers stuff or reminded of stuff kind of flips out. He calls Catherine sister in this period and when Duo shows up Trowa's brain fizzles. Contrast with when Quatre shows up and Trowa's more of "…huh, I think I should know him…" and then we get a great gay like about how Trowa can hear Quatre crying. From space.

Despite any of this Trowa's not going to be all vocal about it. He's more of the guy to just have your favorite things memorized and then get/do them for you as opposed to asking. I want to go as far as to say that he doesn't quite recognize it either. Quatre's a positive and not in a compartment and Trowa will let that one slide. Everything else has a very strict order of things. Even Catherine, she's "sister figure" and when she doesn't run away and instead invades the other realm of his life it's like "whut". But Quatre's both an ally and a friend, which makes him unique.

Also, we should note that when Trowa is an amnesiac he still kicks ass. Bwaha.

On Just Communication
For someone who the fandom has labeled as the quiet guy he talks a fair amount. Of course, a lot of his talking is … not with people but either to or when they're not around. When he travels with Heero he talks about Heero but not to his face. When he talks to the OZ soldiers he's exploding he just sort of muses outwardly. He does not share his motivations and is unlikely to directly talk back to who is perceived authority.

He is not a reactionary however. So unless it is something he's already considered there probably won't be an immediate response. Instead of several looks he'll do one long questioning look. A few things surprise Trowa, but they aren't that many. As to date we can tell he has a kind of odd sense of humor, since the only thing that made him laugh was Heero's "It hurts" sort of statement to blowing up. I would also assume, however, that this wasn't a "hahaha that's funny" laugh but more of a "wow for once I have no fucking idea what to do" laugh. Either that or Trowa enjoys mocking Heero's pain.

Strategy and First Meetings
Trowa doesn't trust you. Even if he's not outwardly suspicious he doesn't trust you. He will work with you, if he needs to, and he can act like he trusts you but he really doesn't. Quatre has his outright trust and after that Heero has trust. He's not going to pull a gun on you unless you're somehow threatening (i.e. a known OZ officer that sort of thing). That being said, he's probably thinking of a few ways to take you apart when you first meet. Not like "Oh and then I'll poke out their eye" but a sort of first impression thing. Silently, 'course.

Trowa is a team player if the role is right. As a soldier, a mercenary or an OZ officer he easily fits into the chain of command. When he's doing the Gundam pilot thing a bit less but all that needs to be added is 'teamwork' to the equation and it works well. He's pretty much also a 'as need to know' basis when it comes to sharing his knowledge. And a 'come what may' in general when things happen. Anticipation and anxiety not so much on this side.

Revenge you don't have to worry about … unless he decides it's right for the role or decides eliminating you would be a good idea. Then you should cover your balls. He's pretty good at strategy, speaking of going to plot extensive revenge on people. Not a strategic genius, but what needs to be done is easy enough to figure out. He'll also lie to you and feel no remorse if the situation calls for it. Go morals!


On Morals
Read above and see what conclusions you can draw.
Yeah, that's what I thought.