>>49403082Charizard was already massively hated before Leon showed up. Before Alain, Charizard was just an ordinary shillmon like Venusaur and didn't even appear on Gen IV. Even when he got a second Mega, he was still overlooked for Mewtwo.
It was the massive pandering that Mega Charizard X received on XY&Z that started to infuriate people until it exploded on Kalos League finale and never recovered.
