a summary of the aether foundation arc

SM#44: ash casually gets a prophetic dream and brings a baby ultra beast to school. lusamine, somehow, is absolutely fine with this.

SM#45: nebby tries to kill everyone. it’s absolutely adorable

SM#46: fun ditto-hunting adventure in the aether foundation  

SM#47: gladion calls out ash for being the protagonist

SM#48: a sleepover that’s absolutely fun aside from the occasional mommy issues. then nebby traumatizes lillie

SM#49: nebby tries to make up for traumatizing lillie, then does it again immediately. but she calms down because gladion has a very good dog. faba gets fired 

SM#50: a full 10 minutes of cuddling pokemon in the cutest, happiest episode ever. then nebby makes up for previously traumatizing lillie by summoning a jellyfish to steal her mother 

SM#51: lillie is done with this shit and runs off, before gladion tells her she’s going the wrong direction. they take full-blast dragon totem moves to the face but are both unfazed because they’re fairy types. the show becomes yuri on ice. ash saves them from getting crushed to death by a piece of earth, using electro ball. 

SM#52: the guardian deities dance on the altar for 21 fucking minutes. nebby becomes a very good lion. lillie is proud and she has no fucking clue why, ash literally gets handed the solgalium z by the gods and takes control of a legendary pokemon.  

SM#53: lillie and gladion’s mother attempts to murder them