#im using all the tags bc im passionate and i havent posted shite in like 2 years LOL

[greywitch]

i like how lelouch always puts everything on hold for c.c. click thru for a 1k word analysis on lelouch --> c.c. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

in the middle of the battle for narita, lelouch runs off the battlefield to care for c.c. when she’s injured protecting lelouch from suzaku even though he already knows she can’t die. initially, he wants to sample her blood for testing, but after hearing her moment of weakness and her name, he tosses the bloody rag away (tho while they’re in the cave, isnt he worried the still inexperienced black knights would fuck up somehow lol)

again, lelouch knows c.c. can’t die and c.c. was… not very Kind rejecting him to go to mao, but as soon as lelouch figures out what mao had said to her, he immediately stops to go save her even though…. he really didn’t need to because as c.c. said, her leaving was the comparatively easier solution to protecting himself

ending of r1 - nunnally is kidnapped, but he still has time to worry about and reassure c.c. (cue the “if you’re a witch, then i’ll become a warlock” line)

in the chinese federation infiltration picture drama, post-dance and post-geassing of the federation officials, kallen and c.c. both depart to make preparations, but lelouch this time is the one to stop c.c. and engage in small talk basically LOL but also to reassure her and, as evidenced by the picture drama fading out on their convo, that goes on for Quite A While despite the fact that they have more pressing matters lmaooo

EDIT2: AND I FORGOT THE BRIEF SCENE in r2 ep11 immediately post-kallen capture when c.c. is going out to join the battle because they are That Outmatched and lelouch stops her to say, “if we start to lose, run for it” to which c.c. responds, “come up with a solution before that happens” :’) (this is a really good thread discussing it.)

edit: I FORGOT TO ADD OF COURSE r2 ep 15 - the emperor has code; lelouch HATES the emperor and britannia and is devastated to learn defeating him is IMPOSSIBLE now, but when he learns the Solution would be taking c.c.’s code and killing her to go toe-to-toe with him, he 200% refuses. given all the carnage he’s caused thus far and all the people he’s lost (euphie, shirley, etc), given the “ends justify the means” mindset he has, it makes little sense not to take c.c.’s code to secure a road to victory tbh, esp when she was convinced it (mercy kill) was what she wanted but love often doesn’t make sense :’)

nunnally is in grave danger again - he lashes out at an amnesiac c.c. but as soon as he realizes he’s hurt her, he snaps out of his freak-out to care for her

there’s also a moment during this arc when he’s going to make his final stand against the emperor do-or-die, kill-or-be-killed and he thinks something along the lines of “kallen take care of c.c.” which is rly sweet given c.c. is completely useless to him now and she’s not even really c.c. anymore

they’re in the middle of an all-out war about to enact a plan with very low chances of survival/success (i.e. disabling the fleija), and he still takes the moment to reassure c.c. and have a genuine heart-to-heart (cue kallen cockblock)

you could say some of these instances are due to Pride and not wanting to Owe C.C. A Debt (i.e. examples 1 + 2) earlier in the series, but we’ve all seen that lelouch CAN swallow his pride (when he goes to suzaku and begs on hands and knees for him to protect nunnally) in order to achieve a goal, and anyway pride can’t explain the rest of the instances throughout r2

with his other main love interests, shirley and kallen, lelouch has…. more often than not blown them off, intentionally or otherwise 

lelouch has blown off shirley so many times except when her life was In Imminent Danger but one instance is shirley calling lelouch about to confess during the chinese federation arc and lelouch asks her a question bc politics before immediately hanging up lol

kallen gets captured by the enemy; lelouch means to go save her (and he does give the immediate order despite the strategic risks), but A Bunch Of Shit Happens and he gets waylaid for many episodes and then isn’t even the one to directly save her in the end lmao (i think she was “priority item #3″ during that operation?? bc the main focus was nunnally and ider what priority item #2 was lol)

but with c.c. i cant really remember a moment where c.c. Required His Immediate Attention, and lelouch hasn’t given it to her, regardless of what other Shitfest is going on or how relatively minor her issue is, even when the Shitfest involves nunnally, his #1 priority. given lelouch’s reactions to events throughout the series, i’d say c.c. is a close second—maybe because she’s Useful To Him earlier on in the series (even though kallen is too lol, his “most special piece to play” as he says) but that explanation is insufficient to explain his actions by the end of r1.

there was discussion on the reddit about a scrapped plot okouchi had written where c.c. was kidnapped and lelouch immediately ran off to save her (here and here with link to OG tweet), and at first i was like this sounds kinda ooc but looking back on some of these canon instances….. sounds about right lmaooo.

he keeps shirley and kallen at arms length much of the time because, as c.c. says in the series, there are times when you have to distance yourself from those you love because you love them, and he does love shirley and kallen. but with c.c. he shares something special, something different, something where he can not only rely on her to be his other half but also keep her in his thoughts even when his thoughts are a fucking mess and even when 1) there’s no need or 2) it doesn’t benefit him.