I think it's really telling that, despite how Ashford is later on played as his haven, the time he was so happy, right now he talks about how desperately he wants to escape it. All he wants is to be happy with Nunnally, and yet when she's around he spends half his time brushing her off... I don't think Lelouch could be satisfied living with stability.
This is an amazingly good point. This sort of thing is the reason why (despite quite liking the pairing) I don't think Lelouch/Shirley would ever work out in the long-term: she's too normal.
There may also be an element of "he who fights monsters" in there somewhere: Lelouch finds it harder to live normally when he spends a lot of his time doing crazy freedom fighter stuff.
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This is an amazingly good point. This sort of thing is the reason why (despite quite liking the pairing) I don't think Lelouch/Shirley would ever work out in the long-term: she's too normal.
There may also be an element of "he who fights monsters" in there somewhere: Lelouch finds it harder to live normally when he spends a lot of his time doing crazy freedom fighter stuff.