[pat] This at least is easy to fix! d-defeat I accept thee, my upload would take too long. And excellent!
Mm! Although I do wonder why he was carrying around a knife in the first place. Unless that was just how he ~rolled~ in those days: which is possible, considering the dangers of being the Prime Minister's son.
Hummmm. Lelouch guilts in his own way—he vomits at the thought of the murder—but unlike Suzaku, he doesn't feel the need to deny the murder. It happened, he can't change it, and it's very real. More than that, it's a sign of the influence he was beginning to gain as a leader. Less with Clovis's death and more with Euphie's death, he purposely hides his guilt in public in order to achieve the more impersonal, ruthless persona that he requires to continue leading the rebellion and living as Zero. Same with inciting Suzaku in the cave during the finale by talking to him about Euphie: assuming an impersonal stance to distance himself from others. Whereas in private during episode 23, Lelouch is visibly extremely guilty about what occurred with Euphie and cries. To him, strength is not letting anything else influence him, keeping everything at arm's length and holding nothing so precious that it could harm him more deeply than he wishes to show. It's the same concept as Suzaku;s search for atonement through trying to become what he feels is a good person and eliminating that which he feels is wrong in himself. So one suppresses selflessness, one suppresses selfishness.
Re: Some mighty big claims you got there
Mm! Although I do wonder why he was carrying around a knife in the first place. Unless that was just how he ~rolled~ in those days: which is possible, considering the dangers of being the Prime Minister's son.
Hummmm. Lelouch guilts in his own way—he vomits at the thought of the murder—but unlike Suzaku, he doesn't feel the need to deny the murder. It happened, he can't change it, and it's very real. More than that, it's a sign of the influence he was beginning to gain as a leader. Less with Clovis's death and more with Euphie's death, he purposely hides his guilt in public in order to achieve the more impersonal, ruthless persona that he requires to continue leading the rebellion and living as Zero. Same with inciting Suzaku in the cave during the finale by talking to him about Euphie: assuming an impersonal stance to distance himself from others. Whereas in private during episode 23, Lelouch is visibly extremely guilty about what occurred with Euphie and cries. To him, strength is not letting anything else influence him, keeping everything at arm's length and holding nothing so precious that it could harm him more deeply than he wishes to show. It's the same concept as Suzaku;s search for atonement through trying to become what he feels is a good person and eliminating that which he feels is wrong in himself. So one suppresses selflessness, one suppresses selfishness.
. . . I love the boys. I really do. ♥