The Knowledgeable Figure in Fiction

In certain fiction books there is a one person who knows things. Good example will be Gendalf in Lord of the Rings. He is older, wiser, has magical powers and knows everything about what the party have encountered. He uses these powers to guide Frodo and his party in their quest.

Those familiar with the lore, know that he is Maiar, member of the unique 'guardian' race that are few in number but possess significant powers and use them to guide the world. Sauron, Saruman, Radagast are also Maiar.

However, for casual readers he is simply a wise old man. There are figures similar to him in many other shows. Star Wars has Yoda and in late trilogy Obi Wan. Harry Potter has Dumbledore.

Together they perpetrate a stereotype that there are some wise old men who knows it all and guides the younger people in their quest. That ponders to the conservative worldview that older people know better. That view ultimately culminates in one God concept from Abrahamic religions, all powerful omniscient being who guides humanity towards some goal only he understands.

However, reality is that people are fallible. Your average old man is hardly a Gandalf or Yoda. More often they are not even Saruman or Darth Sidius, but rather senile old fools. Some are selfish and corrupt to take advantage of the trust people place in them for their selfish ends.

Thus, these stereotypes perpetrate blind trust in people who often do not have your best interests in mind.

In fiction people are so get used to them, that they instinctively look for someone like this to explain to them what is going on.  

That makes people misunderstand plot in stories that lack any such person. For example, Code Geass.

Less intelligent fans cling to any such explanations, even if they ignore the events in actual show.

Because CC narrated epilogue in movie version of the show (it is not present in TV version), people trust her as being a Gendalf like figure of this show. 

However, her backstory in C world clearly explain that she is nothing but. She is completely clueless about many things, even if she is wise about certain others. She does not have comprehensive understanding of geass, all she knows about it comes from her own experience with it, that is limited. She made her own mistakes due to lack of understanding how this thing works.

And it is not just CC. Code Geass subtly, but consistently tells a story where no character has a complete idea of what is going on. It much better reflect on reality where there are also no omniscient beings who have a plan for everyone's better future. Those who claim they do, likely have some ulterior motives.

In Code Geass there are not conventional 'good guys' who just save the world out of their good nature. People debate Lelouch, his opponents however mostly look like villains.

Lelouch, CC and Suzaku make their own decisions, see the effects and learn from them. Esch of them had to learn from their own experience. Code Geass is one of few shows that portray such process.

None of them had Gendalf to tell them how to get what they wanted to get. Even if they had one, like that nun for CC, they eventually get betrayed by such person and left to fix shit on their own.

I think we need more shows like Code Geass. People blindly trusting those who are older, create nothing but dumb ignorance and prevent innovation and advancement of humanity.