Code Geass Finale thoughts

[salinea]

An okay episode. I was expecting to be more surprised than I was. Way to go Sunrise, surprising me with an unsurprising ending! Nice in execution, pretty scenes and all that, and I always like a good character death scene (which it was) and Schrödinger!Lelouch makes it even better - I like this kind of open ending. Passing-of-masks is the big tradition of Masked Revolutionary Avengers everywhere so it's a fitting bit if not surprising. And I kinda love that Suzaku is condemned to live, very fitting and nice way for him to grow. On the flip side, many characters were kinda pointless in the end, or just never got to do anything to drive their own story (my big issues with CC, who is awesome otherwise, but just never does anything for herself argh!)

My big issue with this end is this bit of Fridge Logic : Lelouch's plan sucks.

Seriously, lamest plan for world peace ever. The world doesn't lack in reviled tyrans that everyone hates. This has yet to create insta world peace. The only thing Lelouch's earned is that for the 50-100 years from now on, in chats and forums when someone doesn't like what you say, they're going to compare you to Lelouch. You'd think that with the number of WW2 and Cold War era parallelism that was in Code Geass, the writers would have been aware of the fact that lots of folks being united against a common ennemy at one point of History didn't result in an era of hearts and puppies. If the people from the world of Code Geass manage to get more stability, global cooperation and human rights protection than they did before, it will be thanks to the leaders that were left, the institution they'll built and the work they'll do - which Lelouch, whether dead or alive, chose not to be a part of after all the mess he caused (and even if said mess probably helped some of those leaders get into the right state of mind to create this peace it's more of a side effect than the whole of Lelouch's plan).

Does anyone see something I missed in the Zero Requiem besides DRAMA to make it a brilliant plan?

Comments

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

The only thing Lelouch's earned is that for the 50-100 years from now on, in chats and forums when someone doesn't like what you say, they're going to compare you to Lelouch.

Does this mean that in the Code Geass world, mentioning Lelouch during an argument becomes the new Godwin's Law? XD

I'm just amused that the Zero Requiem essentially rips off part of the Big Plan from Watchmen. (Er, not that it was original to Watchmen in the first place. But still.)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Does this mean that in the Code Geass world, mentioning Lelouch during an argument becomes the new Godwin's Law? XD
That's exactly what I meant. Lelouch is the new Hitler. Way to go, Lelouch! But exactly how does that help?

I'm just amused that the Zero Requiem essentially rips off part of the Big Plan from Watchmen.
You know, earlier I was think Schneizel made me think of Wathmen, with the fear of FREYA intimidating the world into peace, and probably it was the blondeness as well. I see your point, but it diverges in that once dead Lelouch's no longer a threat.

[kurozukin-a.livejournal.com]

You know, earlier I was think Schneizel made me think of Wathmen, with the fear of FREYA intimidating the world into peace, and probably it was the blondeness as well.
I *knew* there was a reason I made this stupid thing before.

[typo1138.livejournal.com]

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[etrangere.livejournal.com]

♥ awesome!!!

[tomoyohime8.livejournal.com]

who else immediately started reading this from right to left? lol.

[kurozukin-a.livejournal.com]

I'm just amused that the Zero Requiem essentially rips off part of the Big Plan from Watchmen.
Thank god I'm not the only one who thought this. I was thinking, "Damn Lulu, couldn't you have just built a giant squid instead?"