i was playing pokemon blue on stream earlier at 350% speed and i got to thinking
what if the reason nobody in the pokemon world has any good teams is because its considered a dick move to have a proper team comp
like culturally everyone is like âhaha pick the pokemon you want! if youâre happy with three geodudes, thats you and your life!â and then youâre supposed to just have a friendly battle with any other pokemon trainers and whatever pokemon they just happen to have
like the average trainer is probably just walking around with a growlithe because thatâs their pet, or a hiker has three geodudes because the geodudes help him with hiking. and if this pet owner and geodude hiker meet, youâre supposed to have a friendly battle but nothing too serious
now imagine the 10 year old kid that has six pokeballs on their belt comes up. youâre like âhaha, weâll have a friendly battle!â and you throw out your geodudeÂ
and they throw out a fucking gyarados, and it one-shots your geodudeÂ
and then you throw out your pidgey you have because the pidgey helps you navigate mountains because youâre a hiker
and then electricity crackles around the gyarados and a thunderbolt flies off of this giant dragon and evaporates your pidgeyÂ
so youâre down to your last pokemon. you tell them youâre gonna send out your bulbasaur. the ten year old is like âoh okay in that case iâm gonna pull out my vulpix.â like not only is this kid walking around with an amped-up super dragon, but theyve also got multiple pokemon specifically for making type advantage counter-picks?
this kidâs a fucking asshole! really, kid? what are you trying to prove here? this is a friendly match between strangers for fun! why are you composing real-ass competitive teams? what a fucker!Â