Shinnstella

"Shinn. . . Have you come to see me? Shinn. . . you said you'd protect me. Shinn... I love you."

- Stella Loussier last word to Shinn Asuka

Shinnstella is het ship between Shinn Asuka and Stella Loussier from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny fandom.

Canon
Shinn first met Stella when she accidentally bumped at him and he grabbed her before she fell. Because Shinn accidentally grabbed her breast, Stella angrily left him and he was teased by his friend that he was luckiest man ever, causing Shinn to feel embarrassed.

He finally met her once again after he saved her from drowning after she fell down from a cliff. Shinn scolded her and accidentally mentioned "death" at her, causing her to begin panicking and crying. Noticing that she was a war victim, Shinn quickly hugged her, apologizing to her and making a promise that he will always protect her. He brought her to a cave where he dried her wet dress. In there, they begin to have a mutual interaction with each other and Stella gave him a shell as gift of their relationship. When they were found by both ZAFT and the other Phantom Pain members, Shinn decides to let her go with Sting and Auel, promising that he will meet her again next time. After his departure, Stella wondered why he left her.

Shinn didn't know that Stella is an Extended and a part of the Earth Alliance's phantom pain until he overwhelmed her Gaia Gundam, and causing her injuries. Unfortunately, Stella was unable to remember him since the Alliance erased her memories as a part of her maintenance, and her condition slowly worsened because ZAFT has no alternative medicine to cure her body. When she wakes up, Stella slowly remembered him, and Shinn always come to check on her.

Later, Shinn overhears a conversation between Talia and the doctor and is dumbfounded. Stella will die regardless of what is done, and even if she lives, she will be handed over to the homeland and end up a lab rat. He needs to return Stella to the Earth Alliance if he wants to save her. Shinn takes Stella out with Rey’s help and contact the Alliance using the IFF code of the Gaia Gundam, telling Neo to come and get her. Shinn returned her to Neo, and made a promise to him that he'd never involve her in the battlefield, which Neo accept it.

However, Neo heavily broke their promise by giving Stella a new mission and had her pilot a gigantic Destroy Gundam. He provoked Stella by telling her that "the bad things" will come at him and destroy them. Stella accepted the mission. When Phantom Pain reached Berlin, she caused the deaths many million innocents and destroyed the entire city of Berlin. Stella begannto feel berserk and was unable to control herself until Shinn came to her and told her that he will always save her. Shinn almost succeeded to save her until she see Kira's Freedom Gundam and once again lost her control. Just then, the Freedom stabs the cannon and the Destroy finally falls. Shinn rushes to the dying Stella and carrier her in his arms. Stella tells him that she loves him with a smile on her face and takes her last breath.

Fanon
Shinnstella is one of most popular ship in Gundam SEED series. However, the problem of the ship is how Shinn see Stella in his eyes. Judging from her mental problem, Fans believe Stella unable to understanding the real idea of romantic relationship. Since Stella,before her death confess her feeling to him, it's still unclear if Shinn have same feeling with her. Although many fans consider her relationship with Shinn Asuka as that of love interests, another interpretation from Super Robot Wars series suggest that her childlike attitude reminded Shinn of Mayu Asuka and she's more of sister to him since in the end he start show his feeling toward Lunamaria. Because of this, the ship have rivalry with Shinnluna.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Shinn/Stellar tag on FanFiction.Net

Trivia

 * Incidentally, Stella's spirit appears to Shinn in Gundam SEED Destiny, as much as the same way with Flay Allster's spirit appears to Kira Yamato in Gundam SEED, in which Houko Kuwashima voices over the both female characters..