Ash bonds with like pretty much every non-evil Pokemon he meets so him bonding with Lugia just because it kind of looks like a dragon doesn't mean ****. Why do people suddenly want him to jack Iris's goal? Can't she have anything for herself?
*Remembers the time Ash could listen to Lugia speaking to him.*
Maybe not Dragon types specifically, but Ash does have some manner of empathic abilities that allows him to connect/listen to Pokemon. And that's not even counting his Aura affinity.
I can imagine the outrage if
And looking at previous threads for the series, somehow we will end discussing about how Goh catched a new Pokémon somehow or something like that
- Ash wins the battle
- Ash loses the battle
- Iris is not a champion
- Iris was shafted in her return
- Iris' Axew is not evolved
- Iris call Ash a kid
- Goh do something
Why would Ash winning cause outrage? The overwhelming majority of the fandom prefers Ash over Iris so hardly anyone would be mad if he wins.