Things Wrong with Showcases in the Pokemon Anime
You hear how people are bothered by Pokemon Showcases while criticizing Serena. Well, so am I.At the very least, it teaches Pokemon trainers to work with them rather than making them do most of the work
I don't really hate Serena; it's Amourshipping itself that I have a problem with
"Pokemon are equivalent to props"
You hit the nail on the head, Ruee. I completely agree. That is exactly my main problem with showcases.
The only time they battled was when they were accompanied with another male
They literally held a girls only baking competition. Twice
So true. Even dawn wouldn't have beaten aria because of this fact alone.
And if you step out of those stereotypes, the audience won't vote for you. As shown when Jessie tried to be innovative and show her personal quirkiness in her first performance.
Yeah, putting emphasis on the trainer rather than the Pokemon has been considered low class since day one in the anime. Serena/Kalos region comes along and now it's ok?
The best Ed, Edd n Eddy quote to describe how I feel about the writers doing this at the last minute: "That's stupid! I could've thought of that! " - Eddy. Wow, why didn't they just do contests again in the first place?! It would have been so much better to watch than those sexist showcases!
How very telling!
Let's send the message that girls should strive for the shallow goal of becoming celebrities who are loved because they're "cute". SO useless and pointless!