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[zedpercyfan]

You’re not depressed. You just need $250,000 in your bank account.

[zedpercyfan]

Fandom Ask Game!

Some are specific to writers or artists, but I made sure to include questions for everyone!

OTP?

OT3?

NoTP?

Is there a popular pairing you don't necessarily dislike but aren't too invested in?

Out of all your fanworks that include [character], which is your favourite?

Show us a bit of a WIP!

Is there a piece of clothing you think [character] is particularly fond of/that you imagine them wearing a lot or like to draw them in?

How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?

Write a recommendation of someone else's fic you enjoyed!

What's your favourite piece of fanart for [character]?

What's your favourite piece of fanart for [ship]?

What's the funniest or craziest AU idea you've ever come up with?

What's a character or ship you haven't written/drawn yet but would like to some day?

Is there a character or ship you were so sure you would never write/draw but now you've changed your mind?

Have you noticed your style change over time?

Do people irl know you participate in fandom?

What's a book, movie, or show you think [character] would like?

Type [charater]'s name and tell us what the autocomplete suggests as the next word

What's your favourite thing about [fandom] (the people in it, not the media you're all enjoying together)?

When did you first join Tumblr? How long was it between that and finding [fandom]?

Go onto your AO3. Which ship have you written for the most? The least? Does this correspond to who you consider your "favourite?"

Give us a headcanon for [character]

Has your favourite character/ship changed over time?

What's your favourite thing about [character]?

What's your least favourite thing [character] said or did?

[zedpercyfan]

<snickers like a madman>

WIP Word Train!

Rules: tagger gives a word, then for each letter of that word you share a sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with that letter.

I got unexpectedly, yet it isn't unwelcomed, tagged for this by @seecarrun, so thank you very much. The word being CHAOS.

C - Conway felt as though he was living a dream, he was in his heavily tinted room, shielded from the harsh morning sunlight surrounded by computer screens as he feverishly looked at the data he was getting from one of his girlfriend’s Pokéball’s...

H - “How I’m feeling…?”  Ash shrugged, and looked distantly into the leaves and branches above.  “Truth is I don’t know…Misty needs me to be strong, but honestly I feel so weak…and snapping at her wasn’t the wisest idea ever – I’m just glad she didn’t bite back even though she could’ve…it’s just as Iris once said to me,” went on Ash, laughing bitterly at the memory.  “ ‘Ash,’ she told me, ‘the way you train is like you’re trying to forget about something.  It’s like a temper tantrum you kid’ or whatever she meant, blast it all…”

A - “All right, all right...calm down,” grumbled Ash, as he tried to relax, shoving a gloved hand in front of her face.  “It’s clear that you aren’t doing all that well.  You’re struggling just to get the best out of your Pokémon.”  As if that should’ve ever been a problem of yours… “Therefore,” continued Ash, “you should sit back and watch us train.”

O - “Of course that’s how it’ll work, Ashy-boy,” jeered Gary from nearby in the field.  “Don’t think too much about it.  You meet her, and BOOM, you have someone you love.”

S - She’d heard of a shortcut and thought she’d taken it but had ended up on a poorly maintained path which was decaying to nature.  As she biked along, she soon came upon a crossroad.  A male Trainer was already there looking up at a signpost. Misty slowed down for only a second to quickly scout the paths.  A large distant willow tree to the west was a notable landmark on the map she studied, and she knew on seeing it that the second path to the left would take her to her destination.  She sped past the boy without a second thought but-

Just to be a troll I won't elaborate on what project each snippet is from. Some of these have been sitting in my files for years untouched ._.

My tags go to @anotherworldash @dbzebra and @cultofpokeshipping. Your word is SLATE.

[zedpercyfan]

"O ow calm down Ash, you and Misty will work this out!"

*bites tongue to hold out on explaining what this is about and what's the truth, @anotherworldash*

:P

WIP Word Train!

Rules: tagger gives a word, then for each letter of that word you share a sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with that letter.

I got unexpectedly, yet it isn't unwelcomed, tagged for this by @seecarrun, so thank you very much. The word being CHAOS.

C - Conway felt as though he was living a dream, he was in his heavily tinted room, shielded from the harsh morning sunlight surrounded by computer screens as he feverishly looked at the data he was getting from one of his girlfriend’s Pokéball’s...

H - “How I’m feeling…?”  Ash shrugged, and looked distantly into the leaves and branches above.  “Truth is I don’t know…Misty needs me to be strong, but honestly I feel so weak…and snapping at her wasn’t the wisest idea ever – I’m just glad she didn’t bite back even though she could’ve…it’s just as Iris once said to me,” went on Ash, laughing bitterly at the memory.  “ ‘Ash,’ she told me, ‘the way you train is like you’re trying to forget about something.  It’s like a temper tantrum you kid’ or whatever she meant, blast it all…”

A - “All right, all right...calm down,” grumbled Ash, as he tried to relax, shoving a gloved hand in front of her face.  “It’s clear that you aren’t doing all that well.  You’re struggling just to get the best out of your Pokémon.”  As if that should’ve ever been a problem of yours… “Therefore,” continued Ash, “you should sit back and watch us train.”

O - “Of course that’s how it’ll work, Ashy-boy,” jeered Gary from nearby in the field.  “Don’t think too much about it.  You meet her, and BOOM, you have someone you love.”

S - She’d heard of a shortcut and thought she’d taken it but had ended up on a poorly maintained path which was decaying to nature.  As she biked along, she soon came upon a crossroad.  A male Trainer was already there looking up at a signpost. Misty slowed down for only a second to quickly scout the paths.  A large distant willow tree to the west was a notable landmark on the map she studied, and she knew on seeing it that the second path to the left would take her to her destination.  She sped past the boy without a second thought but-

Just to be a troll I won't elaborate on what project each snippet is from. Some of these have been sitting in my files for years untouched ._.

My tags go to @anotherworldash @dbzebra and @cultofpokeshipping. Your word is SLATE.

[zedpercyfan]

WIP Word Train!

Rules: tagger gives a word, then for each letter of that word you share a sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with that letter.

I got unexpectedly, yet it isn't unwelcomed, tagged for this by @seecarrun, so thank you very much. The word being CHAOS.

C - Conway felt as though he was living a dream, he was in his heavily tinted room, shielded from the harsh morning sunlight surrounded by computer screens as he feverishly looked at the data he was getting from one of his girlfriend’s Pokéball’s...

H - “How I’m feeling…?”  Ash shrugged, and looked distantly into the leaves and branches above.  “Truth is I don’t know…Misty needs me to be strong, but honestly I feel so weak…and snapping at her wasn’t the wisest idea ever – I’m just glad she didn’t bite back even though she could’ve…it’s just as Iris once said to me,” went on Ash, laughing bitterly at the memory.  “ ‘Ash,’ she told me, ‘the way you train is like you’re trying to forget about something.  It’s like a temper tantrum you kid’ or whatever she meant, blast it all…”

A - “All right, all right...calm down,” grumbled Ash, as he tried to relax, shoving a gloved hand in front of her face.  “It’s clear that you aren’t doing all that well.  You’re struggling just to get the best out of your Pokémon.”  As if that should’ve ever been a problem of yours… “Therefore,” continued Ash, “you should sit back and watch us train.”

O - “Of course that’s how it’ll work, Ashy-boy,” jeered Gary from nearby in the field.  “Don’t think too much about it.  You meet her, and BOOM, you have someone you love.”

S - She’d heard of a shortcut and thought she’d taken it but had ended up on a poorly maintained path which was decaying to nature.  As she biked along, she soon came upon a crossroad.  A male Trainer was already there looking up at a signpost. Misty slowed down for only a second to quickly scout the paths.  A large distant willow tree to the west was a notable landmark on the map she studied, and she knew on seeing it that the second path to the left would take her to her destination.  She sped past the boy without a second thought but-

Just to be a troll I won't elaborate on what project each snippet is from. Some of these have been sitting in my files for years untouched ._.

My tags go to @anotherworldash @dbzebra and @cultofpokeshipping. Your word is SLATE.

[zedpercyfan]

It's my 7 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[zedpercyfan]

...And I still haven't taken advantage of this!

...

...that's gonna change...

Did you know?

In the original novelization of the Pokémon anime, when Misty screamed when she woke up with Caterpie eying her, Ash initially responded with asking what’s wrong, followed by the ironic use of a term used in Japan when a wife honors her husband.

When translated to English, it was changed to a rhyming, “What’s up, Buttercup?”

You already know I’ll be taking advantage of this.

[zedpercyfan]

Accurately portrays how it feels when one (READ: ME) finally gets around to publishing something Pokeshipping related.

What it feels like when you post content for a barely functioning fandom

[zedpercyfan]

Okay: The Belated Game Plan

Yo friends,

So I know I completely missed out on Pokeshipping Week. Totally late to the party but I have a game plan figured out. For the moment I'll just either finish up drafts from previous years' PS Weeks and fill the gaps in with original stuff that comes to mind. Over the years I've had a lot of Ash x Misty ideas boiling in my brain that have never been realized, so I doubt I'll be short of them.

[zedpercyfan]

Pokeshipping Week 2024 - Day 1

- In-universe Pokéshippers / Meeting the parents/relatives + FANFIC below

I have this idea since the day I watched the last Kalos arc episode and saw “kasumiso” flowers on the front view of screenshot when Ash comes home. Misty met him after Hoenn, why wouldn’t she do it again? But what if this time Pikachu won’t jump into her arms when she awaits it? And what could it be that would prevent Pikachu from such expected behavior? Answers are on the picture. And if you want more, I have more! After avoiding writing fanfics using English for many years, I’ve overcame myself to share a bit more pokeshipping ideas with you today. I hope, you’ll enjoy it. And if you find that something sound strange or tenses are wrong, please, tell me, I’ll fix it at least on DA. And I’m sorry in advance, English isn’t my native language and I didn’t fully mastered it yet.

What was next…

It took her only a moment to understand what would happen next - quick enough to allow her to react, move down her hands to avoid THAT embarrassing situation, and look… stupid! Actually, how else could it look?! She, with welcoming smile, had opened her arms and suddenly changed her mind?! Never! She isn’t some silly girl with wind in her head, she is a gym leader after all and she doesn’t take her promises back even if they are result of total misunderstanding! She grabbed all her will to stay calm. Even if Ash ignored her, it would be his fault! Not that she secretly wanted to hug him after missing him for so long, not at all!

“Just a welcome-back-to-Kanto hugs…”She whispered turning her head to the left not to look into Ash’s face - it would be too hard to stay calm then!

Unexpectedly for herself she heard Ash stopped.

“Region’s welcoming… Are you okay if I…”his voice sounded tentatively, but the more time it took the more Misty was certain that she could not bear her embarassment any second longer!

“Yes, yes! Go ahead!”She interrupted him impatiently trying to sound as brave as possible. “I won’t stay here forever!”

Ash happily smiled and made step closer. “If it’s you I would allow even a kiss…” she added in her thoughts just to feel warm kiss on her check next moment.

“What?”She was completely confused.

“What?” Ash was surprised by her reaction as well.

“What…”Misty only heard only the first word of Mrs. Ketchum speech before getting lost in avalanche of her own thought.

“Don’t be silly, Misty” she told herself “It is Ash Ketchum. Doing this he didn’t mean anything serious. He never think deeply about his actions. It just another misunderstanding. Don’t be naive.” But louder than her thoughts she heard her unwantedly excited heartbeat.

Meanwhile dragging her son by one ear - as Misty often did with Brock - Mrs. Ketchum disappeared in nearest room.

When Misty came to her senses, she spent few moments to remember to where they left and didn’t find anything better than following them.

Ash sat at the sofa and looked like scolded Seel.

“I’m sorry, Misty” he said “I had to ensure you’ve understood what I’m going to do…” It sounded more like Mrs. Ketchum words, but he apologized and it was enough. She thought so before he added one more phrase. “It is Kalos tradition…”

“Of course, something that usual.” only hearing her own voice Misty realized that she had felt more offended than before she entered the room. “Bianca, Melody and someone in Kalos I suppose… Nothing special, really, for friendly mister Ketchum”

“No! That’s different!” Ash jumped up from his seat. His mother quietly but quickly left the room. “The tradition is to wish a very good luck to the one you treasure when you say hello or goodbye. Melody, for example, treasured me as she thought I was a Chosen One. But I never did it from me to someone! Before today…”

Misty turned away. He didn’t saw her expression and didn’t know what to expect when she suddenly turned back and rushed to him. Justified cuff on the nape? He screwed up his eyes, but felt soft touch on his check instead. Moment later Misty already stood at some distance not looking at him.

“You are an idiot, Ash Ketchum…” she whispered as if she was saying it to herself, but by her tone Ash understood that the incident was over and now everything went back to how it was before. Or not? Deep and bright happiness filled up whole his existence from the check to every cell of his body.

“I should not doubt my intuition,, just recently I thought this idea flared in my mind on the escalator was a failure, but now I’m really happy that coincidences allowed to realize it!”

He didn’t say it out loud, so the Misty was the one who broke becoming weird silence.

“We’ve cooked some crockets. You love them. Let’s go while they are still hot.”

“We?” Ash was in a good mood again, and some silly jokes were what they really needed to defuse the tension.

“Don’t even start!”

“Do you plan to kill me by poison?”

“I plan to kill you by my hands if you remind me about that episode from our journey one more time!”

“And your mom controlled every step, so don’t worry…” Misty added after small pause.

“Oh, she can! Sometimes I think she has a power to control even every coincidence inside our house!”

And they hurried to a kitchen not realizing how true Ash’s last phrase was.

[zedpercyfan]

Yeah, sorry folks...

Hope peeps will have a great Pokeshipping Week! Would totally love to say I prepped, let alone planned any kind of story or treatment for this week, but alas a lot of other things have swamped me these past few months, so I cannot get anything out. I might try something, but can't guarantee I'll get anything written up, but I'll see if I can't squeeze some time in for one of my all time favorite ships in fiction.

[zedpercyfan]

I don't want to go deep into the gibberish that this anon is spouting and I'm not trying to amplify the shipping wars here.

I'm not saying that pokeshipping is canon, but I personally feel that it is alive and well. I mean we did get to see a lot of hints and moments between the two in Mezase Pokemon master, suggesting that at least Misty has feelings towards him and just maybe Ash reciprocates it but hasn't realised it yet.

Ash's run has ended and I'm glad that the writers didn't canonize any Ash-ship. The shippers would have then become cocky towards others.....

Why can't these people enjoy the fanfics and fanarts of the pairing they like, instead of wasting their whole time, writing these long ass essays.....

I mean, by actually considering what that individual has been saying, you are technically engaging rather than taking the piss like I am (and enjoying very much so). No ship is 'canon' in terms of Ash's side, it's more like Schrödinger's cat and we're waiting for the team to finally write down who Ash loves, so they're all on the table (though worth noting is that May is off the table until her JPN VA comes back unless they want a silent showcase of Ash's end). The closest though is Misty just based on how she's the only one to get the pink bubbles POV shot, but that was so long ago that it's up in the air until the door of the Schrödinger's cat is opened.

But yeah, even at the end they found a way to squeeze some Misty moments in. Whether or not they want to go beyond teasing is up to them.

[zedpercyfan]

If they are going to have Ash marry someone at this point of time, it’s going to be Serena. If they intended for Ash to eventually come around and go for any other pokegirl then good storywriting says they should never have made a Serena-type character - they should have kept on their path of writing girls that can be interpreted as platonic relationship. Otherwise they’ll have to face the extra complication of having to sort out a Bad End for one (and just one) of the characters, as opposed to just Normal ends for everyone but the winner. So like it or not amourshipping is going to be canon

Actually, if we're to have the "canon" debate...then it is the Aureliashippers who'll have the last laugh.

Lillie's attempted goodbye to Ash has one of the heaviest romantic implications of all goodbyes more so than XY, which was not consensual and more like fanfiction.

Also, if you're claiming to the biggest detractor, then Latias also has a better chance than any XX chromosome humans in the franchise.

Misty and Serena don't have a chance compared to her. She can fly, she trusts Ash with her life, she's a Pokemon and we all know Ash loves Pokemon because they're not as complex as humans... *nudge nudge, wink wink*

Hell, even Lana has an infinitely higher chance!

[zedpercyfan]

Let's talk about "Best gurl Misty".

Ahh, Pokeshipping. The beautiful pairing of Ash Ketchum and Misty (Waterflower?).

Or is it really so beautiful?

Let's get this straight. I'm not the one who likes his posts lengthy. In other words I'm lazy, but whatever.

The only reason there were so many Pokeshipping moments in the Original series, because the anime along side the entire Pokémon series was supposed to end after the conclusion of Gen 2. So they needed to give their hero a proper ending.

And what would be a better ending than giving him a wife? Cringy? Ikr!

Pokeshippers dwell on the fact that Ash and Misty were supposed to have a kid and it was in an early trailer of Movie 1.

Let's see how old is that movie.

22 years old. Those poor people are dwelling on a 22 year old idea... That's pitiful!

All those Pokeshipping moments, they were only because THE SHOW HAD TO END SOON!

Also, after that it was decided that Pokémon won't end anytime soon, why was Misty yeeted outta the anime?

I repeat.

WHY WAS MISTY YEETED OUT OF THE ANIME, WHEN BROCK WASN'T?

Ahem, Misty was made to leave (more like yeeted out of) the group after the ending of Johto. Coincidence? I think not!

As soon as the writers realised that Pokémon ain't ending anytime soon, they just yeeted Misty out of the anime.

What else do you want people?

Pokeshipping is dead.

Stop trying to dig out gold out of a grave.

Even when Misty returned, there was no character development. No Pokeshipping moments. No aaml.

What other proof you want to know that Pokeshipping is dead?

Just grow out of it people.

I- no, *we* pity you.

Ps: Pokeshipping is dead and amourshipping is canon.

I like how you claim to prefer Amourshipping but can't even be bothered to capitalize the A .

xD

Come back for a grade when your grammar improves.

[zedpercyfan]

Why I M O, Pokeshipping is dead. ( kinda hot take, sorry pokeshippers. )

So, pokeshipping. The very 1st ship in the Pokemon anime’s history. I personally am not a fan of it, I did watch the original anime, and I personally don’t like misty’s character. It was off putting to me.

Now as to what your here for, what killed pokeshipping. There are 3 main contributors to the death of pokeshipping.

1.) The length of time from when misty was replaced to now,

2.) Serena and Amourshipping

3.) The Pokémon sun and moon anime

The length of time from when misty was replaced to now. Now while this might not have been much of an issue if the other 2 bullet points didn’t exist, it has been over a decade at this point, since we last saw misty, meaning that we have a severe lack in character development, and that gives time for other potentially better ships to be created, which leads me to my next point,

Serena and Amourshipping. Possibly one of the biggest ships right now, (which at this point isn’t going to fizzle out anytime soon. ) With Amourshipping going so far, as to introduce a major plot point in ash’s story by having Serena be his childhood acquaintance, many other points that multiple poketubers like Catch ‘Em All Saul, bring up in their videos from years past, to the kiss, and even the writers basically confirming the darn thing.

Amourshipping Confirmed?

So at this point, ( unless they throw all that away, which please. Don’t. ) there is next to no hope of pokeshipping to ever become cannon, which is only further proven by my last point,

The Pokémon sun and moon anime. Now, this is honestly the iceberg that sank the ship, because Brock and Misty returned twice in the Sun and Moon anime, which I’m pretty sure was for let’s go promotion. Now this is where all hope is lost for pokeshipping because even though they returned twice, Misty had literally zero emotional moments with ash whatsoever. No pokeshipping pandering, no flashbacks, nothing. Here’s another video explaining that further.

They did Misty DIRTY!

Now while the only good thing to come out of the re-return episodes was Brock possibly finally finding a girlfriend,

Brock x Olivia

This was the point of no return for Misty and pokeshipping in general. Misty, even though she returned twice, in the most recent anime, had literally no development, and nothing to show how she grew as a character since her absence, her return seems pointless and devoid of substance, and with another ship still gaining popularity at an exponential rate, I’m sorry pokeshippers, but,

It’s time to pay your respects, and move on.

RIP pokeshipping

1997-2023

Hey dawg, don't worry. I too struggle with rememberin' that it ain't 2017 or '18 or whatever is more than 5 years ago. Counting years, appearances, or remembering what words like theory, or transport, fiction, shipping, Plato's cave or whatever are defined or what they mean is pretty difficult too - I don't get it, it all flies over me head.

Also, Pokemon, especially the anime, last I checked isn't really a romance related show. Beyond a few hints for the sake of teaching kids what falling in love is like, I don't think Ash having a girlfriend, let alone a wife, is ever in the cards. Especially since, y'know, he ain't the protag anymore.

[zedpercyfan]

I’m really just left without words and sadness. A devastating loss for us Pokémon anime fans.

Rest In Peace, Rachael Lillis. One of the greats.

[zedpercyfan]

Someone try to make me laugh. ’Bouta lose my damn mind because someone in the family nearly lost an aunt’s house (that’s for sale no less) to a fire because they don’t care to clean a burner of cooking oil.

(it’s all fine now but STILL)