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>misty's episode reduced her to a fish-obsessed lana freak
>literally turned her attention away from ash 90% of the episode, any chance there could have been a pokeshipping moment they actively steered it away from that into her obsession about the shrimp pokemon
>ash completely uninvested in their reunion (compare it to how he responds to Serena's call, the emotion in his voice and his immediate desire to catch up on their dreams
>ash gets actively annoyed by misty, and not in a comedic way but genuinely annoyed
Meanwhile with Misty, using someone elses lure and struggling to show any genuine interest in her life. And at the end it's written in a way that shows he'd have no problem just walking away from her. And their goodbye was non-existent, given nowhere near the dramatic level of amour. Then 9 episodes of misty and brock looking over ash like an elderly couple, and we're supposed to believe we weren't witnessing the live slow murder of pokeshipping. The ultimate proof that amour is the endgame outside the fact the producers told us it is is how they made sure we understood pokeshipping was dead. Misty was shoved onto tracey for a reason. It's a canned concept, and every single time misty returns they have to cope with the fact pokeshipping is only getting more diluted with friendzone tier interactions to drive that point home
