>>53358536Amourkeks also lean heavily on the kiss because they don't want to admit that it was the payoff for their ship, and Serena was never going to be relevant after that. It was a self-contained thing just like the Movie 5 kiss from Latias. If Misty had kissed Ash in Gotta Catch Ya Late, and then never appeared again, then I think most people would have assumed that was the payoff and moved on with their lives. The only reason Pokeshippers have held on for this long is because it was the first ship, and it never got a payoff. In fact it's probably one of the only, if not the only, popular ships from a 1990's series that was never concluded. The payoff for Amourshipping happened over six years ago, and Serenafags still can't let it go. If Serena was endgame, then the Ashime would have ended with XYZ.