Viewpoints and Preferences

It has been suggested that while there are facts and things in life that are certain and same for everyone, there are viewpoints and preferences that may differ from person to person. It seems to be quite true, given my exposure to certain people's perceptions of different things. The same would be conceivably true for Pokémon, with its great variety of games and other things besides games. They exist for practically any aspect within the franchise and universe.

As I've detailed in a particular post, competitive VGC battling using the main series games can and do constitute a preference. Yet that preference also might depend on skills and preparations (including equipment) for such an undertaking. It's perfectly fine to pursue it when the means are available and there is the will to perform the necessary things for it, as it is not to pursue when these are lacking. It understandably takes a lot to commit to the participating side, so it really may do depend on the devotion to that as part of one's viewpoint, which would be otherwise without.

Even mere things such as collecting Pokémon items may be different from person to person. Pokémon figures are really great for those who can afford them, but for those who can't, there are other Pokémon things to collect. Even with figures, however, some people may like smaller ones, larger ones, people, creatures, and so on and so forth. Here, there's a lot of "nesting" of preferences and viewpoints of what to collect, and this results in a varied mixture of them, though all are within the same general direction of collecting Pokémon stuff.

On a grander scale, liking Pokémon is perhaps the biggest preference of all. It's the preference that gave rise to this blog, led my fellow VGC players to do what they do, led to the grouping of the players in my raid group, prompted the collecting of related goodies, and much, much more. It's a respectable interest that becomes a respectable preference for all of those involved, including me, and it may be hard to compare to other preferences. It's just something that we decide upon based on our viewpoints.

If anything is to be gleaned from the above, it is that there are a lot of parts where viewpoints and preferences play into how one likes Pokémon. They determine what things are liked and how, as well why Pokémon is liked in the first place. The fact remains that Pokémon has many, many facets which are also well-liked; it's the viewpoints and preferences that revolve around them that determine how this is so.

One year ago: Hounds and Hyenas, Canines of the Dark