>>47976413Its (mostly) placement and exposure, really. She could be a sweet lady character of the day in a lot of scenarios and that would be, but she's the lead character's mother so she's automatically important and simply more chances to appear. (As proven by the fact that I would still put her very near the top of the "Mother" above all those Gen 7 dames).
>>47976380Now I want to see her in the early art style, I'm sure someone somewhere has tried it.