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>Here's me
>In elementary school
>Playing Pokémon Gold and Silver
>Grandfather walks up to me
>Tells me that Pokémon is against God and of the devil
>Comes from a heavily Christian family
>Puts the game down
>Doesn't touch it
>Boxes my GameBoy C
>It was the special Pikachu edition
>Still doesn't touch it for 10 years
>2004 rolls around
>RS comes out
>Hyped as fuck
>Has to keep it a secret
>Sneaks out of the house late at night
>Late = 8:00PM
>Sneaks off to a retailer
>Goes to the counter and asks for a copy
>"Hey, where are your parents?"
>Replies idly because I don't want to be in trouble
>Explains myself in bits and pieces
>He understands
>Gives me a copy
>Makes it home safely
>Grandfather comes over later in the month
>Catches me playing 'Pokemans'
>Takes my game AND GameBoy advance away from me
>Smashes them
>For the next six weeks I spent an entire Sunday learning about how God doesn't want me to play Pokemans
>2015
>Grandfather is still alive
>Able to do what I want
>Orders a copy of Pokémon XY off of Amazon and ships it to his house
>Gets a phone call later on
>He's hollering and yelling
>Haven't talked to him since
>Mfw it felt like a small victory but it's insignificant in the bigger picture
>He dies of a stroke later on in June
