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Old 2009-10-19, 16:23   Link #1201
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What is so wrong with the word irregardless????
Well for one, it's just a bastardized version of "regardless" and when you think about it really means the exact opposite of "regardless" since you're putting a negative prefix in front of it. So let's say for example you say "I'm going to buy a dog regardless of its fur color," meaning you will buy a new dog and the color of the dog's fur will have nothing to do with whether or not you decide to buy it. Now instead you say "I'm going to buy a new dog irregardless of its fur color." Since you put the "ir-" in front of it, it negates the meaning of regardless and you're actually saying the color of the fur WILL affect your decision on buying a new dog. So yeah, that's all.

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Going back to your sig pic, that is a smile he can only flash at two girls: Nunnally, and Shirley.
Indeed. At the moment I really can't recall him smiling at any other girls that way. I don't know, did he ever smile that way at Kallen or C.C.?
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Old 2009-10-19, 18:01   Link #1202
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Well for one, it's just a bastardized version of "regardless" and when you think about it really means the exact opposite of "regardless" since you're putting a negative prefix in front of it
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Old 2009-10-19, 18:11   Link #1203
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Well, as much as I would love to continue talking about the use of the word "irregardless" (or the lack thereof) this is the Shirley thread afterall, so I've got a new topic. There's some sources that stated that in the original plans for R2, among other things that could have been, there was supposed to be an extra Shirley subplot that supposedly would have come in earlier in the season. Does anyone have any speculations on this?

I personally have no idea what it could have involved. We can assume that in the original plans for R2 the whole Charles geassing the SC would never have happened so Shirley would still know that Lelouch was Zero at the beginning of the season. I'm the sub-arc would have had something to do with Shirley confronting Lelouch or doing something about it. In the worst-case scenario it could have been a subplot that led to her death, only sooner (if I'm not mistaken I think the writers always were planning to kill Shirley. Bastards.)
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Old 2009-10-20, 01:41   Link #1204
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Well, Shirley was a like an unnecessary barrier in Lelouch's plan. It is amazing, that Lelouch never killed her, and instead kept deceiving her, to make it better for the both of them. Although I wish that Lelouch and Shirley should have been deeply involved with each other, there was C.C. and Kallen.

It would have been nice, if we could add more to Lelouch's goal's such as creating a fairy tale like place for Shirley, who was there for him when he was in trouble. This way when Shirley died, Lelouch could have had a huge guilt trip, instead of having a fake Nunally death, which kind of spoiled it.
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Old 2009-10-20, 10:51   Link #1205
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Well, Shirley was a like an unnecessary barrier in Lelouch's plan. It is amazing, that Lelouch never killed her, and instead kept deceiving her, to make it better for the both of them. Although I wish that Lelouch and Shirley should have been deeply involved with each other, there was C.C. and Kallen.
I don't think it's that amazing that Lelouch never killed her. I mean, even if we take out the romance element she was still at least a close friend to him. I'm sure Lelouch would be hesitant to kill Rivalz, Milly, and Nina as well. I think he would even hesitate to kill an innocent civilian that he didn't know (provided it was a civilian he saw in person. Not a number or statistic like in Narita).

But yeah, it does show how much Lelouch cared for Shirley considering how far he was willing to go to protect her.

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It would have been nice, if we could add more to Lelouch's goal's such as creating a fairy tale like place for Shirley, who was there for him when he was in trouble. This way when Shirley died, Lelouch could have had a huge guilt trip, instead of having a fake Nunally death, which kind of spoiled it.
What do you call the attack on the Geass Cult? I'd say Lelouch felt very guilty about what happened to Shirley, considering it he knew it was his actions and his negligence that led to her death.

As for creating a fairy tale/paradise for Shirley...well, that could have tied into the whole "making-the-world-a-better-place" thing, but I think for a good part of the show Lelouch just wanted to keep her away from him since she seemed pretty happy otherwise. Who knows though? Perhaps if things had turned out a little differently he may have gone back to her after his whole world revolution thing.

EDIT: As far as blade's question as to displays of love on Lelouch's end towards Shirley, comparable to sending an army after a girl. Well, I guess it really depends on how you interpret certain scenes since, as we all know, there was no guaranteed absolute 100% canon pairing in the series. However, I will gladly point out that Lelouch put his life in immediate danger to save Shirley from jumping off the building. Take it for what you will.

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Old 2009-10-21, 19:11   Link #1206
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Ok, time for another chapter.

Spoiler for writing, part 1:


Spoiler for writing, part 2:
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Old 2009-10-21, 20:47   Link #1207
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EDIT: As far as blade's question as to displays of love on Lelouch's end towards Shirley, comparable to sending an army after a girl. Well, I guess it really depends on how you interpret certain scenes since, as we all know, there was no guaranteed absolute 100% canon pairing in the series. However, I will gladly point out that Lelouch put his life in immediate danger to save Shirley from jumping off the building. Take it for what you will.
Actually, I think the attack on the Geass Directorate would be an excellent comparison. While it doesn't carry the noble element of sending your army after one girl, it is still a staggeringly OOC thing for Lelouch to do. For all his morally ambiguous plans, Lelouch does NOT approve of the killing of the innocent, especially when it is done needlessly. Lelouch is horrified and disgusted with the massacres in Shinjuku and Saitama, and during Euphemia's massacre he was a stone's throw away from a meltdown. Then Shirley dies and Llouch scampers off to massacre children with a goddamn smile on his face (much like Gino).

There is also the fact that Lelouch has a near pathological need to be in charge of things and take responsibility for the consequences, as Schneizel pointed out in Turn 19. Yet Shirley's death is so horrendous to him that he cannot bring himself to accept complete responsibility, going so far as to blame others who are completely uninvolved.

Shirley was important enough for Lelouch to compromise both his sense of justice AND his sense of responsibility for.

Lastly, there is the fact that she was a major motivating factor in Zero Requiem, which pretty much avoids being Character Derailment for Lelouch only because he can be assumed to have gone completely insane.
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Old 2009-10-23, 12:35   Link #1208
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Actually, I think the attack on the Geass Directorate would be an excellent comparison. While it doesn't carry the noble element of sending your army after one girl, it is still a staggeringly OOC thing for Lelouch to do. For all his morally ambiguous plans, Lelouch does NOT approve of the killing of the innocent, especially when it is done needlessly. Lelouch is horrified and disgusted with the massacres in Shinjuku and Saitama, and during Euphemia's massacre he was a stone's throw away from a meltdown. Then Shirley dies and Llouch scampers off to massacre children with a goddamn smile on his face (much like Gino).

There is also the fact that Lelouch has a near pathological need to be in charge of things and take responsibility for the consequences, as Schneizel pointed out in Turn 19. Yet Shirley's death is so horrendous to him that he cannot bring himself to accept complete responsibility, going so far as to blame others who are completely uninvolved.

Shirley was important enough for Lelouch to compromise both his sense of justice AND his sense of responsibility for.

Lastly, there is the fact that she was a major motivating factor in Zero Requiem, which pretty much avoids being Character Derailment for Lelouch only because he can be assumed to have gone completely insane.
I must say, you bring up an excellent point. Lelouch suffered many losses throughout the show, but that was the only time he ever did something so irrational and destructive. Very OOC for him. His emotions were definitely in control of him at that point.

BTW, did we ever get a full translation of the narrative dialogue from the Zero Requiem DVD? I know we have the basic jist of it, but I was wondering if someone took the time make a full, clearly understandable translation. In particular I'm curious about what Lelouch said in his narrative right after Shirley's death.
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Old 2009-11-07, 10:55   Link #1209
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Is this fanart or official art?

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Old 2009-11-07, 11:30   Link #1210
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Its fanart.
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Old 2009-11-07, 11:32   Link #1211
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The fanartist must be very good!!!! I am fooled.
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Old 2009-11-07, 18:12   Link #1212
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The fanartist must be very good!!!! I am fooled.
Well, the art itself is very good, but the style is a bit different from official Code Geass fanart. The outlines aren't as thick or defined and the color texture is different.

Anyway, bringing this topic over from the romance thread, how open do you think Shirley is about her body (sexiness)? Personally, while I think she's pretty much comfortable with her body, I don't think it's to the extent that she'll wear just anything anywhere. I'm sure there are some instances (and there have been) where Shirley gets embarassed or uncomfortable in regard to her body.
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Old 2009-11-07, 18:23   Link #1213
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I'd say moderately open. Depending upon the instance, I suppose she would be comfortable wearing revealing clothes up to a point.
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Old 2009-11-07, 22:21   Link #1214
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Is this fanart or official art?

Is there a higher res version of that image? I'd love it as a wallpaper on my laptop. Currently using a dull Company of Heroes one....
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Killing off Shirley was one of the saddest and somewhat expected parts in Code Geass. If they had to kill her either way, why not later? Would'nt that have been better to have her die later? Shirley was a target in Lelouch's way for Rolo so he thought it would be better to kill her. And she was confused after she regained her memory even when she was dying.
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Old 2009-11-14, 12:49   Link #1216
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Killing off Shirley was one of the saddest and somewhat expected parts in Code Geass. If they had to kill her either way, why not later? Would'nt that have been better to have her die later? Shirley was a target in Lelouch's way for Rolo so he thought it would be better to kill her. And she was confused after she regained her memory even when she was dying.
No, Rolo killed her because she brought up Nunnally, who was a target to his path to Lelouch.
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Old 2009-11-14, 15:28   Link #1217
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Right, sorry for getting that mixed up.
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Killing off Shirley was one of the saddest and somewhat expected parts in Code Geass. If they had to kill her either way, why not later? Would'nt that have been better to have her die later? Shirley was a target in Lelouch's way for Rolo so he thought it would be better to kill her. And she was confused after she regained her memory even when she was dying.
Indeed, it was sad, but I fail to see why it would be better to kill her off later. If anything I would think they would have killed her off in the first season since her subplot in R2, like many other things in R2, was more or less a retread of season 1, only this time she kicked the bucket.
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I'm not suprised to see that she survived in R1, I mean after the massacre caused by Euphie and Nunnally missing Shirley didn't seem likely to die until R2 when Rolo came along.
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What does Euphie's massacre and Nunnally missing have to do with Shirley dying? I was thinking that if she was going to die in Season 1 that she would die during the whole Mao incident.
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