>>18092637Paul was basically everything Ash was not - may as well have been a Smogon tier IV checker, often released, and put his team through utterly brutal training regimens. Pokemon to its credit kind of crossed that divide and showed that darker side.
Paul and Ash were described as two sides of the same coin. So we got a guy who is an utter brutal power leveller, throw his mons in pain's way to get stronger, and Cynthia bulldozed him still.
>>18092657The 90s called, they want their marketing catchphrase back
