When I was in year 6, I had a Tamagotchi and a Digimon. I loved both, the Tamagotchi was cute but the Digimon was cool. Those terms seemed mutually exclusive. I once had a fight with a boy I sat next to in class because ‘the Digimon is for boys’. I nearly hit him.

‘I have both. I’ll play with whatever I want.’

I wanted the best of both worlds, I wanted cute and cool. Why should I have to choose? It was seemingly impossible for an eleven year old girl to find something that catered to both desires. Cute things were too kiddy, and cool things were always solely aimed at boys or girls much older. I got really suckered into everything Pokémon because the characters went on fun adventures and there were some cute Pokémon, but also some very cool ones. Continue reading