>>54210026>I mean Ash did win the PWT in JNFirst, that only happened in JN.
Secondly, JN is official fanfiction they made up so they could retire Ash without being responsible for hundreds of manchildren committing suicide over their self insert dying a loser just like them.
>And the OS, DP and XY leagues were kino as heckOS was only kino because of how pathetic Ash was and how hard reality came crashing onto his loser lifestyle. DP was only kino because of Paul and Tobias. XY was only kino because of Alain and Yajima's OC frog. In total, Ash was only responsible for one bit of kino, and that was when his loser personality was highlighted. It's kino when a loser loses because of their own shortcomings.
>something we'll never even approach getting something as cool in HorizonsHorizons has already topped everything Ash did. Friede is cooler than Ash, Ash is way lame and flopped.
>Giving Iris the same kind of "league challenger" treatmentThis could work
>WITH her being a legit Ash companionThis would flop.
>IMO that's the real reason why Iris's growth was done retconishly.There was nothing about Iris that was retconned. Once she left the loser, she did her thing, and that thing is winning. If anyone's growth was retconned, it was Ash, who suddenly is able to beat world champions even though he nearly lost to Guzma and Gladion just the season before, both trainers who are weak and inexperienced.
>So that her Champion status "lore" is more canon and prominent in the game "canonicity" and lowkey and swept ubder the rug in the ashnime contextHer champion status in lore is already canon and prominent in both the games and in the anime. You're just mad that Ash was holding her back and that she became a winner once she took off the loser kid weights.