2008-04-14, 22:54 | Link #261 | |
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With Marianne keep in mind she is like wife 80ish, and at this point only the most dedicated of noble watcher is paying attention. I mean, for all we know wife 98 is a panda, once you get that ridiculuous. Also, she still got shot for it, so it might be an issue where the Emperor can break taboos, but no one else gets away with it. |
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2008-04-14, 23:19 | Link #262 | |
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Aside of that point, even if Lelouch is "truely" a monster, the Emperor is nothing short "merrier" than him: he is basically the very source of all the suffering for both guys, but also the whole world. I don't think the comparison is even possible between Lelouch and Charles.
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2008-04-14, 23:38 | Link #263 | |
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And comparison between Lelouch and Charles... it's pretty ironic, really. If geass is a representation of a power formed of the soul, etc, then Lelouch's geass, which enforces absolute authority and dominance that disregards one's own will (( but retains personality )) can be said to be worse than Charles's, whom for all its similarity that has the ability to put someone in a position of doing what Lelouch's geass does as well, gives an illusion of free will through the illusion that it is who that person is. Both are evil, but it's strangely amusing how Charles seems like the lesser evil.
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2008-04-15, 00:13 | Link #264 | |
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2008-04-15, 01:01 | Link #265 | |
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As for Suzakus comment to Lelouch about them being friends, I think he was being mocking to Lelouch because at that point, I doubt there's much friendship left in them. Suzakus frame of mind could have been that as his friend, Lelouch betrayed him, killed his love, joined the rebellion which he fought against, so as a 'friend', he would give Lelouch to his worst enemy.
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2008-04-15, 09:56 | Link #266 | |
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2008-04-15, 10:08 | Link #267 | ||
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2008-04-15, 13:33 | Link #268 | |
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Ne, ne, hontou desu ka? So it is a fact then that Suzaku's were motivated entirely by selfishness? I do not doubt that this could be a possibility (and the likelihood of seeing it play out as such is high), but it isn't entirely a concrete statement. As it stands, we've clearly seen and heard what Suzaku has done and said, but to assume that he is a straightforward and non-complex character, he'd be lacking of the common sense to come to the conclusion that he could negotiate terms on which he would deliver the leader of the opposing army to the Emperor for a higher title. Now, following your line of reasoning (which is not absurd whatsoever), I believe this to be the more suitable scenario: V.V. convinces Suzaku to bring Lelouch to the Emperor (and somewhere along the conversation, V.V. would have likely implied that in doing so would have allowed Suzaku to "change the world within" etcetera, etcetera). Many of you are giving Suzaku much more credit than I had ever at any point (credit to his intelligence and capacity to process complex scenarios for that matter) even if I do suspect many of you attempt to use this event as a means of exemplifying yet another potentially negative aspect of Suzaku's character. This is recalling the many prior arguments that extensively dictated that Suzaku's character was solely out for revenge. By that reasoning, Suzaku would have been satisfied even with the death of his "former" (I don't agree that the relationship has become a hollow shell) friend. |
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2008-04-15, 14:26 | Link #269 |
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It could very well be possible that V.V arranged a meeting with the Emperor beforehand, but I think the decision to ask for a promotion was one that Suzaku made by himself, since the Emperor seems surprised and amused by his request. edit: Although there's still no indication if Suzaku knew Lelouch would live or not when brought before the Emperor.
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2008-04-15, 21:05 | Link #270 |
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Sigh, Lelouch went through so much trouble to save his friendship with Suzaku, then gets tortured for his trouble. Now Suzaku has crossed the line, but I guess you could argue Lelouch crossed it first killing Euphie.(that just brings a whole bunch of blaming that ends up no where)
Probably had a conversation with V.V. who suggests he get a position with KoR. Anyway getting back to Suzaku character discussion, it's not hard to understand why people are so angry seeing Suzaku act the way he does, but come on once a hypocrite always a hypocrite. It's a part of Suzaku I've come to expect and I didn't think it would go away. |
2008-04-15, 21:07 | Link #271 |
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I did, I thought his sir frown a lot meant he got rid of his naivety but he still spout all that crock about friendship and changing within while doing the exact opposite. Well, at least it's 'different' from his preaching so it can't get any worst as far as I can see
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2008-04-15, 21:08 | Link #272 |
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Well, there is the issue of how much time passed between him defeating Lelouch and him bringing him to the Emperor. V.V. appears to be able to teleport so that would certainly explain it though we have no confirmation yet. I'm still waiting for V.V. to make an appearence.
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2008-04-16, 10:10 | Link #280 |
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Alright, going to write my Suzaku character analysis/biography trying to avoid as much bias as possible.
Up front, I will tell you I don't like Suzaku's character for reasons I will mention. Credit for biographical information: Alright, going to write my Suzaku character analysis/biography trying to avoid as much bias as possible. Name: Kururugi Suzaku Born: July 10, 2000 It is a fact that staff loves to create parallels, and one of the main ones is the opposite personalities of Suzaku and Lelouch. Suzaku is the son of the former Prime Minister of Japan Kururugi Genbu. As a child Suzaku was a proud Japanese who hated all Britannia until he met Lelouch and Nunnally who were sent to his home as political hostages. The three of them quickly became friends until Britannia invaded. During the invasion Suzaku's father had decided to fight Britannia until the very end, but that was cut short when Suzaku killed his father causing confusion within Japan and they were forced to surrender. When Suzaku walked through the destroyed village, his attitude was opposite that of Lelouch's. He was very emotional, which showed another parallel between his and Lelouch's character. After the war had ended Suzaku went to the Britannian headquarters, where I his personality has completely changed. He went from being a proud Japanese to a Britannian slave who believes that despite discrimination or the red tape of bureaucracy that one can change things from within.(And I have to ask myself where can one find a drug that can make one so delusional Sorry had to throw that in.) He also believes that one must abide by any and all rules. As such he is someone who does not believe that the end justifies the means, which his actions later refute but I will get to that later. I believe that much of this can be attributed to carrying the burden of killing his father. Then something happens to Suzaku in Episode 5 which will come to have a dramatic impact on the rest of the series, which is he meets Euphemia Li Britannia. She treats him kindness which later turns into love. Suzaku becomes Euphemia's knight and for awhile everything is going fine with things maybe starting to change a little within Britannia despite it being a small area, until it comes crashing down in Episode 22. I've said it before but when Euphemia shot the old man in the front row. "The shot heard around the world would be appropriate for this moment since the whole world was watching." When that happened several things would change, Suzaku X Euphemia ended, all of Suzaku's good will disappeared and he became a traitor to all Japanese, this also changed Suzaku who buried his past self with Euphemia along with his father's watch and turned into a boiling pot of rage which would not be satisfied with just killing Zero but making him suffer for killing Euphemia. Getting back to the earlier discussion, I have to think that the writers wanted to make Suzaku into a hated character, because of all the times he contradicts himself. He's in the military to prevent people from dying, but accepts "kill everyone" orders. He gets shot in the back by his commander, but does not even mention it. He knows poison gas wasn't released but accepts it as a reason for the ghetto being destroyed. He accuses Zero of being a murderer when he already is one. He rejoices when his friends are saved yet faults the ones who saved them. He claims the Black Knights are acting out of self-satisfaction when it is later revealed it is what Suzaku has been doing, trying to act in penance of what he did to his father. ^ | | Realize this is not opinion based, but fact based. Edit: With this comment I was referring to the paragraph just above this statement; discussing the actions that Suzaku takes not the entire post. Sorry for the confusion. I do not know what Suzaku's character hopes to achieve, but it's hard to think that despite Suzaku being at the bed side of the one he loved until she died his suffering has ended. Last edited by Blue_Mercy; 2008-04-16 at 12:03. |
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