>>29573834>Except the part where she appears when you can choose your playable character. >And that single appearance is enough to make her existence canon. >Nothing else explicities that she stops existing when you pick Red.Every single protagonist in the games has an NPC alternative. While Ethan may be the canon protagonist for example, Lyra exists in the Pokémon world as his childhood friend, with her own house and such.
This is true all the way back to Gen 3 itself with May.
True, except of course, for Leaf.
The only """""""existence""""""" Leaf has is a genderswap of Red, in the same house as his, with the same mother. When you play as Red, Leaf doesn't exist. She was just a genderswap. No NPC, no house, no nothing. This continues with HG/SS. Nothing.
And it continued with PWT and S/M's Battle Tree.
She simply doesn't exist. She was only ever a genderswap because gender options were a staple at that point. Red was, and still is, explicitly canon, and they didn't bother to create an NPC character for Leaf to exist too.
In fact, the ENTIRE REASON we're calling her "Leaf" is LITERALLY because she doesn't show up, and such we never got a proper fucking name for her!
Seeing as Red is explicitly the Canon protagonist, I shouldn't have to tell you that by disagreeing with me, you would prove to be a complete and utter moron.
