YMMV / The (Edit) War for Ash’s Freedom to not be Betrayed

• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Arceus briefly ponders introducing an Alolan form for Golem. About a week after the fic's publication, Alolan Golem was revealed.
  • Darkern repeatedly tries to give Ash a Riolu; despite Arceus blocking his initial attempts to do so, Ash does end up with a Riolu during his first six months on the island. Four years after the fanfic was written, Ash really did get a Riolu in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
    • Other Pokémon caught in the first six month Time Skip include Rotom, Rowlet and Litten. Ash would get the latter two and a Rotom Pokedex in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon and a Rotom Phone in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
  • 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" and refuses to send Ash there for that reason. Not only did Ash win his first official Pokémon League in Alola, the following series saw Ash facing off against other regional champions and winning.
  • Darkern 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 dismisses Farfetch’d and is opposed to Ash having one on his team. Pokémon Sword and Shield introduced a pure Fighting-type regional variant of Farfetch'd with an evolution in Sirfetch’d, boosting its appeal and usefulness... and Ash caught a Galarian Farfetch'd for real in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
  • One of the hipsters that challenges Ash early in the fic has a Gengar. Ash would catch a Gengar himself in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

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