Talk:L.L./@comment-2601:204:E680:1890:F8EE:FF69:495A:3CDE-20190509085726/@comment-2601:603:1480:53F2:6CE8:E55B:5ECF:4983-20190615223848

Know I'm late to party but only now have I had a chance to see the new movie. I have to say that if you just follow the trilogy and this movie then yes, Lelouch with C.C was written in the sand, but in the original two seasons it was kind of up in the air where Lelouch's path would take him.

Shirley was a chance at a normal life, no being a prince or dealing with the idea that his sister would be taken advantage of by the royal family and nobility. Of course this was through off by her discovering him to be Zero. I do agree that on some level Shirley only loved "Lelouch Lamperouge" due to Lelouch never showing his true self to.

Kallen was a rollercoaster ride that the story really started to lean towards during the final half of season 2. Her conflict over seeing her hero Zero being Lelouch was well done. I felt that Kallen was the only one in the series that knew the liberation of Japan was really just a side effect of Lelouch's goal for his sister. But she stayed by his side anyway, she even gave Lelouch two chance to tell her how he really felt and though she had an idea, Lelouch stuck with his plans and chose not to involve her despite his affection for her.

With C.C though, in the original two seasons I kinda feel like Lelouch and C.C have this one sided relationship going on. It's obvious that C.C feels something for Lelouch past their contract, but Lelouch is never shown to really feel the same way. If anything having gone back through the show it seems more like C.C and Lelouch have a much deeper friendship than what Suzaku and Lelouch are meant to have.

That's one thing that bothers me about the recent four movies however is that they took away character development from Lelouch, Shirley, and Kallen by taking away various scenes. Even C.C feels under developed compared to her t.v self despite that they showed extra scenes of just her and Lelouch. I can't help but feel that in some ways this relationship through the films is forced compared to the show. No big loss though as Gorō Taniguchi said that these movies are not meant to replace the the shows canon.