Ash Ketchum & Misty Waterflower

Misty’s back, tell a friend.

Misty has proven herself to be quite the strong character despite her flaws of being either overly bitchy, whiny, or etc. Misty was the first female companion to watch Ash grow from a mediocre trainer to a compassionate and strong trainer who had to deal with saying goodbye to his Pokemon, his gym losses, but also happy moments such as his first victories. This is also the girl who had to deal with her own personal issues as well. This is a girl, who mind you is 12 years old, and literally had to watch over a gym because her 3 sisters were too busy traveling the world or because they had little to no experiences as gym leaders. This is the girl who literally overcame her own fear of Gyarados and managed to tame one because she didn’t want to see anything bad happen to it. She literally had to use her own knowledge of understanding water Pokemon in order to help tame it and in turn, she took it in as her own. Misty also had to deal with loss herself besides having to say farewell to her best friends. Pikachu and Ash might have been the main duo of the show but you cannot deny and say that the mother and baby bond between Misty and Togepi wasn’t sweet. Misty could have kept Togepi for herself but saw that once it had evolved into Togetic? That it was no longer her baby. It had grown and was needed elsewhere and thus she let it go to protect the other Togepi that needed its protection. Remember in those Orange Island episodes and Misty could have stayed with Rudy as well? Even if this guy did have feelings for her? That’s right. She chose to stay with Ash because she knew that Ash needed her and because she wasn’t ready to leave that boy yet due to her caring about him. She even states this herself in the second movie:

“And Ash is never really alone because he’s got..me.”

Misty, unlike Serena who was already crushing on Ash since Day 1, viewed him as whiny little kid at first, only to develop a deep bond with him later on. And this really showed when Misty literally thought that Ash and Pikachu were truly gone in the Tower of Terror episode or in the first movie when Ash turned to stone. 

Another example of Misty proving herself to be a strong character is also that one episode in which she literally stood up to an angry Tentracruel in order to calm it down and understand it. She neither scared nor angry at it’s frustration. She knew that it was angry because people were harming it and the Tentacool’s home. Misty is also a pretty mature character for her age as well and despiter her angry shortcomings. During the Hoenn episodes, she was able to bond with May’s little brother, Max, and make him see that while being the youngest sibling isn’t the best? May is only trying to look out for Max and that sometimes having sisters aren’t so bad. There is a lot of examples that spotlight Misty’s strong character but these are but a few examples. And this isn’t to take a stab at Amourshippers but it’s sad to see that people think that Misty was literally useless and did nothing to contribute to the anime. Misty was there since the beginning and its a damn shame to see  that the movie totally shoved her and Brock out. This was supposed to be the 20th anniversary movie. A big movie and while some people might say that Ash getting new companions is entirely new? That’s true but you can’t expect people to not get upset when you have a movie literally revisiting a piece of their childhood. Misty is no Serena but she was an amazing character with her own deep story arc and a lot of people will never forget her. 

Happy Pokeshipping-Christmas in July, everyone ♥

I sadly hadn’t much time doing this, but I wanted to tell you, how much I’d join the party and that I’m happy this celebration exists. ♥ (Just wondering why it is not the 24th of July, but WHO THE FCK CARES.)