Code Geass Fanfiction Drinking Game

[otakukeith.livejournal.com]

Inspired by other fanfic drinking games, like this Evangelion one.

Standard Drinking Game Disclaimer: Don't do this with real alcohol, blah blah.

Plot

*If the fic begins...
...during or before R1, take a drink.
...between the end of R1 and the end of R2, drink twice.
...after the end of R2, drink three times.

*If a canon event happens despite its original cause not happening (e.g. Suzaku being accused of a different crime and being rescued in the same way), take a drink.

*If the canon death of a character doesn't happen on schedule, drink...
...once if it's Lelouch, Shirley or Euphemia.
...twice if it's someone else.

*If the plot hinges around fixing one or more (actual or perceived) mistakes a character made in canon, take a drink.
-If the plot involves actual time travel or some other method of explicitly giving the characters the benefit of hindsight, drink again.

Characters

*If Lelouch is or becomes much more physically able than in canon, take a drink.
-If there is a clear plot reason for this (he joins the army, etc.) beyond the author wanting to erase one of his more obvious flaws, down the glass.

*If Nina is shown doing something other than working on sciency stuff at her computer, being racist, and/or mooning over Euphemia, take a drink.

*If Nunnally is shown doing something other than worrying about Lelouch, being cute, and/or being in danger, take a drink.
-If she opens her eyes, down a glass.

*If Jeremiah switches sides and becomes Lelouch's loyal sidekick well before he did in canon, take a drink of something orange-flavoured.
-If Jeremiah consumes orange-based foodstuffs, or some connection to oranges is retconned into his backstory (despite the fact that Lelouch's Orange comment was entirely random and off-the-cuff), down your glass.

*If an original character appears in a prominent role, take a drink (warning - do NOT do this section with real alcohol if you are reading Code Geass: Age of the Chaotic Truth).
-If they are...
...Britannian, take a drink.
...Japanese, take two drinks.
...any other nationality, drink three times.
-If they are related to one or more canon characters, take a drink...
...and they're not Britannian royalty, drink again.
-If they have/acquire a Geass (or Code), take a drink...
...and if their Geass can affect physical objects and/or is clearly a more powerful/less limited version of a canon one, down your glass.
-If they have/acquire a custom Knightmare frame or other cool vehicle, take a drink...
...and if it is more powerful than every other machine of its kind in the world, drink again.
...and if they built/designed it themselves, cave and/or box of scraps optional, take another drink. Then take a third drink and replace your heart with an advanced piece of technology.
-If they are paired with a canon character, take a drink.

Descriptions/Technology

*If the author takes more than 100 words to describe a weapon or Knightmare, take a drink (warning: do NOT do this one with real alcohol if you are reading Code Geass: The Demon and the Dragon).

*If the author spends more than 100 words describing something exactly as it appeared in the anime, take a drink.

*If a technology that didn't exist in canon Code Geass (e.g. powered armour) appears, take a drink.

Pairings

*If the author promises a pairing in the summary but never gets round to including it in any meaningful way, take a drink...
...and if said pairing is Lelouch/harem, share a drink with several friends.
...and if the author alludes to the pairing in-text as if it was happening, but hasn't actually developed it earlier, down your glass.

*If Lelouch is paired with...
...Suzaku or Kallen, take a drink.
...Shirley or C.C., drink twice.
...Euphemia or Nunnally, drink three times.
...anyone else, down your glass.
...no-one, chug a bottle (yes, this includes fics where he isn't around).

*If Suzaku is paired with...
...Euphemia or Lelouch, take a drink.
...Nunnally, Gino or Kallen, take two drinks.
...anyone else, drink three times.

*If Nina is paired with Euphemia, and they actually get together, take a drink and pleasure yourself with a table in celebration. (Also, please tell me where I can find this elusive fic.)

*If Milly is paired with...
...Lelouch, take a drink.
...Rivalz, open a bottle of 'borrowed' champagne.
...anyone female, drink twice.

*If Kallen is paired with...
...Lelouch, take a drink.
...Gino, drink twice.
...anyone else, down a glass.

*If Jeremiah is paired with...
...Sayoko, take a drink brought to you by your loyal maid.
...anyone else, down a bottle of something orange-flavoured.

Miscellaneous

*If the author sounds off in their notes about how much they hate a character, take a drink...
...and if it's not Suzaku or Nina, chug a bottle.
...and if those notes are in the middle of the story instead of at the beginning or end, drink again.

*If some of the author's creative decisions make no sense whatsoever, drink until they do.

*If the author starts adding original characters/Knightmares/Geass powers etc. created and sent in by reviewers, chug a bottle, because the fic is probably about to go downhill.

Add your own; I'm sure there are plenty of CG fanfic cliches I've missed.

Comments

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*laughs like mad* Oh, man, yes. I love the "Warning: do not do this with real alcohol if you're reading such-and-such fanfic" bits!

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

I have one:

*If you read this list and compared it to your own fanfiction, down the appropriate number of drinks, and then an extra bottle.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I like the way the Miscellaneous section is pretty much a list of signs that I use to mentally put the fic in the crap category. As are some of the earlier ones, too.

But I LOLd.

[katsura-shinju.livejournal.com]

...and if they built/designed it themselves, cave and/or box of scraps optional, take another drink. Then take a third drink and replace your heart with an advanced piece of technology.

I lol'd.

Can't believe you missed this one...

[snowdevil-crow.livejournal.com]

If Lelouch has to 'come out of retirement' and save the world in a post-R2 fic, take a drink.

If he refers to CC as Cecaniah, take another.

If he actually wasn't hanging out with CC and having fun on a farm somewhere in Australia, but was in fact trapped in a grave until someone came to wake him up, down the glass.

If he was something in between those two, have a drink.

If he was too busy having inappropriate relations with sheep and a dog named Lassie to pay attention to the world in need of him, down the bottle.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

Is it really sad that I tend to enjoy many of these? (Nothing from the misc section, description section, or anything involving changing Lelouch's physique, but otherwise)
Then again, some of them are definitely good things, like for example writing Nina or Nunnally outside of the little pre-defined box of "racist lesbian scientist" and "handicapped ineffective girl" respectively.

[schneizel.livejournal.com]

*If some of the author's creative decisions make no sense whatsoever, drink until they do.

I like this one. ^^

[impa.livejournal.com]

If the author starts adding original characters/Knightmares/Geass powers etc. created and sent in by reviewers

Wait... this actually happens? In CG fanfic?

Oh, and--

If C.C. loses her memory and falls in love with Lelouch as a result of that, take a drink.

If Schneizel is paired with Kanon or Lloyd, take a drink.

If the fic is Schneizel-centric and doesn't involve porn, take a drink.

If Schneizel is actually paired with a woman, down the glass and chug the rest of the bottle.

If Lelouch magically gains more than one Geass power, take a drink.
...And down the glass if he can take or negate other people's Geass powers.

If there's a Lelouch x [insert character here] pairing, and chess pieces are somehow involved to invoke romantic feelings, down the glass.

If there's any Lelouch-centric story that uses chess as a metaphor of any kind, take a drink.

I have so many more, but most of them are R18. (I guess not general enough?)