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relicsongmel · 6 months ago

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Just spent over an hour searching for the static Ho-oh in the overworld and suddenly Ryuji taking literal years to reunite with his family makes sense to me now

#mel's musings #forest for the tree #the joke is that during his deadbeat era he was off doing the exact same thing. hunting for legendary pokemon to show his daughter #at least my ho-oh was stuck in one spot. HE on the other hand had to find that bastard roaming. makes sense it took so long #denise's dad is an enigma to me. he's not a bad dude at his core but he has VERY misguided ways of showing he cares #case in point: trying to make dena happy by helping her meet the pokemon she's been fascinated with since childhood #except this idea was born from him just straight up abandoning her and her mom. which is THE root of almost all her Issues™#he also lacks emotional maturity and is utterly incapable of seeing things beyond his own perspective sometimes #when his arguments with jen reach a breaking point he takes it as a sign she doesn't love him anymore #rather than recognizing they're both impatient by nature and not the best communicators and probably got married too young #and instead of analyzing his own feelings or talking them out with her (or you know. going to therapy) he just. leaves #his decision IS motivated by love in a way. because he thinks she'd be happier without him. but it's mostly just insecurity and fear #and he does feel bad that little dena got caught in the crossfire. so he tries to make it up to her in his own way #dena's conflicting feelings about his re-entry into her life is a WHOLE other can of worms to be honest #because she doesn't even realize how angry she is with him until she sees him again. she doesn't forgive him right away #but she's at least willing to give him the chance to prove himself again. bc that 10 year old girl who wanted her dad back never died ;_;#why is it that every time i try to be funny on tumblr dot com i end up writing emotional ass meta instead. how does this always happen #this was supposed to be a joke about dena's ho-oh hunt going about as well as her dad's. like father like daughter or some shit yk #ANYWAY that ho-oh sucks and i hope he lands on a stealth rock. good riddance #mel plays scarvi

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