Shirley is one of my favorites and she gets tons of hatred because ohnoes, she kissed Lelouch. Ohnoes, she has a crush on Lelouch. People make it sound like it's such a horrible ordeal, as if she's manipulating Lelouch or something. She was kind of bland in the beginning but I really love how the writers entwined her father's death and her crush on Lelouch into the plot. I'm glad they made her feelings for Lelouch more mature and handled her situation well (even if it saddened my Lulu/Shirley fandom). 8D