Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25555436-20141207154400/@comment-25555436-20141218010808

-Ok, ok, first of all, it's a horrriiibblleee idea to make a flat, Vanilla Protagonist in a show. Those types of protagonists work in videogames, but not in shows or anything similar. In the end, you can easily end up making your protagonist uninteresting and boring, which is bad, especially since being the protagonist, he needs focus. Making a Vanilla Protagonist in a show, is a bad idea. Especially making the protagonist like a minor character.

-If his enemies, other than the Celestial Beings he fights in the tournament you mentioned, can't be exactly killed, why does the hero not like to kill them? I would understand, if it was a Lost of a dear friend, like Stella, or just someone close to him, but not with the monsters you mentioned previously. Doesn't make much sense.

-"All-Loving, Always-Forgiving, Merciful Hero" cliché.

-Lelouch....no comments.

-I really hope his origins get some focus on. His past, more specifically. The mistery seems too interesting to leave an arc like that out.

Other than that, there were some things that did interest me:

-How he pretty much wants to die, which explains why he's so merciful with his enemies: If they're not dead, they can try to kill him again.

-His development. Although nothing really original or mind-blowing, does seem interesting to see how it would happen. Stella must have been a very good friend to turn him into such a All-Loving, Metciful Hero.

Although, to be honest, part of your idea sounds good for a videogame, but for a show, it wouldn't be good at all. Nor for a book. Flat, Vanilla Protagonists are also often used (in videogames), for the player to "insert" themselves there, shaping the protagonist's personality themselves. Examples can be found in many RPGs.

One thing you could do though, it's do what the Persona 4 anime did: At the begining, the protagonist, Yu, was boring and emotionless, but slowly, as the story develops in the show, he gains a personality of his own that makes him more interesting and fun. The changes are small and slow, yet progresive, and while one may not see them at first, when they realize it, it's nice.