Character ages in Code Geass

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Does any character's age (e.g. Lelouch, C.C., Euphemia, Tianzi) have a bearing on your enjoyment of Code Geass? Positive or negative?

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A friend once mentioned to me that Geass characters are 'volatile' - most of the main players are in their teens or early-20's, which is, admittedly, easy to lose track of. (I would consider all the things just Lelouch and Suzaku, for example, have accomplished...and then I would remember, in afterthought, just how young they are.)

I think the reason this works is that, aside from the marketing/demographic perspective, at this age people are more likely to 'dream big,' so to speak, which is what a lot of the roles in this show required. Lelouch knows what he wants and isn't willing to settle for anything less; C.C.'s contract, really, just sped things up some more. Suzaku is so convinced he can change the Empire (or, darker interpretation: so convinced he has to 'justify' Genbu's death) that when his big break comes he takes it and doesn't look back. Even when everything goes to hell they're still at it in the end, joining forces for one last shot.

I guess I just imagine it would be easier for them to look at their failures if they were already in their 30's and say, "Ah, you know what? Screw it," as opposed to picking themselves up and trying again. Some of their dialogue in late-R2 does begin to show some jaded bitterness, but their actions indicate that despite all this, they're not quite ready to roll over. The older you get, the more logical it is to just find a system that 'works' for you and settle with it, and the easier it is for all this war!weariness to take its toll.

Can't think of a neat way to end this comment, so I'll just stop typing