so a little while ago, i started a playthrough of pokemon black (mainly to play the dress up minigame to get inspiration for designs), and after thinking abt it for a bit in the shower i realized i missed out on probably the era where it was just REALLY fucking good to be a pokemon fan.

like, think about it. around the time of gen 4 and 5 you guys (assuming you were a pokemon fan at that time) had EVERYTHING. super solid mainline games with internet connectivity, multiple fun and experimental spinoffs, an anime, lot of merchandise, and so on and so forth. sure, that was all there before gen 4-5 but i feel like since literally everyone on the planet owned a ds pokemon was really just in its peak (as well as nintendo as a whole maybe?) and DAMN i sorely wish i got a piece of that pie. dont get it twisted, i did own a ds and had lots of games for it, but not one of them was a pokemon game. at the time though (circa 2009 or 2010) it wasnt really odd to see, i was not into pokemon and i in fact kinda resented it. i musta thought it was a game for babies or something. did NOT like it. not one bit, no. and now, i wish i could go back in time and force 6 year-old me to give it a chance cuz like...............dude..........lickilicky is here........................what more could u want

in all seriousness though i sorely regret not giving pokemon any of my attention. it really seems like it was all sunshine and rainbows then. although that being said i DO remember catching a glimpse of the anime at one point. currently i still have no idea what episode it was but it was presumably the black and white anime. from what i remember, ash (and maybe his friends) were in some tall, possibly glass tower. then suddenly the tower burst open with a HUGE amount of water pouring out of it. that, and i saw tepig at one point. i like tepig. if you know what episode it is hmu maybe? please? i dont wanna dig thru alla that.

but uhh yeah thats all. still sad about the past but theres no use crying about it. til next time