History DieForOurShip / Pokemon

[[BlatantLies Despite having little to no couples,]] the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} FanDumb manages to get its own page for the shipping wars that go on here.

*** Even [=PearlShippers=], who are known for being flexible with other ships with Ash, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness have been]] hating [[http://pearlshipping-datacore.webnode.com/in-depth-study/ on]] [[http://pearlshipping-vault.boards.net/thread/84/bulbapedia-amourshipping Serena]].

*** Even [=PearlShippers=], who are known for being flexible with other ships with Ash, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness have been]][[http://pearlshipping-datacore.webnode.com/in-depth-study/ on]] [[http://pearlshipping-vault.boards.net/thread/84/bulbapedia-amourshipping Serena]].

*** Even [=PearlShippers=], who are known for being flexible with other ships with Ash, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness have been]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZsWPRnpqE hating]] [[http://pearlshipping-datacore.webnode.com/in-depth-study/ on]] [[http://pearlshipping-vault.boards.net/thread/84/bulbapedia-amourshipping Serena]].

* Kukui/Anyone else shippers have a hatred for his wife Burnet

* Pikachu/Snivy fanfics have did this to Buneary. In one instance, Buneary is turned {{Yandere}} towards Pikachu, with her attempting to strangle Snivy to death.

** And then to complicate matters further, Misty turned up for the first time in twelve years for a two-part 20th anniversary Kanto region reunion special

** And then to complicate matters further, Misty turned up for the first time in twelve years for a two-part 20th anniversary Kanto region reunion special, even partaking in a bit of Fanservice.

** [[spoiler: As of the last episode of the XY anime, Serena actually acted on her feelings for Ash and kissed him, resulting in a ''huge'' meltdown from Ash/other girl shippers who forget that Ash won't be seeing her again due to the Alola reboot and the unwritten rule of the anime that Ash will always be a CelibateHero.]]

* Anime characters get thrown into the game fanfiction for no reason other then counterpart shipping fuel, and the game characters ignored or derailed, especially when they are AdaptedOut from the anime.

** In [=anti-AmourShipping=] fanfics, Serena is often given AlternateCharacterInterpretation to the point where she's [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into a ClingyJealousGirl bordering on {{Yandere}}.

* Anime characters get thrown into the game fanfiction for no reason other then counterpart shipping fuel, and the game characters ignored or derailed.

** On a similar note, while the core [=AdvanceShipping=] (Ash/May) community is known for being rather tolerant with other ships, all tolerance tends to go right out the window when dealing with [=ContestShippers=] (May/[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Drew]]). They tend to portray Drew as a lecherous young man who only wants one thing from May at best, while portraying him as a rapist/abuser at worst. Aside from the sheer absurdity of portraying [[WorthyOpponent a friendly rival]] that way, does anyone think a television show like Pokémon would explore issues like this?

* [=RocketShippers=] do have valid reasons for disliking Jessiebelle (her being a sadist and all), but some of the more extreme ones will portray her as trying to outright sabotage Jessie and James's True Love. One particular 'shipper also deemed one-episode character Doctor Proctor from "A Chansey Operation" a "horse's ass" for flirting with Jessie.

** On a similar note, [=AdvanceShippers=] (Ash/May) tend to portray [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Drew]] as a lecherous young man who only wants one thing from May at best, while portraying him as a rapist/abuser at worst. Aside from the sheer absurdity of portraying [[WorthyOpponent a friendly rival]] that way, does anyone think a television show like Pokémon would explore issues like this?

* While the core [=AdvanceShipping=] community is known for being rather tolerant with other ships, all tolerance tends to go right out the window when dealing with [=ContestShippers=].

* Calem/Serena ([=KalosShipping=]) fics [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderize]] Shauna's TheDitz trait, while Serena/Shauna ([=BrightTomorrowShipping=]) fics make Calem/Serena arrogant and their FriendlyRivalry with their counterpart a lot less friendly.

** On a similar note, [=AdvanceShippers=] (Ash/May) tend to portray [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Drew]] as a lecherous young man who only wants one thing from May. Aside from the sheer absurdity of portraying [[WorthyOpponent a friendly rival]] that way, does anyone think a television show like Pokémon would explore issues like this?

*** Most of the attacks against Serena devolve around to "She doesn't have a goal (false)", she's a shallow character/badly developed (opinions), and is just in the show for {{Fanservice}} (ignoring the fact their own female end of their OTP has been subject to fanservice)

* As the most divisive of Ash's female travelling companions, Iris is always treated as the ButtMonkey by fans of the other girls. At best she's ignored.

* Due to the fact that she actually has feelings for Ash, most shippers have declared open season on Serena. It's worth noting with Serena that she is the first female companion to get actual ''intentional'' ShipTease from the writers. [[note]]A lot of Ash/Misty ShipTease was infamously the result of DubText added by 4Kids.[[/note]] The fact that this completely flies in the face of the series being known for NoHuggingNoKissing has resulted in Serena getting bashed on two fronts: from people who would rather for Ash to be with someone else and being accused of [[CharacterShilling favoritism from the writers.]]

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[[caption-width:350: Yeah, Misty was annoyed at her. But if you said that Melody deserved to die, she'd beat YOU up instead!]]

* As the most divisive of Ash's female travelling companions, Iris is always treated as the ButtMonkey by the other girls. At best she's ignored.

*** Interesting enough Gary tends to get the same treatment in a lot of Pokeshipping fics. The irony in all of it is Gary and Misty have had about [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight one conversation in the whole series]] so he's just used as a DesignatedVillain.

* The worst part is that there are barely any true canon pairings in the games, let alone ones involving the protagonists. N/Hilda is just as canon as N/Hilbert, which is just as canon as Hilbert/Hilda, and so forth. The Die For OurShip in game fics is solely there to either create a cheap conflict or to take a jab at rival ships, especially if said rival ship is [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popular]].

* ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' has had a particularly brutal war surrounding the Kanto characters. The main ships were Red/Blue, Red/Yellow, Red/Misty, Blue/Green, Blue/Silver, Green/Yellow and Lance/Yellow. The opposing characters typically get [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]]; for example Blue's, Green's, and Silver's [[RonTheDeathEater get made into abusive]] [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] and Red goes back into an IdiotHero or his ObliviousToLove trait is amplified. Most communities have however pretty much settled on Red/Yellow and Blue/Green.

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[[caption-width:314: Yeah, Misty was annoyed at her. But if you said that Melody deserved to die, she'd beat YOU up instead!]]

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** A similar flanderization applies to Ruby and Sapphire. Sapphire is portrayed as a sharp-teethed abusive jerkass who torments Ruby for their tragic past while Ruby is frequently portrayed as the ExtremeDoormat who believes that he deserves all the shit that come to him.

** A similar flanderization applies to Ruby and Sapphire. Sapphire is portrayed as a sharp-teethed abusive jerkass who torments Ruby for that tragic past while Ruby is frequently the ExtremeDoormat who believes that he deserves all the shit that come to him.