>>33346635I always said if a scene like this happened with Ash and Serena, people probably would have took it as a hint that Ash was noticing something about her.
If anything Pearlshipping almost felt like a proto version of Amourshipping. Like the writers were experimenting with the idea of shipping Ash with a new female heroine but didn't go all the way with it in DP. So once they had another main girl again like Serena they did it for real.
