I understand if your not liking character and I can respect that but to claim this things implies how you perhaps may not remember OS well enough; because this simply wasn't true.In my opinion:
Overrated:
Misty;She is damn overrated.After Kanto,she was completely useless like a cardboard piece in the background.Maybe she gets all the love because she was the first female companion and a part of the original Trio.
Brock isn't overrated, he's the total opposite. It's hard to find fanart, fanfics and people talking about him. And he's definitely NOT dull, he's more interesting than many popular characters. In other words, you don't even know the meaning of the word overrated.Overated:
-Brock: Really he seems really dull, especially in DP, honestly the other tertiary male characters were slightly better.
-Alain: I just really feel like there really isn't anything better about him, he still comes nothing more than another Paul just bland and trying to fulfill a simple goal of beating others.
Underated:
-Alder he really was a cool champion, it was a shame he barely interacted with the main characters he only got one episode to interact as a character of the day and he was seen only as a background character past that point, really he was really cool and understood the silly/serious cliché in my opinion.
-Dino: I never understood why was he just a background character, he appeared in a lot of episodes yet he barely got anytime to develop, honestly with no interaction he felt really cool, honestly I think he would of been a better final rival rather than Cameron in the BW league.
I agree with all of what you said except Serena, in my opinion she's both overrated and underrated at the same time. She's pretty much average to me. My biggest problem with her is that she's not very original, as you said nothing particularly unique. I do however think she's unfairly hated at some parts, but not in others. But as for the others I fully and wholeheartedly agree.In my opinion:
Overrated:
Misty;She is damn overrated.After Kanto,she was completely useless like a cardboard piece in the background.Maybe she gets all the love because she was the first female companion and a part of the original Trio.
Serena: Don't get me wrong.She is isn't very bad.But her persona is all about being optimistic,kind,polite and er, girly.So I don't particularly get what's so unique about her.We have already seen lots of characters and COTDs with such a personality.
Underrated:
Jessie:I hate it when people say that she has the same personality as Misty and call her a fiery bitch.But she is one of the most developed characters with a difficult and rough past.She deserves more love than she gets.she is quite misunderstood.
Iris:I hate it when she is compared with Misty and Negaishipping being called as Pokeshipping 2.0. She gets all the hate(I think) mostly because she beat their precious Ash.Iris is adventurous,determined,opinionated, strong and confident.Her relationship with Ash was a lot better than the one that Misty had with Ash.They really got along well.![]()
While I love both Brock and Cilan I think Brock is the most underrated. He's less talked, drawn and written about compared to Cilan. Other thant that, I get the comparison but while they're similar they're also very different. However, Cilan is not more fleshed out than Brock (or the other way around if that matters). More proof Brock gets unfairly hated right there.Underrated:
Cilan. From what I see, the only reason people hate him is because he was essentially a semi-permanent replacement for Brock. I find Cilan a little more fleshed out due to his various hobbies/interests and his "evaluation time" speeches .Plus he participated in Pokemon battles outside of his gym battle with Ash and fighting against the regional super villains and had a reason for participating beyond just impressing a pretty lady. I might also be a bit biased here since I like using Dwebble/Crustle and I'm a sucker for nice characters like Pansage even if these type of characters are usually flat.