>>55965237>understand his viewpointPokémon is Joe's everything.
His career - the very food that sustains him - it's all thanks to Pokémon.
Pokémon is Joe's EVERYTHING.
SwSh being bad is unacceptable to Joe, but also always on his mind (as it is an uncomfortable reality).
Unable to fixate on anything but the elephant in the room, it was easiest for Joe to just assume that their 'quality' was the reason for his fixation.
His case is very similar to the many young boys that are groomed and raped by older males - to cope they tell themselves things their rapist told them, like 'maybe I do love penis' or 'maybe I am a girl' - very sad stuff.
