satoshi has. weird feelings about some of the criminal teams. they're simultaneously very simple but in the sense of just hating what they're about. when it comes down to the individuals it's a bit more complicated, because ultimately he has always had an easier time being mad at a concept than at multiple people just because anger is such a strong emotion that he feels in concentrated amounts & if he ever feels angry it's always limited to one person, maybe two people at a stretch.
regardless of what the other teams have done to harm pokémon or the world at large, only one team has ever managed to scare satoshi & that's flare. lysandre fucking terrifies him. frightens him more than he infuriates him. it's easy to be angry at people poaching pokémon & ensnaring gods & wanting to rip the universe apart. it is horrifying to see someone witness the manifestation of a bond of sheer trust & love & in that power see potential for a weapon. it is terrifying to be the one ensnared & feel one's mind be invaded by attempts at mind control & feel that feeling twice over because that same bond makes two into one as far as the senses & minds go. ( & all that in the name of something he too believes: the world is beautiful & there are too many awful people. the difference is just that to satoshi's mind the order really is: there are too many awful people, & the world is beautiful. )
