Yankees4life
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Paul was the best rival for Ash bar none. All this discussion about this rival and that rival isn't going anywhere. Shooter will never be like Paul or be better than Paul PERIOD
Paul was the best rival for Ash bar none. All this discussion about this rival and that rival isn't going anywhere. Shooter will never be like Paul or be better than Paul PERIOD
But that's all a matter of opinion, we don't know for a fact if the Ash/Paul rivalry would have gotten boring or not.
It might have made Paul more popular among the fanbase since he was a favored character amongst a lot of viewers in DP, and to some, the series in general.
Yes, at the end of the day it all comes down to one's opinion. However, I have provided logic to back up my opinion, whereas you have provided next to nothing or not-so-convincing logic. Things like "we don't know if Ash/Paul rivalry would have gotten boring/stale", or "we don't know how Paul's character would have turned out in Unova", or "it might have made Paul more popular" just don't cut it. I could just as easily say the exact opposite to those statements. Please provide convincing ideas why the writers should have brought back Paul in Unova and how they would have made him as equally appealing to the audience as in Sinnoh. You can't just expect the writers to pull Paul randomly out of their *** and hope that the audience will keep on liking him.
No, dude, you are making very little sense. I can just about make out what you are saying, but it's a struggle. Is English your first language?
Secondly, just saying to me "Paul wasn't significant as a rival, deal with it" really doesn't cut it as an argument. Instead, please detail precisely why he wasn't "significant" in your eyes. What did he to to lack significance? His "bland" personality is not a factor in whether or not he was significant to the overall story.
This is what a proper argument looks like:
How was he NOT significant? The writers deemed him to be such a significant character that they dedicated the series' first-ever three-episode battle to him, and had a Pokemon he formerly owned turn into one of Ash's major powerhouses. As well as the fact he made multiple appearances and had multiple battles with Ash, making him and his character development very significant to the overall development of the DP saga. Oh yeah, and he appeared in the opening, which surely must mean the writers are giving him some significance.
That's to say nothing of Paul's habit of releasing Pokemon he deems to be weak and Ash's opposition to that. It would also seem that the show itself is in opposition to that, since that was presented very clearly as a bad thing to be doing. Or, at the very least, the writers are.
Paul could even be said to be a commentary of competitive players, or a parody of them, and that is certainly significant.
I don't really see what's making Shooti any better than Paul right now, but to each his own I suppose.
Paul was the best rival for Ash bar none. All this discussion about this rival and that rival isn't going anywhere. Shooter will never be like Paul or be better than Paul PERIOD
I think he's trying to tell us that the rivalry between Ash and Paul wasn't much different compared to the one between Gary and Ash; in less words he's trying to say that the rivalry with Paul hasn't added anything of new.
Were several of my posts ITT deleted? =/