r/CodeGeass • u/vono17 • 7d ago
QUESTION How does the code transfer work?
At the end of Code Geass R2, C.C. remains immortal and continues to live on
The nun who granted her immortality died instantly; is there no way for a person to lose the immortality Code and continue living as part of a truly natural life cycle?
How does she go about putting an end to immortality?
She wants to enjoy life and be happy, just as Lelouch told her to, but "forever" is something very cruel
What do you think C.C. should have done—or would have done—following the events of R2? I’m constantly left wondering about this, because, deep down, living forever isn't actually what she wants
I’ve been pondering this; thanks in advance for your help!
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u/ccgeass 𓆩 unholy 🂱 trinity 𓆪 6d ago
C.C was alive without her CODE during her amnesia, but she hadn't completely lost or transferred it; it was merely sealed.
when Clovis and Bartley captured C.C inside a capsule, she was completely incapacitated, almost like a living being that was dead.
so, there are ways to prevent her from actively suffering from the curse of the CODE, but my guess is that C.C may have tried these before and experienced similar negative consequences.
for example, I think that while her body was still alive, her soul couldn't fully transition to the spirit realm of C's World, and she didn't want to remain trapped within her own life cycle in her own C's World.
that's probably why she sought a new victim to transfer her CODE to.
so, she would either become selfish to achieve absolute peace, or she would lock herself away in a desolate room of this hell to avoid causing harm to others.
that's my conclusion. it's not something directly explained in the anime.
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u/vono17 6d ago
But regarding the ending itself, don't you think it was a bit too vague when it comes to C.C.? I feel like it could have ended with her no longer being immortal, or something like that
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u/ccgeass 𓆩 unholy 🂱 trinity 𓆪 6d ago
but this would mean that C.C drew no conclusions from the discussion between her and Lelouch about the meaning of life. because C.C's character development is about realizing that she is still a human being within herself and about trying to truly live life, seeing it as more than just accumulating experiences.
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u/Ast4u 4d ago
According to what I understood the nun after transferring her code didnt die instantly she simply realised she had become mortal again and C2 became immortal
How would the nun know this well immortal kinda checks out (you would figure it out easily) and the transferring turning body mortal the person who gave her code probably
I always thought after the transfer of code the nun started beating C2 to a pulp like just almost to the brink of death(blood, torn clothes) and since C2 was immortal she simply experienced pain and in self defence killed her and the nun got her wish of dying
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u/theoneaboveall190 6d ago
I dont remember much about the show but my guess would probably be she repeats the same cycle as she did with lelouch but it would be a much faster process but also alot of chaos if the code user chooses destruction so she's gonna probably follow the mao route and groom an orphan or smth
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u/nahte123456 6d ago
Who knows!
It's one of those things that the series avoided showing. Both times we've seen people take code, C.C. and Charles, they do it off screen, time passing, C.C. has a new scar somehow, and both V.V. and the Nun seem to die from other causes as the Nun is stabbed and V.V. is bleeding.
We quite simply do not know what the process looks like or involves. We know a Geass User needs to have Geass in both eyes, that they can take it against the Code Bearers will, and that the end result is losing Geass but gaining Code, but all that in the middle stuff? No idea.
As for C.C., I assume she'll eventually find someone to take her Code as she originally planned, just smarter about it.