History YMMV / TheEditWarForAshsFreedomToNotBeBetrayed

*** Other Pokémon caught in the first six month TimeSkip include Rotom, Rowlet and Litten. Ash would get the latter two and a Rotom Pokedex in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' and a Rotom Phone in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', as well as having owned a

** Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Darkern ''did'' manage to give Ash a Riolu after several tries, as seen in the list of Pokémon Ash caught in the first six months. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really did get a Riolu in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries.''
** At one point, Darkern claims that all of Ash's adventures end in failure; later, he trashes Alola as a "gym-less reject of a region", refusing to send Ash there because of this. [[spoiler:Guess which region Ash would finally win an official Pokémon League in. Not only that, the following series saw Ash facing off against other regional champions and winning.]]

** Darkern dismissing Farfetch’d and not wanting it to be part of Ash’s team became hilarious when ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' came around and Farfetch’d got a pure Fighting-type regional variant coupled with an evolution in Sirfetch’d, boosting its appeal and usefulness. And of course, a Galarian Farfetch'd did become a member of Ash's team for real.
** One of the hipsters that challenged Ash early in the fic has a Gengar. Ash would catch a Gengar himself in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries''.

** One of the hipsters that challenged Ash early in the fic has a Gengar. Ash would catch a Gengar himself in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries''

** Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Darker ''did'' manage to give Ash a Riolu after several tries, as seen in the list of Pokémon Ash caught in the first six months. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really did get a Riolu in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries.''

** Darker constantly tries to get Ash to catch a Legendary, only to fail because Arceus stops him (read: Cross hates the idea of Ash having Legendaries, period). In Alola, Ash catches a Meltan that befriended his Rowlet after Rowlet defended Meltan from Team Rocket, and that Meltan later evolves into Melmetal, who is a Mythical Pokémon, much like Arceus. (Mythical Pokémon are the one class above Legendary Pokémon.)

** Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really did get a Riolu in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries.''

** At one point, Darkern claims that all of Ash's adventures end in failure; later, he trashes Alola as a "gym-less reject of a region", refusing to send Ash there because of this. [[spoiler:Guess which region Ash would finally win an official Pokémon League in. Not only that, the following series saw Ash faced off against other regional champions and winning.]]

** At one point, Darkern claims that all of Ash's adventures end in failure; later, he trashes Alola as a "gym-less reject of a region", refusing to send Ash there because of this. [[spoiler:Guess which region Ash would finally win an official Pokémon League in.]]

** Darkern dismissing Farfetch’d and not wanting it to be part of Ash’s team became hilarious when ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' came around and Farfetch’d got a regional variant with an evolution in Sirfetch’d, boosting its appeal and usefulness. And of course, a Galarian Farfetch'd did become a member of Ash's team for real.

** Darkern dismissing Farfetch’d and not wanting it to be part of Ash’s team became hilarious when ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' came around and Farfetch’d got an evolution, boosting its appeal and usefulness. And of course, a Galarian Farfetch'd did become a member of Ash's team for real.

** Darkern dismissing Farfetch’d and not wanting it to be part of Ash’s team became hilarious when''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''came around and Farfetch’d got an evolution, boosting its appeal and usefulness.

** Darkern dismissing Farfetch’d as weak because it can’t evolve. Come ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Farfetch’d gets an evolution.

** At one point, Darkern claims that all of Ash's adventures end in failure; later, he trashes Alola as a "gym-less reject of a region", refusing to send Ash there because of this. [[spoiler:Guess which region Ash would finally win the Pokémon League in.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really did get a Riolu in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries.''

* HilariousInHindsight: Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really does get a Riolu in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries.''

* HilariousInHindsight: Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really does get a Riolu in ''Anime/PokemonJourneys.''

* HilariousInHindsight: Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really does get a Riolu in ''Pokémon Journeys.''

* HilariousInHindsight: Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. Four real-life years later, Ash really does get a Riolu in ''Pokémon Journeys.''

* HilariousInHindsight: Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu, but Arceus overrides his attempts by replacing it with Rufflet and Relicanth. In the anime, Ash actually does get a Riolu in ''Pokémon Journeys.''