>>53410105As someone who was active in the online community during AG, almost no one cared about Advanceshipping once it became obvious that Contestshipping was going to be more or less canon. Everyone who had been around for the OS was still heavily invested in Pokeshipping at least until DP and BW made it obvious that Misty was never coming back as a main character. Also keep in mind that the Pokeshipping OC songs 4kids recorded would’ve had to be approved by the Japanese side of things. It’s unlikely that Japan would have approved Ash x May songs if May x Drew was always going to be canon.