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Dorothy

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Alright, Banners posted!

Two Quotes from my AMV's song that absolutely apply to this ship:

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I think too many people forget that moment with the Cascade badge. But there you have it, an AG hint without Misty present.

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Of course, this is true for us, hmm?

And for all you Team Rocket Fans:

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Hope these aren't too big. I can resize them if needed.

Dude, these are awesome! I so want to use one of them but will not without your permission because that'd be dishonest!
 

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Dude, these are awesome! I so want to use one of them but will not without your permission because that'd be dishonest!

Just say "Banner made by Quest" underneath it. That's all the credit I need. So anyone can use them. :-D
 
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Just say "Banner made by Quest" underneath it. That's all the credit I need. So anyone can use them. :-D

Now I can use it since I have your permission! THNX!
 

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Ack, how can I forget the topic XxM!styxX posted?

What are your theories on Misty's next cameo?

Hmm, I'm guessing some whirl-cup-esque type competition. Or maybe the Pokethlon. But that cascade badge moment has given me a little hope for a return. I mean, Ash mentioned her there, she came back. I hope my logic applies...

Random thought of the day:

EDIT: I'm guessing you guys all know the Japanese ending song "Toi Et Moi?"

So us Pokeshippers do have a Japanese song, possibly... not sung by their voice actors, but still singing about being together...

Ah, whatever. If we consider that then High Touch would have to be considered, too. So forget what I said.
 
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EDIT: I'm guessing you guys all know the Japanese ending song "Toi Et Moi?"

So us Pokeshippers do have a Japanese song, possibly... not sung by their voice actors, but still singing about being together...

Ah, whatever. If we consider that then High Touch would have to be considered, too. So forget what I said.

But.. but...

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Ack, how can I forget the topic XxM!styxX posted?

What are your theories on Misty's next cameo?

Hmm, I'm guessing some whirl-cup-esque type competition. Or maybe the Pokethlon. But that cascade badge moment has given me a little hope for a return. I mean, Ash mentioned her there, she came back. I hope my logic applies...

Random thought of the day:

EDIT: I'm guessing you guys all know the Japanese ending song "Toi Et Moi?"

So us Pokeshippers do have a Japanese song, possibly... not sung by their voice actors, but still singing about being together...

Ah, whatever. If we consider that then High Touch would have to be considered, too. So forget what I said.
I remember mentioning that in the forum before. Toi Et Moi is a personal favorite of mine. It became my fave way back when I watched the 2nd movie. At that time, I didn't even know the meaning of the lyrics. I just love the music. Now I love it even more because of its somewhat PokeShippingness.
 

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Alright, everybody. I have a new topic.

So, I've begun questioning my belief in Pokeshipping again. Primarily because if Dawn gets a crush on Ash, this ship may become toast. I know most of us don't believe it, but the writers have been soaping the show up for Pearlshipping a heck of a lot in the past few episodes + High Touch. I also heard that Gen 4 will go on for several more years, which means more Dawn/Ash time. Might just be a rumor, though.

I have a little rant below:
I am beginning to believe that Pearlshipping has a chance of becoming canon, but in my little world, if that happens, Ash will choose Misty after the show ends. He'd realize Dawn isn't half the person Misty is and change his mind.
Which is why I question: What do us Pokeshippers have that we can hold on to? Why do we continue to firmly believe in Pokeshipping?

In other words, Why do we choose to hang on until the bitter end?
 
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Alright, everybody. I have a new topic.

So, I've begun questioning my belief in Pokeshipping again. Primarily because if Dawn gets a crush on Ash, this ship may become toast. I know most of us don't believe it, but the writers have been soaping the show up for Pearlshipping a heck of a lot in the past few episodes + High Touch.

I have a little rant below:
I am beginning to believe that Pearlshipping has a chance of becoming canon, but in my little world, if that happens, Ash will choose Misty after the show ends. He'd realize Dawn isn't half the person Misty is and change his mind.
Which is why I question: What do us Pokeshippers have that we can hold on to? Why do we continue to firmly believe in Pokeshipping?

In other words, Why do we choose to hang on until the bitter end?

Because people (more specifically, girls) with a tsundere personality are more awesome than goody two shoes?

EDIT: Fix typo
 

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Alright, everybody. I have a new topic.

So, I've begun questioning my belief in Pokeshipping again. Primarily because if Dawn gets a crush on Ash, this ship may become toast. I know most of us don't believe it, but the writers have been soaping the show up for Pearlshipping a heck of a lot in the past few episodes + High Touch. I also heard that Gen 4 will go on for several more years, which means more Dawn/Ash time. Might just be a rumor, though.

I have a little rant below:
I am beginning to believe that Pearlshipping has a chance of becoming canon, but in my little world, if that happens, Ash will choose Misty after the show ends. He'd realize Dawn isn't half the person Misty is and change his mind.
Which is why I question: What do us Pokeshippers have that we can hold on to? Why do we continue to firmly believe in Pokeshipping?

In other words, Why do we choose to hang on until the bitter end?

Where to start? lol Honestly, if they suddenly have Ash realize that he can love a girl, I'd probably die of shock. Beside that, so what if Dawn develops a crush on Ash, she can get in line for all I care and in that line Misty is first. :-D

Okay, so to the topic you mentioned. I'm extremely stubborn (for which I blame genetics and the way I was raised) and pretty much once I feel two people are good together in an anime, I tend to stick with that pairing till the bitter end or I'm convinced otherwise, which usually takes some wonderful writing on the writers' part.

Misty plays such a huge role in the development of Ash in the beginning that I really can't see how she can be left on the sidelines or just forgotten. She was one of the main reasons I watched the show from the start, so I won't ever give up on the ship, even if another ship becomes canon. From a writing standpoint, it'd be a poor storyline to have Ash be so dense to love beyond friendship for so long and never show any signs of changing to suddenly starting to realize that love exists and that he finds that love in a girl he met and traveled with well into his own journey while she just began her own. It'd mean the whole character development of Misty and the changes shown in how Ash and Misty interact to pretty much be meaningless. They started out hating each other and by the end, they didn't want to part. It'd just be a waste in my eyes for Ash to love anyone else. I'm a hopeless romantic and there's nothing more romantic than having the guy fall for the first girl he really got to know and bond with.

So I choose to hang on till the bitter end and beyond because Ash and Misty are perfect for each other. Even if Ash never realizes it on the show, I'd think he'd look back and wonder what he could have had.

On a side note, do we know if the writer(s) are the same now as when the show was first being done? It's something that's been nagging me for a while and I'm curious if any of you know. Please send me a PM since it's not relevant to this thread. Thanks.
 

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I hang on because of my own tastes. Dawn is just not Ash's type. Sure, she's sweet and all, but so are a lot of my friends. Doesn't mean I'm going to start a relationship. Hell, one of them is already practically engaged to a different person. Misty is what Ash needs. She's always been tough and ready to travel and has frankly taken care of him and helped him no matter what. Since Ash seems to get pulled into so many adventures, Misty is the perfect partner for him. Dawn... yeah, she's been in on the adventures too, but really, she's never seemed to handle them as well as Misty.

I just feel that Pokeshipping is truth. Misty and Ash have a chemistry, a connection that doesn't allow them to let go of another even when miles apart.

Ash is good friends with Dawn. But his heart, somewhere really deep, longs for Misty.
 

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It's hard to think of Pearlshipping as a threat when there's a 99.99% chance Hikari will leave next Gen. I wouldn't worry about all this alleged Pearlshipping that has been happening lately.

And that's why I hold out hope for Pokeshipping.
 

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When I see two people who look good together in Anime, I tend to be support it forever. It's kinda hard to convince me to like another pairing.

It's a fact that Misty had a big impact in Ash's life. Notice that when he started out on his journey he was naive, super-duper reckless, doesn't think ahead, always on the go, and never fails to act stupid. Misty's character balances out Ash's personality, and she not only became his companion in travel but also his best friend. Misty played big in Ash's character development. Sure they argue a lot, but they never fail to support each other through thick and thin.

Even if I see another ship become canon, I will never stop support PokeShipping. My belief is that PokeShipping is meant to be. In so many levels, I could see that Misty and Ash have chemistry, and I'm not just saying this because opposites attract.

I respect other ships with Ash. But PokeShipping still reigns supreme for me. I'm planning to hold onto this ship until I get sick of Pokemon (which is impossible for me).
 

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Well, I'm still into Pokeshipping, always have been. To be honest, I just couldn't see him paired with anyone else, and that's a slight bias on my part since I've been away from the anime fandom for so long.

I have started watching D/P, and I actually like it, surprisingly, even if I don't know what like 99% of the Pokemon are. lol I can get into this more so than AG, not that I had anything against Haruka or Masato. They were okay. I guess D/P for me has more of a "Kanto" feel to it so far. Even with the way it started, it seemed to pretty much mirror/parallel Satoshi's start. Clueless trainer and all that. *Laughs at how Hikari forgot you're supposed to toss out a Pokeball after weakening a Pokemon to capture it and how for Satoshi it was the opposite, as he forgot to weaken a Pokemon before trying to capture it*

As for Hikari's character...I have determined from the beginning, this is definitely her show. Satoshi and Takeshi just happen to be accompanying her. lol This is the first time I've ever watched anything with Pokemon where Satoshi seems to be taking a backseat role. It's like he's the teacher and Hikari is his student.

Okay...as for "Pearlshipping" (how did it get its name?)...I'm just not seeing it. They do seem like good friends, but I'm also in the early stages of the show, so who knows how it is later on. The two "look cute" together, but the interaction isn't there on the level that it was with Kasumi, imo. The two come across as being very good friends, and Hikari seems much too girly and prissy for him. Kasumi strikes me as the type who can be both tomboy and girly when the time comes for it (I guess being a gym leader has a lot to do with that). That's probably why I'm still into Pokeshipping. It also feels unresolved. I know the writers copped out when it came to people Satoshi previously encountered on his journey, and how he'd "see them again", but I'd find it odd if they don't write in something as far as Kasumi is concerned since she was his first traveling buddy, and seems to be the only girl Satoshi has spent the most alone time with when traveling. I don't recall his traveling with Haruka all that long alone (I barely remember the first few AG eps at all, to be honest. ^^). Oh, and it also seems like Kasumi is the only girl Satoshi has been with in a 'date' situation. Why write something like that if they're not going to do something with it? Why throw in hints (according to you guys anyway) when Kasumi isn't even there? Out of curiosity, has Satoshi ever viewed any girl, aside from Yuuto/Giselle, the way he had Kasumi like in The Ghost of Maiden's Peak? IMO, if there hasn't been, then that's one of the strongest hints that the anime has.

At times, I wish Nintendo would stop putting out games, so that the anime could end. lol
I think too many people forget that moment with the Cascade badge. But there you have it, an AG hint without Misty present.
Mind explaining that one? ^^

That aside, I liked the banners. I liked the Rocket one best, though.:cool:
I remember mentioning that in the forum before. Toi Et Moi is a personal favorite of mine. It became my fave way back when I watched the 2nd movie. At that time, I didn't even know the meaning of the lyrics. I just love the music. Now I love it even more because of its somewhat PokeShippingness.
I liked toi et moi for a different reason, and it had nothing to do with shipping. I just liked the song. It was the first Namie Amuro song I'd ever heard, and to be honest, I picked up a copy of Revelation Lugia just so I could hear it and see how it was used for the movie's ending back in like 2000 or 2001. Granted, her re-release of Never End is what really made me a fan of her, but toi et moi introduced me to her music and I'm still pretty much a fan of her to this day.
 
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POKESHIPPING IS THE BEST FOREVER!!!
LOVE THEM BOTH!!!!
 

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Mind explaining that one? ^^

Ok, all I got was the english text, because I can't find the Japanese text.

Guy: I havn't been able earn one badge. Look at this.

Max: But...that's a badge.

Brock: A Cerulean gym Cascade Badge!

May & Max: It is?

Ash: That's Misty's gym. You must be a great trainer if you got one of those.

Not big, but there, to say the least.

That aside, I liked the banners. I liked the Rocket one best, though.:cool:

Hey, thanks!

Oh yeah, thanks for the answers, everyone. I really needed that. :)
 

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Although other shipping hints sometimes make me nervous, I will never stop supporting Pokeshipping. I just can't think of anyone more suitable for Ash than Misty.
 

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Why do I hold on?

Let me tell you.

Whenever I look at Ships to support in any show, I always look at what is most canon (that is, has the best or most hints). That's how I got into ConestShipping, that's how I got into DramaShipping (Gwen/Trent from TDI/A), that's how I got into Kataang, and that's how I got into PokeShipping. Unless Ash blatantly gets a girlfriend who isn't Misty, I'll be a PokeShipper.
 

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Although other shipping hints sometimes make me nervous, I will never stop supporting Pokeshipping. I just can't think of anyone more suitable for Ash than Misty.
The other shippings' hints don't really make me nervous, but I agree with what you said. I will never stop supporting PokeShipping.
 

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When Misty and May met, didn't May ask Misty about doing the contest thing, and Misty said that she wasn't interested in it? It could be true that Misty decides to do the whole contest thing, and follow Ash to whatever region the writers decide to create next. Also, that could set up a really awesome jealousy scene with May/Dawn. That would be a really great way for Misty to confess. I always pictured it in some sort of jealousy-way!
 
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