History Headscratchers / CodeGeass

* Hell...see this:
->WRITERS: "Takahiro-san... We need your help! The Knight of Four shows up in next week's episode, and she doesn't even have a character design yet!"
->TAKAHIRO-SAN: "The Knight of FOUR?! Wow... I better go all out, then. Leave it to me!"
->[One week later] TAKAHIRO-SAN [excited]: "So, do you think the viewers will appreciate all the hard work I spent on Dorothea's character design? The dark skin and dark hair really make her emerald eyes stand out, and her over-the-crown single-helical-side-braided hair design is an anime industry first!"
->WRITERS: "Uhh... She's dead."
->TAKAHIRO-SAN: "Oh. Um... Okay then. Well, I finally finished Monica's casual attire and swimsuit designs. Which episode are those going to be featured in?"
->WRITERS: "Uhh... About her..."
** See the point?

** To this troper it seemed that Nina had already installed FLEIJA on Lancelot without asking anybody's permission, and Lloyd was chastising her for doing it, not for wanting to do it. Presumably there still wasn't a fixed launching system for the missile, so she had to improvise by attaching it to a Knightmare, instead. And as for the Rounds, considering that they work directly for the Emperor, it would make sense that only the Emperor would have the right to chastise or punish them, the Britannian system being what it is. Any chance that Charles would be bothered by some mundane matter, like few million dead?

**** I'm begining to suspect that the writers put some sort of spell on the anime that deliberatly made Lelouch seem more appealing than any other of the many characters who commit attrocities. It seems like whenever one of Lelouch's evil opposers is bashed, it will be brought up that Lelouch himslef has commited unspeakable evil and the response will be "Yes he has, BUT...(insert claims that it was all for the greater good or any other reason that makes Lelocuh seem morally superior to everyone else.) Why fans can't just admit that Lelouch is a psychotic, corrupted, borderline evil ByronicHero and still love him for it will always be a mystery to me.

** R2 is a the topic of one of CG's biggest examples of a split fanbase. See, most people can readyily admit that Code Geass R2 had many problems, but the split comes from wether o not you were able to still enjoy R2. Many can't for it's shortcomings, others still love and enjoy it in spite of its shortcomings. I for example loved 2, plotholes and all. I wasn't bothered by the giant cast and in fact, the intoduction of so many new characters pleased me pesonally. Half the isses are actual technical and quiality flaws, and the other half are more a matter of personal taste, and it's the latter category that splits the base.

*** This one is actually sufficiently explained in the Manga (the original one, Vol. 7) After Jeremiah un-Geasses Shirley, she has a flashback sequence where, apparently, the Emperor goes to Ashford Academy to make a speech, then "[[NotMakinThisUpDisclaimer his eyes flashed]]." That's it. Kind of anticlimactic, but whatever.

** Considering that from the (incredibly) little information we have on the European military they seem to be autonomous enough that maybe the English navy is powerful enough to stop an invasion. Or maybe the writers didn't want to mention Europe any more than they absolutely had to.

* Ok Britannia is a globe spanning empire with an extreme imperialistic streak and a proven superiority over all factions that dont happen to have a major character, thats well established. So... Why the hell dont they ever get round to taking back thier own freaking homeland?!

* I do not deal because the people say that code geass is GrayAndGrayMorality, when really is BlackAndGrayMorality, In fact in the first 46 episodes the principal reason because he was considering Lelouch to be an AntiHero (type V) and not a VillainProtagonist, was because the antagonist was much worse.

* As Emperor what exactly did Lelouch do that would cause the Black Knights to think a KillSat that was going to nuke every major city from orbit was a better option? I could see them being upset and betrayed by him claiming the Britannian Throne but at least he didn't build a weapon of mass destruction that's only plausible purpose would be to force the world into fearful obediance.

* The Black Knights after chapter 19 of R2 ''Hey, let's totally dismiss the guy who has helped us to become a real threat for the britannian empire, who has given us hope.Oh, and let's join the Brittanian prince, our major enemy in the past, for no reason. '' To summarize:\\

** While I agree about the morality not being stark, the Britannian Empire had a habit of taking over nations through military actions and striping them of every drop of individuality, demoting its citizens to second class (or worse), cheerfully followed a guy who claimed that all morals were mere attempts by the weak to trick the strong into playing by their rules and thus could be completely ignored, ordered pogroms of entire districts to keep their dirty laundry from being aired, and nonchalantly followed said orders when given to them. Even Cornelia, who seemed more interested in protecting/avenging her family and finding a good fight than in any real political goals, was casually racist (classist?) against anyone that wasn't Brittanian, at least up until she found out about Geass. While some of them weren't quite that bad, and several of the other factions were quite nasty as well, Brittania as a whole was a cancerous blight upon their world.

*** Thank you above poster. I just watched the part where Lulu is conflicted about causing Shirley's father's death, and it irked me that he was conflicted at all. Even though Shirley's father never hit her, he joined the Brittanian miliatary, which has been proven evil, so that makes him an accomplice to evil at least.