>>49308713You never were though. Red was tasked with filling the pokédex and on the way became the "Chosen One" a kid with near-savant-level skills in battle and strong enough to beat everyone in his home region, Ethan was tasked with going on a fetch quest, then helping Elm with the mysterious egg, finally falling into "Chosen One" role, when he meets and teams up with Lance (further enhanced by the remakes forcing you to the special encounter and Brendan forward were marked as such, by canonically encountering their region's respective legendaries as well as becoming the champion and stopping the evil organisation's plans.
In a world where there's magical fantasy creatures everywhere in the world, and people who tame and seek to gain strength with them, a pre-pubescent child with plot-armour-level skills is inherently the chosen one, regardless of how the world was presented in the early days.
