❣️Kooliette❣️

Do you know what AAML stands for? What is your stance on rocketshippers? Have you ever maintained your own shrine on angelfire.com? Who was the first bishonen you ever adopted?

If these questions struck a chord, please keep reading

To commemorate the Pokémon anime ending, I have begin writing a video essay about the history of Pokémon fandom, specifically anime shipping! It will be a multipart series starting with the original series featuring Ash, Brock, Tracey, and Misty! I'm talking AAML/twerpshippy/pokeshipping, rocketshipping, gymshipping, orangeshipping, palletshipping, etc!

Unfortunately, my research can only take me so far, because a lot of the internet from back then isn't well preserved and it can be hard to read as I am unfamiliar with some of the terminology used at the time.

I am making this post in the hopes that people who were active online fandom members from back in 1996-2003 era will see this and respond! I hope to ask a few questions about commonly used terminology, as well as the atmosphere between different sections of the fandom at that time.

If anyone is willing to help me, please respond to this post, DM me, or email me at "kooliette (dot) vt (at) gmail (dot) com"

If you can't directly help me for any reason, please reblog and spread awareness so that I can get solid information and best represent the community!

TL;DR If you were shipping Pokémon characters in the 90s, hmu