Turn 13: Rolo may be innocent. (With proof!)

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When I first watched the episode, I thought something was fishy about Shirley's death scene.

At first, I thought they cut it off for the shock, but there was something else fishy about it. Wouldn't it have been MORE shocking if we actually saw Rolo knife her? We saw Euphie getting shot, after all.

And then, while watching, something hit me.

Rolo carries a knife. He uses his knife to usually kill people when he geasses them.

BUT:



That looks like a bullet hole to me.


Well, she did have a gun on her, so it IS possible Rolo used that, but also--




The gun was found IN HER HAND.



And WE SAW NOTHING. We didn't even see Rolo cast his Geass, but here are some interesting facts we DO know:

It appears Shirley was killed by a gun, not a knife.
Her gun was found in her hand.
We did not see what happened to Suzaku after he 'went in'. (Suspicious... >.>)


Now, I suppose it is possible that Rolo did have a gun on him and shot her. I actually don't care either way, I love Rolo and always will. BUT--after years of watching murder mysteries on TV, these little facts seem all too suspicious to me. And I kinda hope this is geass pulling another twist on us, because it would be awesome.

...Thoughts on my theory?



EDIT: Just to clarify:

I DON'T THINK IT WAS SUICIDE. I think that, if it wasn't Rolo, her death was an accident. An accident by the name of--

SUZAKU! *accusing finger here*

Well, we didn't see what happened after he went in, after all. He could have seen Rolo about to knife Shirley up, shot, and accidentally hit Shirley or something.

Meh--I just want it to be that way because it would be twisty and awesome and it would be like twisted revenge for Euphie--which is also awesome.

(Yeah, really, if Rolo did actually kill her, fine, but these little things make it fun to speculate >.>).



EDIT 2: Okay, I know highly unlikely that Suzaku did it. I just thought it was a fun crack theory. >.>

But I still think it's pretty possible Rolo didn't kill her.

Comments

[powercorrupts.livejournal.com]

There's really just two problems I have with the idea. The first is that, although I suspect they'll show us later how she actually did die, I doubt that they'd go for something that close to the style of Euphie's death.

In the same way that Lelouch isn't really (but feels he is) vindicated for his vengeance complex by his mother's death, Suzaku isn't really (but also feels he is) vindicated in his vengeance complex because of Euphie's death. From a writing standpoint, it would just smack of bad writing to me, because really, Lelouch doesn't need another reason to hate Suzaku. If he was responsible for Shirley's death, that would pretty much fuck up the fan perception of their feud, I think.

I guess if Sunrise really feels like going there, they will, but it just seems like it would be a bad idea, precisely because they've been trying to balance Lelouch and Suzaku on a thin line between being sympathetic and being despicable. And given how much trouble they've been having with that, judging by fan outputs, I don't think they'd just toss what little love the fans have for Suzaku out the window that thoroughly.

I also just don't think it would really work well with where the show is going. I've been waiting for them to find some way to isolate and vilify Rolo again, and this really seems like it. I mean, I don't think there can be any doubt that Rolo and Lelouch are going to end up as enemies once more, and they need a good way to do that. This? Would be a really good way.

I'm sure there's something they didn't show us, because when you see something like that left so ambiguous, it's often a sign that there's something left unrevealed yet. I suspect at least something significant was said, if nothing else. However... I'm just personally hoping that the theory is wrong. If only just because I think it would really ruin a chance to get Rolo back on track, and it would pretty much screw up Suzaku's character.