Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is a mecha anime series, the fifteenth in the Gundam franchise.
==Canon==
===Characters===
*Suletta Mercury
*Miorine Rembran
*Guel Jeturk
*Elan Ceres
*Shaddiq Zenelli
*Nika Nanaura
*Chuatury "Chuchu" Panlunch
*Prospera Mercury
==Fandom==
The Witch from Mercury is widely celebrated by its devoted fanbase for not only having a canon queer couple, but for featuring a diversity in body types and not resorting to stereotyping when it comes to the plus-sized characters.THANK YOU gundam witch from mercury, for NOT making fat character who only knows how to talk about food.. reddit.Something I REALLY appreciate about Gundam: Witch From Mercury is the variation on character's body types. Twitter.
While airing, theorizing on character's background and possible upcoming plot points was quite popular, with much of the theory crafting being based around G Witches own influences, such as The Tempest and Revolutionary Girl Utena. 
The series also had many new fans buying and building gunpla model kits for the first time and sharing their progress online. Existing gunpla builders would often answer questions about tools needed and the kits suited for beginners, as well sharing their own builds. More experienced builders sometimes showcased custom painted color schemes, LED lighting and/or kitbashed parts within their builds. 
===Suletta Sunday===
Since The Witch from Mercury aired on a Sunday fans quickly took to calling it Suletta Sunday, continuing to do so during the hiatus between seasons 1 and 2, and even after the series ended fans still post fanworks on Suletta Sunday. While airing it was typical for fans to post various gifs, edits and videos of Suletta in anticipation of the new episodeITS SULETTA SUNDAY! (Gundam Witch From Mercury Meme)(スレッタサンデー ドンタク 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Tanuki Girl Eri) by D180223. Youtube. Oct 23, 2022.ITS SULETTA SUNDAY! v2.0 (Gundam Witch From Mercury Meme)(スレッタサンデー ドンタク 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Tanuki Girl) by D180223. Youtube. Nov 27, 2022 as well as sharing fanart and fanfic. Miorine Monday was coined and used the following day, though less frequently, for works about Miorine or when artists might not have had to time to post on Sunday, as well as simply because fans find alliteration fun. 
===Old Guard vs New Blood===
Despite The Witch from Mercury being designed as an entry point for new fans by having school setting and a self-contained universe that did require any previous knowledge about Gundam, there was still some friction between between older Gundam fans and those new to the franchise. This was sometimes aimed at what some old guard believed to be an influx of yuri fans who were only watching for Suletta and Miorine's relationship and would not be prepared for the dark themes typical of a Gundam series, much the frustration of Sulemio fans who were enjoying both. These kind of comments and arguments lead to an auto-translated quote tweet by bedabogdana making fun of these remarks being screenshotted and passed around the fandom.bedabogdana tweet on tumblranother post of bedabogdana tweet on tumblr
There was also push back from long-term Gundam fans around the narrative that they didn't like The Witch from Mercury, with some fans noting that it felt like some of this was actually coming subgroups in general animanga fandom who were not invested in the Gundam franchise to begin with.
===Shipping===
The fandom is largely femslash focused, thanks to the show centering around Suletta and Miorine's sudden engagement to each other. Alongside Suletta/Miorine there was also a small but dedicated following for Nika/Sabina based on a scene they shared together. There is tension between Suletta/Miorine and Suletta/Guel shippers, though Suletta/Guel has far less presence in fanwork creation within the English-speaking side of the fandom compared to the Japanese fandom.Suletta/Guel has 47 tagged works on AO3 compared to Suletta/Miorine's 1,216 as of September 10, 2024, while having 1,273 tagged works on Pixiv compared to Suletta/Miorine's 8,181 tagged works.
*Suletta/Miorine
*Nika/Sabina
*Nika/Chuchu
*Chuchu/Felsi 
*Sophie/Norea
*Suletta/Elan
*Suletta/Guel
*Elan/Norea
===Connections with other Fandoms===
The Witch from Mercury has several connections to Revolutionary Girl Utena, with its first episode being a clear homage to the series (both feature a dueling system in which the winner is engaged to a bride who has no say in the matter, a new female student who is unfamiliar with the system that wins her first duel and becomes engaged to the bride, and a character called Chuchu.) The Witch from Mercury's writer, Ichiro Okouchi, also wrote two official tie-in novels for Revolutionary Girl Utena in the 90s. This made crossover fanart and analysis of G Witch through the lens of Utena pretty popular. 
There was also some overlap with The Owl House thanks to Femslash Migration as The Owl house ended on April 8th, 2023 and The Witch from Mercury's second season began the next day on the 9th.April 8th – 9th, Passing the Baton. Goodbye, The Owl House. Welcome back, Gundam! fanart by bixels. 8 April 2023.
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
*This witch rides a Gundam. by exmakina
*Yes, Witches suffer to save the world by kanofspam
*gund bits by lovewritteninthestrands
*Miorine Night and Day by tiii13
*I wish they had more time together.. by vagun1ka
===Doujin===
*All About Mercury - An unofficial artbook released by the animation staff after the series ended. 
===Meta===
*While I have my own thoughts on the design from a personal taste perspective, I really do love the new Aerial design from a thematic perspective. by sapphic-haymaker
* (Anime Theory) Witch from Mercury - Suletta is the Gundam Lfrith? by boeingthegreytabby
* Larger than Life—Body Diversity in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury by sdshamshel
==Resources & External Links==
===General fanworks and discussion===
*gundam witch from mercury, witch from mercury and g witch tags on Tumblr
*Gwitch, G_Witch and 水星の魔女 hashtags on Twitter
*r/Gundam/ 
===Fanart and Doujin===
*水星の魔女 and 機動戦士ガンダム水星の魔女 tags on Pixiv
*Gundam: The Witch from Mercury doujin at Dynasty-Scans
===Fanfiction===
*Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury at AO3
*Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury at Fanfiction.net
==References==
category:The Witch from Mercury