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As a child, I loved Pinsir. I drew pictures of Pokémon constantly, and I had cut out many of them and taped them to the side of my very tall wardrobe. I drew so many that I ran out of room where I could reach and had to ask my dad to tape them up, higher and higher. Pinsir, being one of the last that I drew, had to be taped at the tippy top of my wardrobe.
When I became a bit older and Pokémon became less cool to be associated with, I took down a lot of these drawings, but I was still too short to take down the Pinsir at the very top. So he stayed longer than the rest, and in that time I grew to appreciate him as the last drawing standing.
Heracross came along and completely overshadowed Pinsir as my favorite Bug-type, but I still didn't have the heart to remove the Pinsir drawing. My middle school years, then my high school years all passed, and I still left my pal Pinsir in his proud position, watching over my bedroom.
I left for college for eight years. During this time my room remained largely the same, but the wardrobe got sold off for a more modern one that my parents liked. Of course with it the Pinsir disappeared. I wasn't there to save him, or I would have. In that same time frame, a bit after his loss, Mega evolutions were announced, and we got to meet both Mega Heracross and Mega Pinsir.
Now, something clicked in my brain during this time period, and I will always fucking hate Mega Heracross with every fiber and atom of my being. Mega Pinsir felt to me like the ascended form of my old lost bedroom protector, and I will always hold him dear as one of my signature Pokémon.
Something about him just makes it feel like the most cathartic evolution in Pokémon. There he was, high above my reach for so many years, and now he could finally fly on his own. His burning, furious eyes and his tangible competitive prowess will always feel like they were made just for me.
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