OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 15 days agoWhen the streamer says their favourite pokemon is Pikachu...lemmy.caimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down122
arrow-up1242arrow-down1imageWhen the streamer says their favourite pokemon is Pikachu...lemmy.caOttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSeralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·15 days agoThing is… If your favorite is Pikachu and you’re not a 5 year old watching the anime… It means you don’t actually know many Pokémon. I have many favorites. Two of mine are Vaporeon and Alolan Marowak.
minus-squareSoulg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 days agoAre we gatekeeping what pokemon people are allowed to like now?
minus-squareQueen HawlSeralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoNot really now. I know it was an unwritten rule as a kid that your favorite couldn’t be Pikachu or you were the wuss who got bullied… Starting to think the people around me were toxic af now that I’m thinking back on it.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoPokémon yellow was popular as fuck when it came out for a reason. We all grew up around toxic shits, kids be that way.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-215 days agoI can name all original 150 and quite a few new ones; Pikachu is still my favorite because of the TV series. My favorite game in the series is Yellow because you get him as a starter and he follows you on screen. This logic is nonsense.
minus-squareTriflingToad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·15 days agoPikachu has has shown the most personality out of all the pokemon and that’s why people are attracted to him.
Thing is…
If your favorite is Pikachu and you’re not a 5 year old watching the anime…
It means you don’t actually know many Pokémon.
I have many favorites. Two of mine are Vaporeon and Alolan Marowak.
Are we gatekeeping what pokemon people are allowed to like now?
Not really now. I know it was an unwritten rule as a kid that your favorite couldn’t be Pikachu or you were the wuss who got bullied…
Starting to think the people around me were toxic af now that I’m thinking back on it.
Pokémon yellow was popular as fuck when it came out for a reason.
We all grew up around toxic shits, kids be that way.
Because it was based on the anime
I can name all original 150 and quite a few new ones; Pikachu is still my favorite because of the TV series. My favorite game in the series is Yellow because you get him as a starter and he follows you on screen.
This logic is nonsense.
Pikachu has has shown the most personality out of all the pokemon and that’s why people are attracted to him.
Meowth