Abandoned by his criminal father

>abandoned by his criminal father
>steals his starter
>treats his Pokemon like tools
>treats everyone like shit
>hates Team Rocket passionately
>eventually grows, changes, and learns to love his Pokemon
Why can't we have morally complex rivals anymore?

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There’s nothing complex about Silver or any character from this franchise.

Better yet, why can't we have cute and kissable rivals anymore?

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You're a fucking idiot. Silver is actually well written and they do it without ever having to hammer it over the players head like they're a moron
>starts off as angry and abusive
>only cares about strength and uses his Pokemon as an outlet for his anger
>steals 2 Pokemon for his team
>game makes you believe he's a perfect candidate for Team Rocket
>instead he absolutely crushes them any chance they get and mocks how they use numbers to pretend they're strong
>gets BTFO by Lance and told he needs to learn to treat his Pokemon better
>actually reflects on Lance's words and slowly progresses
>cut to the post game where his Crobat has evolved showing he learned to love his team, tries to return the starter he stole only for Prof. Elm to tell him to keep it because of how much the starter cares about him now, and offers to team up with/battle you because he wants to prove himself as a great trainer, and not for any malicious reasons
Cope all you want, Silver is a phenomenal rival.

Calm your ovaries, Lyra

That's not complex, as great as Silver is.
In any case, its a big flaw that you require a timed event in a remake to understand the character.
Not that user, and he probably doesn't understand it either, but saying he's not complex is not saying he's not well written. Silver IS great, but not complex, as most of the better characters are.

What about him?

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>Silver is actually well written
Never said he wasn’t, retard. Being well written and morally complex aren’t mutually exclusive. Not my fault you assume otherwise.

You don't need to do the Celebi and Giovanni event to understand his anger. Fire Red and Leaf Green allude to the fact he's Giovanni's kid. Still, you're right to some degree. Kinda a shame that kino flashback to Giovanni leaving behind his family is gatekept by a limited time event. That's easily something that could have been added to the base game as additional post game content.

He's cool and all because he's actually a good trainer, but ultimately falls flat because he doesn't really have any faults that make him interesting. Think Hop with Sword and Shield. An obnoxious cunt most of the time but he had actual faults that made him interesting. Like abandoning his Swooloo because he thought it was weak (and it was) and building different teams to find what works, before ultimately realizing the importance of becoming a trainer is using the Pokemon you like, not just what is strong, with which is then adds Swooloo back to his team.