First of all: You will never see me admitting Shinji from NGE would be the realistic case. And I wouldn't even pretend to be impartial. If Shinji was the most realistic case, mankind would have been doomed for a long time...

However, right now I don't even need to be unfair. Shinji was several years younger than Lelouch, wasn't he? Lelouch should be, I reckon and unless I'm mistaken, close to being an adult already. And as it seems he has harbored a deep grudge for a long time and has likely seen his share of pressure and bad things, not to mention he has seen the circles of politics first hand, so it's likely he actually is, in certain ways, more mature than many with more years but with less developed minds would be.

If you draw forth an extreme example like Shinji, it's just as reasonable to say Lelouch is in fact the opposite example, and quite capable to do what Shinji never would have been. With humans, one thing is sure: Everybody's different and ready to do quite different things to reach their goals right from the beginning, not to mention at such a relatively late age.

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I'm not trying to start anything, I'll remove it if anyone objects...but,

something I found interesting... something about this scene was bugging me for a while, I think I figured out what it is...
Yeah, I indeed noticed that as well. An interesting detail. Hard to say if it's purposeful or not. However, as long as it's not actually planes crashing into high buildings, I won't really pay any attention. I personally think it would be hypocrisy to make all the twin towers around the world somehow untouchable. And hypocrisy is not a way of paying respect to any victims.