So considering the fact that Leon is very protective of Hop and feels strongly that it is his duty as Champion to deal with any burden Galar faces, it is 100% in character for him to wave you off with a smile as well. (Which, it is his responsibility as Champion to face threats to the region, but Leon takes it too far in that he feels he’s responsible for everyone’s happiness as well, which in turn contributes to how unhappy he actually is being Champion). Leon doesn’t want Hop to so much as feel bad, much less be in actual danger, even setting aside the fact that Leon feels greatly responsible for the safety and happiness of everyone in the Galar region and therefore feels that it is his responsibility as Champion to face any threat to any of that head on. And we see this from Leon as well, with him questioning you about what was going on with Hop when he runs into you in Hammerlocke after Hop’s battle against Bede, and then talking about how he’s going to seek Hop out to talk to him again. I believe Raihan says something along the same lines. Sonia notes that Leon “practically raised ” (which is odd given they have a mom and at least one grandparent, but nonetheless), and also that he worries about him constantly. Leon, who became Champion at age 10, and therefore has had to shoulder the burden of being Galar’s Champion for over a decade, knows exactly what it is to have too much responsibility at too young an age.
She deserves a damn break.Īnd the same goes for Leon. But she’ll pretend to be a kid if it means someone else picks up the slack and saves the world for once (even if she ends up having to do it anyway, sigh). She’s actually an adult in the body of a kid. After all, when I play, the player character isn’t actually a kid. And since I feel that way, the player character in my games feels that way, too. Any other bullshit is just a giant pain in the ass that pulls me away from what I’d rather be doing. I am here to explore lands I’ve never seen before, to catch and train and play with monsters, and battle alongside them in battles I choose to participate in, too. I don’t want it to be my job to clean up whatever bullshit mess Chairman Rose or any other villain has caused. So if Leon and Sonia say, “Go continue your adventure, we’ll handle this,” my response is, “Thank fucking god” because that means I can fuck back off into the wilderness and continue exploring. This isn’t a job that appeals to me, it’s not one that I want. I was exhausted at having to be the Champion in Alola. I’m absolutely beyond tired of having to save everyone’s asses because the PokéWorld can’t go two years without facing another crisis. For me, I’ve been playing Pokémon games since 1998. He trusts and believes in his brother implicitly and, even after deciding to cheer for the player in the Championship match, later confides that he didn’t really think the player was capable of defeating Leon.Īs for the player, they have no personality outside of what you give them.
So yes, it makes perfect sense that Hop would listen to Leon because Hop hangs on Leon’s every word and has since he was very small. It’s only when Leon fails and is injured that Hop steps up to battle Eternatus alongside the player, Zacian, and Zamazenta. This is evidenced by how, even though Hop runs past Raihan and others to get to Leon in the climax of the story, he at first hangs back and lets Leon handle Eternatus, confidently telling the player that Leon can do it. If Leon says, “Stay back and let me handle this,” Hop will. What all this means is that if Leon tells Hop to do something, Hop is 99.9% likely to do it. Hop apologizes to Leon the next time he sees him.
He’s crushed after battling Bede not because he lost, but rather because Bede tells him that he’s making Leon look bad. He wants to surpass Leon because surpassing him means being just like him. Even if he had been, Hop hero worships Leon. He shows up after the cutscene has already unfolded.
The primary time that Leon and Sonia say “let the adults handle this,” Hop wasn’t actually present.
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