harsh, but fair if he got all arrogant and flirty again

Hmm. Right, I'm new to this comic, so lemme guess? Virmir is a bit of an asshole?

*goes back to read a bit*

Ah. Yep! He's an asshole.

You got that right. He definitely is an asshole. Yet everyone likes him anyways despite him being a villain.

100 poke they eat it anyways.

Virmir has a big ego...

Yeah, they could do with an ego check or two.

Eh, well! Say what you will, I personally have always been a fan of badass and strong characters being badass and strong. I think a bit of ego is warranted after using alien-to-this-world arcane sigils to obliterate an enemy that was going to kill everyone

Eh... I prefer my "badass and strong" characters having actual struggles and shortcomings to overcome and sometimes losing. It's really hard to get invested in a story when you know the character is going to win. The stakes become nonexistent. Why would I care about anything happening when it has no bearing on how it turns out in the end?

I say, "Give me something about Virmir outside of him winning." Because winning is all he is at this point.

Oh yeah don't get me wrong, he absolutely needs to lose and be brought down a peg, but at the same time, it *is* nice to see that he still has a good amount of his power here as well.

There's a much larger conversation to be had about a lot of power fantasy media, especially a lot of anime, has this chronic issue of hyping up someone's insane power and insane skill and then they get hit by a McGuffin beam and suddenly they're worthless, OR for some reason the main protag or antag are just inexplicably way more powerful. It feels cheap, ya know? I think personally, one of the only times I've seen that trope done well is with Gojo from JJK, where he's very much shown to be incredibly powerful and skilled, and the antagonists knew to fear him, but he was defeated due to his own overconfidence.

In that vein, I think so far, we're getting some fun stuff with Eevee Virmir. He knows now that he can still utilize his knowledge on arcane runes to set traps and annihilate enemies, but that can only get him so far, especially in this world. He's powerful in his own way, but he WILL fall to his overconfidence, and I'm hopeful that it's done in a compelling way, rather than simply just getting punted around and almost actually killed.

Make no mistake, I do think that going this route over the past few pages is a bit questionable from a writing standpoint, and I may have preferred to see Virmir have to fight off his newfound Pokemon instincts and learn the ways of the world that way, but this is going a whole new direction now that we know the sigils worked, and we kinda have to live with it now. And I mean, I dunno, I'm trying to remain hopeful about it, lol

My thoughts exactly

I agree. Nobody likes a Mary sue/Gary stu. I'm always interested in anti-heroes with compelling backstories that makes me feel sorry for them.

But in virmirs case. He's a complete asshole who gets away with everything.

Why do we still read his comics anyway?

That Absol wants the Pokepuff I bet.

You dont give Lord Virmir the option.

Damn. Made me feel sorry for the jerkass character.

"Don't go breaking my heart~"

To which Virmir responds: "Don't go chasing waterfalls."

And then s/he got addicted to them

Gonna need a senzu for that one

Being fair, the paw you're holding it in is one you walk on, so your hands aren't exactly clean either.

I'll give Timburr this. At least he tried.

And then... hilarity ensues!

Always so delightful, aren't you, V?

No he's not.

I was being sarcastic. XP

Oh no, Absol! If it wasn't for them, I am sure Virmir and Timburr would have become a couple, surely! Darn you, alleged bringer of disaster!

Virmir used Emotional damage

It’s super effective

Geese, Eevee, you sleep in the same barn as him. I’m pretty sure he’s at *least* as impoverished as you!

Jeez virmir, you don't have to be such a dramatic asshole when someone is offering you something. If i didn't know better I'd say your trying to make everyone hate you like I do.