Code Geass Reruns

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

The past 4 days I rewatched the entire Code Geass series (1st and 2nd) because my boyfriend had never seen it and Dan (one of his friends who has seen it) and I were making a lot of Code Geass references; and well... eventually my boyfriend's curiosity got the best of him and he decided he wanted to watch it.

But that's when I got an idea. I'm also a memeber of the Slayers anime community and a while back they had initiated a rerun schedule where they would watch an episode once every other day or once a week (I can't remember) and at the end of the day the person who set it up would post some screenshots from the episode and talk about some of their thoughts... what they forgot about, what they really liked, etc. Other members who decided to take part could post comments about what they liked as well.

So I was going to propose, as a community, we could rewatch the series. Perhaps one episode a week would be fine? It means it will take about a year to complete since there are 52 weeks in a year. In the first series there is a total of 25 episodes since 25 and 26 were combined into a 46 minute episode and in the second series there is exactly 25 episodes... meaning 50 total.

The rules are simple: if you choose to participate you do not move ahead of the schedule and watch the following episode. You must wait until the next week.

Lemme know if anyone is interested! Sorry about this sounding a bit wordy and rushed. I'm in a hurry but I wanted to get this out there because it was bugging me lol.

Comments

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

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?)

[nayami.livejournal.com]

This is true, but he had them when he lost the first time too. And in that scene, if my memory isn't failing, he's referring to what went wrong last time.

Oh, I agree he did things because he wanted to. But Lelouch also tells himself many many times that Zero is for Nunnally. It is his rationalization to himself, which is why I find him realizing Nunnally is in danger and then returning to Zero so... off. It is a clashing of two of his own thought processes at the same exact time. But yes, since it is really just a lie to himself, realizing Nunnally is against him crushes him.

And, as much as the whole Zero thing still bristles me, I can see the value of the impact when it comes to the handover. This is a good point.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I think Lelouch tries to tell himself he is less attached to Zero than he is (The whole "I felt dead..." stuff). It gives him a feeling of strength and power that just being Lelouch didn't really, so I can see him, in feeling powerless with the loss of Nunnally, just slipping back into it. At the very least, Zero makes Lelouch feel as if he can do something. Or maybe that and Ashford are just things that Lelouch is unwilling to give up, no matter how much these desires endanger one another. He can't rationalise it, so he just does it.

(Your criticisms interest me because I've generally seen things the other way around: That R2 started decent and "went bad" later on. I've never seen anyone criticize Lelouch as Zero in R2 before: if anything, they hate that when isn't Zero, as if Lelouch as Zero is how things should be.)