I wonder if Clovis is really genuinely glad to see Lelouch alive.
I'd say he probably was at least a bit sincere here...not that it did him much good in the end. XD
Ah, our first look at Marianne's death. I still have trouble seeing how exactly this depiction fits with what we're shown later in R2; maybe the rewatch will help.
Well, keep in mind that the scene as originally portrayed was later revealed to have been a complete setup by V.V. and gang.
I do wonder if that was what the creators initially meant to reveal though. Not too sure about it.
It's interesting, Lelouch's reaction to the memory of Clovis's death here when we see him do far worse later without batting an eye. I wouldn't say he suffers from a decay of morality, but rather that he becomes inured to it. Still kinda sad, though.
It's telling, really, that Lelouch didn't have too much trouble killing Clovis but definitely felt the consequences after-the-fact. In a way, you see this process continue after Shirley's dad died, in spite of his earlier proclamations of walking the "path of carnage" or something to that effect.
...It bugs me that Kallen's grades are at the top of the class in Ashford -- or so says Rivalz, at least -- but later on (in R2, I think?) Lelouch ranks her among the top members of the Black Knights as one of the least intelligent. Unless he's somehow amassed a collection of supergeniuses, I have trouble believing it.
This has already been said, but grades aren't necessarily the best (or only) indication of intelligence and vice versa. I don't think it's actually a contradiction, really, given we also see Kallen do plenty of goofy stuff and fall for Lelouch's tricks during the rest of the season.
That and most of the named Black Knights are adults who have already grown way past high school age, which makes a straight comparison a bit simplistic. Older and more experienced people are generally supposed to be a lot smarter than someone who is only 17 or 18. Lelouch and, say, Nina would probably be the two most notable exceptions. I'd say Kallen was just supposed to be a little smarter than the average high-school student in her class. Enough to stand out (since Lelouch was lazy and all), but nothing more and nothing less.
And in fact, among the Black Knights, only Kaguya is both younger and smarter than the bulk of them. Then again she was portrayed as more intelligent or at least more politically savvy than almost everyone else, the adults included, because it fit her character type: a princess who is supposed to be wise beyond her years.
...interesting. Lelouch said to her "answer my questions," but she only answered two before the Geass gave out. And we certainly see no signs of it kicking in later, so... what gives? I thought this thing was supposed to be absolute.
Lelouch just...wasn't fast enough and didn't give out his next order in time? A bit of that happened with Clovis too. I guess timing and maintaining focus is important unless the order itself allows otherwise.
You have to wonder what sort of experimentation they were doing on C.C. without the Emperor's knowledge. Pictures of her from the past, a paper on "Freud's theory of the super-ego"...
Sigh. Once again, hints of something Geass-related we didn't really get any elaboration on.
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I'd say he probably was at least a bit sincere here...not that it did him much good in the end. XD
Ah, our first look at Marianne's death. I still have trouble seeing how exactly this depiction fits with what we're shown later in R2; maybe the rewatch will help.
Well, keep in mind that the scene as originally portrayed was later revealed to have been a complete setup by V.V. and gang.
I do wonder if that was what the creators initially meant to reveal though. Not too sure about it.
It's interesting, Lelouch's reaction to the memory of Clovis's death here when we see him do far worse later without batting an eye. I wouldn't say he suffers from a decay of morality, but rather that he becomes inured to it. Still kinda sad, though.
It's telling, really, that Lelouch didn't have too much trouble killing Clovis but definitely felt the consequences after-the-fact. In a way, you see this process continue after Shirley's dad died, in spite of his earlier proclamations of walking the "path of carnage" or something to that effect.
...It bugs me that Kallen's grades are at the top of the class in Ashford -- or so says Rivalz, at least -- but later on (in R2, I think?) Lelouch ranks her among the top members of the Black Knights as one of the least intelligent. Unless he's somehow amassed a collection of supergeniuses, I have trouble believing it.
This has already been said, but grades aren't necessarily the best (or only) indication of intelligence and vice versa. I don't think it's actually a contradiction, really, given we also see Kallen do plenty of goofy stuff and fall for Lelouch's tricks during the rest of the season.
That and most of the named Black Knights are adults who have already grown way past high school age, which makes a straight comparison a bit simplistic. Older and more experienced people are generally supposed to be a lot smarter than someone who is only 17 or 18. Lelouch and, say, Nina would probably be the two most notable exceptions. I'd say Kallen was just supposed to be a little smarter than the average high-school student in her class. Enough to stand out (since Lelouch was lazy and all), but nothing more and nothing less.
And in fact, among the Black Knights, only Kaguya is both younger and smarter than the bulk of them. Then again she was portrayed as more intelligent or at least more politically savvy than almost everyone else, the adults included, because it fit her character type: a princess who is supposed to be wise beyond her years.
...interesting. Lelouch said to her "answer my questions," but she only answered two before the Geass gave out. And we certainly see no signs of it kicking in later, so... what gives? I thought this thing was supposed to be absolute.
Lelouch just...wasn't fast enough and didn't give out his next order in time? A bit of that happened with Clovis too. I guess timing and maintaining focus is important unless the order itself allows otherwise.
You have to wonder what sort of experimentation they were doing on C.C. without the Emperor's knowledge. Pictures of her from the past, a paper on "Freud's theory of the super-ego"...
Sigh. Once again, hints of something Geass-related we didn't really get any elaboration on.