#@ xy reblogging this is disappointing

[curlyhairedprince]

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[grim-echoes]

also i decided against going on a full blown tangent on the tags of that post i reblogged earlier but whether or not "vote with your wallet" is a sentiment that actually works in the long run, i still don't have any sympathy for people who continue to buy pokemon games in 2022 at full price near release and then get upset when they turn out to be horribly broken, unfinished, and unoptimized or justify their purchase with "it's my comfort game :( i just want to enjoy pokemon because i love pokemon" because these games have very visibly been on a steep decline since XY and USUM completely shattered any illusions i had that these games would be good ever again, and seeing how SWSH turned out with all of its corner-cutting and lack of care and attention that should not be acceptable from a franchise that rakes in billions upon billions annually just cemented this decision for me.

the amount of people i saw just prior to release who were legitimately fucking disappointed with all the leaked footage they'd been seeing yet still left work early or took the day off to buy it at full price and play it is actually shocking to me, and i can't imagine having so little self respect that you can justify dropping money on these games time and time again when we're now at the point where the crunch at game freak and third party developers working on these games has gotten so severe that we're seeing day 1 patches not only for bugfixes that they had no time to iron out during development, but to implement basic fucking assets like the opening cutscene and certain tracks in the case of BDSP--and this is allowed to happen because the hype and marketing around these games is so strong that the actual quality doesn't matter, so long as the sales numbers continue to top charts each year and all the tie-in series and merch make them more money than the entire income of a small country year after year while their developers continue to get dragged by the shirt across concrete to pump out another new game until they die.

what i'm saying is, unironically please spend your fucking money on something else, pokemon is not worth it anymore

[herethics]

having reblogged a few posts about the imane khelif situation in the past few days I want to clarify what I actually think about it... I haven’t looked into the situation much because I’m sick of this whole gender debate at this point and so I’m not entirely sure about the specifics of her condition and think whether she should compete against women depends entirely on that. I don’t think merely having naturally elevated testosterone levels should disqualify a woman from competing against other women for example and neither should having XY chromosomes alone tbh because even that doesn’t guarantee much about someone’s phenotypical sex. but obviously a line has to be drawn somewhere, and if a woman is determined to be biologically closer to male than female and/or assigned the wrong sex or something then yeah, I think for her to compete against people who are female would be against the whole spirit of having sex-segregated sports in the first place. but also imagine how difficult it must to be to be raised as female, probably struggle your whole life with being “too” masculine, not fitting in with your gender, possibly what would be perceived as same sex attraction, etc., and then think you found something you’re really good at, maybe even the best at, and dedicate your life to it—only to be told it never mattered, you can’t ever get credit for it, you aren’t even actually nearly as good as you thought, you were just competing against the wrong sex this whole time! and like that wasn’t enough, your medical information becomes a matter of public debate, your personal situation is politicised, and all the anger towards narcissistic paraphiliac men wreaking havoc on women’s sports gets redirected towards you. it must be such a mindfuck. so I’m just really sympathetic towards khelif’s situation and it’s really disappointing to see the lack of empathy towards her from so-called feminists. like jk rowling’s tweet is just insane. let’s all consider apologising to khelif and calming the fuck down…

[dual-domination]

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

This Zemo with this Bucky

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137 notes • Posted 2021-05-12 17:28:47 GMT

#4

Accurate af ����

From: @MLtoFangirl on twitter

139 notes • Posted 2021-11-10 12:39:20 GMT

#3

Husband watching The Untamed - The Mustache

Episode 10. Husband laugh his ass off

Things like “Lan Zhan, hold my sword” and “Lan Zhan, use your iron” made him scream and I hadn’t laugh at such stupid things the time I watched alone. Wtf Husband is twelve???

WWX ransacking XY and Husband was like “Reputation? Already gay reputation.”

Husband about XXC and XY: “Enemies AND lovers.” (I’m sad for him in anticipation abt Yi City arc)

XY says “Don’t forget me” to XXC and Husband just: “I said, I knew it!”

Husband: Everyone but Jiang Cheng is gay here.

Me: He met Wen Qing just for a moment in the Novel. This whole thing with her doesn’t exist there and in the donghua.

Husband: So he’s really gay with the little brother with a fan... The couple that didn’t got the rooster.

Suddenly, a wild Nie Mingjue appears on screen.

Husband: THE MUSTACHE!!! \o/

Sect Leader Mustache.

Husband will be disappointed when he watches the donghua and sees no mustache.

The drama between NMJ and MY happens, MY crying, NMJ, THAT MAN, crying so sadly abt sad little ‘princess dimples’ MY

Husband: So, them too... OH.

Me: Yeah.

Husband:....

Husband: Wait... this guy (MY) is not the older brother Lan’s boyfriend??????? D:

Me: And this guy (NMJ) is Xichen’s best friend...

Husband: Best “friend”? In this show? WAIT A MINUTE

Proud of him being smart enough to figure out abt XueXiao and 3zun so easily kjsjkskskjjks

Important note: He found NOTHING abt SL and XXC, just friends who cultivate together, not even a hint of romance, sexual tension, etc. Proud of him for this too.

I knew this episode would worth it.

144 notes • Posted 2021-12-04 03:05:22 GMT

#2

*Steve is back from moon*

Steve: So... Zemo is now an ally...

Sam: Yep.

Steve: I heard he's dating someone and...

Sam:

Bucky:

@thesunflowersutra

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#1

This Zemo with this Bucky

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362 notes • Posted 2021-05-14 15:55:39 GMT

@thesunflowersutra my number one is the AU I made for you! <3

@mostlikelytofangirl look where you are ;)

@raging-red-lotus-of-qinghe Nie Huaisang tag so highly ranked - the credits for that are, at least, half yours

Husband, you don't have a Tumblr, and yet you got the 3rd place ><

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[baronessblixen]

I agree with you about David and I’ve been mad for a while but right now I don’t care anymore as long as he’s happy tbh... however, I was wondering how much older his gf is than West. Is it 6 years? I love your blog and I hope you continue to be this amazing part of the fandom. Your reblogs always brighten my day.

People who know me will know that I'm pretty sensitive about this topic. I'm not a fan. You're right though. Neither of them is my friend or my family so it doesn't concern me. It just disappoints me - and not just because it's David. There are so many men (and a lot of women, too, though not as much) who date so much younger. I know they're all adults, but... it just gets to me.

It's so normal for men to be 20 and 30 years older than their partners and it's become so normal for women to be downright discarded once they pass 40. Do you know the statistics for women dating 40+? Hell, for trying to find a *job* in their 40s and 50s? They're not good. What also bothers me is how these relationships are described. It's always "xy and his super hot girlfriend". a) she has a name, and b) I'm sure she's more than just super hot. Though it seems to me that in most of these huge age gap relationships the younger person is "an aspiring singer/actor/model".

It's a complex subject and I didn't mean to get so off topic. I'm still not over the fact that Bernie Ecclestone had a baby with his 40+ younger wife - and he's 89 years old.

As for your actual question, it's 6 years between West and DD's girlfriend 😁

And thank you for your nice words ❤ I wouldn't be surprised if this post makes people think otherwise.

[sage-nebula]

"i love how kalos has nothing of note" that and w HY ARE THEIR TITLES SO CLUNKY. THERE'S NOTHIGN CATCHY ABOUT THEM EXCEPT MAAAYBE CLEMONT'S AND WULFRIC'S, but even then it screams of Literal Translation, Poor Implementation and i hate it, thanks. i never even played xy due ot not having a 3ds at the time and i've never seen these titles before now. i still can't get over them.

Wulfric’s sounds like it would be the beginning of his Tinder bio, I’m not going to lie. Like he describes himself as “tough as an iceberg, hot as a furnace” in hopes he’ll get more attention and actually score a date. 

Honestly, the Kalos games are not worth it, at all. While the gameplay is great, that is literally all these games have going for them. (And I mean, gameplay is important, but it can’t be expected to carry an RPG, particularly when that same gameplay—with improvements, given Soaring and the DexNav!—can be found in the Hoenn remakes.) In no particular order:

The characters are bland, one-dimensional, and entirely forgettable. This especially goes for the rival squad, who have absolutely no depth to them whatsoever, present no challenge, and constantly interrupt you when you’re just trying to explore and have a nice time. They contribute nothing of value to the story, they aren’t fun to battle against, and their constant interruptions are annoying af. Game Freak was going for another “best friends!!!!” scenario, but it feels extremely forced, and the games would have been better without them, by far.But they’re not the only ones who are bland and one-dimensional. Diantha shows up early, but she doesn’t really do much aside from have a couple lines of dialogue. She doesn’t participate very much in the story at all. Lysandre is Very Obviously Evil from the get-go, ranting about how the world is filthy and all that in practically your first conversation with him. The only one who has any characterization at all is arguably Sycamore, but his characterization boils down to being wishy-washy and unable to stand up to Lysandre, and even flat out downplaying Lysandre’s genocide plot in the last conversation you have with him (he basically says Lysandre just ~made a mistake because of his ego~ and I’ve never wanted to punch a video game character in the face so hard), so any ounce of fondness I might have had for him went directly out the window. Moreover, none of the admins or scientists or what-have-you of Flare have any characterization or importance. The only one of note is Xerosic, and that’s only in the postgame (more on that in the end). The characters are just utterly disappointing.

The story had potential, but was ruined by no one in the game taking it seriously. In Black/White, N wanted to permanently separate humans from pokémon, and this got the entire region up in arms to the point where the Gym Leaders themselves stepped up to battle against Team Plasma. In X/Y, Lysandre wanted to commit genocide on everyone except those who had paid him five million dollars to join Team Flare and then live (no joke; the only differences between game!Lysandre and anime!Lysandre is that game!Lysandre is a classist fuck who makes people pay him to stay alive, whereas anime!Lysandre uses and abuses a teenage boy in his spare time instead), and no one … did anything. People just did not give a fuck. Lysandre literally broadcasted his entire plan to everyone in the region via the Holocaster, and no one aside from the protagonist, kind of the rivals, and kind of Sycamore (who sent his assistants to do his work for him) did anything about it. No Gym Leader involvement, no Elite Four involvement, no Champion involvement, nada. Despite the fact that, again, Lysandre’s plan was genocide. That such a dark and harsh topic was treated so lightly was one of the primary things that disgusted me about these games.

Aside from Laverre City, Kalos is a boring region. I mean, Lumiose is kind of cool, I guess, but it’s also your standard big city, like Castelia City was. Laverre was interesting, but other than that Kalos just feels very metropolitan and it’s altogether not very interesting. I can’t remember a single landmark in Kalos that was particularly interesting to me.

There’s no challenge, tbh. The gameplay was great in terms of customization, mega evolution, being able to level your pokémon quickly (thank you, Restaurant Le Wow and O-Powers), and so on and so forth, but like I mentioned with the rival squad, the battles themselves weren’t challenging. This has been a problem with newer Pokémon games for a while now and so it’s not a hit against XY in specific, but if you want a challenge, the Kalos games aren’t it. (Unless you consider the arduous task of stomaching the terrible writing a challenge, in which case, mood.)

Honestly, they’re just not worth it. At least the Alola games started out having a good story, and at least they have characters worth remembering. Kalos doesn’t have that. If you want a canon story set in Kalos, go for the anime. The anime has its problems as well, but at least it also has The Strongest Mega Evolution, a SATISFYING and UNDERSTANDABLE reaction to Lysandre’s plan, and, of course, the best goddamn character that has been produced to date.

(Or characters, I should say. Can’t forget Lizardon. ♥)

So yeah, don’t worry about ever playing the Kalos games. They’re not the worst core Pokémon games to ever exist (that dishonor goes to Let’s Go), but they’re still pretty bad from a character and story standpoint, and are not at all worth it.

ETA: I forgot to talk about the postgame story, so real quick: The only enjoyable thing, from a character and story standpoint, in the Kalos games comes from the postgame story. The postgame story is once again a Looker adventure, but the focus is on a homeless teenage girl named Emma whom Looker takes under his wing. (And honestly, I have quite a few thoughts on how Alan’s story in the anime is quite similar to Emma’s, so it wouldn’t be surprising to me if Emma was partially the inspiration for Alan.) He takes in her, teaches her important life skills, has her help him out at his detective firm … and Emma, in wanting to repay him for all the help he has given her, starts looking for part-time work, which leads her to Xerosic. Emma doesn’t realize that Xerosic is evil, and he ends up using her to commit crimes (without her knowledge—she doesn’t realize she’s committing crimes) as part of his research. (See what I mean?) It’s a very emotional, well-written little story, with characters that actually have depth to them, that you actually come to love and care about. It’s leagues above what was done in the main game, so I have no idea what went wrong there. That said, since you have to suffer through the entirety of the main game just to get to the postgame, I’d still say X and Y aren’t worth it. If anything, just watch the Emma and Looker story on YouTube. You’ll save yourself time and money that way.

(Note: To any Kalos game fans who want to reblog this to start Discourse™, don’t. You won’t change my mind, I won’t change yours, and it’d be a waste of time and effort on both our parts, thanks.)

[blackspellbook]

I dropped the Pokémon anime again. The XY series was a huge disappointment to me so as the SM series is being boring and uninteresting to me too. Anyway, if you are one of the few pokeani blogs that follow me for pokeani related stuff you can unfollow me, I will not be angry, I just don't have the will to reblog or post about the newest pokeani stuff.