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- Sep 9, 2013
I'm not shocked by stuff like that. For all their thirst for representation in characters, they sure like to ignore ones that don't fit the tumblr ideals.
The thing I couldn't get her to understand was Twitch's choice was basically up to chance. Although the consensus on the TPP subreddit was to go for Leaf (Girl) there would still be a lot of people gunning for Red (Boy), either because they preferred a boy or because they wanted to troll the people spamming for Leaf. Hell, even if every single person on the stream tried to get Leaf they might still have picked Red by accident.
But the thing that really bothered me about this is that Pokemon has always been extremely gender inclusive. You may not be able to play as a girl in the first game (I suspect this was because of programming limitations and/or time constraints), but you encounter tons of female trainers on your adventure. There's even one gym that's all female trainers, all of whom might as well be shouting, "Down with the patriarchy!" each time you battle them. There were also lots of "cute" Pokemon obviously designed with girls in mind. I mean, if anything, feminists should be celebrating Pokemon for being one of the few 90s games to take no stance on gender. In the anime and the games the message is clear: it doesn't matter if you're a boy or girl, young or old, Pokemon is for everyone!
Just more proof that SJWs will never, ever be happy.