Talk:Rivalz Cardemonde/@comment-44997843-20200810144829/@comment-27492705-20200813201738

What the hell made you think Lelouch thought that? He called Suzaku his first and last friend, he was the closest person to him. He wasn't just his knight and his accomplice, they were friends. He's slow to consider people friends, but the friends he has he loves dearly. He rushed the Black Knights announcement because Milly, Shirley, and Nina were seen clearly in the hotel jacking. He was absolutely shattered when Shirley died. He let Rivalz go when he tried to help Nina. His last known words to Nina were of respect, that she's amazing and regrets overlooking her. Lelouch loves his friends. Too much probably. Remeber on the roof when Milly and Rivalz and Shirley are shooting off fireworks and he imagines Suzaku, Nunnally, Kallen, and Nina there and starts crying? He wanted to shoot off fireworks with them all together, he promised. I have few friends because yes, some have betrayed me. But the few I have now are steadfast and loyal and supportive. They are more important to me than most of my family. I would die for them, and I live for them because they don't want me to die. Actual friends are good. Any person friend or not can stab you in the back. A real friend will have your back.

Why do you want to lie to yourself? Why would you want to deny the truth? What's so wrong with Rivalz that you want an excuse to hate him? It seems to me that you want Lelouch to be nothing more than an evil bastard who loathes humanity. And that's not how friendship works. it's not you slip up once and they hate you. If you have known and loved them, you'll be hurt and upset but that won't sever the attachment. I've had friends turn against me, but I still loved them even though it hurt so much.

Suzaku isn't cruel at the end. He says his hands are to dirty for forgiveness (remember he killed thousands of people) but wishes him happy birthday. It's expressing affection while acknowledging his wrongs. But Miraculous Birthday was in the anime univers, not the recap movies. It's canon.