>>33509480>Dude who stood at the top of a cold mount, not saying a wordIs it any surprise people wouldn't make those connections? And it was the early 2000s as well. Edgy characters were all the rage back then. It only got worse when Gamefreak gave us his HGSS sprite, which closely matched those artworks.
I'm happy SM effectively killed that version of the character in people's minds. Although the fujos found something else to latch onto.
