>>30244625Diantha is basically a perfect representation of what went wrong in Pokemon X&Y. Great ideas, crap execution
Her theme is great and syncs perfectly with the setting. A world renown actress.
But it never goes far enough. We get a slither of interest when her and Lysandre debate the nature of beauty and life but it just kinda ends.
Shes the champion but her team is kinda crappy. (She should gain Florges and drop Aurorous)
It'd have been waaaaay better if the player met her during a film shoot at Coumarine city. Or team with her to take down a scientist pair. Or do the info dump on the legendary that got regulated to a bloody NPC
The Malva thing is HUGE. A member of the Elite 4 is actively part of the enemy team. Diantha's own elite 4 has a traitor. Yet its barely brought up. It has no baring on the plot at all.
An offhand comment that Diantha had been distracted by Malva would have helped explain away her lack of involvement, anything at all.
I think its a unfair to slam lance considering what he had to work with.