>>45629981She's an outrageous Sue, and is written in a way that suggests you agree with her, even if you don't. That second part is the stinger, the first part is just a bad character, but presuming that your audience is onboard with a character like this is stupid.
They spent no time or energy justifying her, instead they just expected you were on board.
For me, the moment that pushed her over the edge though, was when she stole Matt/Tabitha's Keystone just matter of factly. Just "And then she steals it in broad daylight" is horrible writing, and encapsulates the physical laws of reality bending to make a shitty character's arc work.
Matt or Tabitha would fucking wreck her in a fight, that ain't a pokemon battle.
She's so detestable that her arc doesn't even matter, so long as she's just gone faster.
If they'd spent a good few minutes explaining who the fuck she was, maybe establish that she's a nutcake doing something she knows is out of her league, and for my peeve, spend the extra 5 seconds to come up with a flimsy way to explain the theft, a lot could have been done to remedy her into an unpopular, but decent character, instead of the shitshow dumpsterfire she turned into.
So, laziness, essentially. News at fucking 11, Gamefreak can't be bothered to finish their fucking games, turns in a rough draft and is shocked when people hate it.
