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To Pokemon fans especially.
I get shipping in communities, you like characters or project onto them, etc, but with Pokemon especially I've noticed an extreme obsession. And this is perplexing to me because, as I've stated numerous times, 99% of Pokemon characters, game or anime (but mostly the latter) are blocks of wood. They barely have personalities to begin with. So, are they seeing something in not, but what is the appeal of which block of wood ends up with another? Fans themselves regularly admit to characters being flat, so... That, and the fact the series has never focused on romance at all....I'm quite perplexed at where this fervor of it originated and what the appeal is.
Also of note is that most of the lead cast are children, further complicating the appeal to me. Now they're 10 year old planks of wood. I'm very confused.
My only idea is Ash is so blank, he's a self insert for viewers. Guys want to be him and around all the girls like him, and girls can project any appealing traits onto him without worry. And the girls are drawn closer to high schools, so I think it's just which design of them is most appealing, because there's not much more to go on.
I'm not trying to insult shippers, these are just my thoughts and questions. Please, I'd like to know, what is so appealing to you about Pokemon shipping? I'd like to understand at least the thought processes.
I get shipping in communities, you like characters or project onto them, etc, but with Pokemon especially I've noticed an extreme obsession. And this is perplexing to me because, as I've stated numerous times, 99% of Pokemon characters, game or anime (but mostly the latter) are blocks of wood. They barely have personalities to begin with. So, are they seeing something in not, but what is the appeal of which block of wood ends up with another? Fans themselves regularly admit to characters being flat, so... That, and the fact the series has never focused on romance at all....I'm quite perplexed at where this fervor of it originated and what the appeal is.
Also of note is that most of the lead cast are children, further complicating the appeal to me. Now they're 10 year old planks of wood. I'm very confused.
My only idea is Ash is so blank, he's a self insert for viewers. Guys want to be him and around all the girls like him, and girls can project any appealing traits onto him without worry. And the girls are drawn closer to high schools, so I think it's just which design of them is most appealing, because there's not much more to go on.
I'm not trying to insult shippers, these are just my thoughts and questions. Please, I'd like to know, what is so appealing to you about Pokemon shipping? I'd like to understand at least the thought processes.
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