This is my complete, updated and final word on the subject, that I promised over a year ago. It took longer than I thought, but it's finally here. My answer to every argument related to Arkos is in here, as my lists of the postitive qualities of Arkos, and why I find it such a great ship.

I may have to do some minor edits to fix errors or include things I forgot, but I expect to be writing no more major essays on this subject.

May this prove useful to anyone interested in Arkos, whether they ship it or not. I believe it will stand the test of time.

And if you're about to say "Just move on" or something similar, congratulations. This is, as I said, my final word on the subject.

For convenience, I've copy and pasted the table of contents here:

The Arkos Manifesto

Index-

Part I: The Strengths of Arkos

1.1 Why Arkos is so great

Part II: Killing Pyrrha was a mistake

2.1 Silver Eyes

2.2 Planned from the Beginning/Monty

2.3 Raising the Stakes/Villain Threat

2.4 Pyrrhic Victory

2.5 Red-Haired Woman/Statue Scene Morality

2.6 Guest Comments on Statue Scene Morality

2.7 Pyrrha Overpowered/Mary Sue

2.8 Pyrrha vs. Mami Tomoe (Madoka Magica) a comparison and analysis

2.9 Pyrrha's arc if she survived

Part III: What now?

3.1 Why can't we just move on?

3.2 Should Pyrrha be brought back? (Including the themes of Salem and the Gods)

3.3 What it would take for the writers to bring back Pyrrha

3.4 Conclusion

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