#its so funny to me that the same Darkrai who orchestrated everything is recruitable in game

[rusty-eevee]

Who could've predicted things would go wrong?

Literally everyone in Venus' life and the people in the tags from the last post predicting it:

@fujii-draws Yes you get it!! He was frustrated at himself mostly, but he's also frustrated that Venus was still just as willing to trust someone like him as she was before. He could see the past was repeating itself and while it wouldn't be him again, he knew how easily another cruel and selfish Pokémon would take advantage of her neverending trust. And if what he did wasn't enough to make her lose faith, he loathed to think of how far she would go for someone who didn't deserve it.

@sinnohvile Aaaaahhhh I love your whole analysis!! Everything you said was so true. She wants so badly to believe in the good of everyone that she's unwilling to accept that The Great Dusknoir who saved their lives at Amp Plains and gave them guidance and was so kind to them is the same Pokemon that caused so much pain and heartache to her and everyone she knows. To her, that wasn't really who he is (but it was. He did all those things. He had sympathetic reasons, sure, but that doesn't mean his actions didn't hurt anyone)