Before he knows for sure where Nunnally is, he does know she's still in danger. He remembers her being missing and wonders if she might possibly be with Britannia. As he doesn't know for sure, it is incredibly contradictory of him to both be... legitimately functioning (as S1 showed him abandoning EVERYTHING when he realized she was missing, losing his mind when she was captured by Mao and going into hysterics when Suzaku suggested he would take her.) And suddenly, he's able to... continue doing his Zero thing. Zero WAS FOR Nunnally. Nor does R2 provide any explanation (until later) for Lelouch to be able to come to this level of rationality to still be as calculating and able to play his part as if Nunnally were completely safe. What you point out is later R2 and when the series starting correcting some of these early contradictions with Lelouch. All of that meshed perfectly with his character and could be backed up with past actions, as well as showing character growth in that Zero became about more than just making a better world for Nunnally; it became about something greater. But in early R2, by continuing to be Zero without knowing about Nunnally's condition, he is inadvertently putting her in danger because she could easily be used AGAINST him. Something he even acknowledges. orz.
Lelouch's double life as Zero while attending Ashford also puts the school in danger by default. Something he also knows because he accepted at the end of S1 that he could no longer be Lelouch Lamperouge; he pretty much becomes entirely Zero. He had prepared for this months in advance by trying to find someone who could protect Nunnally (Suzaku) when this shift happened. Suddenly playing double identify again was extremely irresponsible on his part.
And the Rolo thing was bad characterization, pure and simple. There is probably nothing in existence that can convince me that someone as smart as Lelouch, who KNEW ROLO KILLED SHIRLEY, would send him after his little sister. None. Yes, Lelouch is overconfident about his mastery of Rolo but he had just seen what he did to Shirley and he knows that Rolo took Nunnally's place. It doesn't take a rocket science to anticipate some jealousy, and with an unstable boy... yeah. It was the writers trying to handle the issue of who could get Nunnally while Lelouch did his thing. Sloppy.
As for the Euphie thing, yeah bad joke. Typical Lelouch. Fair. Making dumb mistakes with Geass? Again over-confident typical Lelouch. Suzaku? He kind of fails around Suzaku because it's Suzaku. All these things are backed fully by previous characterization. I can understand them and none stand out as contradictions. But yes, the other stuff was, admittedly, a matter of writing for a new audience and it led to massive characterization backtracking.
Sorry I just get really heated up over what they did to Lelouch many times in R2 for the sake of their time change earlier on and later to fit their fanservice narrative. I still have issues with the way the Rolo/Shirley thing just... disappeared so that most people consider Rolo just a sweet kid. orz. So just so we're clear, I'm not ranting at you, just the sloppy writing at times.
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Lelouch's double life as Zero while attending Ashford also puts the school in danger by default. Something he also knows because he accepted at the end of S1 that he could no longer be Lelouch Lamperouge; he pretty much becomes entirely Zero. He had prepared for this months in advance by trying to find someone who could protect Nunnally (Suzaku) when this shift happened. Suddenly playing double identify again was extremely irresponsible on his part.
And the Rolo thing was bad characterization, pure and simple. There is probably nothing in existence that can convince me that someone as smart as Lelouch, who KNEW ROLO KILLED SHIRLEY, would send him after his little sister. None. Yes, Lelouch is overconfident about his mastery of Rolo but he had just seen what he did to Shirley and he knows that Rolo took Nunnally's place. It doesn't take a rocket science to anticipate some jealousy, and with an unstable boy... yeah. It was the writers trying to handle the issue of who could get Nunnally while Lelouch did his thing. Sloppy.
As for the Euphie thing, yeah bad joke. Typical Lelouch. Fair. Making dumb mistakes with Geass? Again over-confident typical Lelouch. Suzaku? He kind of fails around Suzaku because it's Suzaku. All these things are backed fully by previous characterization. I can understand them and none stand out as contradictions. But yes, the other stuff was, admittedly, a matter of writing for a new audience and it led to massive characterization backtracking.
Sorry I just get really heated up over what they did to Lelouch many times in R2 for the sake of their time change earlier on and later to fit their fanservice narrative. I still have issues with the way the Rolo/Shirley thing just... disappeared so that most people consider Rolo just a sweet kid. orz. So just so we're clear, I'm not ranting at you, just the sloppy writing at times.