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Okay, this comment was too good to pass up. I swear this I'll go back to lurking afterwards!
Even without any of the above being said, just think about the current cast of characters and who among them would be a better fit for the figurative devil on MC's shoulder. Selena is the first one that comes to mind for me. See the spoiler below for how the sequence of events could've played out:
Also think about other media, such as Sokka from the A:TLA series. He has an entire mini-arc in season 3 specifically pointing out that he doesn't have powers and never will, but he proves to be an integral part to the team by focusing on his core strengths from as early as season 1. No special bending or unique powers, and yet he came closer than anyone in defeating the Firelord (finding his biggest weakness and exploiting it).
Eliza's strength was always in the way she could calm the MC when he went into a rage, and this was even explicitly stated early on in the first chapter. Instead of expanding upon her unique power to control MC's dark side, she is instead turned into a monster with even less control over her murderous nature than he is. This isn't just a minor change in her persona, it's a complete 180 from how she was introduced and developed during the first 2 chapters.
This is a common pitfall fledgling writers (ha, see the pun I made there?) fall into - thinking that a matching characters' raw strength is the same as making them equivalently effective. The reality is you can write engaging characters with effective story arcs without relying on actually using macguffins (hence their namesake). The Boys is a prime example of excellent writing despite the existence of extremely overpowered characters.You won't play this anymore because you'd rather Eliza stay as a simple like girl that fawns over the MC but has the ability to calm him down if he rages....Such an amazing story arch!!
But now she becomes a badass vampire Queen, 2nd in line with Lucid herself and has her own demons to fight with the bloodthirst, similar to the MC's murderous rage.... now they both have to support each-other from becoming monsters.
Geez, not sure what story i'd rather follow...
Even without any of the above being said, just think about the current cast of characters and who among them would be a better fit for the figurative devil on MC's shoulder. Selena is the first one that comes to mind for me. See the spoiler below for how the sequence of events could've played out:
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Also think about other media, such as Sokka from the A:TLA series. He has an entire mini-arc in season 3 specifically pointing out that he doesn't have powers and never will, but he proves to be an integral part to the team by focusing on his core strengths from as early as season 1. No special bending or unique powers, and yet he came closer than anyone in defeating the Firelord (finding his biggest weakness and exploiting it).
Eliza's strength was always in the way she could calm the MC when he went into a rage, and this was even explicitly stated early on in the first chapter. Instead of expanding upon her unique power to control MC's dark side, she is instead turned into a monster with even less control over her murderous nature than he is. This isn't just a minor change in her persona, it's a complete 180 from how she was introduced and developed during the first 2 chapters.