"here's to the good times ahead" get ready for the fanfics. ik yall typing that shit in yall ao3 titles as i speak.

Do you get Deja Vu?

WAIT WAIT WAIT 7 YEARS IN THIS FANDOM AND I ONLY NOW FIND OUT THAT TOMTORD HAS ANOTHER NAME?? YOU GUYS HAVE DISAPPOINTED ME, WHAT THE HELL?? WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME? HUUH? HOW DARE YOU ASSHOLES /ily

Norska mayyyy be only fairly recent, I saw it being used cause people were discussing why some ew ships had fun names (eg Cola Losers) while some were just names mushed together.

POKESHIPPING WEEK (2022) DAY 1 - LOVERS/BEST FRIENDS

Inspired from this iconic scene:

just finished chapter 4 of your fanfic!!!! it's so so good!!! it's so well written and engaging!! and I am so happy for Brock haha!! but who is his fiancee???? it is it Nurse Joy? Officer Jenny?? haha also I do feel really bad for Misty!!! I love that Gary was there at the reunion and that he and Dawn are going out haha

Ahh well firstly thank you so much for taking the time to read it! I really appreciate that! :) I'm glad you're enjoying it. Haha no he wishes! It's actually canon that he has a girlfriend now apparently. But I stopped watching Pokemon before it happened so I don't know much about his gf. lol a few people have said that too! But I really have nothing against Misty at all and I actually used to be a Pokeshipper (the name of Ash and Misty's ship if you didn't know) . But I needed Serena to have some competition and add a bit of drama to the fic and Misty is the biggest rival for her. (There are lots of Pokeshipping and Amourshipping wars in the Pokemon fandom lol) And honestly I don't really ship Gary and Dawn (and again I used to ship Dawn and Ash lol) but I wanted to show that everyone's grown up and dating now so it gives Ash a bit of a kick up the backside to get with Serena lol. But anyway I hope you enjoy the rest of it! It definitely gets a lot better from there!

I'm glad that Dawn has appeared, but I think they should have given other characters such as Misty, May, Max or Cilan a chance as Dawn already has 8 JN episodes to her name...

I agree that others would've benefitted from appearing, some still might given how Brock, Gary, Tracey, Clemont, Bonnie, Serena and Iris have already shown up (Misty did also appear in silhouette), although all of them but Iris have been thoroughly wasted, but Dawn's appearance was to necessitate the DP remakes and Legends games.

Cilan and Max are overdue an appearance though, Cilan has only really appeared in side stories meeting Brock and then Clemont and Bonnie and Max is completely AWOL, I mean having a Clemont and Bonnie meeting Max and May episode remains RIGHT THERE.

Ritchie deserves more than a cameo too bring that boy back!

Would like Ao3 to consider making a main character filter because it kinda sucks searching my fav character's tag only to have them have a relatively minor role in a fic that focuses on the fandom's popular ship.

every 2000s pokemon highschool yt series got the pokeshipping, contestshipping, ikarishipping and barrys just there

Everyone please listen to me! If your a Pokeshipper you need to repost this and spread the word. Pokeshipping must love on. We are SO close people 11 episodes remain!!

Help spread the word!!!! This MUST end with AshxMisty

I hit photo upload limit, boo. Taking me back to my Pokeshipper roots, my first ever ship as a kid, with their banter and Misty’s tsundere moment at the end. Just Heigani, right. Sure. That’s all it is. (When she looked so at ease to be travelling with him again :”D)

Also, this feels like the most personality Ash has had in years. I really enjoyed seeing this side to him after so long and I hope it continues for the remainder of the series, he’d gotten a bit too blandly nice for me in recent series.

Happy Halloween Pokeshippers!

Pokeshipping moments in episode 2 of Pokémon aiming to be a Pokémon master

Pokeshippers how are we all feeling after the latest episode? I loved it! I didn’t expect much but I saw so much and am happy. I loved the banter and teasing in between ash and misty and the way their Pokémon really took care of one another/interacted. I noticed a few hints that I thought were huge and would like to share it with all of you

1. Clauncher and Corphish falling for each other-

Okay so it sounds random at first but let me explain what I noticed. Corphish is Ash’s Pokémon and Clauncher became Misty’s Pokémon. Throughout the episode we see how the two go from enemies to lovers. It sounds strange but I believe their Pokémon were meant to represent their trainers. Literally their whole relationship was the exact replica of ash and misty especially how they went from enemies to lovers and showed stubbornness while they developed their relationship. I believe this was the case even more due to the fact in the end of the episode misty was blushing while telling Ash that she would join him on his journey due to Clauncher and Corphish liking one another(don’t worry we know you like him and that’s why you are following him misty)

2. The red string of fate

This one I found major! In the recent episode Misty explains how she thinks her and clauncher were tied together by the red string of fate from their multiple meetings and ash questions her. So this hint ties into pokeshipping very interestingly. Earlier in the series Ash had to choose between two paths to go through. He choose one path over the other because he felt like it was the right way/had a good feeling about that specific path. That path led Ash to meet misty again and he was captured by the wrist with Misty’s string from her fishing rod. This scene proved that they were destined to meet like how Ash told her they were destined to meet before she had to go back to cerulean city and leave him on his journey. Now why is this important? Many of you may say ash was destined to meet all his companions but the difference between what Ash told her before and the current episode is that they mentioned the red string of fate and had ash get wrapped by Misty’s “red string of fate which has never happened with any other companion before in the series. What is the red string of fate? The red string of fate is a string that ties two people together regardless of place, time, or circumstances and these two people are DESTINED LOVERS. The string is able to be stretched or tangled but it never breaks. Doesn’t that remind you of Ash and Misty’s relationship exactly? They found each other in a tangled situation first meeting but overtime together they grew feelings for each other although they haven’t admitted it directly. Then when she left they got tangled and the string stretched the further apart but they were always linked to each other. Misty supported him from cerulean while Ash carried her lure even being possessive over it from other companions. But in the end both of them found each other again due to their fate and the red string that connects them.

3. Pickachupi-This shouldn’t be a shocker but they brought back Pikachu’s nickname for misty. The whole episode pikachu stuck by her side and even hugged her wanting her to come along with them. As I mentioned with clauncher and corphish pikachu also represents Ash. Ash didn’t say it aloud but pikachu was showing his true feelings. Also misty is the only female companion that ever has recieved a nickname from pikachu. Out of the entire series misty is the only companion in which pikachu holds her to a higher level of love and appreciation. Showing that the bond she has with ash and pikachu is on another level from the others. Also I would just like to add on that pikachu pulled a misty when he reunited with her lol. Psyduck wanted a hug from pikachu as he ran up to him but pikachu avoided him and jumped right to misty for a hug. Reminded me of that one pokeshipping moment with Danny lol.

4.Ash being himself- What I noticed was that Ash brings out his true nature with Misty. The smug/arrogance/teasing all came out in this episode. I love how ash doesn’t have to Put up an act with her. He knows he doesn’t have to impress her because she and him already accepted each other as they are. When misty saw cilans lure and asked him what happened with hers he teased her saying cilans was better for catching but avoided bringing up that he used her lure and almost lost it which was why he probably kept it secure and not used anymore. He got out of it this time but I’m sure that if the two meet dawn, dawn will expose him.

- That’s the hints I noticed in the episode and if I’m being honest I didn’t expect a lot especially some of the scenes the writers/animators did. All I have to say is I think the writers/animators showed where they stand with the ship. They knew what they were doing by mentioning the red string of fate and having Ash and misty meet again with her literally catching him with her string.

They also especially knew what they were doing by putting A giant heart with two hearts in between clauncher and corphish and putting ash and misty in the same frame with their dialogue/banter. Having the Pokémon represent them and adding them into that scene was icing on the cake. Even if they don’t officially announce pokeshipping I think the solidified it with this episode. The red string of fate mention was just showing that these two are destined lovers that will always find each other. They didn’t have to do all of this but they did and I think it was for a reason. Just look at the way he looks at her after everything and she joins him again!