It's easier to just link my thoughts on the episodes. (http://nayami.livejournal.com/535179.html#cutid1) I will say that my friend brought up an interesting comment about the final conversation between Suzaku and Lelouch, using translations from GameFAQs. He looked at this line in particular: "Suzaku: You will betray the world in the end -- be betrayed by it! I cannot let you attain your dream!"
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but his take on the line is that it serves as less of a threat and more of a warning in that Suzaku knows that ultimately Lelouch is damning himself (and it will come back to destroy him in the end). My friend poses that Suzaku wants to kill him both out of vengeance, sparing the world and out of some modicum of feeling for the friend he once had.
Like I said, I haven't had time to decide whether or not I'm willing to buy into this analysis completely, but it did shake me. Mostly because Suzaku partially wanting to kill Lelouch in this manner comes in direct opposition to Lelouch's long-lasting desire to preserve Suzaku's life because of his own selfish needs for a constant. Who knows?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninetydegrees![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but his take on the line is that it serves as less of a threat and more of a warning in that Suzaku knows that ultimately Lelouch is damning himself (and it will come back to destroy him in the end). My friend poses that Suzaku wants to kill him both out of vengeance, sparing the world and out of some modicum of feeling for the friend he once had.
Like I said, I haven't had time to decide whether or not I'm willing to buy into this analysis completely, but it did shake me. Mostly because Suzaku partially wanting to kill Lelouch in this manner comes in direct opposition to Lelouch's long-lasting desire to preserve Suzaku's life because of his own selfish needs for a constant. Who knows?