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I read ‘Byakuren Tokiwa (Single Father)’ than I read ‘Delia Ketchum (Single Mother)’ and now I couldn’t help but think Ash and Yellow will be cute as siblings!

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That’s an intriguing idea! However, while I can see Delia perhaps wanting to start a relationship, Byakuren not as much. He’s a thousands of years old dragon god and in general not really the romantic type. There are even jokes that he just had Yellow through osmosis or something since he never speaks about her other parent. But, while I don’t think they’d end up together romantically, I can see them being good friends! I haven’t thought as much about the dynamic between all the ‘Pallet Parents’ aside from the Charlie/Aiden/Scarlett/Byakuren childhood friend quartet, but since Delia lives there too I’m sure she’s part of that friend group.

I can see her being especially close with Scarlett (Red & Leaf’s mother) and Sylvie (Chase & Elaine’s mother) in a sort of ‘Pallet Town Mom Friends’ group, but I’m sure she’d get to know Byakuren as well. I’m not sure how much he sticks around after Yellow grows up – if he stays in Pallet or heads back to his home/domain of Viridian Forest – but either way he and Delia definitely know each other and are probably friends! Byakuren can be kind of prickly around people who aren’t his immediate friend group, but Delia is also very open and persistent so if she decided she wanted to be friends with him she’d probably manage it. Since she would have known Aiden and Charlie growing up (all three of them being raised in Pallet, and doing a bit of math – she’d be maybe a year or two younger than them), she probably would want to get to know their mysterious new dragon friend as well. As such, they’ve probably known each other since Delia was a teenager, so plenty of time to become friends. Both raising their kids on their own as well, they likely helped each other out with parenting (of course Aiden, Scarlett, and Charlie helped out as well), especially since Delia was quite young when she had Ash.

Ash and Yellow would have grown up as childhood friends. Ash would be around three years older, and they’re both very sweet and friendly people so I can see them spending time together when they were kids aside from just hanging out since their parents are friends. As they’re both only children, perhaps they already had a sibling-like relationship where Yellow looked up to him as an older brother figure (though it was generally Red who was more overt with seeing Ash as a brother figure.) I’m sure they keep in touch as adults since both seem the type to want to stay up to date with their childhood friends, but since they live in different regions now they likely don’t see each other as much unless Ash and his family are visiting his hometown (for the holidays or something.)

So, while I can’t see a ship between their parents working out, Ash and Yellow are still close friends!

Ash? Iris? Wally? Anabel? Barry? Paul? Yellow?

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Ash
My NOTP for them
None. I’ve seen potential in all the Ash ships I’ve seen, really.
My BROTP for them
Ash/Misty. I know PokeShipping is popular, but I prefer them as good friends rather than romantically involved – basically the same as my stance on WishfulShipping.
My OTP for them
Ash/Dawn (PearlShipping). I think this one is mainly due to how Sinnoh was when I was most into and consistently watching the anime. This is for anime!Dawn, though, I don’t ship my version of game!Dawn with Ash at all.
My second choice pairing for them
Ash/Paul (ComaShipping). Sinnoh bias strikes again, what can I say? I like the gruff antisocial guy/cheerful friendly guy dynamic. A tried and true classic.
My fluffy pairing for them
Ash/Dawn.
My angsty pairing for them
ComaShipping can be angsty I guess….. but really I can’t think of any ships I’ve seriously thought about for Ash that would be angsty.
My favorite poly ship for them
Paul/Ash/Dawn (ComakariShipping). It’s just combining my two favorite Ash ships with my two favorite anime!Dawn ships and my two favorite Paul ships. Heck, if I were to do an animeverse fankid AU this might be the canon pairing, who knows?
My weirdest pairing for them
I think both Pearl and Coma shipping are fairly popular, so none. I haven’t really seen a whole ton of the anime, so my ships for Ash (and other anime exclusive characters) tend to be fairly limited.

Iris
My NOTP for them
As I mentioned in the ask for Cilan, I’m not a huge fan of Iris/Cilan (WishfulShipping), but it’s not a ship I hate or anything, I just don’t ship it. 
My BROTP for them
Iris/Cilan. I can’t believe I forgot to mention it on the ask for Cilan but even though my AU is primarily gameverse and Cilan is part of the Shadow Triad and he and Iris never travel together…. I still hc them as being close friends (Iris is one of my Cilan’s only close friends, actually). I just feel like they (at least the interpretations of them in my AU) would have a really good dynamic.
My OTP for them
Iris/Benga (DragonHeartShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Iris/Zinnia (PrecessionShipping). This is more of a ‘want to explore the dynamic’ ship then a serious one, but I think they’d have interesting interactions.
My fluffy pairing for them
Iris/Benga.
My angsty pairing for them
Iris/Zinnia has more angst potential than Iris/Benga.
My favorite poly ship for them
This will sound like it came out of nowhere but Hilda/Iris/Benga. Hilda/Iris (HalleyShipping) is maybe my third favorite Iris ship? Like with Iris/Zinnia, it’s mostly just a dynamic I want to explore.
My weirdest pairing for them
Hilda/Iris.

Wally
My NOTP for them
None.
My BROTP for them
Wally/May, with either protag!May or rival!May. The other one is Wally/Yellow, since I think they’d get along well.
My OTP for them
Wally/Brendan (LoveRivalShipping), with either protag!Brendan or rival!Brendan.
My second choice pairing for them
Wally/Anabel (MirrorWorldShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Wally/Brendan. Though special mention to Wally/Yellow (HealthShipping).
My angsty pairing for them
Probably Wally/Brendan again, though they don’t get much in the fankid AU.
My favorite poly ship for them
Brendan/Wally/Anabel (FlouriteShipping/MirrorRivalShipping).
My weirdest pairing for them

Probably Wally/Yellow, but if we’re referring to serious ships, then Wally/Anabel.

Anabel (These are for Salon Maiden Anabel, not Interpol Anabel. I don’t really ship Faller Anabel with anyone.)
My NOTP for them
I know it’s like her most popular ship nowadays, but I just can’t get behind Anabel/Looker (FallerShipping) and it’s for kind of silly reasons as well. I’ve headcanoned Looker to be game!Dawn’s dad since before SM came out, and the idea of Looker dating someone only a few years older than his daughter (not to mention I strongly ship him and Johanna already) is just kind of squicky to me. Nothing against others shipping it, these are just my silly reasons!
My BROTP for them
Anabel/Lucy. I like the idea of her being one of the antisocial Pike Queen’s few close friends. 
My OTP for them
Anabel/Wally (MirrorWorldShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Anabel/Brendan (SafirShipping). 
My fluffy pairing for them
Anabel/Wally.
My angsty pairing for them
I guess FallerShipping (with Faller!Anabel of course) would be this for me due to the reasons I mentioned above.
My favorite poly ship for them
Brendan/Wally/Anabel (FlouriteShipping/MirrorRivalShipping). 
My weirdest pairing for them

Anabel/Brendan.

Barry
My NOTP for them
I’m not big on Barry/Dawn (TwinleafShipping) at all, but like with all the others I don’t hate it or anything. I also hc Barry and Bianca to be cousins so Barry/Bianca (HyperShipping) is out.
My BROTP for them
Barry/Dawn.
My OTP for them
Barry/Lucas (ClingyShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
I’m fond of Barry/Ursula (BoastShipping) in the anime, I think they’d make an amusing couple.
My fluffy pairing for them
Barry/Lucas.
My angsty pairing for them
None, really, but I guess Barry/Lucas as well just since they have their own rough patches in the fankid AU.
My favorite poly ship for them
Barry/Lucas/Dawn (ScarfShipping).
My weirdest pairing for them

None, I don’t think? All of the ones I mentioned are pretty popular.

Paul
My NOTP for them
I really only ship him with two people, but I don’t dislike other Paul ships I’ve seen.
My BROTP for them
Paul/game!Dawn, specifically. They are bffs in my fankid AU. Otherwise, Paul and Reggie having a good sibling relationship is always great.
My OTP for them
Paul/Ash (ComaShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Paul/anime!Dawn (IkariShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Paul/Ash.
My angsty pairing for them
Maybe Paul/game!Dawn, since I can’t see them ever really working out romantically, though they might have tried.
My favorite poly ship for them
Paul/Ash/Dawn (ComakariShipping). 
My weirdest pairing for them

I read a fanfic once that had me thinking about Paul/Conway (VeilstoneShipping) of all things.

Yellow
My NOTP for them
None.
My BROTP for them
Yellow/Lance. They are cousins in my fankid AU and though they definitely didn’t start out as friends their relationship grew very close over the years (and over the course of Lance’s character development.) I’m always a sucker for enemies-to-friends.
My OTP for them
Yellow/PokeSpe!Red (SpecialShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Yellow/game!Red (AlmostShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Yellow/Red (either version).
My angsty pairing for them
Yellow/Silver (ViridianShipping). Not that I think the relationship would end badly, just that it would be a more emotionally fraught one.
My favorite poly ship for them
I don’t really have one? Maybe some combination of Red/Yellow/Silver but who knows how that would work out.
My weirdest pairing for them

Yellow/Silver, but I mentioned I’ve considered Yellow/Wally before, and I think that one’s weirder.