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Originally Posted by Pinkie-Dawn
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Have you paid attention to his dialogue? Pokémon has only made people become greedy, which led to the rise of Giovanni's business, as shown in the Origin, and Ghetsis' ambition to be the only human to use Pokémon. As the population of humans and Pokémon increase, so does the likeliness of war. Lysandre was simply doing the world a favor by destroying the very source of greed, which are Pokémon, in order to keep the world beautiful, even if it means losing the beautiful creatures he truly loves, thus making him a true hero. But no, instead the game tries to shove the fact that your NPC friends' ideals are superior and everyone else's is bad, forcing to foul Lysandre's plan, thus making you the real villain.
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What you're describing here is what the writers TRIED to do with Lysandre's character: To make him a tragic, shakespearean villain who's fed up with the corruption of the world and is willing to turn himself into a monster, if it means future generations will live in a better, more peaceful world.
The problem that happens with this story is the same that happens with a lot of similar stories: Where's the corruption? Where are these despicable, greedy, Pokemon-abusing humans that he speaks of? All I see in Kalos are happy-go-lucky people running around with their cheerful Pokemon in their beautyful, colorful towns generally having a good time. Evil teams like Team Rocket and Team Plasma who use Pokemon for evil are the exception and not the rule in the Pokemon World.
If you're wondering what Lysandre would be like in the hands of a
good writer, look no further than Amon from the Legend of Korra. His motives actually make sense within the established universe (i.e. we actually
see examples of Benders abusing non-Benders), his followers are actually intimidating and he actually has a complex, multi-part plan that almost worked in the end, intead of just saying "hey, let's just kill everyone we don't like and then the world will be a better place... somehow."