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Why Amourshipping Is So Close To Canon

(If you already have read this in my rant book, ignore this, literally the exact same thing)

If you're not an Amourshipper and don't feel like you want to listen to me rant about it, ignore this part. This is just for me to get my frustration out because I'm being an extreme fangirl right now.

WARNING--- EXCESSIVE RANTING AND PROOF WHY AMOURSHIPPING IS SO CLOSE TO CANON.

Okay here we go.

First, I want to start with the basics that Serena's crush on Ash and it's very much canon. Serena is much different than the other female companions, she's displayed more and she's seen with Ash in most cases.

Posters, official teasers, episodes, trailers, movies, and even online quizzes have shown us proof enough.

Even through Ash's crush on Serena is not canon, we do see much more affection to her than all of the different female companions. He is constantly cheering her ow, helping her, and is most of the time seen standing next to her rather than Clemont and Bonnie.

On top of this, it has gotten to the point where other reoccurring characters have noticed this too, and have said something that impacted the whole community.

For starters, I am going to list off only the basic canon proof that Pokémon Company International have released directly and shown proof that it's canon.

• I'll start with the fact that there was an official teaser that had character connection charts. Serena's arrow to Ash shows "In love...?" when on another one it says the same with an arrow from Ash to Serena that says "Interested in..."
•There was a poster released for Valentine's Day with Ash and Serena exclusively, with Serena shown looking up with Ash blushing. The characters were surrounded by hearts and Serena holding one herself.
•On a official episode quiz, one of the answers were (from Serena's quote) "My dream is to become Satoshi's bride... Ah! I am embarrassed!"
•Two other posters released from Pokémon had Ash and Serena exclusively.
-The Hoopa movie poster, with Serena smiling and Ash kind of a curious look.
-A poster released in CoroCoro with Ash and Serena sitting next to each other (again, no Bonnie or Clemont) with drinks.

How about the fact that Masuda (creator of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and many other Pokémon games) posted a picture on Twitter of Ash and Serena playing together as Pikachu, and tagged multiple Amourshipping accounts with it. This is the creator of most Pokémon games we're talking about, and he's most likely an Amourshipper.

Altogether, Ash and Serena are the biggest characters in Pokémon and are the two that are shown next to each other most.

I'm going to move on to the next section--- How different Serena and Ash's connections are to the other Ash ships.

Ash is constantly cheering Serena on and encouraging her, helping her. Serena is always looking up to Ash for help when she needs it, quoting him, and even recalling from when they were little.

Serena and Ash are mainly known as a ship because of the huge flashback that all of the other female companions lacked and never had anything this good.

The flashback consisted of Serena and Ash in a Summer Camp when they were the ages 7-8, and Ash and Serena holding hands while Ash was helping her get out of her fears.

A lot of anti-Amourshippers think this is dumb, and it was put in for no reason.

That's very much wrong. If you haven't noticed yet, there is always a reason for something in Pokémon. They wouldn't just put this in for no reason, just to get shippers hyped and going "OMG SHIP SHIP SHIP." There has got to be a reason they showed this.