>>31256373The Aster pert of this long equation is somewhat tough to explain. During the game, it's heavily implied that Aster was Zinnia's daughter that died at some point prior to the game, due to her Whismur having that name, and how she calls her "Mum" (Which is technically within a Whismur's vocabulary, but it's clearly intentional) However, Ohmori has come out and said that Aster was the previous Lorekeeper, and that part of Zinnia's arc was that of her living up to the previous Aster. "Someone ho went from being nothing to being something," if I recall were the words he used.I personally didn't see this aspect of the character in ORAS, but that's still an aspect to think about. It's still important to note that her entire plan in the Delta Episode was still a suicide mission. She was goignt o do her duty as the current Lorekeeper and die to reunite with Aster, implying the two had a very close relationship. She would've rode Rayqayza to destroy the meteorite and die in the atmosphere. Which, honestly, would've just put everything back to square one in the next thousand years, considering Deoxys would've probably ran away again and gotten another boulder.
Despite her suicide plan and self righteousness, though, she's quite perky. Almost always having something snarky to say to someone. Aster, her Whismur, is clearly very close to her, acting as a surrogate daughter, which I don't think has every really been done in pokemon. She's also very wild, probably from living with her grandmother in the wild. I like that side to her, because most often then not, characters who've lost someone close to them are portrayed in a more "Mature, darker" way and it's nice to see a character who's lost someone and actually has a smile on her face and doesn't let lost ones form their past entirely determine how they act. Plus the wild girl aspect of her is just something that can be fun to work with
