>>43469451Yeah, Misty fans were so paranoid about May and Advanceshipping back in the day that if Serena existed back then instead they would have went ballistic. I remember Misty fans were so jealous or mad about May or any type of interaction May had with Ash back then. They were such disturbed sad fanboys that they couldn't bare the thought of Ash traveling with another girl other than Misty at the time.
What's ironic is if you go back and read old threads from when AG was airing, people were describing May like they do Serena or Lillie now. People were saying how May was, "so girly" or "too passive" or "took too long to get into battling or capture a pokemon" or "is too nice and never gets into arguments."
It's absolutely bizarre because May wasn't like any of those things at all, which proves my point if May didn't come directly after Misty, people would have viewed May completely differently as a return to a more outgoing/short-tempered or tomobyish type character who liked to battle. I hated the way the Misty fans stereotyped May back then.