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>previous antagonists only wanted power and forcing their own ideals on others
>Lysandre actively wants to genocide everyone that doesn't agree with his world views and is about to abuse the power of the Pokemon that has control over life/death
>Lusamine abuses both her children suffering from the grief of the loss of her husband
>those children showcase obvious symptoms of trauma, like uncontrollable body spasms, permanent anger and extreme polarity in views on interaction with Pokemon
>Lusamine also keeps frozen Pokemon in her basement because that's her method of preserving beauty, something she's obsessed with forcing on her daughter
>lashes out at her daughter because she shows signs of rebellion against her oppressive and abusive nature
The only other evil team leader that comes close to being as completely deranged as the 3DS gen lunatics is Cyrus, but at least he's not selective in how he wants to sub-zero humanity out of existence.
Giovanni does experimentation on Pokemon and mind control. Accidentally fucks up and creates something he cannot control out of scientific pursuit towards DNA reconstruction and cloning which mirrors modern science and the possibility of unforeseen consequences. So at least there's some meaning behind the story.
Magma/Aqua are just lol ecoterrorism and pic related.
Ghetsis tries really hard to be illuminati but is a massive loser.
