GalarChamp_Cinderace
Champion of the Galar Region!
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I ship myself with Goh. (CinderaceShipping)
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Man I ask myself this everyday. That's not a joke either, it's actually unhealthy. I apologize in advanced for making things so........real in here. But a thread like this REALLY got me thinking so I just wanted to put out what's been going on in my head, so I do wanna thank you for giving me that opportunity. I just hope it doesn't come off as cringey or problematic when I do though. So if there's anything I say or do here that bothers anyone please, please make me aware of it so I don't do it again. I view this as an chance to bring up points & have a discussion about something that's been weighing on me for so long & don't want it to come off as being inappropriate. But if you feel like it is for whatever reason i do apologize & hope you'll forgive me & understand where I'm coming from. ^^;
I guess the main reason it still bothers me is cause I got into Pokemon as a child & starting crushing on characters who were, at the time, my age if not slightly older than me. And whenever I see these characters again after all these years that fondness is still there, but as an adult it just feels.........wrong.
Like I can give very real answers that are appropriate like Cynthia, Bridgette, Melony, Shelly (both versions) & characters similar to them. Because they're all so cool & interesting, but also cause they're so freaking attractive. These anime characters were drawn to be gorgeous, mature women so of course that gets my attention.
But there are also times when characters like May & Dawn catch my eye due to their personalities & really pretty designs, but depending on the continuity & universe they're in they're much MUCH younger than I currently am. Obviously that's cause as fictional characters they didn't age with me as when I first was introduced to them in childhood. But does that make it okay or weird? Others like Candice & Mallow who are very good-looking & likely to be older than the protagonists but are still of questionable age range also leave me concerned about my own tastes & make me feel like a creep.
So even though a part of me wants to express interest & attraction to girls like Lisia, Marnie & Hilda I feel as though I shouldn't. Maybe if I just stick to the female characters who aren't gonna give me that potentially bad vibe like Sonia, Diantha & Cogita then I think I'll feel okay. It's not like we're short on beautiful adult women in the franchise. Onthe other hand I find both the younger & older characters appealing in their own ways & don't wanna deny that cause I feel like I'm lying to myself if I do. But I do wanna make it clear, the attraction to Misty & Nancy & others like them IS NOT due to their youth, it's cause I liked them when I was younger & that attraction never really left. However, doing that still leaves me very worried so maybe it's for the best if I just avoid characters like that & topics like this in general.
Still, I feel good actually getting all these pent-up thoughts out there in some public form. Again, it feels like something I've spent WAY too much time thinking about. But if something as simple as having a crush on a fictional character leaves me that conflicted I feel like an open discussion is a good way to get other perspectives & potentially help process my thoughts & feelings on it. Especially if other folks find themselves feeling the same way, which I don't doubt at all given how long this franchise has been around.
Again, if I said or did anything particularly wrong here please let me know, I don't wanna make anyone feel uncomfortable so I won't bring this up again if people don't like seeing this kind of thing being discussed. Thanks again to those who actually bothered to read through all of this. I'll.......try not to let it happen again. ^^;
You have no idea how good it feels to read something like this. Thanks for that, seriously. I do honestly feel like I put too much time into thinking about fictional characters & scenarios, so that in & of itself is it's own subject of self-acknowledgement & discovery I need to go through. But a major part of it is being attracted to some of said characters & understanding why. Learning to accept that part of myself I think can definitely help towards me coming to terms with this conflict I feel about them, & thoughtful & kind posts like yours assist in that in ways that I couldn't even begin to describe. Thank you so much!I don't see anything wrong with this mindset, but I do understand your concern regarding the younger characters. From what I'm reading, I like to interpret all this as if you were watching old photos and reminiscing about your first crushes from back in school/college. You still have the good feelings from when you knew them, but since these are photos of their younger selves, those feelings are of nostalgia rather than love. And there's nothing wrong with that. I hope what I said is helping you, even for a bit
As for answering this thread's question... Nope, don't think I even shipped myself with any character, at least not from Pokémon, even after looking back at my younger years and when I was active in those forums some years ago. The closest character to that sort of ship would be Commander Mars, but I ship her with a character from another franchise, so it's not even close lmao
I don't feel the same way but I understand what you're saying. I was looking back on posts I made on this account a decade ago (I might've deleted them, I think) and the question of "what character would you date" "what character is attractive to you" was awkward since all the character I used to like from age 12 onward were too young, but a lot of the designated older ones I never had an attachment to because I didn't relate to them. Even when I was a teenager I questioned if it was ok for me to still residually like some anime characters/protagonists for their personality and not their age, but I came to the conclusion it wasn't a big deal. But now my "fictional" attractions have a heavy correlation with real life, so a character that's canonically under 25 or 26 makes me uncomfortable (unless they don't have a stated age besides "an adult" and you can imagine what you want), so I moved on. I actually haven't played the last few Pokemon generations and left this account dormant for 9 years so I have no idea if there are any adults that would appeal to me now.Man I ask myself this everyday. That's not a joke either, it's actually unhealthy. I apologize in advanced for making things so........real in here. But a thread like this REALLY got me thinking so I just wanted to put out what's been going on in my head, so I do wanna thank you for giving me that opportunity. I just hope it doesn't come off as cringey or problematic when I do though. So if there's anything I say or do here that bothers anyone please, please make me aware of it so I don't do it again. I view this as an chance to bring up points & have a discussion about something that's been weighing on me for so long & don't want it to come off as being inappropriate. But if you feel like it is for whatever reason i do apologize & hope you'll forgive me & understand where I'm coming from. ^^;
I guess the main reason it still bothers me is cause I got into Pokemon as a child & starting crushing on characters who were, at the time, my age if not slightly older than me. And whenever I see these characters again after all these years that fondness is still there, but as an adult it just feels.........wrong.
Like I can give very real answers that are appropriate like Cynthia, Bridgette, Melony, Shelly (both versions) & characters similar to them. Because they're all so cool & interesting, but also cause they're so freaking attractive. These anime characters were drawn to be gorgeous, mature women so of course that gets my attention.
But there are also times when characters like May & Dawn catch my eye due to their personalities & really pretty designs, but depending on the continuity & universe they're in they're much MUCH younger than I currently am. Obviously that's cause as fictional characters they didn't age with me as when I first was introduced to them in childhood. But does that make it okay or weird? Others like Candice & Mallow who are very good-looking & likely to be older than the protagonists but are still of questionable age range also leave me concerned about my own tastes & make me feel like a creep.
So even though a part of me wants to express interest & attraction to girls like Lisia, Marnie & Hilda I feel as though I shouldn't. Maybe if I just stick to the female characters who aren't gonna give me that potentially bad vibe like Sonia, Diantha & Cogita then I think I'll feel okay. It's not like we're short on beautiful adult women in the franchise. Onthe other hand I find both the younger & older characters appealing in their own ways & don't wanna deny that cause I feel like I'm lying to myself if I do. But I do wanna make it clear, the attraction to Misty & Nancy & others like them IS NOT due to their youth, it's cause I liked them when I was younger & that attraction never really left. However, doing that still leaves me very worried so maybe it's for the best if I just avoid characters like that & topics like this in general.
Still, I feel good actually getting all these pent-up thoughts out there in some public form. Again, it feels like something I've spent WAY too much time thinking about. But if something as simple as having a crush on a fictional character leaves me that conflicted I feel like an open discussion is a good way to get other perspectives & potentially help process my thoughts & feelings on it. Especially if other folks find themselves feeling the same way, which I don't doubt at all given how long this franchise has been around.
Again, if I said or did anything particularly wrong here please let me know, I don't wanna make anyone feel uncomfortable so I won't bring this up again if people don't like seeing this kind of thing being discussed. Thanks again to those who actually bothered to read through all of this. I'll.......try not to let it happen again. ^^;