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8/2/2025, 4:21:13 PM
>>58072313
I know a lot of Advanceshippers take advantage of picrel, but looking back at the full scene's context, having come after May was impressed that Ash took care of Pikachu "all through the night" and resolved that she didn't actually care about her bike that much (which is quite a contrast to the beta material), she basically guilted Ash into letting her join him (having feigned that she was going to be yet another bike girl he was indebted to). It seems the reasons she was so happy about getting him to agree were (1) she'd be able to bum off him and have a boy with existing traveling experience to take care of her (because if he'll pull an all-nighter to care for his Pikachu, that's a good sign of a caretaker overall), at least in the sense of having someone to do hard stuff for her and make her own traveling more comfortable, not actually because of any romantic feelings (although her placing her arms behind her head and basically flashing her boobs for him could've been very intentional, at least subconsciously, to "sweeten the deal," if you will); (2) since she was more familiar with the route back to Petalburg, she'd be able to, at least temporarily, place herself into the "expert" position, for her own ego by making this more experienced traveling impressed at her own utility, and overall fish for praise from him; and (3) she genuinely preferred to travel with a companion, rather than alone, once the option became available to her, and that the specifics of Ash himself were less important.
Basically, May was shown to be pretty manipulative in that scene. I mean, she not only guilted Ash, she actually guilted Pikachu too, and framed their way of apologizing to her that they let her join them. Once she felt she'd made the opening, she then pretty much invited herself, what with, "Don't worry! No need to decline! Let's go!"
I know a lot of Advanceshippers take advantage of picrel, but looking back at the full scene's context, having come after May was impressed that Ash took care of Pikachu "all through the night" and resolved that she didn't actually care about her bike that much (which is quite a contrast to the beta material), she basically guilted Ash into letting her join him (having feigned that she was going to be yet another bike girl he was indebted to). It seems the reasons she was so happy about getting him to agree were (1) she'd be able to bum off him and have a boy with existing traveling experience to take care of her (because if he'll pull an all-nighter to care for his Pikachu, that's a good sign of a caretaker overall), at least in the sense of having someone to do hard stuff for her and make her own traveling more comfortable, not actually because of any romantic feelings (although her placing her arms behind her head and basically flashing her boobs for him could've been very intentional, at least subconsciously, to "sweeten the deal," if you will); (2) since she was more familiar with the route back to Petalburg, she'd be able to, at least temporarily, place herself into the "expert" position, for her own ego by making this more experienced traveling impressed at her own utility, and overall fish for praise from him; and (3) she genuinely preferred to travel with a companion, rather than alone, once the option became available to her, and that the specifics of Ash himself were less important.
Basically, May was shown to be pretty manipulative in that scene. I mean, she not only guilted Ash, she actually guilted Pikachu too, and framed their way of apologizing to her that they let her join them. Once she felt she'd made the opening, she then pretty much invited herself, what with, "Don't worry! No need to decline! Let's go!"
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