I agree: open end, but hints.
I don't think Ash will be replaced.
Dawn x Conway is funny, Dawn x Kenny is cute and Dawn x Zoey is what I expect the most.
I don't hate multishippers, but I'm not a multishipper myself. I'm more of a "one character per character, those are the perfect couple" shipper.
Well, having no threat of canon interfering with your most important shippings must feel like a relief!
I never bothered shipping Falkner at all, but come to think of it, Falkner x Clair is cute.
Do you like Pikachu x Togetic? I see it as more than a crack shipping, it's my second favourite shipping, with PokeShipping being my absolute number one!
Also, sorry for coming off like a sick freak when it comes to PokeShipping. I hope you believe I'm not a basher, even though I'm a sick, obsessed, die-hard PokeShipper...