WaterTypeStarter
Well-Known Member
For a franchise whose focus is on adventuring across the land and catching super-powered creatures to train in mixed martial arts, how is shipping the thing that is such a hot topic over Ash leaving the show?
-
Be sure to join the discussion on our discord at: Discord.gg/serebii
What makes the subject of shipping such a hot debate?
- Thread starter WaterTypeStarter
- Start date
- Status
vondecayle
Holy Cow!
I think one reason is the blatant stuff people make up to defend or attack a ship.
Morax
Mad dog of shimano
I mean if the writers didn’t fuel this war people wouldn’t really be doing this, would they? This is why i hate harems with a burning pashion. Tricking your audience into believing something that probably won’t happen is the worst kind of storytelling.
GohMaster!
Goh Gettem!
How much have they really done that though? And how often has Ash shown an interest back to a girl? (once, Giselle).
Morax
Mad dog of shimano
Serena got the most, with the kiss?
Others have a few moments of shiptease like misty in the current episode, lana and dawn with the ‘is he your boyfriend’ gag and iirc Lillie had a few moments too.
My point is do we really need all these girls crushing on him?
Dark_King25
Slaying the PFP game
As creepy as it's sounds there are a number of fans who see Ash or a pokegirl as a self insert so defending their ship is like defending their desired relationship.
GohMaster!
Goh Gettem!
Those little moments don't mean they are even crushing though. Even then, a few little moments shouldn't be responsible for going nuclear about shipping 10 year olds.
TheWanderingMist
Paladin of the Snow Queen
You're new to the Internet, huh? Pokemon fans fighting over it is not by any means unique when it comes to this topic. Search "any piece of media" + "shipping" and just see what results you get.
Morax
Mad dog of shimano
Why do those ‘few little moments’ exist at all? why tease a ship if it won’t go anywhere?
GohMaster!
Goh Gettem!
They were never intended to be moments for shipping. Just character aspects and realistic things that can happen with kids that age.
Morax
Mad dog of shimano
What 10 year old kid owns a fire breathing dragon? It’s fiction. The writers decide what goes and these ‘few little moments’ were obviously meant to be shippy in nature.
GohMaster!
Goh Gettem!
Maybe. Even still, I feel like those moments don't warrant the level of toxicity that has been in the shipping communities.
Blood Red
1996-2023
It's because of how heavily Pokéshipping was pushed at the start of the series, only to end up going nowhere when Misty was replaced. It gave the fandom as a whole a serious case of 'shipping brain' and they've been looking for hints between everything that breathes ever since.
It did die out with BW, but then XY happened and breathed new life into shipping. Now we're here.
It did die out with BW, but then XY happened and breathed new life into shipping. Now we're here.
SerGoldenhandtheJust
Deluded Dreamer
Because those little moments are gags not meant to be taken seriously, which the shipping weirdos do and get hyped over
The only time they did do shipping bait was with Misty and Serena's arc
The prior was obviously early anime syndrome, and the latter had her crush tied into her arc specifically for her growth
Morax
Mad dog of shimano
They’re still pushing it and that’s the problem. You’d think they’d stop shipping him after going so far with serena but nope….
SerGoldenhandtheJust
Deluded Dreamer
How was the recent episode in any way pushing shipping?
Morax
Mad dog of shimano
Misty being a tsundere? Come on man…..
Dark_King25
Slaying the PFP game
It's a bit of a reach but this is the biggest hint I guess...
- Status