>>121256772>Most fans prefer May and the blue haired chick. And even Lillie is considered more beautiful.The fact that you're calling her "the blue haired chick" and not her name suggests she's less impactful - in fact, all of them are variations of the original Misty. Despite the in-universe canon, most people cosplaying pokemon are doing Misty, not the others. Traditionally, the red head is always "the pretty one" in a western cartoon, and Misty fed into that by being the female lead.
>>121256772>genuine physically attractive female character was designed by the WestIf we're confining the list to impactful characters from the West, then sure, Raven was probably an impactful choice, but so was Harley, and she's proven more mutable in her designs. Having said that, I'm not contesting that Raven wasn't and isn't a big deal, she managed to out-hot the red head from the team, the same way Velma subverted Daphne just by being the less stereotypical girl.
Like April, both Misty and Raven speak to a demographic of boys that first noticed girls through these characters. So contrary to the anon up above, I'd argue that Wendy will be more impactful than Pacifica in the long term, because that's literally what the Wendy character is for - she's the hot babysitter for when little boys first hit puberty and start noticing girls who aren't their gross sister.
