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

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

my crack!theory about Rolo is that he is Nunnally's twin XD
...then again, Marianne seemed to be planning things with Charles, at least she knew much more than what it seems.
But Marianne would not separate a child from her, so they either make her think the boy had died at birth, or they told him he was a very sick and then took him away, eventually telling her he died.

THAT would be awesome, especially when/if he goes berserk :D

[lily-lily.livejournal.com]

Lawlz. I always though Rolo looked like a boy-version of Nunnally.

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

He could have been a test-tube baby that Marianne didn't know about.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I never even considered that possibility, but woah, that theory would be epic if it was true. Haha... FULL ON INCEST, NOT EVEN HALF! *shutsup*

Oh how I love crack ideas<3

[jczala.livejournal.com]

First time I saw Rolo, I really thought he was Nunnally's twin or something. They do have similar hair color and facial features. Plus, Rolo has somewhat purple eyes too.

And I also thought Nunnally turned into a boy... That was a crazy idea. ^_^

[tigtogtag.livejournal.com]

I never thought about that before, but this makes all kinds of Strange Sense.

[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.

[lily-lily.livejournal.com]

Hi! xD

Erm, I really have no idea. I've never thought about that before actually. It does seem a little sketchy how Rollo was given his Geass. Then again, we still don't know everything about the kid yet. I'll probably just go for the idea that V.V just became convinced for reasons unbeknown to us yet, that it would be useful for him to have another contract with a little six-year old. *shrug*

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

Just clarifying, but Rolo, in the earliest flashback, was age six.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, that's right - I totally knew that~ fixin'

[featherheadfop.livejournal.com]

No idea why, but it's worth pointing out that Rolo wasn't the only six year old orphan given a Geass. Which is interesting - Mao and Rolo's similarities could be coincidental, but hey, orphans are always prime guinea pigs for dangerous medical tests and the like :P.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Yeah but... C.C had no ill intention, and both of them were lonely.

But yeah, I agree, orphans are convenient, and that is most likely the thing that happened, but you never know, Sunrise could choose to fuck everything up and make it complicated lol. 8D

[sanada.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the person who gives the Geass influences what it will be, or if it's somehow tied to the receiver's personality and needs? It seems like the latter... I'm not fond of C.C. but she's not the type of person to intentionally give a power like Mao's. I think there's more to Rolo than random orphan - there would have to be a reason why he'd want to stop time. And his resemblance to Nunnaly does suggest that they're somehow related... perhaps an illegitimate child? Also, a power like Rolo's would be very useful for setting up Marianne's suspicious murder.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

Wow, valid point. That never occurred to me, although it's pretty apparent. The "what the person desires is what geass they'll get" thing, that is. That's very true. Now I'm curiously hungry for an explanation about Rolo's Geass<3

Illegitimate, eh? Sounds awfully possible. Thanks so much for your two cents!<3

[lulu-holic.livejournal.com]

well i dond think Rolo a child from another wife of the emperor but not from marianne, cuz it is stange that he has a purple eyes like lulu's if he was totally a stranger (unrelated in blood)

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. Do you have a source for your icon? Because Rolo holding out a tiny Zero is all sorts of adorable.

[miribai.livejournal.com]

Rolo could one day become a knife-wielding, unfeeling, hardcore shota.
You have no idea how hard I lol'd at this.

[starryburst.livejournal.com]

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

[saverellawish.livejournal.com]

You know... I've never actually really thought about it before o_o

I guess I always assumed Sunrise would clear it up someday, cause if they don't I'll be storming their building with a little rebellion of my own. But now that you mention it, it is rather odd.

I'm guessing V.V. doesn't care who he hands a Geass out to, or I'm assuming he hands it out whenever he sees a use for it at the time or in the future. This is assuming he saw some grand potential in Charles, and also assuming hes the one who gave Orange-kun his Geass (which now that I think about it is probably a given).

I can't really see any rhyme or reason to how V.V. does his thing. But again I just assumed Sunrise would magically grow a nice bone and explain it.

Who knows, we'll find out someday XD;;

[gacktsuki.livejournal.com]

I think you may be right. See Rolo and Lelouch appearances are quite alike. Besides, consider that Lelouch planned to use him then cast him away eventually, that would be a horrible twist. Someone should write a fanfic about this XD

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

someone beside v2 could have gave rolo his geass at a very young age then charlie and v2 find him and tell him that it was v2 who gave him the geass

essentially cleaning up after another who could potentially challenge charlie

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

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

[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=

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

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

[sukiyakiya.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[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.

[victoripenguin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they have the same white hair and seeing as they are the only characters in the anime with white hair and red eyes it could be telling. Also albinism, if the animators are trying to portray that, is an inherited trait.