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crystalelemental · 2 years

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So...okay, hear me out. Unovan Villain arc is presumably next month. Who...are they going to add alts for?

No really, follow me on this one.

Ghetsis is so likely as to be nearly guaranteed. The antagonists are the focus here, and so far, Giovanni and Cyrus got alts, while Maxie and Archie only didn’t because they were Master Fair reruns. Ghetsis feels destined for an alt. So that’s one.

Colress is confirmed. We found data in the files, we know he’s coming in. Fans rejoice their nerd boy showing up.

Hilbert is a given. He’s the protagonist, there is no possible way he doesn’t get an alt. Nate can also be roughly assumed, but...Rosa just got one. I find it hard to believe she’d get two new alts, likely at PokeFair tier each, within two months of each other. Hilda’s in a weird space where it’s been about 4-5 months, but I still feel like that’s a bit too close together for another new one. So I’m kinda discounting her as well.

Champions tend to get a big focus, with Cynthia and Steven getting hugely impactful alts, and Blue getting one in Kanto. Lance is the only exception so far, and...sucks to be him, but Unova’s got a similar issue. Iris is popular, but she’s getting an alt in like two weeks. I cannot imagine them handing her two alts in less than a month, even if it’d be funny and they should. Alder’s a definite possibility. The man has gotten nothing in his life, and this is a good opportunity. But he’s also Lance-tier in overall popularity so they might skip him for other focus options.

And of course, the talk of the town, Mr. Natural himself. N also got a summer alt like four months ago. And frankly? Consider the current situation. 5/5 grids were just confirmed, and Raihan was added to the Lodge alongside this upgrade. With the Unovan VA coming up...I expect N’s getting Zekrom focus, and will get his 5/5 expansion, allowing them to add someone else to the Lodge (help me manifest Caitlin or Iris, Cheren for my wife in a pinch). But it also means there may not be a new N alt. Recency and all that, but also the emphasis may be on rerunning his Master Fair, same as the weather titans. So while possible, I don’t think N can be assumed as a guarantee.

But more importantly, I hope you see the crux of the problem.

Unovan VA is shaping up to be entirely male. Every likely option without a recent alt is a male. While I do think arguments that DeNA only cares about its female characters is stupid and maybe a little sexist at worst, I do think they tend to try to balance most events, and would want at least one female alt. So...who? Hilda? I guess she’s the furthest back in time since her last alt, but four months is a short turnaround. And outside of her, it’s options that got an alt like a month ago. There’s...really no obvious female character to be around for this.

Which means there’s a very high chance we get Erika/Misty’d. Just a random pull from the region to fill the gap where important female characters were supposed to be, because they forgot to add them apparently. Elesa seems like an obvious pick. It’s been almost a year since her Classic alt. But ooooh boy do I not like the thought of that. There aren’t many Electric-types that fit. Her main team is accounted for, which means it could be Galvanula or Eelektross (infringes on Emmet), or it could be Thundurus (genies bad). I don’t like that. By association, Skyla’s possible, and hasn’t had an alt since March. Which...is a lot closer, and I don’t think Skyla’s quite that popular, but who knows.

We all know what I’m going to say. I’m hoping for Caitlin and Gothitelle. But more importantly, I kinda hope the VA focuses on the Champion and E4. I think that’d be really cool. Grimsley’s super popular and I don’t think many would complain about another alt for him. Marshall will literally never get one otherwise. Shauntal is super overdue, and needs Cofagrigus. And of course, I really want Caitlin to get some focus with her proper ace in Gothitelle. And this would line up nicely for Month 1 of the VA. Common grids could focus on Shauntal and Marshall, while grid expansion for Grimsley or Caitlin seems incredibly high. Grimsley needs it more, but I do think DeNA prefer boosting Strikers first, so it might be Caitlin. Then Month 2 focuses on a Master Fair for Hilbert or something similar.

I know, I’m reaching. But I’m really curious what they’ll do. Because it’s either going to be Hilda, a random curveball pick so it’s even across male and female, or the VA is entirely male but events around it are female-focused. Time will tell.

#pokemon masters

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gaycey-sketchit · 2 years

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(Gary anon) Well, incoming news says that semifinals will be 6v6, it's looking like Diantha will gone in one episode since Ash vs Cynthia is the very next one. On the other side, looks like folks will finally get that full battle with Cynthia. Which makes more worried for the Leon fight; not even just it being potentially overshadowed. (And I more or less think any serious battle with Gary is dead with this news) It's astounding how much a year caused most to change their tune about Journeys.

(Part 2) BW was mainly divisive for feeling like a soft reboot{if I had a dollar for every time Trip's Snivy and Cameron is mentioned}, JN is an amalgamation of continuity from every previous series while trying to juggle in Galar to varying results. (It's hitting everyone in different ways, for better AND for worse) The catching goal did him more harm than good with how they executed it; some expect him to catch Mew but it being nothing special cause of such.

(Part 3) The weird treatment of the Galar starters; not his fault. And any significant interactions he's had with other characters got heavily dwarfed by Ash's, or is mostly borrowed from him, which kinda limited Goh from having anything that's unique to him. (Journeys seems like it was a duo protagonist anime first and foremost, but geez, it felt like they try their hardest to keep Chloe out of stuff. We still never got how she and Goh met; and they're childhood friends?

(Part 4) And oof, I never saw a fandom that hate an Eevee more than Lana's. I understand being burnt out on them being used by the Pokegirls, but some are feeling it's the worst thing that happened to Chloe's character. *I don't think next week is going to really change the reception of her. Even the hypothetical Gary meeting wouldn't completely ease things) The recap was confirmed an episode; dub is definitely skipping it. It was mainly quizzes.

(Part 5) *Young Cerise next week though, I think the theme is evolutionary stones with him and Chloe. "1 2 3" got album art and is releasing in October. Iris' and Goh's Japanese VAs unfortunately got Covid. And the infamous Articuno episode for the dub is in 2 weeks.

(Part 6) (So, JN121 is apparently an Ash PWC recap; which means we're definitely getting a Goh/Project Mew one. Which may or may not happen right after the semifinals. With that in mind, that leaves about roughly 8 unknown episodes left. If Ash vs Cynthia is a 2-parter that's 1. The Mew search could be 2-3 episodes, same for Ash vs Leon. And 1 more for JN's conclusion. Assuming Journeys ends on Nov. 4, there isn't room for anything else)

Ah. That's something.

Yeah, the way people’s stances changed over the course of a year (though personally, I’ve mostly just continued to think it’s cute and fun).

Yeah--BW was also divisive because of the flanderization of Ash, the TRio being more serious, and because racists didn’t like Iris, I remember from being online a bit back in those days.

Journeys had a really ambitious premise, and that’s had its pros and cons. (And I’m afraid the slow start did it some harm in the long run, as enjoyable as the episodic vibe was.)

It’s unfortunate. Goh has a really enjoyable personality and watching him grow as a person has been nice, but because of some issues with the writing the fandom treats him as the scapegoat for everything wrong with Journeys.

Yeah, the Chloe situation is really unfortunate. And at this point, odds are there’s basically nothing that could salvage it. (People do sort of overreact to her Eevee, honestly. Personally I think it’s a nice parallel, though I do wish Yamper hadn’t been shafted so much.)

Young Cerise! That seems like it’ll be a cute one.

Ooh, I saw the album art on Twitter! Very nice. I wonder if that means they’ll put it on Spotify.

Oh, I heard about that... wishing them a smooth and speedy recovery, covid sucks.

That’ll be something. I wonder if the fandom’s going to get in a tizzy over it again.

Oh wow, I know I keep saying this but there’s so few episodes left. I can’t believe how close to the end we are.

#sorry this took me forever to respond to!! Had a rough couple weeks and was completely exhausted for a while #Andrew answers #Gary anon

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