Board Thread:Theories and Rumors/@comment-29670051-20180717132040/@comment-36592086-20181019031630

WinterholdCoastGuard wrote: Hopefully Ash, Gravis and Jacob's absence in the resistance is explained, I have reasons on why the writers choose not to due to possible advantages but I'm looking for in universe reasons Ash was catching Pokémon, Gravis was trying to make himself look cooler, and Jacob was running into walls due to blindness:).

JK LOL!

You do realize how hard it would be to contact them, right? Ash is constantly poofing around, Gravis floats and looks like he's from Aladdin, and Jacob would NOT be able to operate a phone.