>>44391794You are wrong, the only way to redeem Iris is to make her a monster in battle, becoming a real threat to Ash's goal, regardless of her interaction with Ash.
You are confusing making a good character (who can be a villain, a rival, a friend, a murderer, a pessimist, a womanizer, in short a well-written character can be anything) with a character who performs good acts, but that doesn't make them a good character.
For me the problem is not that Iris insults or teases Ash, the problem is that they did not develop her character enough, they never showed her true potential in battle, we never saw her grow as a dragon specialist, the pokemon on her team were not according to the character, and as you say, the character practically immature since he was never given a specific goal, like Dawn or May.
I hope that if Iris returns it will be as Ash's rival in the Ultra category, being his last obstacle before qualifying for the championship, perhaps defeating him and humiliating him for the first match causing his ranking to fall, but this motivates Ash to reinvent himself and seek rematch , finally earning mutual respect, although in the end Iris says goodbye with a
KODOMONE!!! 