>>30860046Okay, all shitposting aside, Alain would've been a perfect traveling companion for Ash.
They both want to be the very best, they both would've slowly grown over the series, both having friendly rival battles after each Gym.
Somewhere along the line, Ash could've gotten a Charizardite, and in the finals, there would've been an epic Zard X versus Zard Y battle. Ash would still lose, because the anime won't be ending anytime soon, but it would've been a much better battle. Memefrog could've still been Ash's Kalos ace, but without the asspull.
