Something to Get Off My Chest

I used to really enjoy Pearlshipping, like a lot! It was like my OTP and I thought nothing could beat it. Then Serena and Amourshipping came around and I began to like that too, just not as much as Pearl. Of course, liking both ships meant I was in both Pearlshipping communities and Amourshipping communities. And that's when it all changed.

(Just hear me out please and you can tell me how much you disagree with me after I say all that I need to say. You should probably not read all of it since it's so long, it's just a rant that I need to let out before I exploded. But go ahead and read all of it if you want. No one's stopping you.)

I started to notice how bad the Pearlshipping community actually was, or at least was getting.

It wasn't that bad before, but when Amourshipping started gaining popularity, the Pearlshipping community really went downhill. I think Pearlshippers may have seen Amour as a big rival and so they started bashing and hating on not just the ship, but Serena as well. Many Pearlshippers say they hate Serena's character when I'm almost certain that if it wasn't for her crush on Ash and the popularity of Amour, Pearlshippers would really like Serena.

The big problem here is that I always see Pearlshippers complaining about how Amourshippers are crazy little brats who are compeletely insane, desperate, annoying, etc. Though I don't see that as much in the Amour community as much as I see it in the Pearl community. Let's face the facts here, it truly seems like you are the ones who are desperate here, creating a site with a whole section dedicated to Pearl vs any other Ash shipping. You don't see any other community doing that now do you? (Not that I know of anyways. Feel free to inform me and link me to it if there is one though) Not trying to sound rude or anything, but Pearlshippers are the last ones who should call any Amourshippers desperate.

"Fanbrats" aren't born, they are created (If that makes any sense at all). This goes for all ships. Pearlshippers complain about Amourshippers being annoying and all "in your face" with Serena when, if it wasn't for Pearlshippers and Pokeshippers bashing on Amour as soon as it became popular, then maybe you wouldn't have to deal with them. But now, you created your own problem and annoyance, so now you have to deal with it. Okay, sure, maybe some people are naturally bratty when it comes to their favorite ships, but maybe if you didn't crap on it all of the time, the problem wouldn't be as bad as it is now. Anyways, not all Amourshippers are bad, in fact, I've hardly met any bad ones (Not saying that there wasn't any because there definitely was). And trust me Pearlshippers, you have just as many "fanbrats," if not more, than Amourshipping. However, your fanbrats are different. Which brings me into my next problem.

So many Pearlshippers act like they are so kind and respect the other ships, but that is not the case at all. While Amourshippers, Pokeshippers, and even genwunners take the heat of being called the most cancerous communities in all of Pokémon, no one really pays attention to just how cancerous the Pearlshipping community is. In your section of "Amourshipping vs. Pearlshipping" you Pearlshippers say you are "discussing" this topic, when more than half of you are just straight up bashing Amourshipping. I've seen literally every other ship have calm discussions about what ship they think is better and not having to bash on another ship to make their's seem better, but in the "Amour vs Pearl" section, it seems that a lot of you can't make Pearlshipping look good without bringing down Amourshipping. What's that about? If you truly believe your ship is great, there should be no need to do this, but I guess even you guys are starting to see that Ash and Dawn are nothing more than best friends (Just messing with you guys. Kinda). Their closeness is truly amazing and makes for a great friendship. Sorry if I just made a few of you mad. But in all honesty, my brother and I act the same way as these two, maybe even closer than Ash and Dawn. Maybe that's why it's kind of awkward for me when I see people hardcore shipping these sometimes.

My last problem with the Pearlshipping community is probably the one that bugs me the most. The Pearlshipping community is flat out IGNORANT when it comes to Serena. Most Pearlshippers straight up hate Serena, and like I said before, if it wasn't for her popularity, and her being the biggest threat to Pearl, I know for a fact that the majority of Pearlshippers would like her, even though most Pearlshippers will argue to the death that that's not the reason why they don't like Serena (which would be complete bull crap). Then Pearlshippers have the NERVE to say that Serena doesn't have as much character development as Dawn?! You've got to be kidding. Like I said, flat out ignorance at its best. If you want an explanation on why Serena's character development even surpassed that of Dawn's, you can go here: blackotakuz.deviantart.com/journal/Why-Serena-is-my-favorite-character-from-Pokémon-552296442

You can also check that link to discover why Serena is not a stalker. Which again, that's laughable that so many Pearlshippers think that. It's not logical. For example, when a student leaves, let's say a book, on the table next to mine, I'll either pick it up and follow them until I'm able to catch up to them in order to give it back, ask someone if they know where that person's next class is so I can bring it to them, or ask somebody else to bring it to them if I don't have time to do it myself. What's the problem with that? I mean, it is their's right? They probably want it back, even though they don't realize they don't have it at the moment. So it would be the right thing to do for me to bring it back to them, correct? Does that make me a stalker. No it does not. Anyways, Serena didn't only leave to see Ash, she also left to get away from Rhyhorn Racing. Maybe it's different for me because I know the feeling of having someone force you to do something you don't like and then trying to make up literally any excuse to get away from them.

Also, why do some Pearlshippers think that Serena would be jealous of the close relationship between Ash and Dawn. The only times Serena ever got jealous was when that teacher sounded like she was hitting on Ash and when Miette asked if Ash had someone to "take care of him." I don't know about you Pearlshippers, but it's pretty normal to get jealous when someone appears to be hitting on someone that you like. I'll admit, I would be a little jealous too. But the point is, Serena really isn't the overly jealous type. So it wouldn't make any sense for her character to get jealous over Ash having a platonic relationship with Dawn. Their practically like brother and sister, no need for Serena to be jealous. Anyways, if Ash were to ever pick someone else, Serena might be a bit sad and jealous at first, but I think she would ultimately be happy for Ash because she would want him to be happy.

In all honesty, Dawn and Serena would definitely be really close friends. So Serena going to Hoenn could mean some PlatinumAmourshipping XD. Like Amourshipping who? Pearlshipping what? Just kidding. But I do believe that they would be THE DYNAMIC DUO OF THE CENTURY XD. Okay, maybe not to that extreme, but you do get what I'm trying to say.

Some of you Pearlshippers make absolutely no sense. You'll say the Amourshipping bulbapedia page is full of crap, but then turn around and say that the one for Pearlshipping is spot on. You'll say that Serena is too girly and that's why Dawn is better, so does that mean you think that every girl like Dawn in real life is automatically better than every girl like Serena in real life? Logic right? You'll say Serena took far too long deciding on her dream when that's actually more relatable than basically knowing what you want to do right away like Dawn. I know people who are seniors in high school, people who are already in college that don't even know what they want to do with their lives yet. Some of you said that Amourshipping was not going to go anywhere and that the writers were going to end Amour just like they ended every other Ash ship, but when Serena finally kisses Ash, you say it doesn't mean anything because Ash didn't reciprocate. We saw their feet for crying out loud. We don't know what he did, all we know is that Serena kissed him. I think this will kind of explain the whole kiss thing though: www.tumblr.com/search/ash%20kiss
(The one titled "Watched the last episode with subs". Remember to proceed to this page with caution when clicking on the link my dear Pearlshippers, don't want you to throw up from all the Amourshipping XD)

Speaking of the kiss, you can't ignore how much power Amourshipping has. That would be very ignorant for anyone to ignore the power of Amour. I'm not saying it's canon, I'm definitely not saying that, and I'm also not saying that it's better than every other Ash ship. Amour itself brought so many people back to the Pokemkon franchise and then they stayed for the awesomeness that was XY&Z.

Next, just because you don't like Serena or Amour does not mean you have to say that XY&Z is completely overrated and that DP is better. Frankly, you could say the same thing about DP. While it was airing, DP was just as overrated as XY&Z is now. And when S&M gets going, the hype for XY&Z will settle down. And maybe then you can stop giving some bullcrap excuse in why DP is so much better than XY&Z.

Also, many Pearlshippers say that Serena is getting shoved down our throats, but how can we get her down, when at the same time, Pearlshippers are trying to shove Dawn down our throats. I can't eat two ten year old girls at the same time. Give me a breather.

I'm so sorry for this long rant and I know that none of you will read that entire thing, but I wouldn't either XD. I just had to get this off of my chest. It was building up for so long and it needed to be said. No one was saying anything about how out of line many Pearlshippers are starting to get, so I decided to be the one to say something (Don't get me wrong, all these shipping communities have their "out of hand" members, but I don't want to see my favorite two ships go down THAT road. I'm ranting at Pearlshippers because I feel like they are closer to Pokeshipping rock bottom than Amourshipping is). Since I know you didn't read all of it, I at least hope you read a little bit of it and understand what I'm trying to say. Sure, all communities have their cancer members and their chill members, but I felt like this one was starting to lean more towards the cancer side. I don't want to see this community becoming as bad as Pokeshippers, but if Pearlshippers keep going at this rate, you might just get there. I'm not trying to bash Pearlshipping, definitely not. I couldn't because it still holds a place in my heart, just a smaller space than it did before. If you guys keep going at this rate, with all this hating and negativity, you're going to push a lot of your fans right into the welcoming arms of Amourshipping, just like you did to me. Hope you understand.

I don't know, maybe learn to like Amourshipping, because we all know it's not going anywhere anytime soon. And if you see an Amourshipping fanbrat, feel free to tell them that they have no right to bash someone else's ship because Amour isn't canon yet .

(I like how I said I had one last problem with Pearlshipping/Pearlshippers and then went on for like another five million words XD.)