In Remembrance Of Twenty Years Passed And Eager For More

by sctwilightvampwolfgal

(In Remembrance Of Twenty Years Passed And Eager For More New Discoveries In The Future (Happy Birthday, Pokemon!)) Today is a day that sparked new beginnings and a vibrant new love affair with fantasy realms that began twenty years ago. Happy Birthday, Pokemon! Thank you for all of these wonderful memories and hours of fun and joy and discovery. I hope that this will never end.

A game

First played by curious children

A love was found in that game that never ceased

Legions of eager fans

Play still

Even as adults

Years of many

fun filled creatures

to play and battle with

Pikachu, my love started with you

Electrocuting Ash,

Oh, wait!

He never died

and is still that ten year old that we love

Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny,

Whom does Brock love?

Ooh, another lovely lady!

Misty, Dawn, May, Iris, Serena, and many more to come

Brock, Tracy, Clement, Cilan, and more

Let's not forget: Max, Bonnie, Bianca, and Lyra

Satoshi and Hikari are some of our favorite Japanese names

Let's not forget Kanto and our beginnings

Or the wait every year, anticipating, the next game

Or watching as a frying pan became a "drying pan"

Or singing Johto's theme

Thrilling over fan's parodies and original fan songs

Laughing at fan made jokes

Quoting favorite memories

Learning type advantages

Been here since our youth

Why should we leave?

Trying to name all the Pokemon

especially for our PokeRap

Let's not get lost on ships

Jesse and James will always be our favorite team of Team Rocket

We all cried over Mewtwo

Lost ourselves in this ever growing fantasy world

Where turning ten was our favorite mile stone

Still singing Kanto's theme,

Twenty years later

Quoting Mudkips became our favorite and annoying past time

Competitive battling

EV training

Catching and finding shinies

lit up our worlds with their stars

Global trade for awesome finds,

and amazing excitement, cursing and screaming in joy and anger

Laughing at nicknames for our darling Pokemon

Petting, feeding, and loving them

Here it stands to say that it has been twenty years

when it seemed to be yesterday when we touched our first game

Nine languages all across the world have discovered this impressive world

I wish I knew enough for my excited words of praise for you

Posters on the wall,

many movies and episodes watched,

battles fought,

trades completed

We mustn't forget our fellow fans'

creativity and insight

Pokemon theories,

Many stories read,

Many walkthroughs watched,

MEPs, cosplay, and song parodies

Cards collected and card games played

Pokemon still dominated by getting into Smash

Many side games released

Loving Mystery Dungeon and Pokemon Channel,

Shuddering over Pokemon cruelty in Snap

Laughing Ditto's humor

Supporting the wonderful characters of the games

Life made better by these twenty years

Still I play even as I grow up,

I've passed ten,

but my heart still contains that childhood curiousity and humor

I love you, Pokemon

Stay for more time even past the upcoming twenty years

Happy Birthday!