With the Pokémon Fan Club, I not-so-subtly commented on fandoms that are really scary and toxic. Like, I thought the whole point of getting together with other fans of a franchise was to enjoy it together, not to argue and bully and make other people feel bad for liking something differently than you do?
On a related note, I'm still playing through Legends: Z-A and Naveen is driving me up the wall. I understand what they were trying to do with his character, but he's so obnoxious with his arrogance, and making it clear he doesn't want anything to do with anyone, and obsession with a celebrity to the point of prioritizing watching her stream over lives in danger, it's not even funny. I just really, really hope he displays some sort of redeeming quality by the end of the game. And by that I mean character development that gives him likeable traits, not some sort of shallow "I showed up to help you save the day and that means we're best friends now" nonsense. I swear if the writers pull that stunt I'm going to have to dock the game points in the story department.
Fun fact: In the original Japanese version, the Pokémon Fan Club is called the Pokémon Daisuki ("We Love Pokémon") Club. In 2004, Nintendo created a real life Pokémon Daisuki Club in Japan whose members have access to exclusive merchandise and media. Its English-language equivalent is Pokémon Trainer Central. It's always fun when franchise creators sort of bring a part of the fictional universe to life like that.
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