i remember back before hgss were announced, one part of the fandom was 100% convinced johto remakes were on the way, and another part was 100% convinced frlg was a one-off thing. the result was the first camp grasping at the flimsiest of straws to build a case for why johto remakes were gonna happen, and a lot of it read exactly like the sort of shit you see in “[region] confirmed” memes. i’m not sure how many people making the memes actually remember that beautiful piece of fandom history.