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>entire SM series is just Ash hallucinating in a mental asylum after his mind was broken from losing the Kalos League
>recreates a safe space in his mind, island paradise setting, he's a student with a bunch of little kids instead of traveling on a stressful journey to challenge gyms
>professor is ridiculously nice and "cool" instead of a distant father figure who is constantly disappointed in him
>all the Alola forms are just fever dream versions of Pokemon from Kanto, his home region
>all the Ultra Space bullshit is just him playing out a childish fantasy so he can be the hero after letting everyone down so badly in Kalos
>when Misty and Brock visited he imagined them wearing their original outfits because that was when he was happiest, since he hadn't been beaten down by repeated League losses
