>>41931101>picking Pokémon based on how obsessed you are with competition, porn, or botha sign of an overwhelmingly cringeworthy individual with no social life
>picking Pokémon based on how much you love them and the distance they’ll go to impress youa sign of a normal functioning human being
Hop had the same arc. He was the latter when you both started, the former when he kept losing to you, went even further with the former before realizing his mistake and going back to the former, thus giving you a thoughtful yet fulfilling challenge in the post-game story. It’s why his Wooloo was absent for a while when he was experimenting with tryhard Pokemons in the middle of the game.
