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Originally Posted by yezhanquan

If the producers haven't put that subplot in, I would not have taken Lelouch seriously. Even C.C. warned him that revolutions are no picnics. At least he tried to set things right by removing her memories.

Hollywood Homely is how I'll describe her looks.

But one purpose of Shirley's chara, was that she was an innocent by-stander, that got entangled into the mess in-direlcty, "reminding" Lelouch, that he has to sacrifice the happiness of his close friends at times, in order for his rebellion to work.
Ah, in a nutshell, Shirley is like the epitome of "shit hits the fan", like honest.