Miscellaneous Pokemon Thread

So who do you think is Ash dad, ore Who Ash's Father Is(n't) In Pokémon!

Well he did it, Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town! After 20 years has become a Pokémon Master.


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So what if he managed to become one much earlier.

It’s nice to see that Ash has finally won an official league, I guess. And, since it looks to be Alola’s first, it’s probably fitting that he did. Where he goes from there is one of my top questions, however.

Lets hoop we do not have to wait another 22 years for him to win.

Sharing a story idea involving the Pokemon setting now, I’ve been contemplating a Ben 10 crossover for a while. Specifically one where Albedo, who’s Ben Tennyson’s evil counterpart clad in red, gets sent to the latter and wakes up as a Pokemon. Though I’m still deciding on certain details, such as whether he finds himself in Unova or what kind of Pokemon he wakes up as (I’m personally leaning towards a Snivy or one of its more ‘evolved’ forms), he’d still retain his genius intellect, ability to speak like a normal human, and be equipped with a ‘Pokematrix’ that serves the same purpose as the Omnimatrix/Ultimatrix once did. Except, of course, it scans the DNA of, and enables Albedo to transform into, different Pokemon instead of different aliens.

With his plethora of unique abilities, I’m trying to think of ways to not make Albedo an instant Mary Sue who overawes everyone with his sinister brilliance and utter invincibility in battle (at least, not for the first while). As such, some ideas I’ve come up with to make him more fallible include social awkwardness and getting accustomed to his new transformations—especially since the rules for official Pokemon battles limit how many times he can transform. This would, of course, otherwise become a trump card in most cases due to how Albedo can assess, adapt and counter in ways that no other Pokemon can (i.e. by transforming into precisely the type or species that a given opponent is vulnerable to). So maybe he’d need a trainer to help him through it, even though Albedo being Albedo, he’d insist on having more freedom and autonomy than typical Pokemon get from their owners.

Given enough time and the proper training, he seems like the kind of Pokemon who’d strategize and make their own decisions during battle, rather than rely on the trainer to do the mental work and shout orders at just about every juncture. And in cases where his trainer lets him do his own thing, the lack of loudly proclaimed instructions would give Albedo an edge when it comes to blitzing and surprising his adversaries.

Here's how one YouTuber speculates that an old fan favorite with a romantic interest in Ash could return to the anime. Bear in mind potential spoilers if you haven't watched the appropriate Journeys episodes, however.

What If Serena Was In Pokemon Journeys?

She has done this for more than 14 years, well that is impressive.