That's not only what I was saying, Bacon. I wasn't dismissing the drama, I was dismissing the fact that the amount of drama does not govern how "shippy" a scene is. Please learn to read thoroughly! What about characters that are naturally calm and unemotive? Just because they don't go "OMG LANA DON'T ****ING DIE ON MEEEEE I WILL SAVE YOU", doesn't make the possibility of their love for them any different.
Not a lot, but friends and family members do this too. What you're basically hinting at is "IF YOU DO THEN IT MUST BE LOVE." That's just silly~ I'm not going to pair you up with your close friend just because you risked your life to save theirs. Doesn't that sound dumb?~
HOW DARE YOU DISMISS MY FAVOURITE PAIRINGS! PIKA/ASH IS CLEARLY CANON COS HE LIKE SAVED HIS LIFE AND SHIZZ LOLLLOL James and Dento is clearly canon, people. -___- Damn James, always playing hard to get! ♥
I see where you're getting at, but I'm not telling people that they should pair CANON ONLY and not to have fun. It's just stupid to say something is a hint when it isn't.
I don't want to seem that I'm attacking you, but hints are not canon. Hints are subjective observations from canon. Yes, what people see as hints differ from person to person. However, I won't pretend to deny the stupidity of a "hint." The "ASH SAVED [X]" is especially dumb, because like a few have said, it's in his character.
Also, this is a debate, so people can argue whatever they like as long as it's in topic and strays from name-calling... I think, at least. Some people think a pairing will happen, some don't. Some even think any won't happen at all.
Given that the last statement would holds the most water in regards to Pokemon, I don't see why Edsbob was bashing the point of this thread. I thought the point of this thread was to debate any pairing in general. Given that you can debate whatever pairing you want, why can't one dismiss every single one?
It's okay to like a pairing because [x] happened so [y] loves [z], but it's wrong to think it will canonically happen as a result. Edsbob probably said "evidence" in place of "canon". Because like I said, hints/evidence is an interpretation, not actual canonical fact. There's NOTHING wrong with that; nothing wrong with liking crack pairings and such, but it's irrational (not incorrect) to proclaim a pairing as canon... when it obviously isn't or won't be.