>>41727643>To be honest, I wouldn't say I've always supported Pearlshipping as much as I didn't support all the others I've encountered in my experience. That said, I have come to Support Pearlshipping a lot more since then.>I always thought Misty was too bossy to have a good romantic relationship with Ash. I'm not saying I hate Misty as a character; I think she would make a better Big sister figure for Ash then a girlfriend.>For May, I found her to whine a lot and doubt herself nonstop if things don't go her way, completely ignorant about pretty much everything pokemon and even disliked pokemon at first. Sure she did seem to grow out of the worst of it but bad first impressions.>Serena seems to be even worse. She's vain, whiny, quite rude at times, and possessive. All it takes is giving her a handkerchief when they're both kids, and she just straight up develops an obsession with him years later when she sees him in a news broadcast. If anything, I find Serena unsettling, creepy in a way.you're too hard on the other girls, but yeah Pearl had the best dynamic and friendship, hence why its my favorite & comfiest ship (it helps that D&P was also the best series overall)
although desu I like it mostly cause of Dawn herself and am open to other Dawn ships too
Poke - shipped it back in OS, but Pearl is clearly better .. I still have a bit of nostalgia soft spot for Poke though
Advance - no .. which is weird, since I love May, but Advance doesnt click for me
Negai (Iris x Ash) - just NO, and Iris x Cilan is better too
Amour - no, for a bunch of reasons .. but the core one is probably just Serenas anime girl archetype not being very interesting to me .. and if I cant get into the girl, then I cant into the ship either obviously .. but they also very ham-fisted the whole thing
Aurelia - eh, not sure, didnt think too much on it .. also Pearl is better anyway .. also SMs tone shift
Ash x Go - yes, big good gay .. Dawn can be Ashes girl BFF since every gay needs one