Amourshipping Thread V3

[Pokegirl Fan~]

This anime is written primarily for japanese kids. Do people seriously expect them to be aware of an american novel written in 1925 set in the Jazz age? Lmao.

In before some school requires it for a reading assignment

 

[GohMaster!]

This anime is written primarily for japanese kids. Do people seriously expect them to be aware of an american novel written in 1925 set in the Jazz age? Lmao.

Do you mean will the writers or the kids be aware?

 

[Morax]

In before some school requires it for a reading assignment

In japan? Are you kidding me?

 

[Pokegirl Fan~]

In japan? Are you kidding me?

Who knows. I was joking.

 

[GohMaster!]

I mean the great gatsby has had multiple Hollywood level movies. It's not out of the realm that it's known.

 

[vondecayle]

I always tell people to watch Pokemon XY if they want to understand The Great Gatsby.

 

[Morax]

I mean the great gatsby has had multiple Hollywood level movies. It's not out of the realm that it's known.

The great gatsby, at its core, is an american cultural phenomenon. It’s a critique on the american dream, something nobody outside of america can actually relate to. It’s dumb to compare it to stuff like batman and spiderman because they have universal appeal.

 

[Shadao]

The Great Gatsby is a tragedy novel. And the very last thing you want to compare Amourshipping to.

 

[Damerdal]

The show has referenced pop culture and literature in the past:

List of references to popular culture in Pokémon - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

And it's not like The Great Gatsby is some obscure piece of media. It's a very notable book and like entry-level literature for high schoolers, if not middle schoolers. With multiple movie adaptations too.

I think the anime left it ambiguous for a reason so people for/against can read whatever they want into the scene, but it was intended to serve a purpose.

The Great Gatsby is a tragedy novel. And the very last thing you want to compare Amourshipping to.

The Great Gatbsy is one of the greatest books ever written.

If in the 1% chance that green light shining at the dock next to Serena is supposed to be similar to the green light of Gatsby, then lol, that's not a good thing?

The green light is supposed to represent Gatsby's unyielding dream to be with Daisy. It's an allegory to the American Dream, and how achieving it is ultimately unattainable. It's a hope for a future that cannot be obtained, no matter how hard we reach out to it.

Hence those famous closing words:

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

We aspire to push forward, trying to grasp our dreams amidst constant obstacles. Yet our memories and experiences tie us to our past, pulling us backwards. Nevertheless, our persistence remains, and it's uncertain whether that future is realized, or if it's truly elusive like in Gatsby's case.

So with respect to Amourshipping, the green light would be indicative of a hopeful future together, but one that is more likely unable to come to fruition. Oof.

 

[Dark_King25]

So in Amourshipping's case, the green light would be indicative of a hopeful future together, but one that ultimately cannot be reached? Oof.

Well unlike Gatsby's case the green light is just right beside serena

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

The Great Gatsby is a tragedy novel. And the very last thing you want to compare Amourshipping to.

Exactly. He freaking dies at the end (and even if he didn’t, he’d never get to be with Daisy)
Heck even Nick and Jordan break up for some reason

 

[mehmeh1]

I'm telling y'all, it's clearly a reference to this

 

[Dark_King25]

I love how quite a lot of people are coping in those comments (even if in a respectful way), thinking that a bunch of ambiguous and/or headcanoned stuff apparently has more validity than actual on-screen canonized content.

That is twitter for you being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian

 

[Morax]

I'm telling y'all, it's clearly a reference to this

ARE WA DARE DA, DARE DA, DARE DA??

 

[mehmeh1]

ARE WA DARE DA, DARE DA, DARE DA??

I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH DEVILMAN SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT

 

[Morax]

I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH DEVILMAN SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT

THAT SILHOUETTE THO

 

[mehmeh1]

THAT SILHOUETTE THO

Ok you can just feel that's from the 70s. But nah this is the one that fell down a flight of stairs!

 

[Dark_King25]

Anyways from someone who is relatively new to the fandom is this the worst time to be an amourshipper or the discourse has always been this way?

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Anyways from someone who is relatively new to the fandom is this the worst time to be an amourshipper or the discourse has always been this way?

Maybe during SM it was the worse (because no Serena) but this is pretty bad. Lately I’ve seen so many more Pokeshippers than Amourshippers.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Unpopular opinion: I hate JN105 because if they don’t follow up on Amourshipping aspect of it it’ll be one of the worst episodes ever because Serena and Ash only reunited for 30 seconds.