>>22643857It can be said that the PokéShippers community first truly started on a very long thread in the Pokémon Anime forum of UPN (Ultimate Pokémon Network). The topic was called "Do you Think Ash like misty" and was posted by AJNRules. Basically, the thread was a war between those who believed in Ash and Misty's love (often called PokéShipping) or AAML and the anti-PokéShippers.
Notable PokéShippers on the topic included Parastoise, who had started a pseudo-AAML club consisting of having a list of people who believed in AAML in his sig; Dark Cloud (or DC), who was infamous for his violent flaming of any non-PokéShipper; Venusaur003, who helped DC with the flaming; and Archaic, who was a very vehement PokéShipper.
Some notable anti-PokéShippers on the topic were a small group of PalletShippers (those who believed in Ash and Gary's love, or AAGL) consisting of ChaosRocket, Meggie, and RED; Tea, who was one of the leaders of the Misty Lovers Club and didn't believe in AAML because he wanted Misty for himself; SatoshiLover, who didn't believe in AAML because she wanted Ash for herself; and Yoshimitsu, who was a believer in Ash and Ritchie's love, which he called YaoiShipping at the time.
