Politics and Pucks

My good friend and fellow Purdue Alum, Ryan Coons is sleeping on my couch. It has come to my attention that he has requested an intervention of two things: Harry Potter and Pokemon. I was really into Pokemon as a kid, and not as much Harry Potter*. So I figure the best way to introduce him to it is to have him watch the first 2-3 episodes of the anime.

As Jennifer McCreight has told me, the anime is wrong and should just make him play Pokemon Blue (Which I have, and still play from time to time). I contend the anime is sufficient and gives him the basics in how it works. Granted I agree with the notion that the anime is wrong with how things work, and they took at a lot of liberties with it, it lays the foundation for Pokemon in a succinct fashion.

How would you stage a Pokemon intervention?

*-Before you get upset with me: I'm not the biggest fan of Harry Potter, but I don't hate it. I read the first 4 books, and saw the first 5 films. If you love Harry Potter I have no reason to have ill will.