Hmmm. Well here’s one reason I love Shallan. She didn’t need the stormfather to save her in her darkest moment, or get freed from a weird stone to realize she could do good. She didn’t need to go to the nightwatcher to overcome her past, or have her entire civilization wiped out before she turned to the good side. Shallan has done plenty of terrible things, but I believe she has truly been a good person through it all, and she chooses to be good even though she sometimes has good reason not to. She blocks out a lot of her past, but that allows her to be happy and support others while being tormented inside. She never gave up, and she just keeps going as long as she can, that’s why she’s a winner