>>48110315>>48110334Finally, N is the perfect example of "enemy rival" where he is actively working against you but also serves as a challenge and narrative crutch.
From this, we can make four "archetypes" that create the examplary rivals, which are:
>"Dick Rival"Blue, Bede, Gladion
>"Enemy Rival"N, Silver
>"Friendly Rival"Hugh, Barry, Cheren
>"Secondary Rival"Trevor, Wally, May/Brendan
The others are completely superfluous and could be completely written out with the exception of maybe Bianca and Shauna; but that doesn't excuse how those two do their job very poorly.
>>48110350>>48110363Cope. Hau and Hop are irredeemable garbage. Come back when your rival has better writing than fucking Tierno.
