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I know for some people it's unsatisfying that Dawn never actually beat Zoey at the GF but I feel like that battle was satisfying in other ways. From the moment we met Zoey, it was established that she was way more experienced in contests than Dawn was. Zoey gave Dawn good...
...advice on how to better handle her performances and that she shouldn't focus on herself but more on her pokemon. That piece of advice helped Dawn become a better coordinator. The first time Zoey and Dawn battled, Dawn unsurprisingly lost bc she was a novice ofc. Throughput...
...the series, Dawn mentions that she wants to face Zoey in the finals. She wanted to be at an equal to her. And eventually she did just that in the GF. It was a great opportunity to show Zoey, the more experienced coordinator, that Dawn was no longer a novice since the first...
...battle. And I think that was the main purpose really, just to show how much Dawn's coordinating skills had grown since the beginning. Yes, Dawn still lost but it was a pretty close call, losing by just a few points. That's why it's satisfying, bc of Dawn fulfilling her...
...promise to Zoey. If Dawn had lost to anyone else, say Ursula or Kenny, her contest journey wouldn't have been that satisfying either. Zoey was the perfect way to end off her Sinnoh contest journey. I'd like to believe that one day Dawn will eventually surpass or defeat Zoey...
in a battle because Dawn can only technically grow from this point on. 
. (It's honestly thoughts like this that makes me wish we had a side series for all the coordinators, just to see the progress on everyone's goals but until then, I'm okay with my headcanons 
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. (It's honestly thoughts like this that makes me wish we had a side series for all the coordinators, just to see the progress on everyone's goals but until then, I'm okay with my headcanons )
