>>31454822>implying Lance wasn't directly present to fight off Team Rocket>implying Steven didn't show up multiple times throughout the story and didn't battle with you at Mossdeep Space Center>implying Wallace wasn't involved in summoning Rayquaza in Emerald>implying Cynthia didn't follow you into the Distortion World honestly out of all the champions excluding Diantha and Iris she probably did the least>implying Alder didn't show up several times in BW, as well as being important to Cheren's development The beef with Diantha comes from the fact that she shows up for a grand total of one time in the entire main story, and only to have a quick chat with the player and Lysandre without having any meaningful plot interaction.
People were hoping she would be redeemed with Z, but we all know how that turned out.
