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Post by RuthlessDragon6 on Mar 31, 2021 7:30:38 GMT -8
That's the spirit!!! I like that hint! Thank you man, in every episode I watch I make sure to pay close attention to the body language of Ash and May seeing if I notice anything about it, I recently finished watching the Kanto Grand Festival Episodes and I would say more was pointing to Advanceshipping than Contestshipping in all honesty. There were two things I could see suggesting Contestshipping, one was massively twisted by the English Dub and was not intebded to be that way at all and the other can be interpreted in different ways. May brings Drew a rose after the Grand Festival but he just walks off and then she turns round to get Ash excited for the Battle Pyramid then looks at him then the rose, that could have so many meanings Yeah... Contestshipping became popular only thanks to the English dub... Shit on them for it....
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Post by aaronwat03 on Mar 31, 2021 7:47:22 GMT -8
Thank you man, in every episode I watch I make sure to pay close attention to the body language of Ash and May seeing if I notice anything about it, I recently finished watching the Kanto Grand Festival Episodes and I would say more was pointing to Advanceshipping than Contestshipping in all honesty. There were two things I could see suggesting Contestshipping, one was massively twisted by the English Dub and was not intebded to be that way at all and the other can be interpreted in different ways. May brings Drew a rose after the Grand Festival but he just walks off and then she turns round to get Ash excited for the Battle Pyramid then looks at him then the rose, that could have so many meanings Yeah... Contestshipping became popular only thanks to the English dub... Shit on them for it.... Hahaha yeah in all honesty I can't see anything that suggests Contestshipping in the Japanese, thankfully I know someone who can speak Japanese and they're also an Advanceshipper so they can translate for me, but yeah if you look at the Japanese Canon there is nothing to suggest Contestshipping, Drew is just treated as a rival which parallels Ash and May more because they treat Drew and May's rivalry similar to a lot of Ash's, Ash even says to Drew when he's resolving May getting her feelings hurt by Drew snapping at her that "Watching Drew battle May in contests reminds him of some of his rivals" so yeah May clearly is really close to Ash and means a lot to him, he almost views her contests as his own in a way which is something I can't say for any of the other girls.
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Post by RuthlessDragon6 on Mar 31, 2021 7:49:19 GMT -8
Yeah... Contestshipping became popular only thanks to the English dub... Shit on them for it.... Hahaha yeah in all honesty I can't see anything that suggests Contestshipping in the Japanese, thankfully I know someone who can speak Japanese and they're also an Advanceshipper so they can translate for me, but yeah if you look at the Japanese Canon there is nothing to suggest Contestshipping, Drew is just treated as a rival which parallels Ash and May more because they treat Drew and May's rivalry similar to a lot of Ash's, Ash even says to Drew when he's resolving May getting her feelings hurt by Drew snapping at her that "Watching Drew battle May in contests reminds him of some of his rivals" so yeah May clearly is really close to Ash and means a lot to him, he almost views her contests as his own in a way which is something I can't say for any of the other girls. Absolutely agreed, I remember talking to some other members about this before (when I was a new guy here), idk how people can even consider Contestshipping, btw do you read Advanceshipping fic's?
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Post by aaronwat03 on Mar 31, 2021 8:22:26 GMT -8
Hahaha yeah in all honesty I can't see anything that suggests Contestshipping in the Japanese, thankfully I know someone who can speak Japanese and they're also an Advanceshipper so they can translate for me, but yeah if you look at the Japanese Canon there is nothing to suggest Contestshipping, Drew is just treated as a rival which parallels Ash and May more because they treat Drew and May's rivalry similar to a lot of Ash's, Ash even says to Drew when he's resolving May getting her feelings hurt by Drew snapping at her that "Watching Drew battle May in contests reminds him of some of his rivals" so yeah May clearly is really close to Ash and means a lot to him, he almost views her contests as his own in a way which is something I can't say for any of the other girls. Absolutely agreed, I remember talking to some other members about this before (when I was a new guy here), idk how people can even consider Contestshipping, btw do you read Advanceshipping fic's? I have read one or two yeah and I thought they were decent, anything with Ash and May is just too cute, and yeah there's nothing to support Contestshipping their only argument is "blushing" but that can mean other things as well, if they wanna use that argument it goes back at them because she also blushes around Ash or about Ash on 4 or 5 different occasions
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Post by RuthlessDragon6 on Mar 31, 2021 18:55:10 GMT -8
Absolutely agreed, I remember talking to some other members about this before (when I was a new guy here), idk how people can even consider Contestshipping, btw do you read Advanceshipping fic's? I have read one or two yeah and I thought they were decent, anything with Ash and May is just too cute, and yeah there's nothing to support Contestshipping their only argument is "blushing" but that can mean other things as well, if they wanna use that argument it goes back at them because she also blushes around Ash or about Ash on 4 or 5 different occasions Remember the episode when Max asks may why she's supporting Ash against Norman? She blushed, so...... And yeah, I know pretty nice Advanceshipping fic's, you can ask for suggestions any time!
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Post by Dark on Mar 31, 2021 22:07:59 GMT -8
Pearlshipping is superior 😎
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Post by RuthlessDragon6 on Mar 31, 2021 23:20:22 GMT -8
Pearlshipping is superior 😎 Bro, saying this here (in this thread), can get you a 3 week ban, before any of the staff check, please delete this post.... Anyways we have different views....
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Post by Dark on Mar 31, 2021 23:54:06 GMT -8
Pearlshipping is superior 😎 Bro, saying this here (in this thread), can get you a 3 week ban, before any of the staff check, please delete this post.... Anyways we have different views.... This forum supports every shipping so back off 👀
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Post by Dr. Phil E. Sophical on Apr 1, 2021 0:00:53 GMT -8
Bro, saying this here (in this thread), can get you a 3 week ban, before any of the staff check, please delete this post.... Anyways we have different views.... This forum supports every shipping so back off 👀 Be that as it may (pun not intended, but nevertheless enjoyed), this particular thread really isn't the place for them, y'know?
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Post by Dark on Apr 1, 2021 0:20:58 GMT -8
Sorry Sir ._.
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Post by aaronwat03 on Apr 1, 2021 1:46:50 GMT -8
I have read one or two yeah and I thought they were decent, anything with Ash and May is just too cute, and yeah there's nothing to support Contestshipping their only argument is "blushing" but that can mean other things as well, if they wanna use that argument it goes back at them because she also blushes around Ash or about Ash on 4 or 5 different occasions Remember the episode when Max asks may why she's supporting Ash against Norman? She blushed, so...... And yeah, I know pretty nice Advanceshipping fic's, you can ask for suggestions any time! Cheers bro and yeah of course, there's also an episode where her stomach growls and she blushes slightly then Brock says "That Sounds just like Ash" and her blush deepens as she bows her head it's cute. As well as this there was the episode where she saw Ash was upset that he couldn't get to Dewford Island so she decided to get a boat for him to make him happy, when she thinks about him letting his mood get to her she looks out to sea and slightly blushes. Then there's of course the Date expectations episode where she blushes at the concept of being lost in the woods with Ash forever and as you said the Norman one and she blushes again when Max says "This is our Dad you're talking about" and she just says "I know" which could suggest she wants Ash to win because she likes him, there's no other way of interpretating it because what other reason would she have to support Ash and blush when she says she doesn't wanna see him lose? If they wanna use blushing as an argument it comes back at them as these were far more meaningful blushes than the ones in contestshipping where she was in a situation where she was forced to blush it was natural instinct when she finds herself in an awkward situation
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Post by Dark on Apr 1, 2021 2:03:43 GMT -8
I remember that episode of battle frontier in which May wakes up in the middle of the night hearing those weird noises and wakes Ash up though there were Max and Brock as well.
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Post by aaronwat03 on Apr 1, 2021 2:37:55 GMT -8
I remember that episode of battle frontier in which May wakes up in the middle of the night hearing those weird noises and wakes Ash up though there were Max and Brock as well. Yeah that's one it emphasises her basically having Ash as her safety blanket, she grabs hold of him to seek comfort multiple times throughout the series, she always calls out Ash to help and Ash doesn't even mind her hanging on to him for comfort which is something we don't usually see, he doesn't like his personal space invaded. On the flip side of things Ash also got touchy with her a few times allowing May to grab onto his hand so she could feel protected in the episode where she catches Bulbasaur and obviously puts his arm around her in "Date Expectations" so she doesn't land on the hard floor after diving out the way from the Donphan. Obviously later in the episode he puts his hands on her shoupders and looks into her eyes and tells her to go to the contest and Max will be safe with him. All in all you can tell Ash cares deeply about May and they both meant the world to each other, they were both really sweet together.
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Post by Dark on Apr 1, 2021 2:42:05 GMT -8
Yeah, well I ship Pearl but Advance is good as well. These are the only 2 Ash ships that is support.
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Post by aaronwat03 on Apr 1, 2021 2:52:06 GMT -8
Yeah, well I ship Pearl but Advance is good as well. These are the only 2 Ash ships that is support. Yeah I don't mind Pearlshipping either personally because I grew up with DP and yeah you're right they're really the only two that make sense but no of course both are hugely underrated now because of stupid Serena and then obviously Misty who's the original, I personally prefer Advanceshipping over Pearlshipping but that's just my opinion
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