KyseL
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Have you actually watched Sun & Moon? This couldn't be further from the truth lol.At least BW Ash had more meotions than just happy 24/7
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Have you actually watched Sun & Moon? This couldn't be further from the truth lol.At least BW Ash had more meotions than just happy 24/7
I know people use the "He's 10" excuse for how he is in SM but the way I see it once you reach 10 it is like hitting 16 and getting a car. Yes you are a kid but at the same time you have responsibilities. Which is why I never agreed with the statement of him being 10. Not to mention 10 year olds look so much older than other kids in the show. It is like prior to SM they were making it so once you hit 10 you are seen as a teen which is why when Ash acted like a teen I never had an issue. SM treats him and the others like goofy little kids and as someone who has been watching since season 1 it is hard to watch. BW kinda did it but at the same time it was not nearly as bad so it was ok. At least BW Ash had more meotions than just happy 24/7.
I agree with your post, but in my opinion the real reason why the "He's a 10 year old boy" argument should be dismissed is because, in fiction, character background and progression mean more than the characters' age. We all know what Ash has been through so far and it's confirmed that it's the same incarnation of him, so while he must keep the same age for marketing reasons he should at least avoid doing stuff that will make him childish in our eyes because of the things we've seen he learned. SM is maybe consistent with how 10-year old boys should act, but not with how 10 year old boy Ash should act.
It would be the equivalent of someone saying "He's a 16 year old boy" every time Spiderman suffers character regression. I don't even remember people using that argument in BW that often.
TBH I don't even see why he has to be ten. Kids love older characters like in Naruto and DBZ or even Digimon and Yugioh. At this point I feel it is almost the writers being scared to touch it.
I think writers are just scared about development and change...ironic given that even when you don't age them up characters change. I mean I like Ash old and new, but there is a difference between OG Ash and XY Ash, or any Ash and OG Ash.
It's like how Spiderman, despite what writers try to show, didn't spend his early days swinging and being a power fantasy. He came off as someone who could easily go on a school shooting and a potential future villain.
...I am not kidding.
They were probably better when they were not leaving any concrete age statements around: the moment BW01 declared it they opened an unnecessary can of worms. Even if I must admit I have had a lot of fun using age oddities for humor in my fanfic.
(Or am I the only one who thinks Ash himself not knowing how old he is funny?)
As to least favorite sagas...honestly I don't quite have it in me to call any the worst. Now there are segments that are in fact the worst: Pre-Masterquest Johto and later Unova for one, but an entire saga as worst I don't quite have a claim for.
I have a lot more concrete issues with Kanto, but that is probably from overhype.
Though if there is one Arc I feel is a lot more flawed and least liked, yet overhyped, it is DP. I'll be voting that.
I actually enjoyed how serious they made TR, it was a nice change of pace, and I feel it added more to their characters by showing them in a different light.I dislike Sun/Moon, mainly due to the smaller emphasis on story and more on poorly-executed comedy, but Best Wishes beats it out because S/M is a Meme Treasure Trove.
I dislike Best Wishes due to... Many of the things said by other posters, Ash's Heavy Nerf, His Terrible Pokemon, The Bland Supporting Characters, The Fact that they Wrecked Jessie and James' Personalities and made them more Bland, .etc, .etc.
It's enjoyable, but It's still a step-down.
I actually enjoyed how serious they made TR, it was a nice change of pace, and I feel it added more to their characters by showing them in a different light.
Why would anyone vote for DP or XY? :/
They simply took the soft reboot idea too far. That's how I see it. They ended up copying some qualities of season 1 that should have been left where they belonged.BW is sad. The most serious generation in games (deep history) getting the most dumb anime. How could they do that?