>>57742344>d I always felt she was less liked for whatever reasonshort answer, Pokepedos are afraid of any female old enough to fight back against their creepy asses.
long answer: the franchise tends to shill younger characters more than older ones, partly because due to the main series being made with children. with Cynthia being the main outlier,
aside from Lorelei age, she's also from a time when human characters weren't given much focus in the games outside of a handful of sentences and standing in a room.
While She technically has the KANTOOOO bonus, Kanto Privilege is lopsided and in practice Red, Blue, and handful of gym leaders are the ones to reap most benefits.
>>57755397Since Gen 7 Pokémon put more effort into characterization overall and has given the Elite 4 more attention. SV's Elite 4 in particular have some of the strongest characterization in the series to date, hence why Rika is so popular.
