Hi, everyone, Happy holidays.
I used to be a member of this site and, of course, a truly pearlshipping fan, but, many years ago, i left. Since the beginning of the black and white series, i dissapeared and no word of me was known.
The reason? You probaly know, the ending of diamond and pearl series. As me, many pearlshipper fans fell in deppression, but over the time, that experience made me realize something very important.
Whenever i saw an anime episode from pokemon, the part that i most liked were the pearlshipping moments, it was like the cute romancing part from the pokemon anime. When it ended, however, i had hopes of dawn/Hikari returning, but still, i also thought about: What if Ash/Satoshi ended with some else? What if Ash just keeps travelling forever?
With the passing of time, i found the answer.
I realized that the writters of the series weren´t too different from a fan fiction writer, or from another fan from other shipping. If they suddendly decide that Ash/Satoshi is going to be paired with Serena, Misty, or any other girl that is not Dawn/Hikari, then it is like a fan (fans) writing a fic or a story about a shipping. It other words, it just what they liked, and because of that, we also can do the same, even if it something that is not turned into an anime.
We the fans can create or decide our own ending, that is what is important. In fact, i remember a saying that i heard from a friend, it is something like this:
"A story ending is done with the thoughts and likings from the writer, and if it is not like you hoped, then the author created that ending in order for you to create the ending you want"
Therefore, we should be happy with what we get, and it doesn´t matter who Ash/Satoshi is paired with, doesn´t matter if it is not Dawn/Hikari, and doesn´t matter what ending is decided for the anime, because we known what is our real ending, and we can create it, write it, and accept it!
Pearlshipping 4 ever, and ever!