Beautiful analysis of what's going on so far and I agree with a lot of it.
~I was a little startled at how quickly Lulu went after Villetta. It felt a little rushed. Personally, I don't see it as a very smart move; even if Villetta DOES somehow cooperate with Lulu, all she has to do is wait till the right moment to betray them agai. Even if it did come out about her and Ohgi, it would be her word against their's. She would just have to do something sufficiently pro-Britannian to outweigh any doubts.
~In regards to Ohgi, I think Lelouche is finally having to deal with the emotional consequences of actually getting to know the people who work under him. He was so single minded in R1, he never really thought about the lives of the people under him, or that they might have had lives away from him. To me, it was nearly the same reaction as when he realize Kallen no longer trusted him completely.
~I think he didn't act against Suzaku right away was he just simply never thought of the fact that Suzaku would ever do anything directly related to Nunnaly because he didn't see an option where Nunnally would not be put into harm. While Suzaku can "use" people, he doesn't do it the same way Lelouche does. Suzaku seems to always be weighing the benefit of the many against the pain he would cause the person. Since Nunnally is as you said, "sunshine and bubbles" Suzaku would be even less likely to do anything to directly harm her. Lelouche didn't really take into account that Suzaku and Charles have had a year to plan out what to do if/when Lelouche gets his memories back.
~I completely agree with you that Suzaku's speech was a warning. I would say that Suzaku is setting up the perfect trap for Lelouche, one that was obviously well thought out long before it was actually started. Lelouche knows that Nunnally will be a fair and just governor, which gets rid of the support for his rebellion. Along with that, Nunnally is the one person in the world that he won't go against or put into danger in any circumstance. If Nunnally actually becomes governor, there is no way he could continue his rebellion against Britannia. Either he stops Nunnally from becoming governor or he is going to have to give up. I think this is Suzaku's last attempt to appeal to Lelouche before it becomes all out war. That while he is climbing the ranks, Nunnally will take care of the people of Japan, but he is fully ready to crush Lelouche should he choose to do something. He's got Lelouche pinned between acting against three of the tops knights of Britannia or acting against Nunnally and is merely waiting to see which fate Lelouche chooses.
~Suzaku switching between his two faces is very Japanese to me. It's really common to hear my Japanese friends say that they are completely different people around their friends than they are in public. There is a strong idea in Japan that you repress your true feelings and emotions to fit the current situation at hand; the whole "public face" and "private face." Honestly, since I'm an American, it just blows my mind when I actually see it in action or how it's taken in stride by many people in Japan. Suzaku is just DAMN good at it.
~I agree that Lelouche is woefully short sighted. Most of the people under him are not loyal to HIM, they are loyal to the fact that he is the only one who can help them win their rebellion. Once he frees Japan, I doubt most of them would be willing to continue to wage war against Britannia. Where does that leave Lelouche in his quest to bring down the entire kingdom?
~I think that that is also the reason that Zero is not held more accountable for his actions. The simple fact is, the rebellion NEEDS Zero. Kallen even nods to herself when Ohgi says that, as if reaffirming her own conviction. There have been many times throughout history where the Japanese have been amazingly pragmatic about their situation, even though it might not be perfect. There are a lot of popular Japanese culture references running through Geass and I think this is another one of them.
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~I was a little startled at how quickly Lulu went after Villetta. It felt a little rushed. Personally, I don't see it as a very smart move; even if Villetta DOES somehow cooperate with Lulu, all she has to do is wait till the right moment to betray them agai. Even if it did come out about her and Ohgi, it would be her word against their's. She would just have to do something sufficiently pro-Britannian to outweigh any doubts.
~In regards to Ohgi, I think Lelouche is finally having to deal with the emotional consequences of actually getting to know the people who work under him. He was so single minded in R1, he never really thought about the lives of the people under him, or that they might have had lives away from him. To me, it was nearly the same reaction as when he realize Kallen no longer trusted him completely.
~I think he didn't act against Suzaku right away was he just simply never thought of the fact that Suzaku would ever do anything directly related to Nunnaly because he didn't see an option where Nunnally would not be put into harm. While Suzaku can "use" people, he doesn't do it the same way Lelouche does. Suzaku seems to always be weighing the benefit of the many against the pain he would cause the person. Since Nunnally is as you said, "sunshine and bubbles" Suzaku would be even less likely to do anything to directly harm her. Lelouche didn't really take into account that Suzaku and Charles have had a year to plan out what to do if/when Lelouche gets his memories back.
~I completely agree with you that Suzaku's speech was a warning. I would say that Suzaku is setting up the perfect trap for Lelouche, one that was obviously well thought out long before it was actually started. Lelouche knows that Nunnally will be a fair and just governor, which gets rid of the support for his rebellion. Along with that, Nunnally is the one person in the world that he won't go against or put into danger in any circumstance. If Nunnally actually becomes governor, there is no way he could continue his rebellion against Britannia. Either he stops Nunnally from becoming governor or he is going to have to give up. I think this is Suzaku's last attempt to appeal to Lelouche before it becomes all out war. That while he is climbing the ranks, Nunnally will take care of the people of Japan, but he is fully ready to crush Lelouche should he choose to do something. He's got Lelouche pinned between acting against three of the tops knights of Britannia or acting against Nunnally and is merely waiting to see which fate Lelouche chooses.
~Suzaku switching between his two faces is very Japanese to me. It's really common to hear my Japanese friends say that they are completely different people around their friends than they are in public. There is a strong idea in Japan that you repress your true feelings and emotions to fit the current situation at hand; the whole "public face" and "private face." Honestly, since I'm an American, it just blows my mind when I actually see it in action or how it's taken in stride by many people in Japan. Suzaku is just DAMN good at it.
~I agree that Lelouche is woefully short sighted. Most of the people under him are not loyal to HIM, they are loyal to the fact that he is the only one who can help them win their rebellion. Once he frees Japan, I doubt most of them would be willing to continue to wage war against Britannia. Where does that leave Lelouche in his quest to bring down the entire kingdom?
~I think that that is also the reason that Zero is not held more accountable for his actions. The simple fact is, the rebellion NEEDS Zero. Kallen even nods to herself when Ohgi says that, as if reaffirming her own conviction. There have been many times throughout history where the Japanese have been amazingly pragmatic about their situation, even though it might not be perfect. There are a lot of popular Japanese culture references running through Geass and I think this is another one of them.