I wouldn't say Nunnally is brainwashed. Horribly misguided, misinformed, and left in the dark from knowledge pertinent to the situation by the people who are supposed to be protecting her, yes. My annoyance with Suzaku in the matter is he hasn't explained peep about Lelouch, if not outright lied to her about him, and for now I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he hasn't worked up the guts to tell Nunnally that her brother killed Euphie, because Nunnally will want to know why and even Suzaku doesn't know why.
Yes, Lelouch has been doing the exact same thing to Nunnally in season one but he honestly believed it was for her good and I'm sure Suzaku believes it's for her own good too which is why it's so frustrating watching Nunnally get fucked over by someone she cares for and trusts so strongly, again. I know Suzaku's just trying to protect her but I think Nunnally has the right to know. It would be one thing if she were just a princess holed up in her palace but right now she is the goddamn Governor-General and if she's going to govern properly she should have vital information and not giving her all the information she needs is going to hobble her ability to rule. I'm pissed at Suzaku because he's being NO BETTER than Lelouch.
I don't feel too sorry for the predicament Lelouch is in either because he did dig himself into this situation. Nunnally asking questions and disagreeing with him is something that always had a potential of happening. I think Lelouch can be best described as childishly optimistic. He's smart but he really doesn't think everything through and he lets his emotions get the better of him. When he's really angry his conscience gets overridden but it always comes back to haunt him when he's calmed down.
He killed Clovis, brother or no, because he ordered the slaughter of innocent civilians to cover up his own screw up and save his own neck and I think that was something he did deserve to die for but even afterwards the next day Lelouch felt sick about what he had down. Killing Euphie was taking responsibility for what he had done to her. It was an accident but I think Lelouch felt that he had to be the one to put her out of the misery he had subjected her to. I think this was what he meant when he said to Suzaku in episode 25, "I had to kill her." I think in Lelouch's mind it would've been much worse if Euphie were gunned down by terrorists thinking she had betrayed them. At least if Lelouch fired the shot it wasn't an execution but a mercy killing.
I think both Suzaku and Lelouch have their right points and their wrong points. I like them both as characters, but Suzaku had to grow on me awhile before I could like him. I just don't think Suzaku is as righteous as he thinks he is. I think the difference between Lelouch and Suzaku is Lelouch acknowledges the things he is doing is wrong but goes ahead and does them anyway but Suzaku honestly believes what he's doing is right because he's following a very complicated self-imposed moral code even though he is as bad as Lelouch in some ways.
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Yes, Lelouch has been doing the exact same thing to Nunnally in season one but he honestly believed it was for her good and I'm sure Suzaku believes it's for her own good too which is why it's so frustrating watching Nunnally get fucked over by someone she cares for and trusts so strongly, again. I know Suzaku's just trying to protect her but I think Nunnally has the right to know. It would be one thing if she were just a princess holed up in her palace but right now she is the goddamn Governor-General and if she's going to govern properly she should have vital information and not giving her all the information she needs is going to hobble her ability to rule. I'm pissed at Suzaku because he's being NO BETTER than Lelouch.
I don't feel too sorry for the predicament Lelouch is in either because he did dig himself into this situation. Nunnally asking questions and disagreeing with him is something that always had a potential of happening. I think Lelouch can be best described as childishly optimistic. He's smart but he really doesn't think everything through and he lets his emotions get the better of him. When he's really angry his conscience gets overridden but it always comes back to haunt him when he's calmed down.
He killed Clovis, brother or no, because he ordered the slaughter of innocent civilians to cover up his own screw up and save his own neck and I think that was something he did deserve to die for but even afterwards the next day Lelouch felt sick about what he had down. Killing Euphie was taking responsibility for what he had done to her. It was an accident but I think Lelouch felt that he had to be the one to put her out of the misery he had subjected her to. I think this was what he meant when he said to Suzaku in episode 25, "I had to kill her." I think in Lelouch's mind it would've been much worse if Euphie were gunned down by terrorists thinking she had betrayed them. At least if Lelouch fired the shot it wasn't an execution but a mercy killing.
I think both Suzaku and Lelouch have their right points and their wrong points. I like them both as characters, but Suzaku had to grow on me awhile before I could like him. I just don't think Suzaku is as righteous as he thinks he is. I think the difference between Lelouch and Suzaku is Lelouch acknowledges the things he is doing is wrong but goes ahead and does them anyway but Suzaku honestly believes what he's doing is right because he's following a very complicated self-imposed moral code even though he is as bad as Lelouch in some ways.