pokemon fan 132
pokemon fan 132
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Yes, Misty's goal was to become Water Pokémon Master, but what that means? Do you know that? I don't.
It means becoming best or one of best water trainers in world,as Misty several times stated herself which means being at least on E4 level(possibly even higher),being worldwide recognized,winning all tasks which are required in order to earn this title along with having complete knowleadge about this type.
Also some of E4 members like Lorelai and Lance are labelled as ice and dragon masters with this goal being possible to accomplish.
Misty, on the other hand, had only one similar goal and that was to win Whirl Cup. Noting else.
There was more to it,thing is writers never exploited her goal more.Character herself stated how travelling,battling and partaking in competitions will help her achieve her goal.
And for the fact Misty's goal never was fulfilled, as you mentioned in another thread, well, what else actually can one type trainer who doesn't want to battle Gyms fulfiled than become Gym Leader? I don't know, but I think being Gym Leader on your preferred type Gym is the best one type trainer can achieve under these circumstances.
There are several reasons why gym leader is completely different from goal of becoming water master:
-if Misty viewed gym as way to achieve goal she wouldnt left it in first place to travell not wanting to return to it until she was forced to.
-competitions like Whirl Cup clearly showed how in order to achieve this goal is needed to partake in prestige water tournaments winning them.As matter of fact term water master was brought up by prof.Elm who mentioned how winner of Whirl Cup receives title(Alpha Omega of water types) by which water masters were called in past.Of course winning 1 tournament wont make you best,but it pushes you one step forward toward ultimate destination being indication how there exist tasks which someone needs to overcome to achieve this dream with mentioned tournament being one of them.
-best water trainers are currently Prima(E4 mmber) and Wallace with no way for gym leader to reach this kind of level by staying a gym.
None of gym leaders ever reached E4 or champion level for several reasons not being possible to become this strong at this position.
Fact is that you cant become water master(top water trainer in world)as gym leader which isnt enough in order to fulfill this.
Every gym leader who surpassed limit becoming stronger left gym at one point.Like Wallace did setting on journey becoming champion,contest master and one of top water trainers in world.
You asked what could have one type trainer do?Plenty of things,like partaking in chain of events like Whirl Cup advancing its goal aswell sharping it skills through battles with other water type trainers whom share similar ambitions(like Marins from OI or Trinity which Misty met during travelling) and general trainers forming rivarlies along with improving its roaster which would serve as indicator how progress toward goal has been made.
Fact is that writers could have expand more on her goal breaking new grounds with it,but they did mistake of not giving her more of role.As its been explained in ex head writer(Takeshi Shudo) blog who admitted his mistake of not developing said character enough,later on sending him back at gym being at that time best way to keep her of the cast.
When even writers admit how they could do more with character and its plots but did mistake of not doing it says alot.
Acftually, for me, good character is not about how much screentime he/she got, but more about what he/she brought into the story. And if we will be objective, both Dawn and May brought very important thing to the story,
There are other things beside competitions which someone can bring to story and overall enjoyment of anime,Like humor,good chemistry,interesting pokemon,playing some role in villains plot helping to save day from them,to help someone else to advance its story(like Misty and Brock did when Ash was startintg helping him to grow into better trainer) playing importanbt role to overall story of show.
Maybe I am wrong and believe me, I hope I am wrong, but for now, I have my doubts.
I understand your concern,but to be fair we cant judge anything from only 4 episodes passing so far.