>>28811465the smug is the good part though
>>28811482I'd say this has more to do with how neutered ash's personality has gotten, he takes it because he's supposed to be such a perfect goody two shoes that he can't really be arguing with her all the time
it's the superman-boyscout effect, if you read the first few superman comics he's a fucking asshole, and funny, and then as he got flanderized into this ideal good guy he basically became unable to do anything interesting and gained the power of being super-boring
