oh are we yelling about paulo and what a good lad he is and how fascinating it is to actually have a character who is 'normal' instead of exceptional in a world that's regularly threatened and actually fears Fear About It and gets an extra layer of depth when shipping with the protag because of how the fear of loss drives them and and and--
paulo fans crawling out of the woodwork i love you paulo fans
listen paulo being the friendly rival to tina and then crashing out when he ends up being the friendly rival to you as well is beautiful
genuinely loved his interludes during the villain event where he looked at all the team bosses and got exactly all the wrong lessons from it and it's a LOGICAL read as to how he figured that out and yet you want to shake him like a stress toy like buddy!!!!! no!!!!! and he almost, almost manages to find his balance despite all that,
and then ghetsis kills his dog,












