>>21241621>>21242797If anything, the whole frog ride has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me.
I was team Froakie since i saw him and damn was i vilified for it. All the shitposting and hate made it nearly unbearable. When Greninja was leaked back on Sept 29th i remeber desperately wishing for it to be real among the sea of fakes, the design was simply too clever, fitting and well thought out to be a mere fake. So when all three were revealed and Greninja was confirmed, i was legitimately ecstatic. Everyone jumped to Team Froakie and it felt like some sort of Karmic Justice for putting up through all the shit. Never in my wildest dreams did i even consider that my super-recent new favorite pokemon could realistically make it into one of my all-time favorite game series, Super Smash Bros. So when that direct finished i was nearly sure it was some sort of divine intervention. I was drunk on happiness for like a month and then i got burned out. I realized i was turning too antagonistic for the other pokemon simply because i had been given too much to be proud of and went in to realize that all three starters turned out awesome.
Greninja is still my favorite, and with good reason. But whenever i see all the people whining over pokemon like this, i can't help but cringe at it and think to myself: "I was one of these guys. An insufferable faggot too high on ego". If anything, it taught me not to get mad at mere shitposting. We all say stupid things, either when we get what we wanted or when we don't.
