Can you talk about your thoughts about Euphemia ? You've talked before about the impact of her death on the story and Lelouch, how she tried to give Lelouch an alternative since he wasn't fully committed to what he'll do, and how her death was the point of non-return since Lelouch wanted to do right by her, but I was curious about your thoughts on Euphemia other than about her death
euphemia.... i'm legally obliged to add a disclaimer here that it's been a hot while since I watched code ass so i don't remember everything clearly. i think it fucking rocks that she's one of very few people (maybe even the only one? i don't remember) to ever completely outsmart lelouch, and i think she's the only one who manages to get him to accept defeat. she bested him so thoroughly that it took some of the most contrived and controversial circumstances in the series to even get the story to continue past that point. euphemia was generally dismissed as naive and overly idealistic but she was clever and hardworking and knew exactly what she could do, and she came closer than anyone else in the show to flawlessly achieving her goals.
admittedly the majority of my thoughts on her do circle back around to her death because ultimately her role in the story was to tragically die but she beats lelouch, not even at his own game but by changing the game they were playing entirely, and even after he basically cheats to still come out on top he continues to play the game she decided he's playing now through her memory pushing him to actually commit to the cause that she fought for her whole life. it kicks ass. all the other schemers and manipulators and megalomaniacs in the world couldn't deter lelouch, it's his sister's honest ideals that completely trounce him.
