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Like you, I sighed with relief when his focus was back on Nunnally. I do like what you say about his rage, but I think that it is not a rage directed specifically at Rollo and that's why the scene is slightly different from his reaction to Euphemia's announcement - Lelouch tends to reserve this kind of personal rage to members of his family. Not even Jeremiah, who he knew in his childhood and was part of Marianne's security, gets any of that. My own pet theory is that Lelouch doesn't see betrayal as Suzaku does (cultural conditioning again? XD) . He forgives Kallen for abandoning him when he was arrested. He seems miserable about Suzaku, but I still haven't seen any real hatred there. It feels like Lelouch expects to be betrayed, but still hopes and acts as if he won't. Sure he sees Rollo as a surrogate from the powers he detest and he resents him for that, he resents his own powerlessness to save Nunnally too, but it seems to me that Rollo was not the only one affected by their fake family. Lelouch lived with this guy for one year, and you know how Lelouch is. It's too soon to tell, but I think he will see him as an ally soon enough.

Nice point about Lelouch being a bastard. I love that. XD I blame him for being a irresponsible teenager, and for being cornered by the whole execution business. He doesn't think Shirley will be in danger and so he uses her. Lelouch's survival instincts will put what he sees as necessities before his own desires. That's how he gets into most of his troubles and how he threatens his own sanity, and his reaction to Shirley's cable comment is - to me - further proof of how much Lelouch tends to repress his own feelings when he thinks he needs to. Shirley's invitation was damn convenient when it came, and I think accepting it was further example of Lelouch thinking on his feet when under pressure. But I don't want to apologize for his sake and I agree that he is a bastard. He is also starting to find out about his hormones and is learning how to use them. A very scary development.

My perception of Arthur being more than cute kitty to Suzaku and his connection to Euphie is also based on the trouble they must have gone through to erase yet another detail from Lelouch's environment. It also suggests Suzaku has more influence on the whole investigation than we have seen until now. I'd like to see if this theory is sound or just another fruit of my fancy fangirly mind.

I must confess I missed Suzaku's disarming the EU, because I'm such a girl and that totally harmed my view on that scene. XD I still see some underlying tension there, although I can't identify it clearly - it has to do with everybody's reaction to Suzaku - from Schneizel's men to the Europeans. I do agree that there is some weariness in it all, but also some awareness. This Suzaku seems to be the most aware version of himself we have seen so far, which could be taken for sanity, but not necessarily so. He seems to know the price of his ideals and it is hard to tell how much he believes and how much he *has* to believe in them at this point. His speech is interesting: would he let Lelouch off the hook if he just surrendered? It's an unlikely outcome for Lelouch, but puzzling over this would probably give us some further clues about Suzaku's real motivations and how sincere he is to himself at this point. Schneizel's comment still intrigues me - it was very IC of him, but intrigues me anyway - and I wonder how much he knows about Lelouch and Suzaku's deal with the Emperor. Anyway, I can't wait for *this* Suzaku to meet with Lelouch again. It will probably be the climax of this season. XD

I LOLed at the horse scene. Poor Nayami.

And yay for C.C. and Kallen's interaction. I like that they have spent a whole year together.