Gen 2 Fanatic

A Gen 2 Fanatic is a fan of Gen 2 Pokemon games. They believe that the Gen 2 games were a great improvement from the first gen but the rest of the games lost that 90s/2000's spirit with the later games.
== History ==
Gen 2 released in the year 2000. While this move was brought into question by Genwunners and the same hardcore fans of morality and traditional family values that brought Gumbly and Constance to the Simpsons, Quite a few people ended up really liking Gen 2 and thought they were the best games in the series.
The leader of the fanbase, Howard DeVille, Got the idea to start his original Gen 2 community after hearing from Stu "Footman" Pickles that Pokemon Stadium 2 was compatible with the gen 2 games but he didn't play Pokemon so he didn't have much use for the transfer pak. Howard decided to buy a copy of Pokemon Gold and played it, Feeling like the constant backlash from Genwunners and moral watchdog groups was too excessive after finishing the game. Howard then created the first Gen 2 fan community on Geocities which took off and became the center for all Gen 2 discussion and early 2000's Pokemon in general.
The fanbase evolved greatly beyond even the whims of Howard who wanted to take the community in a direction where they would ally themselves with more non-Pokemon factions since the Genwunners had the Geewunners on their side. The fanbase didn't feel like that and Howard as like "Oh, Okay then" and didn't bother.
=== Attempted fanbase takeover incident ===
In 2002, There was much controversy and criticism aimed at Howard regarding how he was seen as a "Pushover". This lead to Mei Lee attempting to usurp the role of Gen 2 Fanbase Leader from Howard after gathering a third of all Gen 2 Fanatics and convincing them that she would be a better leader since she actually finished the Gen 2 Postgame unlike Howard. Tons of Pokemon battles ensued and tournaments were held before Howard battled against Mei and barely won due to Mei accidentally using Sunny Day instead of Solar Beam near the end of the fight. Howard threw all of the traitors out of the fanbase and continued to train his party in case something like this would ever happen again.
=== Genfourmer rivalry ===
Eventually, The Gen 2 remake games came out during Gen 4. This was seen as a great thing by the two fanbases and Howard reached out to offer a peace treaty with the Genfourmers. Terrence however called Gen 2 Fanatics "Major Dorks" and called Howard a "Stupid little scaredy-cat" before declaring war on Gen 2 Fanatics. Oof.
== Relations with Genwunners ==
Yeah, Genwunners aren't particularly fans of Gen 2. Genwunners believe that the Gen 2 games ruined everything and that comparing them to Gen 1 is an insult to the original games. Gen 2 Fanatics believe however that Gen 2 is an evolution of the series and is the ultimate conclusion to the series. Genwunners don't believe this for a second with Grandpa Phil infamously being quoted as saying "Get your y2k garbage out of my perfect 90s only series!"
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