>>27895807But it still perpetuates the "Le Ash is a loser, SWITCH PROTAGS NAO" meme. And I hate doing that "something is a meme" thing, but it's super fucking annoying, and it's something that's always going to fucking perpetuate until he wins.
Ash gets no fucking respect, but as we were heading up to this conclusion, it was actually looking like he'd get some recognition. Even if I ignore how mad I am that he lost, there's also the poor condition in how he lost, and how shit like this and shit like DP showcase that there really, truly, is no point in getting hyped up about Leagues, and that they might as well be considered filler, to call to an extreme. I mean, in retrocspect, the fact that they didn't bring up past friends, Ash's mom, or even the professor should've told me that he was going to fucking lose, but still.
Ash lost because he somehow got out underdog'd.