Manqoba
Shipping List Manager
I still find it amazing that by the time XY ends, the Amour discussion threads on Serebii alone will have had over 1700 pages combined. That's in a three year time period. We're all still first generation AmourShippers.
Supporters for Pokemon shippings tend to come in waves. That's typical. A lot of people's most-supported pairings are their first, the couple they believed should be together, often before they knew there was a word for it. The special thing about AmourShipping is that it will enjoy that phenomenon like no other. Ask any young Pokemon fan one thing they know about Serena. I bet each and every one of them will say either "She's a performer" or "She has a crush on Ash". Both have become part of her character. The reason her crush being canon is so significant is that when kids watching a show know a character has a crush on another, they root for them. They want to see them together. In five or ten years when all of the kids who grew up watching XY are older, those who stay with Pokemon will be the new generation of AmourShippers. Regardless of how TPC handles it, this community will never die.
Supporters for Pokemon shippings tend to come in waves. That's typical. A lot of people's most-supported pairings are their first, the couple they believed should be together, often before they knew there was a word for it. The special thing about AmourShipping is that it will enjoy that phenomenon like no other. Ask any young Pokemon fan one thing they know about Serena. I bet each and every one of them will say either "She's a performer" or "She has a crush on Ash". Both have become part of her character. The reason her crush being canon is so significant is that when kids watching a show know a character has a crush on another, they root for them. They want to see them together. In five or ten years when all of the kids who grew up watching XY are older, those who stay with Pokemon will be the new generation of AmourShippers. Regardless of how TPC handles it, this community will never die.