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dong-hyucks · 6 years

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tagged by : @jinguobells and @andromedaneedsoxyjin !! tyty :)

as always, italics are by jade and bolded are by cj ps, to all of you interested, a hyuck scenario will be posted later today (and maybe? a minho one) from me for the christmas special ! (link in bio)

alphabet soup tag

rules: answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to get to know better.

A: age | fourteen (fifteen in two months :’)) // sixteen,,, sweet sixteen sixteen sixteen

B: birthplace | canada :) // wisconsin lol

C: current time | 21:07 // 17:05

D: drink you had last | chamomile tea // diet dr. pepper

E: easiest person to talk to | ,,, animals in general i live a sad life // my four close friends

F: favorite song | day6′s ‘i loved you’ // day6′s ‘i like you’

G: grossest memory | once my brother and i were in a prank war and he decided to leave ten caterpillars on my bed aND I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL AFTER I LIED DOWN (i’m usually okay w bugs but caterpillars,,, no) // i don’t really know,,, i’m pretty boring. but, once i had a cyst in my hand and it was all swollen and weird looking. that was pretty gross.

H: hogwarts house | hufflepuff !! // slytherin *hisses passive-agressively*

I: in love? | with reading (i have a crush but it’s not that serious lmao) // what is love? jk,,, but no. i don’t love anyone except for maybe the person who answered before me <3<3<3 and my lovely stray kids gc frands

J: jealous of people? | generally, no, but for some things, yes // it’s not really jealousy, but i do get worried that people will leave me (it’s more like minor paranoia)

K: killed someone | yes, of course << nO // in my head,,,,, yes,,,

L. love at first sight or should I walk by again? | suddenly i can’t see iM JoKiNG // oml love at first sight? idk how to love ... (but feel freE tO loVE mE)

M. middle name | phuong vy // jean

N: number of siblings | one // none (;-;)

O: one wish | to be able to just enjoy life normally lol world peace // to be able to travel from one point in the world and circling back to it, learning languages, cultural aspects, and making friends along the way. (omg jade’s is sm better tho lol).

P: person you called last | my friend bc he was lost haha // what is calling? is she in my history class? idk her? jkjk, i called my mom, bc she was taking too long with the food.

Q: question you are always asked | are you okay? did you sleep last night? how do you spell your name again? what is your name again? (i’m such a forgettable person) // why are the bags under your eyes so big? why don’t you wear make up? you’re in my class? (i don’t wear makeup ‘cause idgaf about what i look like lol)

R: reason to smile | hyuck my friends and family, reading, writing, animals, equality // << basically the same things (also,,, net neutrality ;-;)

S: song you sang last | camila cabello’s havana // why so lonely - yg silver boys remix (i’m in love w/ the silver boys)

T: time you woke up | today? i didn’t lol i pulled an all nighter // 6:15ish (i had ensemble practice ;-;)

U: underwear color | black and white // white

V: vacation destination | london, paris, or italy // bangkok, australia, seoul, singapore, or hanoi (i highkey want to go everywhere tho)

W: worst habit | p r o c r a s t i n a t i n g // singing 25/8

X: x-rays | for my teeth ? // yep! two actually! i once fractured a growth plate in my wrist and a couple months later fell straight onto that same shoulder.

Y: your favorite food | sinigang (na baboy) !! // i’m not super sure, bc food is great, but i really like fried chicken

Z: zodiac sign | aquarius // aries

Ultimate bias: everyone knows this lol lee donghyuck ♡ // min yoongi,, i lov

Ultimate bias wrecker: either lee daehwi or park jimin,, // hansol vernon chwe, lee daehwi, or park minhyuk (ye i’m trash)

Favorite kpop song: day6′s i loved you // day6′s ‘i like you’

First kpop song: later later (covered by svt star team) // i mean,, techincally it was gangnam style ;-; but really,,, it was bts’ i need u

Favorite kpop album: astro’s spring up ♡ // i’m absolute trash for love yourself,,, i hate to be basic lol, but,,, whenever i hear sea, i start to tear up.

Favorite kpop ship: i don’t really ship lol <-- same cyn // i don’t ship romantically,,, it feels weird to me (you do you tho), i ship platonically. my fav platonic ships are gyuhao and jikook

Hard or soft fan: im in the middle <-- again,, same cyn // ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ehh. both idk ;-;

Favorite kpop company: fantagio !! // pledis!

Backstory of how I got into kpop: i’ve heard of kpop since i was in gr. 2/3 bUt i never really got around to listening to it (plus, after gangnam style came out it got really annoying bc all of my classmates would yell the incorrect lyrics smh) bUT in 2014 i came across a svt video,, and there we go i was sucked into this black hole that is kpop // yeah, so basically, i started making fun of my friend for listening to the music, and one day she just shoved an earbud in my ear (aggressively,, if i may add) and made me listen to the rest of i need u, and i was in awe. from that day on,,, i’ve loved the music. (i think it’s important to not only love the idols, but to love the music they make. they work hard to tell their stories through music, and that deserves to be appreciated)

tagging : @hellohaechan @ugyeoms @chenlays @jisung @hyucksrose @nctimagery

#tagged #alphabet soup tag #kpop tag #i've like #lost touch w some of you iM SORRY IM BAD AT KEEPING CONVOS #jade talks 🐼#cj talks ✌️

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nuzblog · 6 years

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As promised, what follows are my thoughts on the 151 Pokemon in Gen 1 that I have something to say about.

#001: Bulbasaur I really appreciate this guy's concept. Reptomammals are dope and that's pretty much definitely what it is, and the concept of a plant and animal reaching this sort of symbiosis is definitely really awesome. The fact that Bulbasaur manages that while also being beautifully simply is great. Bulbasaur is great, and very good, conceptually. That said, I feel his design and especially his evolutions' designs are missing something somehow. Perhaps it's that the animal half of the pair is so plain? Perhaps it's that as it evolves, it only becomes uglier but not particularly cooler? I'm unsure. I do love them, but they aren't my favorite starter in this generation.

#008 Wartortle This guy is. Yes, the middle form. I love middle forms so much. Now, Squirtle itself is pretty simple. A tortoise that shoots water, big whoop, right. And I can agree with that. But Wartortle brings it to the next level. Besides getting a clear and distinct attitude, it also gets these beautiful ears and tail, that flow so elegantly with its design. They're definitely referential to the minogame, the legendary 10,000 year old Japanese turtle with a tail made of seaweed, likely a legend spawned by turtles that would swim through seaweed and carry it with them. The coloration and pattern of Wartortle's "fur" also makes it look like seafoam, and its Hermes-esque ears and trail of seafoam are the perfect fit for a fast swimmer like Wartortle.

#010-#015 Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree, Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill I really love the "larva-chrysalis-adult" evolution line as the game's tutorial for the mechanic of evolution, and I think having Pokemon that follow that evolution pattern so early in the game that evolve so quickly is a frankly brilliant design decision. I think here is the place that makes most clear that Pokemon's original inspiration was insect collection. The subversion of expectations with Beedrill is great too. I could mention other things about these guys, like how Caterpie is straight up a faithful recreation of a real life caterpillar, and how Kakuna has arms, but my main point is that these guys fill a great gameplay purpose. My only thing - they don't necessarily need to be Bug type insects every time, do they? Bagon in Gen 3 has already shown that insects aren't the only ones that follow the same evolution pattern. I'd be interested to see some other type of creature follow the same evolutionary pattern.

#024 Arbok Why doesn't Arbok's hood have different designs depending on what region it's caught in? They stopped even giving it different hoods based on the game it's currently in. That's so lame, yo.

#042 Golbat I don't... hate Golbat. I think his giant mouth is fantastic. But... it also loses Zubat's fantastic lack of eyes, AND after R/B it loses its fantastic giant tongue and tiny squinty eyes, the best alternative to no eyes for a bat. Like... what happened? Where did all of Zubat's charm go?

#047 Parasect This is my favorite Pokemon in Gen 1. Cordyceps is basically my favorite fungus, and I urge you to look into it as the real world basis for Parasect if you're unfamiliar. I also love that Paras is like... it's like a cicada with mushrooms on its back, but it seems like a sort of symbiosis, right, like Bulbasaur. But instead of growing together, Paras' growth is stunted and its brain emptied, its eyes losing their pupils to signify that it has become completely zombified as a puppet of this fungus that has grown through its body. This is the first hint in the Pokedex that Pokemon are actually absolutely horrifying, and I love it. I love it so, so much.

#050 Diglett I find the simplicity in Diglett's design absolutely perfect. It has exactly as many features as it would ever need, and it does exactly what you'd think it would. The fact that it's more of a whac-a-mole than an actual mole is brilliant to me, and I find the "what's it got underground" mystery absolutely brilliant as a design decision.

#061 Poliwhirl Neoteny ahoy! I love the Poli line's tummy swirls, but even more, I love that Poliwhirl and Poliwrath are neotenous tadpoles, the exact opposite of what you'd expect from a game where just 50 Pokemon ago, real life metamorphasis was serving as the inspiration for an evolution family. Like, tadpoles are the second most instantly recognizable creatures that exhibit metamorphasis, and yet, these ones don't. And their visible intestines!!! So good. Such perfectly simple designs.

#069-#071 Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel Pitcher plants are awesome and these guys bear the perfect resemblance to them. I love that Weepinbell is more of a trap than a creature, with its tree hanging hook and its acid-slobbering mouth. I love that Bellsprout is a walking nozzle thing on these flimsy looking root limbs. I love Victreebel's angler lure, and understated teeth. I love that James had one that kept trying to digest him. I just... this guy rules.

#083 Farfetch'd "A duck comes bearing green onions" is an approximate translation of a Japanese phrase with two separate meanings: a fortuitous but unlikely happenstance (such as, while starving in the woods, having a duck approach you holding the perfect garnish for duck soup), and a fool ready to be taken advantage of (such as the duck itself, offering you green onions while being clueless to its own implied demise.) Farfetch'd is, fascinatingly enough, BOTH - it is an incredibly rare Pokemon granted to you in exchange for a very common Pokemon... but it is also a fairly weak Pokemon with low stats that is foisted upon you in exchange for a Pokemon that can yet evolve to greater power. Absolutely brilliant.

#091 Cloyster Okay, so, I've danced around this topic with the name Okeefe for my Sheller, but like... let's be real here. Cloyster looks exactly like a vulva. Some people might list this as a bad thing about Cloyster... but I would not. I think it's great.

#108 Lickitung Why don't more Pokemon have giant tongues? Anyway this guy rules.

#122 Mr. Mime This thing is so creepy... I love it. It's like a horrible marionette, and it takes mime powers literally by turning moves like light screen into the gimmick of the Pokemon. Its weird joints and suckered fingers are so brilliant and just... augh it makes my skin crawl in the most perfect way.

#124 Jynx Okay, so, here's the thing. Yes, Jynx definitely uses the same racist shorthand as minstrel shows or DBZ's Mr. Popo, and that's awful and changing it was a good decision. But beyond that, Jynx is also an aquatic seeming creature (given its fins, at least) that has long human like hair, and a body that resembles a long flowing dress, and has pretty plain breasts. It's also a creature that sings and dances and gyrates to manipulate minds. In other words, it's a SIREN, and not only that, but it's a siren that, rather than being some kind of pretty fish lady, looks to me a lot like a mollusc of some kind. There's so many parts of its lore that fascinate me, like its speech that supposedly closely resembles human speech but is in no recognizable language. Oh, and it also looks like an opera singer, and also some people seem to think it resembles a certain yokai (even though the only reference to some of the traits used to justify that resemblance seem to have been made up by the Pokemon fans trying to justify the comparison.) And, just as a side note, I think the fact that this mollusc, in trying to seduce humans, decided the most beautiful form it could try to emulate would be that of a short and rotund person of color is pretty fantastic. Like, yes, that absolutely is the pinnacle of human beauty, thank you for noticing, Jynx. Just, please do try to look a little less like a thing humans do to be racist.

#126 Magmar Boober.

#137 Porygon It is a tragedy that this guy has been basically banned from anime, since it's such an appealing design motif. Computer generated graphics as a concept for a Pokemon is clever in itself, and like... it's a weird red and blue duck thing! And it's so blocky and weird! I love it.

I actually had less to say about a lot of these guys than I thought I would. Let's real quick go over my top ten Pokemon in the gen:

#1. Parasect #2. Porygon #3. Victreebel #4. Scyther #5. Paras #6. Grimer #7. Diglett #8. Jynx #9. Cubone #10. Weezing

At least, last time I listed them out. This seems about right to me.

Anyway, that's my thoughts on the Pokemon of Gen 1. Maybe some day I'll talk about some others? But that's as much as I think I needed to before starting Gen 2.

Speaking of, I've already started playing Silver. Not sure when I'm gonna write and post that update though. I still have another entry for Blue in the process of being made still.

#addons #pokemon #pokemon gen 1 #parasect #my dumb opinions

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