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i'll be real with ya, it ain't ever easy to figure shit out, but i can at least share what i found out from shiftin' a lotta things around!

back when i was a lot younger, i spent most'a my life livin' as a girl; my birth parents were kinda tirefires in other ways, but they were always real acceptin' about me transitionin' when i was like. 4??? arc, i barely even remember bein' a dude at any point, heh.

wasn't until i got to uva that it started feelin' wrong to be a girl,. :|a and then came relationship shit, where i just thought i was broken as fuck when an ol' galpal of mine fell like, head over heels for me and i just. did not feel anythin' but friendship back. took a long while after that to really explore it, and it involved fuckin' one of my best friends to see if there was somethin' goin' on there. turns out i just really don't...care about that type'a shit? it ain't impeded me in the process of makin' friends of all kinds, at least!!! and honestly, i find friendships way more fulfillin' than any sorta romance or hookup.

(oh, and i guess back to the nb thing: dad (my actual good dad i have now!!!) was the one who taught me that ya don't just gotta be a boy or a girl! that ya can be somethin' inbetween or outside'a it. dad's relationship with gender is their own story to tell tho.)

but yeah, i guess it's just...it ain't easy to figure out, but ya always got time, i think, is what i'm tryin' to say? and that bein' aromantic or ace or whatevs is totes valid! and it don't always gotta be one universal answer. the answer to yer identity and other shit can change over time, and sometimes ya can even take bits of stuff and make it yer own! that's the great thing about the world, i think

Despite my best efforts, I have admittedly been thinking about my identity and relationships in the past. It's hard to figure out if I'm genuinely uninterested in romance, or if I'm just averse to the idea currently because of my own experiences and flaws. I kind of like the idea of having a partner, but proper dating, marriage, etc just turns me off to the whole thing.

I don't know why. I wish these things were easier to figure out.

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this is what i love about paldea's battle culture!!! if a battles too much for you and yer partners, ya can just up and dip.

sure ya gotta pony up some change, but man, it really teaches trainers a lot about restraint and not pushin' yer partners too much. which is the best skill a trainer can have!!!

Ok unpopular opinion but I think you should be able to exit out of pokemon battle no questions asked after seeing the other persons pokemon

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hi dad!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Keep forgetting that people on here are married and have kids or whatever. You guys aren't still trying to get your life together on your own???

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rotomblr has a pretty surprisin' amount of people with their shit together, if ya can believe it! but there's deffo plenty of people here who are still figurin' shit out. sounds like ya ended up on the good side of rotomblr, heh!

Keep forgetting that people on here are married and have kids or whatever. You guys aren't still trying to get your life together on your own???

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ms. maya, hi!!! i hope things are going well for you too!!!

lulu's such a sleepyhead though, big agree~ he's just got the absolute cutest sleepin' face i've ever seen, i love him to bits <3

sorry i haven't been around much!!! things at the academy have actually been goin' really well, and i've been takin' a lot more time recently to try to study for some more advanced testin' shit; i never thought actually writin' a research paper would ever be in the cards for me, but here i am, actually tryin' to go for it so i can get a proper license for professor stuff. professor ren amaryllis has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

but yeah, i may not be around much for a while still!!! super sorry about that everyone :( i miss y'all bunches! but here, have a pic of my good boy in the meantime, lulu's been havin' a lot of fun tusslin' around with everyone when i got time, hee! went and tuckered himself out

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awww, thank ya mx. casi!!! heehee. it means a lot and i totes getcha, that's for sure! i've definitely been consumin' a lot more books in pursuit of this research and stayin' up pretty late...if it weren't for terry and mio kickin' my sorry ass every now and again to take a break, i'd probably end up in the same spot, ha!

but that just fine by me! ya don't get anywhere in life without workin' hard, ya know?

sorry i haven't been around much!!! things at the academy have actually been goin' really well, and i've been takin' a lot more time recently to try to study for some more advanced testin' shit; i never thought actually writin' a research paper would ever be in the cards for me, but here i am, actually tryin' to go for it so i can get a proper license for professor stuff. professor ren amaryllis has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

but yeah, i may not be around much for a while still!!! super sorry about that everyone :( i miss y'all bunches! but here, have a pic of my good boy in the meantime, lulu's been havin' a lot of fun tusslin' around with everyone when i got time, hee! went and tuckered himself out

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:O!!! gasps! well, gladly inform those lovely friends there that i definitely appreciate it! thems some glowin' praises comin' from the both'a them, i might just blush, heehee!

(and no worries!!! i know they love ya to bits, and i'd never wanna take that top spot from ya! i'm just chuffed they think'a me so highly, haha)

lemme know if any of yer partners need to let off anymore steam, too! we'd be happy to help!

sorry i haven't been around much!!! things at the academy have actually been goin' really well, and i've been takin' a lot more time recently to try to study for some more advanced testin' shit; i never thought actually writin' a research paper would ever be in the cards for me, but here i am, actually tryin' to go for it so i can get a proper license for professor stuff. professor ren amaryllis has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

but yeah, i may not be around much for a while still!!! super sorry about that everyone :( i miss y'all bunches! but here, have a pic of my good boy in the meantime, lulu's been havin' a lot of fun tusslin' around with everyone when i got time, hee! went and tuckered himself out

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sorry i haven't been around much!!! things at the academy have actually been goin' really well, and i've been takin' a lot more time recently to try to study for some more advanced testin' shit; i never thought actually writin' a research paper would ever be in the cards for me, but here i am, actually tryin' to go for it so i can get a proper license for professor stuff. professor ren amaryllis has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

but yeah, i may not be around much for a while still!!! super sorry about that everyone :( i miss y'all bunches! but here, have a pic of my good boy in the meantime, lulu's been havin' a lot of fun tusslin' around with everyone when i got time, hee! went and tuckered himself out

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it’s always ‘competitive battlers don’t care about Pokemon’ but like every competitive battler I know is like . This is my garchomp. She has sad wet eyes and so sometimes I have to put her in sweaters to calm her down. Also she has won several championships.

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it's probably got a fair bit to do with how the old uva teachers were, at least in my case. 😔😔😔 pretty much just sent us on our way with a field guide that i'm pretty sure was outta date and went 'she'll be right', essentially! least for some'a us. but i totes agree with you!!! trainers should have all'a the tools necessary before they go out, and good ones at that to make sure they can get all'a the nutrients they need! that's how ya avoid gettin' some'o them weird tinkatok challenges, or peeps who think it's okay to eat pokemon berries. and then there's berry health risks dependin' on the pokemon, but that's a convo for another post...

i have, don'tcha worry!!! amy's definitely made sure i've gotten on some better ones fer sure; they've gotten on my case about holdin' onto food for too long, so i don't do that anymore!!! heehee. he's taught me a heck of a lot, actually. and i get fresh, responsible human food for the house while i make sure to get my partners the best food i can, too!

though i gotta get some coffee next time i'm on the mainland for sure, now that i'm reminded!!! the coffee here at the academy ain't nearly as strong as the stuff dad suggested i get...and not nearly enough espresso, either.

I worry they are sending ten year olds out into the wilds to go on their trainer journey without telling them that poffins are not meant for people to eat. They don't taste all that good. It's you making treats for your pokemon by hand to be relatively food grade! It won't make you sick especially if done correctly and your berries are properly processed but you are not going to find them as tasty as a pastry made for people to eat. They're bland to us. They are not made for us. It's like walking into a pokemart and eating one of the free biscuits out of the jar at the counter. People are going to stare at you funny. Please stop doing that.

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I worry they are sending ten year olds out into the wilds to go on their trainer journey without telling them that poffins are not meant for people to eat. They don't taste all that good. It's you making treats for your pokemon by hand to be relatively food grade! It won't make you sick especially if done correctly and your berries are properly processed but you are not going to find them as tasty as a pastry made for people to eat. They're bland to us. They are not made for us. It's like walking into a pokemart and eating one of the free biscuits out of the jar at the counter. People are going to stare at you funny. Please stop doing that.

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hiatus until november

alright. i ain't even gonna mince words. this one's actually for a fairly good reason, though; i've gotten back into RP on the site i originated from and i've actually been having a very fun time with it! it's a private game my friends are running and i did not expect to have so much fun with it if i'm gonna be honest.

i've been struggling to get back into rp on that site and like...enjoying it since a dear friend of mine died, but this is perhaps the first time in a while i can say i've got a groove back. and the hyperfocus is very real ^^ but this does mean that while the game is running (should end november 2nd!!) i've been behind here, and the last thing i wanna do is half-ass ren's plot. so i am gonna take a hiatus and make sure i'm all pristine and prepared so i can make it the best experience i can.

updated dates will be coming soon for the plot's start and end dates given that i'm pushing stuff back, so keep an eye out for that! and hopefully nobody's too disappointed. but also: frankly if you are, i do not care. i'm having fun and reclaiming some joy i lost!

but yeah!!! i'll see y'all in november, ren and carmine both can be assumed back at bba now o/

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Saw all those rankings of different Pokemons of the same types and kids owning them and such, so I thought I could throw my hat into the ring fairy-style~!

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//i decided to finally take the roleplay thread we wrote out between these two posts here and here all the way back in december and format it into an actual fic people can read in case anyone wanted to see what happened between casi and amy back then!! if you want a little more bonus content for why these two are the way they are. just keep in mind this stuff would not be known in character. mind the suggestive content tag as while they dont do anything actually not safe for work here its heavily implied thats where things were going

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Chorizo Artazono with scrambled eggs, salt, pepper, red beans, lightly fried rice, pico de gallo Tamato, and sour cream. Wrap in a corn tortilla. Eat.

anon. i need you to know that i tried this with the gang today and this shit was SO. DAMN. GOOD.

thank you for this blessing!!!

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phew! just got home from a lil private celebratin' with the gang out in the minin' area! gotta say, doin' a big ol' bonfire like that feels hella nostalgic. i even got to wear one'a the new outfits miss carmine bullied me into gettin'!

(bullyin' meant with the utmost affection, of course!)

[picture: ren seems to be dressed up with a loose graphic t-shirt, along with some nice looking jeans. even some decent looking boots compliment the ensemble, along with some sunglasses that ren is wearing on their head]

it was nice to house the girls for a bit, i gotta say. i usually don't host people unless it's dad or somethin', but...it was actually kinda nice to do it for someone else. and maybe i wouldn't mind doin' it again sometime!

...but for now, i just gotta wait for jacques to make it back home, and i'll be back to blueberry pretty soon. heh. i'm real excited for that--i've been gettin' some text updates from terry an' mio about the worms, and things have been real great with 'em apparently! i'm gonna have so much work to do~

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//ALRIGHT the poll has voted and. ...i'm gonna be honest i am probably going to be setting the start date back a little further because IRL keeps eating my time up, but. i'm setting a semi-official date because some of the players in the plot have irl going on too, and i wanna give them time. but thank you all so much for your votes!

//I'm going to be setting a tentative date of October 4th for the plot to begin! If anyone needs any adjustments or anything of the sort, please feel free to let me know!

//Hope to see you all there~

TEAM NEO FLARE PLANS PT. 2 (electric mommalu)

HELLO ONCE AGAIN, this is Sable, the player behind Ren and entirely too many others! We're getting closer to the date of the real meat of this plot getting started, so I figured I'd put out some feelers again just to see who still wants to take part/who else would wanna join in! This is a plot that is open to anyone who wants to partake; as long as I don't have you blocked in one manner or another, feel free to jump on in.

This plot is going to be pretty damn high stakes, and while part one of this plot is going to be the worst of it (cws for that: mind control, abusive mother behavior (emotional), murder of an adult, kidnapping of multiple adults, attempted kidnapping of a teenager, violence against a teenager), the second part will be very player determined! Though it will have some cws by default; namely endangerment of a child/teenager, the murder of two adults, the mentioned mind control of one of the admins, and a fair bit of violence. Though if you do wanna do something to your character, ask me first and I'll see what I can do. :|b And as a fair warning: part one has to be at least partially a scripted loss for the good guys, and I'm not willing to budge on this, and I would prefer minimal legendary/overpowered stuff interacting with this plot. I'm going to try not to godmod, and I'm going to ask for the same from y'all.

But anyway! I'm going to put this poll up first, since it'll be the main thing that decides when things are gonna happen. This is for part one of the plot, so feel free to vote which timeframe would be good! Other details below~ (also sorry for the pings in advance! i will need to check with peeps to see statuses on stuff)

Anywho! Let's go into the basics.

Part 1.1 of this plot is going to kickstart with Madison and Jacques being on the blog and leaving some little ciphers that are optional elements to be solved; mostly just letters and the like that Noriko exchanged with Lysandre at one point. The real meat of this will be taking place on one of the dates to be voted on, where Mads/Jacques will be getting kidnapped by Iori, a character who's been spying in Zapapico for Noriko for a while. She'll take over Ren's blog for the day for questioning and the like, and Ren will likely be reacting on Carmine's blog (along with the girl in question) while this all goes down, which is going to prompt Ren to escape BBA to save their friends, with the help of Millie/@porygonlover2009! Carmine will also be fleeing the academy, though shortly after Ren to try and tail them. This IS going to result in Millie herself being a boss encounter to fight against for anyone who wants to tail further, and while no pushover, she will try to prevent anyone from going after them and will need to be beaten. This much can be handwaved if needed!

Part 1.2 is where shit gets SPICY, and will take place on the voted upon date. This'll be taking place at the ruins of Cinnabar Island, where Ren and Carmine are going to meet Noriko, Camille, Iori, and a bunch of Neo Flare grunts. Try as Ren and Carmine might, they're going to get beaten both figuratively and literally, and will need some backup. Keep in mind: this is a scripted loss. If solely for Ren to fall under Noriko's thrall and kick the next leg of the plot under way. Carmine's own kidnapping is influenceable, but if I recall right, this'll be taken care of by the girlfriend, so help here will be appreciated to prevent anything from happening to anyone else who partakes!

From there, part 1 comes to a close, and we enter part 2: Neo Flare tries to end the world. I've actually got a blog getting set up (@team-neo-flare), but I want to encourage people to find them, and y'all are free to bring different skills to the table to do so! While Noriko is an amazing hacker and very good at keeping her location a secret, I fully intend to let people counter hack her or find where she's currently holed up, and this is the part where everyone can go as ham as they want.

There will be a few major fights in part 2: primarily, three against the admins of Team Neo Flare (Camille, Lotus, and Iori), and one final battle against Noriko and the Yveltal that she's kidnapped to do her bidding! I do have ways to help fudge a win for the good guys, but all in all, I'm leaving it very much up to y'all on how the story ends. :3b This leg of the plot will take place anywhere from October to December, depending on how my IRL job affects my energy, and while I'm hoping to get it done before the beginning of the new year, I can extend this out as much as needed.

So anyway! That about covers it. Here, I'll be outlying what I need here, and this'll be where the pings for the previous post will happen:

Part 1.1: Purely optional engagement, but if anyone wants to fuck around and help with the ciphers explicitly! Feel free to let me know and I'll see how I can make this fun. :3b partakers: ???

Part 1.2: This one I'm going to ask to be a smaller group, but I want a small group of people to help try and get Ren/Carmine back! There will be evidence left behind that can be picked up and carried into part 2 of the plan, that can also be used to help investigate matters. partakers: afaik, @elite-amarys is handling Carmine saving, @professor-amaryllis is trying to get their kid back, maybe some others! i would love others. (i think @bee-bee-kyuu too but i've also forgotten guh)

Part 2: I want moles into Noriko's operations, and I'd love to have partakers in all of the fights. These are influenceable, and can even result in the admins defecting, but I wanna see what y'all end up doing! These'll be split up for my own sanity and probably separated out into days/battles handwaved if needed:

moles: Tatiana (npc), @electricalfire (iirc!), others? investigators: ???

vs. Iori: ??? vs. Lotus: professor amaryllis, others? vs. Camille: ???

vs. Noriko/Yveltal: ...probs going to be everyone and their mum but like. iron crown is here for npc backup as well as tatiana.

at any rate!!! that should about cover it, there's one last leg of the plot that'll happen once ren is freed and everything happens that will solely be a brief dive into drama stakes territory, but this is the primary meat of it!

and now comes the pings! i won't be pinging anyone more than once just for courtesy's sake, but! feel free to lemme know if y'all still want involvement or not!

@little-guys-pokemon-central @goindownswingn

aaaaaaand that should about cover it, i will be around to answer questions tonight and tomorrow after work but brainmeats. need a rest. @_@;;