yes, I noticed that...
My background was back when I was really young. You see, I was a young reader, and one of the first things that I read was a Pokemon book, the one where Charmeleon evolved to be exact. Then one day, my cousin came over with Pokemon cards and taught be how to play the TCG. Later on, I became a bigger pokemon fan and for Christmas, I received Pokemon Blue version. I then played it and started with Charmander at first, but kept losing. So I restarted, and noticed that there was a Water-type Squirtle. I thought well it is water like swimming so I picked it. Then, I was winning the game, easily. So Blastoise soon became one of my favorites.
Yeah, if everyone liked the same thing, then life would be boring.
Thank you for the compliment.