Theory: Why people like/hate Kira/Shinn

[Jurojin]

Shinn != Kira (GS before GSD)

I don't compare the two. They're too disimilar and one is not better than the other. Kira needs to stay out of the way so he stops making things worse than they are, unless he actually has a damn plan, Shinn needs massive amounts of prozac. If I had to pick, Shinn > Kira, but only because I feel Kira has been on a high horse all this series so far. Shinn is just misguided.

[Digitalgirl]

Originally posted by: Jurojin
Shinn != Kira (GS before GSD)

I don't compare the two. They're too disimilar and one is not better than the other. Kira needs to stay out of the way so he stops making things worse than they are, unless he actually has a damn plan, Shinn needs massive amounts of prozac. If I had to pick, Shinn > Kira, but only because I feel Kira has been on a high horse all this series so far. Shinn is just misguided.

Almost everyone in this series seems misguided. How exactly is Shinn misguided?

[Jurojin]

Well, he understandably has a lot of pain/angst/hatred in his system. But the problem is, w/o parents or some sort of role model in that respect, he doesn't have a positive outlet for it- put someone like that in a mobile suit that can vaporize cities, and he's then allowed to release that rage on those that may or may not deserve it. To top that, he isn't being disciplined like he should be, which just promotes his sense of self-right when he does whatever he wants.

I like Shinn, but that doesn't mean I don't think he's a pompous ass [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[TeknoXI]

Originally posted by: Jurojin
Shinn != Kira (GS before GSD)

I don't compare the two. They're too disimilar and one is not better than the other. Kira needs to stay out of the way so he stops making things worse than they are, unless he actually has a damn plan, Shinn needs massive amounts of prozac. If I had to pick, Shinn > Kira, but only because I feel Kira has been on a high horse all this series so far. Shinn is just misguided.

I don't really think Kira is on a high horse at all. He does what he believes is right. He was probably not planning to get involved whatsoever in the whole conflict if it had not been for the assassination attempt on Lacus. Another thing, Lacus pretty much thinks the same way as Kira. Lacus is a godess imo. Lovely voice and pure of heart intentions. Even with these characteristics, she is not just using pretty words. She backs it up. She commanded the ship Eternal and is currently amassing a military force. She even has or own freaking faction.

So yeah....

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The conclusion thus far from those who voted in the poll is that the majority of the people who posted think Kira > Shinn and have watched GS prior to GSD. There has been 1 person who watched GSD prior to GS and this person thought Shinn > Kira and therefore gives some truth to my hypothesis. However, this is not enough evidence to create a more solid relationship between the order of the series. There is also an unknown factor to the few people who think Shinn > Kira when they watched the GS prior to GSD.

My guess is that the people who watched GSD prior to GS are new to the forums and don't frequent it much therefore will make it hard to get accurate results. Someone could also rally them from IRC to come and post their opinions.

Thanks to those who participated and please continue your discussion.