Lelouch's Path into Darkness

[crossxx.livejournal.com]

:( Hai guyz, read what I have to say nao!

I'd always feared Sunrise would take a copout and direct Code Geass R2 through the path of Death Note, where the hero becomes pointedly the anti-hero and his death is happily justified to the viewer due to the hero's eventual ignoble intentions. Lelouch started out with incredible intentions, wishing to create a world of peace and equality. Sure, he's been the cause of a lot of deaths, but they were somehow always for a reasonable cause. However, watching episode 14, I'm starting to fear that Lulu's batshitting is just the beginning of more senseless destruction. In 14, even his subordinates remarked on the parallel between Britannia/Japan and OoBK/Geass Cult with regards to the slaughter.

It worked for Death Note but for Code Geass, having a vilified Lulu die in the end will be utter crap. One of the reasons why I like Code Geass is because  Lulu keeps a sensible head on his shoulders. Unfortunately, I just don't see the CG world just stepping around Lulu's massacre with all the dissent from the order and given the flow of the plot, I doubt this will be an isolated "sorry haha!" incident.

Comments

[hobbit-hunter.livejournal.com]

I imagine where Lelouch came from in this episode besides his revenge for Shirely was that "The world will be better off without people like Rolo."

Lelouch does things that he thinks will keep himself, his friends, and Nunnally safe. When Rolo nixxed Shirely, it shook that whole foundation (and possibly false sense of security) around him. He knew that those people were just like Rolo and would just cause more misery and be potential enemies in the future, and therefore removed them from play.

He still killed people, and it's wrong. However he has killed people on a large scale before. The Britannian Army at Towkow, the people at Narita. This is nothing new to his character, however he will have to explain why he killed children.

Of course there was always the possibility that they wouldn't have turned out like Rolo - but was it worth the risk? Lelouch wouldn't want to have that risk out there and let things like Shirely's death happen again.

It doesn't make up for the fact of killing children, but those were most likely his reasons outside of revenge.

and I've been trying to keep from making Anakin jokes but :'[

[silvatine.livejournal.com]

"The world will be better off without people like Rolo."

People like Lelouch too, as he basically is one of those children, save for the training-upbringing. What he doesn't realize is that although Rolo physically killed Shirley, it was his actions that lead to Shirley's death and the chaos the world was thrown into. Yes, those geass-weapon children would perhaps lead the world to destruction, but Lelouch will achieve it first.

[hobbit-hunter.livejournal.com]

This is all very true. Perhaps even by this point Lelouch has realized it, but doesn't want to accept it. Then again maybe he has and he wants to keep others from following his path. I could see it very close with his character that he realized it but refuses to believe it.

[gacktsuki.livejournal.com]

He realized it and he accepted it. What he's doing is "evil to destroy even greater evil". What I see lacking about him is that he all thinks about destruction without creation. The question is: even if this world is destroyed, what would he do to create the perfect world he's been dreaming of?

[hobbit-hunter.livejournal.com]

An even better question is that by this point is anyone going to stand beside him?