>>48484038Exactly, she never interacts with the rookie but temperamental Kanto-Ash or the experienced and more mature DP-Ash, if not with a stupid character and not stupid because of his inexperience if not stupid due to the script and she had to serve as the straight man that point out this stupidity.
In a new character we would not have given importance, but when the writers throw away years of development that is frustrating for the viewer, a frustration that was redirected to the character of Iris.
It is enough to see her interaction in PM, even though they both teasing each other and fight like siblings, but even so, you can perceive the mutual respect and esteem, this shows that Iris's character is well built, the one that did not work was Ash in that facet of BW.