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Episode 3 Discussion!
Finally we understand why Lelouch has such distaste for Britannia. Clovis tries to talk Lelouch into returning with him but Lelouch is certain that, if he does, he’ll be taken advantage of and used for political gain. But Lelouch’s main reason for approaching Clovis is about his mother’s death. After not getting much of an answer out of Clovis besides hysteria and claiming he didn’t do it Lelouch finally uses his Geass on his half-brother only to find out that Clovis doesn’t know much about that day and gives us two new names in the Britannia family: Schneizel and Cornelia. And, just like Lelouch, after getting the information he needs he’s completely done with you. Bwah! Poor Clovis. I wish we had more time getting to know his character because he seemed such short lived. Did anyone else notice Lelouch’s full red eye? Does that ever happen again; because I don’t remember him ever being able to “end” his Geass spell to return the person back to themselves. Even later in the episode when he finishes asking Kallen about why she’s a terrorist his eye doesn’t repeat that same action. I wonder if it was something Sunrise thought about using and then decided it wasn’t worth keeping it around.
So back to normal school life. Being VP of the student council must be hard work! Lelouch doesn’t seem to do much haha. It is nice to see Lelouch as a normal student and not the killer he became the night before, but it does seem to have gotten to him. After watching part of a news broadcast and avoiding Shirley’s curiousity he almost throws up. It’s just as Lelouch has said: His nerves aren’t cut out for this just yet. And, what a coincidence, the terrorist girl that he helped is actually a student that attends Ashford! Immediately he knows he has to confront her, but he has the anonymity of Geass. Too bad for Lelouch, but great for us: we find out that he can only use his power once. Nice awkward moment between him and Kallen—immediately she suspects him. I mean, how would he know about Shinjuku? Why tell her not to say anything about it?
C’mon, Lelouch. The terrorist you helped were semi-advanced, right? They had their own Knightmare, right? You’re telling her to do something that requires little to no common sense. Only an idiot would mention Shinjuku—and what’s more, Lelouch, her “school character” is obviously totally different from whom she really is. I think this part is hilarious because anyone would be smart enough not to mention Shinjuku. If anything Lelouch was the stupid one lol. He mentioned Shinjuku! Granted, he thought that Geass would save him again.
Yay, Nunnally is so cute. It’s refreshing to see Lelouch and his sister together. He cares so much about her… He’s willing to lie to anyone but her, how sweet. But also somewhat naïve… But I guess his motivation is to create a world for Nunnally to be safe in. Also, we find out that the girl with green hair from the first episode was an experiment. Apparently she’s been around a while (judging by a WWII-like image). It can’t get out that they were running experiments on that girl which must mean that she is important in some way.
The rest of the episode seems to focus around Lelouch and Kallen and the whole Shinjuku incident. Is that him? I can’t tell from a memory. If it is him… blah blah blah.
Anyways, we do get to see the side of Lelouch that is great with planning. He just knows what that person is most likely to do. The whole bathroom scene is a perfect example. How did he know Kallen was going to try to make him stay? How did he get it down right? If she didn’t stop him would he try to buy time? My question is why the phone in the bathroom? How would you explain that? When the knife came out I got the impression that Lelouch didn’t really plan for that but nevertheless everything played out in his favor…
And the bastard got to see a nice view of Kallen.
Oh, and Lelouch. It seems Suzaku is still alive! And they’re charging him for the murder of Clovis. What are you going to do, Lelouch!
Episode 3 Discussion!
Finally we understand why Lelouch has such distaste for Britannia. Clovis tries to talk Lelouch into returning with him but Lelouch is certain that, if he does, he’ll be taken advantage of and used for political gain. But Lelouch’s main reason for approaching Clovis is about his mother’s death. After not getting much of an answer out of Clovis besides hysteria and claiming he didn’t do it Lelouch finally uses his Geass on his half-brother only to find out that Clovis doesn’t know much about that day and gives us two new names in the Britannia family: Schneizel and Cornelia. And, just like Lelouch, after getting the information he needs he’s completely done with you. Bwah! Poor Clovis. I wish we had more time getting to know his character because he seemed such short lived. Did anyone else notice Lelouch’s full red eye? Does that ever happen again; because I don’t remember him ever being able to “end” his Geass spell to return the person back to themselves. Even later in the episode when he finishes asking Kallen about why she’s a terrorist his eye doesn’t repeat that same action. I wonder if it was something Sunrise thought about using and then decided it wasn’t worth keeping it around.
So back to normal school life. Being VP of the student council must be hard work! Lelouch doesn’t seem to do much haha. It is nice to see Lelouch as a normal student and not the killer he became the night before, but it does seem to have gotten to him. After watching part of a news broadcast and avoiding Shirley’s curiousity he almost throws up. It’s just as Lelouch has said: His nerves aren’t cut out for this just yet. And, what a coincidence, the terrorist girl that he helped is actually a student that attends Ashford! Immediately he knows he has to confront her, but he has the anonymity of Geass. Too bad for Lelouch, but great for us: we find out that he can only use his power once. Nice awkward moment between him and Kallen—immediately she suspects him. I mean, how would he know about Shinjuku? Why tell her not to say anything about it?
C’mon, Lelouch. The terrorist you helped were semi-advanced, right? They had their own Knightmare, right? You’re telling her to do something that requires little to no common sense. Only an idiot would mention Shinjuku—and what’s more, Lelouch, her “school character” is obviously totally different from whom she really is. I think this part is hilarious because anyone would be smart enough not to mention Shinjuku. If anything Lelouch was the stupid one lol. He mentioned Shinjuku! Granted, he thought that Geass would save him again.
Yay, Nunnally is so cute. It’s refreshing to see Lelouch and his sister together. He cares so much about her… He’s willing to lie to anyone but her, how sweet. But also somewhat naïve… But I guess his motivation is to create a world for Nunnally to be safe in. Also, we find out that the girl with green hair from the first episode was an experiment. Apparently she’s been around a while (judging by a WWII-like image). It can’t get out that they were running experiments on that girl which must mean that she is important in some way.
The rest of the episode seems to focus around Lelouch and Kallen and the whole Shinjuku incident. Is that him? I can’t tell from a memory. If it is him… blah blah blah.
Anyways, we do get to see the side of Lelouch that is great with planning. He just knows what that person is most likely to do. The whole bathroom scene is a perfect example. How did he know Kallen was going to try to make him stay? How did he get it down right? If she didn’t stop him would he try to buy time? My question is why the phone in the bathroom? How would you explain that? When the knife came out I got the impression that Lelouch didn’t really plan for that but nevertheless everything played out in his favor…
And the bastard got to see a nice view of Kallen.
Oh, and Lelouch. It seems Suzaku is still alive! And they’re charging him for the murder of Clovis. What are you going to do, Lelouch!
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Random Observations w/ R2 Spoilers
- I also wonder if Kallen couldn't have picked a better cover than the sick girl, as it would prove to be pretty dang annoying in a real crisis situation. Though I do like that she stays in school out of wishes for Naoto. Almost like she stays in school at the end of R2 out of Lelouch's wishes. Baw.
- It's interesting that Clovis was managing to keep C.C. a secret from Charles, as Bartley seems to imply since Charles was apparently searching for C.C. for a long time.
- I love Jeremiah's coup for purebloods.
- I get so squee about just watching the council be adorable.
- LOL Shirley's jealousy over Kallen. I like how you even catch a smidgen during Rivalz's teasing Lelouch about his interest in Kallen. You can see Shirley's reaction in the background.
- I also love the way Nunnally's connection to Lelouch is instantly so disarming to people who know him. It always hits them in their opinion spot hard.
- I always find Lelouch's reaction to Clovis' death interesting, even as he taunts himself for being too affected by it. It's interesting how Lelouch distrusts his entire family at this point when he was more comfortable with certain members as a child. His immediately assuming Clovis wants him back so he can use him and Nunnally is especially telling of this.
- So many adorable Britannian history snippets in the school scenes.
- Pizza Hut!
- So much foreshadowing in Lelouch and Nunnally's talk about her seeing and about him lying to her.
- I love Zero's "Q1" nickname for Kallen. So cute.
- I love Lelouch's look of DDD: when he realizes that not only is Suzaku alive but he's also being framed for murder.
- Shirley and Milly are adorable.
- This so has so many convenient happenings. Such as Shirley showing up just as things get tense between Lelouch and Kallen (really what was he going to do? run away? no, that's not suspicious at all. not to mention, she'd catch his slow ass), Kallen being suddenly named to the council just as she and Lelouch are about to have their private talk and Lelouch's Zero phone call coming at the EXACT TIME to save his life. Someone pointed out Kallen's quickness to stabbity in another post, and I have to agree. She doesn't think these things through at all.
- This episode also brought up an interesting point about Geass. How does Lelouch end it? Concentration break? He didn't close his eye when he was talking to Kallen, he just stopped talking because he was taken off-guard. I don't think this ever happens again. It's just an odd outlier.
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I think Marianne's "assassination" and Nunnally's injury has permanently tainted the whole family for him. If you look at Lelouch's reminiscences later on about past happiness and the like, it's always with Ashford or at the Kururugi shrine; his childhood as a prince just doesn't rate.
IIRC, it even comes out in the way Lelouch reacts to Euphie. Despite his childhood thing for her, while he might be polite and kind when they interact privately, there's a distinct holding back and slight condescension there. At least until the SAZ conversation about Nunnally, and we know how that ended.
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But you do make a good point that he no longer reminiscences on his time as a prince.
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But my point is still there, that while Lelouch may treat Euphie much better than the rest of his family, there's a distance there now, of time and experience. And unlike with Suzaku, where the changes bother him, he's not actively working to fix things.
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And it's true the difference between how he actively works to fix things with Suzaku vs. Euphie. So yeah, there is some distance.
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Which is ironic, really, because if Charles hadn't set all his kids against each other and himself as obfuscation for his emo Rapture plan, Clovis might just have handed C.C. over with a "hey dad, here's that girl you were looking for. We on for golf on Tuesday?"
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