>>44814966So I'm almost 27 now, but I do have a memory of playing pretend Monster Rancher in my friend's basement as a little kid. I am pretty sure we were both five years old. I was Mochi and I don't remember who he was, I think he was a Dino or something. Anyways, I remember I copied this animation as best as I could, and I cocked back and slapped him on the shoulder with the force of a play fighting five year old. I remember he started screaming for his mommy, he ran upstairs and said I attacked him and then his mom kicked me out of their house. I am angry enough to remember it over 20 years later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB9FiaLbTIkInterestingly enough, when I talk about them to my mother now as an adult she tells me Ian's parents had a total role reversal lifestyle, and that his mother was a lesbian and their father was actually gay and they had just agreed to get married to fit in with a normal social climate but apparently the mom would peg the dad and be the man of the house and stuff. Somehow I never noticed any of this as a little kid, I didn't notice anything weird about them. I remember their dad was cool, he would play pirate strategy games on his PC and let me eat kraft singles out of the fridge.