Escaflowne spoilers:

WHY IS ISAAC FUCKING NEWTON RUNNING AN EMPIRE ON GAEA AND CHANGING FATE SERIOUSLY WTF. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME. I think the director and lead writer hung out with Tony Montana for a couple of days and took a nosedive into his coke stash when he wasn't looking. Guess I got what I wanted when I asked for insane twists instead of inane romance. Would have been nice to not sit through over 9000 hours of info dumping though. SERIOUSLY ISAAC NEWTON WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS.