>>35328796Silver and Hugh have development in entirely different directions though their similarity starts and ends with "wants to dismantle Team Noun" and at that point you can throw in Gladion who is even MORE similar to Silver, i think we all can agree that Brendan/May is the WORST one though since that one basically gives up and lets another character take over, admitedly Cheren and Bianca both do the same, but their character arcs are better handled and the were also alongside N instead who had MUCH more presence and rivalry by the time they fall off, then Calem/Serena who is a near non-entity and BLAND, at least Hau got something resembling a personality, Hughs issue is mostly "disinterested" in what usually helps the rivalry along, namely the League and lacks a personal beef with the player like Silver does.
I will say that i consider Barry is the best "Friendly Rival" though since he has the right mix of being ahead of the game, and a bit of rudeness in his "crash and fine" behaviour, Blue and Silver kinda fails in the "Friendly" department, but are perfectly good rivals, Silver is neat because the game gives you a personal Beef with him being a Pokémon thief and a HUGE asshole, while Blue is just smug enough to make you wanna push his shit in.
