Yeah, I've had that fear before!

Well I think it's worth acknowledging that the concept of AI in fiction has long predated the art-stealing mess that's popped up recently. I feel like it'd be an extremely bad faith reach to try to tie the idea of artificial life to the crap we're seeing online now. I don't think that's your responsibility.

Yeah I don't even see the point of playing at that point lmao.

Grinding should be designed and scaled so that it's at least mildly fun for the player, but I resent the idea of just knocking it out of the game altogether. I LIKE leveling up each member of my team. It may take a little longer, but it makes every Pokémon feel special. And it's not as if Pokémon properly scales its games to the new system anyway lmao, it's just unbearably easy.

Yeah, I agree with you.

I don't like the phrase plot armor much in general either, particularly in anipoke where Ash basically tends to get the opposite, but there are quite a few instance in this series where I feel he had it.

Like, the battle was fun to watch and all, but at least half of that was because of VOLKNER'S plays. Ash didn't do much in the way of being clever in return, and he's done better than this before. Definitely one of JN's better battles, and despite that, he still kinda sucked. It's a damn shame.

Not much! I like Yugioh, DM through 5Ds. I watched through Death Note last year.

My interests really just are pretty narrow lol, I settled on a few shows I really loved growing up and it's hard to stay focused on much else. Not like I don't try occasionally, but I usually just drift back.

Yeah lmao I want him to be respected, not glorified.

Also, there's a difference between how you're seen by your rivals/enemies and your friends.

Paul insults him (pre-redemption) and it's fine, he's supposed to make you angry. His friends putting him down all the time leaves a much more sour taste because they're supposed to be his friends.

Meanwhile DP Ash has the lowest win rate out of every Ash and he's my favorite one, because his battles are well-written and his trials make him a better trainer in the process to great effect.

Eh, I get your point, but I think that in a way it'd make things worse. He'd just be another Tobias and I think Alain deserves better than that. Ash losing Kalos fucking sucks no matter what. But having no relationship with his final opponent wouldn't benefit things imo, even if it may lower the initial burn a little.

The only thing that'd satisfy me is if Ash won tbh. Or if he'd won Sinnoh beforehand so losing to Alain can remain its own story and not be burdened by the disappointment of 20 years prior.

Yeah it's certainly a strange and confusing thing to reveal at the literal last second.

If that mattered, wouldn't it have come up, like, in the episode where Ash and Leon hung out?

It feels thrown in there with nowhere to take it.

Understandable!

I like both tbh. I agree with you on the crown, it adds something different. I can understand being sick of X lol but unfortunately, it's cool... Y was criminally underused though, and handed to TREVOR of all people.

I think if Ash Mega Evolved his Charizard, he'd primarily use Y. It just suits him more, y'know?

If I can be real I just don't like Morpeko much. Like, fuck James's in particular, but I find them kinda boring. Their gimmick is just changing one move's type between Electric and Dark every turn.

I'm not feeling it.

Oh for sure. They talked about taxes and bingo and stuff

On that note, if Mighty G has Diana's phone number he should slide it to me

Oh I absolutely believe that. Though describing trolling as a crime is hilarious lol

LOL

Not wrong, anon, not wrong.

No, no she wouldn't. I'd love a world where no one put up with Morpeko.

Oh hell yeah he would. If he ever gets a car, that's gonna be it.

Ash. Vegeta both times. Krillin's first death; the second is still powerful but it comes riiight before the most iconic transformation of all time, so it kind of takes the backseat there.