I think the effect on fandom is more like they're 'given the most delicious cake in the world, then having it replaced with a berserking truck zooming right at them in the end', so I'm giving them a little slack. Destroying character development? Who said that? It doesn't cheapen her, it makes your heart BLEEEEEEEEED for her, pun not intended. Somehow that doesn't count as 'cheapening character development' but the result of great character development, in my book.
If LL kills her in cold blood, as everyone believed he would, it'd be dreadfully boring. But what he did? Joins hands with her and gives up EVERYTHING HE WORKED FOR, because she won him over? Most awesome gutwrenching thing ever. I'll admit I squee squee squee squee over Lulu-Euphie (oh dude, am I going to be allowed to post my fluffy/angsty kyoudai fic now? Would that be taking cheap shots at her, erm, condition, despite how I've began writing it since 19?) and this hit me like hardcore but you can't deny the utter awesomeness of it. THIS IS GOOD WRITING, WHAT.
...I find it somewhat frustrating that people still think this is Lelouch AND Suzaku's story. It isn't. They are not Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala. Suzaku is his Very Important Foil, yes, but he's not the Other Main Character. And that LL is not all evil mastermind who kicks puppies. So instead of 'Lelouch of the Rebellion' the series should've been named 'Lelouch, Unluckiest Person In The Universe' instead. Maybe that would give his detractors a better clue on what to expect.
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If LL kills her in cold blood, as everyone believed he would, it'd be dreadfully boring. But what he did? Joins hands with her and gives up EVERYTHING HE WORKED FOR, because she won him over? Most awesome gutwrenching thing ever. I'll admit I squee squee squee squee over Lulu-Euphie (oh dude, am I going to be allowed to post my fluffy/angsty kyoudai fic now? Would that be taking cheap shots at her, erm, condition, despite how I've began writing it since 19?) and this hit me like hardcore but you can't deny the utter awesomeness of it. THIS IS GOOD WRITING, WHAT.
...I find it somewhat frustrating that people still think this is Lelouch AND Suzaku's story. It isn't. They are not Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala. Suzaku is his Very Important Foil, yes, but he's not the Other Main Character. And that LL is not all evil mastermind who kicks puppies. So instead of 'Lelouch of the Rebellion' the series should've been named 'Lelouch, Unluckiest Person In The Universe' instead. Maybe that would give his detractors a better clue on what to expect.