and than it swiftly kicked me in the groin and told me to HOLD IT! and wait till the next episode to see the new GOD rule.(”this will not end well”)

and Crusader Congratulations on making me laugh for the rest of forever xD

the critique: accurate
analysis: excellent, and spot-on about the neon genesis evangelion reference
humor: this blog kept me entertained the whole way through, well until the comments

keep up the great work, can’t wait to see your opinions for this coming show

also does this mean schnitzel is the new zero

Turboemperor: Powered by pink sparkles.

Marianne: The ultimate “I CAME” expression.

Thank you Sunrise, Thank you foar teh lulz.

If you look at the first season, there were a lot of reasons why Lelouch didn’t just come out in the open with Geassing people left and right. As you’ve said, he was experimenting with Geass and really didn’t know the full extent of it’s power at first. He was also not really concerned with becoming Emperor he just wanted to know the truth behind his mother’s “assassination” which is why he mainly concentrated on Geassing people in the Royal Family that may have had a connection with her death.

Another factor to look at is the other variables such as V.V. being immortal and immune to Geass. There are lots of different answers but I think the most important one is really the same answer as to why Lelouch don’d the Zero mask in the first place: So he wouldn’t be recognized by the Royal Family and reveal that he AND Nunnally were still alive. I think his concern for Nunnally’s safety is what kept him from walking up to the palace at Pendragon and geass-raping everyone in sight.

But now that most of Lelouch’s obstacles are gone (V.V., Charles, the Geass Cult) and his raison d’etre is gone (Nunnally, the truth behind Marianne’s death), Lelouch doesn’t have any reason to hold back his Geass anymore.

RE: ZeroZaku
I think part of what swayed Suzaku over to Lelouch’s side is his last conversation with Shirley. The previews for Ep 22 are a big indication of why they’re now colluding. Additionally, now that Lelouch is Emperor, Lelouch can give Suzaku what Schneizel and Charles weren’t willing to. Supremacy in the Knights of Rounds and stewardship of Japan. This is really just Suzaku making the best out of a bad situation and promoting himself through the ranks. Also, I think his experience with Marianne and Charles manipulating everyone (including Lelouch) may have played a factor in convincing Suzaku to side with Lelouch to become the Knight of Zero Tolerance.

yaoi perhaps? cuz Suzaku (waiting for next clever nick on him) was smiling very happy (and no, I’m not a yaoi fan >_> )

Oh yea, something else I want to know. What exactly happened between Zaku’s ‘I must take my revenge on you Lelouch’, and ‘I am your loyal Knight of Zero’??

It wouldn’t work like that. He and Lelouch would be known as the guys that reconquered japan after the heroic Ohgi made accord with the wise Schneizel for its liberty on the battlefield.

LOL why wouldn’t it work like that? Japan, technically, is still under control of Britannia. Lelouch and his Black Knights never got past freeing Tokyo because Suzaku dropped the bomb on them.

Nobody in Japan knows that Suzaku was the one who dropped the bomb. With a little creative PR, Emperor Lelouch can announce that he’s succeeding Govenor Nunnally’s will and granting Japan full independence, thus engendering himself to the Japanese not as the Masked Revolutionary Zero but as the Benevolent Emperor Lelouch.

Also, nobody outside of the BK knows about the deal Schneizel struck with Ougi. It was never announced publically that Schneizel would be giving Japan back. Their only public alliance was to rid the Britannian Army of the insurrectionists that Lelouch geass’ed earlier on Kamina Island/Great Britannia.

Man, I can’t wait to see Gottwield stomp the shit out of Ougi for lying to him. Ougi’s face in those last few frames were priceless “OHSHI- We just tried to divide by Zero!!!”