How do we know that Luke is a recurring rival? If he is even a rival at all.
I would want Him or James to get one because it looks like a rich looking pokemon no a purple haired girl named Burgundy
Yeah, he's more like Aoi, except not awesome.
Agreed. Granted, I do still like Luke, but I do like Angie better.
So, it looks like the writer's are going out their way to destroy all of the common speculations for the group. Golett, Stoutland, Leavanny, Beartic, and Pawniard all showing up with various rivals/ potential rivals? Honestly, if Luke becomes a full rival, I don't think even Swadloon will evolve fully.
I don't see how that stops some common speculation. Well, Golett is a definite one that seems much less likely for Ash now, and a lot of people have been predicting Stoutland for Cilan and Pawniard for Ash or Cilan. However, most predictions involving Cubchoo don't have it evolving, but having it as one of Ash's unevolved Pokemon. As for Leavanny. . .well, if Ash and his main rival were able to share Gliscor, then Ash and small-time rival/recurring character can share Leavanny. Luke has no effect on Swadloon's evolution, unless he replaces Trip as Ash's main rival. But even that would lead me again to Gliscor. . .
LOL at me disagreeing in my original statement, then coming around to agree with three of the five that you mentioned.
And LOL at me actually typing LOL, something I've probably done twice in my life. LOL
Gliscor doesn't really count, because after its capture we saw Paul's maybe twice.
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I don't see how that stops some common speculation. Well, Golett is a definite one that seems much less likely for Ash now, and a lot of people have been predicting Stoutland for Cilan and Pawniard for Ash or Cilan. However, most predictions involving Cubchoo don't have it evolving, but having it as one of Ash's unevolved Pokemon. As for Leavanny. . .well, if Ash and his main rival were able to share Gliscor, then Ash and small-time rival/recurring character can share Leavanny. Luke has no effect on Swadloon's evolution, unless he replaces Trip as Ash's main rival. But even that would lead me again to Gliscor. . .
LOL at me disagreeing in my original statement, then coming around to agree with three of the five that you mentioned.
And LOL at me actually typing LOL, something I've probably done twice in my life. LOL
I disagree on the Golett statement. Ash has frequently caught Pokemon that have already debuted. Not counting evolutions and starters, I can list the following:
Snorlax
Corphish
Torkoal
Aipom
Gligar
Gible
Each of these Pokemon, save for Snorlax which was a random capture ended up serving a purpose to the plot as a whole, mostly for either debuting an evolution from another generation or filling a type quota (with Gible being an excuse for the writers to give Ash a Dragon Pokemon). If the writers want to give Ash a Ghost-type Pokemon this generation, I think it will either be Golett or Golurk (with Golett far more likely).