>>43083089>early series Ash doesn't countUnreasonable disregard of canon just to fit your headcanon doesn't do your points any favours. Ash from episode 1 is the same Ash from PM2019(unless you have some sort of conspiracy theory about how PM2019 is a non canon reboot)
>and that scene was meant to piss Misty offNo it wasn't, rewatch the episode, Ash showed interest in Giselle independently and on his own terms, it was a sincere reaction. Misty had nothing to do with what he initially thought of Giselle.