>>31875214Who would you consider a cuter protagonist? And if you think Sun lacks any distinctive traits, then would mind point out those traits for the other male protagonists? Barring Brendan and Nate, of course. They are pretty distinct.
And I wasn't really talking about the ships, again, but I'll reply to that because you seem to want to talk about it. Yes, Hau cares for her as a friend, but he cares for literally everyone. Even Team Skull.
The protagonists, despite your claim about them being "emotionless", build their entire journey around Lillie. The one they show the most interest in and care for, risking their life for her on multiple occasions despite not having any reason to. Their entire goal in the game is to protect Lillie and they get stronger for that purpose only. And unlike with Hau, Lillie is shown to care back equally. She trusts them completely and totally, especially after you save her and Nebby after they're kidnapped. Before that, she was shown to be a really scared girl, but afterwards, when you help her out even in her hardest moment, she gains complete faith that nothing will ever happen to her with you around and is always smiling.
I ship her with protagonist because I think it's the ideal outcome for Lillie. She lost her father, her mother became crazy trying finding him, her brother abandoned her and ran away. The only people even close to family she has are Kukui and Burnet, and in future, her starting a new family with protagonist, the one she's shown to care about the most, seems like a perfect outcome to me. That's my ideal ending to her story. This is the only time I've ever given any shits about the protagonists, and that was only because of their development with Lillie.