Why do you ship suzaku and Lelouch, sorry if you've answered this before?
Thanks for your question! Interestingly, I don’t think I ever did, at least not on this blog? I did write a long private post last year for someone who asked me for reasons to ship Suzaku and Lelouch, though. Let’s see if I can copy-paste / pick out the main points from there.
Keep in mind though that this is a personal response, being that it’s a personal-opinion question, and even as the mod of the suzalulu blog I can only speak for myself and don’t necessarily represent the opinions of the entire fandom. BUT hopefully this might be a mini manifesto or a nice nostalgic trip back into feels for some of you!
The short version of it is that:
they shared a certain care and tenderness between them that clearly lasted till their final scene together in R2 DESPITE everything that happened between them
they’re the only ones who can understand each other in a certain way
they’re the winning combination in any video game
they have a very balanced/equal dynamic as a pairing, which I like
and also (or perhaps very importantly) it’s a beautiful bittersweet tragic mess
You’re talking to someone who boarded the ship only at the final moment, when Lelouch caressed Suzaku’s face through the mask and Suzaku was shedding some serious tears. For me, this was the moment that proved to me that there was at least something more between them - but even prior to boarding the ship, I could always see that they had a very beautiful, tragic friendship - and it was unfortunate that it was wrought with so much misunderstanding, but one cannot deny that in this relationship, each always felt intense emotions toward the other, whatever those emotions might have been (or may be, given the news from last week ;D). The real hatred/cruelty is indifference, but to each other, Suzaku and Lelouch were anything but.
The rest of my elaboration needs to go under a cut, lmao.
