I'm a big, big fan of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. I watched the whole series in Japanese with the subtitles, watched it again in English, etc. The show is great. Its got realistic characters, a good plot, but it's really, really lacking in the Alternate History department that actually serves as a crucical part of the story.
Take the timeline that's been revealed so far from the series and related materials, like the light novels, manga, whathaveyou for example. Its a big, big AH headache, to say the least. The change in calendars, for example, is horribly off.
After a certain point, they seem to integrate them with dates from OTL, which doesn't make sense, considering that the a.t.b. (Ascension Throne Britannia) calendar starts 55 years before the AD calendar. For example, they assume that because the American Revolution happened in the 1770s AD, it would also assume in the 1770s a.t.b., complete with toddler versions of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams. Ugh. Its a mess.
So, in light of all of this horribly confusing, ASB timeline, I present the members of AH.com with this simple challenge--somehow, make it at least realistic. In that realistic shift, however, we do want to maintain some semblence of the original timeline--namely, the nations and the technologies (minus the Knightmare frames...those we could probably see sacrificed) that exist in the story should exist in a more realistic time line to the extent that its plausible for them to. ASB elements, such as the immortal C.C., the 'gods', the Geass cult, whathaveyou, should be left out entirely, unless there's some way to explain them scientifically (which I doubt).
Take the timeline that's been revealed so far from the series and related materials, like the light novels, manga, whathaveyou for example. Its a big, big AH headache, to say the least. The change in calendars, for example, is horribly off.
After a certain point, they seem to integrate them with dates from OTL, which doesn't make sense, considering that the a.t.b. (Ascension Throne Britannia) calendar starts 55 years before the AD calendar. For example, they assume that because the American Revolution happened in the 1770s AD, it would also assume in the 1770s a.t.b., complete with toddler versions of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams. Ugh. Its a mess.
So, in light of all of this horribly confusing, ASB timeline, I present the members of AH.com with this simple challenge--somehow, make it at least realistic. In that realistic shift, however, we do want to maintain some semblence of the original timeline--namely, the nations and the technologies (minus the Knightmare frames...those we could probably see sacrificed) that exist in the story should exist in a more realistic time line to the extent that its plausible for them to. ASB elements, such as the immortal C.C., the 'gods', the Geass cult, whathaveyou, should be left out entirely, unless there's some way to explain them scientifically (which I doubt).