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What makes the subject of shipping such a hot debate?

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WaterTypeStarter

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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?
 

Morax

King of heroes
The fact that the writers seem to be pushing it? This anime has a tendency to shiptease Ash with every girl he looks at. Don’t blame the audience for it.
 

Morax

King of heroes
I think one reason is the blatant stuff people make up to defend or attack a ship.
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.
 

U.N. Owen

In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night ...
If two points exist, people will try to draw a line through them. We like connecting dots. Whether or not they exist is something else
 

Dark_King25

Shillmon Defender
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!
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?
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
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?
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

King of heroes
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.
Why do those ‘few little moments’ exist at all? why tease a ship if it won’t go anywhere?
 

Morax

King of heroes
They were never intended to be moments for shipping. Just character aspects and realistic things that can happen with kids that age.
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!
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.
Maybe. Even still, I feel like those moments don't warrant the level of toxicity that has been in the shipping communities.
 

Blood Red

【推しの子】
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.
 

SerGoldenhandtheJust

Deluded Dreamer
Why do those ‘few little moments’ exist at all? why tease a ship if it won’t go anywhere?
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
 
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