#fatedencountershipping

So, basically, looking back at all the goodbyes Ash has had in the past with other friends, I just noticed that they seem to be the one thanking him, and saying the kind of stuff along the lines of 'I'm glad i met you', in different ways I guess. (Like Lillie literally just says it, or Serena...yeah did that 👀) as shown...

Long story short, when it's time for Ash and Goh to say goodbye, i love how bittersweet it is and how they both have that fond look on their faces too, like neither of them really want to end their journey. This isn't even the point I'm trying to make rn but it's so cute kjhadzjs

ANYWAY (look at their smiles oh my god i cant) We find that in the end ASH is the one who suddenly announces to Goh, first as well, 'I'm glad i met you.' and he even goes on to say 'Thank you' after that as well.

I honestly thought that was so sweet, bc especially after Ash has travelled to so many regions he's used to being the one to be thanked by other people and it just kind of shows how much important Goh is to him. Even Goh was surprised and the bit where he said he might cry made me want to cry too 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

OK even though i wanted to maybe have a more better goodbye (maybe i'll talk about that in a later post) this was a very sweet moment that my attention latched onto <33

I MISS THEM SO MUCH BUT I HOPE WE SEE THEM AGAIN

The future is in the palm of their hands after all <3

You can certainly relate to that, can't you Ash? 🤣

Cuddling is defined as, "hold close in one's arms as a way of showing love or affection." Close enough, and none of you better argue with me. 😜

Ash: *stumbles into the room, knocking over a vase, startling two cats, and landing flat on their face*

Goh:

Chloe:

the fact that Satoshi and Goh don’t have the same goal is kind of intrinsic to what makes their dynamic, particularly as a ship but in general too, so good.

Something I see people point out when criticizing the show is that “Satoshi’s already seen all these Pokémon before why does he care” and it makes me so sad because they’re missing the point! There’s a lot of scenes you’ll find where Goh catches something and Satoshi praises him for it, and the wording is almost something like “good for you, goh!” Because it’s not about Satoshi, this is Goh’s goal. But what makes this dynamic so good is that Satoshi praises him anyway. Because they Care about each other and their goals!! And while catching everything is no longer something Satoshi pursues, he wants to cheer on Goh!! That’s really sweet and legitimately something very human??

Like I know for a Fact I have friends who I don’t share certain interests with. One of my friends Loves this DND podcast and I've never listened to it! But when he tells me about the plot or shows me art he made or something, I fucking listen!!!!! Because I care about my friends and what they like!! And I think a lot of the people reading this do too. I don’t like tangled that much, but my brother does, and seeing good stuff about it makes me happy because I think he’d like it! And on the inverse, there’s this! I talked to my friend about this show and because of how I felt about it, he became a little interested, and now I send him screencaps of it at midnight and cry!

and thats what's happening with goh!!!

Like listen, Goh was always going to be a perfect match for Satoshi narrative wise. Meta wise, he's filling a roll that was typically filled by 2 people at least and 5 at most. So he compliments and contrasts Satoshi, of course he does. He was *made* to compliment Satoshi, to show off his best traits and fill in gaps for things he doesn't have. both in personality (i.e, goh being slightly more pessimistic to offset Satoshi's relentless positivity), and in narrative purpose (goh catches pokemon so that satoshi can focus on battling and the show still shows off a decent amount of pokemon to get kids invested in buying cards for 15$ at a walmart). And this is all going both ways, Satoshi fills in for Goh's gaps, Satoshi contrasts and compliments Goh!

So they don't have the same goal, because it'd be boring if they did. Because the relationship is that much stronger and wonderful if they don't share the precise same interests but they enjoy watching the other succeeded. Goh was not interested in battling before he met Satoshi. That's so important and I feel like we forget it too much. Goh saw battling as a Means to and End and had no interest in it at all. But because of Satoshi?? He gets so excited for his battles and cheers him on so much!! They even train together on occasion!

My closests friends have been asking me a lot what is Satoshi whispering... so I decided that is up to personal interpretation.

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