#xy083

Ahhhhh today's episode <3 I tend to subconsciously base my decision on whether to watch the Spanish subs for each episode on how many times Ash says Serena's name...I'm definitely watching them today :p - Okay so can we talk about how many times Ash and Serena made physical contact today? - It was 3, for the record. Which I really liked, for obvious reasons, but especially since it's so rare to begin with. - A lot of people (myself included) thought that Ash holding Serena's shoulders in the first couple of preview thumbnails would be because she was injured or something similar. Someone on Serebii said something like 'well we all thought she was injured here but it turns out she was just scared. Oh well :p' (totally paraphrased btw) but I actually think that makes it an even better hint. I mean, if she were injured, Ash would sort of be obliged to hold her up, otherwise...well, he'd be a dick. But instead, he was comforting her because she was scared, which he could have done without his hands on her shoulders (without being a dick), so I thought that was pretty sweet c: - bOnNiE aNd cLeMoNt are sO cUTE oH my gOD - I had several sudden rushes of affection for Braixen throughout this episode. Sometimes it just hits me like wow hot damn Braixen is a queen and also my spirit Pokemon (dat sass) - Similarly, Chespin is the mothafuckin court jester .-. - My favorite thing about this episode was probably the balance of hints. Usually, most (if not all) hints come from Serena. And sure, you could argue that nothing in this episode was a real indication of anyone having a crush on anyone and that all their interactions were purely platonic. But tbh, when I look for moments between them (note that I say "moments" and not "hints"), I don't really care if they're romantic in nature. They need to bond and become close friends before any sort of romance can occur--mostly for the sake of Ash. I just don't see Ash developing feelings for anyone he doesn't already have a close bond with, at least for this initial breaking of the Wall of Denseness. That being said, I do think that he already feels differently about Serena than his other friends; I don't think he's aware of it and I don't think it's a full-blown crush yet, simply because he does not act like a person with a crush. He acts like someone who cares about her. He acts like he doesn't realize that she's special to him in a different way than his friends or even his Pokemon. It's not like you can see it in every move he makes, which I think is partly because his attention span is nonexistent and partly because he doesn't realize he feels differently so he doesn't always think about it (because that's just not what Ash does). Did any of that make sense? Man, this was supposed to be about the episode. Ah well. I don't have any more to say about it for now. If my brain goes on amourverdrive again, I'll probably make another post. Like I do. Sorry I don't even know if I'm making sense any more I'm gonna stop typing now love you all :x

Pretty cool episode, I loved the first half, preeetty much just because Amour lol. Also I like how there were people at forums complaining about Ash riding the Mamoswine, yet he just ended up failing at the hard part and Serena came in like Lemme handle this. Also I enjoyed how Serena went in to confront the Abomasnow with Ash, through the Blizzard. She is learning the ways of the badass. At the end Clemont called them the “greatest party”, since they all have their own strengths and stuff. I didn’t really think about that during the episode, I just took it for granted, but yeah, it was actually shown pretty well in the episode. So that was a nice touch. Side notes: - Enjoyed Noibat’s little role there - Gourgeist used a new move, Seed Bomb (as well as Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse, so either Leech Seed or Frustration is gone, probably Frustration since they seem so close with Jessie now. I still wish it had learned Return to come full circle now) - Speaking of Gourgeist, I liked that Jessie was still on that high from last week in the beginning of this episode

Are we already losing it for tomorrow?! :D I don't know why but I have a good feeling about tomorrow's episode ^^

PEOPLE HOW WAS THE XY083 PREVIEW?

Welp, nothing shippy in the preview, but whatever moment is happening in the original thumbnails is enough for me, tbh. Physical contact is pretty rare :p plus, it looks like they're going to be together for most, if not all, of the episode, so there should at least be some solid interactions.