>>17150163It is probably related to the cloud service that keeps 4chan mirrored at all times. 4chan might have been down, and was just being mirrored.
>>17150210She wasn't even interested in going on a pokemon journey until she saw Ash do heroic shit on TV at Sycamore's Lab in Lumiose, which is where you get your starters from.
She specifically sought Ash out after seeing him do that, and once she ran into him, proceeded to quietly follow him around while doing a whole mess of hand-wringing, sighing, and depression until he paid attention to her, at which point she got all blushy and flustered(this is a semi-common theme that seems to have stopped recently).
She knew him as a child via summer camp, where he comforted her when she was upset. She remembered him vividly. Ash didn't even remember her until she mentioned it.
She tried to follow Ash's group without even asking, and got super-embarrassed when he asked her what her plans were and what she was doing now(subtle implication they were parting ways), until he invited her to accompany his group.
She baked the group cookies(ash got a huge bag).
She is more skeptical of Clemont, whereas Ash is basically 100% WHOAH YOU ARE THE COOLEST DUDE EVER I LOVE THESE INVENTIONS
