#and she said how they’re also her fave and she said bias aside the ones they sell are really good

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bakery last week !

[characteroulette]

saw @ageofzero doing the fave 10 characters thing and wanted to jump in on that, but with a bit of a twist! here’s only 10 of my fave Pokemon ever (because I could choose 30 and it still wouldn’t be enough) and why I love them! (and in no particular order because I can’t rank my favourite babies against one another.....)

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1. Rattata / Raticate: TOP PERCENT BABIES!!! I have no idea how many Raticate I have raised by this point, but they are a staple in so many of my games. my Dragon slayer baby who basically carried me through my Crystal Nuzlocke? best boy. my girl who incited the first (of many) revenge deaths against Lance? I was so sad to lose her, she would have been great. most recently, I bred myself a Rattata with Flame Wheel to use and he has been the best boy in my Soul Silver playthrough, I just love the Rattata line and their power and fun move pools. ;w;

2. Venipede / Whirlipede / Scolipede: GIANT BUGS!!! I think Scolipede was the first ever Bug type I raised to be like over 6 feet and I just loved that fact about it so much. My boy was a Serious nature and I loved him, he’s the powerhouse on the team who handles things my Emboar can’t. he’s also kinda the reason I mellowed out on my opinions on the Gen 5 Pokemon, because I loved him so much that I had to chill and be like Gen 5 is actually pretty good.

3. Sizzlipede / Centiskorch: I WAS PSYCHED that they added another Bug / Fire type!! my two absolute faves!! together at last!! in an actually useful BEAST that doesn’t evolve at level 50!! ;w; I cherished my Centiskorch, caught him early on enough in my Shield playthrough to use him the whole journey and named him Sizzler. a good dragon bacon...... =w=

4. Growlithe / Arcanine: BEST. BOYS!!!! I have always loved Growlithe thanks to that one episode where they find out James’ origin story and he has a baby Growlithe waiting for him at home. it was also the very first shiny I ever caught / owned! ;w; and I literally never evolved it. (neat trivia: Growlithe can be taught Dragonbreath in Gen 2!) if there is a Growlithe in the game, it will take ALL of my willpower to not add one to my team and raise it for the millionth time, I just love them so much.......

5. Cyndaquil / Quilava / Typhlosion: so, uh. I love pretty much every Fire starter (and every Gen 2 starter, though it took a while with Totodile), but I have always done every first playthrough of a new Pokemon game using the Fire starter. and Cyndaquil was the start of that (since I technically owned Yellow before having the chance to play Red). I never give my Typhlosion an interesting or good moveset, but I love them always and they pull through for me each time. I literally was convinced as a kid that Typhlosion was all I needed to beat the game XD

6. Dustox / Beautifly: fun fact! for a long time, I actually preferred Beautifly over Dustox because I was a die hard Butterfree kid. (thanks, Ash.) but as I experimented with Nuzlockes, I realised that Dustox is actually the perfect solution to the Hoenn region as a whole. High Special Defence and an oddly Physical Attacker stats make great use of its Bug / Poison typing. And it seems like the CPUs are never prepared for what to do against it! Beautifly is also really good I am such a sucker for Bug / Flying types. Both make great answers to Brawly AND stay awesome throughout the whole journey! I love them. ;w;

7. Flareon / Umbreon / Espeon: okay so, basic Eevee choice aside, it always upsets me when people say Flareon is the worst Eeveelution. they’re power houses! sure, they’re physical attackers when Fire types, but that just means teaching them Shadow Ball in Gen 3 (and Body Slam, they can learn that, too)! it means Fire Fang and Bite! owo (I love Bite moves oop) Umbreon and Espeon are always a pair to me because of Colosseum, which is also why I’m so fond of them. simple as that.

8. Larvitar / Pupitar / Tyranitar: heyy, an actually powerful Pokemon made it onto this list! who’d have thought! anyway, I just love the designs of the whole Larvitar line. also, as a kid I owned a (holographic) Tyranitar Pokemon card that I freakin cherished, so my love for Tyranitar is kinda nostalgic haha.

9. Scyther / Scizor: BLADE BUG!!! Love me that blade Bug. never actually raised one until recently, but I have always loved Scyther (and Yanma, too) and Scizor because they looked so cool. having used one now, I can definitively say that they are awesome and my girl carried me through the E4 when my Raticate got unceremoniously KOd. (and I really miss moves like X-Scissor in Gen 2.....)

10. Zubat / Crobat: so everyone jokes about Zubat being annoying, but they’re probably the most underrated Pokemon ever. because Crobat is AWESOME. and the games often give you a Zubat early on enough that you’ll get a Crobat within the first 2~4 levels of having a Golbat! now I went through Fire Red with a Golbat trying to evolve into a Crobat for the whole. Game. XD and it was not fun, fuck the ‘dex in Fire Red. but man, Zubat line so good, I love raising them every time.

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like I said, this is far from a complete list since I just love Pokemon (like you can add any of the Dog or Cat Pokemon here as well as any of the Normal first area Pokemon, I love all of them, and Gyarados! Pyroar! Galvantula!!), but here’s a good reason why I can’t wrap my head around competitive play. also showing off my Gen 2 bias.

also gonna tag @versegm and @mermaiddis because why not. tell me your faves, Pokemon or characters! (and if you read this and wanna do this, too, then go for it I ain’t gonna stop you.)

[salarta]

Tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeets.

You’re getting more this time if you read this post.

By the way, here’s what I use as search terms when I look for these tweets.

polaris x-men

polaris marvel

lorna x-men

lorna marvel

lorna dane

On rare occasions, I’ll go outside them, but these are my regular search terms.

Just another case of Lorna included among characters as a fave.

Damn right she does!

This is the ever-cool @dipolarismoment on Twitter again! And I agree, it’d be cool for Lorna to get her PhD.

At the same time, it reminds me of a discussion I had on Twitter (you’ll notice I usually don’t include my own tweets/replies on these lists). Someone was complaining about Carol Danvers’ power grid card putting her intelligence too low. I pointed out the power grids seem to be bullshit more often than not.

If you look at the Marvel wikia for example. Polaris and Havok both have the exact same Master’s degree, yet somehow, Lorna is just “Normal” (2) intelligence while Havok gets to be “Learned” (3). Then if you look at Jean Grey, she’s ALSO “Learned” (3) even though she’s only college-level education.

In other words, power grids are just yet another place where whoever makes them and oversees them can pretend their bias toward characters (for or against) is more objective than it actually is. “Look at this concrete number, you have to write her as being only that smart, no smarter.”

I happen to like the idea of Lorna being bi.

Aside from me just simply liking it, the only partner she’s ever been allowed to have in 50 years is Havok, and her interactions with men have been tainted by that history (too much of ANXF #4-6 was pretty clearly treating Gambit like another Havok in her life). Same as how I think Lorna would be best off with a female writer, I think being in relationship with another woman might result in writers writing her better in relationship. They might stop thinking of how “masculine” (read: dominant) her partner has to look around her and try to write her as an actual character in her own right.

Awwwww yeah.

I never thought about this before, but I’ve decided that it explains why I have this song on my smartphone. I mostly listen to songs with female singers (nothing against male ones, I just like them more; may have been a result of coming of age in the time of Lilith Fair), so songs with male singers is rare for me to have on my phone.

Two more tweets about how Lorna should get a solo, and seriously, it really is time. Moreso than literally any other time in her entire character history, and moreso than a lot of other characters that have been given solo books just because someone at Marvel likes the character regardless of interest anyone has in reading them.

Not only is she more popular than ever and prominent on TV, again, it’s her 50th anniversary in October. Literally everything has aligned for this to be the time Marvel should give her a solo.

Considering they gave Scarlet Witch a solo and heavily promoted it despite low sales, and they both let Havok hijack her big return on X-Men Blue and are giving HIM team book he leads, I’m going to see the lack of a solo and nothing major for Lorna for her anniversary by October as Marvel continuing to show bias against her. She’s gone most of her existence undervalued and ignored. She deserves something for her 50th.

I continue to see this sort of request. It’s interesting how much people want Lorna and Wanda to interact - moreso Lorna coming to MCU than the other direction. I think the perception is “Lorna is a great character, she should be alongside these other great characters in a cinematic universe compared to others I could mention.”

This makes me think of how some fans go with Lorna Maximoff, which is a pretty neat name change. I don’t know how I’d feel about if that became canon somehow, but it’s interesting as fanon.

Now here’s something worth talking a bit about.

Their relationships are all complicated because Lorna only finally got Magneto being her father restored in the past decade, but she was the first actual intended child before her forced retcon and before Wanda and Pietro were revealed as Magneto’s kids (and not forced retcon to not be).

As such, it’s only in the past decade that Lorna and Pietro both using green has been an issue.

Also interesting, one version of coloring for Wanda’s first appearance gave her a green costume as well. So basically Wanda and Pietro really really wanted to be Lorna even before she existed. :P

There’s also one panel out there from the time she was on Genosha (I think an AU; been a while since I saw it) where she was wearing Wanda’s old costume in green. They loev stealing each others’ clothes and colors.

Seriously though, one final possible reason behind giving Pietro a green costume is to try to make it harder to undo their forced retcon and for fans and readers to see them all visually as siblings. It’s the same reason Enchantress was made to look like Polaris for an Axis cover, and why they tried to introduce a new “sister” called “Luminous” with blue color scheme post-Axis. They know the color coordination matters and they’re trying to undermine it cause they don’t like all of them together as a family and don’t want fans to see them that way.

I like that Lorna is specifically cited as a possible skin. And frankly, if she was, I’d actually be interested in trying out Fortnite. Right now I don’t really care. I’m in the middle of Far Cry 5 and I have a long backlog of other games to play, on top of others I still need to buy.

Last one. I see tweets fairly often of people responding to green hair by saying the person looks like Lorna. To me, that says a lot about how iconic Lorna’s become and becoming, especially with the green hair. They could’ve said she looks like Rydia (FF4), or Aphrodite IX, or Agent Brand, etc, but they went with Lorna.

Thanks for joining me for another list of tweets! See you next time, same Polaris Time, same Polaris Channel!

[nighttimefjaeril]

Hey~! Saiyuki ask meme~!]] 1) Favourite member of the Sanzo Ikkou | 2) A character that grew on you | 5) if you ship characters, what is your favourite pairing | 11) Most adorable character in the series | 22) Which character do you think is most like you? | 29) An alternate universe you'd like to see annnd...I think Jyoan is one of your faves, right? So, 48) if Jyoan had a tumblr, what would he reblog? [[that's all~! I hope you have fun answering these~. Also hope you had a great day~!]]

Heeeeyyy thank you so much for sending these questions, what a great selection! :3 Let’s see...

5) if you ship characters, what is your favourite pairing?

I’ve replied to this one previously, but to save you some time, here’s the condensed version: two twinks in a temple, one is totally NOT obsessed with his (aesthetically perfect) rival who’s better at him at everything with zero effort; said rival trolls the other twink relentelessely because he’s a prickly, but deep-down lovable, asshole. They’re both weirdos. And fabulous ones at that.

2)A character that grew on you

Ok, that’s gonna sound pretty strange but... I will have to go with Gyokumen. xD Basically, there isn’t a Saiyuki character I dislike. but back when I was younger hating the big baddies seemed to be the thing, right? And everyone and their mother, me included, constantly hated on Gyokumen for being, well, a complete bitch. Actually, I still think she is. But god, what a fabulous one at that! She’s such a fun character: unapoloegitically ruthless, vain, self-absorbed, lustful, has no regards for human decency and only cares about her own agenda...so, goals? x’D Kidding aside, characters like that are just so enjoyable to me, she’s like a beautiful, sexy evil queen, and what’s not to love about that?

11) Most adorable character in the series 

Hmm that’s pretty tough, ‘cause there are so many characters that I find adorable, for many different reasons...as somebody else pointed out, even someone like Sanzo can be classified as “adorable” really :D But going for the most obvious definition, I think I have to go for both Genkai and Taruchie, I mean, just look at them! They have this “cute but creepy” vibe which totally resonates with me :3 But baby Goku of Gaiden too tho... so precious, so pure! :’)

29) An alternate universe you'd like to see 

Oh man, I’m a sucker for AUs, I have so many in my head (where probably are goin to stay ) and love hearing other people’s too! Can I go with two? One it’s “general Saiyuki-based”, the other one is completely Ibun...

The first one may sound a tad trite but... school kids AU with the ikkou, Kou-tachi, Kami-sama and Hazel as middle-schoolers :’); Kanaan is in there too. Kanzeon is the school principal, she’s a transgender woman and is married to Jiroushin, is Kouryuu’s aunt and Goku’s guardian (Goku is still in elementary, along with his bff Nataku and Lirin). Ukoku is the creepy science teacher who’s also married to Hwang, also a teacher, but they’re both cheating on each other (Hwang with Kou’s step mother Gyokumen, Ukoku with Kouryuu’s single dad Koumyou x°), who also is the music teacher ).They’ve adopted Kami. Gojyo has also spent much of his childhood in an orphanage, but now lives with his college-age half-brother Jien, who also works part-time at the school as the basket coach (Kou’s the captain of the team). Hakkai and Kanaan (who know Gojyo from their orphanage days) live with their uncle Tenpou, whose partner best friend is the leader of the punk-rock band “Black Ants” Kenren, which is Gojyo’s favorite group (also because everybody tells him that there is a resemblance between them ;) ). Because he plays guitar, and Hakkai plays the keyboard, he wants to start a band. They recruit (not without struggle) Kouryuu as the singer and bass player, and Goku as the drummer, who despite his age is a terrific player. From there, all sorts of high-school-band-AU shenanigans ensue. x’D

About the Ibun one... that one has a much more complex plot, so since I don’t wanna bore people to death I’m gonna try and keep it short; it’s basically a 70′s hard-boiled/thriller set in Japan, with mysteries, investigators, police, yakuza, unsavory nightlife, gay bars, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll :’D I just want to point out that I was inspired by some Ibun pictures, specifically the “Born to be wild” one (where Gichou looks so much like a private eye it’s hilarious), and the one with Houmei, Doutaku, Sho’un and Jyoan where they look like four yakuzas...actually, scratch that: three yakuzas and a male hustler. xD

48) if Jyoan had a tumblr, what would he reblog? 

AHAHHAAHHAH oh man, my bias is so obvious already, I’ve been clocked once again :’) Well, let me tell you, if Jyoan had tumblr he’d be the posterchild for ~*edgy tumblr tween aesthetic*~ x°) His blog would be an aesthetic dream (or nightmare, depending on how you see it): lots of pastels (especially purples) and black, pretentious and angsty quotes, probably a lot of Lana del Rey, but also a lot of underground cinema and book stuff that he probably doesn’t even like, but they sound refined and cool. Also, artistic selfies overload and, from time to time, Rupaul’s drag race gifsets (but he tries to refrain himself to do it because they don’t really fit in well with the rest, so he had to start a side-blog just dedicated to that).

Again, thank you so much for these questions, I’ve had a great time replying! ^^

[97dami]

For the Kpop ask thingy - don't worry! You won't get none because I am asking 1 (between any of the HV members), 18, 20, 30, 31 (of HV), and 33!!!

hahaha awww thank uuu (that sounds sarcastic but it is 100% genuine)

1 - who has the best body rolls in hv?MAN it depends on the era they’re all always too much but seoyoung during wiggle wiggle/i’m ill was. wow but also yy n recently yeoreum

18 - who would work well as a solo artist?this is difficult i would be sad seeing any member of hv without the others (tho ora lol) so i can’t say them i would love to see sejeong have a solo mini or any member of mamamoo (moonbyul maybe) and i swear to god if taehyun doesn’t have a great solo career i’ll burn buildings down

20 - who are some of your top bias wreckers?ot6 biased for hv so they’re constantly ruining each other lol i used to be REALLY sumin biased (sonamoo) like a proper stan from debut then d.ana ruined everything n i ult chanmi but aoa’s jimin is. so small n so cute but also so badass n i love her too n i was always dami biased when dreamcatcher were minx n i’m still dami biased but gahyeon’s SMILE??

30 - fave choreography?i LOVE sonamoo’s choreo for both i like u too much n i think i love u they’re so energetic (tho recently dreamcatcher’s chase me choreo is insane and lit n i love the gun thing helbi do at the start of mysterious it’s so hot)

31 - ur favourite thing, personality wise, about each member of hvi realised this was going to get long so

alice - she is so real n genuine like the whole “””4d””” thing in kpop kind of gets on my nerves bc it can be so put on sometimes but alice is just. genuinely funny and an idiot there’s a quote where ara’s like “what you see is what she’s really like” and i just think her personality rly shines thru whatever she’s doing and u can tell everyone rly enjoys being around her

nara - she’s so HUMBLE she’s just. so sweet like i think she rly thinks of hv as like her sisters n her friends n obviously i can’t know that lol no one can but like it would be so easy for her to be claiming all this attention for herself and kind of lowkey mentioning hv sometimes but no she’s ALWAYS bringing things back to helbi even in little asides on lotj like “i miss the members so much” etc n she works so hard but there’s nothing affected or arrogant about her at all

lime - nothing i hate her no i’m joking it’s the same thing as alice rly she doesn’t care about “image” n she’s so fucking talented but u don’t see her like steamrolling over the group or constantly talking about it and she’s so lovely about interacting w fans of all the members i think she’s the one who appreciates cupids the most she’s always making little comments n being generally sweet to everyone what isn’t there to like about lime’s personality 

yooyoung - omg i feel like yy’s become rly mature and calm n cool headed n i get the feeling that people like having her around bc she’s just so chill n grown up and ready to do anything like she seems so unaffected even tho she’s been in dramas n stuff like she’s totally committed to anything she sets her mind to idk i love her i think she’s a sweetheart i don’t think there’s anything bitchy or horrible in her she’s just super mature and focused (but also still a baby icb the words hot and creamy left her mouth)

seoyoung - oh man i always get the feeling that seoyoung is kind of shy and a bit awkward and it’s so ENDEARING like she’s always being rly extra w fanservice but i think she lowkey exaggerates it all so she feels like she has a solid role in the group besides her vocals if u get me n i think it’s just so sweet i just want to hug her and tell her we all love her

yeoreum - she has properly blossomed omg she was so much quieter during ss and now she’s ridiculous she rly feels like alice’s little sister it’s so sweet lol i think she must be a lot of fun to be around i just want to repeat what i said about alice rly there’s a video where aoa win n chanmi turns to hug her n yeoreum is so genuinely excited for her n she becomes aoa’s lil cheerleader for the rest of the time she’s onstage n that’s it that’s my favourite part of yeoreum’s personality in a video

that took so long and i kept making myself stop bc i was being too extra lol how embarrassing

33 - which idol is closest to your ideal type?lime i’m rly sarcastic n ironic n generally horrible irl n i always feel like our personalities would work rly well n we’d just constantly beat each other up but also be adorable??? also she’s really hot lol ss era lime is. a goddess i just want to date her

THIS WAS REALLY LONG SORRY thank u again