It's "Gary-stu" not "Gray-stu", unless you're referencing "50 Shades of Gray" XD
No, I don't think Trip is a Gary-stu, to be honest I don't like the term "Gary/Mary-stu/sue". The term has been whored out by everyone and their grandmother and its basically gained a negative connotation to mean "character who I don't like" and only seems to service in fanfiction, anime, manga, cartoons, etc. in a way to piss off or incite rage from fans of the character who its aimed at in an attempt to try to factually make out said character as the absolute low life of a character ever, I should know, I go to Tumblr and Henshin Justice often. That being said, I don't believe in Sue/Stu as a term.
Sorry about the Sue/Stu tirade. XD Anyway, Trip doesn't come off as a "Gary-Stu"(cringes) at all to me. I don't give a shit how much people despise him, I prefer Paul too but Trip doesn't come off as a stu to me. He's shown to have developed from a nice young kid to a bit of a douchey know-it-all-know-nothing-type guy and he developed again after learning a powerful lesson from Alder. He lost to Bianca and Cilan rather easily too and hasn't been made-out to be absolutely strong in the same way as Paul was who would beat, somewhat emotionally scar, or demean Ash or his Pokemon easily quite often. Trip also trains his Pokemon everyday according to the episode where Ash and him have their third battle, it's not like its justified and he does use strategy. From an unbiased point-of-view, Trip just doesn't seem like a stu. Serperior are natural speed demons so Pignite not landing a hit seemed okay to me.
No, I don't think Trip is a Gary-stu, to be honest I don't like the term "Gary/Mary-stu/sue". The term has been whored out by everyone and their grandmother and its basically gained a negative connotation to mean "character who I don't like" and only seems to service in fanfiction, anime, manga, cartoons, etc. in a way to piss off or incite rage from fans of the character who its aimed at in an attempt to try to factually make out said character as the absolute low life of a character ever, I should know, I go to Tumblr and Henshin Justice often. That being said, I don't believe in Sue/Stu as a term.
Sorry about the Sue/Stu tirade. XD Anyway, Trip doesn't come off as a "Gary-Stu"(cringes) at all to me. I don't give a shit how much people despise him, I prefer Paul too but Trip doesn't come off as a stu to me. He's shown to have developed from a nice young kid to a bit of a douchey know-it-all-know-nothing-type guy and he developed again after learning a powerful lesson from Alder. He lost to Bianca and Cilan rather easily too and hasn't been made-out to be absolutely strong in the same way as Paul was who would beat, somewhat emotionally scar, or demean Ash or his Pokemon easily quite often. Trip also trains his Pokemon everyday according to the episode where Ash and him have their third battle, it's not like its justified and he does use strategy. From an unbiased point-of-view, Trip just doesn't seem like a stu. Serperior are natural speed demons so Pignite not landing a hit seemed okay to me.