I think they probably felt that they had given OR/AS enough promotion from Alain going to Hoenn in his special episode.I think that by the end of the XY era, the writers just weren't interested in promoting OR/AS anymore. So perhaps that's why we didn't get a special episode featuring Serena in Houen. I would've rather seen her in a special post-XY episode over Citron, honestly.
I honestly got the feeling that they really didn't want to invest in her character at all with how she was handled particularly in the first year of XY, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason why she didn't get a special.Honestly let’s just face it: maybe they were just done with Serena. They probably got tired of writing about her and decided not to. Sure she has a lot (questionable) popularity but nobody wants to write about a character they are no longer invested in.
I’ve always had that theory they didn’t put that much investment in her. Between like you said the first year of XY, having her practically breeze through diet Contests and then her last focus episode was practically a 360 with her goal going from being Kalos Queen to making people smile; while also deciding to go to Hoenn.I honestly got the feeling that they really didn't want to invest in her character with how she was handled particularly in the first year of XY, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason why she didn't get a special.
I'll be worried if they carry that kind of mentality for the current/future companions as well, especially since we already have the National Pokedex controversy for SwSh not too long ago.Honestly let’s just face it: maybe they were just done with Serena. They probably got tired of writing about her and decided not to. Sure she has a lot (questionable) popularity but nobody wants to write about a character they are no longer invested in. That seems like the most plausible. They had the material to give her a special; they didn’t. They could of given her a cameo instead of giving Misty and Brock TWO...they didn’t.
Poke Master 7 said:I think they probably felt that they had given OR/AS enough promotion from Alain going to Hoenn in his special episode.
But somehow I feel past girls are being written off. It's like they vanished into nothing.I assure you this didn’t happen.
That excuse is pretty pitiful and I think they know it too. If Clemont can get a whole special of basically doing nothing with Cilan, then so could Serena.
I think it is happening. I think Serena was written off with the start of Sun & Moon. Something tells me something bad happened to her in Hoenn but it's kept secret. Unless Sword & Shield will have Ash much older like around 20 years old where's he now a tutor for young trainers just starting their journeys and he's married to Serena but that seems unlikely.
It's funny because it's true!
Yveltal and Xerneas should have appeared in the anime in general, Zygarde didn't need all the focus it was given.... not at all. Xerneas and Yveltal should have been had big appearances too. And if Yveltal is so 'evil' then make him the antagonist, damn it! This special is easily the worst special, all of the rest are enjoyable for the most part. But this one wasn't needed at all, and felt like a lazy way of giving Xerneas and Yveltal's obligatory appearances.
Replace that with a special where Serena goes to Hoenn, meets Lisia, gets a Mudkip, and participates in her first contest.... and it's an instant improvement
And this is why the rest of us Amour shippers get treated like a joke.
Serena's not coming to Galar, sorry. If Dawn and Brock didn't return after leaving, then she's definitely not.
He did get one; Dawn mentioned him and he was in Cilan's specialWow, I am just now realizing that Brock didn’t get a cameo in BW. I guess I was happy Dawn got one, I didn’t even think of Brock even after all of these years lol.
This post smells like onions (kidding) but in all seriousness our girl is too good for Ash.I hear you. I feel the writers are shoving AureliaShipping but there's no chemistry between Lillie & Ash. Plus Lillie is nowhere as cute as Mallow or Lana. If Lillie goes to Galar, I will be super pissed and never watch the Pokemon anime ever again. She doesn't deserve to go to Galar.