#Code Geass Liveblog

[protect-namine]

thinking of how lelouch designed his parade float such that when he dies by suzaku's hands he can dramatically slide down to nunnally and see her one last time before his death. he designed his emperor outfit to be funeral white so that the blood can look dramatic as fuck on it.

thinking about how everyone who KNEW lelouch was the original zero were so shocked and when one of the black knights was about to react, kallen decisively said, "that's zero!" we have to acknowledge it. that's zero. no matter who it is under the mask, it is imperative that they acknowledge zero.

thinking about how lelouch gave suzaku the ultimate punishment. killing lelouch means killing kururugi suzaku, and now he can only live on behind zero's mask. thinking of how suzaku, who for all two seasons have been suicidal and wanted to atone for everything, and his list of sins just kept growing, so he of course gladly accepted this cruel punishment. he is cursed (geass'd) to live through it all. he cannot escape. he is dead but he cannot die. he is forever living a hypocritical life.

thinking about how nunnally held lelouch's hand and instantly knew. about how all this time she just wanted to understand her brother, and now she does, and now here's the future empress, crying for the world's most hated tyrant, while the rest of the world rejoices. here is a girl for whom lelouch destroyed and created worlds, and now she has it, she has her gift. and yet what lelouch hears from her as he dies is, "I would have been happy just being with you. I can't bear a future without you."

and she's crying she's SOBBING because she's the only one who can. kallen is teary-eyed but she understands what happened and she cannot mourn. suzaku is dead and when he cries under the mask, no one will ever know or see. nunnally is WAILING so openly, but her voice will be drowned out by the crowd chanting zero's name and celebrating the death of the demon emperor, the brother who did all of this for her, who brought her this future

bro it's been YEARS and yet code geass makes me feel so unwell

#mine musings #liveblogging cg #i watched the ending again...... i am in tears #also like. the soundtrack??? #the music during this whole scene?? god..... i'm so sad now #the youtube comment sections is just everyone saying they're still crying over the ending in the year of our lord 202x #and people comparing the aot ending but i never watched/read aot so i have no idea what that's about #code geass

[augustameretrix]

dont you also just hate it when that happens

#when a school festival gets in the way tsk tsk #dont worry im not liveblogging this one im kinda speeding through it #code geass

[yuyevon]

ohhh my goddddd please tell me suzaku gets more tolerable in the second season I'm dying here

#code geass liveblogging

[magz]

Rewatching Code Geass as adult, bc James convince should liveblog

Episode 1 reaction mode:

They already go hard with how imperialism n colonialism dehumanize. N the sorts atrocities happen.

To make message clear, they gonna keep hammer this in, huh.

Gonna be hard word some this tho.

Before - was watch video "we consume fiction wrong" - where main premise that not being able "turn off" brain - make impossible enjoy watch, when "better" analyze afterward

But am just like. Bro, the mecha anime with powers is do this thing right in your face tho.

"The right of kings" being literal symbolic power. That both the brittania empire hold n manufactured (making the power. CC. As experimental weapon.), n Lelouch- an anti-brittania ex-royalty use on side of colonized powers. To force their will onto others.

(Mixed messaging, yet on purpose. Not necessarily good logic but, is trying. Something)

The stripping n changing of names, to take away humanity (japan -> colony 11. Japanese -> elevens.)

Being lie / obscuring things ("am living a lie". Lelouch v brittania -> Lelouch just some guy -> later, his rebellion persona)

Making Brittania a mix of united states, u.k., n europe as a mega-superpower. N making the (u.k. inspired) monarchy, king-focused instead. Marking this series as a fight between major male figures - has already been setup.

The britannia soldier Suzaku from Japan, the anti-britannia rebel Lelouch of Britannia royalty. The whole parallel irony thing already setup.

Though the implications of a rebellion needing a colonizer from a private school, gifted The Right Of Kings (Geass. A word that mean a celtic oath must abide by) - to be able "change anything", is something the series gonna need contend with from now on...

And the alternate magical history being heavily based on U.S. occupation of Japan n E.U., post-WW2, is something am feel complicated about bc inevitably this influence gonna erase irl Japan's role in ww2 (the real life parallel) n they own colonies they had. The current assimilations of indigenous. To instead focus on dualism (twos) with brittania vs colony 11 (japan). Suzaku vs Lelouch. Anime political intrigue with magic n pew pews, that have interesting stuff say but major sacrifices in oversimplification already.

Am only say like. Lil bit of what was think. Cuz rest of thought is tangle words.

The ending theme is so nostalgic rozen maiden.

#cg liveblog #magz liveblog #text post #o post

[taketheringtolohac]

ive never seen code geass but ive enjoyed seeing u liveblog abt it because i understand none of it but it does make me think about a char from an otome i like bc he looks like the suzalulu baby

ok I see what ur saying. But secondarily. Be so fr are they actually called suzalulu. That’s. Oh my god. Anyways I’m glad you enjoyed my liveblog!!! I do not usually do them I just have nothing to do rn LOL

#ty for the ask :) really reassuring me that this is my space and I get to be as annoying as I want LOL #proxy roxy asks

[kishimotomasashi]

why do you hate suzaku?

I made a whole long post about it earlier but since I don't wanna go looking for it or re-type it here are instead screenshots from when I liveblogged Code Geass

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All these to name a few. ^_^

#Anon #Ask #the bootlicking was insufferable girl.

[ryo-maybe]

Ayo rewatching Code Geass or first time?

Rewatching it for the first time, in a manner of speaking! I watched most of the first season nearly a decade or so ago, stopping at the episode where Euphemia beat every Time Crisis hi-score in Britannia. All I remembered about it was that me and my ex found it extremely funny, and it kind of lingered in my head as 'that ridiculous show that everybody seems to love unironically for some reason' for the longest time. Which bothered me! It felt less like a difference in tastes and more like we almost watched two different shows. I had been wanting to give it another honest try at some point, and since I recently finished my only ongoing watch (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, which I heartily recommend to both veteran tokusatsu fans and newcomers to the genre), I decided that hey, there seem to be a lot of banging shows airing this season, this is as good a time as any to pick up one that aired a whole decade ago! I went in expecting to get good material for a funny liveblogging experience if nothing else, but the truth of the matter is that I've been getting too sincerely engrossed to find anything really worth picking apart. It is a ridiculous show, but it revels so much in its own chuuni theatrics that it's almost liberating in a way. It features insane politics, melodramatic shoujo romances and cool robots donning unjustifiable capes, and somehow instead of feeling like a confusing mess it makes everything extremely digestible while by no means being shallow.

Turns out I was wrong! And I'm happy I was, because it's been a while since I've felt so eager to watch multiple episodes of a series in a row, when usually I would have to muster all of my willpower to watch even one on some days. It has provided an interesting retrospective and self-introspection about how my tastes and way to approach media may have changed since years ago, too, which is appreciated in its own right. Anyway, sorry for using your question as a trampoline to talk about my experience with the series as a whole!

[ziracona]

Oh man, VLR. No spoilers, continuing the franchise is a tricky coin flip. I personally really like the second game a lot, but I felt like the third one really let down the whole story. It's almost worth it just to see how crazy everything gets, but not all blorbos are treated equally. I'm sure your liveblogs and takes would be great, but I completely understand if you're not interested

Well thanks for the heads up. It’s so much uglier that it’s kind of a system shock, but I am also intrigued. But also I have vague knowledge of things and I don’t know if I want to know more. But tbh the biggest deciding factor might be being joined at the hip with Phi apparently all game, because it’s no fault of the character or the VA, and in another timeline I wouldn’t be this way at all, but I hear her voice and hear my behated Kallen Kozuki, and I just don’t know if I can take an entire game of that. : / Like maybe it’d cool down (it being my Pavlovian anger response), but idk if it will and if it doesn’t idk if I can take a whole game of extreme annoyance undercurrent that should not be there. ✊😔 The only downside to have watched Code Geass at a very formative age.

#it really comes down to if it’s worth it to deal with the emotional response carved into my brain when I hear that voice & I just dunno #it’s the opposite of hearing Clover — I was like ‘HARUHI???? <3’ this provokes the culinary opposite in my heart #ask #lilyrighter #god I wish it didn’t #sorry VA it’s not your fault it’s just the first character I heard you voice I wanted to throttle #virtue’s last reward

[jinruihokankeikaku]

The end of Episode 13 really got me like. I really wasnt expecting him to Actually Do That right up until the end. It feels like the biggest moral event horizon for Lelouch so far, somehow, despite all the murdering he's done. Waging a war is one thing, but this feels so much more personal and unbalanced somehow. Being Zero has clearly begun to push him to the brink, if he wasn't there already.

#code geass liveblog

[zephyrthejester]

Oh. Ooooh. Oohhh, ow, okay, soooo Lelouch meant to ACTUALLY die.

I was, like, kinda thinking, uh, that it was gonna be a faked death. Ohhh. Well. Huh.

“Suzaku... You’re going to be a hero now. The messiah who saved the world from Emperor Lelouch vi Britannia, the enemy of the world. As Zero.”

Zero was never a person. Zero was... A symbol. An idea, an ideology. It never mattered who was under that mask. Only what they did, and what they fought for. Even now, Zero always fought for the same cause... A better world.

No matter what it takes.

Ow.

“The punishment for what you’ve done shall be this, then. You will live on... Always wearing that mask, serving as a knight for justice and truth. You will no longer live your life as Suzaku Kururugi. You shall sacrifice the ordinary pleasures of your life for the benefit of the world. For eternity.”

“This Geass... I do solemnly accept.”

Well. Wow. Okay.

I can’t believe Lelouch vi Britannia is fucking dead.

At long last, atonement. It would be an injustice to the world if he could live on. Suzaku and Zero, the both of them... Have always been Knights of Justice. What a beautifully fitting end. Goodness...

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[pxperhearts]

instead of coming away with any normal ship out of code geass I just keep thinking, wow milly and lloyd would be interesting to write

#ooc #code geass liveblog #i watched like half of this series yesterday

[protect-namine]

suzaku's character if it were an onion is like. "I want to change the system from the inside so innocent people don't have to suffer for the sake of change" then you peel a layer and underneath it is, "if I rise up in the ranks of thr enemy faction, I will no longer be powerless to create change" then peel a layer, "the army will force me into situations I cannot escape from so my only choice is to follow; I am forced into these situations but I'll make the best of it for the greater good" and peel another layer, "I am seeking atonement but I can't bring myself to commit suicide so I want my life to at least end while doing something meaningful and trying to undo the damage I did as a child" and peel another layer, "yes the army forces me into terrible situations but I also try my best to maneuver myself into dangerous situations that could plausibly end me and give me the punishment I deserve" and peel another layer, "this whole situation is my fault and I can't deal with the guilt and I just want something or someone to make me pay for everything"

and lelouch comes along and says, "I curse you to live despite your deathwish, because your life is worth it. I'll kill you, suzaku kururugi. and you'll live on as a symbol, as zero, so you can satisfy your need to punish yourself forever. but your death as suzaku kururugi will also save you from the anguish of your sins. you are condemned and you are saved and all you have to do is kill me, and by killing me you can save the world and avenge euphemia. you will be dead and you will be a hero and you cannot die to escape. this is what we both deserve."

now how am I supposed to be normal about them

#mine musings #liveblogging cg #code geass #head in hands........ the tragedy of suzalulu still hurts me

[chris-liveblogs-things]

You’ve got a mole on your inner left thigh. Kinda cute actually.

#code geass liveblog #code geass ep 11

[kreuz-unlimited]

That’s a shitty deal, come on, it’s an execution either way.

#code geass liveblog #code geass ep 4

[magz]

Comtinuing liveblog code geass

Episode 7-8 (edit)

The show try frame (ep 7) thing where that sect of JP resistance group not listen to him, n all dying except him, as them all "being stupid" for not listen to lelouch

But thing is: he not try get allies beyond the like. Maybe 7 people from same resistance group he got in episode 2.

The reason the other sect all died was because they not trust him, n Lelouch was too prideful n confident in his intelligence as if actual political conflict n militia work would be like playing chess.

As soon as 1 thing went different from Lelouch's predictions, resulting in a member's death, they all started not believe him. Because they not *trust* him, they have no reason to. He only won 1 battle before.

N Lelouch had opportunity to make the other sects trust him ! He had time, especially when he was informed the other sects were being killed off by cornelia before ! He was told it was happening n asked for what to do by his group members. He could have done allying with other resistance groups, n his little scheming, n prepared if he cared - but he brush it off. Until a diff related sect was already under siege.

This immaturity in thinking his goal of destroy Britannian legacy n revenge his father will be easy, was reflected in ep3 when he did his first kill with own hands - killing his half-brother. N became nauseous n distressed (rightfully so), but he somehow thought that wouldn't happen n he presumed he was weaker than he thought n brushed it off.

Imo The problem wasn't that he got nauseous or that he was "weaker" - it was that he knows little of actual reality of conflict n oppression n killing. with actual people. Knows little the human side of things. the psychology of death + suffering + distress as actual thing that affects. N not just as plans, n chess.

If not for C.C. saving him with a diversion, he would have died in ep7 when his plan failed. As he not take into account that each battlefield will be different, n that people aren't chess pawns - they have feelings n suspicions.

With that in mind... his win in ep8, in the hostage situation was "genius" in realm of propaganda.

Using princess cornelia's fondness of her little sistern n wanting her safety.

Making one the Japanese Liberation Front commanders kill themself when they not concede to him, n make it seem like JLF knew they were on the wrong in strategy so the other JLF members back down.

Saving the Britannian hostages, when he was also consider killing euphy.

He made situation where he only needed leverage the very basics of emotions but no deaper than that. would not have matter whether Japanese liberation front became ally or not, whether enemies n allies acted certain way, he would have adapted the narrative to it.

All so he and his "knights" can look like saviors of the people for the people, regardless of if they Britannian or Japanese.

Yes, is "genius" propaganda leverage.

But it's bad logic for liberation of colonies to focus on dividing the conflict as "unarmed people" and "people with weapons".

Liberation isn't his main goal anyways. It's revenge against his father, as an exiled royalty.

So it won't matter, suppose.

Anyways - nenenenenenen's crush on euphemy was established in this episode w euphie save her. n nenenenenenen hatred of Japanese has been cemented further thru being made hostage when she is just rich white girl who hates poor people n has never experienced that type trauma before.

Suzaku doing whatever, suppose. He was ready to feel incompetent n cry about being unable to save people with his flawed follow-the-law morals n trust in britannia+justice, but this development was cut short by lelouch (zero) saving them.

Lelouch inadvertently just delaying the inevitable here (suffering) n keeping his rival suzaku going without have to self-examine his own goals/views.

#text post #o post #cg liveblog #magz liveblog

[mandareeboo]

As far as awesome series for you to potentially blog go have you ever seen the anime Code Geass?

I have not! It's another big deal anime I need to watch.

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