Thread:Omfgbbqchicken/@comment-27247962-20160517142223/@comment-27247962-20160520155218

What he gained by discarding his father's and mother's wishes and the topic of discussion at hand between Lelouch, C.C & Suzaku. That's a plothole. They left that blank to make 'Schneizel becoming the villain' seem like the only option that was left for Lelouch to take care off.

But it's because he took the throne, that Schneizel was forced to act and by that strengthened his bond with the Black Knights.

If they decided to team up anyway, he could've send Suzaku to the Brittains with a made-up message, the Emperor supposedly gave to Suzaku:"To create a gentle world, like euphimia and Nunally wished for" (which would be a believable cause to follow in Suzaku's case. He'd tell them that Lelouch opposed his father's ideas and wanted to rule the world in his stead, making the emperor out to be the good guy. Proceeding by telling them that he captured Lelouch. Then reaching out to Schneizel and co to tell him his father appointed Nunally to be the suited person to lead humanity to this peaceful world. This should automatically wipe every truce and alliance with the black knights of the table for Schneizel and would also prevent Nunally from clinging to his side, like she did when shooting the freija.

Schneizel will try to confirm if this is true with his current 'captured' brother, Lelouch, because he can't put trust in only the words of Suzaku + his pride won't take this as a truth. Lelouch proceeds by using his Geass on Schneizel, incapacitating him. Rest should be obvious. Schneizel out of the way, makes that it so that the ball is in Lelouch's camp to shape the world. He didn't have to die for this. He can make peace with the Black Knights who were betrayed once again and finds a common solution. Nunally will become the symbol from this point on, which should ease the distrust against Lelouch and Suzaku. But the truth about what happened has to be told. No more using the Geass. Same end result. A peace where all parties work together to build up the world again.

Because his magnificent sacrifice by killing himself which made people shake hands again and work together towards a future is also one that won't last forever. With the above route, he can still adjust things when peace is starting to crumble again.