Ohh there were plenty of people in Shirley threads that were, "Whoo-hoo" She even has a hate club on My Anime List. They were mostly ignored, and never as well reasoned as amachizzle. most just found her annoying, or belittled the importance of the character. No one's calling Rolo "useless" or killed because he'd "outlived his service to the plot" or even "crap death for crap character". Man did those irk me. At least we have decent reasons to not like Rolo.
So as someone who can appreciate hales position as one shaken up by a characters death (in my case Shirley)being peeved by naysayers, trust me when I say that amachizzle has nothing on the mean-spirited bastards that spit on her grave, even if you didn't notice them.
Gaspingly is awesome for understanding this situation.
As for me, I'll admit to never liking Rolo. That apathy turned to hate after what he did to Shirley. Especially given that he did so out of jealousy, then lied at how it was to protect Lelouch. While I can sympathize with the want of a family, I have no love for someone who would destroy that which his loved one holds dear just because all eyes must be on him. Chalk it up to not knowing better, but it's hypocritical to talk about how much he loves Lelouch then kill anyone that acknowledges the lie (especially when doing so hurts the one he loves).
So I agree that I would've loved if Lelouch had killed him by his own hands. I've even imagined fanart of such as it's good drama. I didn't like Lelouchs human bomb bit and Sunrises heart failure. Having hiom die by his own hands is a bit cheap.
That said, the execution was much better than I'd feared. I actually wasn't as overjoyed by his death as I thought I would be. Maybe he redeemed himself a bit, I won't know until I see subs. I know one guy thought it unfair to Shirley, like Lelouch had forgotten. Maybe. Though it seems more akin to circumstace. That and Shirley wouldn't want revenge.
So while I hated the character, it was a bit sad to see him done in, and I was so peeved that it wasn't by Lelouch. He can't get his revenge anymore, but maybe Rolo made up a bit for it. Heck, had he not killed Shirley, I might have cried. (or maybe had I not watched it raw and gotten more than just the gist of what was happening ^_^)
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So as someone who can appreciate hales position as one shaken up by a characters death (in my case Shirley)being peeved by naysayers, trust me when I say that amachizzle has nothing on the mean-spirited bastards that spit on her grave, even if you didn't notice them.
Gaspingly is awesome for understanding this situation.
As for me, I'll admit to never liking Rolo. That apathy turned to hate after what he did to Shirley. Especially given that he did so out of jealousy, then lied at how it was to protect Lelouch. While I can sympathize with the want of a family, I have no love for someone who would destroy that which his loved one holds dear just because all eyes must be on him. Chalk it up to not knowing better, but it's hypocritical to talk about how much he loves Lelouch then kill anyone that acknowledges the lie (especially when doing so hurts the one he loves).
So I agree that I would've loved if Lelouch had killed him by his own hands. I've even imagined fanart of such as it's good drama. I didn't like Lelouchs human bomb bit and Sunrises heart failure. Having hiom die by his own hands is a bit cheap.
That said, the execution was much better than I'd feared. I actually wasn't as overjoyed by his death as I thought I would be. Maybe he redeemed himself a bit, I won't know until I see subs. I know one guy thought it unfair to Shirley, like Lelouch had forgotten. Maybe. Though it seems more akin to circumstace. That and Shirley wouldn't want revenge.
So while I hated the character, it was a bit sad to see him done in, and I was so peeved that it wasn't by Lelouch. He can't get his revenge anymore, but maybe Rolo made up a bit for it. Heck, had he not killed Shirley, I might have cried. (or maybe had I not watched it raw and gotten more than just the gist of what was happening ^_^)