Character ages in Code Geass

[ianiceboy.livejournal.com]

Does any character's age (e.g. Lelouch, C.C., Euphemia, Tianzi) have a bearing on your enjoyment of Code Geass? Positive or negative?

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[minutemaid511.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think upon this every time I see them. I've tried to sift through and apply logic to it, but it just doesn't work. So I've come to the conclusive rule that Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed, and every other mecha anime has taught me:

The younger you are, the more superheroic you get to be.

So, yeah. Anya Alstreim, Knight of Six.

If you're still looking for logic somewhere, the only thing I can offer is that Gino and Anya are both from (or adopted into) noble families who were able to, through family recognition or a lot of money, get them in the ranks as it were.

I'll be honest though, Code Geass would lose at least twenty points for me if Anya wasn't, well, Anya. Piloting uniform notwithstanding.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

I'll be honest though, Code Geass would lose at least twenty points for me if Anya wasn't, well, Anya.

If I could change CG I wouldn't alter Anya at all except to make her three or four years older. Otherwise she's fine the way she is.

If you're still looking for logic somewhere, the only thing I can offer is that Gino and Anya are both from (or adopted into) noble families who were able to, through family recognition or a lot of money, get them in the ranks as it were.

Yeah, I think Gino mentioned that his family nobility and piloting ability were the two main factors in him becoming Knight of Three. I think what kind of surprises me is that Charles was somehow so impressed by them; I know exactly what he sees in Suzaku and what he sees in Bismarck and why he appointed them, but only those two. Oh, and maybe Nonette, because Cornelia takes her super-seriously.
Maybe Charles knew Anya was Marianne? That would explain it pretty easily. And he did make her Knight of Six, Marianne's old rank.

[lanacavelle.livejournal.com]

I think Charles did know Anya was Marianne, since I'm pretty sure that was a reason (or -the- reason) as to why Charles erased her memories.

As for Gino, I don't recall he, himself, saying that nobility had a hand in getting him his position but Luciano did accuse him of it. Gino only asked if Luciano was implying that you could get the rank by family name alone. Having the Weinberg name might have had a smidge of influence, but I think Gino's rank mostly came from his exceptional piloting skills.

'course, that still doesn't explain why they let him in a Knightmare in the first place - given that he joined the military when he was 16 - but it may at least explain his rank.