An image of Vene welcoming Fuecoco among the family of other starters I've had playing other Pokemon games in the past.
Pikachu for Yellow.
Charizard for Blue.
Cyndaquil for Silver. (With a dead save battery, hence why no Typh :< )
Serperior for Black.
Decidueye for Moon.
And now Fuecoco for Violet.

This game started out with me collecting the cards and getting up for Saturday morning cartoons, watching the original Kanto region Pokemon series on WB Kids. My mom bought me one of the original Pokemon handbooks from Sam's Club, which I read cover to cover numerous times.

My first Pokemon game was Pokemon Yellow, way too late into the scene. It was when Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were in the middle of their lives. Pikachu became my first starter and I was obsessed with making him happy.
The next game I had was Blue, which I chose Charmander as my starter because I loved dragons. I dont remember much of my time with this Charmander, other than I knew it was a female one, and that I had just evolved to Charizard before I stopped playing the game.
Later on, when I bought the original Ambassador Bundle Day 1 release of the Nintendo 3DS, I got Pokemon Black, and Snivy spoke to me WAY more than Tepig and Oshawott. Say what you want about Gen 5 being weak. Snivy is, to this day, my FAVORITE starter. I got about half way through this game before adulting took over and I had to focus on my real life.
When I moved out of Texas, I asked for an ex's copy of Silver to bring with me, which I tried to play, but the battery for save files was dead, so I got part way through it before the GBA died, so I sadly did not get to evolve Cyndaquil.
And then... With the sunsetting of the 3DS, I bought Pokemon Moon and went for Rowlett. Moon ended up being the first Pokemon game I actually defeated the Elite 4 and ran the credits for.
And finally, I purchased Pokemon Violet yesterday. I've seen so many clips of the game, from the funny bugs caused by memory leaks to the hilarious takes on older Pokemon, such as Toedscool. I finally just said fuck it and bought Violet. I immediately chose Fuecoco over Sprigattito and Quaxley. The silly happy no-thoughts-only-love face had won me over before I'd even bought the game. I've kind of gotten in touch with why the kid in me loved Pokemon and would obsess over it over this game.

So therefore, this image happened. I wanted to express my love for Pokemon, and share all the starters I've had, and that Fuecoco is an absolutely wonderful addition to that family.

Vene and art © to myself 

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