Why do many fans underestimate Pearlshipping and Dawn

That said, a lot of people on YouTube conveniently ignore Pearlshipping and its influence. So it's not a surprise that western fans have a warped idea of Dawn's character and Pearlshipping. Yet in Japan, Pearlshipping may be less active but they are still going strong awaiting Dawn's return. But why do many in the western fanbase disregard Dawn and her influence? In fact Pearl is still the most healthy out of all non-Amour Ash ships in Japan, aside from ships like Palletshipping.

One reason is because of the dub writers and TPCi who largely cut more than 50% of all Pearlshipping hints (whether by altering its original context, promoting rival ships or outright omitting them) and nearly all off-screen promotions of Pearlshipping compared to the original Japanese series. If I'm not wrong, High Touch doesn't exist for the western fanbase. The diminishing of Pearlshipping outside of Asia led to an explosion of Amourshipping, under the impression that Pearlshipping never happened. TPCi never explicitly promoted Ash and Dawn together like in the original Japanese, and same with Pikachu's friendship with Piplup and Buneary's crush on Pikachu.

This is why when the end of XYZ draws near, the coming revelations will hit them like a natural disaster of epic proportions. They weren't ready for it, but many of us were and had knowledge beforehand. I don't understand why people like Lockstin assume Pokeshipping is near canon when it was mostly promoted by 4kids and not the producers of the Japanese version, especially Takeshi Shudo. They severely diminish the role of Dawn's character and Pearlshipping, conveniently ignoring her when she was the co-star of the DP series. I mean they have gotten many things right, but they fail to notice the gigantic elephant in the room- Dawn's character and Pearlshipping.

When Dawn returns to the series in XYZ, they would be coming up with theories as to why Dawn returned when the pieces of the puzzle were always there except they failed to connect the pieces. Now keep in mind the fanbase has been assuming that Dawn will never come back, maybe their thoughts could be vindicated by her not showing up. If so, why are Japanese Pearlshippers feel optimistic about Dawn's coming return, so they know something most people in the fanbase don't? But looking into perspective: Would it really be feasible to think that by only having Ash and Serena in the last arc, wouldn't that mean they have implied Amourshipping is canon, knowing there is very little progression in Amour, knowing it's still almost completely one-sided? I guess with the newer episode summaries, most people would assume a lot of things.

I can be wrong about my predictions, but the whole idea behind the series is about marketing. Dawn and Piplup are certainly marketable. So is Serena and her Braixen to a lesser extent.