>>23388542
>It's interesting that Kira never appears "shell-shocked" or affected in any way whatsoever at any point after moving back to action in Destiny.
That isn't correct. From episode 25
>Athrun: "Your own hands have already taken many lives!"
>Kira: "...Yeah, I know. That's why... I really don't want this to happen again... I don't want to fight... Don't make me fight..."
He also spends a lot of his screentime wondering if they're doing the right thing or not.

>The MOVIE'S SCREENWRITER said (in the novelization that she wrote) that the world at large is worst off after the incident, with everyone mistrusting each other even more than ever before.
The novelization is nice but isn't canon to the film.
>are you going to argue that this doesn't count unless "Fukuda-dono" says so, because he's the sole authority on the CE?
Well no, but he did direct the movie.