Now, when I first thought about it, I thought "lelouch is a pretty smart guy. eh reads classical literature and doesn't afraid of illiteracy." Oh, you have no idea how much I lol'd, despite myself.
I knew he was reading The Divine Comedy, but never caught the Purgatorio page. Good eye. (Now, how does Sunrise manage to type up entire pages of Dante and fake bio info with impeccable grammar, yet get the name of their show wrong for about a month? "Revellion", anyone?)
Anyways, good post. I'd say that Lelouch's "avarice" is a bit more nuanced than a simple desire for power, though. I think that after Turn 21, it's pretty clear that he really despises his geass, and the preview seems to make it clear that he holds little love for the Britannian crown, too. He doesn't desire power, but he does desire results, and he will take that power for the time being to effect it.
Since we barely averted the Eva ending, I'm also seeing a TTGL ending here. The HAPPY END potential for our Trio is abysmally low right now, though Nunnally's status upgrade to "alive" gives a little bit of hope.
So we have Norse, Arthurian, (possibly also Judeo-Christian and others based on what V.V. said,) and Hindu mythologies, along with Dante thrown into the mix. I'm half-expecting to see some Beowulf and Milton tossed in there soon, too, for maximum classical EPIC IMAGERY. The Geass-equivalent of Pandemonium would be pretty awesome to see.
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Oh, you have no idea how much I lol'd, despite myself.
I knew he was reading The Divine Comedy, but never caught the Purgatorio page. Good eye. (Now, how does Sunrise manage to type up entire pages of Dante and fake bio info with impeccable grammar, yet get the name of their show wrong for about a month? "Revellion", anyone?)
Anyways, good post. I'd say that Lelouch's "avarice" is a bit more nuanced than a simple desire for power, though. I think that after Turn 21, it's pretty clear that he really despises his geass, and the preview seems to make it clear that he holds little love for the Britannian crown, too. He doesn't desire power, but he does desire results, and he will take that power for the time being to effect it.
Since we barely averted the Eva ending, I'm also seeing a TTGL ending here. The HAPPY END potential for our Trio is abysmally low right now, though Nunnally's status upgrade to "alive" gives a little bit of hope.
So we have Norse, Arthurian, (possibly also Judeo-Christian and others based on what V.V. said,) and Hindu mythologies, along with Dante thrown into the mix. I'm half-expecting to see some Beowulf and Milton tossed in there soon, too, for maximum classical EPIC IMAGERY. The Geass-equivalent of Pandemonium would be pretty awesome to see.