>>55168538>>Clashing coherency between the narrative in the XY and SM iterations instead of building on each other. (Or a clash of visions between directors)There was nothing to build on top off because XY was a shitty season with a shitty ending.
Serena and the blonde jobber were not good characters and they were not meant to stay, the Kalos journey was a rehash of previous journeys were Ash had absolutely nothing to do, etc.
SM flipped everything because a change of pace was sorely needed. After the Kalos fiasco it was obvious they couldn't go back to the
>walk 3 episodes through a generic forest (interrupted by Team Rocket in every episode)>arrive to a city>something happens before Ash can face the Gym leader>Ash solves it>Ash faces gym leader>he barely manages to clear the Gym even though the Gym leader spends the entire fight talking about how much of a genius he is>"to be continued">back to step oneThere was no "clashing directors" they deliberately set Ash up on Alola to completely change everything:
>Ash is on vacation>from the get-go it is said that he is merely on Alola to study Z-Moves, they don't attempt to sell the idea that he's gonna stay there>Ash is obviously ahead the other kids in every aspect>the series is more focused on character interactions and daily lives occurrences>Stakes for the league being subverted by having no requirements to enter them, undermining the whole progression mindsetThis is just headcannon garbage. He faces strong trainers on the League which is all that matters. All of them had their own character arcs prior and were SHOWN to be strong, unlike Tobias, the Blaziken Nigger or fucking Dragon Claw.
>Covid messing up an already fucked up pacing within JourneysJourneys was set up from the get-go to be Ash's last adventure complete with him getting a sort of protege of his own and a goal of becoming the world champion, after becoming the champion of Alola.
