>>49570287Yes, but the details are deliberately left vague enough so self-insertfags can pretend otherwise if they want, change the character's appearance and treat them like their OC creation.
Because of this they try to take it a step further and deny it could be Lucas/Dawn at all, despite looking like them by default and being a prodigy trainer from the future that dealt with these entities before. Basically it is them by default and you'd have to be a complete faggot to deny it.
