User blog:Emeraldblade95/Pure Good Rejection Proposal: Jasmine (Pokémon)



''Note: This proposal is on hold until November 10. Please do not vote on this proposal until the aforementioned date arrives.''

Since Cynthia was rejected recently, I'd thought I would bring up another character from the Pokémon Franchise: Jasmine

What is the Work?
Pokémon is an RPG video game where players known as Pokémon trainers travel across various region to catch, train, and build relationships with Pokémon, a species of mythical animals, animate objects, and whatnot that have special powers and abilities.

Each game features different unique characters and well as different Pokémon, many of which have a wide variety of personalities.

In each game, the player is aiming to become the region's respective champion, but in order to do so, they must first defeat all eight gym leaders, the Elite Four, and the current champion in order to obtain the title, which of course is a difficult, time-consuming, and stressful challenge.

In more recent games, there is another storyline in which the player must team up with several allies to defeat an evil individual or group who wishes to obtain power by abusing Pokémon abilities.

Who is She? What has She Done?
Jasmine is the sixth gym leader chronologically in the John Region (the second Pokémon region of eight in appearances). She specializes in training and battling with Steel-type Pokémon and resides in Olivine City.

Jasmine has a notably calm personality, although her speech suggest that she often times gets confused as to what exactly she will say or how to react, suggesting that she is also moreorless naive.

Despite her strange speech patterns, she cares deeply about her Pokémon, especially Amphy, her Ampharos, which tends to her city's lighthouse, but falls ill in the main storyline in-game, requiring her to leave her gym and care for it.

Like most non-antagonistic gym leaders, Jasmine is friendly to the player, and befriends them even before they have their destined battle together (which in canon, the player wins), and does not show hostility nor arrogance in battle.

All aforementioned information is nearly identical to her anime counterpart.

Why She does not Qualify?
Similar to Cynthia, she has the personality to fit the category, but there is one major disqualifying factor: her screen time in both the games and the anime.

Jasmine only plays at best a short supporting role in-game, and barely does anything heroic on-screen other than caring for a sick Pokémon and battling the player valiantly.

She also barely stands out much from the other gym leaders. She does leave her gym to tend to Amphy, which is noble, but nothing more than standard, nurturing heroism.

Final Verdict
Jasmine has the personality, but lacks the screen time and doesn't really stand out in general.