Can you become too 'girly' for Pokemon?
There is?Could you elaborate on that? How do you define "mature," and how would you portray enjoying Pokemon the mature way?
(I say this as an older Pokemon fan. I always assumed my enjoyment was just due to my having an overactive inner child, and the willingness to indulge it...)
Mature way in viewing the franchise, not enjoying it, of course part of the reason an older fan enjoys it is partly due to an overactive inner child and/or nostalgia.
When I say mature, I mean accepting it -- especially in the case of the anime -- for what it is, not taking it too seriously, -- as some do -- and just enjoying some mindless entertainment.
For instance, when I was young, I enjoyed the anime because it became a thirty minute escape into a fantasy world, I now enjoy it -- the English dub at least -- for the inherent corny puns and awkward inflections. . .I generally enjoy things that are 'so bad, they're good.'
I used to enjoy the games because I saw them as an extension of the anime, hence I had to have them. I now appreciate them as deep RPG games, as well as a line of games that, more or less, hasn't changed over the last thirteen years and yet ably retains its popularity and, surprisingly, quality.
I also now can appreciate Pokemon's rise to power across the world, and eventual downfall, more than I used to. As I've said before, Pokemon is my favorite example of successfully exploiting a franchise for your own, capitalistic, gain.
Maybe mature wasn't the best word choice. Cynically, maybe?
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