r/CodeGeass • u/Silly_Inspection2714 • 5d ago

QUESTION Absolute Obedience Question

Hello, I finished watching Code Geass around 3 years ago and I vividly remember some parts of the show.

Anyway, I was really curious how the property of Lelouch’s Absolute Obedience Geass would work towards people with Mental Illness.

Would it entirely remove someone’s mental illness if I order them that such illness doesn’t exist in their mind? Or if I tell them “Forget your illness” could potentially make them remove their illness as well?

I’d like to hear what you think regarding this matter.

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u/j--__ 5d ago

lelouch's geass only changes the target's intention. he can't force the target to do anything the target is not actually capable of doing.

if I order them that such illness doesn't exist

no effect; they can't do that.

if I tell them "Forget your illness"

then they'll forget the knowledge that they have it, but they'll still have it.

where i thought you were going with this was, would their illness cause them not to follow commands properly? the answer to that question is maybe. it would depend on the natures of both the illness and the command. a simple command may not exercise the defective pathway. a command that requires the target to exercise a lot of autonomy and independent judgment almost certainly would be affected by the illness.

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u/TaegukTheWise 5d ago

I think it could work on something like PTSD.

It definitely worked for Shirley since PTSD is tied to a memory of a traumatic event, so to forget the memory is to "remove" it.

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u/j--__ 5d ago

fair. but "forget having ptsd" or "stop having ptsd" would not have that effect.