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I wonder why some are against Ash having Fennekin? Yet they think he should get Chespin(the next Oshawott). I get the fire starters always evolving but can you blame them? The fire starters have always been pretty popular and it's no one's fault that the writers refuses to barely evolve his water types. That doesn't mean he shouldn't get the fire starter. I rather that than another bird that they almost always seem to forget down the road.
I just don't really see Fennekin fitting with Ash design wise and considering that he has a lot of evolved Fire type starters, I don't think that it would be a problem if he didn't get the Fire type starter this time around. Chespin fits Ash a bit more and even if it does become the next Oshawott, I'd like to see him use it throughout the series because it's my favorite of the Kalos Pokemon. I think that Talonflame has a pretty decent chance of not being forgotten given its type combination, which could also give it more variety in its moveset. Staraptor and to a lesser extent Swellow weren't forgotten partly due to their movesets, along with Ash just using them for more than searches and destroying Team Rocket's balloon. Unfezant didn't really have much interesting going for it and the writers weren't too interested in trying to make it work. The first early route bird Pokemon that isn't a Normal/Flying type might give Talonflame an edge.