Is it such a bad ending??

[yamisakura38.livejournal.com]

Well, after watching the final episode 3 times and still crying about it... I am just curious on people's thought, reading the first discussion thread for the final episode [the one with over 600 replies ^^;;;], seems like most people think that the ending sucks or sunrise screw up CG!? [or it could just be because it is still spoiler time that most people haven't watched and understood the whole event of happening] 

Here's my 2 cents about CG R2 in regard mainly toward Lelouch!?

I would admit that it is till the final episode, till everything wrapped up in such a beautiful, sad ending that I understood Lulu.  Since the start of R2, I had my doubt of his behavior... his way of thinking always seems so extreme that there were many points in times, I [and as well the world of Code Geass] didn't agree with his action.  To me, he seems to have changed from the kind-hearted and logical sense in Season 1 to a cold-hearted and "Why don't you see those people [who care] around you??" of R2.   He changed to a person that draw in people to dislike his action, and yet all those action are only a mask that he put forth! As he screamed at Rolo... "how much he dislike him, how many times he want to kill him" [which those are true] BUT the moment when Rolo was trying to save him and overusing his geass which would lead to his death... he screamed back without a second thought, "Your heart can't withstand it and you will die.  STOP USING THE GEASS"!!  Under the mask of his cold-hearted self still lie his kind-heart that has never changed.

When Nunnally was under hostile, despite knowing how much Suzaku has been waiting for the chance to expose him as Zero, he put down the mask and face him.  Despite it was an accident in geassing Euphie for the masscre, he never put in any excuse and accepted the fault and the sin all upon himself.  When Nunnally turned against him and rejected his action and misunderstood him as being such a despisable,  coward and cold-blooded murderer; all behind those mask, only lie a soft-heart that want to give a simple/peaceful world to Nunnally himself as his motivation since the beginning.  Setting up himself to be hated by everyone in the world, tainted himself with blood of sacrifice, making himself to be the sole ruler and most sinful person in the world... and in the end carrying out the plan of "Zero Requiem" for his own death to shine a future of hope to the whole world.

It is true he has never changed since the beginning.  His goal, his motivation, he stays true to the path he believe in...

Without a doubt, CG R2 is indeed a mess after the initial "death" of Nunnally, but I believe the ending wrapped up Code Geass quite nicely and is one terrific classic!!!  It is a sad ending and yet it also has the subtle happiness for the ending.  Lelouch finally is able to accomplish what he started off even though that mean carry alone all the hate upon him and sacrifice himself.  Lelouch is free from the burden of the sin, geass-nature, misunderstanding, the continuation of the war and the world.

And yes, I know it is an open end that it COULD mean Lelouch is still alive with the whole CC's speech in the end ^.~ But nevertheless, Lelouch is the boy who has been fighting this battle all alone and is ready to get himself killed just to seek a peaceful world for Nunnally and for everyone!! *sigh*

Comments

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

I liked the ending. A lot.

There, I said it.

Lelouch vi Brittania had to die. If not, the ending would have been disappointing, in the way that after all he did, he still managed to get away. If you think about it, those who had a mayor role in the story got really crappy endings, but after all they did, they deserved them.

- Suzaku wanted to die, but he got to carry the weight of the world yet again and to kill his best friend (yes, he killed other too); he did not get to meet Euphemia in hell (not yet XD)

- Schneizel got pwned badly and what he thought to be the worst thing, be controlled by Geass, was his future. His free will is limited by his obedience to Zero, who is now a royal dick (hey, Suzaku tops Schneizel :PP)

- CC wanted either to die or be happy with LL. She did not die and he did (crazy theories aside) so even if she is not completely lonely, it is never the same.

- VV, Rolo, Emperor-chan and Marianne died tragically, and their plans did not go as planned. If you count in all the sons of Brittania that were selfish pricks too...

- All of the big heads in the OotBK that knew LL to be Zero then realized what he had done, and I bet more than one regrets not understanding him. Kaguya was both betrayed by the two men she loved the most, and for one, she did nothing bad. Cornelia probably realized too, but her priorities as a princess took over (that, and the bastard killed Euphie XD)

The world was a better place, but not everyone got a happy ending. And heck, I'll say it here: I LOVE KallenxGino! She never clicked for me with Lulu.

And the openness at the end that he might be alive is a fangirl's dream. Never mind that officially, he is dead XP

[piggyhoho.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE MY NEW BEST FRIEND! (HUGS)

[celemna.livejournal.com]

fo sho agreed. Though imo now Nunally will comfort Suzaku and his shell of a life will be used to protect her. XD

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

...maybe she'd put out?

[celemna.livejournal.com]

this is what I'm hoping for Who knows!

[meirin.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

i wonder where they buried him.

though i love the ending (i cried once i realized what was going on), i wish there was one last little scene showing us his grave.

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

Next to Marianne's body Ermm, who knows. All I know is that Jeremiah took care of the body and Nunnally when Cornelia's Coup happened >:3

[chibisilent16.livejournal.com]

Omg, I love your not Clow Reed icon. XD

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

I like it more than this one, just because less people use it than this. But, oh I love him so!

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

my personal crack theory is that if lulu's not the carriage driver, lulu's in the bag.

his ashes, maybe?

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

or just a floating head in a jar

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

cc and suzaku/zero 2.0 probably couldn't decide as to who'd keep the body and therefore cut it in half. cc needed something portable. XD

*is shot*