Thread:KNN005/@comment-25266931-20170304160915/@comment-27082610-20170310031954

That would be so fucking dumb. That twist worked for Code Geass because we saw Lelouch as a hero before he became a tyrant. The fact that it looked like he'd gone fully over to the dark side, essentially becoming a second Mao, was an incredible, but logical development of his character. The fact that he planned his own death alongside Suzaku, however, proved that his original motivation of making the world a better place had never ended.

Salem on the other hand is just the Big Bad. It would be like if Charles zi Brittania was the one who made the sacrifice instead of Lelouch.