"Don't you know that love is bittersweet? Just like Chocolate-coated Strawberries."
-Ruth Quiazon
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Blogging everything that she likes.
If Aquakana does end up cannon (we never know anymore Aka cmon ) I like how in character the falling go each other is. Kana fell hard and fast, and immediately came to terms with and recognized it. While throughout the series we get to see Aqua fall deeper and deeper in love with her.
why did they make rowlet so comfortable with misty? rowlet would usually only sleep on ash’s head but all of a sudden it’s inclined to sit on misty’s as well. ash’s head is like a home for rowlet so is misty’s head also considered his home now too? is rowlet saying that misty an extension of ash and/or that misty is like his second owner??
why did they make misty not mind rowlet sleeping on her head? like she instantly got used to him sitting there. it was as if they were communicating that misty will continue to let rowlet sit on her head in future episodes or even beyond the end of the anime. does misty assume that ash’s pokemon are also hers to take care of? are they saying that misty will continue to be with ash even beyond the end of the anime that rowlet made a justifiable habit out of this?
why did they make misty reference the red string of fate?
why did they in emphasize how well ash and misty’s pokemon get along in general?
why did they go out of their way to draw big hearts between clauncher and corphish when they knew about the optics of what it would mean for ash and misty?
why even have an episode at all about the inseparability of a pokemon misty owns and a pokemon Ash owns?
why clauncher and corphish in the first place?
why not make it easy on yourself and just show the lure now instead of potentially trapping yourself for the inevitable episode with dawn?
why have misty physically wrap her line on ash’s wrist, why be so dramatic and intimate about it? why not grab ash’s hat or sleeve, something less physical?
why have ash and misty have the same goofy 1-to-1 expression when they’re dunked in the water, would they do that for any other pokegirl this late in the series?
why even have a battle this episode, what does it prove that misty can beat ash even though he’s a champion?
why have ash in the previous episode not have any idea where to go, only relying on his gut of what feels right, capped by him meeting misty who talks about fate albeit, delusionally, when it comes to clauncher?
Ash and Misty getting an entire episode to themselves. Ash and Misty reliving their Totodile drama. Misty is meeting Cilan. Ash is finally going to find out Brock and Cilan are friends.
These episodes haven’t even aired yet and I already love them more than the entirety of Journeys.
Recently I reflected on why I am such a hardcore Pokeshipper and didn’t fall into amourshipping.
Honestly, I like XY and I like Serena. She is a nice character and her feelings are relatable in many ways. It doesn’t even bother me that she got Ash’s first real kiss. Not everyone’s first kiss is with their soulmate/future person. Did Ash like her back? I don’t know. He let her leave without saying anything to her. Then he went home and there were baby’s breath flowers on screen as he returned home? People say that baby’s breath flowers mean everlasting love so that means he has everlasting love for Serena? After one series? After one kiss? No. There are dozens of flowers that mean everlasting love/romantic love. There are also other flowers that mean ‘innocence’ as the writers claim it meant. The writers did not have to choose baby’s breath which is synonymous with Misty’s Japanese name, Kasumi, but they did! They know how to work symbolism. It was deliberate.
Now you can call it character development or whatever, but Ash became the experienced trainer when Misty left which watered down some of his rougher character flaws that made him interesting. Hoenn Ash and onward was smoothed around the edges. He was flawed yet by the end of each episode he was the perfect hero again. Serena “fell in love” with this new ideal Ash while Misty fell for his raw, original portrayal. To me this made pokeshipping feel real for both characters. There is also the little fact that Misty is the only person of whom he was ever outwardly jealous. So when Misty came back in Seaside Battle it was fascinating to see him revert back to OS Ash who automatically regained his personality around her. He was annoying, smug, and cocky, but that’s alright because Misty was hot headed and loud right back. AND PIKACHU. I believe Pikachu represents Ash’s true feelings. Pikachu sees through Ash’s facade and straight up disobeys for his love of Pikachupi. There was no choice to be made. Misty belongs with them and Pikachu knows it.
I think the biggest sway though is just how similar the two characters are because opposites may attract, but similarities are the foundations of a successful relationship. All of the screenshots of them making the same damn faces and gestures in Seaside Battle are unbearably adorable. You also better believe that Ash and Misty would be the kind of couple that would settle matters with a battle. Who’s going shopping? Battle. Who takes out the trash? Battle. Who feeds the Pokemon? Battle. Whoever first said that Pokemon battling is their love language isn’t wrong.
After Seaside Battle, I just can’t see a future where Ash and Misty aren’t together.
And now I need to channel this Pokeshipping excitement into my fanfics.
