To be strictly accurate, Lelouch doesn't have most of the Black Knights at the start of R2; most of them are in prison, and he has to get them away before they are executed.
As for your "Zero is for Nunnally" comment above, I tend to go with Lelouch's comment when he's facing down his parents later on: Lelouch did what he did because he wanted to do it. Nunnally was just an important rationalization to himself, to justify wanting to do something so grand and terrible. Which is why he flips out when Nunnally is against him, because he actually has to face up to what he must of on some level feared, that it isn't what Nunnally wanted. Lelouch loves Nunnally as a person, but he also uses her as a symbol and an emotional crutch.
I think they needed to set up Lelouch as Zero in R2, so the handover to Suzaku at the end has more impact. Handing over someone else's position isn't quite as personal.
(I'm not denying there's some sloppy writing in parts - I agree on the Rolo thing. Wasn't it confirmed Rolo got a more heroic death than intended because some animators liked him?)
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As for your "Zero is for Nunnally" comment above, I tend to go with Lelouch's comment when he's facing down his parents later on: Lelouch did what he did because he wanted to do it. Nunnally was just an important rationalization to himself, to justify wanting to do something so grand and terrible. Which is why he flips out when Nunnally is against him, because he actually has to face up to what he must of on some level feared, that it isn't what Nunnally wanted. Lelouch loves Nunnally as a person, but he also uses her as a symbol and an emotional crutch.
I think they needed to set up Lelouch as Zero in R2, so the handover to Suzaku at the end has more impact. Handing over someone else's position isn't quite as personal.
(I'm not denying there's some sloppy writing in parts - I agree on the Rolo thing. Wasn't it confirmed Rolo got a more heroic death than intended because some animators liked him?)