Combusken was an answer to corphish's arrogance and bullying of torchic. plus, it looked so cool duelling breloom. good times indeed.
May doesn't really suit her Blaziken, it looks far from sweet compared to the rest of her pokemon. Besides this, May was kinda whiny and soft-spoken, only coming up when aspects like love, fashion and stereotypical feminine hobbies are involved. PLus, the whole "May's expedition" was kinda annoying.
Or maybe that's because we're so used to a girl who can fight back, is both sweet and spicy (couldn't resist) in the form of Misty, that we don't particularly find May, her complete opposite to be ideal.
Dawn, on the other hand, bridges the gap between both of them, but actually is a lot like Ash than a combination of the two. She's inexperienced as of late, not catching a balanced party for example. She's a bit arrogant like Ash was, but can't really develop without a rival whose always in her face like Gary and Drew were. She needs to step up and actually show she has some sort of knowledge as a Coordinator, otherwise I can't really support her.
I liked May. Mainly because she wasn't too stupid (coughDawncough). Not to mention she was Jessie's rival and that made a nice change. Not only that but she was funny at times....Like when she was pretending she was reporter. Fhnny but a little annoying. Not like Dawn who is a litte funny but just plain annoying. I personally think they should have gave May the emerald outfit but whatevs.....
The cons of Dawn: A) Shes stupid. At least when May was stupid...she was funny.
B) Dawn is a complete hooch. Her "skirt" is smaller than her palms. and she's ten.
C) I know May's hairdo was out there...but wtf. What are the triangles in Dawn's head?!
A) So is Ahs, those two are meant for each other lol.
B) yeah, her costume is certainly not suited for travelling. WTF with the scarf?
C) I think their Hairclips...