I’ve seen so many people say “Oh Kieren deserved Ogerpon because he was so ‘nice’ and loved it so much” and like, dear god I know people don’t mean any harm but reading the abundance of those takes give me the ick.

Like, this is EXACTLY the attitude of a classic nice guy. He is young and dumb and chances are he will learn from his mistakes and be redeemed in the next DLC after we whoop his ass again, but like man Kieren deserved Jack shit lol. Ogrepon isn’t a mindless creature, she clearly saw something in us she appreciated, and considering she’s been visiting the festival for how long and not once showed itself to Kieren, Ogrepon was clearly aware (or at least sensed) that her “#1 fan” didn’t actually care about it, and instead cared more about what she represented, a powerful loner Pokémon.

When the reality is sad little Ogrepon just wanted a friend again, and was never a bad guy.

Also, side note, people forget that Kieren idolized Ogrepon since BEFORE he knew it was actually the good guy in the story. Dude just loved that it was strong AF, which given his little mental breakdown at the end, yeah that fits who he is.

And we should note that he’s like, *really* obsessed.

Like, trying to stalk the creature who was known for killing three Pokémon at once (at bare minimum), and performing stakeouts right outside its home against the wishes of almost everyone around him.

Normally I like to approach the DLC with equalish level trainers, but against Kieren I just went in with my real team because I was getting fed up with his behaviors.