I know you were joking with that post, but the old meme of Misty fans hating May/Dawn, etc. hasn't been valid in over a decade. It was mostly a vocal minority of obsessive shippers or 12-13 year olds in the early 2000's. All those same Misty fans really like May (they're all on tumblr and twitter now), and consider her one of their favorite characters, and some like Dawn too.