I can relate to that writer epistemology, and I feel your pain. As for this pairing, I have a friend who ships them. Apparently, its called a 'socioship' though I don't really know why. I don't really know much about the pokemon fandom though I've played the games and I've watched the series lol. I just know that there are characters like blue, red, leaf, etc. that are based off of the teeny weeny people you play in the game.