What went wrong with Leaf?

>>33164154
literally nothing

Not being canon.

I can get if she barely has any role in the canon. I really do. But with how Red and Blue and the Gen I starter trio are nigh-mythological in popularity within Pokemon fandom, not having a third character and a female player character all at once to cover both female players and the third starter (take your pick) as being part of the RGBY/FRLG story feels really incomplete.

>>33164181
She's technically still canon because of multiple universes. She's an option in the game which means she exists in at least one of them even if we never end up playing a game that takes place in that universe.

>>33164154
>not appear in SM with the other two
done

>>33164286
And yet we've yet to see a universe where Leaf is the Legendary Kanto Trainer instead of Red, because that'd trigger genwunners because she's technically Gen 3.

>>33164748
It'd also trigger canonfags since they like to exclaim that her and Kris don't exist.

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>>33164755
They don't, though. They've been retconned by newer/better versions.

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>>33164154
huh?

>>33164755
If they were added back into the cannon, it'd be quite the shitstorm for sure. Then they'd all kinda vanish like the guys who claimed gen 3 would never get a remake. What a meme that was.

>>33164154
SHE

Here's a theory:
The reason for why Leaf never appears in the game if you choose Red or vice versa is because she IS Red, but in a AU. It isn't to farfetched either since Pokemon likes a lot to play with different realities and timelines (each version is a different universe, XY and RS being the biggest offenders), it would explain why when we re meet with Red and Blue in SM, she is nowhere to be seen, because she lives in a different universe and we and GF only follow the one where Red exists. Basically what I'm saying is, in a game where your other gender counterpart (ala Brendan/May or Lucas/Dawn) doesn't appear, they are the exact same person, but from two AU's

Tinfoil hat, off.

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>>33166055
not a bad theory really

it kinda makes sense actually
i like to believe that chicken-chan and sun are the same person too, if born with a different gender
kind of explains why the other doesnt exist in-game if you pick the other one

>>33165141
Post the full image.

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>>33166238

When you just let the manga canon to be THE canon, everything becomes so easy and pleasant to deal with.

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>>33164154
Leaf/Blue, Yellow did not exist in the first generation in games and mangas as protagonists. However it officially exists from the 3rd generation and they are considered in the first generation.
Similar to Serena in anime, manga, games are from 6ta generation Kalos, considered in 1st generation with Kanto.
pangea world!

>>33164953
>using spongebob memes

kys

>>33166323
>That map
It always bothered me how large the ingame maps have portrayed the kanto cycling road. You'd assume it's humongous but it takes about 5 minutes to explore it all, including trainer battles

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>>33164154
>What went wrong with Leaf?
her skirt was too short and after weeks of trying not to let her panties show, she realized there's really nothing she can do about it so she stopped caring
and slowly she became an exhibitionist who likes flashing her panties to (You)
she gets a thrill from it i guess

>>33166257
I partially agree. The problem is that the manga takes a lot of liberties that don't have place in the games, such as Yellow, that legendary birds fusion, Emerald, etc. But I do enjoy how the manga tries to put all the games protagonists (with the exception of Lyra) into a single universe with various stories and adventures.
>inb4 muh fanfic

>>33164286
That's not how the concept of multiverse works and was applied to pokemon at all though.

>>33164286
No, she is not canon

>>33166055
More likely Leaf is Red crossdressing,(or vice versa who knows)

>>33166257
The manga is as canon as the anime

The characters role and story has nothing to do with the games

>>33166253
While Poptepic is cute, that image's power is not to be underestimated.

So that guy needs to post it.

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>>33164154
Somehow, this wouldn't feel half as cool.

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>>33166339
Wow, you sure showed me!