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theangrycomet · 11 months

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this is probably just me being picky on semantics but does any one else get annoyed at how Sonia’s considered a Pokemon Professor?

I know sword and shield has some of the worst writing for a pokemon game but Sonia’s arc was especially frustrating for me

like- the whole time she’s researching the myths (if it can really called that) she’s treating it either as some chore assigned to her by her grandma or some sort of game. All the conversations she has with the MC, it feels like the player is either pointing out the obvious to her or handing her the answers. It barely implied that she’s done any thorough research beyond joining the MC to historic sights.

heck if it weren’t for Bede destroying the mural in Stow-on-Side (which for some reason NEITHER of the local gym leaders choose to address themself) she probably would’ve just stopped with what she had.

than she’s just, decreed a Professor by Magnolia at Hammerlocke?

I know Pokemon takes liberties with the title “Professor” but it’s been established that it takes some degree of schooling AND apprenticeship/interning.

I’m sorry but with what the game shows us she is not a Pokemon professor- she is a galarian historian at best- WHICH IS FINE!

I probably would have liked it better if she decided that she didn’t want to pursue pokemon research like her grandma and pursue history. But instead everyone treats her as though she’s the next big thing in pokemon research instead of how her work points out how much has been hidden from the public.

#I wanna like Sonia’s arc- but it’s just so frustrating #Ah well- that’s what fanfiction for #Sonia Magnolia #Professor Sonia #Pokemon #Sword and Shield #AngryComet Rambles #this isn’t me bashing on the character so much as lamenting the writing choices #I do like Hop becoming her intern- but it still feels like a cop out especially with what I discussed above #Lightly salted

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