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[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

I can't hold it in, I really need to talk about this episode!

Gosh, usually I can hold in all of my excitment when I finish watched a Code Geass episode, but I was constantly screaming and going NOOO througout this episode.

First: Woah? What's with all of the bondage in this episode? There's Kallen all strapped up, and then that one girl who's on the same side with Xing Ke (gosh,I can't remember her name ): ) And in the end there's Kallen in CC's old uniform. (Tian Zi's uber close teary faced shot during the meeting was hentai-esque too.)

Second: What happened with Anya and CC? I assumed CC's contact with Anya made her see some of Anya's memories or something? Slowly revealing to the viewers there is some relationship between Anya and Lelouch, like they grew up together, or she was a crazy stalker in the Palace.

Third: Shirley & Lelouch on the phone -> Like woah I almost thought Lelouch was like in love love with Nunnally. Kinda blew my mind for a second, this is going to cause some more incest.

Fourth: SayokoxShirley? Wat.

Fith: Anya in Middle School uniform... I thought she was 17 or something? Is this just pushing the Loli, or just sporting her taste in fashion (I quite like Ashford female uniform better than the Middle School one) She's 14! I read she was 17 and couldn't believe it, glad to know she's 14 though.

I need to watch this episode over again a few times to clear things up. I hope I didn't miss any tiny details that surprise people and are overlooked (like in the 1st episode with the Emperor's geass, It completely missed that)

Any other random comments about this episode you'd like to add, be my guest!

Comments

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

First: Eh. Fanservice. Can't help it. Kallen getting shipped of to Britannia wasn't all too surprising. I'm just worried about the consequences of this. There are two ways I see this playing out. One, brainwipe. Which would effectively ruin it, since she has a lot of potential now that she's in Britannia. Her character is in sore need of development. Especially on the whole 'hating the Britannian side of her' thing. She really, really needs to get over that. Hopefully, it'll be my second choise: used as bait for C.C. Lelouch is important and all, but since Lelouch was also used as C.C. bait, it seems like the Big Bads want C.C. a lot more.

Second: I was interested in the sudden C.C. and Anya syncro and the exchange between Lelouch and C.C. more than anything else in the episode. My character radar wasn't even on Anya (I was a bit intrigued when I heard she was obsessed with blogging memories, but that was about it...) until I heard rumors early on in the season and saw the pictures of younger Marianne. Now I'm really interested in what they have planned for her. Especially her tatoo. I kinda like the Marianne copy theory, but she also might be a childhood friend (or perhaps an illegitimate sibling, if her Knightmare's name has anything to do with it) that was used for Geass experiments?

Third: Oh, Shirley >___> The power of love thing was kinda cheesy, but I like how the writers keep poking fun at Lelouch's lack of experience in love affairs. Yanno, I know Ashford is important to Lelouch...but I want more Geass plot, plzkthx. Almost halfway through the series here, people! Let's get a move on!

Also, I was rather amused with Lelouch and C.C.'s affectionate banter. Despite having shipped them for so long, this was where I realized how far their relationship has come; they've passed their cold partnership and entered into something akin to mutual affection. Nice. I had a feeling the 'boya' and 'majo' thing would stick.

And does anyone else think that Zero's coat hanger is the coolest thing in the world? >___> I want something like that though I'll probably stab myself in the eye when trying to open it

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

It would make sense that they'd use Kallen as bait, but then again it wouldn't make sense. I think they used Lelouch as bait because they knew he had some significant bond with CC previously, I dono if Kallen and CC have anything to do with each other, and I think the only reason CC would really want Kallen back is to help Lelouch, I'm sure they'll use her to do something crappy to Zero.

Why would they clone Marianne though? That's my question.

Lol! I know, I really like Geass plot over Ashford. I think Ashford was appropriate first season because Lelouch was in school and stuff.. but now Geass is so much more important.

Lol! I almost thought it was a weapon when I first saw it, cool hanger, kinda pushing how the world really likes useless inventions (especially in America)

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

Well, C.C. has become attached to Kallen, so I think she'll go after her if need be. Not only for Lelouch, but for herself. I think C.C. views Kallen as a friend and fellow female comrade. They were stuck together for a year after all. And I think V.V. knows that Kallen has a connection to C.C. due to the island episode. In the end, it depends on who uses her first. If Schieznel gets to her, then she'll be used as bait for Zero. But if the Emperor or V.V. manages to speak to her, they might find a way to get her to cough up C.C. via mindfuck.

Why? Not entirely sure myself. All I know is that Marianne has a connection to C.C. and they need C.C.'s power for something...I like the idea, although I'm not sure how it would work.

The writers have been disappointing me a bit lately, mostly because I've been really looking forward to the Geass plot and all the others ones seem...a bit lackluster in comparison. However, I did enjoy the China arc, mostly for Midorikawa Xing Ke and the cuteness that is Tian Zi. Although, admittedly, the strange romantic fascination between the two kind of squicks me out; was I the only one who saw them as a father & daughter pair?

Yeah, I thought it was a weapon too! Or perhaps a communicator or something. But no. It was a hanger. Still, it was a pretty awesome hanger, and looking at the design, I say it was made or commissioned by Lelouch. Which would explain the uselessness of it xD

[silvatine.livejournal.com]

I didn't see much romance between Xing Ke and Tian Zi either; like you said, a father daughter relationship.

Oh, is that what it is? Dang, I thought Lelouch was going to stab CC or something with it. >_o

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling the 'boya' and 'majo' thing would stick.

???

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

The little insults they used in this episode (boy and witch, respectively). They first used it during the second attempt of their pizza festival:

"Such a pushy boy."

"Shut up, witch!"

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

and here i've been calling them the Witch and the Warlock

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

That works too xD

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

I was giving her the lines from Turn 5 (aka Pizza Festival, Take 2), the first instance where they use their 'terms of endearment'. They weren't from this episode.

[csakura.livejournal.com]

coat hanger? so that's what that thing was!

same thoughts on the cc/anya syncho and lelou/c.c. banter, which was pure love. that said, i'm really not feeling this whole clone theory with anya/marianne. i mean, where did that come from?

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

People thing Anya is Marianne's clone because of some magazine scans that showed some pictures of Marianne younger, and she had the same exact hairstyle as Anya currently.

[csakura.livejournal.com]

thanks for the info. when you said pics of marianne younger before, i thought you were referring to the flashbacks or that i missed something from the show.

found the pics, and yeah, the similarities are obvious, but i'm still not convinced, (or i don't want to be). i mean wearing one's hair in the same pony tail doesn't, as far as i know, equal clones. that said, it's code geass..

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

But I suppose CLAMP would draw a much more original character (hahaha, I lie since Suzaku looks like Syaoran and Lelouch looks like Kamui), it's just a speculation, lol.

[csakura.livejournal.com]

yeah, i remember watching tsubasa res. chron. and just going WOAH THAT'S SUZAKU AND LELOUCH.

i mean, after seeing those marianne pics i do think there's a lot of weight behind the clone theory, but i don't know, in my experience, plots that involve clones end up being lame and wtf.. that's just me, though. i wonder how long it'll take for sunrise to clear this up.