I have disappeared for too long. Is there anybody here that recognizes me? Last time I checked this thread went quiet, not a lot of activity. Now the ball's rolling once again. Maybe the new year had something to do with, but one thing's for sure. Advanceshipping still lives.
I recognize you! How's life?
On what you were just mentioning before, midnightjewelz (cute name btw), I think May needed to leave a message for Ash to call her. The time when May was using the videophone to contact Ash, he may very well be still traveling at that moment; so for Ash to even get into contact with an old friend, May has to relay a message to any Pokemon Center around Sinnoh, if at all possible. The next time Ash stop at a Pokemon Center anywhere, he will get the message from a Nurse Joy, who tells him that the message comes from that particular Pokemon Center, which means that Ash has to call that Pokemon Center and get in contact with the person who sent the message to him. (phew)
^ Love this idea. Even if they can't talk at the same time, they can leave messages. In a way that's really sweet.
Well im doing that now because a month ago, a person on Blubagarden forums (My name there is battlefreak602) a nice person had a super huge list of the best advanceshipping fics he thought were good from 2008-2010 and 14 (out of the 25 i have wrote in two years)of my fanfics were up there out of 30 different ones from different authors. so i thought i might do the same here. i mean there area lot of fics out there that need more love. <3
Nice! I think that should be done at the end of every few months just so people aren't forgotten! ;D
And Swampert55, I remember reading your fic! I always thought it was awesome! I miss all of the people that were writing Advanceshipping fics back then. EarthBorn, PikamasterADV, Power Shot, CICHawk, etc. We had like six different chaptered ADVshipping fics going on on the same website!
Tell a little story about yourself and how you came across Advanceshipping. What captured your interest in it? What convinced you to be a supporter of this ship and why do you want to support it? Take all the time you need to answer this topic. Good luck.
Wahahaha, awesome question.
I was in my last year of junior high, so I guess 8th grade, and I was looking for a picture of May to show my friend. ("No, Misty's been gone for years now! I swear!") I searched "May" but forgot to make it an image search, and somewhere in the results was a comment about "May's Crush," so I looked that up and read it here on Serebii.
It was amazing! It also made me realize that Ash and May have always belonged together! ;-) So I lurked around serebii for a month or so and then joined. I read and reviewed and responded for a while, and at that time PikamasterADV was still an active member. He inspired me to begin my own fanfiction, so as eighth grade came to a close for me I began a process that would last me a few years – the first 20-ish chapter segment of my own story. I think I actually won a shipping award for 2007-08 and tied with Dryuu for another, so needless to say that was motivating!
But as highschool began to get harder and harder and the Advanceshipping thread and reviewers began to trickle away, my motivation began to wane. I slapped a temporary ending on my story, and then dropped off the radar for a year and a half-ish, except for a lurk or a post every few months. I grew a lot in that time though - I had my own experiences with romance, even.
I think there are only two chapters of the second segment completed, but I’m greatly considering re-starting that thing for real now, because A. this year of school is pretty easy and next year will be even more so I hope and B. Every time I get a review on my old fic asking when I'll update I almost die inside! If I keep going it's all for the people that liked it enough to ask if I was okay and still writing. So that's me.
Sorry, that went on longer than I thought it would! haha, next!
On what you were just mentioning before, midnightjewelz (cute name btw), I think May needed to leave a message for Ash to call her. The time when May was using the videophone to contact Ash, he may very well be still traveling at that moment; so for Ash to even get into contact with an old friend, May has to relay a message to any Pokemon Center around Sinnoh, if at all possible. The next time Ash stop at a Pokemon Center anywhere, he will get the message from a Nurse Joy, who tells him that the message comes from that particular Pokemon Center, which means that Ash has to call that Pokemon Center and get in contact with the person who sent the message to him. (phew)
^ Love this idea. Even if they can't talk at the same time, they can leave messages. In a way that's really sweet. Somebody needs to write this.