Generation V (Pokémon)

Video game fandom
Video game fandom
Name	Pocket Monsters Black and White Series
Japanese name	ポケットモンスターブラック; ポケットモンスターホワイト; ポケットモンスターブラック2; ポケットモンスターホワイト2
Abbreviation(s)	BW, B2W2
Developer(s)	Game Freak; Nintendo
Release date	September 18, 2010 - October 12, 2013 (Japan)
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Genre(s)	Role-Playing Game
	Related articles on Fanlore.
	Contents 1 Generation V Fandom 1.1 Relationships; ; 2 Example/Notable Fanac 2.1 Fan Communities/Fan Events; 2.2 Fan Art; 2.3 Collections; 2.4 Fan Fic; 2.5 Meta; ; 3 Other Pokémon Generations on Fanlore; 4 References/Further Reading;

Generation V Pokémon games include Pokémon Black and Pokémon White and their sequels, Black 2 and White 2.

Generation V's fandom can be split into Gameverse, PokéAni and Pokéspe. This article focuses on 'Gameverse'.

Pokémon Black and White were ranked 37th in Tumblr Fandometrics' Year in Review 2022 for most reblogged Video Game fandom that year, due in large part to the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Generation V Fandom

For more information regarding Generation V's fandom, see characters' and pairings' individual pages.

Relationships

The most popular ship this generation is Hilbert/N (IsshuShipping). Other popular ships include the incestuous Emmet/Ingo (BlankShipping), Emmet & Ingo, and Hilda/N (FerrisWheelShipping).

Other popular pairings, as seen on Archive of Our Own, are Bianca/Cheren (DualRivalShipping), N & Hilda, Elesa & Ingo, and Hilda/Hilbert (ChessShipping). Ghetsis & N is also common, as Ghetsis is N's father. Other characters of note include the protagonists of Black 2 and White 2, Rosa and Nate, as well as their rival Hugh, and the leader of Team Plasma in those games, Colress. Pokémon such as Victini, Genesect and Reshiram were also introduced.

Remaining named characters include Chili, Cress, Cilan, Lenora, Burgh, Clay, Skyla, Brycen, Drayden, Iris, Caitlin, Shauntal, Grimsley, Marshal, Alder, Roxie, Marlon and Looker.

IsshuShipping, FerrisWheelShipping and BlankShipping are all controversial in the fandom overall. BlankShipping is considered the most conversational of the three.

N is said outside of the games to be around 18, four years older than both Hilda and Hilbert, and shipping him with them is considered a large age gap. Other rivals in the series do not have this age gap, so N is an outlier, something not ignored by shippers. Shippers of IsshuShipping and FerrisWheelShipping are ostracized by some in the fandom. The same can be said theoretically for the uncommon ships Rosa/N (VoidCubeShipping) and Nate/N (SecondBestShipping).

Example/Notable Fanac

Fan Communities/Fan Events

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Fan Art

夏だ！ゲートコだ！！ by さぼ, fanart of Ghetsis and Hilda on summer vacation together. It is tagged as Hilda/Ghetsis (GretelShipping).
仲良くしようよ！ by 邪仁寿, fanart of Rosa trying to make Ghetsis and Colress get along.
BW2 by mikkusushi, fanart of Nate, Rosa and Hugh.
Untitled by kooru03, fanart of N and Hilda with bright colors. The caption "DON'T TAG AS SHIPPING" is an example of a common practice within B&W fandom where creators ask not to tag content featuring N and the protagonists with either IsshuShipping or FerrisWheelShipping when reblogging a work of theirs.
Silly Ghetsis dump teehee by atomgecko, fanart for theoretical sygna suits for Ghetsis.

Collections

Pokemon Hugh stuff, a collection for fanart of Hugh.

Fan Fic

truths and ideals (and the fallen in love). by avatraang , an English one-shot where Hilda and N have their differences, yet N still falls for her. FerrisWheelShipping. Rated Teen with an Archive Warning for Graphic Depictions Of Violence.
Silence by panchampion, an English one-shot where N hears Hilbert speak for the first time. IsshuShipping. Rated Gen.

you pretty thing by unhappyrefrain, an English IsshuShipping one-shot. N remembers every anniversary of everything ever, and Touya is too cute for anyone else to deserve to hear. Rated Explicit.
The Void She Filled by Mayflowergal, a completed English longfic where Rosa soon discovers she is filling a void: both in saving her beloved region and in the boy's aching heart. VoidCubeShipping. Rated Teen and was first published on Wattpad in 2016.
Image by boys_in (kaleidosphere), a work-in-progress (possibly abandoned) English longfic for the most popular FemSlash pairing in B&W fandom, Elesa/Skyla (AirplaneShipping). The road to loving one's self is long and difficult. Luckily for Elesa, Skyla is there with her every step of the way. Most of the works involving this pairing feature Emmet and/or Ingo, though this one does not. Rated Teen.

Other Pokémon Generations on Fanlore

References/Further Reading