Pesky
The Flame Pokémon
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2016
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Okay, so I'll probably have to preface by saying that I've been away from the anime for a long while. I've seen virtually nothing of Unova. I watched the Kalos League then started XY from the start (and am currently on episode 60ish), so I don't know much about the series as a whole.
So an apparent reason for the extremely rushed league this season is that they had to make room for the Team Flare finale, but I'm asking seriously here- do I have a reason to care? Because from what I know, Flare has a minimal presence in this season and Ash's encounters with them can be counted on one hand. He met Lysandre briefly before the league started thinking he was chill dude. So why am I supposed to care about a grand finale when the protagonist of the series has literally no investment in the whole ordeal? No real animosity towards Team Flare and what they do (whatever it is they even do)? No desire to fight evil and right wrongs? It just feels like the most basic element of any story is entirely non-existant in Pokemon.
Frankly, I don't remember the evil team of the games having much of a presence. I honestly have no memory of Team Aqua or Magma being in Hoenn. Galactic were present here and there and had like a 3 episode "finale" before being quickly forgotten. And like I said, I know nothing about Unova although I do know N made an appearance so that's neat.
So an apparent reason for the extremely rushed league this season is that they had to make room for the Team Flare finale, but I'm asking seriously here- do I have a reason to care? Because from what I know, Flare has a minimal presence in this season and Ash's encounters with them can be counted on one hand. He met Lysandre briefly before the league started thinking he was chill dude. So why am I supposed to care about a grand finale when the protagonist of the series has literally no investment in the whole ordeal? No real animosity towards Team Flare and what they do (whatever it is they even do)? No desire to fight evil and right wrongs? It just feels like the most basic element of any story is entirely non-existant in Pokemon.
Frankly, I don't remember the evil team of the games having much of a presence. I honestly have no memory of Team Aqua or Magma being in Hoenn. Galactic were present here and there and had like a 3 episode "finale" before being quickly forgotten. And like I said, I know nothing about Unova although I do know N made an appearance so that's neat.