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When or if I started shipping it: Right at the onscreen hug. I'm shameless, I know, leave me alone!

My thoughts: I'm very aware that the only reason I ship this is my tendency to ship cute boys. There's literally zero romantic emphasis behind the pair in canon at all; nothing can really be twisted that way even if you squint at it through rose-tinted glasses. I like it for its potential as something cute and interesting, which is 90% of why I ship anything, usually! Hyper clean Ruby trying (and often failing) to accommodate the sickly, coughing-germs-on-your-shirt Wally is just so endearing to me.

What makes me happy about them: Ahah, the kindness Ruby showed Wally was what made me actually like Ruby as a main character. I was pretty "eh" toward him in the beginning, though I did think he was funny! I know this answer isn't really about the ship but I'm grateful to their interactions for that.

What makes me sad about them: Literally nobody ships this but me since Franticshipping is canon. Not that I can blame them! Sapphire is wonderful, but it does mean I'm in a pretty lonely corner. xD What makes me sad about shipping Wally with ANYBODY is that there's not a snowball's chance in hell that he's not going to die many years before they do.

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: I've only ever seen one fic for these two and it was the game versions of them, so... Nothing I guess? I can't remember much about it other than that it was really generic.

Things I look for in fanfic: I gave up trying to find it a long time ago.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: The obvious answer for Ruby is Rarity from MLP.

No wait come back, I was kidding, I meant Sapphire really! I have a weird love/hate relationship with Franticshipping. I adore them as a pair but I hate how it was set up and explained that "omg you were that person in the past that I changed for! ILU!!" It felt so forced and awkward that it actually made me ship them less. Wally's such a minor character that there's literally no one else for him. This might change once I app him, but going with just characters he's canonly met? Ain't nothin' there.

My happily ever after for them: Pokemon journeys into oblivion. It's tough to imagine a "happily" ever after that doesn't end with Wally being permanently hospitalized at age 50. Overcoming his illness completely would be the ultimate ideal, but I think that would take staying put somewhere with clean air and I can't imagine either of them being okay with that.

What is their favorite non-sexual activity: Ah, this is a tough call considering their screentime together is just that one chapter. I don't really want to make something up... For Wally, I think any time spent with his partner would be his favorite time because this person knew all the risks in dating someone with an illness and still wanted to be with him. Not that he would realize that until he was older, given that he's just a kid. He's pretty mature for his age and very aware of his mortality, but there's no way I can argue that much. He'd just be happy without really understanding why.