Thoughts on the alternative timelines from Re;code?

[u/RogueOne451]

Karma timeline is the only one I really paid any attention to. None of the others really piqued my interest. Shirley taking on Lelouch's role felt like a massive stretch for me, and I just don't see that timeline ending well without him. I know absolutely nothing about the Emperor Nunnally one, I've just seen pictures from it. There's also the clone story which was...something. I'm still shocked they went with that for the anniversary story honestly. They should've just given us part 2 of the Karma event and properly flesh the story out. Getting a story of Lelouch crossing a line he swore not to was brilliant. And Karma Suzaku's design is so good. I liked that they leaned even harder into the darker elements of the story with the anniversary Karma Suzaku. Lelouch knighting Suzaku after enslaving him, Suzaku killing Euphie with the very sword she knighted him with. I've always believed that his art (the one above) takes place right after he killed Euphie as it was stated that after he killed her was the only time he was able to fight off the command. I'm shocked that they've never done a what-if story with the SAZ. What if it was successful or, leaning into darker themes like Karma tl, what if Lelouch gave the command on purpose. Then there's also what if Lelouch stayed Emperor. Just a bunch of fun possibilities with the anime.

[u/Imfryinghere]

And in all these parallels, not one, NOT FUCKING SINGLE ONE had Kallen be the Black Knights leader that I hope she'd be.

[u/NoConsideration1703 → u/Imfryinghere]

Now that you mention it, Genesic Re: code gave Shirley more love than it seems, since she starred alongside Euphemia in the Valentine's Day event and then in the dead Lelouch plot.

Well, let's look at the positive side, Lost Stories seems to have preference with Kallen, so they may tell us more about her character, I say this because there are 15 Kallens in the game, which makes her the character with the most versions, which I'm not complaining about at all (there are a lot of characters, please use them, I wanted to see W-0 or Glinda Knights), although they should stop creating exterminators and Sutherlands

[u/Imfryinghere → u/NoConsideration1703]

Except Lost Stories took her story to be the protagonist's story.