Considering EVERY single fanfiction that ive seen that tries to correct what went wrong in stuff like Star Wars or Game Of Thrones being utter **** or derivative of what happened makes this even funnier
Don't forget how frustrating it must be for writers that have legitimate writing skills like Yajima to have to discard ideas because they are either too mature for the series, would be problematic for the status quo, or aren't worth the production for a weekly show. I can imagine this going in the production table:
"So, Ash is now supposed to release Goodra in a scenario that is unique for the entire anime, because now he can't directly interfere with things and has to keep his own distance rather than battling things out directly, for this is more of a natural problem that can't be settled by brute force and wou-"
"Put Team Rocket in it."
"W- why?"
"Kids love Team Rocket!"
"Yeah, sure, we are still making him win the league though, right?"
"Oh, he will win a league alright."