>>53500633-*The* fanservice moment of the entire arc, the epilogue has us following Latias and Latios to a reasonably reproduced Alto Mere, where we get to see Bianca painting away and M05 Latias swinging on her iconic swing set in the hidden garden in Bianca form. As Latias and Latios pass, she looks to the sky. Now the benign interpretation is that M05 Latias is simply admiring her fellow Latii, but the (honestly not even schizo) interpretation and the one I hold, was that it was a look of longing. I think Ash's look out into the sea and M05 Latias' look into the sky, each portrayed specifically to be on opposite stages of the screen, was meant to give a safe appeal to Altoshippers with plausible deniability (which was partially the allure of that ship to begin with). As much as I would have loved to have M05 Latias be the character in this story, I think this is a masterful way to treat this ship with kindness. I looked elsewhere in the series for Altoshipping hints (now that I know to take it seriously) but really this was the moment, and to me, it was a hell of a good one (even better than MPM 2, which I think was great for Pokeshippers).
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