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This is a long one but I was "that" kid...
>be me
>be like 8 or something
>parents ban anime because only dumb kids watch it
>we lived in a rich area but compared to the neighbours we were poor (lower middleclass), so idk maybe my parents were scared of being labled as lowlifes
>still watch it lol change channel if they come in
>dp comes out
>all the boys in my class have it
>I'm a girl but I like both like girly stuff and boyish stuff
>girls make fun of me liking pokemon because it "parodies real animals"
>whatever still watch pokemon, yugioh, digimon, one piece and naruto and winx club
>take all my courage to ask my parents in a shop to buy pokemon cards with the 5 bucks I got in a month (I remember the booster had a weavile on it, I really liked weavile)
>parents go full karen and laugh at me in front of other people
>traumatised me
>my friends moved on from nintendogs and new super mario bros
>one of my best friends, lets name him Andy, showed me the game (pearl) on his new black ds lite
>showed me how he's stuck on valor lakefront
>the graphics looked like anime but on the ds, I know it sound cringe but dp was an epiphany to me. It was something I have never seen before because I was only allowed to play Mario and pet simulators because I'm a girl and it's just a phase
>dp anime about to come out
>pic of dawn
>"aaah that's me! ... well if I had the game haha..."
>"Don't worry anon-chan, I'll lend you pearl I can't solve mt coronet, I'll also give you some of my cards and figures so you can play with us! It's so cool to know a girl who likes Pokemon. From now on you can be Dawn instead of May when we play ok?" -my friend Andy
>"thanks bro, I'll give back to you in a few days"
>explore Sinnoh, catch Palkia, look at the cards and hide them under my pillow
>my uncle's wedding
>"Anon, what are you playing all the time? Wait... we didn't buy you THAT. P...POKKEMON? Anon are you still stealing like you were in kindergarten?" -my parents me at the wedding tbc
