What do we really think of Code Geass characters?

[bluebettafish.livejournal.com]

R2 episode 21 thoughts

From the look of things, most people in the fandom are ok with Suzaku now and have spontaneously dissolved their almost universal hatred of him as long as Lelouch accepts him (to use him). Is this why some people stopped hating Rolo when Lelouch finally accepted him when he died? Do we all really have our own steadfast opinions of each character in the show or do we just go with Lelouch's flow whatever it may be? I'm not suggesting that we should hold lifelong grudges against anyone and stubbornly hold on to certain impressions, but it helps to look back and see if our changes in opinions are sometimes a bit too whimsical, not to be critical or anything. =)

Comments

[arhel.livejournal.com]

It's natural to take the perspective of whichever character you identify with (and, one assumes, like). Just that some people are aware of it and able to distinguish between "he hurt my favorite character" and "he is a jerk" while others are not. I'm not sure why Code Geass in particular is so polarizing though.

I do not particularly like either Lelouch or Suzaku, so Suzaku's sudden change of heart with no explanation utterly derailed the episode for me. I'm sure they'll get around to explaining it next ep, but I still think they should have done character development leading up to result first, rather than just showing the result for shock value.

[levy.livejournal.com]

It's natural to take the perspective of whichever character you identify with (and, one assumes, like). Just that some people are aware of it and able to distinguish between "he hurt my favorite character" and "he is a jerk" while others are not. I'm not sure why Code Geass in particular is so polarizing though.

You are perfectly right. In this case particulary it's not totally a matter of fans, but also of poorly written show. There are a lot of details that are not emphasized enough, even when they are determining to characters' actions, that you should watch & re-watch to understand properly, and moreover in a lot of crucial points (like, say, when Lelouch and Suzaku confronts each other at Kururugi's and Schneizel interrupts them..) action is pushed forward by fatality, and people do not act like sentient beings. Suzaku seems to have understood that Lelouch lied about Euphie and stuff back there, but then he acts like he didn't, and that was... bah! ^^;;

[arhel.livejournal.com]

It's not even watching/re-watching, a number of details just aren't really there, you sort of have to imagine and guess. I guess it's because they have too many characters.

I think a good story should change the audience's opinions about the characters as the characters themselves change and evolve, but we're given very little reasoning to work with most of the time.

As far as changing opinion based on characters you like, I'm okay with people saying they hate Suzaku because they like Lelouch and Suzaku gets in his way all the time. At least they're being honest about it. It's rather silly when they try to come up with "justifications" when all it really is is character favoritism.

[levy.livejournal.com]

Lol, that comes back to the assumption: try to push logic inside a show that is not based on logic is a match lost before it starts. =P

Reasoning on Geass is interesting, but also now, the most important twist in the story are mere consequence of fatality... so..

It's rather silly when they try to come up with "justifications" when all it really is is character favoritism.

That's it. One should be able to distinguish between "I like/hate him!" and "he's wrong/right!", or, if he's not, he should avoid discussing matters from a faux-analytical perspective.