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Advanceshipping General Discussion

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Re: AdvanceShipping Nation

Hey, I'm a PokéShipper, but I am NOT here to bash your ship. Just wanted to ask a simple question:

Did May and Ash ever blush over each other? If so, which episode?

Please help! xD

No. They only show affection to one another. Just as a close friend would. I just finished re-watching the entire AG series not to long ago and I have yet to see Ash and May blush.

This gesture I've seen when she talks to Ash privately in AG. I guess she wants to keep Ash in her heart forever! :)
Because in this scene, she says good bye to everyone and by the time Ash gets to speak with her, she puts her hand over her heart then they do their handshake.

God Ash, this was the perfect time to hug her! :D

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What do you think is the best symbol of Advanceshipping?

The Terracotta ribbon, for sure.
 

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Re: AdvanceShipping Nation

Here's a new question.

Some of the most common advanceshipping things we see people make are fanfictions, fanart, and AMVs. What other things have you seen that you liked?

I stumbled across an advanceshipping video once that took the audio from a Twilight movie trailer and put clips from the anime over it, I found it quite humorous.
 

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Re: AdvanceShipping Nation

Hey, I'm a PokéShipper, but I am NOT here to bash your ship. Just wanted to ask a simple question:

Did May and Ash ever blush over each other? If so, which episode?

Please help! xD

No. They only show affection to one another. Just as a close friend would. I just finished re-watching the entire AG series not to long ago and I have yet to see Ash and May blush.

This gesture I've seen when she talks to Ash privately in AG. I guess she wants to keep Ash in her heart forever! :)
Because in this scene, she says good bye to everyone and by the time Ash gets to speak with her, she puts her hand over her heart then they do their handshake.

God Ash, this was the perfect time to hug her! :D

qxoD8.jpg

I suppose you forgot about The Bicker the Better, All Torkoal No Play, every Pokemon Movie with both of them, Rhapsody in Drew, and plenty of others I'm just too lazy to think of.

But if you forget those, then yeah. They haven't ever blushed about each other.

Some of the most common advanceshipping things we see people make are fanfictions, fanart, and AMVs. What other things have you seen that you liked?
I saw someone make an AMV to the trailer to Letter to Juliet. I mean there's not much else with this stuff, so I guess that's all I can say.
 

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Re: AdvanceShipping Nation

Hey, I'm a PokéShipper, but I am NOT here to bash your ship. Just wanted to ask a simple question:

Did May and Ash ever blush over each other? If so, which episode?

Please help! xD

No. They only show affection to one another. Just as a close friend would. I just finished re-watching the entire AG series not to long ago and I have yet to see Ash and May blush.

This gesture I've seen when she talks to Ash privately in AG. I guess she wants to keep Ash in her heart forever! :)
Because in this scene, she says good bye to everyone and by the time Ash gets to speak with her, she puts her hand over her heart then they do their handshake.

God Ash, this was the perfect time to hug her! :D

I suppose you forgot about The Bicker the Better, All Torkoal No Play, every Pokemon Movie with both of them, Rhapsody in Drew, and plenty of others I'm just too lazy to think of.

But if you forget those, then yeah. They haven't ever blushed about each other.

Some of the most common advanceshipping things we see people make are fanfictions, fanart, and AMVs. What other things have you seen that you liked?
I saw someone make an AMV to the trailer to Letter to Juliet. I mean there's not much else with this stuff, so I guess that's all I can say.

I was too lazy to put It since I posted It very late at night and I had to sleep for school! xD
It would be interesting to see them blush, and especially Ash's reaction. Cause we all know he's dense about love and never shows any romantic feelings towards a girl.

What do you think is the best symbol of Advanceshipping?
Terracotta Ribbon
Luv Disc from Movie 9

Something I've been noticing the past years of Pokemon

Why can't the writers make Pokemon have romance in it? I mean, kids these days know what romance is about. Ages above 10+ should know what love is. So what gives? Love is everywhere in this world, so why not show It to these little kids? It will show them how romance would feel like. And when they become Teenagers or Adults, then that's when they will fully understand what love is. Basically, giving a moral lesson in the show, while maintaining the plot that we were all used to back in the late 90's. I mean there are still many potential for the writers to keep going on and on, but the writers themselves aren't using them at 100%. These are being...

- Max getting his First Pokemon and also Ash's promise to battle when he gets his Pokemon
- May's progress after the Johto Grand Festival
- Brock as a Pokemon Doctor
- How Dawn is doing in Hearthome with Buneary.
- Misty being at her Gym and whether or not she wants to do something else

I mean there are still many untapped stories that the writers haven't gotten through yet. All I see is Ash being reset every new Region he goes to. Constantly new protagonist Characters, which barely have any Character Development. They just basically add them and not giving them a lot of effort of what they should do. I'm sick of these constant replacements. It causes so much fragmentation to show to the point where the plot stays the same at all times. Little new changes what so ever. Instead of wasting their time coming up with new characters, I would much rather have them fix the plot of Pokemon. Its been the same for 15 Years and Its about time we have something new introduced.

And sorry for doing this little rant! > <
Its just the writers need to improve or get a new writer for the show.
 

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Re: AdvanceShipping Nation

Hey, I'm a PokéShipper, but I am NOT here to bash your ship. Just wanted to ask a simple question:

Did May and Ash ever blush over each other? If so, which episode?

Please help! xD

No. They only show affection to one another. Just as a close friend would. I just finished re-watching the entire AG series not to long ago and I have yet to see Ash and May blush.

This gesture I've seen when she talks to Ash privately in AG. I guess she wants to keep Ash in her heart forever! :)
Because in this scene, she says good bye to everyone and by the time Ash gets to speak with her, she puts her hand over her heart then they do their handshake.

God Ash, this was the perfect time to hug her! :D

I suppose you forgot about The Bicker the Better, All Torkoal No Play, every Pokemon Movie with both of them, Rhapsody in Drew, and plenty of others I'm just too lazy to think of.

But if you forget those, then yeah. They haven't ever blushed about each other.

Some of the most common advanceshipping things we see people make are fanfictions, fanart, and AMVs. What other things have you seen that you liked?
I saw someone make an AMV to the trailer to Letter to Juliet. I mean there's not much else with this stuff, so I guess that's all I can say.

I was too lazy to put It since I posted It very late at night and I had to sleep for school! xD
It would be interesting to see them blush, and especially Ash's reaction. Cause we all know he's dense about love and never shows any romantic feelings towards a girl.

What do you think is the best symbol of Advanceshipping?
Terracotta Ribbon
Luv Disc from Movie 9

Something I've been noticing the past years of Pokemon

Why can't the writers make Pokemon have romance in it? I mean, kids these days know what romance is about. Ages above 10+ should know what love is. So what gives? Love is everywhere in this world, so why not show It to these little kids? It will show them how romance would feel like. And when they become Teenagers or Adults, then that's when they will fully understand what love is. Basically, giving a moral lesson in the show, while maintaining the plot that we were all used to back in the late 90's. I mean there are still many potential for the writers to keep going on and on, but the writers themselves aren't using them at 100%. These are being...

- Max getting his First Pokemon and also Ash's promise to battle when he gets his Pokemon
- May's progress after the Johto Grand Festival
- Brock as a Pokemon Doctor
- How Dawn is doing in Hearthome with Buneary.
- Misty being at her Gym and whether or not she wants to do something else

I mean there are still many untapped stories that the writers haven't gotten through yet. All I see is Ash being reset every new Region he goes to. Constantly new protagonist Characters, which barely have any Character Development. They just basically add them and not giving them a lot of effort of what they should do. I'm sick of these constant replacements. It causes so much fragmentation to show to the point where the plot stays the same at all times. Little new changes what so ever. Instead of wasting their time coming up with new characters, I would much rather have them fix the plot of Pokemon. Its been the same for 15 Years and Its about time we have something new introduced.

And sorry for doing this little rant! > <
Its just the writers need to improve or get a new writer for the show.

Uh, just thought it should be noted that Dawn is actually supposed to be in Hoenn right now. It was confirmed in an episode that only premiered in Japan. As well, her Cyndaquil evolved in that episode.

But yeah, they don't really show romance in the show. That's because it was made to be a kid's show, so if there's any sort of romance in it, of course they have to block it or stop it from showing. Except for the movies, I guess.
 

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It would take the focus off of Pokemon. The anime is all about Pokemon, having some sort of romantic love issue that isn't a seven second Brock spazz out would cause the anime to lose focus a bit on what it's all about. And think about it, there are tons of different shippings and tons of different shippers, they don't want to piss off all the poke, contest, and pearlshippers by making advanceshipping canon.

That's just what I think though.
 

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It would take the focus off of Pokemon. The anime is all about Pokemon, having some sort of romantic love issue that isn't a seven second Brock spazz out would cause the anime to lose focus a bit on what it's all about. And think about it, there are tons of different shippings and tons of different shippers, they don't want to piss off all the poke, contest, and pearlshippers by making advanceshipping canon.

That's just what I think though.

I'm not saying AdvanceShipping should be canon (even though I want It to be). If one shipping becomes canon, then I don't understand why they should be pissed off about It. If the writers want It to be canon, then fans should accept It because that's their own anime. Its already proven that the writers are able to create little romantic hints with a character. Plus, in the The Bicker, The Better, why would Oscar and Andi tell Ash and May that they are a COUPLE? Unless It was added by the Dub, then no. But If It was kept from the Japanese version, then why would the writers portray Ash/May being a couple and denying that connection? And you know when you deny that statement, your obviously hiding your feelings.

Yeah I have to agree It will side track on what Pokemon is about, but the writers themselves need to improve the anime. All they are doing is repeating themselves with the consistent character changes and Ash having the same Gym Battles and Goals for about 15+ years and losing every time in the Pokemon League. I would also like to see Character Rotations of Misty, May, or Dawn. It just depends on what they are doing right now. All I can see right now for Ash to travel with again is May. Because Misty is probably working in her Gym and Dawn in Hoenn, competing in contests. And we haven't heard what May is going to do after the Johto Grand Festival. Either that, she's probably in Sinnoh or in Unova (quite possible). I guess we'll have to wait until the R/S/E Remakes come out.

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Uh, just thought it should be noted that Dawn is actually supposed to be in Hoenn right now. It was confirmed in an episode that only premiered in Japan. As well, her Cyndaquil evolved in that episode.

But yeah, they don't really show romance in the show. That's because it was made to be a kid's show, so if there's any sort of romance in it, of course they have to block it or stop it from showing. Except for the movies, I guess.

I wonder why they didn't air It in US? That's why I couldn't figure out Dawn's goal after she was given an opportunity to go do the fashion thing in Hearthome with Buneary?

I still don't understand why they need to block It. Unless Its violent or offends a culture, whatever, then that should be blocked. But blocking romance is pointless really. I can't say that they should do a full romance like going out on a date or whatever. But It could be like Tomoya and Nagisa in Clannad where they confessed to each other, but don't go on a date like many other people do in this world. You simply just confessed your feelings to him/her and still be friends at the same time.

Like If May confessed her feelings to Ash right now, both would blush (hopefully Ash does!!), but still keep their bond that they have, still training together, talking to each other, etc: You don't have to be on a date really.

Just a little fic I made.

May: "Hey Ash, can I talk to you privately? I want to talk to you about something."
Ash: "Sure!"
Ash: "Pikachu, can you stay here? I want to talk to her alone okay?"
Pikachu: "Pika-pi (okay)" *Pikachu smiles*
* Ash & May goes to a place where no one is around*
Ash: "So what do you want to tell me?"
May: "Well after thinking about It for a long time, I just want to say something to you alone and no one else"
Ash: "okay..."
May: "Okay. Well, do you still remember when we first met back at Professor Burch's laboratory?"
Ash: "Yeah!"
May: "And that time you destroyed my bike?"
Ash: "Uhh..."
May: "And I wanted to get mad at you for breaking my bike, but until I saw you sleeping with your Pikachu and see your Good side, I didn't want to tell you off."
Ash: "Oh."
May: "And when I asked you If I wanted to travel together, I was waiting for a YES answer from you."
Ash: "Haha, I was like why are you excited to travel with me" *Ash smiles*
May: "Yup! Oh and do you remember the time when Oscar and Andi called us a couple?"
Ash: "Yeah, and I didn't like that"
May: "Same here, but I kinda have feelings for you Ash after they called us a couple." *May slightly blushes*
Ash: "Are you kidding May?" *Being the dense idiot*
May: "No, I'm not. That's why I wanted to talk to you alone!!"
May: "Okay, and do you remember the time when we both won the Terracotta ribbon?" *pulls out her half*
Ash: "Yup, I remember that one. I'll never forget that moment." *pulls out his half*
May: "When I decided to travel to Johto by myself, all I could think to myself is the Ribbon and you, Ash!" *May blushes more*
Ash: "I feel the same way too May. When I traveled in Sinnoh, I kept that Ribbon with me and think to myself of how you are doing in Johto by yourself? Plus, that Ribbon means a lot to me because all I think about is you"
May: "D'aww."
May: "But anyways, Ash, thanks for being a great friend to me. You really put me through will all these trainings. You taught me everything about Pokemon. Without your guidance, I wouldn't be in contests because I didn't know how to battle to use my own Pokemon."
Ash: "No problem!"
May: "And Ash, I just want to say..."
Ash: "Go on!"
May: "I...love...you Ash Ketchum" *May smiles and blushes*
Ash: "I love you too May"
*Ash and May hug each other.*
May: "Let's keep this to ourselves."
Ash: "Yeah!"
Max walks in.
Max: "Well, well, well, isn't my big sister talking to her new crush"
May: "EEE, well, uhh. SHUT UP MAX!!" *May blushing*
Ash: "......."
Max: "So you do like Ash! HAHA, I knew this would happen"
*Ash and May blushed and walked out* xD
 

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Well, if the writers made advanceshipping canon, I think there would be more people who would lose interest in the anime than those who gained it, so that would stop them.

But yes, character development and rotation would be nice. And along with you, I hope May returns for another arc if there are R/S remakes.
 

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Well, if the writers made advanceshipping canon, I think there would be more people who would lose interest in the anime than those who gained it, so that would stop them.

But yes, character development and rotation would be nice. And along with you, I hope May returns for another arc if there are R/S remakes.

Pretty much every shipping is equal. And all we are waiting for which shipping will be canon. Its basically, who will win the competition? There has to be a winner.
I mean yeah there are fans who are willing to get pissed and some who will accept the fact that their rival shipping is canon.

I'm just sick and tired of new characters that serve no purpose other than replacing what a good character is. Causes more fragmentation to the show, to the point where the writers will start forgetting everything on those untold stories on what I mentioned earlier.

Didn't Lyra make her debut in D/P when HeartGold and Soul Silver came out? If so, that could happen with May when the R/S/E Remakes come out. And probably the ONLY Best Wishes Episode I would ever like.
 

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Yes, I would watch that episode too. XD

When May made her cameo in D/P, I was like "YES"
And probably when she comes back in Best Wishes or so, I'll be like that! xD

A little behind the scenes of the AMV that I'm working on! :)
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Although, there is the possibility that they could create a completely new female game character for the R/S remakes like they did when they replaced Kris with Lyra and make May completely forgotten/replaced.
 

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Although, there is the possibility that they could create a completely new female game character for the R/S remakes like they did when they replaced Kris with Lyra and make May completely forgotten/replaced.

But the difference between Kris and May is the fact that (at least as far as I remember) Kris never appeared on the anime, whereas May was a main character for a long time.
 

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Kris does appear in the anime along with Ethan at some point, I don't quite recall when.

The true difference between May and Kris is There game counter parts. Kris only appeared in Pokémon Crystal, and wasn't seen at all in Gold or Silver. May, however, appeared in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. This makes me think they wouldn't replace her with some other female character in the remakes.
 

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That, and I think that most Pokemon viewers remember May (except for the ones who got in to the fandom around Diamond and Pearl, and even then, they probably know her from the Wallace Cup saga) and it would be pretty hard to write her out forever and say "May? Never heard of her."
 

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This is starting to turn into more of a character discussion and less of a shipping discussion, so let's get back on topic.
 

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^ Trust me, she knows what she's talking about.

So for that reason I'll start a discussion topic, not necessarily a question.

Post in the thread below what your opinions on the current AdvanceShipping community are.
Big question I know, but I can't actually answer seeing as how its 1:45 am where I am ^^'. Maybe later
 

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Ah, but Gengars love the night. So we post at two in the morning -_-". Not to meantion time zones, it's only 10 in some states.

Post in the thread below what your opinions on the current AdvanceShipping community are.

Depends on the site, the community here is great and very active, same goes for fanfiction. The community on Serebii is a bit slow, I'm not sure why though, let's all go over there and start a riot.
 
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