See, that's a matter of personal interpretation based on subtext, like knowing that Lelouch liked poetry before he was actually shown reading some. So we could argue about this forever and ever without never getting anywhere, so please, if you dislike the Euphemia theory just ignore my rambling. :-)
I do believe that Suzaku dwells a lot, and I think subtext shows it. I totally agree that he might have wished to forget what happened and move on, but he carried that watch with himself - on his person. He was, indeed, very afraid of being found out. Take his conversations with the Britannian shrink, with Lloyd, with Mao, with Todou. Take his reaction to Lelouch's betrayal in the sound episodes - he implies Lelouch's fall is his fault for never telling Lelouch he killed his father... Suzaku's perception of cause and consequence goes way back. I do think Suzaku has a strong relationship with the past and he is shown many times talking or thinking about past events in canon - even pointing out embarrassing childhood incidents to Lelouch's discontent. Lelouch, in fact, is the one who keeps pushing the past away even when he is holding a seven years grudge and is searching revenge - he stops himself from thinking further about the throne room incident, he refrains from talking about Euphemia as a child, he stops himself from thinking about Euphemia's murder and what that made to his relationship to Suzaku - all this is quite literal in canon. He does reminiscence about his mother in a more willingly way, but they are always happy memories, and something he deeply share with Nunnally. So yeah, it's mostly subtext and hard to defend or attack. So I guess that, in the end, it is a matter of personal opinion. :-)
Again, I must stress that this kind of analysis doesn't imply that Lelouch refrains from connecting to the past and that Suzaku just lives there. That would be insane. I'm just talking about general tendencies I see in those characters.
Same thing could be applied to Arthur and Euphemia. As Nayami likes to point out, Geass characters are masters of projection and Arthur's connection to Euphemia was very emphasized in canon (both in anime and sound episode). Euphemia's death plays an important role on what Suzaku did to Lelouch - he is wearing his Knight uniform and Euphemia's emblem not only in the cave, but also when he sells Lelouch to Charles. Not to mention that it is Euphemia's death that triggers him into a brand new character development. I think it is highly possible that, yes - among other many other factors you have mentioned - he was thinking of Euphemia when he took Arthur away from Euphemia's murder. Again, that's my personal interpretation based on what I've seen from Suzaku's character so far. I think Suzaku would totally do that. And I agree that any other interpretation is equally valid considering the few things we know about him. Also, Suzaku is full of surprises.
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I do believe that Suzaku dwells a lot, and I think subtext shows it. I totally agree that he might have wished to forget what happened and move on, but he carried that watch with himself - on his person. He was, indeed, very afraid of being found out. Take his conversations with the Britannian shrink, with Lloyd, with Mao, with Todou. Take his reaction to Lelouch's betrayal in the sound episodes - he implies Lelouch's fall is his fault for never telling Lelouch he killed his father... Suzaku's perception of cause and consequence goes way back. I do think Suzaku has a strong relationship with the past and he is shown many times talking or thinking about past events in canon - even pointing out embarrassing childhood incidents to Lelouch's discontent. Lelouch, in fact, is the one who keeps pushing the past away even when he is holding a seven years grudge and is searching revenge - he stops himself from thinking further about the throne room incident, he refrains from talking about Euphemia as a child, he stops himself from thinking about Euphemia's murder and what that made to his relationship to Suzaku - all this is quite literal in canon. He does reminiscence about his mother in a more willingly way, but they are always happy memories, and something he deeply share with Nunnally. So yeah, it's mostly subtext and hard to defend or attack. So I guess that, in the end, it is a matter of personal opinion. :-)
Again, I must stress that this kind of analysis doesn't imply that Lelouch refrains from connecting to the past and that Suzaku just lives there. That would be insane. I'm just talking about general tendencies I see in those characters.
Same thing could be applied to Arthur and Euphemia. As Nayami likes to point out, Geass characters are masters of projection and Arthur's connection to Euphemia was very emphasized in canon (both in anime and sound episode). Euphemia's death plays an important role on what Suzaku did to Lelouch - he is wearing his Knight uniform and Euphemia's emblem not only in the cave, but also when he sells Lelouch to Charles. Not to mention that it is Euphemia's death that triggers him into a brand new character development. I think it is highly possible that, yes - among other many other factors you have mentioned - he was thinking of Euphemia when he took Arthur away from Euphemia's murder. Again, that's my personal interpretation based on what I've seen from Suzaku's character so far. I think Suzaku would totally do that. And I agree that any other interpretation is equally valid considering the few things we know about him. Also, Suzaku is full of surprises.