[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

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Ah, gotcha. Don't think Arete would have understood (or even cared, if she did) why Charizard was so dismissive of her/themselves, but it does shine light on the why of the matter.

I won't deny Charizard's an utter beast right now, especially since he's gained access to both his Mega Evolutions, so I get and accept that he would just consider Arete a lesser threat than himself, but I think he is underestimating her/them, as well as just being not very savvy with handling her in the first place. Baby Legend or not, Arete is still a Legendary with considerable power that also has a Type match up advantage against the fire breathing dragon, and at that moment the confrontation was happening was still rocking a + 2 Fell Stinger Buff on top of her/their + 1 All Attribute Surprise. Given that Nathan is their trainer, I'd thought they'd have enough Insight not to provoke her/them in the first place, let alone treat them and their issue with him as nothing and expect she/they wouldn't get pissed off.

For Arete, that conflict was not a matter of proving her/their Strength towards Charizard. She/they are already completely self-confidant in that regard, even if it's in an egotistical, aggressive, and brutal way. No, she/they were mad because of being so disrespected by, if not an inferior, then by someone who SHOULD know better than provoke her/them. If they had just plain ignored her, or treated her issues with them as not 'beneath' him, she'd/they'd probably still be angry, but much less so and not so inclined to have attacked them. In the end, she/they were giving what they got, or at least that's how I see it.

Regardless, I'm glad that neither of our character's Pokemon got into a fight. Probably would have ended badly no matter who won, in one way or another!

It also helps that both of Charizard's Megas effectively nullify his Water weakness, and his Flying type moves give him an advantage over most Bug types even if they aren't weak to Fire.  ;P

No matter how it's put, Charizard just doesn't think the conflict is worth the time right now, which is the same stance that Nathan has on it.  Makes perfect sense to me, to be honest.

If Arete wants to fight Charizard later, he'll fight the Bug.  It's what the Charicific Valley Charizard did when Ash's Charizard challenged every single one of them to a fair fight, after all (he lost every single battle).