Pre-series timeline question

[otakukeith.livejournal.com]

I'm starting an AU fanfic in which Lelouch dies before the start of the series, and I'm trying to figure out the sequence of events with respect to Lelouch, Suzaku and Nunnally between the beginning of the Britannian invasion and their parting.

It seems from some of the dialogue that Suzaku killed his father before parting with the other two, because he says something like "I wanted to tell Lelouch..." over an image of the two sitting together before they parted. What isn't clear is how this fits with the timeline: did they make it to a Japanese military base where Suzaku killed Genbu, then they went their separate ways? If anyone knows of supplementary information, e.g. from the tie-in novels, that can shed any light on this, it'd be much appreciated.

(For the curious, the fanfic will be titled Code Geass: Nunnally of the Liberation and feature Nunnally getting a Geass after living with the Sumeragi family for 7 years, Nunnally/Suzaku, and Nina falling for a different person after the hoteljacking.)

Comments

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the fact that in the novels, Suzaku meets the vi Britannias before they actually get to the Kururugi Shrine. I don't know if it was actually September when they first met, but it was certainly before April.

But I'm not sure what you mean by "there is no summer there whatsoever". In the novel, Genbu died in April, but the invasion was still on August 10. The next four months were of the kids trying to live as normally as possible and Suzaku changing. The novel uses Lelouch and Nunnally's dialogue to make it clear that Suzaku is now "different". There's still a blissful summer; the difference is whether or not Suzaku's traumatized throughout the entire time, lol.

But in general, I agree with your timeline.

Btw, OP: The Stage 0 novel takes a few liberties with the timeline, but it's the biggest offender by far out of all the novels. Pretty much every other novel fits seamlessly with the canon. (Or at least, I haven't noticed any major discrepancies.) IMO, it's a good reference if you want to read a take on Code Geass characters not named "Lelouch", though I don't think Nunnally has had that much coverage in the novels yet.