>>53600450Pearlshipping was always a thing but as
>>53600484 said, a long-running pokegirl general always runs out of things to talk about and they were desperate for OC to not bring the general to page 10. Enter some Goh self-inserter with a fic, and everyone pathetically lapped it all up. Honestly, you could walk in there with a slew of cuck Dawn fics and commissions, and they would eat it right up.
