>>34889937Doubtful they acknowledge the meme; it was a deliberate attempt to make her more receivable, possibly somewhat due to Lillie's popularity meaning they had to tone the character down. An unironic "did nothing wrong" character would be a rational agent who's being expedient, often acting with the bigger picture in mind. They are more ambiguous, which is difficult for Pokemon since it has its character and entities being classically good or evil to some degree or just neutral. Lusamine wasn't changed as a rather villainous character so much as her focus was shifted; she's still crazed and self-centered, only she gained a more "heroic" goal and was pegged into a role she would be too incompetent to fulfill. It's more pathetic than sympathetic.
Sad thing is she was already a tragic villain that people could like in spite of or because of her rottenness, like any other villain.