But now that I think about what Suzaku said, "I-I... won't become like him!" isn't giving Kallen Refrain the same thing as Lelouch geassing someone? It takes away free will, alters consciousness and commands obedience.
I dunno, I just thought about it a bit more, and if I was going to hate Suzaku forever for forcefully giving Kallen drugs, I should hate Lelouch every time he uses Geass because it ends with the same result- one's just a physical injection and the other is metaphysical mindfuck.
The reason so many people were against what Suzaku was doing is because he was resorting to using drugs to get information, let alone on a female. Most of us are taught that drugs are bad, bad, bad early on in life. Hell, in elementary school I went through the DARE program that taught us how bad drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol is. Its pounded into our brains, which is ironic considering that the government thinks its ok to do on terrorists, but oh our own citizens can't be doing it.
The reason most people aren't against what Lelouch does is because we're not taught any morals on mind raping people. Of course most would consider is morally wrong, but for those of us who haven't questioned lelouch's actions, because hes not really hurting, its ok, right? The problem with a storyline like Geass's is that what main characters like Lelouch, doing something to avenge a lost family member and make a happier place for their younger sibling, don't realize is that if things had just stayed the way they were, if they didn't take action and accepted that their lives were good as things are, they would have lived a peaceful life and that their sibling would be just happy for it. But we wouldn't have much of a story then would we?
I'm not justifying Lelouch's actions at all because he hasn't and won't get off scot free. Hes massacred more than a few people, he killed Clovis, he killed Euphemia, he lost Shirley, Nunnally is no longer beside him, Kallen is captured, and he almost lost C.C. and apparently he lost whatever wisdom she still had to pass onto him considering her current state. And there will be much more hes going to lose as the series goes on. Thats what I take solace in for him being my favorite character. I know the end won't be good for him, and considering his actions its quite well deserved. But I can't help liking him, thats all there is to it.
The only reason I was ticked off with Suzaku is because I don't approve of his actions lately. Though Lelouch's actions are far more agreeable for my tastes, I've never really hated Suzaku for anything hes done. I can see both of their sides, and because its just a story I try not to get emotionally involved, but you just can't help things like that. The lines between good and bad are still pretty blurred in Geass so of course reactions to the characters are different from week to week. But I'll never approve of using drugs on someone, terrorist or not.
I'll stop there cause this will just get longer ._.;;
Also, don't people always go to jail for doing drugs? I mean if the police find it on them they arrest both the buyers and the sellers. I thought it was always that way. My little brother watches COPS so I guess it never really occured to me it would be any different.
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I dunno, I just thought about it a bit more, and if I was going to hate Suzaku forever for forcefully giving Kallen drugs, I should hate Lelouch every time he uses Geass because it ends with the same result- one's just a physical injection and the other is metaphysical mindfuck.
The reason so many people were against what Suzaku was doing is because he was resorting to using drugs to get information, let alone on a female. Most of us are taught that drugs are bad, bad, bad early on in life. Hell, in elementary school I went through the DARE program that taught us how bad drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol is. Its pounded into our brains, which is ironic considering that the government thinks its ok to do on terrorists, but oh our own citizens can't be doing it.
The reason most people aren't against what Lelouch does is because we're not taught any morals on mind raping people. Of course most would consider is morally wrong, but for those of us who haven't questioned lelouch's actions, because hes not really hurting, its ok, right? The problem with a storyline like Geass's is that what main characters like Lelouch, doing something to avenge a lost family member and make a happier place for their younger sibling, don't realize is that if things had just stayed the way they were, if they didn't take action and accepted that their lives were good as things are, they would have lived a peaceful life and that their sibling would be just happy for it. But we wouldn't have much of a story then would we?
I'm not justifying Lelouch's actions at all because he hasn't and won't get off scot free. Hes massacred more than a few people, he killed Clovis, he killed Euphemia, he lost Shirley, Nunnally is no longer beside him, Kallen is captured, and he almost lost C.C. and apparently he lost whatever wisdom she still had to pass onto him considering her current state. And there will be much more hes going to lose as the series goes on. Thats what I take solace in for him being my favorite character. I know the end won't be good for him, and considering his actions its quite well deserved. But I can't help liking him, thats all there is to it.
The only reason I was ticked off with Suzaku is because I don't approve of his actions lately. Though Lelouch's actions are far more agreeable for my tastes, I've never really hated Suzaku for anything hes done. I can see both of their sides, and because its just a story I try not to get emotionally involved, but you just can't help things like that. The lines between good and bad are still pretty blurred in Geass so of course reactions to the characters are different from week to week. But I'll never approve of using drugs on someone, terrorist or not.
I'll stop there cause this will just get longer ._.;;Also, don't people always go to jail for doing drugs? I mean if the police find it on them they arrest both the buyers and the sellers. I thought it was always that way.
My little brother watches COPS so I guess it never really occured to me it would be any different.