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Advanceshipping General Discussion

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cascade88

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She could wear the Emerald outifit, it'd be cool if she did, but maybe they'll come up with an entirely new outfit for her, since Emerald came out a while ago, you know. But either way, I just really hope she has different clothes. Period.
 

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I'm hopeful that there will be at least something that could be Advanceshipping. Like some dialogue between them, or maybe Hikari mentioning how much she's heard about her from Satoshi.

That would be nice to see.
 

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Considering the fact that May is gonna be making an appearance in Diamond & Pearl next month, do you think that there will be any Advanceshippy moments in those episode(s)?

I'm thinking its possible, and that there may even be a bit of a rivalry between her and Dawn, not only by way of Contests, but also about Ash, as well. But thats just me.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

If indeed May is making a Sinnoh appearance, it is going to be most intriguing indeed to see how the writers are going to pull it off.

Contrary to what a certain mod has claimed over in the ep's discussion thread, it certainly is well within the realm of possibility that there could be some Advanceshippy moments, given the strength of the chemistry between Ash and May. The writers kept Misty more or less the same as her Johto persona---which, it should be noted, tended to crop up only when it could leave its marks---in the Mirage Kingdom micro-arc, so I can see the same happening with May here, albeit hopefully with some degree of character advancement.

Speaking of advancement, I'm not at all sure just how likely it is that May will have the five ribbons she needs for the Johto Grand Festival already; granted, she got to the Kanto Grand Festival in a similar timespan, but she had a substantial degree of help and luck (much of which shouldn't have been necessary but for the writers putting themselves into corners that they had no business going into!) in getting there. Now, however, May's support group has been massively reduced, and the writers have apparently let go once and for all of the notion that, "come hell or high water, the girl character in the party should have the lion's share of the good fortune." Put together, that means that May is liable to accrue more than one contest defeat in Johto, what with the seriously high level of competition and competitiveness that is certain to be present(and is likely to accumulate still further). It should also be noted that Johto was given enough extra towns and cities (more than in both Kanto run-throughs put together, I think) that May could theoretically wind up with half a dozen contest losses and *still* make it to the Grand Festival, depending in when and where it's going to take place.

Given that Dawn and Ash essentially have a brother-sister relationship, I don't believe that there will be any rivalry between Dawn and May over Ash. That said, it should be very interesting to see how the two girls actually interact; will their radically different home backgrounds come into play, and will the subplot of Dawn's losing streak be involved?

Oh yes, if May is indeed making a reappearance, then this could potentially be one of the best D/P episodes ever. It is dependent, of course, on how the writers handle it.
 

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Uh... Hi.

I think that May should wear the Emerald clothes for her upcoming DP cameo.

Why?

Misty changed her clothes for the Mirage Kingdom episode, and only then. This is a similar situation, I believe. I just hope beyond hope that they don't give her some completely random clothes with no correlation at all to her previous effects.

A random yellow long-sleeved shirt would leave me a depressed bunny, to put it simply. I think that the Emerald costume is a definite must. (Not to mention how cool it looks. And the sleeves? (or lack thereof) Ash might actually take notice...)
 

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I don't know if some one already posted this fanart any ways here


AshXMay9.jpg
 

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It's gonna be a tournament. Dawn & May are gonna team up. And so are Ash & Brock...I was hoping for Ash and May. But I guess that's not happening :(
 

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From a writers perspective, it makes sense to pair May and Dawn; Dawn is on a bad losing streak, and it would be better for her to be paired with a powerful, experienced Coordinator rather than against her. It would be easier for her to learn that way.

And there will be plenty of other opportunities for some Advanceshipping. We know May is here for at least one episode, although she could arrive at the end of DP075 and be here for another two-three episodes after DP076.
 

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I deleted all doom desire's posts as well as the responses. The replies weren't bad but next time just report the posts. If you do post yourself ignore the spam.

I'm not a fan of Advanceshipping but I do like so of the fanart. I've noticed some are similar in style to a lot of Pokeshipping fanart. Though I think that might just be a popular Japanese shipping fanart style. That hits banner is the style I'm referring to.

BTW, shouldn't you guys be celebrating this thread having 100 pages? ;P
 

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You mean we forgot to do that? Damn!

Ah well, I'm sure there'll be more cause to celebrate once we hit 2000 replies (which should be pretty soon, come to think about it).
 

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[HASHTAG]#1994[/HASHTAG] here we go. I'm a wonderer around the shipper pages, and I really got excitement written all over my face 'cause May's returning this month. Hints would probably be listed in the Advanceshipping section when May returns, and maybe there can be something that can interest all of you. Why am I thinking and supporting Advanceshipping? 'cause I'm not selfish. Yes I am a Pearlshipper myself, but I don't like thinking of myself, and I'd rather thinik of other shippings than just Pearlshipping. Since Advanceshipping is sneaking it's way back into the series. Let it go all the way ^-^.
 

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Hi there!

I've been away from this forum, but now I'm back!

Regarding May's appearance next month, I just hope it doesn't bring bad news. *Shivers at the idea of Contestshipping.*

Argh! My eyes. I can't see that word!
 

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[HASHTAG]#1996[/HASHTAG]
We did celibrate the 100th page...

and now 2000 posts ^^

But the reason I don't think that we're celibrating much is that, many would be expecting something as shippy as when Misty reappeared.

It'll be nice to see why she's coming back tough. That and what happened in Jhoto.
a/n Sp1derp1g, there hasn't been a mention of Drew appearing, so all of him that may be included would be the inclusion of his name on a random occasion.

p.s. welcome Foxkrystal
 

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a/n Sp1derp1g, there hasn't been a mention of Drew appearing, so all of him that may be included would be the inclusion of his name on a random occasion.

Even that would be bad news. At least to me...
 

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Thank the lord that Drew's not showing up. Which will prove to contestshippers out there that May is in fact not traveling with him.


IN YOUR FACE CONTESTSHIPPERS!!!
 

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Thank the lord that Drew's not showing up. Which will prove to contestshippers out there that May is in fact not traveling with him.

like they would listen though.
new topic: do you think may will help dawn get out of her lossing streak? (sorry if a bit off topic couldn't think of one)
and post number 1999
 
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Did the Contestshippers think that? Huh, she didn't say she was gonna travel with him, in fact, Drew shot down the idea when Harley suggested it. Well, whatever.
like they would listen though.
new topic: do you think may will help dawn get out of her lossing streak?
and post number 1999
Probably. I mean, thats probably one of the main reasons they've stretched out Dawn's loss of self esteem this far.
And this is off topic, but still...
I've been wondering about something--there's this song called ''Stay Together''; its on the Pokemon X cd and I *think* it was played during the dub episode of "Time Warp Heals All Wounds", but anyway, the lyrics to me seem kind of like an Advanceshipping hint themself, especially the chorus:
"If we just stay together, it'll be alright/if we just fight for what we have, it'll get us through/get us through this time"
Of course, I could be reading too much into it, but is it possible that it means that Ash and May should 'Stay Together' in not a literal sense, but more of a 'Stay together in each other's thoughts' kind of sense, at least until they DO get to be together again (*cough*April 24th*cough*)?
Again, I might just be making myself sound insane, but still, what are your thoughts on this, if any?
and, oooh, post #2000 ^^
 

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it a long post but i think you could be on to something there, it does sound a bit shippy but it couls be any ship.
and yay post 2001 where over 2000
 
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