★ pokémon ★
Ah, where to begin with Pokémon. I believe this was my first ever fandom...
One of my neighbours had a Pikachu toy and as soon as I saw it I wanted to know everything. A while after that my mother found Pokémon Blue at a garage sale and got it for me. I was a huge fan of lizards and my first Pokémon was Charmander. I didn't make it very far in the game back then, and I remember having difficulties reading some of the dialogue. I used to think the Pokémon Centre ladies were saying "hell" in place of "heal" your Pokémon...
Eventually I got my hands on Pokémon Ruby. I adored Treecko and its entire evolution line. I got a lot further in this game than Blue, thanks to the help of my friend and her brother. Her brother had a copy of Emerald and I remember thinking how pretty the game cartridge was. I believe we swapped games around to play the other versions and I was crushed when I found out my friend's brother had deleted my save file!
After that I kept up with Pokémon games, cards, and movies as best I could. A lot of good memories going to school and trading the cards with friends. I got a really cool Raikou card from someone and it makes me wonder what I traded for it way back then... The movies and anime series were a fixation of mine. Who knows how many times I rented a Pokémon VHS from the video store just to play it on repeat when I got home. As I grew older I have had different friend groups who also loved Pokémon and we'd watch the movies and show together.
Now my favourite Pokémon for the longest time was Charizard. So basic, I know! I was clinging onto the nostalgia. But when I really thought about it, nostalgia aside, it was Totodile. I never played the Gen 2 games when they first came out, but I did play the remakes, which is where I met my lil buddy Totodile for the first time. I even have a collection of Totodile items (and its evolutions) which I plan on displaying on my site!
Pokémon was the catalyst for my love of creature collection games. I have a page here in which I show off my favourite monsters, including Pokémon.