Trainer Gabriel

Excadrill is nice and all, but I don't understand why they are putting some much emphasis on Excadrill, when Iris is suppose to be training to be a "Dragon Master."

That be like Misty wanting to be a "Water Pokemon Master", and her primary Pokemon would be a Miltank.

I do like the fact that Masaomi doesn't even look like he's trying against Iris though. But Iris will tap into "screaming my Pokemon's name" powers, and she'll probably at least make the guy sweat a little.

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The only reason I think Bianca might win is for the sole fact that she's been losing every single one of her battles on-screen. I'd like to think they are slowly building he up to be a monster by the time the league comes. But, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was just another trainer with legendaries that knocks Ash out in the Top 2. *shrugs*

It's the main character from FF IX, Zidane Tribal.

Yeah, I've gotten so used to the series disappointing me..that I never really expect it to do anything phenomenal. Paul was a rare case. The Paul rivalry remains, at least IMO, the best thing about this show throughout it's long run.

I expect Ash to get Top 2 in the Unova, after beating Trip in the semi's. He'll then lose to some league only rival, or Bianca.

Your argument does make sense to me. Basically, my initial objection was due to a misinterpretation that made me think you were saying the writers had to conform to the previous filler sagas.

AG and Best Wishes are similar in that Ash doesn't really have rivals that drive him to become more skilled. The difference is that he does have long-term rivals in Best Wishes, and I simply wouldn't be sure that the writers would want to dispose of them after little more than two years. I don't want Trip to stick around, but unlike Gliscor'd we both know better than to assume the writers have to do what we want.

I really wanted Leaf, or rather her anime counterpart, to be Ash's rival in the Battle Frontier saga. I think it would have worked, with Leaf turning out to be another one of Ash's childhood friends and both of them striving to defeat Brandon before the other. I can easily expand the idea, but there isn't much point now. Incidentally, I also think the Battle Frontier should have been moved to the Sevii Islands, as the writers clearly had no desire to revisit Kanto locations (barring about three) and the Sevii Islands had several interesting locations, especially compared to the anime-exclusive towns.

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It was really nice, I sure made sure I got my fill of food before I got back to eating a bunch once College starts up. XD

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