By this past February, I figured that I had enough incentives to start developing an overarching scenario for ending Pokémon in Unova, with Pearlshipping, Wishfulshipping, and Admirationshipping as the couples joining forces to battle Teams Plasma and Rocket. As a taste, Ghetsis' psychopathy would've had him order an amplified Dragon Pulse that destroyed the entirety of the Skyarrow Bridge in his first appearance to Cilan, Iris, Nate, Rosa, and N, and it shocked Giovanni into authorizing his agents -- Cassidy and Butch rather than Jessie and James -- to act on their own in carrying out their organization's ultimate goal and stop Ghetsis. The finality in this premise would necessarily mean that Serena wouldn't even exist, so by definition, that girl's jaw could drop if she ever encountered Ash and Dawn in my scenario. Her uncertainty of purpose reminds me a bit of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, a trio of fillies seeking out their own special talents and strengthening their friendship in the process. As for Team Flare, when I heard about their routine, my first instinct involved complaints from Rarity about their fashion sense or lack thereof, which could say quite a few things, and I can safely recall Lauren Faust's main message: "there are lots of different ways to be a girl".