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doodlejoltik · 2 months ago

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Guys I have a confession to make. In spite of all my PLA posting and especially Reiposting... I have not actually played PLA.

Until now!!!

Armed with my new Switch Lite I now possess infinite power and will be able to Reipost to a degree heretofore unfathomable

There he is!

Objectively the best starter Rowlet /lh

So far I have been having a blast catching 'mons, dodge-roll climbing my way up unreasonably tall places, and not doing the plot. I have been assured this is part of the experience.

I forgot to take a screenshot so I had to yoink this from someone's YouTube playthrough but darn. Kamado. Did you really have to say it like that

(Haha isn't it funny that Rei does do that and yet he's not fully accepted and trusted in the end. Haha. Maybe he didn't work hard enough...)

This line stuck out to me. On one hand it's cautionary - in context, it's meant to warn Rei that he should be careful in how he behaves around the Diamond and Pearl clans, since the Galaxy Team is in a tenuous position here in Hisui. But from another view, it sort of suggests that "we are all equally outsiders here. You belong" which is more explicitly stated in lines like this one:

And so I see this narrative that's building up of "Rei can earn a place for himself where he is trusted and accepted if he works hard enough", which is reinforced time and time again as he gets more star ranks, and takes more requests from the villagers, who gradually become friendlier towards him, at varying rates. (I've been making a point to talk to all the NPCs every time I return to Jubilife Village.)

Which I'm sure you all know already, and which I also knew, to a point, but it hits different actually seeing its gradual progression in game.

Anyway. Next episode, we fight a Noble Pokemon and I'll see if all my dodge-rolling experience to climb tall heights will translate to being good at dodge-rolling away from murderously angry super-powered Pokemon. Wish Rei luck, he's being piloted by me and my decidedly lacking gamer reflexes XDD

I'll tag all my PLA posting "// tik plays PLA"

#breaking news: local serial rei overanalyser has not in fact played PLA #this will all change soon XD but i like to think i did a good job blending in #where a metric ton of fic pokemas characterisation crumbs and sheer willpower will get you #but anyway I've fallen so far down the rabbithole that I figured it was high time I actually played the game #blorbo beloved now more real than ever #(another confession: i have not really played any mainline games either. I've played a little of Pokemon White on an emulator and that's It #strange for a self proclaimed Pokemon fan i know but hey it's worked so far XD #legends arceus #trainer rei #rei pokemon #rei #// tikposting #// character meta #i wonder what my thoughts would have been if i were not doing this with retrospective knowledge of what happens in the end #anyway you all get to see (sort of) new thoughts on a game that's two years old #// tik plays PLA

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