Of course, given all this, I do hold onto the belief that our current incarnation of Suzaku is not himself. The scenes of Suzaku as a child and undamaged attest to this. I still believe that his rage is burning hot within himself because the issues of Euphie’s retribution, his own guilt, and his own goals have yet to be resolved. The idea that he has shown his true colors by acting in this way is laughable. He is angry, he continues to be angry, and he’s going to continue to charge on ahead until someone manages to slow him down and heal him. I have a suspicion that Nunnally will play this role, since despite his rage in 25, he still seems to give a shit for her (nevermind all that I just said about him not giving a shit about anyone). Unless Sunrise throws some restorative!buttsex in there between Suzaku and Gino, at which point I’ll lol and lol and lol. And being the stupid fangirl that I am, I’m still holding out for some sort of GOOD END, in which he’s rehabilitated somewhat and he and Lelouch make up. At that point, they can go die or whatever.
Oh, that idea that Suzaku has found a father figure in the Emperor? I LOVE IT, TOO! Someone needs to write this fic.
Lelouch Lelouch’s weak point is definitely Nunnally, and I have a feeling that the forces-that-be are going to exploit that to cause Zero to stumble. There are two implications to this. One, Lelouch is going to have to either retrieve her, ensure her safety, or deal with the fact that she’s in danger. Two, given that I think Suzaku would still protect Nunnally, I imagine he would not be happy to have Nunnally used as a bargaining chip. He couldn’t protect Euphie before, and now to fail at protecting Nunnally? I think it would be unacceptable to him.
It also struck me about how it was always “the Emperor and Suzaku” when he was talking about his obstacles. However, I don’t think it was indicative of his awareness that Suzaku is the Emperor’s “right hand man” as much as Lelouch’s own preoccupation at being defeated and punished so ignobly. It was Suzaku that disarmed him and pinned him; it was Suzaku that brought him, bound, before the Emperor; it was Suzaku that wrenched his head up by his hair while he held his eye open for mind-rape. He was humiliated, defeated like he’d never been before, and Suzaku was the reason for his loss of control. He’s pissed at Suzaku and now for a reason greater than coincidentally saying something of great psychological trauma from seven (eight?) years previous. I guess this lets us have a showdown between the two where they both have very personal reasons to be mad, instead of Suzaku raging over Euphie while Lelouch goes “...I’m sorry? IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! D=”
As to the shot that Lelouch took at Suzaku, it really did look like it was meant to kill. I can’t imagine that Lelouch is that much of a marksman, so the idea that he was deliberately aiming for Suzaku’s earpiece is kinda absurd to me. He was going for a headshot, and due to his own bad aim and Suzaku’s speedhax, only the earpiece got destroyed.
Miscellany I really didn’t care for Rollo before, but his awesome level went waaaaaay up after this episode. Don’t have any theories about how his character is going to progress, but I’m excited to see! :D
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Unless Sunrise throws some restorative!buttsex in there between Suzaku and Gino, at which point I’ll lol and lol and lol.And being the stupid fangirl that I am, I’m still holding out for some sort of GOOD END, in which he’s rehabilitated somewhat and he and Lelouch make up. At that point, they can go die or whatever.Oh, that idea that Suzaku has found a father figure in the Emperor? I LOVE IT, TOO! Someone needs to write this fic.
Lelouch
Lelouch’s weak point is definitely Nunnally, and I have a feeling that the forces-that-be are going to exploit that to cause Zero to stumble. There are two implications to this. One, Lelouch is going to have to either retrieve her, ensure her safety, or deal with the fact that she’s in danger. Two, given that I think Suzaku would still protect Nunnally, I imagine he would not be happy to have Nunnally used as a bargaining chip. He couldn’t protect Euphie before, and now to fail at protecting Nunnally? I think it would be unacceptable to him.
It also struck me about how it was always “the Emperor and Suzaku” when he was talking about his obstacles. However, I don’t think it was indicative of his awareness that Suzaku is the Emperor’s “right hand man” as much as Lelouch’s own preoccupation at being defeated and punished so ignobly. It was Suzaku that disarmed him and pinned him; it was Suzaku that brought him, bound, before the Emperor; it was Suzaku that wrenched his head up by his hair while he held his eye open for mind-rape. He was humiliated, defeated like he’d never been before, and Suzaku was the reason for his loss of control. He’s pissed at Suzaku and now for a reason greater than coincidentally saying something of great psychological trauma from seven (eight?) years previous. I guess this lets us have a showdown between the two where they both have very personal reasons to be mad, instead of Suzaku raging over Euphie while Lelouch goes “...I’m sorry? IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! D=”
As to the shot that Lelouch took at Suzaku, it really did look like it was meant to kill. I can’t imagine that Lelouch is that much of a marksman, so the idea that he was deliberately aiming for Suzaku’s earpiece is kinda absurd to me. He was going for a headshot, and due to his own bad aim and Suzaku’s speedhax, only the earpiece got destroyed.
Miscellany
I really didn’t care for Rollo before, but his awesome level went waaaaaay up after this episode. Don’t have any theories about how his character is going to progress, but I’m excited to see! :D