>>44937300>brainless puppet villain in XY that just gets turned into literally every generic saccharine good guy in the franchiseLol, way to not read the story text. N wasn't "turned into" a good guy - he was an antagonist who was a genuinely good person all along. His ideals didn't match yours, and he led a team of misguided fanatics, but he was a "hero antagonist". And that's pretty cool in and of itself.
>>44937339>Hau, GladionThe one moment where those two really shone was in the Aether base when Faba confronts you. Gladion puts on the edgelord rebellious teenager act, and fails to intimidate the adult. Then goofy unassuming Hau low-key tricks some vital information out of him. That was well done.
>and SilverI really love how Silver's Golbat didn't evolve until after the main storyline ended and he stopped being a dick. Perfect example of "show, don't tell".