Sorry about not answering, LBTlover. I really didn't see it.
Anyways,
Okay, now to a real question here. WTF was up with Chikorita (probably misspelled that, but...)? Am I the only one that thought they way he/she acted towards Ash was a bit....oh I dunno....creepy and inappropriate? Then he/she (I'm working on grammar here, can you tell?) evolved into...uhhh...leaf-something and it got even more creepy....at least for a while. Then it was like...gone. Then Ash like dumped all his PK and it was like WTFH?
There is a simple answer to this, but you may not like it. Brock basically said it best when he observed the behavior himself.
"I think Chikorita has a crush on Ash."
Yep, that's the whole explanation to it. She simply had an over-affectionate crush on Ash. Even up to the point when she evolved into Bayleef, she still had a crush. In episode though, Ash just exploded and told her NOT to tackle him anymore. For this episode, Bayleef thought that Ash didn't love her like she did him, so she ran away. This is true. Ash doesn't love his Pokemon in that way, but he does care about them. Even Bayleef. So basically, Ash went after her and showed that he still cared.
This experience for Bayleef helped her mature and now she just doesn't do it because it's what her master wishes of her. Despite the truth she has learned, she still does love Ash that deeply. She just knows they can't be together like that.
Despite all this revelation that has come forth with the show, some fans still have unusual fantasies of Ash and Bayleef being in that kind of relationship and becoming mates. (You'll most likely find this in Fanfiction.net with the M-rating filter on. Or on various Pokemon Porn sites.) To be honest, I am against the whole Pokemon&Human Shippings, but I find some people do make good, well-crafted stories out of them. So, it's not all bad.
Still, I don't like it. -_-
What is your opinion of Lucario? Very general question I guess, and I expect a well thought-out answer. And I'm not just talking about the Lucario in the movie. I'm talking about character dynamics and potential for the overall character in later movies as well as fanfictions and perhaps even a more....complicated relationship between human and Pokemon than we've seen in the movies and TV series so far. I'm probably overly-obsessed with complicated dynamic characters, and Lucario scores a 10/10 in my book.
IMHO, Lucario is overrated. However, I guess it deserves the fan support it has gotten. First off, it is a cool looking Pokemon. Perfectly designed for the role of fighting and giving the animators and designers a chance to work with the "Martial Arts" Genre in Episodes and Movies. An area they've hardly tackled, but obviously do well at when it shows.
Not to mention in the games that it's just powerful. With the power it holds and the awesome coverage with it's moves, it can hold it's own against a number of the Legendary Pokemon, but does not qualify as such. Still, it can put up quite a fight.
The combination of such made the fan-support that came with it highly expected. There have been many fanfictions already made on Fanfiction.net with this Pokemon. Even ones where Human&Pokemon mating actually exists. (Even ones that have the result of children sometimes.) There are some with complex story-lines of how the world doesn't approve of such relationships and everyone wants to kill them both. (Yes, literally kill them.) However, those are few and far between.
In my area of fandom, I could just expect Lucario to be yet another member of the team. Though it's not a favorite of mine, if I need that kind of coverage with my team, I'll put it in. I'm not a fan and I don't plan to be one.
