#also the fact that his motivation mirrored AZ (who I also love) was really interesting and fun I loved x and y

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Can you please explain what's so good about lysandre? Not saying there isn't anything I'm just curious i never played much attention to his character I was more concerned about finding the next clothes shop in X lol

Well first off all aesthetically he’s so good.. I love his weird french gothic fashion with the fur collar and the big ass beard, but he somehow also gives off hipster/silicone valley vibes with the coffee shop thing and how he invented the holocaster. he’s just all rich and regal and modern like.. gay icon. Like they NAILED his look and feel in my opinion

But also from a storytelling standpoint I guess lys stood out to me bc his motivations weren’t for self gain even remotely? which is smthn no other antagonist (except N) had ever done. He just wanted so badly to preserve peace and beauty… & his conflict & heartbreak was so extreme throughout xy that he cries openly at the thought of hurting pokemon for the sake of achieving his goal. He did it because he felt like he NEEDED to. Obviously this doesn’t excuse his actions, but it was a really unique & touching approach to a villain and I’m addicted to it because I’m a soft hearted sympathetic weenie And he even carries through with it to the very end!!! he’s so willing to do what he thinks is right that he sacrifices his own life to activate the machine just once! Even though his method was obviously insane and misguided as fuck he just radiates a sense of justice and selflessness and his heart is GIGANTIC and I can’t help but love him for that

Also Like., it majorly pisses me off that he died at the end of xy because he could have easily used the massive amounts of love in his heart for productive good!!!! But xy’s pacing was bizarre and they NEVER explained why he became so obsessive/unstable and misguided in his methods to end the suffering of pokemon, they just presented his character as unwavering and fucking killed him off at the end without really giving him a chance to learn where he went wrong. I wish lysandre could have reconnected and made up with sycamore and went away to self reflect, so he could have learned that the real way to achieve peace is to be kind and giving to the people around you and to make changes in yourself instead of the world but go off I guess gamefreak