Bruh

truthfully the disposability of fandom culture makes me a little sick to my stomach sometimes. like the way that things burn so bright and fast, people obsess over it for months or years only to retroactively hate it once they’re tired of hearing about it. no room for the art, flaws and all, to sit in the thoughts and minds of an individual for longer than its initial shelf life; only a clean break and direct moral opposition is appropriate. deadass this is why i don’t usually participate in trendy fandoms because there is no guarantee the love and time you pour into it will be worth it when its all said and done

(Also, the English localizations being so disjointed and not commjnicating effectively means English-speaking fans miss out on easter eggs Japanese fans get. Looong before Satoshi (Ash) and Pikachu being in thr Sun & Moon demo, you also had things like Butler and Diane (from the Jirachi: Wishmaker movie!) casually showing up on Route 229 in Sinnoh with Mightyena and Kirlia...the game translators didn't recognize them so changed Butled's name to Felix.

Ash and Misty stumble into Hazel's world in Magical Pokemon Journey in the omake/extra stories.

Pokemon Masters is full of anime referendes (Iris talking about her Haxprus once being small enough to sit inside her hair, Gary describes his hometown of Pallet being way out in "the boonies" [given inaka could be translated a number of ways, like the countryside, the sticks, etc., it looks like whoever was translating caught the BW! anime reference and used the same term Trip did], the loading screen has a silhouette of Misty riding Starmie through water like she did in The Flame Pokemon-athon...)

People love praising Pokemom Special (Pokemom Adventures) while tearing down the anime, but the author watched the Pokemon anime to get a feel for the world...

It's all canon. Have fun.

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