thedehydrator said:
I still think it could happen with Dawn since she is the only character with the co-star role as of right now. It's probably unlikely though, unfortunately.
I've always used to say that even with Piplup, she could've been a permanent co-star ('cause Piplup would change from being just one of the 4th gen starters, but to a permanent co-star Pokemon).
In any case, my thoughts about Dawn staying were before I knew they'd go back to having a group with Ash and two gym leaders-ish, and having barely any notice of any past Pokemon, and Ash getting all three starters, and no contests. It's the biggest restart of the series so far, and Dawn staying would've lessened that. (Although at the same time it would've showed how important of a character she was.)
But in any case, while I wished Dawn was permanent (so we'd have some permanent main girl), if they did wanna make Dawn permanent, they wouldn't have gotten rid of her. They could've kept her and made anime-exclusive contests and stuff.
Caseydia said:
I don't think there will ever be a permanate girl or second boy on this show. I remembered when we used to all think that.
Well yeah, with Dawn leaving (she had the biggest girl cast member role in Ash's series so far- although I thought she had the best chance of being permanent), but also with there not being a girl close to equal to Ash in the biggest restart up to this point.