#also koraidons shiny is cool and i love it

[mangostar]

honestly what’s the point of shiny locking everything it’s just rly lame and boring …

[shadowonwater]

Started Playing Pokemon Scarlet, haven't gotten too far yet but this is how it's going

I'm having a lot of fun! I like Nemona, she's cool :D Spoilers I suppose but only for very early game

When I first saw the starters I wanted to go with grass cat but after seeing the evolutions I wasn't so sure. I was thinking of switching to fire croc but 1) the fan art of grass cat final evolution helped win me over 2) I just didn't really feel connected with the other 2 starters like I did with grass cat 3) I really fucking love cats

So now I have a Sprigateto named Cutie

When Nemona was talking to me about catching Pokemon I thought to myself. "Wouldn't it be funny if I catch a shiny so early into the game?" Then I few minutes a later I see and catch a shiny Scatterbug. I was like "Are you fucking kidding me?! I wasn't serious about that?!" Well looks like my team will have a shiny Vivillon eventually.

I really like Koraidon so far! I liked how it escorted me through the cave and protected me from that Houndoom. And like carried me up. Very cool, I already love it.

When I actually entered battle with that Houndoom it was kinda scary because I have a low leveled Grass and a whole low leveled team against a level 40. I was wondering if it was going to make me actually try to battle it. Clearly it was supposed to be a scripted loss but I was wondering if I would actually have to be defeated or not.

I guess not because my character returned Cutie back to their Pokeball before the Houndoom actually attacked.

I wanted to explore the cave a bit more but the game didn't let me. I guess I'll go back some other time and check out that tunnel I saw.

another thing: I love clicking on all the paintings, there was this one in particular I love in Nemona's house with a pair of Eevee. It's very cute and the style reminds me a bit of Van Gogh.

Also, Nemona and the protag are fucking rich. Have you seen thheir house?? They are loaded! But maybe I should expect that from kids going to a fancy renowned boarding school.

Anyway, I'll probably keep posting about my experience playing, unless I get too distracted by playing to write. I also have other stuff I oughta do.

[pyromaniac-cyndaquil]

Glaceon and Kyogre for the ask thingy!

Send me a pokemon and I'll answer!

Glaceon: What Eeveelution type would you like to see in the future?

I'd love to see a poison or steel eeveelution to counter sylveon, I think they both have the potential to look really cool! A dragon eevee would also work with sylveon but would just make it look even more op 😭 I also like the idea of a ghost type eeveelution, they could name it Medeon 😤 (like medium + eon)

Kyogre: Who is your favourite Pokemon of each type?

So I genuinely struggle a lot with this question, but I was already filling in a thing for favourite pokemon of each type per gen so I'll just add my answers to that here once I'm done! (It changes super often but it's what I'm feeling rn lol)

Okay so uhh:

Normal: cyclizar

Fire: cyndaquil (stares into camera)

Water: gastrodon (was v fond of a west shiny I got in pla :] her name is melon)

Grass: snivy

Electric: shinx

Ice: kyurem

Fighting: riolu

Poison: overqwil

Ground: flygon

Flying: togekiss

Psychic: lunala

Bug: charjabug

Rock: rockruff

Ghost: giratina (this was the fucking worst actually. Was torn between giratina, lunala, hisuian typhlosion or skeledirge. Could've been any of them, I fucking love ghost types)

Dragon: koraidon

Dark: Darkrai (probably would've gone overqwil if it wasn't already under poison. Also I have eots recency bias okay)

Steel: mawile

Fairy: togekiss (oh goddammit I ended up with dupes anyway. idc)

[cheemken]

u seem to like the underrated pkmn like koraidon and zamazenta, even trainers like diantha, any othr underrated and overrated mons or trainers u like?

Ohh this is fun hahah

Anyways this is probs gon be me rambling so hey you can read em under the cut hahaha

I'll start w the mons and man Palkia deserves so much better owo

I'd say an overrated Creation trio member is Giratina, I like him, but Jesus Christ if I go up against another Giratina VMax user on ptcgl I'll go fucking crazy it will be my villain origin story I shit you all the fuck not that shit is fucking crazy like for the first three games I played there I was up against Giratina VMax users PLEASE I AM TIRED I JUST WANNA FUCKING WIN

I'll use the origin Palkia V deck next out of spite

Another underrated Mon I like is the Kubfu line, mainly RS Urshifu bc man why are there so many art of SS but not much for RS he's so much better bcnxnd

Idk if it's underrated but I like Victiny, its shiny is dope af imo hahah

Hoopa too, not the shiny but the Mon hahaha then there's Diancie she be dope too hahah

Tapu Lele is also pretty cool, Groudon is dope af, and even Ho-oh, and man Entei please he's one of my boiis one of the first legendaries I really liked back then idk even tho I played Crystal I liked Entei more than Suicune hahaha

Idk if they're also under or overrated but I really prefer the Galarian bird trio than the Kanto one

Going to the starters now, I actually really like the Chespin line hahah it sucks how many people hate on it, saying how they don't like how Quilladin looks or how Chesnaught doesn't look like it's pre evos, but idc I love this line they have a special place in my heart uwu

Another underrated one is Popplio, this line also deserved better man omf owo

Then there's the Tepig line my beloved please Emboar got me through Unova along w Reuniclus these two are the backbone of my Unova team

Overrated starters,, ehh idk, Squirtle and Charmander line?? Hahah and ofc the Hoenn trio the best trio nothing can ever top them fr fr no cap

For pseudo legends,, well there's the Goomy line (both Kalosian and Hisuian variants) hahah I will forever be salty how this K.Goodra isn't half Poison it would make so much more sense if it's a Poison type man omfs cjdmnd then ah,, Kommo-o, that line too hahah I think it's pretty dope, bc I have one on my team too hahah

Overrated Pseudos, probs Tyra hahah and Metagross and Garchomp, I'll put in Salamence too, he's cool hahah

Just mons in general, Diglet line, this line also got me through Kanto the real MVP of my team along w Jolteon hahah then ofc the Solosis line it won't be a real Unova playthrough for me if this isn't my actual ace hahaha and ghmm,,, most of the eeveelutions are overrated really, but ehh idk I'm just gon say the dopest ones are Sylveon, Jolteon, and Espeon

Ehh idk that's the only ones I can remember from the top of my head so hey hahah I'm sure there's probs more but like yeah hahaha

Now for the trainers ouo

I'm just gon go and say the Unova and Kalos peeps, they really deserve better man bcmxnd especially Diantha PLEASE THE DISRESPECT THEY GAVE HER WHEN GOING UP AGAINST LEON IS FUCKING INSANE I HATE THAT EPISODE SO MUCH that episode triggers me fr my friend played that while we were on call and I ended up rambling to him bcmxndnd

The subway masters,, idk,,, their popularity really spiked after PLA, but hey I still think they're cool, I just don't like how when I look at BW stuff it's almost always them I see

Volo is also pretty dope ofc I had a brainrot of him back then he's still dope af even tho I don't reblog much stuff abt him nowadays hahaha

And,, yeah, I think that's it, well that's all I could remember hahaha sorry for rambling tho cbnxnd hahah

[jaybug-jabbers]

Top 3 Lists - Pokemon Scarlet

Hey, all. I figured it's about time to post another one of these! I really enjoyed Pokemon Scarlet, so I thought it would be fun to list off some of my favorites in a Top 3 post-- both pokemon and characters. The game certainly has plenty of both!

Top 3 Ancient Paradox Pokemon

First up, my favorite ancient pokemon. I feel as though these choices are pretty basic/what most people probably choose, but oh well, I can't really help they happen to be my favorites too. I would die for Koraidon, he is the bestest boy in the world and my precious son.

I've never been a huge fan of Mismagius (especially now knowing we could have had the infinitely more creepy Kurstraw/Pangshi), but I think Flutter Mane reboots the design in a wonderful way, which is surprising and refreshing. I've grown very fond of her.

To my amusement, I have the same feelings about Roaring Moon; I have always disliked Salamence's design, but Roaring Moon is a massive improvement on the design, which is so exciting to see. The colors are great, the feathers are an excellent addition, the long talons remind me of a bird of prey, and the whole thing has such a foreboding presence that normal Salamence's ugly shapes always lacked. The choice to lean into Mence's Mega design was smart, because they retained all the good of that design and discarded the rest. Plus, what a badass name.

I only just now noticed all my favorite choices here have feathers. Well, I suppose it makes sense, with our recent suspicion that many dinosaurs had feathers!

Top 3 Regional Form/New Evolutions/Convergent Species

I'm lumping all of these into the same category, since there isn't a huge number for any of those categories alone. When I first saw Toedscool out in the wild, I was deeply confused about what I was seeing, and when I poked it, it turned into a Ditto-- and somehow my brain concluded it must have been Ditto screwing up its attempt at imitating a Tentacool. 😂 But no, Toedscool is truly its own thing, as unsettling and strange as it is. I absolutely hated how it moved, it creeped me out. I've decided I like it for that reason. (Toedscruel is likewise unsettling and interesting, but it's not on my list because I hate TUBE MOUTHS argghh)

Farigiraf is definitely on my list. I have always loved Girafarig, and its evolution has been long, long overdue, so it's incredibly exciting to see it finally get the love it deserves. They did an excellent job with the evolution, too, it's fun and silly and cool all at once.

Finally, for my regional form choice, I'm definitely choosing Paldean Tauros. I know everyone is all excited about Wooper and Clodsire, but I was never a Wooper fan. (Sorry, Rika 💔) I'm just super excited that Tauros got such an awesome redesign, especially the Blaze breed. The changes are minor but so effective. Maybe I'm just a sucker for black-colored pokemon. This is like the shiny design Tauros always deserved and never had.

Top 3 New General Pokemon

This really is a tough choice to make, because Scar/Vio has a LOT of new pokemon to choose from. But I think I've finally narrowed it down to these lads. Klawf is the perfect example of a simple but elegant design. Sometimes "a big crab" is enough to be enjoyable because, well, I like crabs. What can I say, I know what I like.

Grafaiai is the very definition of "skrunkly," so there's no way I can resist putting him on the list. Aye-ayes are fascinating little freaks and it's great to have a pokemon based off them, put I enjoy the inspiration they also drew from lemurs. It's also great to have a poison pokemon taking up the traditional position of "early game normal-type rodent pokemon." Poison pokes are just cool. The association with spray paint and urban art is also really fun.

If any of you know me, you'll know I of course consider bug types to be my favorite pokemon type. But that doesn't automatically mean I'll put new bugs as my favorites. Rabsca really does deserve to be on the list, though; at least in terms of design. A dung-beetle pokemon has been long overdue, and the sacred associations with this species is lovingly referred to in this design. For those unaware, dung beetles are included in Egyptian mythology, and the beetle rolling a ball of dung was compared to their sun god rolling the sun along its path in the sky.

HMs

It's so tough to choose just three so I wanted to include a few Honorable Mentions here; I've loved Frigate birds since I was a wee lass so it's cool to see Kilowattrel; Charcadet's evolutions are badass (especially Ceruledge) and I am very fond of them despite the fact I typically don't like humanoid pokemon; and I'm very pleased that the very first Grass/Fire pokemon (finally!!) ended up really cool. (And that it ended up being a pepper, like so many of us guessed Grass/Fire would be)

Top Team Star Bosses

I'm not gonna to lie, I did not enjoy the Team Star storyline much in this game. I felt it was the weakest of the three main story threads. (I enjoyed the brief post-game storyline with Penny & Team Star more than the main part of their story, in fact) That said, these would be my favorites of the bunch. Ortega's design just looks delightful, such a snazzy dandy, and Atticus' devotion to The Bit is admirable (and tbh who doesn't love a D&D nerd?) Giacomo is forgettable and is there because I needed a third choice, lmao (sorry, didn't like the team star girls much)

Top 3 Gym Leaders

Grusha is definitely my top Gym Leader pick. His character is fascinating, especially the events the game only only hints at (it seems strongly implied he met with a nasty snowboarding accident and had to stop the sport, losing his dream and being stuck with just his gym leader job, which he seems rather bitter about). It's a shame they didn't pursue his character storyline further with one of the Academy side-stories (in the way they fleshed out Brassius more). I feel like he could have had a storyline with the nurse (Miriam), and that would have been much better then Miriam's actual side-story which felt rather randomly shoehorned in there (and fan pandering, to be entirely honest). Oh well. At any rate, I find Grusha the most interesting gym leader by far.

Larry is great. They had a clear idea in mind for his character and they executed it well. He apparently is a big hit with fans too. Good for him, he deserves it.

I chose Bassius as my third option because of his involvement in the side-storyline with him and Hassel. He's a rather forgettable character if you only know him from his gym, but his interactions with Hassel were great and fleshed him out a lot more-- made me actually care about him. Honestly I think it's great they let these two men have a strong bond with each other and Hassel even get choked up and cries about it. That's sending a very positive message about men letting themselves feel and express positive emotions! Yes, Hassel's crying is written slightly for comedy (haha look at this man cry), but I think it's also done with genuine affection (it's ok for guys to cry and love each other, even your professor does!). So that's really cool. (The exact nature of their relationship is something fans speculate on, but whether they are close friends or they're something romantic, I think it's cool regardless!)

Top 3 Elites/Champions

My bias here is going to be clear, but holy shit I love Rika and Nemona.

Rika, because . . . I mean, LOOK at her. She's hot, she's professional, but she's a total dork and a goober too. She's a sore loser but she's a total sweetheart to Poppy, and GAH, I love her so much. A lot of great details with her. She's by far my favorite Elite.

Nemona is literally my favorite rival charatcer of the entire franchise other than N. I could blather about her endlessly. Let's just say this bubbly, energetic, earnest, friendly, wonderful girl who hyperfixates on pokemon battling and sincerely wants to see you grow and thrive is perfect in every day. 🥺

Hassel is here too, lol. (In all seriousness he's great too, a wonderful mentor figure and a man of passion. Even if his haircut is a bit weird asfhjkl)