>>14458947I did. And that was just irredeemably stupid.
Let me put this into perspective: Gary Oak was a gigantic douchebag, though an entertaining one. Both Gary and Paul belittled Ash at every turn, and acted like he wasn't fit to wipe the dirt from their shoes. When Gary lost to Ash, the realization that this kid he'd looked down on since they'd met made him quit competitive battling forever.
Paul was a borderline MONSTER that went around traumatizing new trainers, nearly got his Chimchar killed, abandoned it afterward, and ragequit in a tag team tournament. When he lost to Ash, and the very Chimchar he despised, Paul should have had a villainous breakdown of legendary proportions.
He didn't. What happened instead was he shrugged it off, and departs from Ash with the two of them as FRIENDS, like this somehow magically redeemed him, even though there is no indication of such, and with not so much as even an apology for his disgusting behavior.
And that's not even getting into the fucking despicable character shilling he gets from others. "Oh, you're not a sociopath, you just have a different battle style," says Cynthia. No. Bull shit.
