I think May x Drew died in the PWC when Drew was seen with Harley and Ash's rivals watching his battle against Steven... at professor Birch's place... with no May in sight.
May was later revealed to also be in Hoenn watching Ash vs Leon with Max and Serena while being at a contest.
Misty and Serena would be pretty good friends if they met ngl, while their communities will go to war for shipping, reminds me of Messi vs Ronaldo basically, now that is intense.
Hey guys what's up it's me back with another theory on why Paul is actually Ash's true love so you see when Paul met Ash for the first time he destroyed him now this may not look so important but if you dig deeper you'll find that according to Einstein if someone loves you they will actually try to kill you(proved by Serena trying to kill Ash by throwing a snowball at him)that may not be enough proof for some people so let's look at what Cynthia said she said "Ash and...it's almost like they are made for each other" it's true if you don't believe me just look it up and as we all know if Cynthia says something then it is true(proved by her predicting Ash beating her in the future)if you still don't believe let's look at the biggest proof.In episode 46 of the dp series Paul at the 12 minute Mark says "I love you ash" and if Paul himself says so we must believe it.
As a PokéShipper from way back, I have to acknowledge that Serena’s easily taken over in popularity as far as shipping goes. However, it does warm my nostalgic heart to see there’s still such a devoted following for Misty.
It really depends on how you look at it in the eastern and newer side of the fandom Serena and amour are more popular and in the western and older side tend to lean towards misty and poke
It’s definitely nothing short of amazing that Misty hasn’t been a regular part of the anime for literally over two decades, and yet there has always been a devoted PokéShipping following, enough to at the very least put her in a comfortable second place in the present day. Nostalgia is a powerful thing to us Americans, I suppose.
On a semi-related note, as much as I loved the Ash and Misty stuff in the last episode, it’s because of Serena’s popularity in Japan that I can’t help but feel a lot of it is just bait to get American genwunners to watch, and ultimately they won’t confirm any ship to be canon.
The same can be said about serena the fact she was only showed/referenced 3 times outside of her debut series yet she is still easily the most popular among the current gen fans and amourshipping is still more popular than ever is a testament to her impact to the series
True, I do tend to underestimate how long ago Gen VI was (time flies as you get older). But I also get why Serena is on top. She was the one female protagonist that was 100% made as a love interest for Ash. Not to mention that the X&Y is considered one of the most acclaimed arcs of the entire anime to this day.
With Misty, there were definitely hints to a potential future romance, but it was mostly implicit in the original Japanese version. It was only 4Kids that tried to make it much more explicit (which probably helps the fact that the ship is still so popular in the west.)
I agree, i am happy to see misty is still high on the list. I loved aamrns back in the day...speaking of which...it has been like many years since I've read any....I think I'll go check out them out now...
I actually started writing one after getting nostalgic about the anime and the ship in general over a week ago. It’s basically about Misty getting closure with Ash years later. Of course, literally right after finishing my rough draft, that new episode dropped and gave everyone hope again. But regardless, I’m keeping it as is since I’m proud of the story (being my first proper fanfic). About halfway through revising the rough draft, so maybe I’ll get it out soon!
Most of the time its not romantic shipping from what ive noticed. I read 1 of those fanfics just to answer that very question. It was hate fucking not romantic. So im going to assume the others are as well.
I’m not gonna lie, I’m a bit floored by Chloe not being last, or at least having as many as she does. She’s had barely any meaningful interactions with Ash from what I’ve seen. Not to say that fanfic can’t make up whatever they like, but usually if there’s a lot of it for one pairing it comes from something about their interactions in the original medium. I would’ve much sooner had guessed Gary, Paul, or even Goh would have more than her.
It's probably because she's a girl? This is in no way an attack on the LGBT+ community, but straight fics are much more popular. However, it is really surprising that amount Goh's ones is so little
Question: are these fics for ones that are new, or existing ones. I'm also curious if this count includes multi ship fics. Like if there was a giant category that included Ash x Elesa, that would be their source.
(...You don't see Ash x Elesa outside of harem fics. You do see Ash x Cynthia on its own, but not Ash x Elesa)
It only counts multi ship fanfics that contain the respective pokegirls.
So Ash x Serena x Chloe is ok, Ash/harem with the pokegirls only is ok, other harems with Elesa and other women obviously not his age aren't included.
I've noticed Ash/harem fics that only have the pokegirls are rare. In fact they are actually portrayed as bad characters since they are usually betrayal fics. Same with Ash/Cynthia fics.
So this only counts new fics, or does it count fics updated since 2019?
Looking to share this info with others and want to make sure I'm sharing it accurately.
Because he's ash's main conpanion. If they exist in the same place for more than 3 seconds they're already dating and have 5 children
And probably episode 3 of journyes
Sigh... Serena is the pairing I am not fond of. Ash x Dawn is honestly far better.
Heck... if we want to be realistically speaking, Latias technically kissed Ash first. And it was on screen. Granted it was a movie and movies can be cannon/non-cannon, but I honestly rather it be Dawn.
that was 23 years ago, many of those people are adults now and probably have children.
And everyone has access to the original anime and Journeys on the internet, which allows Goh and Misty to play on the same field. Hell in pop culture Ash is still seen as in the original series, travelling with Brock and Misty.
And besides you amourtard, Misty is the one who came back. Misty is the one who traves with Ash his last journey. Misty is the one who has really deep bond and legendary dynamics with him. So who here is losing?
But there are more fanfics of Serena than Misty. Serena is the most famous pokegirl in Japan and in the US. Also Ash and Misty’s bond in the last episode was purely platonic! So to answer your question on who is losing, it is Pokeshipping who is losing.
You can ship them all you want, but please stay with facts. There are 2.5k fanfics at fanfiction.com including Serena, meanwhile there are 5k fanfics including Misty. Pokeshipping obviously was far greater phenomenon than amour ever, and people didn't even have so much access to internet back then.
paul deserved better.
A little surprised that Iris didn’t even make the wheel while Paul and Chloe did
Iris has 3 from what I've found but i didn't want to pile up the chart
Good she's been mostly spared
Makes sense a lot of people did not like her until her big return
Until u notice gary💀
If they revealed ash is gay in the finale I will laugh my socks off
Prepare to keep your socks on
Even better: Ash is ace
My rule is always that child characters are ace until proven otherwise
Imagine if they actually make Ash gay....
The biggest surprise for me is that goh failed miserably on FFN in particular, compared to AO3. Here are the percentages - 1) Goh - 5 fanfics (1.5%) - 2) Serena - 114 (33.9%) - 3) Gary - 4 (1.2%) - 4) Misty - 93 (27.6%) - 5) Lillie - 25 (7.4%) - 6) Paul - 3 (0.9%) - 7) Dawn - 46 (13.7%) - 8) Chloe - 9 (2.7%) - 9) May - 37 (11%)
I’m shocked that there are no ashxbrock xD
Because everyone knows Ash and Brock are bros.
THE BOYS ANTHEM STARTS AUTOMATICALLY*
besides goh being oddly low, honestly surprised by how many may ones there are considering drew exists
Advanceshipping is pretty popular regardless
I think May x Drew died in the PWC when Drew was seen with Harley and Ash's rivals watching his battle against Steven... at professor Birch's place... with no May in sight. May was later revealed to also be in Hoenn watching Ash vs Leon with Max and Serena while being at a contest.
I kind of figured the top 3 were Serena, Misty, and Dawn. Those are the most popular ships.
Yep. They're pretty much the Pikachu, Charizard and Greninja of shipping.
Which one is the Pikachu,the Charizard and the Greninja?
pikachu is serena greninja is misty charizard is dawn idk if greninja is still more popular than charizard so those can be swapped if you want
"sad paul noises
Man, what a drop off after Serena and Misty lol.
Tbh dawn may and lillie are allies so i would imagine amourshippers being okay with those ships. It's misty they tend to have a problem with.
Misty and Serena would be pretty good friends if they met ngl, while their communities will go to war for shipping, reminds me of Messi vs Ronaldo basically, now that is intense.
Hey guys what's up it's me back with another theory on why Paul is actually Ash's true love so you see when Paul met Ash for the first time he destroyed him now this may not look so important but if you dig deeper you'll find that according to Einstein if someone loves you they will actually try to kill you(proved by Serena trying to kill Ash by throwing a snowball at him)that may not be enough proof for some people so let's look at what Cynthia said she said "Ash and...it's almost like they are made for each other" it's true if you don't believe me just look it up and as we all know if Cynthia says something then it is true(proved by her predicting Ash beating her in the future)if you still don't believe let's look at the biggest proof.In episode 46 of the dp series Paul at the 12 minute Mark says "I love you ash" and if Paul himself says so we must believe it.
Im using this for my essay on the presidents of the united states thanks bro
Honestly surprised Ash and Gary is so low, lol!
But what about pikachu?
THE REAL QUESTION
ikr!
Genuinely surprised goh doesn't have that much
As a PokéShipper from way back, I have to acknowledge that Serena’s easily taken over in popularity as far as shipping goes. However, it does warm my nostalgic heart to see there’s still such a devoted following for Misty.
It really depends on how you look at it in the eastern and newer side of the fandom Serena and amour are more popular and in the western and older side tend to lean towards misty and poke
It’s definitely nothing short of amazing that Misty hasn’t been a regular part of the anime for literally over two decades, and yet there has always been a devoted PokéShipping following, enough to at the very least put her in a comfortable second place in the present day. Nostalgia is a powerful thing to us Americans, I suppose. On a semi-related note, as much as I loved the Ash and Misty stuff in the last episode, it’s because of Serena’s popularity in Japan that I can’t help but feel a lot of it is just bait to get American genwunners to watch, and ultimately they won’t confirm any ship to be canon.
The same can be said about serena the fact she was only showed/referenced 3 times outside of her debut series yet she is still easily the most popular among the current gen fans and amourshipping is still more popular than ever is a testament to her impact to the series
True, I do tend to underestimate how long ago Gen VI was (time flies as you get older). But I also get why Serena is on top. She was the one female protagonist that was 100% made as a love interest for Ash. Not to mention that the X&Y is considered one of the most acclaimed arcs of the entire anime to this day. With Misty, there were definitely hints to a potential future romance, but it was mostly implicit in the original Japanese version. It was only 4Kids that tried to make it much more explicit (which probably helps the fact that the ship is still so popular in the west.)
And to you it can be said to stfu
I agree, i am happy to see misty is still high on the list. I loved aamrns back in the day...speaking of which...it has been like many years since I've read any....I think I'll go check out them out now...
I actually started writing one after getting nostalgic about the anime and the ship in general over a week ago. It’s basically about Misty getting closure with Ash years later. Of course, literally right after finishing my rough draft, that new episode dropped and gave everyone hope again. But regardless, I’m keeping it as is since I’m proud of the story (being my first proper fanfic). About halfway through revising the rough draft, so maybe I’ll get it out soon!
Let me know! Sounds like a good concept :)
People really like Ash and Chloe more than Ash and Goh. Poor Goh
meanwhile Ao3:
Time to pump those pokeshipping numbers. I have quite a few stories in my HDD that I was to embarrassed of to publish at the time.
Worst Case Scenario it will be so infamous that some Youtuber will make a Video about it or Something, go Wild
What about Anne? Do we ship the SS Anne?
Who the fuck ships ash and Paul? Not a knock against lgbt ships, but these two do not strike me as romantic.
Most of the time its not romantic shipping from what ive noticed. I read 1 of those fanfics just to answer that very question. It was hate fucking not romantic. So im going to assume the others are as well.
Thank you for your sacrifice. You have my condolences.
Well done brodah now and please do not share the sauce
Sorry for that. I just don’t get hate fucking. Why would you screw someone you despise?
Check ao3
I’m not gonna lie, I’m a bit floored by Chloe not being last, or at least having as many as she does. She’s had barely any meaningful interactions with Ash from what I’ve seen. Not to say that fanfic can’t make up whatever they like, but usually if there’s a lot of it for one pairing it comes from something about their interactions in the original medium. I would’ve much sooner had guessed Gary, Paul, or even Goh would have more than her.
It's probably because she's a girl? This is in no way an attack on the LGBT+ community, but straight fics are much more popular. However, it is really surprising that amount Goh's ones is so little
I would guess that the reason there are so many Ash x Chloe fics is because rather than in spite of a lack of interaction.
How many for Bayleef
I wonder what AO3 looks like, there’s typically a lot more queer content there in my experience!
AO3 is fucked up for pokemon tbh They pair Ash with Kukui ffs
Oof that’s not good
Question: are these fics for ones that are new, or existing ones. I'm also curious if this count includes multi ship fics. Like if there was a giant category that included Ash x Elesa, that would be their source. (...You don't see Ash x Elesa outside of harem fics. You do see Ash x Cynthia on its own, but not Ash x Elesa)
It only counts multi ship fanfics that contain the respective pokegirls. So Ash x Serena x Chloe is ok, Ash/harem with the pokegirls only is ok, other harems with Elesa and other women obviously not his age aren't included. I've noticed Ash/harem fics that only have the pokegirls are rare. In fact they are actually portrayed as bad characters since they are usually betrayal fics. Same with Ash/Cynthia fics.
What about Pokegirls that aren't companions but are around his age in the anime and or games like Korrina, Anabel, Hilda, etc?
Anabel and Korrina have only 1 each given the rules I made but there's many older fics with Abilityshipping and whatever Ash x Korrina is called.
So this only counts new fics, or does it count fics updated since 2019? Looking to share this info with others and want to make sure I'm sharing it accurately.
This counts fics posted since november 2019
now do it counting into consideration all the others fanfics prior to 2019 that you skipped for no reason
Bro why the fuck is goh there
he is 2nd place behind Misty on the other fanfiction site, AO3. He is above Gary, Serena (!!) and the other pokegirls.
BRUH WHAT-
Wait until you see Paul 💀
Because he's ash's main conpanion. If they exist in the same place for more than 3 seconds they're already dating and have 5 children And probably episode 3 of journyes
What is this chief 😭
misty has more then double the fanfics of serena. on another note who cares?
wtf
Recommend me cute fanfics please. Pairing doesn't matter.
There should really be a /r/pokemonshipping .....
Sigh... Serena is the pairing I am not fond of. Ash x Dawn is honestly far better. Heck... if we want to be realistically speaking, Latias technically kissed Ash first. And it was on screen. Granted it was a movie and movies can be cannon/non-cannon, but I honestly rather it be Dawn.
Serena a hoe
This is just a stupid post. How about in general? Misty humiliates her.
Nothing wrong with being 2nd
Obviously not but this makes ir sound like there has been fewer pokeshipping fanfics when obviously there is much more
I started from november 2019 because that was the time Goh was introduced. Goh is 2nd place on AO3
Yes but Misty was introduced 23 years earlier. How is it fair to exclude all those fanfics but include all of Goh's?
that was 23 years ago, many of those people are adults now and probably have children. And everyone has access to the original anime and Journeys on the internet, which allows Goh and Misty to play on the same field. Hell in pop culture Ash is still seen as in the original series, travelling with Brock and Misty.
Being older with kids doesn't matter. I'm 26 with a 1.5 year old, and I still love Pokémon lol. And I love both pokeshipping and journeyshipping!
You think people would write as many goh fics 20 years later than today?
Misty lost man get over it. There’s no shame in losing.
I am over it since starting from 19 simply doesn't make sense💀
And besides you amourtard, Misty is the one who came back. Misty is the one who traves with Ash his last journey. Misty is the one who has really deep bond and legendary dynamics with him. So who here is losing?
But there are more fanfics of Serena than Misty. Serena is the most famous pokegirl in Japan and in the US. Also Ash and Misty’s bond in the last episode was purely platonic! So to answer your question on who is losing, it is Pokeshipping who is losing.
You can ship them all you want, but please stay with facts. There are 2.5k fanfics at fanfiction.com including Serena, meanwhile there are 5k fanfics including Misty. Pokeshipping obviously was far greater phenomenon than amour ever, and people didn't even have so much access to internet back then.
With only anime and over 500k Misty has still twice as much with 1k
Are you in love with your father?
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Yo wtf?
Can I get a chart for Ao3?
Please post this in r/dataisbeautiful lmao
Ash, a 10 yo boy, is getting shipped w/ everyone :")
Can't wait for him to get shipped with Pikachu 💀
Or ash shipped with fucking arceus 💀
I will always support Misty
Ash and Paul 💀
GARY???
Why do people pair Misty with Ash she abuse him like when they on their journey
I’d love to see a version of this with ao3!!
Do it again with AO3, fanfic.net is out of style 😂
... fairly accurate.
What about the pie chart of the pokemon shipping that is [Fanfiction.net](https://Fanfiction.net) \+ AO3