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May looking at Misty's Spotify playlist after their first time sleeping together
Updated version of my anipoke ship meme from like February
Link, made by yours truly: https://tiermaker.com/create/anipoke-ship-tier-list-20-1555120
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How do you feel if Misty became a full-time lesbian?
I wouldn’t care what gender(s) of people Misty chose to have relationships with as long as she was happy (though I admit that I’d want those relationships to grow similarly to how hers and Ash’s did in the canon; their mutual development is one of the main reasons why I grew so attached to their potential romantic relationship).
Even if she was with someone who didn’t have a similar relationship to her and Ash though, I’d still be okay with it. I just might not be as personally invested because I like the kind of ships I like. And I’ve said basically since the start of my own Tumblr that best-friends-to-lovers is, like, my number one trope because best friends are closer to you than anyone, they’ve been there through everything; your worst, your best, your losses, your wins. They’ve supported you in whatever way they could/was necessary to get you through.
And, for the trillionth time, Misty and Ash have a very unique interpretation of this trope. Misty sometimes had to be tough on Ash - something no other canon character really did - in order to motivate him to improve and move forward. Ash had to peel back the layers of Misty’s obstinance in order to really get to know her and like her as much as he did by the time they went their separate ways. These two kids went through all sorts of things together, made it through thick and thin, saw each other at their worst and best and only came out stronger in the end. It’s my ideal tbh. They’re not perfect, neither of them, but they grew up together. The perfect team. The perfect match.
I’ve got multiple crack!ships involving Misty and other female characters, anon. Imageshipping, Champselyseeshipping, WaterWarriorshipping. I even sort of ship her with Melody from Pokeshipping: The Movie. And I’ve dabbled in fem!Pokeshipping too. The thing is, though, they’re crack ships, and I call them as such either because they’re never-met ships or because there was very limited canon interaction between Misty and these other girls, and that limited canon interaction was very likely to be subjectively platonic as much as it was intimate/one-on-one.
So my defense of Pokeshipping isn’t about the gender of Misty’s romantic partner and it never has been. It’s about the length of time I spent watching these two kids grow on each other and become the best of friends (with some clearly underlying romantic entanglements), it’s about the loyalty and trust and banter and dependence they bred in each other, it’s about how mutual all of these traits came to be between the two of them.
As far as the canon goes, no other ship comes closer in my eyes. As far as my opinion goes, no other character stands a chance with Misty, no matter their gender. But I tell ya right now that, if Ash was a girl and she still shared the same type of relationship with Misty, I’d be all over that.
57 + Imageshipping
“May? Are you listening to me?”
“What?” says May, shaking herself out of her reverie and looking up at the face of her would-be fitness instructor.
“You’re the one who said ‘teach me to fight’,” sighs Misty, hands on her hips. “Don’t go spacing out on me.”
“Right, sorry,” says May, feeling herself flush. She couldn’t help herself: she had no idea Misty was so toned… why hadn’t she seen the redhead in gym clothes before…?
Misty rolls her eyes but continues on. “Now, watch what I do, okay?”
Gladly, May thinks, observing Misty as she pummels the crap out of a hanging sandbag. She watches sweat roll around Misty’s well-defined legs and contemplates other contexts in which her Gym Leader friend could be grunting like that…
“May,” comes Misty’s stern voice.
“Sorry!” apologizes May again, her face growing hot. “I just… you look too good. I couldn’t help it.”
They stare at each other, Misty looking annoyed, May sheepish. Then Misty says, walking away with a beckoning finger, “Alright, c’mon.”
“Huh?”
“We’re going to the showers so we – you can get this out of your system.”
“Okay,” May says all too happily. They both know that there’s no chance of any further instruction today…
So @flipsideofficial gave me an excellent idea...
This scene is literally one of the hardest for me to give a platonic explanation for on May's end lmao
WHY WON'T YOU TUMBLR FOLKS DRAW MORE IMAGESHIPPING? EVERY TIME I OPEN THIS APP, IT'S ALWAYS PALLETSHIPPING AND AMOURSHIPPING AND WHATEVER THE HELL THEY CALL BROCK X CILAN!!!