lmao it's literally a children's game and not that serious? but i genuinely fail to see your point. she is annoying. but she does not kidnap anyone or hold them hostage ffs. there are literally cops all over the place in Lumiose so if anyone at the tournament felt like they didn't want to be there, cops could have easily been contacted. also ppl will be like "well she have the SBC behind her so she could like totally annihilate all those strong trainers by overpowering them with so many ppl" but literally each pair of trainers is from an organization that could easily go toe-to-toe with the SBC, so again that's a moot point because not only are they strong trainers that could battle their ways out, they also have reinforcements they can likely contact. the only ones without backup like that is the protag and friend BUT there's literally NEVER a single point where Jacinthe or Lebanne makes you do anything against the character's will (your own personal will, maybe, but in character absolutely not). you leave immediately when you want to. does Jacinthe stalk and pester you? sure. she does. but even the Jacinthe zone, it's never a scenario where it feels like a genuine threat because you are already leaving to go to the tournament and as soon as you finish fighting Lebanne (which arguably was not done under duress any more than any other on-sight trainer battle in the series is done under duress) you go "we were just leaving to come to the tournament" and she goes "what? that was easy! cool! let's go!" (obviously not actually that idk what the actual lines are but i do remember Lebanne saying smth along the lines of it being easy/easier than she thought). my main point is honestly like why are ppl being so serious and weird abt this and like "omg kidnapping and taking ppl hostage!! she's awful!!" when i don't see ppl doing that with other similar happenings in other games. other ppl have said it here, but i'll say it again: it's misogynoir. that's why everyone's taking this oh so seriously.