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Wow! I really, really enjoyed this shrine Robin! Honestly, I think that a shrine to Jessie & James has every opportunity to be tacky or even a bit cringy given their characters, but this was
never that. You took your subject super seriously despite their comical nature and I really appreciate that you took off the "kid gloves" and dealt with the topics you wanted to super maturely. When I clicked on this shrine & saw that you used Team Rocket's motto as navigation, I thought that was just too damn cute.
But even more than that, I enjoyed that there was some thought behind it, and that the phrases linked actually related to the content provided. Honestly, you've hit a really amazing balance here, everything is presented very tastefully.
I like that you touched on both the pros and cons of their relationship as teammates! I think under the pretense of "Dynamic Duos" it's easy to focus on how their dynamic works and why they're a ~perfect pair~, but part of the beautiful thing about Team Rocket is how they stick together and never give up, despite how dysfunctional they really are.
Just as Ash isn't much of a Pokémon trainer to begin with, Jessie and James aren't great spies or Pokémon thieves either--so the two groups of characters balance each other. This is so atypical for a "hero's journey" such as Ash is on; who ever heard of villains having to learn how to be bad, just as the hero is learning how to be good? I believe this is because Jessie and James are both meant to teach us something about ourselves, just like Ash and his friends do.
GIRL, YAS!! Your voice is really present in this shrine and doesn't read like a wikipedia page whatsoever, I love the amount of insight that went into this and I thought you brought up so many amazing points. You've really picked apart what they mean to one another, the "romance" section was a great read (and a great stance on gender stereotypes), and you've even dug into what they mean to the Pokemon story as a whole and what Team Rocket can teach the audience. I genuinely felt like I was sitting with you over lunch and waxing philosophical about Jessie and James haha.
I feel super incoherent because I loved it so much, but excellent work over all! This was everything I love in a shrine: it has your personality, it's insightful, charming and funny, and it takes itself seriously without being overly boring. When I read a shrine to a subject I'm familiar with and find myself slamming my hands on the table in agreement, like "YAS! THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT!" I know it was a good one.
Congrats on finishing this!