Revisiting Kanto - Pokemon's Power Plant Gave Me An Existential Crisis
Our time as Pokemon adventurers together is coming to an end. If you're wondering what I'm talking about, you've obviously missed the last few months when I've been revisiting Kanto (title makes sense now, right?) to play Pokemon Blue with fresh eyes, trying to see it through a tourist's eyes rather than a trainer. If you've been with me all this way, thanks for joining me and yes, I miss Vermilion too. Made us all feel good, that one, didn't it? Anyway, newcomers can check out the journey so far here, and the rest of you may remember that last week we left the Seafoam Island and headed for the red hot shores of Cinnabar.
Today I'm gonna be a maverick. A rule breaker. An innovator. A logic eliminator. I'm a rebel without a Caterpie baby. Even though I've only just arrived in Cinnabar, no sooner do I haul myself out of the water and heal up my Pokemon, I'm off again. Last week I felt like a kid again when I caught the majestic Articuno, and since children have no concept of delayed gratification and love to gorge on enjoyment, I continue to channel my inner child and Fly to Lavender Town before Surfing down Route 10 to reach the Power Plant. There's not really a sensible way to reach this as part of a trip through Kanto, as both times when you cross through Lavender you'll be without Surf, so this messy little loop back the instant we touch down in Cinnabar is what we're getting.
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Looking at Kanto from a tourist's perspective is decidedly difficult to figure out a head canon for when you're breaking into a power plant, but that only raises the question 'why does this power plant need to be broken into?'. I get that it's a dangerous place and therefore
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