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vaugarde · 2 years

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its not whiplash per say bc ive seen all the episodes in between these but it sure is wild how ash’s main battle with his rival in the sinnoh league was a 3 episode long back and forth struggle that served as the climax for their individual arcs and rivalry, followed by a loss that still provided a very good battle and atmosphere that leaves you proud of ash regardless, and then ash’s main battle with his rival in the unova league is an underwhelming preliminary battle they immediately try to get out of the way, rival has already had his emotional arc completed, and then when ash does lose its intended as a literal punchline

#like. i cant believe these happened back to back. what the hell #i know i sound like a broken record about trip but i honestly cannot emphasize enough how underwhelming and mishandled his entire character #also im not too far into it but im sensing that another thing they brought back from indigo was ‘’um its realistic this way’’ thinking #like. ‘’um realistically ash isnt always gonna fight his main rival in the climax lol’’#‘’um realistically ash isnt always gonna fight the guy we set him up to fight with’’#‘’um realistically we arent always gonna know who the winner is and hes probably just some guy’’#which like…. was my least favorite aspect abt indigo btw. writing with more ‘’realistic’’ probabilities is fine #but theres a reason people get annoyed when you set something up and dont follow up on it properly #subverting expectations is a thing and it can be done very well! hell they did that with tobias and i defend him a lot #but you have to do it in a way that still feels natural for the narrative and satisfies people and serves some kind of purpose #otherwise youre just going to annoy people and youre just gonna look pretentious when you excuse your bad writing with ‘um realism?’’#and yknow. sinnoh was so good that unova league was probably gonna be looked down on no matter what #but holy shit they dropped the ball #echoed voice #pokeani lb

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