Annoying main characters

[Valikinz]

I'm writing a fanfic, and it's my goal to have my main character (who's story is the POV from) start off as an annoying preppy & whiny princessy girl who only sees Pokemon as tools of war.

However, over time I want her character to develop to be more mature, less annoying, and basically learn that Pokemon is more than raising your own ego.

Would that be okay? ; I mean, I know how people feel about annoying characters, but will it put off readers to be extremely annoyed with the main character at the beginning?

[JX Valentine]

If you can annoy the piss out of us with this character but then prove to us gradually that she isn't just a mind-numb princess by having her grow and change into someone we can actually like, that's actually the mark of a good writer.

[dotKarma]

What Valentine said. It takes a good writer to make a character annoying, yet totally change them as the story progresses.