#still weird but thats why its easier to take paul more seriously

[vaugarde]

i feel like pokeani is a prime place for a discourse iceberg. sometimes i still think abt the “kenny from diamond and pearl is a serial misogynist and he was exercising control and toxic masculinity around dawn” take when said character is like ten years old and just kinda mildly annoying

#like i dont like him i found him to be diet barry but not even interesting #but like the absolute worst thing he does is say dawn has to go with him if he wins a battle with ash #and even there its shown he doesnt have the power to actually do that bc he wins and dawn is like ''lol nah'' and hes like ''ok'' #id get it if he like looked like the other characters were you couldddd stretch and say theyre like 14? #still weird but thats why its easier to take paul more seriously #but no hes got a baby face like how is anyone taking him as anything more than like. a brat at worst #also yeah ik i call paul an abuser but thats bc they actually showed him physically harming chimchar to exhaustion #and gave chimchar ptsd symptoms #really most issues w the fanbase is that ppl forget that these characters are prepubescent children #kenny is not a serial misogynist that objectifies dawn hes just ten and really obnoxious and annoying to watch thats it #echoed voice