Line #43 Fanfic/WhiteKnightingForFunAndProfit


1	''[[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/white-knighting-for-fun-and-profit-code-geass-suzaku-si.11561/ White Knighting for Fun and Profit]]'' is an ongoing ''Anime/CodeGeass'' self-insert fanfic written by Tropers/EvaUnit01 in part as a [[DuellingWorks commentary of and]] TakeThat against Fanfic/CodesAndGeassEmbracingYourInnerMegalomania.
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3	The story is mainly hosted on Questionable Questing, but also on Fanfiction.net and on Spacebattles. The principle concept is a PerspectiveFlip with Suzaku as the main protagonist and Lelouch as TheRival, while a self-insert [[HiveMind stuck in Suzaku's mind]] all but forces the former to at least attempt being a more proactive character than is usually the case. Functioning as a team, the pair of minds together have collectively been designated "Onezaku" by the author, though the story's narration when told from outside perspectives frequently uses Suzaku's name regardless of which personality is active.
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5	The story is also on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/white-knighting-for-fun-and-profit-code-geass-suzaku-si.1010379/ spacebattles]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13517127/1/White-Knighting-For-Fun-and-Profit FFN]].
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7	!!Examples of tropes in ''White Knighting'' include but are not limited to...
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9	* ActorAllusion: “[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 And if I become a demon, so be it. I’ll endure the exile…!]] [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Anything… to protect them all.”]]"
10	* AlternateUniverse: one containing elements of and nods to not only the original Anime/CodeGeass series, but also to to the AU movie trilogy and sequel, as well as the AU spinoff manga ''Nightmare of Nunnally'' and ''Suzaku of the Counterattack''.
11	* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[TheChessmaster Schneizel el Britannia]]. Cornelia clearly resents him for delaying her travel to Japan, and on realizing how he's used her just prior to the story's beginning, Euphemia bitterly wonders if he's no better than their father Charles. However, the brief peeks into Schneizel's perspective suggest that he may have nobler intentions than she realizes.
12	* AmbiguousSituation: the true identity of [[spoiler: Zero]]. Is it [[spoiler: Sayoko, under Geass to think she's Lelouch?]] Or is it [[spoiler: Lelouch himself with The Zero?]] More recent chapters have suggested the former as more likely than the latter, but enough questions remain unanswered that the mystery is equally unresolved.
13	* AscendedExtra: while Suzaku becoming the main protagonist is an example of the trope in itself, an even better example is Princess Euphemia; after her introduction, she's effectively promoted to co-protagonist for a few chapters before the focus starts sliding back off of her; however, [[BigGood even when not actively onscreen, her presence continues to affect the political landscape in Area Eleven.]] At least one user has commented that Euphemia and Suzaku have had more interaction in the first few chapters after her appearance in this story than they did in the entire anime.
14	** Cecile Croomy is another example, having been given some [[TheAtoner new backstory]] in a recent chapter and being treated more as a more actively significant character here than in most other media.
15	* TheAtoner: While Suzaku's [[SelfMadeOrphan massive guilt]] would qualify him in itself... a more unique example to the fic itself is with Cecile, who's trying to help Suzaku work through his massive self-hate and [[DeathSeeker self-destructive impulses]] after having [[WideEyedIdealist failed to do so]] for an old fiancee who died during Britannia's invasion of Japan eight years earlier.
16	-->'''Cecile:''' "He... he confided in me just before shipping out that he’d been depressed for a long time, and that he didn’t even know why he was living anymore. I had a chance to try and support him, to help him through it – and [[WideEyedIdealist in my naivete, I didn’t understand how to use it]]. [[MyGreatestFailure I let it slip by]]."
17	* BashBrothers: some readers have commented that the relationship between Suzaku and the self-insert feels like they're brothers, in light of their [[TrueCompanions unconditional support for each other]] being juxtaposed with [[VitriolicBestBuds periods of intense mutual aggravation]].
18	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Kewell Soresi, during his attempts to [[spoiler: assassinate Euphemia]].
19	* BrokenAce: Suzaku is an InstantExpert of an AcePilot with clear [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower superhuman athleticism]] and a ChickMagnet... with a DarkAndTroubledPast that's led him to struggle with suicidal thoughts for years, and over the course of the story thus far is apparently beginning to struggle with ongoing SanitySlippage.
20	** Interestingly, ''Cornelia'' appears to be one as well in this story, hailed by her country as [[RedBaron the Goddess of Victory]]... but struggling with some sort of panic attack just from the mere ''thought'' of potentially losing Euphemia after what happened to the vi Britannias. In her interactions with Euphemia, Cornelia's shown to have [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sister]] tendencies because of it.
21	* CanonForeigner[=/=]ExpyCoexistence: Mariel "Elle" Lubie has only ever appeared in the ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'' spinoff manga, where she functioned in many ways as a CompositeCharacter of Euphemia (as the LoveInterest to Suzaku), Cecile (as Lloyd's assistant), and Shirley (as [[spoiler: a sympathetic Britannian teenager whose father is killed by the Black Knights without Lelouch intending it]]). In this story, she appears in the same universe ''as'' all three of the others, which is one of the first major flags to [[GenreSavvy One]] that he's in an alternate universe of some kind and that his metaknowledge will be of only questionable reliability. Her father, Leonard, also makes an appearance later and is revealed to be Lloyd's mentor.
22	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Suzaku in this story is shown capable of fighting [[RealRobot Knightmare Frames]] ''barehanded'' in a sufficiently enclosed space, though the author later clarified that his SuperStrength and agility only make this viable for [[{{Mook}} machines that are years out-of-date]], and it's shown immediately after that [[AcePilot commandeering a KMF for his own use]] is infinitely more efficient. For Suzaku, at least, [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam going Master Asia]] is at best AwesomeButImpractical.
23	* ChessMotifs: as is typical of Code Geass, and most commonly exemplified here with Schneizel due to Lelouch being comparatively OutOfFocus. Cornelia in particular calls him out for treating Euphemia as an UnwittingPawn, to which Schneizel [[spoiler:happily admits it, not bothering to explain to a livid Cornelia that he sees in Euphemia the potential to promote from a Pawn to a Queen.]]
24	* ChickMagnet: Onezaku, who has/have gotten the positive attention and attraction of no less than three women and counting within a day or two of meeting them.
25	* CrashIntoHello: Euphemia is introduced by literally running into Suzaku on the street as he steps out of a club, on the run from Purist forces attempting to coup d'etat.
26	* DealWithTheDevil: while this a common trope in Anime/CodeGeass in relation to C.C. bestowing Geass upon Lelouch, Euphemia relying on [[TheChessmaster Schneizel]] to solidify and reinforce her political influence is also treated in this way. In her narration, Euphemia even compares the unspecified debt she owes Schneizel to [[MythologyGag the Sword of Damocles hanging over her head]].
27	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: both Cecile ''and'' Elle have aspects of those trope, promising and attempting to help Suzaku psychologically recover from his traumatic youth.
28	* GenreBusting: while the MilitaryScienceFiction is obvious given the source material, the story also maintains recurring elements of character study, psychological drama, and romantic comedy among others. As one of the thread tags on Questionable Questing puts it, "more than just a power harem fantasy".
29	* GreenEyedMonster: on meeting Kallen[[spoiler:'s Refrain-addicted mother]] in "Line in the Sand", Onezaku go through a massive and unexpected bout of jealousy over her [[spoiler: having a parent who loves her child enough to [[TraumaCongaLine put up with perpetual abuse from all sides just to be around them]], even if it's pushing her towards Refrain use and a DespairEventHorizon.]]
30	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Milly Ashford, when she's not being the distaff version of a HandsomeLech, is a contender for the most unambiguously benevelent, warm, and compassionate character in the story, as well as some of the highest emotional intelligence, awareness of others, and personal integrity. Even when she's involved in darker or serious scenes, the narration isn't afraid of using [[LightIsGood adjectives that compare her to light or the sun]] to bring the point home.
31	* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: in a recent chapter, Kallen suspects that Suzaku was involved in capturing her brother Naoto, and only a lack of evidence is stopping her from going on the warpath.]] As this was ''sort of'' confirmed months prior [[AllThereInTheManual in an informational post on the QQ thread]], it's also a case of DramaticIrony on multiple fronts, as [[spoiler: Naoto ''was'' captured but subsequently escaped, and what happened to him after that remains a mystery.]]
32	* KnightInSourArmor: One's [[JadeColoredGlasses frequent pessimism and habit of complaining]], Suzaku's more prominently-focused on DarkAndTroubledPast, and their shared [[BrokenAce self-destructive tendencies]] create this overall effect. Euphemia, however, sees them as a KnightInShiningArmor.
33	* MaleGaze: the self-insert ''frequently'' lapses into this, ''especially'' where Euphemia or Cecile are concerned. [[spoiler: C.C. catches onto this habit within seconds of speaking with him, and immediately exploits it partly to test how easily she can get in his head, and partly [[{{Troll}} just to fuck with him]].]]
34	* MightMakesRight: [[TheSocialDarwinist Charles zi Britannia's]] holy empire in a nutshell.
35	* MsFanservice: of the female cast introduced so far, Princess Euphemia is the most common target of the MaleGaze, with Cecile being a close second.
36	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Suzaku, in noted contrast to One's serial MaleGaze.
37	* OccidentalOtaku: while the author passing this trait onto his SI may not be much of a surprise, the ''in-universe'' character Elle Lubie being a massive ''Franchise/KamenRider'' fangirl to the point of name-dropping [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Yumiko Ozawa]] as her childhood role model and inspiration for becoming an engineer helps her to stand out in the cast.
38	* OCStandIn: the Luciano Bradley's [[AmazonBrigade Valkyrie Squadron]], of whom canonically only two were introduced in the anime and supplemental materials, are in this story filled out with a trio of Cosmic Era ''Gundam'' expies -- specifically of Cagalli and Lacus from the first series, and of Lunamaria from the second series.
39	* OffTheRails: by the time the readers are given the first taste of Lelouch assuming Zero's identity, the plot of this story has already diverged significantly from most versions of canon. In particular, Euphemia has already become ''[[BigGood Viceroy]]'', Suzaku doesn't have a ZeroApprovalRating among the Britannian population, the Pureblood faction are being actively dismantled, Cornelia has apparently been ''banned'' from coming to Area Eleven to take over, and apparently there's already [[SpannerInTheWorks another, unknown individual or group]] interfering with Britannia behind the scenes.
40	* PhraseCatcher: Suzaku's habitally reckless behavior has earned him such status; "Do you have a death wish?!" [[DeathSeeker Given that he actually does have one]], he usually [[GallowsHumor struggles not to laugh]] when people [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder ask him that]]. Hell, the rebel forces in Shinjuku that later become the Black Knights nicknamed him [[RedBaron Death Wish]] ''[[EstablishingCharacterMoment in his first battle]]''.
41	* RescueRomance: the relationship between Onezaku and Euphemia is initiated with a CrashIntoHello, builds with a running high-speed battle through Shibuya against rogue Britannian forces attempting a coup d'etat, and cements itself with the former encouraging the latter to take control of the authority that is her birthright and flex it for the good of others.
42	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: see PhraseCatcher.
43	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: while this is par for the course in ''Code Geass'' with the likes of Lelouch and Cornelia, the author appears to be giving Euphemia the AdaptationalBadass treatment. The very ''day'' of her introduction to the story sees her take Viceroyship of Area Eleven and pretty much immediately destroys the political legitimacy of the Pureblood faction in its government. While she doesn't yet appear to have come up with a version of the SAZ plan like in canon, she ''is'' apparently working on reform policies to abate and gradually end the deliberate systemic inequalities in Area Eleven between the Britannians and the native Japanese.
44	* ShoutOut: the author is a huge fan of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' as shown with multiple references to meme theory as presented in ''Sons of Liberty'' and ''Metal Gear Rising'', with one [[WhamEpisode pivotal chapter]] even titled "[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Stains of Time]]".
45	** ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' is another recurring reference; during the massacre at Shinjuku, One mocks Suzaku's idealistic attempts to convince the resistance fighters to lay down their weapons by comparing him unfavorably to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]]. More recently, they appear to have named the elite task force Euphemia created for them "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Celestial Being]]"; see also the entry for OCStandIn.
46	** Several readers were shocked to see ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' of all things get a nod, with Onezaku invoking [[BadassCreed The Old Code]] while [[spoiler:putting Luciano Bradley out of the world's misery]].
47	* SummonBiggerFish: as of the chapter "Holy Orders", Suzaku appears to have ''permanently'' forced the plot's story OffTheRails by acheiving successful contact with [[spoiler: Monica Kruchevsky]].
48	* SuperPrototype: the Z-01 Lancelot, said to be the first Seventh-Generation Knightmare Frame in the world, [[OneManArmy almost entirely wipes out the entirety of Lelouch's rebel forces in Shinjuku]] with Suzaku in its cockpit. This would normally be the whole story, but there are implications that its creator, [[MadScientist Lloyd Asplund]], has something ''else'' going on under the hood -- technology that Lloyd's mentor, Leonard Lubie, is seemingly ''horrified'' to realize is still under development...
49	* WhamEpisode: "Stains of Time" involves a flashback to Suzaku's DarkAndTroubledPast, Lelouch and Suzaku failing to come to terms with each other, and Suzaku [[spoiler: manifesting a Geass that appears to show him TheMultiverse that nearly drives him insane from the overwhelming information input until he [[PercussiveMaintenance beats his head against a brick wall enough to make it stop]]]].
50	** "Line in the Sand" is another, with Euphemia [[spoiler: announcing a set of policy initiatives that seem to pre-emptively kneecap Lelouch's canonical "hero of justice" rhetoric PR tactics by proactively tackling the corruption that Clovis allowed to fester in the Area, the first shown example of which is by officially reclassing Refrain as a chemical weapon and changing prosecutional priority to its dealers and makers instead of the Elevens who get driven into using it]].

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