Therefore, I welcome you to my Ash's Apologetics page! Here I will counter (or attempt to counter) the complaints made by Ash-haters. However, I am not touching AAMRN. Why? I have never based AAMRN on evidence. If I based what I believed on evidence... I'd basically be screwed. And there's still the chance my scheming mind will come up with a Brock/Misty fic... *shudders slightly* Though I know I'd find SOME way out of writing a GAMRN--No offense. I'd better get on with the page before I get lynched; knowing me, that will happen VERY soon. ^^;
1.) Ash is such a moron! He always does such STUPID things, like using DEXTER to ID a PIDGEY, not recognizing Team Rocket--Heck, just look at the first movie!!
Puh-LEAZE! EVERYONE is a moron occasionally! Yes, even me... I am NOT that full of myself... *rolls eyes* I never could stand that omnipotent author crap... IT really tends to control ME... *cough cough* Anyway, sometimes Ash HAS to be a moron. Some people didn't PLAY the Pokemon game before watching the anime. They'd be completely lost if Ash didn't use his Pokedex! (I suppose I _am_ one of those rare authors who keeps in touch with reality... ^^;;) And the other times? HE'S 10 YEARS OLD FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! And I'm SURRE that you were re-interpreting Einstein's theory of relativity when YOU were ten... The standards for kids in anime are SCANDALOUS...
2.) Okay then... Come on, this kid has maybe ten Pokemon!! It's pathetic!!
...And his number of Pokemon matters, WHY?...
3.) And he's always releasing them!!!
Yep. So could you please elaborate? I don't see what your complaint is.
4.) Well, look at Primeape, Ash gave him to a jerk!
Was he THAT bad? I dunno, but Primeape seemed perfectly happy with his choice...
5.) Well, look at that *!*** he forced Charizard on!!
Your Honor, my client pleads Not Guilty-- By reason of mental defect? NO. If I may address the jury? Yes? Thank you. When a person pleads self-defense, it does not matter what was ACTUALLY going on, but what the person THOUGHT was going on. My client thought that wots-her-name was NOT a *!***, as the prosecution so eloquently puts it. He thought Charizard Valley was a place with a bunch of Charizard fighting, with the main goal to be as strong as you could be--no matter what the prosecution says its true goal was. By standing in WATER ALL NIGHT, Charizard proved that it wanted to fight the Charizard in the valley once more--and perhaps stay there to get stronger. My client KNEW this. He also knew that Charizard--despite its former actions--would not stay in the valley if it thought Ash wanted it to stay. Ash did what he thought was best for Charizard. Given this argument, the prosecution would be wasting this court's time in pursuing this case further. I move to dismiss.
6.) Damn... Well, what about Pidgeot?! Huh?! What excuse can you give me for THAT?!
Ha ha... NEVER ask a FANFICTION author THAT... Oh no. "Oh no" is right! Maybe Pidgeot, for some reason, thought he was hindering Ash. Maybe the flock still needed its protection. Maybe Team Rocket stole it. And--my personal favorite--maybe, just maybe, Ash was walking towards Viridian Forest to pick up Pidgeot when he saw it soaring in the sky happily with another Pidgeot. And maybe he decided that Pidgeot was happier in the wild. Like in the Pikachu episode.
7.) Um, he's just so PERFECT!!
No he's not. _RICHIE_ is perfect. He is MUCH more annoying than Ash, simply because he has no faults at all. Ash can be egotistical; he can be stupid; but that is what makes him bearable.
8.) But he's such a goody-goody!! He always takes risks for all those Pokemon! He got his badges by saving Pokemon!! HE'S SO DAMN VIRTUOUS!!
And that's bad?...
"We call them weak,
Who are unable to resist,
The slightest chance love might exist,
And for that forsake it all..."
~Garth Brooks, "Standing Outside the Fire"
Say what you want about Ash Ketchum. I cannot stop you. I _will_ not stop you. But I _will_ contest you. I am not a moron. And I am a fanfiction author. Not to brag, but anything you can come up with, I can probably counter. And I will. Feel free to think Ash is stupid, weak, inhumanly perfect, Satan, whatever. I can't do a thing about it. But I make this page to show why _I_ do not think Ash is stupid. Or a moron. And especially not Satan. ^_~ And know this: I am not saying you necessarily do, either. If you just simply dislike Ash and cannot come up with a reason, please ignore this page. Thank you.
