>>36086522>>36086859>asshole rival>assholeImagine being so thin-skinned that you think saying "smell ya later" and sharing friendly bantz makes someone an asshole. How do you not understand that what made Blue good was the fact he was always one step ahead of you, rather than trailing behind you or even cheering you on from the back row? He wasn't an "asshole" by any means and it's really childish that you'd phrase it like that. He was competant and competitive. People who think it's a bully fantasy or whatever are full of shit because a real bully would just steal your pokemon and never give them back, Blue isn't "friendly" but he isn't a total monster either. The point of a rival is to put you on your toes and make you feel like you have someone who is equivalent or higher than strength than you, not serve as yet another boring two Rattata and a Pidgey trainer.
>i know you can lose to your rival but 99.9% of the time you end up winning against them so what's "motivational" about it?>how come I can't enjoy the roleplay aspect of my rpg when I put 6 overleveled mons in my team vs my rival's 4 mons, along with having years of experience playing the games vs a 10 year-old just starting outI don't know what to tell you, man.
