>>58781617Ange was a missed opportunity all-around and
metaphorically blueballed me in more ways than one. At least in my playthrough he can gloat about being the strongest Mega Evolution user because I let him win for the better narrative and because I didn't need to Mega Evolve at all to defeat Hyperrogue Ange Floette and save his sadly not vine-wrapped ass, cutscenes be damned.
I like both your suggestions, I think he'd be a great balance between a nice rival and a jerk rival were his potential more realized.
>>58781966I know that feeling.
I want him to have more screentime.
I want to battle him more.
I want him to have a team hard enough to pin me down and raw dog me like Corbeau's.
I want him to feed Team MZ with other food fusions besides croissant curry during dinner cutscenes.
Most importantly, I wanted him to have more relevance in the DLC besides battle buddy for Rogue Megas so he can improve because when the plot is dumb, his character suffers.
I hate that I have affection towards this fictional idiot.
I hate that I want both him and Corbeau to double team me.
I hate that Game Freak hates Kalos and will try to memoryhole everything ZA that's not milking Corbeau and Cannoli 2 - 10 months from now for Whores and Wastrels.
Stupid, stupid, stupid game.