shinn isn't a bad character in fact from the first time he appeared with sword impluse i was like yea thats the kind of character we need however in recent episode though he's seems to be growing more arrogant and stupid thats all. and as for the that bs you said "His influence is strong because of his Seed and his MS, but he denies others the latter and most weren't born with the former And, regardless of how much they talk talk talk about "are we doing the right thing?" they keep going about it anyway. Maybe they're on the verge of some much needed character development or revelation about their purpose in the war, but so far they've been doing the same old stuff again and again." because its like watching two people fight over something ridiculous so somebody steps in to intervene when words dont work its up to action which ends up stoping two people from kicking the crap out of each other for no reason sure theres a lot more people involve but if you have the power to do something you should. and dont be punk sitting on the side lines saying it will all work out in the end