Team Flare? Who are those guys? Were they the ones who wanted to bring on that everlasting drought or something?
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In all seriousness, though, I really like Team Flare. First and foremost, it was their unique style and flair (ha) that really drew me in. They couldn't hope to beat the Italian mob feel of Team Rocket or the Black OPs feel of Neo Plasma. So, they went in a completely different direction, a very flamboyant direction. And it paid off. I'm in love with the red flame motif, what with the red hair, the glasses, the suit, etc. as I'm sure you're all very much aware. They're also very goofy and silly when going about regular hooligan behaviors, spouting off pop references and in general acting very wacky. Then there's the totally awesome-looking Flare scientists (my favorite of the bunch being Bryony) who take their zaniness to even greater heights.
However...
Behind all their flamboyancy and zaniness lies a very dark and very real danger: a zealousness to do the right thing that, when taken too far, ends up spreading destruction in its wake. More than all the other villain team's motives (ok well Plasma's was also hard-hitting as well), this one really struck home to me. Lysandre wasn't a power-hungry mobster who just wanted to steal Pokemon/rule the region, he wasn't a blowhard who just liked the idea of their goals until they became manifest and suddenly caused a 180 for them. He also wasn't a crazy sociopath who just wanted to control his subordinates for his own secret goal, and he wasn't a sheer monster who would do anything to manipulate the public to his interests. He honestly and truly believed what he was doing was right for the world, and so did everyone who was part of the team (well except Malva, but that was after they were gone, so whatever my point's still valid). And in the end, their zealousness got themselves killed and almost killed a whole lot of other people if it weren't for the Deus-Ex-Machina rebounding of that Ultimate Weapon on itself (seriously, did they just not check the trajectory of the beam? I'm pretty sure if they had any brain cells they would have adjusted the trajectory to hit anywhere EXCEPT where they were all at. The only logical explanation I can see for why that happened the way it did was 1: They were just being complete morons and fired off the weapon back on themselves without double-checking, or 2: They did their homework and aimed it for somewhere else, but something intervened. Perhaps Arceus or Zygarde?)
That's why I have taken on the moniker of a Team Flare grunt: To continually remind myself of the great dangers of over-zealousness.
So yeah. Team Flare. They're pretty hot.