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That's never going to happen. Serena's crush on Ash was a bait to make sure the new Pokegirl was accepted unlike Iris. And the same thing happened with Ash regarding BW, he became a Gary Stu to make him appealing to the audience. It's simple and pure marketing. I think they got cold feet because nowadays it's frowned upon for a female character to be existentially dependent on a male character (it was wrong and it's wrong now).
