Zhydra
Master of Chaos!
I didn't criticize anyone for spelling and I do not even know where you saw me doing that, but English isn't my first language so don't expect me to speak like a pro because that's not how it works. Instead of laughing, you could for example help me and politely correct me because just laughing and accusing me of criticizing someone is quite stupid to do.
I disagree. In fact, most fillers in SM are very interesting and often add more depth to the character's backstories. XY also had some good fillers as well. And SM has a different notion when it comes to fillers. For example, an episode where the Ultra Guardians catch a UB, in the pattern of other seasons would be taken as a filler by not having a new capture or team change. But in SM they aren't considered fillers, because they are somehow relevant to the plot and connected to the Aether and Necrozma's Arcs.
"SM is meant to be taken as a jobber/vacation season of anime." That's...exactly what I said. Also, Criticizing SM for having "pointless fillers" isn't very smart, considering that the fillers aren't supposed to have a point in the first place.
That and most of SM's "Fillers" get some continuity later on in the series. For example, next episode has Sophocles and Charjabug having to deal with the same trainer with the shiny Charjabug. (I never watched that episode, but I know the plot of next weeks episode comes from that one.) We all know from the preview that Sophy's Charjabug is going to evolve.
Character of the Week... stops being those when they come back into the plot. That makes its an odd gem considering in past series, the COTW shows up to cause problems for Ash and friends.... then get forgotten about once it is over. (Not just looking at XY... all of them are guilty of that!)
The last two episodes, despite not really doing a whole lot plot wise, is building up to something and we should consider that.