Marnie is a rad looking rival though I'll give her that

Bede is absolutely the actual villain.

@DarkOverord My money is on Oleana being the villain.
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Bede I kept thinking was a woman, and then a parallel to the queen.

@Taylor I thought that until Bede's description. I have a suspicion that Oleana's PART of the real villainous team though aye

@DarkOverord Really hope they don't pull the "professional group evil, team ineffectual" twist just, again...

@DarkOverord T-third? . w. I guess if you count SM and USUM separately...

@Taylor Pokémon Colloseum, CIPHER were using Team Snag'em as a front while they acted in the shadows.

CIPHER's reveal was pretty early but same premise

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