Your thoughts about Ash

[sherreamethyst]

Debates? I'm positive that the majority of the older fanbase finds Ash to be a horrible character. Many are even asking for him to just be cut from the show.

Where should I begin? How about his positive points?

Pros

• His name is pretty cool.
• He owns quite a few Pokemon I like.
• He doesn't evolve all his Pokemon which makes him unique.
• He doesn't always win.
• He can alter reality to suit his needs. What's that? Ground types are immune to electric attacks? That's okay; the horn is now vulnerable! Losing a double battle due to bad typing? Fine, just electrocute your flying-type teammate! It won't hurt them; they'll get armor!Is your Oshawott missing its shell? Go ahead and shoot water at the wall; it'll ricochet off rocks and hit your shell at the right angle right back to you. Is a pirate with belts on his beard stealing a legendary Pokemon? No problem; just go super saiyan. The list goes on and on.
• He's always saving a Pokemon, town, forest, temple, etc. and has even saved the world a couple times.
• He's based off Red.
• He's also died about 5 times now but keeps being resurrected. That's pretty cool.

Cons

• He's been 10 years-old for 14 years.
• He's incredibly immature, yet he's suppose to be "our hero".
• ^After all that time he still doesn't know how to catch Pokemon.
• He treats Pokemon as if they're disposable items, despite what he says about compassion and kindness. Some Pokemon have seen very little use ever since he caught them.
• He's a complete idiot and knew absolutely nothing about Pokemon when he started. He can't recognize Team Rocket when they're wearing glasses, his immediate reaction to a major crisis is to ram into the thing causing the problem, he thinks aromatherapy is a Pokemon, etc. His idiocy isn't even funny, unlike characters like Team Rocket and Luffy from One Piece.
• He's a horrible trainer and relies on ridiculous and obscure methods to win his battles. It's extremely anti-climatic.
• He cries to get his badges.
• He's a horribly boring character.
• He's a complete idiot yet somehow he manages to make it very far in prestigious tournaments across the country. Usually with his obscure methods. Really, there is no way that Ash may be one of the 4 best trainers in the Sinnoh region (Albeit he may be considered an amateur due to people like Cynthia). You'd think there'd be more experienced and older trainers out there.That's just bad writing. If Ash makes it that far in a tournament you need to make him seem somewhat competent. Then again, this is a world where no one ages...
• Thunderbolt on everything.
• He can't beat a young Snivy without electric moves, even though electric moves are resisted by it anyways.
• He now catches many Pokemon I dislike, and I hate how he somehow manages to find all the starters.
• He tends to use very cookie-cutter teams.
• The majority of the problems in this list have persisted ever since the original series. Most of these issues have yet to be addressed after 14 years which is another instance of bad writing.

I'm sure I can think of more cons.

AGGHHH!!!! STOP!!!

The cons sound terrible! I like your pros, but please! Ash is awesome in the first 5 seasons(although i feel like slapping him at times)! Ive never seen him in any other series, for example, DP, BW, etc...BUT! Ash is a wonderful character, and I LOVE the weird way he battles! It shows hes not that much of an idiot, and it makes the battles much more exciting! It actually helps me when i play the games in a way!

Plus, the fact that he tends to still be learning, actually relates to everybody because we are all learning still even though we may have been doing something for years!

I think the only con is that he doesnt age! Ive always had a crush on him since I was little... :)

 

[The Best there was]

Well I haven't watched the new regions on tv, I have always been a fan of the original series and couldn't really imagine any other character apart from Ash being the main lead.

 

[psyanic]

I hate that he never keeps any character development. The first few seasons through Johto were my favorite, mainly because his character was mainly kept the same, as far as changing. Notably, when he first started out on his journey, he didn't even have a clue to what to do, but of course now he's been moving on faster, actually having a few goals in mind, rather than running blindly into the woods throwing rocks at Pokemon.

I really don't like that he had to mentor two new coordinators. He's a complete idiot, and he learned off the student in DP. Dawn was the real mentor. Goes to show how capable of a teacher he really is. I'm glad May completely refused his mentoring after Battle Frontier and went off to stalk Drew in Johto.