Bonus: She has a twin sister who she has a dysfunctional relationship with, and she actually gets along more with her younger brother and her cousin.

Even though I stopped watching his stuff years ago, I’m still so surprised at the recent news. I still wish him the best of luck regardless.
He was one of my favorite early YouTubers (especially of the SM64 blooper/Machinima-type content).

Odd indeed.

Dang, you got the game too?

Given the amount of people that still think Red & Blue’s gen 1 designs are Ash & Gary, I reaffirm that people probably get tangled between the anime & games when it comes to those discussions.

It’s probably why this sentiment exists. Frankly, I personally felt that Gens 7 & 8 had a good ideas on how to maintain both friends and edgy/jerky rivals, but it definitely could’ve been done a bit better in terms of long term character development. Like Paul for example.

I think it’s mainly nostalgia, combined with people’s intrigue with the jerky rivals present in the anime.
For example; Gary Oak was way more of an eccentric asshole compared to his game self during the early seasons, always getting one up on Ash, and kids just wanted to see his ass get humbled.