Code Geass

And now for something completely different.

I have Britannia annexing the Phillipines from Japan back in the war that happened in 40s.

You know, reading up on Assimilation and how that relates to how Britannia treats their conquered territories got me thinking: If how Britannia treats the Areas is like how France treated their colonies, then what would Britannia have against Yamato Nadeshiko for Area 11/Japan?

edited 22nd Mar '14 10:39:10 PM by HallowHawk

I dunno, Britannia doesn't seem to have as codified gender roles as Japan does. There are about as many female soldiers as there are male ones.

But if they're okay with women in the military, surely they don't need to ilegalize women being Yamato Nadeshikios?

Also, how old's Kallen, I mean, if she's the same age as Lelouch, wouldn't she be born prior to Japan being conqured by Brittania?

When does it say they were illegal?

But that's my point, if being an Honorary Britannian means people of conquered territories swearing allegianceto Britannia, then what why would it be bad if a female Japanese Honorary Britannian applying the concept of Yamato Nadeshiko be bad?

Only if there were commensurate Britannian values. Britannia seeks to break down Japanese cultural identity.

I don't believe it ever got brought up. In fact, I don't even get why you're asking. Context, please?

edited 23rd Mar '14 2:25:24 AM by Iaculus

Scherzo here thinks how Britannia treats their conquered territories like how France did it with their Assimilation idea, and if it were the case, what would they have against the concept of Yamato Nadeshiko.

I don't recall France ever saying anything about the Yamato Nadeshiko ideal or similar phenomena in its foreign policy. Is there something I'm missing?

I was noting out that if Britannia's treatment of their conquered territories is how the French applied Assimilation, then in-universe, what would Britannia have against the concept of Yamato Nadeshiko? I mean, if they allow women in the military, let the women act like Yamato Nadeshikos.

edited 23rd Mar '14 10:03:47 AM by HallowHawk

I get that, but you're failing to explain why the two are connected. What does French assimilation have to do with the Yamato Nadeshiko concept and why?

Beyond "Is this fostering rebellion?" I don't think they'd really care about it.

My point is, if the Britannians are doing French-style Assimilation, they shouldn't get rid of the Yamato Nadeshiko concept, as what says.

Right, but why did that concept get brought up in the first place? What's its relevance?

Because if how Britannia treats their conquered territories like the French did, then why should they get rid of the Yamato Nadeshiko concept, though as Parable says at , no need to.

edited 23rd Mar '14 11:43:47 AM by HallowHawk

You guys are really arrow happy. What Iaculus wants to know is why are you picking the Yamato Nadeshiko concept as a study in what would or would not be tolerated in a hypothetical Britannian assimilation policy?

It's like if just right now I asked "Why would the Britannians want to get rid of the lumberjacks after they conquered Canada?"

edited 23rd Mar '14 12:03:07 PM by Parable

Yeah I had the same question as these guys; it just seems totally random especially since it's not like some Japanese tradition or ritual, its just an archetype of what a Japanese 'lady' should be like.

But isn't training a woman to be a Yamato Nadeshiko a ritual?

Onto a different subject, how can you use a KMF's legs for attacking, as seen with the Lancelot?

Plot, that's how. The cockpit controls seem a tad too simplistic to allow for such fine control of the KMF that it mimics human combat motion.

Any additional info on the time line of the Emblem of of Blood incident? It apparently started or was in already in full swing during Charles and VV's childhood over 50+ years before the series and I presume it ended when Charles became Emperor. Apparently Marianne (and in some sources, along with Bismarck) helped with that.

Taking into account that there is 25 year age gap between Charles and Marianne, and a 20 year age difference between her and Lelouch, she was around 20 years old when she married Charles. Before that she was in the army and was a Knight of the Rounds for some time prior. Which means Charles became Emperor rather soon before Lelouch was born, meaning

1) Charles' reign was roughly 17-18, 19 at most, years 2) most of Lelouch elder siblings pre-date Charles' reign 3) the Emblem continued for about 32 years before its end

I may have gone off on a tangent. My headcanons are mixed with canon and fanon and got disjointed with time.

That's likely more thought than the series creators put in honestly.

So now that my R2 DVD collection arrived, I was rewatching episode 3 and realized something: Suzaku asks the EU Knightmares to throw down their weapons to not be harmed...but their arms are their guns. So either Suzaku didn't actually mean what he said or he's an idiot.

That is hilarious.

I could point out that knightmare arms do come off but that only makes it slightly less stupid.

I swear in the version I saw it was something closer to "Stand down and surrender." Varying ways to translate the same statement, I suppose.

I guess immediately ejecting from their frames would count?