Ash/Misty/May short

[farla]

Finally posted my Ash/Misty/May one-shot, Hatred. Like Knowledge, it's in the same vein of the Unoriginalities, and like Knowledge, it's really not fitting to be posted as a part of them.

The idea came from realizing that much of May-bashing involved accusations that apply to Misty.

Comments

Who was who?

[niftysgirl.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed reading it... but now I'm confused. Erm... Misty had a raised line on her wrist; did she attempt suicide? Maybel was really May, right? And... guh... Misty snapped, if it was Misty, and if it wasn't it was May who thought she was Misty and Maybel is some mystery woman... and now my head hurts so I'm not going to think about it anymore.

::twitch::

[farla.livejournal.com]

Yes, *you* got it right. The person called Misty by both Ash and the narration and who knows about a minor thing that happened Kanto that no one outside the group could know about is Misty. There is nothing in the story that actually supports the idea it's May.
The point of the story was that the things Misty is accusing 'May' of doing/being all apply to Misty. She hates herself and she's made May into a scapegoat for that hate.

...stupid militant pokeshippers...

Re: ::twitch::

[(Anonymous)]

Let's not forget the review typed in all caps.

"AAML 4EVER FAN
2005-05-27
ch 1, signed
I DO GET THIS STORY... SO FAR. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT AN AAMayL STORY. OH WAIT IT WILL BE? NO! I DON'T LIKE ASH AND MAY AS A COUPLE. OH AND THAT GIRL SUPPOSEDLY MABAL IS MAY HUH? I'M NOT INTO THIS STORY YET BUT I'LL MAKE SURE TO READ MORE WHEN YOU UPDATE SOON."

I'm thinking troll, but she has a few stories so maybe not.

Re: ::twitch::

[farla.livejournal.com]

Sadly, that person I can at least understand. Saying this about a person who hates Ash/May and types in all caps is painful, but at least her reasoning can be worked out. (And at least she got that it's Misty who's insane, instead of some crap about how May is so pathetic she's gone nuts when Ash rejected her ::hisses at other reviewers::)

I think AAML 4EVER FAN assumed that the story is one of those X is mentally ill but Y's devotion cures them and they get together as a couple stories. Since practically all romance involves the characters pairing up over many chapters, you can sort of see how a reader might assume there will be more posted. This does not prevent her review from being slightly annoying, but...well, at this point I'm grateful to get *any* reviews accepting Misty's the insane one.