>>24736773One of the issues with Johto being filler hell was because the writers didn't know what to do when they changed their plans about the GS Ball.
With BW, it could potentially be improved if the writers were able to recuperate from their losses, and have Plasma as a threat throughout the series, rather than them being relegated to a shitty arc far along in the BW series.
Obviously people like Trip would still be shitty overall as a character, and Ash having multiple Pokemon seemed like a cool idea, especially when you think about how Ash is taking Paul's techniques into consideration, as if he's learning over time.
