Sham
The Guardian of War
Not to be confused with development although sometimes development plays a part in expressing/exposing a characters personality and thought process it isn’t the end all be all.
My favorite is probably a tie between Iris and Dawn.
I enjoyed how Iris essentially had a rough childhood and was constantly in doubt of her abilities despite being a childhood prodigy because she acted more like a child than the other kids at her school. This lead her to internalizing condemning childish behavior and made her call out Ash every time she got a chance essentially making her a hypocrite. Iris couldn’t express being a child as a child so she decided to play grown up whenever Ash was around who freely behaved like a kid a times and overall was more playful compared to let’s say her, Cilan or Trip. It also was great seeing her apprehensive about excepting Drayden offer to take his Gym only to become the Champion of Unova which made her development go full circle. She’s able to be a powerful trainer and be childish as seen in her fight with Ash. She’s found a medium.
Dawn somewhat started with a big head. Because she’s always dreamed of becoming a Top Coordinator and her mother was one she had this sense of having a high standard of her abilities of becoming a good coordinator and when she couldn’t execute her expectations she fell into a depression. I liked how she went from being overconfident to being able to accept a lost and take the time to really analyze why she lost. Instead of sulking over her GF she happily expressed interest in learning what she did wrong in her GF defeat (that lost was BS but another essay for another day).
Special shout out to Lillie and Chloe but especially Lillie.
*didn’t have enough room for SM and beyond so just do write ins*
My favorite is probably a tie between Iris and Dawn.
I enjoyed how Iris essentially had a rough childhood and was constantly in doubt of her abilities despite being a childhood prodigy because she acted more like a child than the other kids at her school. This lead her to internalizing condemning childish behavior and made her call out Ash every time she got a chance essentially making her a hypocrite. Iris couldn’t express being a child as a child so she decided to play grown up whenever Ash was around who freely behaved like a kid a times and overall was more playful compared to let’s say her, Cilan or Trip. It also was great seeing her apprehensive about excepting Drayden offer to take his Gym only to become the Champion of Unova which made her development go full circle. She’s able to be a powerful trainer and be childish as seen in her fight with Ash. She’s found a medium.
Dawn somewhat started with a big head. Because she’s always dreamed of becoming a Top Coordinator and her mother was one she had this sense of having a high standard of her abilities of becoming a good coordinator and when she couldn’t execute her expectations she fell into a depression. I liked how she went from being overconfident to being able to accept a lost and take the time to really analyze why she lost. Instead of sulking over her GF she happily expressed interest in learning what she did wrong in her GF defeat (that lost was BS but another essay for another day).
Special shout out to Lillie and Chloe but especially Lillie.
*didn’t have enough room for SM and beyond so just do write ins*
