FIC: The Emperor’s Waltz

[realms-of-life.livejournal.com]

My small contribution to this very addictive fandom. :-)

Title: The Emperor’s Waltz
Summary: Empires may grow and crumble, but music plays forever.
Characters: Lelouch and Suzaku. A little C.C.
Rating: T maybe?
Spoilers: Oh, yes (probably 24-25)
Author’s Note: I love Lelouch, the incurable Sagittarius. I guess it shows.
Yes, I’m having fun at Shakespeare *and* Pet Shop Boy’s expense. Shoot me. :-)
And thanks to verity_isle I will always associate Code Geass with birds.
Disclaimer: Code Geass is not mine.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3721506/1/The_Emperors_Waltz

Comments

[runesque.livejournal.com]

...I'm not sure how to say this. Although you do wonder what's going to happen to Lelouch after that and you could argue about the politics that follow the Britannian Emperor's killing by the PM of Japan (hero appellation and whatnot), yet it's one of those writings that I can enjoy whichever direction it takes without fussing over the background details.

If I can give my comment without elaborating, it would be "poetic imageries, understated grandeur, and white all over." And "Because I'm alive" made me tear up a bit ;_;. To put it simply, I liked it ^^.

[realms-of-life.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do love to wonder about the politcs that follow (the Black Knight's and Kyoto's reaction, whether Schneizel would try to use that for his advantage, whether the Japanese would get to find out what really happened, or would be lied to, just like they were about the previous PM's death, whether Lelouch would be used against the Chinese Federation and if he were -whether Suzaku would be able to keep him in check and so on and so forth).

I don't think Suzaku is thinking that far tho. Had he thought that far, he would have removed the eye surgically, but he is mixing goals with revenge and ten years of frustration because he is human, and he is "rationalizing" it all in terms of morals. I love the way Code Geass characters tend to commit acts of monumental proportions for very personal reasons.

And I really thank you for the nice words. What do you mean by "white all over"? I need to keep that for later. :)

[runesque.livejournal.com]

Hmm yes, Suzaku is such a self-rationalising bas- character isn't he... Any course of action he takes needs moral reasoning somewhere. Has he ever blamed himself for his own wrongdoings?

By white all over, I mean exactly that ^^ - Lelouch's cape, the Britannian masonry, Suzaku's attire, the tombs, the birds... If they're not meant to be white then that's certainly the image I got. It's like the calm after the storm but with raging currents and tension underneath it all. Having said that, maybe it's not white but off-white XDD.

[runesque.livejournal.com]

Wait, what was I saying? Stating the obvious x_x. I mean, it's not off-white - off-white is a nice delicate hue! It's a murky colour feigning to be stark, unnatural white. Yes, that's it XDDD. Nice symbolism there.

[realms-of-life.livejournal.com]

LOL. I didn't think you meant that literally! *chuckles* And yup, you got the right idea. White and red are all over the place. *G*

I think Suza DOES blame himself deep inside. He just refrains from informing anybody about it (especially Lulu). They totally should have kept Mao around for longer. I would love to have Mao commenting on every lie the characters tell each other and themselves. :-)