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I am in so, so many parts of the pokemon fandom that anyone who took a look at what I do daily would call me a fucking no life pokemon addict.
I can guarantee to you right now, /padt/, that the pokemon community does not give two shits about Ash. At least, as far as his presence in the anime is concerned. He's retired and not a single one of us care and want him back. He rarely ever appears in romhacks; in fact, I can't remember if I've ever played one that did have him. In fanfics, he really only appears in SI/OC stories, so the MC can kick his ass and/or teach him how to be a REAL trainer. The theming in the latter is implicative of quite a lot- it shows that people were frustrated with the protagonist of the Pokemon anime because of how shit of a trainer he was, and how these writers universally wanted him to be a completely different person.
There is no love for Ash amongst this fandom. There is nostalgia, but not love.