To answer a few of your questions....

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

I noticed all the speculation about whether Lelouch was alive in the second season and Marianne's maiden name.

First off, there is no actual official evidence that Lamperouge is Marianne's maiden name. Someone speculated about it and thus posted it on Wikipedia entry like Stephen Colbert's entry on African Forest Elephants. You shouldn't regard this as fact.
(Celiss from Gamefaqs confirmed this)

Finally,





Source: Newtype Romance, Asuka, and 2ch

So yes, he is alive obviously, but why do his eyes look perfectly normal? Speculate :D

EDIT: Someone uploaded the trailer for the second season on Youtube from Nicovideo.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gvpV_X8OHw0

Comments

[firebird-88.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing his eyes are normal 'cause its sketchy and the artists were lazy. XD Since he's clearly Zero (YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!) I'm going to assume he still has the Geass. Unless he's just really, really, really brave without it. O_______o;; Thanks for sharing the pics, guys!