i’m still such a fan of the contrast between corbeau (the poison trainer) and jacinthe (the fairy trainer). corbeau is a loan shark who sets ungodly interest, but then has people do community service and good deeds to pay off that debt. his grunts look stressed/tired all the time but besides the 2 guards they’re really into the rust syndicate stuff (shoutouts to the sylveon side quest where a guy is getting coached on how to sound henchman-y). yet corbeau asserts he’s a bad person because HOW he goes about his business, despite the fact everybody he works with respects and loves him.
meanwhile, jacinthe— while certainly not heartless— is very selfish. She stalks team MZ while they stop rogue mega evolutions and then traps them in her jacinthe zone (is that legal???) and does the same thing to the other ZA royale bosses to stop them from leaving her building. there’s that toxic yuri shit she did to lebanne. her goons act distinguished but they insert themselves into kids’ affairs to try and assert their prerogative. They’re Rich. Jacinthe will literally bend every rule in the book in order to get what she wants… and what she wants is innocent enough. it’s her refusal to accept no which causes problems.
god, I love the character work in this game. shoutout to my goat Ivor, whose abs i need to lick like a thirsty man in the desert
EDIT: after writing this I finally realized the reason corbeau has a random gyarados on his team is because he’s a Lysandre fanboy FUUUUUCK it’s genius, why didn’t I think of that?????













