Talk:Jessica/@comment-26480939-20190313212931

Wow.

Damn, man. Did you create a time machine/teleporter to visit MY past in late 90's NW Iowa? That story started almost exactly the way I got into Pokémon, even down to the Dandelion Yellow GBC and Yellow Version being my first foray into gaming. I'm also super naive and introverted thanks to my peers teasing me when I was in elementary (or probably primary, as Brits would call it) school and also tried re-enacting the anime myself when I was ~10.

But I'm a girl, and I never ended up breaking my original Yellow cart. (I actually ended up losing it and had to buy a new one altogether.) I also didn't have any siblings growing up and my mom is still alive. I must admit that the similarities are rather uncanny, though. And adding all of this to a rather touching tale of 'losing' an old friend thanks to the 'G3 doesn't have backwards compatibility' thing and having to start over with a new Pikachu at that time, which then goes all the way up to G5, before the specter of your past Pikachu catches up with you and berates you for 'killing' it, and you make your peace with her and the rest of your Yellow team, results in you getting a solid heart/10 for how touching and relatable I find this story. *sniffle*

What? No, I'm not crying, I just have some dust in my eyes...