Talk:Julius Kingsley/@comment-46344077-20200816143952/@comment-46344077-20200818172147

Watch Akito first to understand the context, then I'll give a breakdown.

With that said, ironically Suzaku would've been perfect for this series. He was already mentioned in R2 as having fought on the Belorussian (or Byelorussian) front alongside Luciano Bradly; we could've seen him recovering from his grief fueled rage while settling into his new position, dealing with the regret of how he acquired it along with the realization that he's helping repeat what happened to himself. Bringing idealism with his newfound power, only to have it be ground down under the pressures of battle, slowly but surely turning into the ruthless pragmatist of R2, who's decided that the ends justify the means to help Japan. Just like Zero. This would culminate with facing down the Wyvern squad, and despite his pleas for their surrender and his own misgivings, he is forced to eliminate the japanese exiles (their deaths optional however). Afterwards, he rationalizes it away and disregards the hypocrisy of what he's become.

But nope, he get maybe 10 minutes of screen time, lots of glaring, more lelouch pandering to make older fans happy, and one far too short battle scene of CGI Lancelot being majestically badass, before being unceremoniously captured and strung up.