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AnimeLordLuis
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I don't want to get my hopes up but if this means that there's going to be a season 3 of Code Geass than I'm all for it.
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Tylerr
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they'd just ruin it with shitty cgi anyway.
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Mr_SP
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And if you recall, the Black Knights were all under the impression that he ran away to hide after R1. The public could believe anything from that, to escaped capture (Kaguya seemed to believe that one), to actually being a different person, but no one believed he was a different person once he stepped up and proved it. A notable difference is that the Black Knights themselves announced Zero's death. Without being aware of the betrayal, the only assumption the people can make is that this is a different person. That Suzaku will act in a completely different way will not help the masquerade.
It actually is relevant. After all, the old Zero was the one to try to execute them - they can't trust the new one blindly, if at all. The new Zero is someone who needs to be investigated. After all, he could be anything from Lelouch to another Geass user, considering he got through Lelouch's mind-controlled security without anyone noticing. If they find out who he is, and some already know, Suzaku is absolutely someone who needs to be marginalized or replaced - he's betrayed everyone he's ever worked for, and his work with Lelouch is enough to be executed for on it's own. (They can't kill him without Jeremiah, but they would try.) If they can't figure out who he is, he absolutely cannot be permitted access to sensitive information, control over any military force, and should not be called upon under any circumstances - Lelouch set a precedent in regards to trust.
Assuming, of course, that people ignore that the last two Britannian Emperors were evil tyrants, and never find out that Schneizel killed everyone in Pendragon, and that Nunnally helped, and never remember that Schneizel destroyed Tokyo... A lot of the ending seems to depend on civilians having no pattern recognition at all. No, the new Zero doesn't need to be the same kind, but no living named character has any reason to trust him, which limits his ability to affect anything. Cornelia and Xingke wouldn't, and Nunnally would clearly have issues. (She might... but that's going to be rough. She tried to kill her not-evil brother? Suzaku did kill him? How is she supposed to get over that?) Sure, he could do heroism... but what? Fire fighting? Terrorists that aren't supposed to exist post-Lelouch? Can we really believe Suzaku, of all people, would be able to give speeches? Zero would just fall into obsolescence - there are plenty of people who can do a better job at being a symbol of the peace than Suzaku, who are more trusted by the governments. |
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KH91
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Lawd Geass! Please let this correct the mistakes of the past.
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jroa
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Conditions have significantly changed. The new Zero has instantly earned a ton of public legitimacy and is the rightful successor to the role by demonstrating he can do something that nobody else could. Not to mention that the Black Knights have already been granted a free Japan. There is no sudden crisis in progress, which makes it very different from all of the circumstances that led up to the betrayal, and their leadership/membership has also changed since then. The alternative to "blind trust" isn't automatic paranoia and total skepticism, especially since it is a different person and not Lelouch. Intermediate degrees of trust exist. They could certainly discuss things with the new Zero and calm their fears without needing to carry out any McCarthy-style investigation of his background. I don't see that as an impossibility because, once again, the surrounding circumstances are far more peaceful and not the same as those of the previous worldwide conflict.
I don't want to go into talk about recent politics here, but I feel like you are overestimating the ability of the masses to properly recognize patterns. Let's just say that world history is full of examples where that hasn't been the case, to a greater or lesser degree, so I believe fiction has plenty of room to make assumptions in either direction. Furthermore, civilians are not truly autonomous when there are politicians involved. Justifications for mass slaughter can always be employed by the victors. Nothing will probably happen unless and/or until it's politically convenient for those who now control the world. Not everyone who committed, ordered or permitted atrocities paid a price for them at the end of World War II and especially not the Allies. Otherwise, both Stalin, Truman and probably Churchill should have been put on trial as war criminals. Schneizel was an ally of the Black Knights and the UFN during the most recent conflict. I imagine his actions would be publicly criticized in the eyes of history, but for the time being it's very unlikely to happen because his worst crimes are not known outside of a small circle that was willing to work with him before. Nunnally herself only participated in blowing up Lelouch's slave forces during the final battle, not the capital, and those were arguably legitimate military targets.
On the contrary, they all have mutual convenience and need to rebuild as well as strengthen the UFN as the most powerful reason to trust him. Cornelia called on the people to rise up against Lelouch, not against the new Zero, and Xingke (if he's even still around) is arguably smart enough to notice they're all getting something out of this new status quo. "Fire fighting" is a rather narrow interpretation of what a hero can do in this kind of story. If a war threatens to break out, for instance, he can appear in a new mecha and disarm folks. Actions speak louder than words and, you never know, the guy could learn to make decent speeches in due time. |
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Shaone
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They could easily pull this off. One thing that always bugged me about R2 was the battle between Charles and Lelouch. Lelouch absorbs/destroys Charles' Code and that allows Lelouch to defeat him. It always begged the question did/can Lelouch die if he has a Code? If Nunally can break a Geass after 10 years why can't Schneizel? They could jump 6-10 years into the future and restart all the commotion with Suzaku unmasked as Zero but then the REAL Zero shows up. Anything is possible. Another Code Geass would be better than another Aldnoah Zero IMO.
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