History YMMV / MobileSuitGundamSEED

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** Kira himself. For everyone who hates the "Jesus Yamato" angle and finds it makes him overbearing and boring, there's someone who finds him awesome and likes that at least ''one'' Gundam protagonist is willing to actually stop killing people instead of doing it and then endlessly {{Wangst}}ing about it. In 2018, Kira scored high for both the best ''Gundam'' character poll, and the worst ''Gundam'' character poll, so it's pretty hard to find a consensus on him.

* CommonKnowledge: It is easy to believe that Nicol is cowardly because of his kind nature and how he was described by an early Yzak. In reality, Nicol is a keen strategist as he managed to infiltrate Artemis all on his own. He is also very reckless as he tried to pursue the Sword Strike when Artemis was crumbling down and recklessly tried to defend Athrun from the Sword Strike on Earth, [[spoiler:the second battle leading to his death]].

** {{The Many Deaths Of|You}} Flay Allster. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Given how she is polarizing character in the ''Gundam'' fandom, the idea of Flay getting killed by any character inside (aside from Le Creuset) or outside the Gundam franchise by editing out Le Creuset's [=DRAGOONs=] and replacing that with a specific scene from other works. Like [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Or7thLtqDcY this video]] for example, [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Jasmine]] punching a bus and with the ensuing explosion killing Flay inside.[[/labelnote]]

** Yzak Joule as well. Not only because of his [[Creator/TomokazuSeki voice]], [[spoiler:but also because he personally destroyed ''two'' Gundams, and the pilots he killed are SuperSoldiers, no less!]]

** Fanfictions like having Dearka be the perverted type, likely originating from him reading a swimsuit magazine in ''The Turning Point'' [[note]]Phase-29 in the original broadcast and Phase-27 in the HD remaster[[/note]]. His interactions with Miriallia bolsters this as his first comment when seeing her was being surprised they had girls like her on the ship and on the [=GundamInfo=] subtitles, he frequently refers to her as "Honey".

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Several viewers thought Nicol was a girl based on his looks, voice, and gentle mannerisms. It does not help that the GundamInfo subs occasionally refer to Nicol as "her" either.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Several viewers thought Nicol was a girl based on his looks, voice, and gentle mannerisms.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the episode "Star Falling in Space", Kira fails to protect the civilian shuttle from being [[spoiler:shot down by the Duel]] which became one of the traumatic moments in his life. Come the finale, he's also unable to protect Flay's escape pod [[spoiler:from being shot by Rau's Providence Gundam]], resulting in her demise.

** As the show's resident CharClone and MalevolentMaskedMan, everyone knew [[MagnificentBastard Rau Le Creuset]] was going to be cool. Then the reveal comes in, and he turns out to be not only an AcePilot and a total badass, but an impossible combination of Char, [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]] and [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].

** Fanfictions with Shiho Hahnenfuss varies her personality where a common one is giving her a serious ConsummateProfessional type of character. Her actual personality in official manga and side materials gives her character a strong sense of duty but also a friendly side.

** Fanfictions with Shiho Hahnenfuss varies her personality where a common one is giving her a serious ConsumateProfessional type of character. Her actual personality in official manga and side materials gives her character a strong sense of duty but also a friendly side.