>>53649890>his JN team was more or less of the same level as most of his PokémonDespite having spent barely any time with Ash.
Again, this is the problem and why Roy is a red flag. He's going to train with Fuecoco for three episodes and that's all it will take for it to be a mega rayquaza slayer.
The grandeur of fantasy comes from how unopposable the higher powers are. Their divine status, the great gulf that separates the greater from the lesser, is exactly what makes fantasy so wonderous. When the divine do fall, it's what makes the fall all the more grand. A greater being fell before a lesser being, with whatever ploy used to defeat it taking the spotlight.
Goh, Ash, and soon possibly Roy, ruin that grandeur with the careless ease with which they overcome those greater powers. When a God falls it should be through some combination of cunning trickery, great effort, and hubris on the God's part. Not because a kid spent 3 days practicing hand stands.
