>>68457 (OP)Bianca's parents were overprotective; well, her dad anyways. Her motivations are somewhat justified and she basically gives up throughout the adventure, so both sides were kind of right.
<Although, I agree with Cheren's and N's takes. Cheren's arc is just somewhat dumb in general since raw strength / power is actually pretty valuable and often rewarded in the Pokemane's world, gym leaders and the league just naturally prove it. Hell, he even becomes one 2 years later. The only thing the guy needed was a reality check to motivate himself even further, but oh well, Masuda's magnum opus or something.
The team Plasma stuff is a massive idiot plot imo. The pokemon world is already an idealized utopia in which men, flora and fauna have harmoniously lived off each other for a century at that point (if we're taking into account the Legends games taking place somewhere around the middle of the XIX century) so it's legitimately baffling how Team Plasma didn't crumble during their first team meeting. The game tries to do the whole "western religion le scary" thing japs love to do in order to make some sense out of it, but it just comes off as tacky and retarded since eco-terrorism wasn't really a thing until the later half of the XXth century. Honestly, basing a game around eco-PETA shit is just stupid and it's always the same predictable "we are the real demons" crap.