Epic shoulder pad guy, huge-ass forehead kid, and that delicious gay boy who is filled with carmel

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

We all know that they have some sort back-story behind them. What is it, exactly?

 

I know this sound a bit strange, but I've been aching to discuss this really bad. Shall we?

Soooo, both Charlie and candy boy gained their Geass (Geasses?) from V.V.

I obviously think it's fair to say that Charles received it first, and when he was reasonably young too (a long time ago) considering that he calls Fivehead “nii-san”. Rolo apparently got his many, many years later, and a very young age as well (they showed him killing expertly at six; they must have been training the kid before).

One of my main questions is as to why Rolo recived a Geass.

V.V, at the time, still had his dear Charles at his side, whom was thriving at the throne, and had no need for any more contractors. So, this leads me to believe that Charles influenced who V.V. handed out a contract to. But why Rolo?

The most likely scenario is that he was just a Britannian orphan they picked up off the street and went, “Dude, let's make him an epic assassin lol.”, so they gave him a Geass.

I had almost thought for a few moments that Rolo might actually be the son of the Emperor (that would make LelouchxRolo incest for real, lawl) whom was birthed from a wife he had sometime between the birth of Lelouch and Nunally, but I immediately dismissed the idea because it would be all like, “What? Where was he during their whole childhood? They should have at least known he existed.” Well, Charles could have been horrified with his son's defenseless dewy-eyed uke-ness, so he sent him away for training with a Geass, so Rolo could one day become a knife-wielding, unfeeling, hardcore shota.

Since I think it's pretty clear that he (may) not be Charles's kid (Sunrise does have a way with making everyone related somehow, though), just dumping such a sacred power on a random little kid would be kinda strange, right? Even for the sake of assassination? If Rolo has one, and is working for the throne, it makes me wonder whether or not there are other Geass assassins, or if Rolo is the only one. Don't you think if there were other Geass assassins, they would all have to have something... I don't know, special?

Either way, it still brings me back to the question: Why did V.V/The Emperor desire to give Rolo a Geass?

Lkdjkljdsjkgdsf; this is so confusing, I hope the above post made some sort of sense. Your opinions?

Also, do you ever get that feeling that you just didn't do enough research, and the answer is really obvious, and you just know you'll feel REALLY stupid when someone points it out?

Also, first post-thing in comm. Hi guys. 8D

 

Comments

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Well~ isn't that what he turned out to be? 8D

[sugar-dustbunny.livejournal.com]

There's also one of C.C.'s flashbacks, with some little girl crying, with a geass in her eye (I'm guessing this is around the time of war where C.C. gets shot in the trenches).

At first, I thought that this is because children are less likely to betray you, and C.C. probably doesn't want that due to the torture she's gone through. But you also have the problem of the contractor being unable to handle the power (hence, her abandonment of Mao and that girl). But then, if you factor in the idea that V.V. was in contract with Rolo and Charles at a young age...I don't know. Maybe V.V. has gone through some torture as well? That would mean that Rolo and potentially Charles were the only successful people to control geass at such a young age.

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

But didn't C.C. say that V.V. was the one who gave Rolo his Geass?

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

oh yeah

:(

[recodes.livejournal.com]

That's what I had in mind too~ When he first appeared, I was like "Hey, he's got Nunally's look - if she's a guy." His purple eyes are exceptionally striking, and it wouldn't be surprising if he's Charles' son. After all, Lulu always said the Emperor wouldn't hesitate using his children as tools.

[sugar-dustbunny.livejournal.com]

I thought she said that V.V. gave Charles his geass?

Is there any official confirmation that V.V. gave Rolo his geass? It's probably highly likely, but I'd like to know. :P

[goatbit.livejournal.com]

I think it was because he has purple eyes and ppl with purple eyes in this show always need to have something crazy up with their eyes...

(I thought that Rolo was somehow Nunnaly and Suzak's lovehild at first...I know it makes no sense but it would destroy Lelouch D: )

[gomimushi.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that Rolo was given Geass as part of an experiment. (during the last episode, they mentioned something about that? Giving people Geass and then studying them.) If that's the case, they probably did experiments on him, got what they wanted, and then decided that his powers were "suited for assassination" and gave him a job.

I suppose the rest were killed or used suitably in different fields depending on their powers.

... That could also make sense if we think about Rolo being the Emperor's child. He may have seen that Rolo had potential with Geass, or Rolo came across it somehow and was given a contract. I don't really know. It works in either case because if he was locked away as a test subject he wouldn't have come into contact with his real family, no matter who they were...?

No idea. I like the idea that he's secretly really related to Lelouch. <3 i did think he looked like Nunnaly before. =w=

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

...and there's also the Clamp illustration of them together. Fore-shadowing anyone?
It seems most of the imperial siblings have purple eyes or variations (with the exception it seems on Clovis)

Rolo, Geass, V.V and Charles

[recodes.livejournal.com]

The whole thing with Rolo... I'd love it if he turns out to be Nunally's twin, which will then make him Lulu's real brother. I wouldn't be surprised if the Emperor plans to use this fact against Lulu in the future, probably to create another tragedy amongst the existing ones. He could have been taken away from the family from birth, used as a guinea pig, brainwashed and programmed and then given the power of Geass to benefit Charles and V.V. It's not been made clear what Charles had done to fulfill his contract.

Considering the sibling relationship does exist, it could have been V.V who convinced Charles to use Rolo and not the other way around.

Putting the sibling possibilities aside, maybe Rolo is one of the children used for Geass experimentation, who actually made it out alive. Or for something even more twisted, Rolo could be the child of the victim (or victims) of some Geass experiments. What if they were studying how much better a child would be at controlling his Geass if his parental units were Geass contractors as well?

Twisted, I know ~_~ Oh the poor boy...

As for V.V and Charles...

From the way things look, I'd call V.V the Shadow Emperor. Charles definitely softens up when he's around V.V, and it irked me a bit that the guy can actually look at someone with semi-kind expression. It's unnerving as well that we seem to get more of V.V than Charles, which somewhat indicated that V.V makes most of the decisions instead of Charles.

I once had the illusion that Charles' Geass got the better of him around the time before Marianne was killed. There's not much mention of Charles of the past. For all we know, he MIGHT have been a good father. He was at least looking over Nunally and Lelouch in the recent Anya/CC synchro. It would have been better if we could see this expression then.

Something has got to be fishy from the very beginning if Charles contract term clashes horribly with Lulu's.

EDIT: Remember the character sketches? Alongside young Charles' sketch, it says "What happened 21 years ago?". Enough to make me curious :P

[recodes.livejournal.com]

...and there's also the Clamp illustration of them together. Fore-shadowing anyone?

Exactly~

And I thought they got the purple eyes from Charles, no? O_o Clovis might have gotten it from his mother, then.

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

yes, I think they got the eyes from the emperor ^__^

[sukiyakiya.livejournal.com]

is there any official announcement that Rollo got his geass from VV?

[maggie3888.livejournal.com]

I've got a theory that Rolo is the emperor's son and he is an illigitamate child he had with someone related to Marianne, my guess is a cousin of hers, since he has a different last name but because they are from the same family and would have similar characteristics. I believe that geass is given to some potential rulers of the Chinese Federation/E.U./Britannia beacause it is the "Power of the King'. Rcently because the appearance of Tianzi I've come to believe that Mao might of been her brother who was taken out of Frobidden City to prevent him from getting assasinated or something.

[tungwene.livejournal.com]

If I remember correctly in episode 11 C.C. mentioned something about not even Rolo knowing the location of the Geass HQ which I take to be indirect confirmation that he got his from V.V.

[sukiyakiya.livejournal.com]

not even Rolo knowing the location of the Geass HQ
0___0 i though the one that C.C try to said is "maybe rollo don't know where the hell the base of geass", i dunno but i don't think that was VV who give it to Rollo, but that was my IMO. I hope sunrise will clear this question as soon as possible ^^;

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

i think it was in a earlier episode in r2

Re: Rolo, Geass, V.V and Charles

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

let me throw out a epileptic tree:

he lost control of his geass and then gave himself the false memory that he still has control over it thus giving him control over it again

Re: Rolo, Geass, V.V and Charles

[recodes.livejournal.com]

he lost control of his geass and then gave himself the false memory that he still has control over it thus giving him control over it again

O_o That sounds even more f-ed up~

[recodes.livejournal.com]

But in Turn 8 when Lulu was talking to Rolo:

ロロ：兄さんのことがばれれば、この学園はなくなるしね？
ルル：ああ。それにヴィツ(VV)…
ロロ：うん。裏切り物として　僕を終わる。
ルル：その時は俺も終わりだ。

When Lulu mentioned V.V, Rolo nodded. That kind of tells me his contractor is V.V. Otherwise, Rolo should be more conscious of what the Emperor would do to him, and not what V.V would. Does that make sense?

[sukiyakiya.livejournal.com]

i see, i just wondering...isn't one contractor for one geass user right? i don't know anymore, if VV is the one who giving Rollo a geass.
I'm still not watching code geass eps.11 yet, so i still in grey opinion now^^;

[recodes.livejournal.com]

isn't one contractor for one geass user right?

Don't forget that Mao's contractor was C.C as well ;) Lulu mocked Mao as his 'senpai' of sorts.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Also, when Lelouch beings him up, Rolo says, "Yes, I would be killed as a traitor." I strongly believe he is referring to betraying V.V, the person he made a contract with.

Besides that, in Lost Colors, don't you see him on Kaminejima with Rolo?

I think it's pretty obvious that V.V. is who Rolo obtained his Geass from.

Re: Rolo, Geass, V.V and Charles

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

if his geass works like lulu's and can be reflected and it can make lulu's geass deactivate then he could do it

[victoripenguin.livejournal.com]

Nice! What episode was the flashback with the girl in?