#MANY MANY HUGS

[toads-n-moss]

[ no dl6 au ]

it's his naptime mia, don't judge

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[gutsberserkson]

The true source of the conflicts in Code Geass. Spoiler Warning!

The source of most, if not all, of the central conflicts in Code Geass come from bad parents, with particular emphasis on bad fathers. alicent-vi-britannia goes into immense detail on this in this post: https://www.tumblr.com/alicent-vi-britannia/702115702749970432/lelouch-and-suzakus-childhood-traumas-explained?source=share

I'll try to summarize it as best as I can: Genbu Kururugi, Suzaku's father, was likely a strict father who never bothered to assure Suzaku that he didn't need to be perfect, that he was only human, and that he would always need to grow as a person. That, and his pride in fighting Britannia, despite knowing he couldn't win, mattered more to him than the people he dedicated himself to protecting and serving. This is the impetus for Suzaku killing his father, and the source of a lot of his trauma. The reason Suzaku is so obsessed with changing Britannia from within, no matter how impractical it seems to Lelouch and those of us who side with Lelouch, comes from this traumatic experience. If Suzaku can accomplish this task, he can prove himself, if not perfect, then at least better than his father. Every time his idealism is questioned or brutally crushed, he doubles down, because he's a prisoner of his own trauma and guilt.

The same can also be said of Lelouch. Just as Suzaku is obsessed with changing Britannia from within, Lelouch wants to watch Britannia burn. More than that, he wants to be the one who lights the match. In taking care of his little sister Nunnally, now blind and crippled, he can prove that a "weakling" like her has a place in the world as much as anyone else. And in creating a better world by dismantling the empire by force and war, he can simultaneously live up to the Britannian ideals of "All men are not created equal" by showing his will is stronger than the empire, therefore proving his vision of the world deserves to exist more than Britannia, and, metaphorically speaking, spit in his father's face. The paradox, however, is that, in order to achieve this, Lelouch makes himself a cold, calculated genius who closes his heart out of fear that if he opens himself up, he'll be hurt again. This behavior, as seen when he finally confronts Emperor Charles near the climax of the series, is similar to Charles' own, and in fact the impetus for the Ragnarok Connection plan. In trying to undo Emperor Charles and the empire, Lelouch makes himself behave a lot like his father, which isn't helped by his mental state when Euphemia and then Shirley die, then when the Black Knights (sans Kallen) betray him, then when Rolo dies to save him.

In summary, the reason the world of Code Geass is so horribly screwed up is because of horrible fathers not loving their children. Lelouch and Suzaku are prisoners of their trauma. Their self-hatred, and their desire to overcome their fathers, is what lies at the core of their actions. They both deserve love. Yes, Suzaku too, no matter how stupid or selfish you might think he is when compared to Lelouch.

[hinamie]

I'm always pushing you away from me / but you come back with gravity / and when I call, you come home

[ghosted-jazz]

I am not immune to this car salesman fairy and his traumaised iPad kid

[milchreste]

[trustymikh]

still very burned out, but I managed to make a messy doodle because I adore the way Emmet holds Eelektross in the comic

[sadmages]

In my mind palace my tav and Astarion are playing the exact same game of 5D chess and they don't realize it yet

[hiraeix]

to hold me like water,

or christ, hold me like a knife

[eydilily]

cleaned up some slabtek today

[keferon]

THIS FUCKING MOMENT

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BESTIE

HAVE HUG

MANY HUGS BESTIE 😊���💕

ALL THE HUGS 💕

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

PLEASE YOUR HONOR HES JUST A FUCKING BABY

[hinamie]

Requesting a fushikugi hug please please please idc if its a messy sketch or even them as chibis i just need it please 🙏

dropped everything fr them n even threw in a bonus angle <3

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Council of lovefools.

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[httpxxg]

IT'S STILL EARLY TO CRY OVER THEM AGAIN 😭😭😭

ALL OF THEM IN ONE FRAME 😭😭😭 I WANNA HUG YUJI 😭😭😭

[sunkillerlovechild]

my favourite dynamic between Tim and Damian is Tim being confident and comfortable with his place in the family and with being Robin (Tim has a smidge of self-esteem) and he's like 15-17 basically like mid teenage years and then Damian comes and he's like between 8-10 and instantly declares Tim his enemy cause he's Robin and that is his birthright

but instead of Tim also beefing with him cause he's kind of insecure and stuff he just finds it funny and honestly kind of adorable

and like yeah Damian is an assassin but Tim is like twice his size and is trained and has years of experience, so Damian can't actually hurt him

Tim decides to indulge him cause again he finds it funny and cute and also genuinely wants to help Damian get use to living at the manor and make the adjustment as easy as possible for him

and Damian is a kid so he doesn't realize what Tim is doing and actually tries to hurt him and stuff and Tim's just so casual about it

like Damian tries to stab him and Tim just sidesteps him and continues doing whatever it was he was doing, or Damian puts poison in his coffee but Tim has either already developed an immunity to it or has an antidote on hand, so he just drinks it and acts like nothing happend

this eventually leads to Damian just confronting him (maybe even in front of the rest of the family, who lowkey had no idea that it was doing on cause Tim never mentioned anything and Damian was technically trying to kill him secretly) and Tim just honestly telling him that he just wanted Damian to feel welcome and if this help he didn't mind and was just excited to have a little brother and at the end of the day it's good training for himself and also Damian and starts giving him pointers and planning training session so that when in a few years Damian actually gets to take over Robin, he is ready

and Damian really doesn't know what to do with any of it because Tim apparently cares about him??? and is planning to give him Robin in the future???

Tim doesn't even notice that Damian is really struggling with all that he's saying until his hands are full of his little brother, who has not given a single hug to anyone yet since he arrived, not Bruce, not Dick, not even Alfred and it's over as fast as it started and Damian bolts instantly and stays in this room till dinner the next day

but than they start training together that week and maybe Tim isn't his enemy after all