#HG/SS best

[a-shrieking-cloud-of-bats]

mostly just happy they're not doing a third rerelease of gen 2

let's do some new stuff rather then consecutively release remakes

there is So Much that could be done with the franchise

[front-facing-pokemon]

[booznye]

Actually the peak of videogame design and engineering is giving you the option to have a tiny little guy follow you around.

[dna-d2]

ALRIGHT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M NOT DONE YELLING ABOUT POKEMON

WHY IN THE HELL DO NINTENDO/THE POKEMON ADVENTURES GUYS HATE DIAMOND/PEARL/PLATINUM SO MUCH?????

They make what's in my opinion the best Arc/Protagonists in the manga, then proceed to NEVER HAVE ANY OF THEM SHOW UP OR EVEN BE TALKED ABOUT EVER AGAIN

Then a couple years back they started selling Collector's Editions of the manga, which I bought. Only they STOPPED SELLING THEM JUST BEFORE THEY WOULD'VE DONE D/P/P. They put out Emerald and just CALLED IT THERE, THE BASTARDS

Then they release the ABSOLUTE ABOMINATIONS that were Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, which were SO BAD that they just

THEY JUST ENTIRELY SKIPPED THAT ARC IN THE MANGA. Which was LITERALLY THE ONLY REASON I WANTED THE REMAKES (Well that and the Distortion World, which they ALSO DIDN'T ADD TO THE GAMES DID THEY??? GOD THESE GAMES SUCKED)

Does Gamefreak have some sort of vendetta against Gen 4 or something?? Do they hate me personally???

Because at this point it REALLY feels like they might hate me personally

Why can't I have my boys back?? Why can't I be happy???

[darkdragon768]

If there will be a Let's Go Johto, in the same art style of Let's Go P/E but with the regular battle system like in all the other main games, it'd be the best pokemon game for me. Even topping black/white 2.

Let's Go P/E is sooo fucking beautiful and just captures the child like universe of the pocket monsters perfectly.

I'm not a genwunner but man, those games are gorgeous and I appreciate them.

[pokemonheritageposts]

Been thinking about how I'd rank each of the new pokemon introduced in each generation and I'm curious what the consensus is, so I'm running two polls.

Including Megas, Regional Variants, GMaxes, etc in the generation those new forms were introduced in, not the original Pokemon:

[chiwi-la-capybara]

My top 5 Snape fics!

I wanted to share some of my Snape fics in the hopes that you will share yours with me in the comments or in your own posts. These are my personal favorites that I go back to reread the most. I have my own favorite tropes, so these are all somewhat angsty, hurt/comfort, and you might notice Snape gets bathed in several of these lol. Warning, these fics contain sexual content and are NOT appropriate for all ages.

5. Contempt, by Danpuff (2022)

Snarry

I don't normally like Snarry but this blew me away. This is the best enemies to lover fic I've ever read. The line between hate and love is thin my friends.

Excerpt:

The black and the white material hang open around Snape's thin frame. He's not beautiful anywhere, is he? Pasty skin with marks of discoloration. Old, faded scars. Wiry black hair. Concave chest, prominent ribs, soft belly. Harry feasts his eyes on the ghastly sight and trails reverent fingers down. Down over flat brown nipples and a long raised scar. Over a patch of rough, brown skin. Over coarse black curls. His skin is warmer than Harry expected.

4. The Underground, by me, Chiwi_la_Capybara (2023)

HG/SS

This is a shameless plug of my own fic. But it is one of my favorites.

Excerpt:

Snape licked his lips, looked up at her from beneath heavy eyelids. She looked carefully back at him, at the double wrinkle at the corner of each eye, and the purple semicircles that ringed his lower lids. The long thick black eyelashes gave his eyes a melancholy cast.

There was a certain magnetism about him. She lifted up the blanket and drew close to him, laid his head on her shoulder and anchored him to her. The warmth of his body against hers felt as close to sex as anything she had known in the past five years. He blinked at her sleepily, and his black eyes were two moons. Snape slept with his face pressed into the crook of her neck, his warm breath sputtering over her throat. 

3. Traumlieder, by Rexluscus (2011)

Snape/Luna Warning, Luna is underage in this fic and there's dubious consent on both sides. This one's very smutty. Take this warning v seriously.

Snape being bewildered by Luna is such a joy. Rexluscus is an incredibly writer. They have this tone that's kind of sarcastic, kind of loving, and real perverse all at once.

Excerpt:

Snape dreamed of a creature. It had yellow hair and smelled like a cherry orchard, and it spoke with a voice both exotic and deeply, achingly familiar. Its hands were as delicate and fragile as a doll's, but its skin was warm and velvety as it tickled him below his navel. It was petting him, quieting him, and he was drifting into lassitude—all except for the exquisitely urgent want in his groin. The creature seemed aware of that; it was touching him there now, shocking like the touch of a naked flame, and as ecstasy radiated from his middle and flooded out the pain in his limbs he only now recognised by its absence... A warm breeze tickled his bare skin, and the creature laughed. He thought he could see its eyes somewhere far above him, round and lambent, like watery planets setting in a warm twilight.

2. Exaltation, by Eldritcher (2022)

Dudley/Snape.

I know Dudley and Snape sounds ick but trust me, its strange and wonderful. Only Eldritcher could have pulled this one off. Eldritcher once told me their writing has been influenced by the Greek poet Ovid, and you can tell.

Excerpt:

Harry was not taught to swim. Snape betrays the tell-tale signs of a man who has never learned to swim. Like Harry, Snape does not have fat on his bones to lift him up easy. He steps into the water, because Dudley asks him to. Dudley holds him by the waist, steadying him until he finds his level. Snape is pale, paler than the primroses closing and curling up for the night. It is all Dudley can do to refrain from catching the trembling bony shoulders to massage back the blood into circulation.

1. Self-Slain Gods on Strange Altars, Scumblackentropy (2013)\

SS/HG Warnings for an underage/student Hermione.

This is the fic that really got me into this fandom back when I was a teen. The writing is uneven, but Snape feels so real in this story.

Excerpt:

What, what, what?she asks herself as she slowly, slowly, slowly lets her palm flatten against his damp robes and slowly, slowly, slowly stands on tiptoe. His head pulls back as he tries to hold eye contact, but she never tries to look away. She vaguely registers that he has a long throat. Long. Muscled. Pale.

“You’re wrong.”

How?she asks herself as a strangled, indignant aching noise comes out of his mouth and she slowly, slowly, slowly presses herself into him, and his eyes widen in that way that breaks her heart, and she feels his blood-soaked body hard-angled and warm against hers, and she thinks that maybe she can forgive him.

[pokepollsters]

Best Pokémon Protagonist Tournament- Preliminary Round: Match 2

Three options to pick for the golden boy! Which look makes it to the tournament?

[snamioneasks]

Hi, are there any fics where Snape and Hermione are both professors at hogwarts after the war. Or fics where snape is a known spy during the wars and him and Hermione have to work together? TIA

fics where snape is a known spy during the wars and him and Hermione have to work together

There are several - I actually love this trope! There is a subset of them that rewrite the last two or three books. I have listed the ones I know in these two posts: here and here.

Other fics that have them working together, but don't necessarily rewrite the books:

Memento Amori by Olethros - M, 17 chapters - COMPLETE. SSHG. A vicious attack leaves Hermione Granger unable to form new memories. Now she and Severus Snape must work together on a weapon that could destroy Voldemort. Yet how can she trust him when her past is unknown and her present uncertain?

Before the Dawn by snarkyroxy - M, 49 chapters - In her seventh year, a latenight discovery changes Hermione Granger’s view on a great many things. Severus Snape is just one of them. Complete.

The Problem with Purity by Phoenix.Writing - M, 62 chapters - As Hermione, Harry, and Ron are about to begin their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, they learn some surprising and dangerous information regarding what it means to be Pure in the wizarding world. HG/SS with H/D. AU after OotP. When A Lioness Fights by kayly silverstorm - M, 80 chapters - Hermione Granger, master spy, and Severus Snape, spymaster to the Order. An unlikely partnership, forged to defeat the Dark Lord on his own ground. But to do so, they must confront their own darkness within. Spying, torture, angst and love. AU after fifth

The Professor’s Discretion by Twelve Years in Azkaban - T, 22 chapters - The only thing keeping Hermione out of trouble and Harry Potter alive is... the Professor's Discretion. AU.

fics where Snape and Hermione are both professors at hogwarts after the war

This isn't a trope that I read a lot (I love A Light in the Fog, though), but I'll list some fics I've seen recommended over the years. Also, check out our Hermione Granger: Professor tag.

A Light in the Fog by turtlewexler - M, 29 chapters - The last thing Severus remembers is overhearing a prophecy in a dingy, goat-scented pub. Now there’s a James Potter clone with Lily’s eyes, a much aged McGonagall, and an infuriatingly familiar woman with wild hair all saying he is not a loyal Death Eater. Looking in a mirror proves that he is, indeed, suddenly pushing fifty. All in all, not his best day. AU, EWE. *COMPLETE*

A Murder of Crows by Hogwarts 91 - M, 33 chapters - 14 yrs post-war: Hermione’s teaching at Hogwarts when an un-aged Snape awakens from stasis and returns to the school. Sparks fly when they meet. Can they learn to trust and love in time to defeat an evil plot bent on changing the wizarding world forever?

The sound of silence by Ellemphriem - M, 36 chapters - When Professor Granger appeared at Hogwarts as the new Potion Mistress, she wasn’t expecting to be the temporary guardian of a beautiful and highly charismatic child. Neither was she expecting that child to draw close to her a lonely man who was encased in forced silence. This man slowly showed her that silence had a deafening sound, if you listened close enough.

The Fine Art of Fine Print by Mundungus42 - M, 8 chapters - Hogwarts’ headmistress threatens the integrity of the school with her reforms, so the Minister sends his most talented Unspeakable undercover to bring her down from within. What Hermione finds will change her life forever. SSHG

The Charms of Hermione Granger by SallySlytherin - M, 19 chapters - Hermione returns to Hogwarts as the new Charms Professor. She’s determined to befriend Severus Snape, whether he likes it or not.

[usedpidemo]

Best Pokémon game? Of the standard games not the rom hacks!

Do you recommend playing scarlet and violet? I tried but couldn’t get into it because of the graphical issues :(

In terms of Pokémon games, I recommend Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver or Black/White 1 & 2as the perfect jump off point for newcomers. They each have their own problems, but the positives each one provides more than make up for their flaws. I'm biased toward HG/SS as my all-time favorite Pokémon games, to be honest.

Scarlet/Violet's open world structure lends itself to so much replayability. Unless you're indifferent to the story and care so much about the graphics/performance, I think it's a better experience than Sword/Shield and can even be a challenge at times, especially towards the end. Nowhere close to the games I mentioned above, but good compared to the other recent releases that aren't Legends Arceus.

[wevelocityteampresents-blog]

Pokémon Pocket Monsters HG SS Volume 1 - Chapter 5

Red challenges each of the Johto Gym Leaders to a rematch so he can re-earn all the Gym Badges that will allow Entei, Raikou, and Suicune to battle for him.

At first, I thought Red wanted to take another shot at the Johto League so he could become champion of that region after losing it in the GS series to some other character. (It's probably Gold, Silver, or even the Crystal of Pokémon Pocket Monsters. But if it isn't, I'll take a bet that Lance is the Johto champion.) But after reading through this chapter again, Red only took on the Gyms so he could get the legendary Pokémon to fight for him and truly become his. Which means the stuff at the beginning wasn't unnecessary filler.

Alright. First off, where did these restrictions with badges come from? In every other series in this manga, all the Pokémon Red catches do stuff for him regardless of how many badges he has. Most of the time, Red either doesn't have any badges or has at least half of them and the Pokémon still listen to him. So why do Entei, Raikou, and Suicune get a pass?

Second, it's weird how Pokémon levels are brought up in a piece of Pokémon media outside the games in 2010. I'm sure the anime mentions Pokémon evolving at certain levels or needing more experience to reach a higher level. But after the original series, mechanics like levels were never mentioned again. It felt kind of nice to see a tie to the video games after such a long time.

Red doesn't even keep the legendary Pokémon for that long anyway since Clefairy blasts them off into space. They were in this manga for like 2 chapters before getting booted off in favor of more wacky shenanigans. It's a bit disappointing if you ask me.

Despite my ranting, there's a lot of things this chapter does right. The lore of the manga is expanded upon with the badges and how they relate to gaining a Pokémon's trust (even though it's still pretty stupid...) and there's a lot of action that keeps the story from becoming uninteresting. The action is also great because it allows Red and his Pokémon to get back on track with their training. If it wasn't for the wasted use of Entei, Raikou, and Suicune and that ending, this could have easily been one of the best chapters in Pokémon Pocket Monsters. From what we were given, though, it's a good 8/10.

Now that the manga's gotten the serious stuff out of the way, it's back to your regularly scheduled gag manga nonsense.

[tsfs-dragon]

Saved up enough to pull for her and got her. One of Sabrina’s best outfits. And hopefully one day the game gets her HG/SS outfit.

[asknarashikari]

Opinions on each of the starter Pokemon, Kari.

I'll preface this post by saying that 1) I'm kinda biased towards water types and 2) I haven't actually played a Pokemon game since HG/SS, so my opinions have more to do with how I like them just from a design/lore perspective and their appearances in other media (like the anime) than their competitive viability

With that out of the way... let's go~

Bulbasaur - Still one of the most underrated starters I think. I loved Ash's Bulbasaur in the anime, he was one sassy bitch lol

Charmander - A touch overexposed, but for good reason. Who doesn't love a fire breathing dragon buddy

Squirtle - I love the concept, but honestly most of my fondness for it comes from Ash's Squirtle. The one with the glasses

Pikachu - I mean, it's the mascot of the series. I don't think I can hate it even if I tried. It's cute and we all know it

Eevee - I'm kinda meh on the whole line tbh... and the Eevee you get as a starter can't evolve anyways...

Chikorita - Honestly probably the most forgettable of the starters. I don't really think much of it

Cyndaquil - It's a cute little shrew thing that evolves into a honey badger. Okay I guess? Hisuian Typholosion was needed badly

Totodile - Look, Ash's Totodile being a happy dancy lil guy was all they needed to make me love it

Treecko - A bunch of Poketubers I watch regularly are fond of it, and although I see the appeal, I'm just okay on it

Torchic - I love the whole line tbh, but I still haven't gotten over my cousin's kid saying Combusken looks like a dick.

Mudkip - My answer to the "Do you like Mudkips?" meme is "No, I absolutely adore Mudkips and will die for them"

Turtwig - Probably the most underrated of the Sinnoh starters and I kinda see why people struggle to use it

Chimchar - I see the appeal, even if I never used it as a starter myself. I also got attached to it because of Ash's Chimchar

Piplup - Piplup was my first starter so I adore it a lot... It's just so full of personality whenever I see it. Project Pochama was lit

Snivy - All I know about it is the infamous episode where Ash's Pikachu lost to one at the start of B/W

Pignite - Kinda went overboard with the Fire/Fighting combi at this point... also it's not really appealing in anyway lol

Oshawott - I think it has the most likeable personality of the starters? The scalchop thing is really cute

Chespin - Chespin's evolutions are... something. Poor guy got the short end of the design stick

Fennekin - I think it has the best concept of the three Kalos starters. Yes, even more than ninja frogman

Froakie - I think they were trying to turn it into Charizard 2.0 and... I guess it worked for a while? I like it well enough I guess

Rowlet - The cutest borb (birb+orb) turning into a badass ghost archer? Yes please! Also, Ash's Rowlet was hilarious in S&M

Litten - I guess I was just thankful they didn't make it Fighting type again lol

Popplio - It's a cute little thing, I don't understand why people didn't like it when it was first revealed

Grookey - I may have compared it to one Banjou Ryuuga when it was revealed lol. Ryuuga's my fave 2nd Rider though...

Scorbunny - It's a cute lil bunny, how could I hate it? It also seemed to have the most personality out of the Galar starters

Sobble - *gathers him into my arms* I will protect this one with my life even if it evolves into lizard James Bond

Sprigatito - Do I want a cat that can knead me and make me kinda high? ...Maybe

Fuecoco - It's a happy lil fire croc! It looks so wholesome! Its head is empty but I don't care!

Quaxly - I would like to shake the hand of the god who thought gaylord samba peacock-duck thing would make for a great starter

[darkdragon768]

The map is done! And the vegetation map looks actually way better than I expected! It makes it so much better, wow!

All in all it turned out really really good. I'm very happy with it.

Ancient Jungle map almost done. Only need to add some names and facts.

Didn't add any flora cuz you couldn't see anything then. Or maybe I'll do an alt map for that. (<- just doesn't want to draw a shit ton of greens)

[sea-of-souls1100]

I have literally never considered lance adopting silver but now that you’ve said it I literally am obsessed!!!!! It’s perfect! Like I really think lance would try his absolute best and silver would just be a huge brat about literally everything but he would deep down be so touched and moved but not really know what to do about finally getting attention that’s not negative and has no stipulations attached to it. Like now you’ve got me hooked!!!!!

The best part is that you can find Silver in the Dragon's Den after you beat the Elite 4 in HG/SS! It's basically canon! :D

Seriously though, their dynamic is really really sweet. Silver finally finds an adult who shows him genuine care, concern, and eventually affection. Lance is happy to help this misguided and mistreated kid grow as a person and find a home. Silver 100% Does Not Know How To Handle This, so it's a process of learning and growth and love!! And, as an extra special bonus, you get bratty older sister/wine aunt Clair. What's not to love?

So glad I was able to introduce you to the idea ^-^

[tranquillitates]

loose timeline!

a golden day, best day ever, future world holiday - samuel oak is born 10 years - sam gets his first pokemon, sets out on his journey 11 years - becomes rivals with a girl named agatha 15 years - sam and agatha start dating 18 years - sam and agatha get married, sam enters university 19 years - sam and agatha's son, aoi, is born 22 years - sam and agatha divorce 24 years - sam finishes his doctorate 27 years - sam opens the lab in pallet town 29 years - aoi gets his first pokemon, starts his own journey 37 years - aoi gets married 38 years - sam's first grandchild, daisy, is born 42 years - sam's second grandchild, blue/green, is born 48 years - aoi and his wife are killed by team rocket, sam takes custody of daisy and blue/green 52 years - events of r/b/y/fr/lg 54 years - events of g/s/c/hg/ss