I agree with you definitely, Dialga and Palkia can wreck havoc very well (as evidenced in movie 10), so they are pretty close to being weapons of mass destruction. However, they got played by Arceus in movie 12 badly, so I wonder if Team Galatic ever got Arceus, they could of done much worse... I need to stop thinking about stupid stuff... Anyways, as for your question of considering you as a "hardcore" pearlshipper, that is mostly a matter of what you think of yourself. If I had to give you my opinion, I would say you could be considered hardcore (in a good way, of course). Combining politics with pearlshipping is one of the most fascinating and striking ways to like a shipping, as you expanded from a very awesome pairing to also a metaphor for real life politics is simply unheard of and creative (to me). Liking a shipping in general also contributes to that factor, because you must like the shipping for what the characters are and aren't, which I'm most likely sure you do. But it will mostly come down to your own self opinion, if you think you are.