"Does anyone else think Chairman Rose is a terrible character?"

Hope that doesn't sound too harsh, but I thought it'd be fun to drop me thoughts here. There's a lot to criticize in Sword and Shield's story, but personally, Chairman Rose's character feels like it's the worst it has to offer. Feel free to disagree though!For starters, as the villain, what is he trying to accomplish? He harps on about an "energy crisis" and is almost desperate to make sure it never happens, but... what is he talking about? Is it a lack of resources in Galar? Why is it such a problem if it's a thousand years into the future? And as Leon says, why does it need to be fixed this second, and why can't it wait until after the Pokemon League is over? What bad is this energy crisis going to cause?Second, Eternatus... Hooow does Chairman Rose even HAVE Eternatus? That's not a minor thing to gloss over, especially considering not many people knew about it. Did he just... stumble upon it? Was it underground? Did he mine for it knowing of its existence? How does he know that it's Eternatus, what it's capable of, and how to siphon energy from and feed it? Does he have more knowledge on this than the Pokemon professor? Though, I think he got his information from Professor Magnolia somehow...? Nothing is explained, or even interesting... Which is sad, considering Eternatus is a cool boss fight.Lastly, what I dislike the most, his interactions. It feels like he's a different person in almost every interaction he has with you. He's a friendly businessman who cares for Galar for the most part, which is fine, but then there are scenes like the one where Bede destroys that mural. 1.) According to Bede and Opal, Oleana "tricked" him into doing that, which... is pretty out of character considering she never does anything evil outside of that, and has no reason to sabotage Bede? 2.) Chairman Rose decides to disown, or at least revoke gym challenger status from Bede over that, because "destroying Galar to help Galar isn't worth it, and you must respect our region." When... Rose is willing to literally bring back the darkest day in Galar history for the sake of fixing the same problem...? Not to mention, Bede destroying the mural ended up being beneficial to Galar's history only after everyone walked away. Regardless, why does he treat Bede like this when he's established to be a good father figure to him prior to that?Then there's the climax. He brings back the darkest day and... claims Leon "forced his hand" or something, somehow? Regardless, when Leon goes to help Chairman Rose defeat Eternatus, you and Hop follow to do the same thing. And when you arrive, Chairman Rose acts like he "won't let you stop him" for some reason, until you beat him and he... asks for your help, and adds he hopes he didn't discourage you?And of course, he goes to jail and is never seen again. No reflection on his actions, nothing else to add. That's... just it for him. I'd go over more scenes involving him, but beyond his interactions with Bede and the climax, there isn't much to talk about. He's just an inconsistently written villain with little explanation as to what he's trying to do and why. Alone, he kinda brings the story down from just okay to straight up bad, in my opinion. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/31J8bbo