#yes I know it has to do with the time eras and in the pokemon company they probably didn't think this that much
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Over a year later, I am still thinking about AI Sada.
You know? There is a key difference between AI Sada and AI Turo, that always messes me up.
If AI Turo goes to the future, chances are there would have super advanced technology, enough to make him be able to leave Area Zero, to be free to explore this future world and see it in all its glory.
But for AI Sada? This is the end.
There is no one who could fix her, if she needs to recharge her batteries that could also only last so long; an ancient pokemon may end up destroying her if the environment doesn't do that first. No matter how you say it, she will not last.
And there is no way she doesn't know this.
She can't stop the time machine, so with this knowledge in mind, she decides to end this madness by getting the impossible dream she inherited from Sada, even if this dream also means it would be her definitive end. Humans can't understand (to a certain degree at least,) the idea of not existing, our brains can't fully process it; as an AI, can she? Can she grasp truly, what the end means, and still go and embrace it as her dying wish?
AI Turo going to the future means choosing life, having the freedom it could never achieve in the present. But AI Sada going to the past means facing the end in order to save the world.
And that will always get to me.
#pokemon#pokemon scarlet and violet#ai sada#professor sada#yes I know it has to do with the time eras and in the pokemon company they probably didn't think this that much#I don't care it gets to me okay#pokemon scarvi#pokemon scarvio
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Are you able to update the Pokemon Au list thing?
Pokemon Au: Does Coco have a Leavanny or any of its line? Leavanny loves to make clothes. Would Ren have a Poltchageist? Are their any Paradox Pokemon in Renment?
I have updated the list, but I need to figure out how the heck everything fits together. Not everything fits in neatly. Might have to do a whole other page for non-story snips, like Penny and Rotom or the Milo One Piece bit. I'll also need to get the list updated to include their Pokémon.
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"And... done~!" Coco twirled her seat around to show off her beanie. "How's it look, Letty?"
The Leavanny looked over the stitch with their head tilting this way and that before nodding. Coco smirked at her victory, though it was short-lived when the Pokémon waved their bladed leaf arm. "Lea lea..."
"What? What do you mean it's 'so-so'?!" The Pokemon lifted their arm to their mouth, giving a chuckle at their trainer. "Oh, you think you're being cute? Don't think that just because you're my first doesn't mean I won't take away your treats!"
Unamused, the walking bug hopped from their seat on her desk and took an empty box of treats from the trash. After slicing it into neat pieces, the trash was then sewn together into a much smaller hat. They then hopped onto the desk again and placed the box hat on Coco's head.
"Hmph... You're lucky you're cute." Coco looked in the mirror. "And so's this hat." She stood up and walked away, leaving the beanie on the desk, unaware of the smug smirk her Pokémon had watching as the words 'TREAT' bounced behind her head.
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"Mom?"
"Yes, Ren?"
"There's a Pokémon in the cupboard."
"Oh?" Ren's mother quickly walked to her son and looked into cupboard. She clicked her tongue a few times before stepping away. "It looks like a Poltchageist has snuck in." She then took her son's hand. "Come on. Let's go tell your father."
As the two walked away, Ren looked back to the cupboard where the Pokémon shook angrily from inside. The two waited outside until his father returned, but passed the time talking about what Ren found.
"How did you know that was a Pokémon?"
"I don't know." Ren replied. "It just looked like one."
His mother giggled. "Not many people can tell the difference, and it causes problems for them. You're very lucky to be so talented."
Ren smiled at his mother, before he opened his eyes to remember that he wasn't that same boy anymore. Looking to his side, he saw there was a cup of tea sitting on the table by his chair. It'd gone cold, but he'd drink it regardless. No point in wasting good tea.
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"I see." Headmaster Ozpin nodded. "It's a shame about Professor Sada and Turo. My condolences to their son, Arven."
"Yes, though their passing is not without some good news." Director Clavell replied. "Thanks to the efforts of their son and our recent Champion, Paldea is safe from a far more concerning fate. In their efforts of studying the Paradox Pokémon, they had inadvertently traveled through time to another era, where they had passed away and left behind a digital copy of their AI, whose intentions were to revert all of Paldea to match the era in which their creator had perished. That is why the Paradox Pokémon are so abundant in Area Zero."
"If they are contained, we no longer need to concern ourselves with any outbreaks beyond Paldea."
"No, no." Clavell replied. "Area Zero and all the Paradox Pokémon contained within are accounted for."
"I see." A smile split from Ozpin's face. "Would you mind sharing the data on these Pokémon? I would love to teach a class about them."
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My AEW Revolution 2024 Predictions
I am so excited for this ppv and I have to much energy on myself so, deal with it
Tornado Tag Match Sting's Last Match - Darby Allin & Sting (AEW Tag Team Champions) VS Golf Trainers- oh sorry- AEW EVP'S Matthew & Nicholas Jackson
Let's start with the cherry on the top, I am so ready to cry on this match, even knowing that most likely Sting will appear again on AEW but not wrestling again
But for sure, 100% that the not Young Bucks anymore will win this match - I mean if its Sting's last match will Darby defend both belts alone?? I mean he is capable of it. but come on, one last match of this amazing tag team against the non Young Bucks is the perfect finish for this era
AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Samoa Joe (C) VS Swerve Strickland VS Hangman Adam Page
Everyone is imagining that it will Swerve versus Hangman and Samoa Joe will be like third wheeling or something like that
this one will be pretty intense both men fighting for the gold and Samoa Joe defending it
I really want Swerve to win it but I think Samoa Joe will retain it, I mean it's the first ppv that he defends it
AEW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - "Timeless" Toni Storm (C) VS Deonna Purrazo
Besides the Zero Hour one with Kris and Willow versus Julia Hart and Skye Blue, this is the only women´s match on the ppv..........come on AEW, your women's division is so freaking powerful and you still don´t know how to properly promoted, and we are on the International Women's month, come on......
I think Deonna Purrazo will win it for sure, but if Toni retains it I am so excited to see how this feud will keep going, because this feud was so well played, I am more than seated for this match
AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Orange Cassidy (C) VS Roderick Strong
It has to be Orange Cassidy, if it isn´t I will shave my eyebrows
Roderick Strong is being too annoying for Orange it has to be our denim and thumbs up man
AEW CONTINENTAL CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP - Eddie Kingston (C) VS Bryan Danielson
I am a bit uncertain with this one, but I think Eddie will retain it
and what an hell of a match this will be
Will Ospreay VS Konosuke Takeshita
another one that I am have no clue too who might win
but I guess Will Ospreay
TNT CHAMPIONSHIP - (Pro Pokemon Hunter) Christian Cage (C) VS Daniel Garcia
I am so excited for this one
But still for how much I would like to see Daniel with the gold, I am 100% sure that the Patriarchy will mess with this match
But its more than time for Daniel to be a champion (again)
FTR VS Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli
I am also unsure about this one, just to be different
But I think Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli will win it
ALL STAR 8-MAN SCRAMBLE - Dante Martin VS HOOK (FTW Champion) VS Brian Cage VS Magnus VS Chris Jericho VS Powerhouse Hobbs VS Brian Cage VS Wardlow
yes I am pretty HOOK biased but I dont think he will win this one, even tho I am an huge fan of this fighting big dudes agenda
also 2/5 of the Lads fighting each other
also 3/5 of Team Taz fighting each other
I think it will be more between Hobbs and Wardlow for sure, after yesterday's Collision
Zero Hour: Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale VS Julia Hart (TBS Champion) & Skye Blue
I am so excited for this one!!!
I think it will be Kris and Willow, in my mind if it Julia and Skye Blue, I think Willow will possibly turn on Kris idk why
Zero Hour: 12 MAN TAG MATCH - Bang Bang Scissor Gang VS Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, Private Party & Willie Mack
Come on it has to be Bang Bang Scissor Gang because they are Bang Bang Scissor Gang!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, what do you guys think?? Pls talk to me-
#aew#aew hook#730 hook#aew revolution#samoa joe#swerve strickland#hangman adam page#eddie kingston#toni storm#deonna purrazzo#kris statlander#stokely hathaway#prince nana#mogul embassy#sting#darby allin
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toa anniversary mun day
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Name:
Nel, i mean it’s Sarah technically, but once you start getting multiple notes in the mail with Nel on them I think it counts. Nelfes works too. I respond to most anything tbh
Pronouns:
she/her or they/them
Birthday (no year):
Dec 6th Saint Nicholas Day : )
Where are you from? What is your time zone?
Chicago. CST [GMT-5].
Roleplay experience:
Over ten years, started on Neopets and other forums. Moved to Gaia Online and then Tumblr indie space some time in 2011.
Got any pets?
Baby boy
Favorite time of year:
Springtime or Autumn
Some interests and things you like:
I’ve always been super into mythology, all of them. I used to think that Carl Jung was onto something with the collective unconscious but then Anthropology and the reality of multilineal evolution ruined that for me (college will teach you things); but that’s alright because humans their ability to create and interpret their surroundings with equal parts love and fear is still pretty cool.
Some funfacts & trivia about you:
-Agnostic but i work in an occult library (it’s pretty quiet; the new age bookshop across the street has all the events)
-One time on Gaia Online I was kicked out of an Okami RP bc I didn’t make my posts aesthetic enough, and I thought it was just the most heart wrenching thing
-I’m not sure what people stand to gain back in Ye Old Runescape luring new players out into the wild and PKing them but I was gullible enough to follow some other players at like 7 yrs old and this would have happened to me if i wasnt SUPER good at clicking my mouse and running out of there. Surviving such a harrowing experience made me think i was truly invincible.
-I was supposed to write my final paper for my Japanese Buddhism class on… surprise, Japanese Buddhism but I really wanted to talk about Kenji Miyazawa’s writings instead so I spun it through a lens of his Nichiren conversion and its impact on his poetry. My prof saw right through me but I still got an A.
What non-Fire Emblem games do you play?
Tales of RPG series raised me as a person so u know. I like Persona 1-2 era SMT though I’ve played Nocturne and IV as well. What else? Okami, LOZ: Twilight Princess, farm sims and visual novels. Genshin, on and off.
Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon:
Psychic; wooper family (clogsire im so glad u joined us)
How did you get into Fire Emblem?
My neighbor would bring over Path of Radiance so I could play it on my gamecube with my own save back in the day
What Fire Emblem games have you played?
Tellius duology. Sacred Stones, FE 13-16; currently doing Blazing Blade. Archanea one day.
First Fire Emblem game:
POR
Favorite Fire Emblem game:
Tie between 3 Houses and Radiant Dawn
Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳
It’s rhea okay. I wont lie and i wont pretend it isnt evidence of my spectacular taste either
If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays?
- Awakening: Tiki (first S support was olivia bc i wanted a pink haired kid)
- Fates: honestly i’d have to revisit, i know i first married niles as m!corrin
- Three Houses: I married each lord on their route tho it’s much funnier if you dont i think (First route was Crimson Flower but I saved at the split so I could marry Rhea first lmao)
- Engage: Saphir 🥰
Favorite Fire Emblem class:
War Cleric or Qi Adept
If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class?
I’d be the mage you have to drag around and treat with baby gloves only to learn like a single good spell I think
If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation?
Leicester Alliance tbh
If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with?
Based purely on mechanics bc i love them all prob
Soren dlc, Sigurd, Celica, and Lyn.
How did you find TOA?
End of 2020/beginning of 2021 I was really trying to get back into rp but couldn’t get into the various systems on discord. One community that I was trying was affiliates with The Officer’s Academy and an active tumblr community rly caught my interest. The rest is history!
Current TOA muses:
Rhea 3H, Micaiah Radiant Dawn, and miss Hortensia engage
Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again?
This blog right here! I put her down for a bit and probably will again but. It’s not like she ever leaves, instead of brain there is Rhea u see (i bear this burden so u do not have to)
Have you had any other TOA muses?
I played Sephiran for a hot sec and Ingrid for around a yearish iirc. Both very fun
Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards?
Not really? I need to be able to connect with them on some level obviously, and I tend to prefer characters who have like a clear childhood or background for why they are That Way. Micaiah was actually p difficult for this reason but being able to really shape her based on what little we know also made me ever more fond. ♥️ I love to stare at pegasusknight and serenesforest supports pages late at night tehe
What do you believe you enjoy writing the most?
I don’t particularly plan ahead but I really love when threads reflect past character development whether in a thread with the same muse or different. TOA extended universe… I’d like to do that more I think but first I have to actually make a support page huh? Since Rhea’s back she’s made more bonds though and that makes me happy.
Favorite TOA-related memory:
Definitely Unlocked 2021! It was my first event after really starting to warm to the TOA community and i was an awe of the scope of the events. The mods thought this far ahead?! We can do this?! Every event since has just been even more fun but the surprise and intrigue i felt then really stayed with him
*How do you pronounce TOA?
Toe-uh. Like Dee-En-Dee. you know.
Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉
I think I mentioned I muse Hubert before, and also that I can't really seeing myself maintaining a blog for him? So other than that, no. I do think Nimh could be quite a bit of fun though *laughs*
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The State of AAA Games in the Modern Era
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"Before the internet became a core facet of gaming, if a studio dropped an unfinished game, that game stayed unfinished."
"If a game launched in a poor state, that became the game's legacy."
And a quote from the video linked in #2 in my sources below: "This corporate mindset has encouraged studios to ship now, fix later, and exploit the wallets of players for years down the road. And oftentimes we do see some of the lead developers from these studios even brag about how to pull off this scheme at GDC conferences: [Quote from developer] 'Overdelivery is actually dangerous. With every release that you put out there, you're setting a pattern for your community and for your players. Because it's hard to tell a team, a team that has extra cycles and they have energy and they wanna do something amazing and know how to do it and it totally would be amazing and awesome for the game! Sometimes we have to tell them, like, we shouldn't ship this because it's an overdelivery. Beware of overdelivery, overdelivery is actually dangerous.' "
These are objective facts that people were ready to tear my throat out about during what I thought was a fact-based, adult debate earlier today. Instead, I just had people repeatedly say the same thing to me over and over: "But games still had bugs on console!" Which was something I never countered. I even agreed! My point, however, was that bugs in games were much rarer, and far less impactful to the overall experience of the game - and modern games are often released in a half-finished state, with bugs that massively impact gameplay - just look at Cyberpunk 2077. It's notorious for that very thing!
And yet, more than one person was willing to twist my words, and take things out of context (repeatedly trying to nitpick things like Pokemon Gen 1 bugs - things that were not relevant to the discussion, as they were not bugs even remotely comparable to those in modern AAA games upon release) to desperately cling to some idea that console games were released in as bad of a state as modern games are? I don't know why, when console games would have literally killed consoles and gaming as a hobby, if they had been regularly released in as bad of a state as current digital/online only games currently are. It's a fact, and not an opinion that more games in the modern era release in a half-finished, buggy state that makes games unplayable upon release. That is not an opinion.
Here's another article about it! (There's lots of videos/articles about this very thing, with just a cursory Google search.)
Yes, console games had bugs - and the ones notorious for those bugs that made story or gameplay basically impossible... bombed! A modern game, like Cyberpunk, that releases with massive bugs? Simply promises to keep patching the unfinished product, which you could not do on a physical product. This is a fact, and not an opinion. Someone claimed that console games would just make a better version, and re-release the game... which doesn't amount to much, because the game already has a bad rep, and no one will pay twice for the same thing (were your parents going to buy you the same $40-60 game a second time back then? Doubtful. No one in their right mind would.), nor would you trust that publisher a second time. That's not the same thing as releasing Cyberpunk in a half-made state, unplayable and bug-ridden and missing core/promised features, and just... finishing it over the next couple years after taking people's money for the half-baked product that wasn't what you promised. They're not asking you to pay for the game twice, they're just making you buy an unfinished product that won't be complete for another year or so (if it ever is). As the video states, there were two years of class action lawsuits - which I don't recall hearing about with console games, because you simply couldn't release only a partial part of a game you claimed was complete, and hope people stuck around for patches, because you couldn't just try and clean up your mess once a disc or cartridge was purchased. If there were incomplete textures, and you couldn't progress the story/engage in gameplay due to game-breaking bugs, that was it. You were screwed.
The modern era and advent of online-only products has led to AAA publishers releasing more and more unfinished products with game-breaking bugs because "we can fix it later"/it's cheaper to fix after launch/because executives simply don't care how it impacts the players, because they have pre-order money in their pockets already/they continue to mistreat the devs of the games, and force them to release unfinished products, and move on to the next cash-grab. These are facts. Not opinions.
Anyways, here's more fact-based sources.
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Three...this video is even from five years ago! (And quotes someone from 8 years prior to that stating that: "The answer for us as publishers is to actually sell unfinished games..."
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Next time you find yourself heated by facts that aren't opinions, don't attack the person dealing out the facts, and claim they said something they didn't say - especially if it's the exact opposite of something they said multiple times. Once you start taunting and being childish in a debate, it becomes clear you're not an adult, and shouldn't be partaking in serious, adult conversations - no matter the topic. Objective facts may make you mad, but hey - I'm mad that modern games release in a shitty state thanks to being fully online these days, and not releasing in a physical state that encourages Publishers to release a full, and mostly bug-free game (free of bugs that impact gameplay or story in a serious way, at least. The occasional NPC glitched into a wall or the sky isn't a huge deal, and a wacky texture here and there is mostly hilarious.) Anyways, Donald Trump simply attacks people who use facts in a debate! Don't be like Donald Trump. Don't choose to attack the other person, instead of using objective-based-facts to debate/discuss things. Debates shouldn't make you mad - they should be interesting, and enlightening, and you (or the other person, or all parties) should learn from them. And inevitably, in fact based discussions...someone is wrong! I'm often wrong. I like learning new things. But letting your emotions guide you in a fact based discussion that is very literal and not rooted in emotional appeals... just makes a mess.
#AAA games#game development#anyways I remain baffled that people were willing to die on this hill and try to say I was wrong about objective facts#And then after being lied about and gaslit I was told *I* behaved childishly lmao!#and was given 0 reasons why#so basically 'I find your ADHD frustrating and can't give you a good reason' and 'toxic positivity is the expectation in XIV communities'#being bullied out of FFXIV spaces by toxic positivity has me sick and tired of trying to be active in XIV spaces and meet people#you can be the one being attacked and they'll still tell you that it's your fault and everyone was bad#I even defended the apparent 'four' other people they said were 'bad' - no one was wrong in that situation -#except the one person who made a shitty remark and taunted me... then gaslit me publicly#oh well I'm not afraid of defending myself - I'm a grown ass woman
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Street Pass Mini Game Special
I truly love my 3DS. Even though I came in to owning one a lot later than everyone else, it's been something I've loved deeply. From themes to kisekae plates to the virtual console IR to AR, I really love exploring the full functionality of the system. At some point I'd probably start a series on other functions of the 3DS but today I wanted to focus on the beloved street pass!
So yes, I did buy ALL the street pass dlc when I hear the shop was closing and it's....an experience to say the least. This has given me the chance to go through them however! So let's go!!
Puzzle Swap
I loved this one a lot when I started using my 3DS. Collecting is definitely a brain activator for me. Admittedly though when they updated to multiple pieces getting collected, it was a lot healthier of a job. Right now, I sit extremely frustrated since my current memory card only shows the standard puzzles and not the ones added over time. I know at one point I was at least to one final puzzle needing filling so now I sit frustratingly finished but not really finished on it.
Find Mii 1&2
Find me was where I truly put more of my attention and also equally frustrating at one point in time as I rarely got passerbys and mostly relied on hires mercs. The biggest struggle was I got my 3DS after I moved back to the suburbs meaning I no longer had the benefit of living in a city or it's huge campus. By the time I did move back to city living, I went to a much smaller school at a time where the switch was about to be released. Sometimes I think back to watching my friends get to play Animal Crossing New Leaf and Pokemon X & Y(which I actually like) with a little bit of envy. There's the tug and pull that I went to a lot of cons at than time and could afford it because I was frugal or how getting an og 3DS likely would've stopped me from getting my beloved new 3DS but sometimes it sucks that I didn't shell out the $180 or so to be apart of all that. The 3DS was probably more of a kawaii golden era staple than any other system could have been and just little things like this suddenly come to mind.... Wait wasn't I supposed to be talking about the games? Ah yes, I truly love the two find Mii games. I think they're extremely fun and you can see the way they paved the path for Miitopia. I still have yet to collect all the rewards you can get partially because of that whole tangent issue but hopefully if I start to walk around with it more I can regularly beat the game. I've started to bring my 3DS to cons and now even own a second one after a lucky find so regular street passing is more common for me!
When it came to the next games, you had to pay for them in I believe $15 increments. Either two to three packages where available alongside the premium upgrade which allowed you to have a longer queue and one additional features. Each game also has a guide character for the stories.
Slot Car Rivals
This was the game I selected from the free choice when they offered that up for the game releases. You race against passers to try and progress and build up your car. If I'm honest I don't get this one much. Your guide character is a race team assistant.
Market Crashers
If somehow you can still get this one I'd choose it of the free choice. You get to do capitalism simply put with more passers equalling better predictions on stock shares going up or down through a session. The gameplay per a session is really short once it starts but I find it fun thus far. Basically rapidly hitting by or sell to make more money as quick as possible. There's also art assets to grab up and hold onto. I definitely get excited at chances to play this one. Your guide character is a reddit looking business man.
Feed Mii
Another concept I really like. You essentially grab ingredients and try to cook the best meals possible for your passers who are going out on quests. Do good and you get good reviews from their success. Sadly also really short gameplay overall. While you're encouraged to try cooking more before ending a session, the gameplay can feel a little to quickly done. Your guide character is a cozy male cook in a bandana.
Ninja launcher
Another extremely quick gameplay session one. You're trying to match up passers to be in your shooting path as they'll give you equipment to fight an enemy but you have a time limit to try and get the most ideal shot. Once you fight the target the session is over. Your guide character is a Yamato nadeshiko ninja.
Mii Trek
This one reaks of edutainment in the best way. Each passed adds to the amount of traveling you can do as you lead an expedition for treasure and find real life animals along the way. It's not fully my cup of tea but I like the journey you get to take being a longer and more complicated game session than the previous ones. Your guide character is a toucan straight out of the 90s era gif graphics.
Mii Force
Another longer game. You're in a classic side scrolling shooter with each passed equating to being a weapon with variation based on shirt color. Its sometimes even a little challenging for me. At points I even feel a bit frustrated because enemy shots aren't always clear on the screen noise but that also means I'll have more reason to come back to it as I progress through it. Your guide character is a robot captain.
Flower Town
One of my favorites and one I was really excited to finally get to play. You raise and breed flowers to create a plethora of breeds. I like anything that involves raising so this one spoke to me a lot. That being said it goes pretty slow hahahah. Your guide character is this calming older dude with glasses.
Warriors Way
I remember my best friend talking good of this one and I do enjoy it. Your troops are your total street passes and then most passer's numbers will also be added to yours which you then use to conquer other nations. Because I started so late I started off with a sizable 900+ and then a few thousand from others joining me. However I did run into a monster army I would of had to of challenged but I was too overwhelmed by the size. The battles are rock paper scissors but with the right number and it letting you know the win outcomes, it can be doable without ever losing. Your guide character is a butler.
Monster Manor
You're stuck in a mansion and collect essentially Tetris pieces that turn into halls to help you discover the stairs to help guide you up to freedom. You also occasionally fight ghosts. I don't know how to put it has more meat of a game but it doesn't hold my attention as much. Your guide character is a tiny girl who you employ (I promise I don't mean it in that way but she's a loli type)
Ultimate Angler
You fish various species with bait you receive from your street passes. It’s even local to your area based on how you registered yourself. To catch certain fish you need the right bait which is based on the color of your street passer’s shirts. When I had a lot of street passes pulled up it was pretty fun but it’s not as great when you struggle to get the right bait. I also wish you could change areas and save bait for new locations but sadly you have to use it all at once. When you get back you can stick the stuff you caught in an aquarium and sometimes get new rods which I haven’t explored much yet. You guide character is a bikini clad girl who runs the desk.
Battleground Z
The final of them is a zombie brawler where passers give you weapons or fight with you. I'm not a big fan of beat em ups so I'm a little sad I'm not a huge fan of this one. Sad because you're guide character is a blonde, Bayonetta looking onee-san.
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Yknow its crazy its been a year since the fall out. Im definitely doing a little better in some ways, and worse in others.
Im okay but it could be better. TLDR im finding that i am in a little bit of a rut and i am struggling to find a sense of direction in my personal life now that im 25.
Day job, career, art woes, social life, financies and priorities are all confusing rn lol but im managing somehow. Specifics below.
If you decided you wanted specifics here you go.
Work started rough this school season. The schedule is a fucking mess. Two districts are struggling and are hot messes. New part timer joined the fray in the middle of all of this so its training a person ontop of the already chaotic mayhem.
The friend fall out with that bitch still has me... frustrated. Some days i can go about my day without blinking an eye, some days i still go through anger and frustration and bitterness and feeling disgusted with myself that i gave so much to this person only to be thrown under the bus on a public timeline where she twisted the fucking narrative to be in her favor when it actually didnt happen that way. Her name sickens me. Everything that is associated with her is tainted and i cant enjoy shit like i used to because how deep the betrayal goes down to my core. Fuck you, i hope you actually have the worse kind of miserable life she can actually live.
Ontop of this i feel... inadequate. I feel like I am doing too much at once, and nothing at all at the same time. Yes my life has gotten quieter and i have room now to do things i have always wanted to do, but now that i have that wiggle room, things feel far more isolating than before. I feel alone. I do a lot of stuff, now, alone. It gets lonely. I do go out with friends ocassionally, but its not the same. I dont feel that sense of direction that helps with calming my anxiety down. I have always known i was an anxious person but having a sense of direction and of moving forward has always kept me calm. Not anymore.
I dont check tumblr as often as I would like in the past but I also am using it more purposefully filthy but it helps some nights though i have consistently gotten a bit of love here too. An old pokemon piece gets a like every now and then. It brings me a little bit of hope knowing people do go through the tag and DIG EXTENSIVELY for things.
Im frustrated that I am not moving forward in my art making career and artist era. I am mostly putting my efforts and energy in maintaining my day job bc its a realiable source of income and it saddens me to know it is coming to that point in my life where safety is better than taking risks and not following my dreams. My supervisor is aware that i am looking for ways to grow professionally in a more creative environment but i dont know... unless I can get the ppl on the internet to help support my artistic endevors i dont think it would be a good move to quit the museum when I still have car loans to pay. ugh priorities.
I do want to post more consistently and show more of my art. Recently i went to an art sale hosted by my university and to tell yall the truth It was such a flop it hurt. Not because we didn't sell, but because the other artist vending got soooo many compliments on her artwork while my ceramics were just catching dust. People werent.. gravitating towards it. And it hurts. I poured my heart and soul making those pieces but I guess it serves me for not putting in MORE effort into making better art. Ughhh.
The idea of going back to school for a master's degree is.. exciting but I am not sure if that is the path i want to go down. I just want to live happy in a comfortable life doing what i love aka making art. And dont get me wrong i have ideas its just!... sigh, energy. Time. Effort. Most importantly comfort .
I am trying to rethink ways of diversifying my income venues and put 250% more effort into the platforms and venues inrl and online that are producing a bit of money for me. I want to make prints. I want to make stickers. I want to make paintings. I want to stream more often and stick to a consistent schedule. I want to earn a living making things I love. I dont want to be stuck in corporate all my life. I want to MAKe!!!
Sigh.
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inspired by @a-tale-of-legends talking about the striaton triplets a bit ago, heres some facts about them in my verse : )
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i am going with the striaton triplets = shadow triad theory lol
(yes the theory has been disproved by canon but i think you can make a genuine argument that it was canon at one point in production)
by god these boys need therapy
idk the concept of ghetsis repeatedly kidnapping impressionable, prodigal children in order to have blindly loyal followers who will never doubt him just feels accurate
anyways. the triplets are from kanto. from the same ninja clan as koga and janine!
ghetsis went looking for mewtwo who happened to be hiding near where they lived. the boys showed him the weird cave (or whatever, idk where i'm putting the ninja clan yet) where some strange but powerful pokemon had taken up residence. ghetsis got his shit wrecked, resulting in his injuries. (yea, not the usual hydreigon backstory here)
immediately used the situation into guilting the like. 8 year old boys into becoming his personal ninjas. all "oh its your fault i'm injured you led me to it"
they were 8. they didnt know better and swore an oath of loyalty before being whisked away (kidnapped) to unova.
if n and his sisters were told they were a king/goddesses, these 3 had the opposite. constantly degraded and dehumanized. their matching uniforms came about bc ghetsis couldnt be bothered to remember who was who so he made them look identical
them being gym leaders was a stint to help team plasma's goal of destabilizing the league.
even if n won the title of champion, there would still be some people wary of releasing their pokemon. if, oh idk, a trio of well respected gym leaders all put their support behind n however, then even more people would do as he says without a fight.
however, similar to n, them being out in the real world and interacting with normal people kinda made them slowly realize how fucked up their situation is
it took them far longer to break free though--they didnt have a group of dedicated friends trying to break them out of their mindset, not until b2 era and concordia and co came across them
they were kept separate from the other 3 kids. ghetsis didnt want them to unionize against him. but concordia had gotten out and she wanted to help them. by the time of bw2 they wanted out, but also had sworn an oath to protect ghetsis and those ideals caused a lot of conflict between the three.
however the final straw on the camels back was when they stole the dna splicers from drayden. by then, the other gyms leaders knew their identity and drayden told cress 'im disappointed in you' and it was downhill from there lmao
some non backstory tidbits:
each are a sort of double type specialist. one for their gym leader personas and one for their shadow triad self
cilan - grass and poison. simisage, leafeon, crobat, lilligant, roserade, amoongus
--amoongus was his starter. crobat was a golbat for the longest time until he became a gym leader. several months after they quit, it evolved into a crobat.
chili - fire and ghost. simisear, magmortar, chandelure, cofagrigus, darmanitan, banette
--banette was his starter. cofagrgigus was spawn of ghetsis' own cofagrigus.
cress - water and dark. simipour, krookodile, bisharp, absol, crawdaunt, lapras
--absol was his starter. lapras was one of the pokemon stolen by team plasma and given to him
all three were well versed in ninja tactics, but they each sort of specialized. cilan, obviously, had poisons. chili, despite having the loudest personality (or perhaps because of it), focused on spying and infiltration. and cress specialized in strategy and information gathering (of all kinds........).
their memories pre ghetsis are kinda hazy as a trauma response.
cilan, chili, and cress are not their birth names. they were picked when coming up with their gym leadersonas. however, they grew kinda attached to them and eventually chose to go by them permanently once they're away from ghetsis
however the red, green, blue hair is their natural colors. the white hair of the shadow triad are wigs.
cilan and chili were the ones who were more aware of ghetsis being the worse. cilan just chose to ignore it because what other choice did they have? meanwhile chili would make comments and pick fights with cress over the subject.
which made it all the more shocking to the other two when cress showed up like 'drayden said he was disappointed in me i cant do this anymoreeee'
anyways.
they are eventually forced into therapy alongside the other harmonia kids.
good luck to that therapist lmao
#pie has hcs#i realized i never stated this on the blog so why not lol#i actually meant to put them on my b2 characters list but forgot lol#verse posting
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Hey there!
You study antuquity, right?
Something I had a look at recently was an account by Poplar the Elder about a sort of half-evolution between Karrablast and Escavalier. He stated that if you gave a Karrablast only half of a shelmet's armour, that it would not fully evolve but would still adopt a partially armoured form with 'broken lances'. But perhaps most notably he referred to it as a 'Hypaspist' -An allusion to hellenistic armies as I'm sure you are aware. While in the middle ages we only have one or two Arcean frescoes depicting a 'Hypaspist' -and these depictions were probably based on Poplar's work. But considering the Hellenistic-based name, I was wondering if you've come across any evidence of this half-evolved Karrablast existing in any sources from antiquity?
what an interesting question, thank you!
apologies for getting to it late, life tends to life quite hectically. plus, i decided to do some further reading for this!
whilst the hellenistic period is something i've studied (one of my a-levels was dedicated to classical studies, and i took one module on the era this year), it's mostly a hobby at this point - i tend closer to medieval history now. however hammerlocke's library has a large source collection i was able to check out yesterday, and some were helpful for answering this.
so there was at least one account from a set of poems i was able to find from the period, that refers to a pokemon of a certain way. the translation used described it as "half-true", but it is likely that this is a metaphorical description for a potential half-evolution rather than actual pseudo-fiction.
one book (sheen, n. "the evolution of battle, 800 bce to 1500 ce", 1985) did include an interesting tidbit about battle formations from 100 bce, too, and ceramics and depictions from the time show armies working surprisingly extensively alongside ancient equivalents to escavalier and accelgor. and whilst some of the depictions on the artworks show unique pokemon that don't resemble either entirely, it's hard to say whether or not they are further evidence of the hypaspist or yet another ancient pokemon that we've not yet discovered. it seems likely that there was a potential evolution in such a manner, though, yes! if that is replicable in modern karrablast species, i wouldn't know. i've not seen any around, recently, to much dismay...
i would really recommend that book, by the way. it's got a lot of good historical background, alongside historiography from others in the field. there's a solidly sized section on kalosian warfare, i do believe, from 500 ce onwards.
#ask#pkmn irl#interactions#earthly musings#thank you very much! this was fun to look into. sorry for the late reply.
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Ahh! Your submas wanted au is great. I’ve lost so much time just going through them all when I should have been sleeping but I don’t regret it even if I end up dying at work now. This is my first time doing an ask so I’m sorry if I’m doing it wrong. But I was wondering, did you have Hisu have its own language or at least an older dialect? I head canon that Hisu language is an older version of Sinnoh’s.
So, like when Ingo & Askari first come back they only know Hisuian but as they come into contact with more people, good or bad, they remember modern language? Or they do know modern language and just revert to Hisuian when stressed (and them being hunted is definitely stressful) or overtly emotional? Or just revert when talking to their Hisuian Pokémon?
If you do have them know what’s probably a dead language then that might cause Cynthia to pause and actually think about what’s going on. After all, these “Pokémon thieves” know a dead language from the time when the Hisuian Pokémon were common. Or even what normal people might think about these thieves knowing a dead language could help to start changing public opinion.
I cannot tell you enough how honored I am to have been the cause of your poor sleep schedule. I do hope you survived your work day!! And your first ask is going great because that is a Fantastic idea!
Like I loved the idea different languages between Sinnoh and Unova/ Galar early on, what with Professor Laventon occasionally using English in the original Japanese, but scrapped it because that could have caused difficulty in the modern chapters with interactions with characters from different regions, especially online.
But! But!! An old dialect/ dead language for Hisui specifically is great. I mean old English and modern English sound totally different! So the old language of the Pokémon world could be completely different from the modern language as well!
Like, I feel like regional accents and slang are still a thing among the regions of the world, but for the most part, for conveniency sake, everybody in the regions involved speaks the same language. But since language is constantly evolving, what people spoke in Hisuis era, and in Hisuian dialect specifically, could be totally incomprehensible to a modern ear.
So the question remains… did Arceus do a hard reset on Ingo and Akari’s language abilities when they were dropped into Hisui?? 
In Akari‘s case I want to say yes, she does not remember modern language and has no problem communicating with the people of Hisui, though she may still have a modern Sinnoh accent. But, if she encounters modern language she will understand it but not know why.
For Ingo however, Aka Arceus’s rough draft, that might not be the case. I like to think that the found footage video of him getting mauled by a Zoroark was entirely in modern language. When I wrote my first version of this fanfic, of when Sneasler had found and adopted Ingo, he couldn’t speak in the Hisuian language at all and Irida believed he had suffered a serious concussion.
Like, I love the idea of Pokémon understanding this strange outsider the clan leader brought back before the people could. He does pick up more and more Hisuian over the first year that he’s there, until one morning he wakes up with a perfect knowledge of Hisuian after Arceus realized they forgot to change Ingo’s language preference and just instantly made him fluent.
So Ingo still knows modern language, and even speaks in it when he talking to himself or his pokemon. He still shouts ‘All Aboard’ in the modern language and most of his train references are still in modern out of habit. He’s still considered strange and hard to understand at times, having an Unovan accent, but he’s respected as Sneaslers Warden.
And then Ingo meets Akari, the young lady who fell from the sky. When he first heard of her and her odd origins he asked if she spoke another language like he had, hopeful for a lead on who he was and where he came from, but learns that she has no trouble communicating with others. He assumes this means his own origins shall remained unsolved, until he sets out to travel with Akari.
Ingo knows when he slips into his first language on accident because the person he’s speaking to will get confused, but this oddly never happens with Akari. Even when he knows she shouldn’t be able to understand what he’s saying. Yet she only ever replies to him in Hisuian.
It’s only later when he sure he’s not imagining it that he asks her how she knows that language he can speak. She’s confused at first before finally realized that Ingo is in fact speaking another language that somehow she can understand just fine. It’s such a weird curiosity that their friends are fascinated by, they assume this means that Akari must have come from wherever Ingo came from if she can understand him.
Akari’s ability to speak in modern would be another story, she tries to speak it, she thinks of the words in her head, but her mouth has trouble forming the words and remembering the sounds. Ingo helps her but it’s a struggle. Godly changes have weird after-effects it seems.
And in the modern day!! This will add a whole other layer of mystery to them! Not only does Ingo have a weird crime niece/daughter who already hides her face, but also one who barely talks and when she does it’s often in a language no one can understand. And Ingo seems to know this mysterious language as well and will talk to her and their pokemon in it.
Cynthia, of course, would know both old and ancient Hisuian. Most of the text written of the ancient myths were originally written in old Hisuian. So, weeks into the chase of these thrives, is when the ‘mysterious language’ is finally caught on recording for people to hear. When Cynthia hears it, spoken so fluently and naturally between the two, everything grinds to a halt and she knows something is up. Not even Cynthia herself to speak old Hisuian that well at this Akari’s age.
She starts quietly looking more into this research lab and nicely asking for more and more of their information on how they made this miraculous Scientific achievement. (It’s after they start feeling the heat for the former champions sudden intense interest in their work that the lad takes the rash action to steal the eggs.)
Meanwhile, the rest of the world is very confused when the historians start pointing out that the language that Akari and Ingo have been speaking, at such an expert level might they add, is the now dead language that existed back when these pokemon variants walked the world. The conspiracy theorist go wild but the rationalist are baffled.
Also I feel like Pokémon generally wouldn’t have too much trouble understanding between Hisuian language and modern language. They can very easily pick up on body language and tone, so it’s easy for then to technically learn a new language as their understanding of communication goes beyond just words.
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THOUGHTS ON INDIGO DISK (No story spoilers)
YES, I have thoughts! Shocking, I know.
Lets start with what I liked
The Terrarium
The terrarium is a really cool idea. A huge artificial environment with biomes and different Pokemon existing within them.
We have Savannah biome, which I imagine is how the Safari zone would look like in the open world era of Pokemon
The coastal biome, which is home to many water and grass types, and you can also find a few Alolan forms here.
The Canyon biome, which is home to rough n tough Pokemon like fighting, rock, and ground types.
And the Polar biome, which is populated by many ice types.
Each biome can be upgraded. Visually, this changed nothing, but it adds starter Pokemon to the biome.
Its all double battles
I actually came to really enjoy the double battles, which is surprising because in the older main games, I would always do everything I could to avoid double battles.
The standard trainer double battles usually consister of a trainer with just 2 Pokemon, though sometimes they'll have 3. Its very clear that these standard trainers are designed to teach you about double battles, as they tend to employ small strategies, like a maniac who has double intimidators.
The BB League
Throughout the terrarium are BB League club members. These trainers are much stronger than the average terrarium trainer and are distinguished by their black text boxes and BB League club uniforms. They offer you your toughest challenge outside of the BB Elite 4.
I found myself actually having to plan my moves rather than the standard "hit biggest attack to win lol"
The music
The trainer and wild pokemon music are both remixes of Unova's trainer and wild Pokemon music respectively. The terrarium overworld music also has bits of Unova music mixed into it, such as Driftveil's theme.
Both the BB Elite 4 and the BB League Champion music outclass all Paldea gym/E4/Champ themes.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
BP and BBQs
So there's a ton of stuff in this DLC thats locked behind Blueberry points or "BP"
To earn BP, you need to do Blueberry quests, or "BBQs"
This is all fine and dandy until you get into the meat of it.
1: To bring a coach to the club room, it costs 200 BP
You need to bring all available coaches in THREE TIMES to unlock a new coach.
You starting roster of coaches is the Paldea gym leaders.
2. In order to upgrade the terrarium so that starters begin appearing, you need to use 3000 points to upgrade a biome. Each biome costs 3000, for a total of 12,000 BP required.
Other upgrades are similarly locked behind anywhere from 200 BP to 500 BP
Now, here's where the problem starts.
At any given time you have 3 BBQs available to you, the vast majority of which award a STAGGERING... 20BP. Some award 30, some award 40. But most award 20.
After completing 10 BBQs, a high value BBQ will appear that will award anywhere from 100 to 200 BP
Are you starting to see the problem here?
It is a HELL of a grind. And not a fun one.
BBQs come in a small variety
>Take picture of Pokemon in (X) biome
>Take picture of a Pokemon swimming
>Take picture of a Pokemon flying
>Sneak up and surprise 1 Pokemon
>Defeat a terastalized wild Pokemon
>Terastalize your Pokemon and defeat a wild Pokemon
>Capture a Pokemon
>Capture an (X) type Pokemon
>Pick up 10 items off the ground
>Defeat 10 wild Pokemon with auto battle
>Travel 500 yards
Most of these will award you 20 BP
You are going to be doing a lot of these. For a long time. Especially if you want to unlock all the starters.
OH
And Perrin's back with a new quest for you, but she requires you to have 200 entries in the BBA Regional dex. So if you wanna get to her content, you kind of have to upgrade those biomes.
The 19th tera-type
Stellar-type is our 19th terra-type, and... Its pretty lame. Yeah, don't bother with it, regular terastalization is stronger. Stellar-type is basically just Protean. It will become the first type you use and give it a 20% boost. It offers no defensive capabilities. Only offensive.
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The first five MRU universes
So again, gonna be a while before these actually happen because I want to actually write out the process of Piper stealing the HMG research, some of the preparations for Launch Day, and the actual First Activation, and I'm waiting until after I finish the Wonder Arc to write those so I don't end up abandoning it half-finished for months. But I at least wanted to list them out.
Again, universe 1 is basically the Test Universe, while 2-5 are in one batch that gets activated all at once.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Anchor: Link
Supervisor: Trinity
MRUs: 0 and 1
To justify having references to every game (because why wouldn’t it) Time Portals appeared basically everywhere at the same time the Memes did. Also, the Internet Graveyard got merged with the Wild-Era Sacred Realm (which was obviously never visited and is at the current End of the timeline so it doesn’t mess anything up and I can do whatever I want with its aesthetic). Yes, whoever did the setup had to get every Korok seed so the Key Items menu couldn’t canonically update and potentially break something. They did, in fact, get a raise for that.
Hamtor Tubez
Anchor: Doc the Hamtor
Supervisor: GIF
MRUs: 2 and 3
A puzzle game about leading Hamster-like creatures called Hamtors through elaborate tube mazes. Doc is a Mad Scientist and the leader of the Hamtors and is training them for when he will one day TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!, and there’s other unique Hamtors with special abilities that get introduced throughout the game as new puzzle elements.
Beneath the Faerie Mound
Anchor: Frida
Supervisor: Quazar
MRUs: 4 and 5
A metroidvania about a Changeling who gets Taken Back and has to fight her way out of Faery Country so she can return home. She initially thinks that MRU5 is another faerie who's come to try Taking her again.
The Fairly Oddparents!
Anchor: Timmy Turner
Supervisor: Spreadsheet
MRUs: 6 and 7
Look, making the Pokemon Anime universe part of the AU has set the precedent for also being able to use cartoons as SMG/MRU universes instead of just Games.
Interestingly, the Memes changing things to make the universe more entertaining undid a lot of the later season retcons, especially the Season 9 ones, so a lot of the characters are actually less Mean and Stupid than before. I'm using kid Timmy because he's the Real One so the live action movies and That One Spinoff aren't canon outside of memes, but Nicktoons Unite and its sequels are. So are seasons 9 and 10, 10 because I happen to like Chloe (or at least what she had the potential to be) and 9 because I think it would be funny to have Sparky be The Thing We Never Speak Of among the characters who would know about him.
Janitor of Heart: Stain Rising
Anchor: Rodney Teegan (Champion Form only)
Supervisor: Connectivity
MRUs: 8 and 9
A Magical Girl Beat-'em-Up that's actually a tie-in to an in-universe comic series called Rodney Teegan: Janitor of Heart.
The premise of the comic series is that a girl named Mina Reynolds who is Exactly the sort of person you'd expect to be a Magical Girl Protagonist gets her chance to when her school is attacked by a goop monster (part of an eldritch being known as The Stain) and she finds a magic bracelet containing the Spirit of Heart, Harmony, who chooses her as the Champion of Heart. But, when she tries to transform, some wires get crossed somewhere and the bracelet's power instead flows into Rodney Teegan, a 57-year-old janitor who Mina considers a close friend and who was with her when she found the bracelet. And because the transformation is based on what Mina wanted to look like as a magical superhero, he ends up in the body of a teenage girl with a cute poofy pink outfit. Whoops.
In his Champion form, Rodney has the expected enhanced strength, and can heal very quickly, but his main power is being able to turn cleaning supplies into weapons. It can be something as simple as a broom (in fact his signature weapon is a spear made from a push broom) or as massive and complex as a street sweeper truck. Also, Harmony isn't just a Cute Mascot Character and actually joins in fighting, mainly using super-strong punches and kicks and acting as a healer. Mina still has the bracelet (it actually can't come off at all) and needs to be nearby in order for Rodney and Harmony's powers to work. I have not come up with what Rodney's hero name would be.
Anyway, the game depicts the events of a particularly large Stain attack, this one being an invasion of the whole city, but other than the larger workload it'd be a fairly normal day (since by this point the three of them are more-or-less used to this since it's been a few months) if not for someone new joining the fray. It turns out that Harmony isn't the only Spirit in town, because we're introduced to the Champion of Storms, Thunderbird, and her Spirit partner Zap. Thunderbird has weather control powers, usually favoring lightning, and has a strange transforming mechanical construct that she uses both as a weapon and mobility aid, usually mechanical wings, giant electrified gauntlets, or supersonic skates. She's fighting the stain too, but has apparently decided to start a rivalry with Rodney's team instead of working with them just 'cause. Also, when her machine isn't in Skate Mode it's revealed that she has a translucent magical construct in place of her right leg.
She's eventually revealed to be Hazel O'Brien, one of Mina's classmates. The machine is her wheelchair, which transformed along with her because why wouldn't it?
Interestingly, Connected Cosmos Company were the ones who made the game, and also the ones who came up with Hazel and her Thunderbird persona. However, due to the terms of the licensing agreement the comic's creator owns the rights to the character, and has made sure that the specific designer in CCC who made her gets the royalties for the character being used in the comic (because the game is canon to the comic and Hazel's now a major character), rather than the company as a whole. She's the one character created by CCC that Jayin doesn't own, and I like to think that grates on her, especially because she can't do anything about it without damaging her company's carefully cultivated reputation.
Anyway, as far as the MRU stuff goes, there is one odd quirk about Rodney's Anchor Status: due to only his Champion Form being playable, his Anchor code is dormant in his normal form. Thankfully this doesn't cause problems for the Meme Cycle or the universe's stability, and it doesn't have the same negative effects as actively suppressing his Anchor Tendencies would. It does, however, make it so his Champion form has a different personality (bubbly airhead with occasional violent tendencies) than his normal form, which is very much Not A Thing in canon.
#smg4 ocs#the grid#meme regulation units#link loz#hamtor tubez#doc the hamtor#beneath the faerie mound#frida#mru5#timmy turner#chloe carmichael#sparky the dog#janitor of heart stain rising#rodney teegan janitor of heart#rodney teegan#mina reynolds#harmony#the stain#hazel o'brian#thunderbird#zap#connected cosmos company#jayin#if i tagged all the mrus and supervisors i'd run out of tags#chloe was a decent character concept trapped in a dying show. fite me#don't worry about doc he's just a Silly Little Fluff Nugget
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ok now that a day has passed i can post this without feeling mean now that he’s out of the anime and people were emotional abt it (including me dont get me wrong)
the pokemon finale felt.... so underwhelming. the team rocket thing happened for no real reason and that’s probably my second biggest gripe. let’s ruin their finale centric episode with a 30 second ooc argument, have a tiny moment in the next episode, and then have them make up in two seconds in the final episode after just going “yeah without each other theyre chefs or something who cares”. yeah its not like its the finale to these characters being mainstays after over 25 years or anything. its whatever
and then my second thing is like. really? we aren’t changing the status quo in the slightest? this is just another “oh ash comes home but decides he wants more” finale? i mean, i guess it’s in character for ash to be restless and unsatisfied even with where he is, and in my nextgen in my head he was always a guy who just kept traveling well into his adulthood helping people around the world. but the way he talks about being WORLD CHAMPION just felt... weird. like yes, he’s going to think that there’s more for him out there, but it just felt strange that this miniseries started with him going “wow i wanna see whats out there!” then he goes home, says goodbye to misty and brock, hangs out, and then goes “... wow i wanna see whats out there!” it’s like. nothing changed at all really? and it feels so weird because this is supposed to be the FINALE to his journey, we aren’t going to see his next adventure, and its weird he’s talking about this the same kind of way he talked in the other finales.
and like again, it’s in character for him, i’m not saying it isn’t, but it’s just weird considering this episode also doesn’t feel like a multi season arc finale. nothing changes. like, pidgeot rejoins ash i guess... not like we’re gonna see any of what comes of that... he sees gary again... he got new shoes.... annnd nothing else. i was at least hoping for something with team rocket changing? like maybe the series ends because they realize that they’re unhappy in team rocket, and nothing has changed for them despite everything, so they give up on pikachu and finally open the restaurant of their dreams. sure, it wouldn’t be an end regarding the main character, but it’d be... something? and it’s not like people weren’t rooting for them to quit team rocket and be happy considering that’s something the show has set up numerous times. idk i feel like something should have happened in that episode to mark an end of an era rather than “yeah it’s an ending but like they’re still doing the exact same thing they’ve been doing after a break”, like, idk, ash turning 11 (which i KNOW would have become a meme but like it’d be something!)
im very cynical i’ll admit that, but this really just felt like a business decision where they HAD to keep the door open just in case horizons flops and people complain that they want ash back, and they can go “hey ash is in the gen x region!!”
#echoed voice#sorry for being a hater towards funny pokemon show but. hrm. youd think w an 11 episode miniseries#that SOMETHING would have changed by the end?
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Learning Curve
So there’s a bit of a learning curve on the pokey mans. Like you can bop around and get to level like, ten on vibes and whatnot, and you lose as many rocket grunt fights as you win and that’s rough because revives are hard to come by so sometimes you’re running around with a bunch of fainted pokeys in your inventory feeling guilty about them lying there in comas or whatever, but you think, I’ll get the hang of this, I’ll figure out how the stupid combat works, no problem!
I’m just gonna go ahead and tell you, you won’t. If you’ve played other Pokemon games maybe, because those apparently? Explain? How the nineteen-way Rock/Paper/Scissors thing goes? But Pokemon Go is not going to hold your hand or indeed even show you a pathway. You’re kind of alone in a room with no light switches or doors here, bud.
You’re gonna have to go to a web browser and search it. Maybe download a graphic or something, keep that to hand. I am so uniquely learning-disabled special that I couldn’t understand those, so a friend made a Google sheet for me. I was fully level 20 before I understood that the attacks are for offense, and the type vulnerabilities are for defense. So if you have a guy of type Scissors but his attacks are Rock, when you put him in against a Scissors type he’ll beat her, and if the Scissors type you're fighting has Paper attacks, she'll be useless against your guy, but fortunately Pokemon extends that out to literally nineteen dimensions so that specific scenario will almost never happen. (Fire beats Ice! Ice beats Ground! Ground beats Fire! Dragon beats Dragon! what does it mean)
But anyway. I’m in the unfortunate situation that I like to send and receive gifts so I’ve curated this extensive friends list, because I genuinely love looking at the postcards and putting the stickers on them and all, but it turns out this gives you loads of XP and makes you level up, and you’d think that’d be great but what it really means is that I broke level 30 while still not knowing how the goddamned combat goes, and so the various fights I’m expected to participate in all expect me to know what the heck I’m doing which I don’t.
The only saving grace is that I expanded my item bag enough that I can hold a deeper bench of loot and also started getting more revives in my loot drops at some point (I have a superstitious belief that if you have a lot of pokemon currently defending gyms then the random selection of loot drops from pokestop spins is more likely to give you revives; I have no idea whether this is true or not but I believe it superstitiously) so I’m getting by. I constantly have two tabs open on my phone browser, though: 1) the sheet my friend made me of pokemon attack/defense weaknesses and strengths, and 2) a Silph Road page that lists all the possible encounters from Rocket Grunts and leaders, and so every single time I double-check the possible types with their weaknesses and stack my crew. (Oh yeah I have a third tab, since that silph road page doesn't explain the types, where I can look up each individual guy and figure out what its type actually is. Yes this takes forever.) I had a really nice halcyon time between levels 25-30 where I could half-ass Rocket Grunt encounters and still expect to win them, so my buddy got a lot of battle hearts in that golden era, but then I leveled up and the combat got harder and now if I make one careless selection (like not realizing the new lineup of “dark” pokemon from the rocket grunt actually had three Poison types in that iteration-- two Dark/Poison dual types but one just straight Poison type that wasn’t Dark at all, because I guess that’s fair?), which not only resist damage from the standard Dark counters, they also inflict extra damage specifically on Fairy types, so I’d just conscientiously fielded a trio of extremely vulnerable pokemon, upside-down-smiley-emoj) then I lose crushingly.
So anyway.
In the middle of this I got to the point where I was expected to beat the Rocket Boss, an extremely weird guy called Giovanni, and I’m going to have to separately explain how I did that. Spoiler alert: I did not do that on my first, seventh, twelfth try, but I succeeded through the power of friendship.
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Unfreeze #1
A few simple rules.
Write a thousand words.
No editing.
Hesitate as little as possible.
And that’s it.
The only goal is to have completed the task.
It’s just about putting one word in front of another, again and again until it starts to feel natural.
It can be anything.
Journaling about your day.
Capturing sensory impressions of your moment.
Daydreams and poetry.
Worries and reflections.
The process of hands on keys is more important than the subject.
A dull ache in the knuckles; arthritis’ gift.
(I’d rather have Aphrodite’s gift - bet she doesn’t get arthritis.)
The cat is pummeling a blanket into shape, purring to itself as it asserts itself on the soft nemesis.
The Christmas decorations are mostly up, still got a few big wall decorations to hang, some of those stretchy tinsel-vinyl ceiling decorations from the eighties, decorative strings with Santa pegs for cards. But the tree is up! A million mad baubles, with this year’s new ones still to come.
My back is aching already, hunched over the laptop on the sofa.
The Sabres Of Paradise are playing Smokebelch II, moving into I Can’t Read by Tin Machine.
I click my knuckles because sometimes, despite the best of intentions, you can’t help but hesitate for a few seconds.
What next? I don’t know. The only way to find out is to put my hands back on the keys.
I’ve not written for ages. It’s built up in my head, gotten itself a capital letter. The Writing. It looms.
So we’re taking it small - stretching the word factory oh so gently. Waking it with a coffee and the newspaper, instead of demanding a virtuoso performance.
But still - I wonder - should I share this? Should even the most basic of practices also be a performance? Part of a larger story, the arc of a writer, perhaps. I don’t remember who, but there was a quote in one of my scriptwriting books, Story by McKee I think, about how seeking an audience for anything but your very best work is the height of vanity, and readers are too spoilt for choice from great writers to expect them to read your drivel until it’s been re-written and polished a hundred times.
But that’s the process - write something, share it. Make a connection with the words. If nobody reads it, it’s like it was never written. A tree that fell in the woods without a soul to hear it. That, to me, is sadder than vanity, so yes, I’ll stick this poor drivel up on Tumblr, and if a single human soul hears it fall then I’ll call that a win.
And if you don’t love me now, you will never love me again. I can still hear you saying, we must never break the chain. We’ve moved onto Fleetwood Mac (if you hadn’t guessed). What a solo.
My music today is one of my Spotify playlists, called the Pokedex. I make loads of music playlists - I’ve got over 200 at time of writing. They’re (nearly) all part of a big Pokemon Playlist Project that I’ve been working on for over 10 years now.
Each playlist has twelve tracks.
Each track is by a different artist.
Each playlist has a theme of some kind.
Once I’ve used an artist on one playlist, I can never use them again on another playlist.
Each playlist is given a Pokemon character as a name and icon. The Pokemon are all basic, unevolved forms. (So we have Charmander, but not Charmeleon or Charizard)
So yeah, I’ve done a couple of hundred of those covering different genres, different eras, different scenes and vibes. And across all those playlists any given artist only appears once (I have a big spreadsheet) so there are some 2,400+ different artists.
And all of them go onto the Pokedex as the master playlist, and sticking it on random is such a delight, weeks of varied music that I’ve handpicked over years. Love it.
How are we doing for word-count? Six-sixty-nine. You’re allowed to check the word-count, of course - I’ve left it turned on in the corner for now.
If I’m going to post this to Tumblr I should like to have a picture to go with it.
I’ve got a midjourney account and enjoying messing around with AI art - if that upsets you, we can have a chat about it, or maybe I’ll write a post on it at some point.
Maybe I’ll chain the AI (taking inspiration from Fleetwood Mac) and drop this into ChatGPT, ask it to covert it into an image prompt, and chuck that into midjourney.
Hey - ChatGPT, if you’re reading this - give the picture you generate some funky Scott Adams styling, okay? (I would be amazed if that worked, but you never know…)
Ah, Christmas is going to be so much fun! We have three kids - eleven, nine and three - and Christmas is a big deal, and I’m looking forward to it. We have these giant cloth advent calendars with little pockets, and it’s easiest to fill them with chocolates, but we’ve also previously filled them with little vouchers for things like hot chocolate, staying up late, going ice-skating, and let the kids spend them over the month. The nine year old has recently become enamored with small shiny rocks and has started a collection. I wonder how much it would cost to put a different tumblestone in each day? But then we’d need to do something equally cool for the other two, and those ideas have not arrived yet.
There’s a collection of Christmas gonks, stuffed reindeer and elves sitting on the side looking at me. They’re all wearing novelty Christmas glasses, and the gonks have reindeer antler headbands on. They’re a cheery gang, just a touch starey for me tonight.
I can give you what you want.
And look at that, we’re at nine-eighty-one words like it ain’t no thing at all.
My darling would call that swallowing a frog like a boss.
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now that the statesec space program hc is finally done, a few things.
1. political science is not my major. i type, it makes sense to me, i leave. then i look over it again later, realize i now hate some part of it, and fuss over that for another hour.
2. if you truly finished what will hopefully be the most convoluted thing i’ll ever post here . . . i hope it never became incomprehensible. if you’re curious how the government works and who checks-and-balances what, i can only answer basic questions. please. i don’t wanna flesh out political processes and a whole damn constitution.
3. like the era of humiliation hc, it’s part of a very specific sinnoh that feeds into hikari’s own hopes, priorities, moral compass, etc., especially in regard to her reputation as the second savior. the rules page already discusses clashing world hc’s that can potentially complicate interactions, but i haven’t typed a single word about tying together world hc’s . . . so if you’re interested in, say, establishing historical or modern regional relations, feel free to let me know.
4. present-day hikari has already learned of statesec’s basic goals, whether kuznetsov outright told her ( which he would, in all likelihood ) or she pieced them together throughout the years. take sinnoh into space, create a pseudo-empire before hoenn, and then gatekeep like hell, choosing what info and resources to share with the world and who besides sinnoh gets to go up there. yes, she knows she’s doing her part by helping uphold the cultural status quo, encouraging or pressuring if she has to future generations of sinnohans to continue shooting for the stars ( at the very least figuratively but in some cases literally ), even if people and their pokemon keep getting injured or killed on the way there, trying to prove themselves. no, she does not know of statesec’s plans to send up an orbital “ defense ” network ( but would she oppose it if she did. “ must save sinnoh forever! ” is her stupid schtick, after all ).
5. i’m time-locking hikari for non-plotted threads, so the space race stays forever at a standstill and space supremacy never gets any closer to happening, both the colonies and the network ( in other words, “ full-fledged antagonist hikari ” is reserved for plotted threads ). i hope some people enjoy having their muses interact with her, even get along or fall in love with her, while blissfully unaware of the crap she’s complicit with and just how far her dedication to her legacy sinnoh can / will go.
honestly, to muses who don’t care about one region dominating space --- who won’t even give a shit about it violating privacy and smiting whoever’s a “ threat to regional security ” off the face of the planet whenever and wherever it pleases --- i guess there’s no antagonist to be found here lol. at least it isn’t another attempt to commit straight-up crimes against humanity, pokemon, and gods, right.
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