Thread:Michonne Walker/@comment-134861-20190522122915/@comment-4370375-20190524035934

Remember when I noted that Digimon protagonist =/= DigiDestined? That's because the generic term for anyone partnered with a Digimon through the use of a Digivice is tamer with the DigiDestined being a more specific subset alongside Generals and Digimon Hunters.

The Digidestined as a subset are defined as being specifically "chosen" by a higher power of the Digital World whereas a Tamer does not need to be selected by higher power.

And while many tamers tend to become involved in the defense of the Digital World from one or several threats, this isn't a requisite for being a tamer.

The reason the protagonists of Data Squad and Fusion cannot be called DigiDestined is because term itself 'does not exist in either universe.

DATS wasn't chosen by destiny to save the world from evil, it was established by human governments to maintain peace between Earth and the Digital World after the former discovered the latter and saves the world basically by choice because the alternative was extinction.

Likewise Mikey chose to become a General because of his chronic refusal to turn his back on anyone in need, often to the detriment of his own health and well being. He wasn't chosen by a higher power to stop the Bagra Empire, he chose to stop them.