Spending most of one's time following some guy around to cheer him on and rarely demonstrating one's battling skills is personality? Heck, I sure would love to be Gary then. His cheerleaders in Indigo had more personality than the entirety of the main cast.
Ohh... Misty did FAR more than just cheer him on! I mean, she:
was the one who came up with the escape route in regards to St. Anne's sinking
was the one who stopped the Tentacool and Tentacruel invasion
was the one who "defeated" gastly, in a sense
was the one who ultimately stopped the Backpack-switching thief
was the one who won the Princess Festival
was the one who saved Cerulean Gym during TR's attack on the Mermaid thing
was the one who Identified Greenfield
was the one who got Ash and Brock to New Island
was the one who saved Ash in the Second movie
was the one who foiled the breeding scam
was the one who got the people of Kabuto Island evacuated when it was dissolving from
the Kabuto's resurrecton
placed top 8 in the Whirl cup
was the co-brain behind the Silver rescue attempt
was the one who saved the giant Magcargo
was the one who stopped the Fuschia gym take over
was the one who won the race in the fifth movie
was responsible for Heracross deciding to stop the Pinsir from stealing all the sap
was the reason why Ash was able to challenge Blaine,
was (albeit partially) the reason why Ash was able to get Mewtwo to the spring
was the one who stopped Ash from trying to get revenge on the Quagsire for stealing the GS ball
was the reason why the Corsola farm wasn't taken over by a rogue Corsola (and her
Corsola can vouch, since her corsola is the same one that tried to attack the farm while it was wild.)
among other things (Believe me, I know a LOT more about the stuff Misty's done)...
Heck, she did far more than what she was credited for, so you, sir, should be ashamed of yourself for that comment of how she was nothing more than Ash's Cheerleader.
And BTW, her no-nonsense, courageous, headstrong, firey tendencies IS her personality, since that's the emotions/characteristics of her. Battling is a skill, not a personality, which means that, technically, ASH doesn't have personality, if you go by battles alone.
And, BTW, Misty isn't even COMPARABLE to Gary's Cheerleaders (They can't say anything more than some sort of Gary cheer, and if their muscle loses, they cry far more than swelltear [err, you know, that old nursery rhyme with the kid who cried so much his head swelled]!) . Heck, in regards to looks and how Dawn acts, Dawn acts MORE similar to Gary's cheerleaders! Heck, it seems as though Dawn's role (other than coordinator) is nothing more than Ash's cheerleader (she gets into a cheerleader outfit, and actually spends most of her time doing typical cheer chants.). I'm actually a bit surprised how you don't seem to notice or mind Dawn being similar to Gary's cheerleaders, and yet you seem to compare Misty to them despite not being similar at all.
Sorry for that post, but saying stuff like that really gets angering, since I view it as an insult (even if it were true).
Anyways, on topic, I still think that it might be weird for Ash not to have someone around (and, yes, I know that he isn't a good cook, they referenced that he wasn't a good one countless times.), but I still deny that Brock is how Ash is able to get nourishment since he seemed to do fine in the Orange Islands.
