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:Those dialogues alone clearly make Gladion more of a Rival than N, even regardless of the fact that Gladion fits my proposed criteria and N does not. Even though Gladion's goals are not static during the game, this does not disqualify him from growing <i>into</i> the role of a rival. | :Those dialogues alone clearly make Gladion more of a Rival than N, even regardless of the fact that Gladion fits my proposed criteria and N does not. Even though Gladion's goals are not static during the game, this does not disqualify him from growing <i>into</i> the role of a rival. | ||
:Also, while the first criteria I've provided certainly seems more like it describes a Travelling companion, all of the provided examples battle with the player at least once, at some point <i>do</i> want to be better than the player at <i>something</i> and are recurring enough to make them signifigant on the level of a rival, even if most of them grow <i>out</i> of being the player's rival [Brendan/May & Bianca go on to become assistants to professors, while Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor sorta fade from being a rival to follow their own goals separate from the player] making them the opposite of Gladion's case. | :Also, while the first criteria I've provided certainly seems more like it describes a Travelling companion, all of the provided examples battle with the player at least once, at some point <i>do</i> want to be better than the player at <i>something</i> and are recurring enough to make them signifigant on the level of a rival, even if most of them grow <i>out</i> of being the player's rival [Brendan/May & Bianca go on to become assistants to professors, while Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor sorta fade from being a rival to follow their own goals separate from the player] making them the opposite of Gladion's case. [[User:Nikkie2571|Nikkie2571]] ([[User talk:Nikkie2571|talk]]) 04:17, 24 July 2020 (UTC) | ||