#misty is the saving grace for me. oh my god she's adorable

[the-owl-tree]

PONY ASK BLAST!

I haven't finished MYM myself despite enjoying the first G5 movie. Partially because I find it a little too babyish in comparison (which y'know, its fine that it's targetted towards littler kids, although G4 and Bluey prove you don't HAVE to dumb it down to be fun, educational, and memorable), and because I really dislike the choice to make Opaline the reason ponies turned on each other. Like yeah, it wasn't PERFECT but idk, as a black person I think the first movie at least got closer to addressing bigotry by showing it isn't JUST antagonists like Sprout and Phyllis spouting off bigoted shit- even the good guys Sunny and Izzy had preconcieved notions of the other races too! But going "Nah, nah actually this random alicorn brought back racism because evil" reaaaally cheapens it. But moving onto my point: what do you think about Opaline? I'm curious to see your opinion. :3c

i ended up watching the rest with my little cousins (who coincidentally are how i started watching bluey lol) and was...disappointed. it wasn't much of a love letter to g4 as i think they wanted it to be and as a plotline on its own, it's weak and doesn't really hold the thematic relevance that at the very least even the weakest g4 villains had. it's cute, but i can't blame people for finding it so hollow when g4 genuinely managed to pack a lot of wit, care, and geniune passion into its writing (ah. before um. the final seasons that is. ppl are talking about cozy glow again on twitter and im reminded of The Agonies).

yeah, was not impressed by "bigotry is ackshually caused by One Bad Person". i'm not asking for an indepth examination of structural bigotry from thy miniature equus, but i think a lot of cartoons and things for kids have been able to take these concepts and present these more complex ideas in ways that can still be understood. one could say, it's better if we let kids understand these things as how they are than dumb it down.

idk i know it's for young kids but i am gonna say my little cousins LOVE g4 more than g5 for a reason :3c

[makku-ruko]

Ash likes who??

Okay first of all, I’ll try not to make this too opinionated and second of all, let me makes this clear. Ash is ten. Ash is DENSE. Ash does not give a shit about love or romance.

Now let’s get into the shipping. Pokeshipping. Yeeeaaaaah no. One sided. Misty is definitely crushing on Ash but remember my first point? Ash is dense. He doesn’t even see it and ideally he probably isn’t interested enough to question why she behaves the way she does. Yes, she was his first FRIEND which explains why he seems to react the way some mistake for romantic attraction. Ash canonically holds his friends near and dear to his heart. Friends. As to how it’d play out, I don’t really think so. Sure it could work but let’s remember that Misty is a lot like a mom. Yelling at him about how childish he is (well scolding), nurturing at times. Ideally, I think he’d move away from something like that hence why he challenges her, makes jokes, etc— friendzoning. No thank you mom.

Serena. Amourshipping. Hooooo boy I get so IRRITATED when people start using the excuse ‘she’s his childhood friend’ or ‘she loves him’ or ‘they kissed!’ No, Serena is the one who initiates all of this. It is one-sided and she’s going through white-knight syndrome (as other girls in harems tend to go through). Ideally, if she stayed with him a lot longer, I could see her awakening romantic feelings within him because she’s started it off but as of now, there’s nothing. I think his brain shut down for a moment when she kissed him. He knew it was meaningful as it’s clear that now he knows she likes him but I don’t think he actually felt any way about it. More like ‘Wow...y...you like me...’ aaaand that’s it. As for how they’d be together, I think Serena is too feminine. She’s more like the way you’d put a random dude next to a woman and call it a couple. He’s a total boy. She’s a total girl. Ash...doesn’t really care about girl stuff nor does he understand it.

Now these are the most popular ships. The others aren’t as popular but they’re cute so that’s fine, people don’t dispute about them as fiercely as they do about the two above. Just be clarify, I’ll be brief with how Compatible I feel the rest are. (Saving the best til last) Dawn is a cool friend! She’s determined like he is and hyper too. Upbeat. Someone he can be lively with. Same with Iris however she is a LOT more like him. So much so that they clash often. (I didn’t forget someone did I?)

Finally, mah main girl. May. She was the pokegirl that was around when I started watching and I always took a liking to her. Why? Because she’s chill and a diamond in the rough. She is probably the most developed of the pokegirls, going through a journey to find herself and stand tall on her own (as well as taking care of Max). The girl next door. I agree that her and Ash have a student-Teacher relationship completely and that he feels the need to protect and take care of her— this however isn’t romantic and I know it. The reason why I like advanceshipping so much is because both Ash and May are themselves and kinda similar but not enough to clash. They’re clearly very compatible as best friends and Ash can surely chill with her. She’s a girl but also that pal you can hang with (like me). There clearly isn’t any romance brewing but they’re comfortable with each other and it’s just so satisfying, so much so that their development from now into something romantic would look a lot more natural. If they stayed together, I feel like they’d get closer in a completely calm fashion. And personally, I think a romance that blooms so calmly is something Ash could really settle into. It’d give him time to confirm whatever he’d be feeling and the density would slowly lift. Smoothly. Gently. And I think that would just be adorable.

(Bonus: Pokemon movie 9 (my all time favourite) was doing some hinty stuff. With the luvdisc and manaphy seeing May as it’s Mom and perhaps Ash as it’s Dad. King of the sea, Prince of the sea’s mom. Oh boy they hinted. Nothing happened. Nothing brewed. But maybe the hinting was there to show the potential. Ash and May are friends and they’re very special to each other plus all my previous points that some ships don’t have in my opinion.)

To finish, I don’t think May likes Drew. She probably turned to feeling that way because as a girl, if a dude brings you flowers, you’re flattered and start thinking along the romantic lines. Drew is clearly flirting but my God he does it wrong. Gives her flowers and acts all nice sometimes when normally he’s just an ass. If they were in a relationship, I feel like his pride and arrogance would mess it up and May deserves better. Harley is....hhh I still haven’t forgiven him for what he did. But no. Just no. Ideally and canonically, my girl is good standing on her own. She’s got style, grace and she’ll punch you in the face~ Ash or not, I just want her to be happy and shine.