History YMMV / CodePrimeR1Rebellion

* BetterThanCanon: Virtually all reviews for this story indicate that they prefer this story's version of [[spoiler:the SAZ Massacre]] over its canon counterpart, for various reasons: [[spoiler:better foreshadowing, sparing Euphie, and the massacre being planned instead of a DiabolusExMachina]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: The author includes a reference to Rai in the story, along with claiming he's a non-canon character from ''Lost Colors''. Thing is, Rai is indeed canon, albeit a CanonImmigrant thanks to ''Manga/CodeGeassOzTheReflection''.

* WhatAnIdiot: Euphemia choosing to announce the SAZ is this, as she makes it clear that not only will she use it to give Elevens equality and allow them to be called Japanese again, [[spoiler:she also publicly announces that she wants to use the SAZ to form an alliance between the Autobots, Black Knights, and Britannia against the Decepticons. Not only does this put her into direct conflict with the rest of her family, up to and including ''the Emperor himself'', she knows by now that Megatron would not hesitate to slaughter others in droves just to make a point. This proves to be horrifically true in the next chapter when the Decepticons kidnap Euphie, replace her with a Pretender based off of Makeshift, and use the Pretender to initiate the SAZ Massacre in order to paint Britannia in an even worse light than they already are.]]

** Suzaku has been somewhat better received, both because there are more characters around in this story who [[TakeThatScrappy call him out on how hypocritical he is]] and [[spoiler:because he makes a HeelFaceTurn in Chapter 32, which the Autobots and Black Knights accept, though with shades of ForgivenNotForgotten in play]].

** Many fans were surprised at R2 bringing in [[Anime/TransformersRobotsinDisguise Sky-Byte and T-AI]], as well as [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Doctor Arkeville]].

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[WordofGod The author has said in several of his notes]] that he intends to improve on characters who were not well received by fans in ''Code Geass'', such as Villetta, Suzaku, and Nina.

** Optimus [[spoiler:breaking free of Megatron's Dark Geass was awesome. Repeatedly punching out the shocked Megatron? ''Satisfying''.]]

** After what [[spoiler:Charles did to his own children and attempted to do to all of humanity in canon, it is satisfying to see his despair at seeing [[LifesWorkRuined all he has worked for go down in flames]], as well as his final humiliation via Dark Geass before being killed by Megatron.]]

** As with [[spoiler:Suzaku in Chapter 29, no one complained at Megatron completely dismantling Charles's hypocrisy and his plans for Ragnarök in Chapter 34.]]

** Readers who were wondering how the Ragnarok Connection may be connected to [[spoiler:Unicron]] were disappointed with how Chapter 34 ended, namely [[spoiler:Pendragon being destroyed along with its Thought Elevator and Charles KilledOffForReal by Megatron, completing discarding Charles's plan in the process.]]

** Despite the Britannian Empire being ALighterShadeOfBlack, many rather enjoy how often the Decepticons humiliate them or call them out on their hypocrisy and valuing social elitism and pedigree over actual merit. [[spoiler:In fact, when the Decepticons wiped Britannia off the face of the earth, ''no one'' shed a tear (accept maybe for [[TheCutie Laila]].]]

** Despite the Britannian Empire being ALighterShadeOfBlack, many rather enjoy how often the Decepticons humiliate them or call them out on their hypocrisy and valuing social elitism and pedigree over actual merit. [[spoiler:In fact, when the Decepticons wiped Britannia off the face of the earth, ''no one'' shed a tear.]]

** After what [[spoiler:Charles did to his own children and attempted to do to all of humanity in canon, it is satisfying to see Charles' despair at seeing [[LifesWorkRuined all he has worked for go down in flames]], as well as his final humiliation via Dark Geass before being killed by Megatron.]]