Dream Within a Dream

Warning for those who read my blatherings: I'm of the opinion, in general, that there is no moral absolute, only morals on which the majority can agree on. It is with this general world view in mind that I look at characters and their motivations and for this reason that I do not particularly like labeling characters as good or evil, even when the text clearly wants us to read in a certain way. No character acts without motivation and for that reason alone, I feel characterizing anyone as evil or good is oversimplifying a matters at hand and why I have a philosophical objection to most children stories that aren't willing to explore the duality of morals and instead mislead our children into believing that there is a clear distinction between good and evil.

Furthermore, while I do believe in moral ambiguity and duality and relativity, I also firmly believe that there is an absolute right or wrong determined not by morality, but by logical deductions from an assumed set of morals. In short, right and wrongness are not judged by one's beliefs or morals but by the adherence of these actions to one's beliefs and morals.

That said, a look into Death Note and Code Geass and the relative right-wrong, moral-immoral behaviors of the main characters.

( Light isn't evil, he's just really, really messed up )

( And this brings me finally to Code Geass and Lelouch. Lelouch is NOT like Light in any shape way or form. )

( And more on who Lelouch is and why he is not insane, dammit. )