>>47601822I have a strange one. She found her powers when she was young but it lead people to faring he but really she was just lonely leading to the gloomy, sadistic interpretation the fanbase and others in universe give her but really no one gave her a chance.
But my headcanon has Erika make her open up being neighboring gym leaders of major cities right next to each other and she helped her open up a bit.
Then Surge helped her break out of her shell even more as I see him as still hardened by war but also a giant ham and dudebro. Probably had no tact and called her a cute Jap princessy looking girl first time he saw her but it made Sabrina open up to him more as he was one of the first who never was afraid of her from the start.
