>>36146013You do know you can like a character without self-inserting as their boyfriend/girlfriend, right? Like I think Chicken is cool but she's not my waifu. I don't do waifus. But I love a good romance story. Liking a good romance story doesn't make you a cuck. A little fruity, sure, but not a cuck, otherwise every fan of Romeo & Juliet, Final Fantasy 8, Kana Little Sister, Beauty and The Beast, Along Came Polly, and The Shape of Water are all cucks, which they're not. But I like Chicken's story and I like the narrative (in other words headcanon/fanfiction) that she goes for Gladion because his character and relationship is more interesting than any of the alternatives (I prefer hetero ships so lesbian stuff is out, I'm not into pokephilia so Chicken/Buzzwole or Chicken/Nebby is out of the question, Hau is a loser, Guzma is for Plumeria and putting him with anyone other than Plumeria or Lusamine doesn't make any sense, and Kiawe is boring and ugly. So to me, Gladion is the best fit for a romantic partner in a story by a wide margin.
There, I just explained shipping to you and how fanfiction romance works, you retard.