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]

You just happened to ask about the one event that seems to be the MOST different between the novels and the series.

FYI, in the novels, Suzaku found out about Genbu's plan to kill the vi Britannias and sell Japan and more or less committed a pre-meditated murder (with a katana, lol) months before the invasion (April, FYI). The rest of the summer was them awaiting the inevitable Britannian invasion.

In the series, though, I think everyone got the idea that the summer was mostly unmarred by thoughts of patricide up until the invasion began and that Suzaku's killing Genbu was a split-second instinctive reaction some time after the invasion began.

I don't think PD/SE materials really shed light on the timeline, either, unfortunately. Anyways, I'd take caution in using the novel for guidance on this particular plot point (and on Genbu's characterization, in general).