“Liko doesn’t have development”
Liko isn’t my favorite character in the show, but every time I see someone say this or something like this I feel like I’m being baited. I don’t know if people expect for character growth to be this thing where a character does a complete 180 in terms of personality but the sentiment that Liko lacks development or that its been insubstantial is way more common than than I would expect as someone whose been watching every week since the series began.
Liko at the start of the unsure, lacked confidence, was a complete people pleaser who had no real drive of her own, she had trouble understanding people and Pokemon and was a weak trainer. Over the course of the series she found a goal she wished to strive for (being a trainer who understands the thoughts and feelings of Pokemon) and who is isn’t afraid to speak her mind and doesn’t back down on her desires. Where before she’d give up on battles just because she felt her opponent wanted to win more than her, she now treats battles seriously and dislikes the idea of losing. She’s now capable strategizing and observing battles and is even willing to deceive other to win (obviously not maliciously but it would be weird to expect her to act that way.) All in all she has clearly made strides from who she was in episode 1 and it really feels like that just because she is, at her core, a kind person and because that hasn’t changed people say that she hasn’t seen any substantial growth. It makes me genuinely wonder what classifies as good character development.
Liko isn’t my favorite character in the show, but every time I see someone say this or something like this I feel like I’m being baited. I don’t know if people expect for character growth to be this thing where a character does a complete 180 in terms of personality but the sentiment that Liko lacks development or that its been insubstantial is way more common than than I would expect as someone whose been watching every week since the series began.
Liko at the start of the unsure, lacked confidence, was a complete people pleaser who had no real drive of her own, she had trouble understanding people and Pokemon and was a weak trainer. Over the course of the series she found a goal she wished to strive for (being a trainer who understands the thoughts and feelings of Pokemon) and who is isn’t afraid to speak her mind and doesn’t back down on her desires. Where before she’d give up on battles just because she felt her opponent wanted to win more than her, she now treats battles seriously and dislikes the idea of losing. She’s now capable strategizing and observing battles and is even willing to deceive other to win (obviously not maliciously but it would be weird to expect her to act that way.) All in all she has clearly made strides from who she was in episode 1 and it really feels like that just because she is, at her core, a kind person and because that hasn’t changed people say that she hasn’t seen any substantial growth. It makes me genuinely wonder what classifies as good character development.