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Interesting wall of text as always @Undina. Nice job 
The movie is seemingly about wedding, relationships, and new villains.
But why she can't be a main character? NnT doesn't have a single main character to begin with, and it's hard to tell if a specific individual is a main or a side character. But if you look at the problems Meliodas and Elizabeth are facing with, you can clearly see that they are walking down a specifc path together, and most of their problems and challenges are similar. They share the same adventure while their points of view differs greatly. Meliodas is willing to make the universe his enemy to protect Elizabeth, and Elizabeth is a loyal lover who is trying to bring peace and make the world a better place for everyone. While Meliodas is more of an action figure as you said and conveys the meaning through his sword and fist, Elizabeth looks at the same picture with passion and empathy. Her most brilliant moment was saving the Indura when everyone had either lost hope or was ready to kill them. We can talk about her role in that event for hours to clarify what her existence means to NnT. (Diane had the potential to have the same strong impact on the story but she was reduced to dirt for no reason.) Ellie also shined brightly when her actions saved several knights from both enemies (demon army) and abusive allies (brainwashing AAs).
Her importance is undeniable, and SIDE CHARACTERS are very important most of the times from a writing stand points. But since she shares the same storyline with Meliodas and the one who bears the burden of story is Meliodas, Elizabeth who provides valuable alternate actions/decisions in face of challenges and dilemmas becomes a side Character by definition. If she was chosen to be the protagonist, then Meliodas would be the side character to her plot.
Side character differs greatly from useless character! A main character like Escanor or Diane can end up being useless, while side characters like Xhivago and Demon Gowther prove to be irreplaceable and invaluable elements in the story. So I still think of Elizabeth as a side character for Meliodas' plot, a side character of great potential who was treated unjustly because of the author's weird decisions.
Gowther had a nice story in terms of consistency and development. The problem is that he reached the end of his journey right after the holy war flashback and there was not much to do for him for so many chapters. Although his internal struggle was addressed one last time in the fight against 4C Mael, but that was not an actual problem for Gowther due to his completed story one chapter after the flashback. He was the first Sin to have his story concluded, and the fact that he was just there to help others without going through further development made him less interesting. With a more balanced pacing this would've never happened to Gowther in the first place. The polar opposite of Gowther would be Escanor then. His final moment happened right before the actual climax leaving him no room to have a meaningful acceptable ENDING. (His death is not the bad thing by itself though.) Diane's story had no proper ending at all while Merlin's entered the sequel to reach its climax there.
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The movie is seemingly about wedding, relationships, and new villains.
I really like your idea. That we are fooled to think she is SD, while minute differences are hints towards the actual event in the movie. But you know what. They've perhaps spend much more money on the brothers' attack scene then the entire season 3 and 4. I don't think Nakaba will ruin the final moment of Meliodas. Elizabeth deserves to have her moment in movie, but she is not Meliodas (Nakaba's persona in NnT world) unfortunately. Good theory by the way.
I'm not talking about action figure tbh. I'm one of those who was really pissed when the bloody revelation of bloody Ellie just came out of blue to make her relevant momentarily. Elizabeth and Diane were the best characters to show the other aspect of life in the war stricken world of NnT. THE FACT THAT NAKABA COULD NOT USE THEIR POTENTIAL TO THE FULLEST AND DEMOTED THEM TO MERE WEAPONS IN SOME RARE CASES (EX MACHINA TO BE EXACT) WAS A BAD MISTAKE.
But why she can't be a main character? NnT doesn't have a single main character to begin with, and it's hard to tell if a specific individual is a main or a side character. But if you look at the problems Meliodas and Elizabeth are facing with, you can clearly see that they are walking down a specifc path together, and most of their problems and challenges are similar. They share the same adventure while their points of view differs greatly. Meliodas is willing to make the universe his enemy to protect Elizabeth, and Elizabeth is a loyal lover who is trying to bring peace and make the world a better place for everyone. While Meliodas is more of an action figure as you said and conveys the meaning through his sword and fist, Elizabeth looks at the same picture with passion and empathy. Her most brilliant moment was saving the Indura when everyone had either lost hope or was ready to kill them. We can talk about her role in that event for hours to clarify what her existence means to NnT. (Diane had the potential to have the same strong impact on the story but she was reduced to dirt for no reason.) Ellie also shined brightly when her actions saved several knights from both enemies (demon army) and abusive allies (brainwashing AAs).
Her importance is undeniable, and SIDE CHARACTERS are very important most of the times from a writing stand points. But since she shares the same storyline with Meliodas and the one who bears the burden of story is Meliodas, Elizabeth who provides valuable alternate actions/decisions in face of challenges and dilemmas becomes a side Character by definition. If she was chosen to be the protagonist, then Meliodas would be the side character to her plot.
Side character differs greatly from useless character! A main character like Escanor or Diane can end up being useless, while side characters like Xhivago and Demon Gowther prove to be irreplaceable and invaluable elements in the story. So I still think of Elizabeth as a side character for Meliodas' plot, a side character of great potential who was treated unjustly because of the author's weird decisions.
Gowther had a nice story in terms of consistency and development. The problem is that he reached the end of his journey right after the holy war flashback and there was not much to do for him for so many chapters. Although his internal struggle was addressed one last time in the fight against 4C Mael, but that was not an actual problem for Gowther due to his completed story one chapter after the flashback. He was the first Sin to have his story concluded, and the fact that he was just there to help others without going through further development made him less interesting. With a more balanced pacing this would've never happened to Gowther in the first place. The polar opposite of Gowther would be Escanor then. His final moment happened right before the actual climax leaving him no room to have a meaningful acceptable ENDING. (His death is not the bad thing by itself though.) Diane's story had no proper ending at all while Merlin's entered the sequel to reach its climax there.
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