I wouldn't know if Sunrise did make Suzaku like this Kira; I have no idea who Kira is! XD
I think the thing about the killing of civilians is interesting; you see, people make a bigger deal of Clovis having civilians killed than they do of Lelouch killing his own troops. However, the one observation I have made about it, with regard to their personalities, is that Clovis never repented the sacrifice of innocent citizens in war (what I believe the authorities now call collateral damage...) because he was never presented with the personal consequences of his actions to the victims. He was a silly vain Prince utterly unsuited to a command post, who lived his life isolated from the realities of the decisions he made.
If Clovis *had* been exposed to the distress of his victims, who can say what would have happened. That will never be known. However, Lelouch has seen the impact of his actions with his own eyes, indeed on his own friends, and we know for sure what he decided; he decided to go on killing for his private war anyway despite knowing personally what it did to the victims.
This is not to say that I don't have respect of a sort for that decision however; it is very much in the mode of pure Machiavellian Princing, and I am sure Schneizel and the Emperor would approve! XD
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I think the thing about the killing of civilians is interesting; you see, people make a bigger deal of Clovis having civilians killed than they do of Lelouch killing his own troops. However, the one observation I have made about it, with regard to their personalities, is that Clovis never repented the sacrifice of innocent citizens in war (what I believe the authorities now call collateral damage...) because he was never presented with the personal consequences of his actions to the victims. He was a silly vain Prince utterly unsuited to a command post, who lived his life isolated from the realities of the decisions he made.
If Clovis *had* been exposed to the distress of his victims, who can say what would have happened. That will never be known. However, Lelouch has seen the impact of his actions with his own eyes, indeed on his own friends, and we know for sure what he decided; he decided to go on killing for his private war anyway despite knowing personally what it did to the victims.
This is not to say that I don't have respect of a sort for that decision however; it is very much in the mode of pure Machiavellian Princing, and I am sure Schneizel and the Emperor would approve! XD