>>58219156
>meet a time traveling kid from the future
>he is cool as hell and an amazing pokemon trainer
>grow old and one day meet the kid again in his own time
>he is a complete dumbass
>realize that now that you aren't a dumbass kid yourself that maybe he wasn't as skilled as you thought
>no, he's just new. Surely he will become that amazing trainer you once knew
>watch him fumble his way through the entire region while barely even catching any pokemon
>surely he gets better...
Imagine how frustrating it must have been for Oak to have to watch Ash's early journey. Never meet your heroes.