#does Lance even have fans? are they all Gen-Oners who stopped paying attention to the new generations?

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Clair genuinely feels like a more interesting and fleshed out character since she has the fun character premise of “Cousin of a Champion who desperately wants to be the better Dragon Trainer and is a bratty smug failwoman about it”. Her neverending futile mission to defeat Lance is inherently more interesting than Lance being The Ultimate Dragon Master Champion. Even when they gave Lance his own spotlight in the Pokemon Masters Trainer Lodge, he had no standout personality traits besides “Good at battling” (which barely counts as a personality especially for a Champion) and “Insists on wearing the same stupid cape everywhere he goes”. He’s got no hobbies, no charm, no style. The only thing people remember about him is that time he told his Dragonite to Hyper Beam some Team Rocket accomplice. Compared to him, Diantha and pretty much every other Champion is a far more interesting and multifaceted character.

Honestly idk how people can think Diantha is the most forgettable champion when Lance is right there. At least Diantha has flavor and is somewhat interesting outside of her role as champion