>>44842996I guess if you want to like her for the novelty of it I can respect that. Personally I'm only into "bad" characters if they are particularly nasty and really push it, Clair just comes off as petty and whiny to me, but that is a rarity in the Pokemon universe.
>>44842993Christmas Carol gave way more time to its characters though and by the second ghost, he's basically already a changed man so you get a significant amount of time with him where he is completely sympathetic.
You spend about 10-20 minutes with Clair max and she only shows the slightest smidgen of change. It isn't a far comparison.
Honestly, if Pokemon was better written and we spent more time with her they could have done an "antagonistic Gym Leader" turns good, or they could have done a more interesting take on a purposefully unlikable character. As it stands she's just not good in my opinion, but I feel that way about most of the Johto leaders.