dman_dustin
Well-Known Member
I'd argue that Ash feeling bad about losing (or however you would describe it) would be detrimental to both Ash and his Pokemon.
I mean in the very beginning of the episode Ash was was training all of his Alola Pokemon but primarily Rockruff.
To intentionally force Ash to lose just because he needs to understand loss would be the crappiest thing to do at that moment. Especially to how Rockruff would likely handle the loss.
This doesn't feel like a character building moment, especially with how superior Gladion was. This would've been disheartening. Both Ash and Rockruff would've felt bad, that all they're training they still amounted to nothing in the battle. Ash was not being cocky, so why does Ash need to be knocked down a peg. Why must Ash and Rockruff feel like crap just because?
If Ash was going to lose I would've preferred Ash to shrug his shoulders and say they've got a lot more training to do rather than be forced to feel a detrimental feeling, especially when Ash for example isn't being cocky. That would be kind of like Ash vs Paul the first full battle. There was no reason for Ash to lose so badly just to feel like absolute crap just for a storyline of Ash moping until his Pokemon cheered him up, but oh well it happened, moving on, we don't need a repeat UNTIL or UNLESS Ash gets cocky.
I mean in the very beginning of the episode Ash was was training all of his Alola Pokemon but primarily Rockruff.
To intentionally force Ash to lose just because he needs to understand loss would be the crappiest thing to do at that moment. Especially to how Rockruff would likely handle the loss.
This doesn't feel like a character building moment, especially with how superior Gladion was. This would've been disheartening. Both Ash and Rockruff would've felt bad, that all they're training they still amounted to nothing in the battle. Ash was not being cocky, so why does Ash need to be knocked down a peg. Why must Ash and Rockruff feel like crap just because?
If Ash was going to lose I would've preferred Ash to shrug his shoulders and say they've got a lot more training to do rather than be forced to feel a detrimental feeling, especially when Ash for example isn't being cocky. That would be kind of like Ash vs Paul the first full battle. There was no reason for Ash to lose so badly just to feel like absolute crap just for a storyline of Ash moping until his Pokemon cheered him up, but oh well it happened, moving on, we don't need a repeat UNTIL or UNLESS Ash gets cocky.