>>37762427I can’t move on because Pokemon means something to me, it means quite a lot in fact. Most of my childhood was based on the magic of it, it captured my child wonderment it gave me joy and happiness in moments that should have felt bleak.
Of course I am older now and it isn’t cool to like Pokemon anymore but I still cling to it because it has made its mark on me. I could move on and not care and be mature but how can I when everyone around me won’t do the same? I see 30 year olds blowing their loads over this announcement and I think ‘why shouldn’t I be able to feel the same, why don’t I feel the same?”. Why should I feel ashamed for enjoying something and finding comfort in a childhood staple of mine when I see others way past the age of being socially acceptable to like a franchise like Pokemon doing so to an extreme extent?
I won’t move on because I can’t, because of people and social media and the fact pokemon is shoved in your face 24/7. And people force you to engage, to say your opinion on the starters, artificial marketing. These social influencers disgust me, these bandwagoners, these shills. Will the game be good? Who knows, perhaps it will be fantastic. But, it won’t be Pokemon. Everything is fake and every move on GF’s part was made with no love. They couldn’t care less about this franchise any longer, and yet we watch with baited breaths and hope this time maybe they will be different and they will listen. And they won’t.
