#gym girl saga

[computer-einstein]

I wonder if Pencak Silat Kid and Gym Girl have ever met each other. They sound like they'd be perfect for each other.

I don't think they have. Then again, I don't really know much about them. I only know Pencak Silat Kid practices Pencak Silat because I asked and he told me. I have no idea what Gym Girl practices, much less her name or any personal details I haven't gotten by my own observation.

So, for all I know, they could be boyfriend and girlfriend already and I would have no idea because I don't talk to people outside of forced social interaction. But it's most likely that they haven't.

Gonna ask Pencak Silat Kid about that tomorrow.

(Also, I found out Gym Girl has a tumblr and I hope she doesn't realize who I am IRL)

[lyokowarrior-yumiishiyama]

Hey yumi. Did you try to kill Belpois?

if so, can i join you? he's also made posts about me

-your martial arts classmate

❀;; -- "Not yet. That Belpois kid has been hiding out on my I think. The only time I've seen him recently he's been hanging out with that new blond-haired kid. Not sure if he's a body guard or what.

"But by all means, join me. Especially since he's definitely been talking about you too."

Don't think too much about it. Don't get all blushy least that Belpois kid gets more ammo for those posts of his.

@computer-einstein @della-robbia-productions

[incorrect-nozaki-kun]

Hello I am reviving this blog from the dead with the most on brand absurdity ever so…

What Each GSNK Character’s Spotify Wrapped Looked Like

Chiyo

Sabrina Carpender girlie baby!

Throw in Gracie Abrams, maybe some Carly Rae Jepsen, probably Chappell Roan

If it sounds like it would play during a sunny summer car ride montage in a romcom she’s listening to it you know the vibe I mean

Nozaki

Nozaki only listens to those lofi livestreams on YouTube my man does not have Spotify moving on

Actually no I can see him getting really into the Epic Saga. He has “Greek mythology phase” energy

Hori

Look me in my eyes and tell me theater kid Hori didn’t BLAST the Wicked soundtrack.

You also cannot tell me that Hazbin Hotel WASN’T on that top albums list for him I won’t believe you.

Also Tyler The Creator I don’t really have a reason for it I just think he’d like it

Seo

Seo’s top artist is either straight up just classical operas or Ashnikko.

Hitting shuffle on her playlist is a dangerous roulette wheel

Kashima

Kashima has what I’ve dubbed the “bisexual playlist” so she’s got Marina, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, you know the vibes

Conan Grey, Renee Rapp, like need I go on. You know exactly the vibe I’m talking about

She also probably studies to Animal Crossing music with color coded notes like she’s a chaos tornado but she is a straight As chaos tornado

Mikorin

Our fav kpop girl group stan definitely looped the discography of any girlgroup he heard disbanded so he’s got a lot of Fromis 9, Cherry Bullet, stuff like that

Probably a lot of Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid stuff too like he definitely knows the dance for Roki Roki

Definitely any song you’d find on a “Songs Written in Sparkly Gel Pen” playlist

Mayu

Mayu is like Seo with shuffle roulette but because his music is either chill stuff like Laufey or beabadoobee or the loudest possible Ado song you can find

Wakamatsu

He has “I like anything :)” energy like you know those playlists that are called Poly-jam-orous? Those

It entirely depends on his mood he has workout music, walking music, morning music, afternoon music, genuinely like 50 different playlists all for very specific things

Like his favorite artist changes by the time of day in the morning he’ll be a Gorillaz Stan cut to 5 hours later in gym he’s blasting bbno$ then in the evening he’s vibing to electro swing remixes of video game music like do you see the vision

[chosen-hero-inari]

Whumptober Day 31: "I'm Alive, I'm Just Not Well"

A/N: i stayed up listening to EPIC the vengeance saga and I REGRET NOTHING

Pray

The air around the shrine is chilly, and Hamuko pulls her scarf tighter.

It’ll be the Dark Hour soon, and she… doesn’t know what to do about it.

Ikutski betrayed them, Mitsuru-senpai lost her father, and they’re no closer to figuring out how to destroy the Dark Hour and the threat of Shadows once and for all than they were when she first arrived at the dorm.

Instead of worrying about that, Hamuko does what she does best: find another problem to solve.

Shinjiro had mentioned some kids hanging around the back alleys alongside Strega, and now that Strega was gone, Hamuko could at least help them.

She’d spent the last few days asking around after school, and is fairly certain she’s tracked them down here.

Hamuko checks her phone. A few seconds to midnight.

She closes her eyes, and when she opens them the world is blanketed in green. 

“Did you really come alone?” 

Hamuko spins around, her hand going to her Evoker on instinct, but it’s just three kids.

The boy who spoke has brown hair, and looks to be around Ken’s age. Next to him is thinner boy with blue hair.

Finally, there’s a girl with orange hair and a laptop looking down on her from atop the jungle gym.

“Hi,” Hamuko says. “I’m–

“We know who you are.” The girl says. “Hamuko Arisato, Gekkoughan high school calls 2-F, top of your class, member of the volleyball team, the library club, student council, and of course the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad.”

“How did you know that?” Hamuko asks.

“Getting your transcript was way too easy,” the girl replies.

Her transcript. The one that mentions her parents.

“Well, it’s only fair I know your names, since you know mine, right?”

The three kids share a look, then the brown haired one shrugs. “Goro Akechi.”

“I’m Yusuke Kitagawa,” the thin boy says.

“Futaba Ishikki,” the girl says.

“It’s nice to meet all of you,” Hamuko says. “I want to help you, I can take you to see Chidori.”

Kitagwa-kun steps forward, but Akechi-kun puts out a hand.

“You don’t understand what’s going on here,” Akechi-kun says. “We’re making the demands. Let Chidori go, and stop trying to destroy the Dark Hour.”

“We won’t do that,” Hamuko says. “Not while Shadows are still a threat to humanity–”

“Humans are worse than any Shadow out there,” Kitagawa-kun snaps. “Just give us back Ms. Chidori!”

Hamuko represses a groan at the thought of Takaya saying pretty much the same thing. “Ok, yes people will still die and suffer without Shadows. But it will be fewer people, because we can’t just get rid of the things that make people hurt other people.”

“Says you,” Ishikki-kun says. “The Lost aren’t hurting anyone.”

“That’s not the same thing.”

“Then it seems we’re at an impasse,” Akechi-kun says. “We can't agree, so I guess we’ll have to talk to your friends and see what they think.”

“Yes!” Hamuko says. “Come back with me to the dorm, and we’ll talk to my friends!”

“You really don’t think much of us, do you?” Akechi-kun says. “Just because Takaya thinks you’re special doesn’t mean you can brush us off.”

“I really don’t care that Takaya thinks I’m special,” Hamuko says. “In fact, I kind of hate it.”

“Hey! Don’t talk about him like that! Takaya’s strong! And we’re just as strong as he is!” Hamuko just catches the glint of an Evoker as Akechi-kun pulls it out and points it to his head. “Minos!”

Hamuko dodges Akechi-kun’s Persona, and pulls out her own Evoker. 

“Thanatos!” she cries out, absorbing the next Dark attack. “Kids, I really don’t want to fight you.”

“Too bad,” Akechi-kun says. He nods up at Ishikki.

“You can’t hide anything from Despoena,” the girl smirks, summoning her own Persona. It’s clear instantly that Hamuko’s being scanned.

Hamuko casts Tempest Slash towards Akechi-kun, but Kitagawa-kun gets in the way. 

“Our turn!” Ishikki giggles.

“Tantalus,” Kitagawa-kun says, and suddenly there’s a chill in the night air. Then Kitagwa-kun’s Persona strikes her. It doesn’t hurt thanks to Thanatos, but suddenly Hamuko’s rocked by another kind of pain.

She’s unbearably hungry.

“Guess you really aren’t that special,” Akechi-kun says, and then his Persona changes. “Ikelos. Hamaon.”

Oh it is going to be a long night.

[writingsully]

Hello, welcome to my blog ✨

Since this is a new blog, I thought it would be nice if I had a post were I tell about myself. I am going to make a masterlist and put the link to this in there as well.

I'm Nicky, 21 years old and I'm from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

I've liked avatar since I watched the first movie back in 2009, but my obsession started when the second movie came out in 2022. I recently started learning Na'vi, so I'm still a beginner. This blog is for all who adore Pandora and it's inhabitants. You can always send me your requests. It doesn't matter if it's fluff, smut, angst or anything else, so don't be shy. You can also send me messages if you want to talk about avatar in general. My blog is a safe space for everyone and I will do my best to keep it hate free.

Some facts about me ✨

∗ My birthday: 10th december 2003 ♐️

∗ My school: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, I study law. I hope to one day be able to work in victim support or to work in family law.

∗ My hobbies: I'm a sport fanatic; I love love love horse riding. I used to have two horses, but both of them sadly passed away last year. I am still looking for a new companion 🐴 I also run every week and I go to the gym for strength training. I also enjoy painting, reading and writing.

∗ My favorite food: I am a vegetarian so anything that's not meat is fine! I really enjoy making soup or pizza and I also like pasta.

∗ My favorite books: murder at the bookstore, pride and prejudice, circe, hades x persephone saga.

∗ My favorite show: gilmore girls

∗ Random facts: I was born and raised in a big city and although I like it here, I wish to buy a house on the countryside and to start a rescue farm for all sorts of animals. I'm in a relationship and I got my non-horsey boyfriend into horse riding.

[turnaboutwriter]

Safe Travels, Part 5: Between Beauty and Nobility, Chapter 4

Fandom: Pokémon

Pairings: Dawn/Paul, Touko/N (will add more as we get into the chapters)

Rating: General

Summary: Part 5 of the Safe Travels Saga.  Reunited, Dawn and Paul travel to the Kalos region together, their bond deepening as their journey continues. With Lila’s help, Dawn pursues her interest in fashion by attending workshops, while also exploring her Kalosian roots and meeting her father for the first time in years. Meanwhile, Paul focuses on earning gym badges and strengthening his team. With his new Key Stone, he learns about Mega Evolution from Korrina, determined to finally defeat Brandon and put his past behind him. — ikarishipping.

Notes: A sweet chapter before we enter the climax of Part 5 and the Safe Travels Saga as a whole. Crazy to think we’ve finally gotten this far, but so excited for you all to read these next set of chapters. Enjoy!

(Below is an excerpt of the chapter — the full version can be read on FFN/AO3, which will be linked at the end of the preview).

As the sun rises over Shalour City, Dawn stands at the edge of town, watching Touko prepare to depart. Zekrom, the legendary Pokémon, stands majestically beside her, its eyes glowing with a fierce, protective light.

“Thank you again for all your help, Dawn,” Touko says, her voice filled with gratitude. “Especially for motivating me to fight Neo Team Plasma and reminding me about Cheren and Bianca. I've decided to go back home to Unova, regardless if N is there or not. I can no longer turn my back on my duty as the Hero of Ideals, and need to save Unova from Team Plasma once and for all.”

Dawn smiles, though her heart feels heavy - what a heavy responsibility for a teenage girl. “I wish you all the luck in the world. And I do hope you find N.”

Touko nods, her eyes shimmering with determination. “Thank you.” She mounts Zekrom, and with a powerful flap of its wings, they soar into the sky, leaving Dawn to watch in awe.

“That’s the legendary Pokémon Zekrom!” a familiar voice exclaims from behind her.

Dawn jolts in surprise and turns to face her usual traveling companion. “P-Paul!” she groans. “Don’t scare me like that!” It’s bad enough that she spent the weekend with Conway.

CONTINUE READING: FFN | AO3

[desifugo]

rip hild vinland saga you would've loved reels of girls at the gym set to phonk music

[primacuey]

hi guyys i made voice claims for like most of the characters in reborn, i might put this in a video and delete this post at some point but here !!! this took me Hours.

(all voices are eng dub)

MCs:

Vero - kageyama eng dub from haikyuu

Kuro - otacon from mgs/kenshi from mortal kombat

Alice - ava from warrior nun

Lucia - dani rojas from fc6

Ari - dreamer isioma

Decibel - dan heng from hsr

RIVALS:

Victoria - charlotte from bojack/asami from tlok

Cain - d'angelo wallace

Fern - noah from total drama island

GYM LEADERS:

Julia - courtney from total drama island/kofuku from noragami

Florinia - 2B from nier

Shelly - ai from wonder egg priority

Shade - jinzaemon from sekiro/rooster from this one HLM fandub by DON productions

Aya - bridgette from total drama island

Serra - faye from cowboy bebop

Noel - charlie brown specifically from the peanuts movie/deku from mha

Radomus - trevor white's phoenix wright from ace attorney

Luna - elena from elena of avalor

Samson - michael from gta v/aiden pearce from watchdogs

Charlotte - rika from wonder egg priority

Terra - yukari takeba from persona

Ciel - ai mizuno from zombieland saga

Adrienn - camilla luddington's lara croft from tomb raider

Titania - cece from new girl

Amaria - para-medic from mgs

Hardy - elliot smith

Saphira - revy from black lagoon

METEOR:

Aster - hinata from haikyuu

Eclipse - sasha waybright from amphibia

Blake - OJ from inanimate insanity 2

Zero - jessie from tlou2

Taka - edric from toh/ash fox from fantastic mr fox

Ace - james from pokemon/yato from noragami

Sirius - doujun from sekiro

Solaris - armored warrior from sekiro

Lin (young) - ellie from tlou (show)

Lin (old) - parasoul from skullgirls

E4:

Heather - rainbow dash from mlp

Laura - jess from new girl

Bennett - mike from total drama island

El - felkin the outcast from dark souls 2

Anna - sayaka maizono from danganronpa this ones hard

MISC.:

Corey - gundham tanaka from danganronpa

Kiki - pink diamond from SU

Cal - kyo from fruits basket/soul from soul eater

[computer-einstein]

Okay, tumblr... I am not much of a shipper. In fact, I don't even engage in typical fandoms.

However, there is no way I can continue going through the last few weeks of school without getting this off my chest:

Pencak Silat Kid and that girl in the gym are soulmates and you cannot tell me otherwise.

[futchgunk]

4, 29, & 59!

4) what are you looking forward 2??

short answer: winning a game of chess -intangible answer: planning a gay sex scene and following thru w it (desire declaration++organization++manifestation, executive function, ++ communication

mid term: stretching ++ going to the gym this week.

long term: finishing the anatomy coloring books i have (2)

29) fav films!!

~im not a big film girlie but here we are

Hot Fuzz (most quotable/memorized)

Underworld Saga

9

Secret Life of Walter Mitty

~i havent made a point to seek movies since transitioning (i would like 2 have a list 2 move through of all the movies i wasnt able 2 c bc i was so focused on surviving so i could transition

(HM: scooby doo movies, ginger snaps, perks of being a wall flower)

59) Why did I join tumblr??

some really cool really weird girls i knew in highschool were on tumblr, and I really wanted to be their friends (being a weird girl through osmosis wish perhaps). I really endeared the idea of having a "blog". Im really glad I met you and the others at the time i did ^^_^^

link 2 ask game post!! i love 2 answer questions despite being seemingly aloof and abrasive

[twilightinanotherlife]

It’s Still Complicated

[Ch 1] [Ch 2] [Ch 3] [Ch 4]

Fandom: The Twilight Saga x Life and Death Twilight Reimagined

Pairing: Bella Swan/Edythe Cullen

Summary: Bella avoids Edythe at school by getting a new lab partner. Angela Weber. Bella struggles with nightmares and sleepless nights.

Word count: 1,483

(Bella’s P.O.V.)                                                        

I arrived at school early on Monday morning. Across the lot, I could see the Cullen-Hales standing around Edythe’s car. They had been laughing at some joke one of them had made when Edythe had looked up to see my truck pulling into the school parking lot. Her hand raised in an enthusiastic wave and her warm smile had sparked a fire in my stomach. But I extinguished the flame and ignored the poor girl. In my peripheral vision I could see Edythe’s face morph into one of confusion when she saw that I did not return her enthusiastic greeting. It was clear to me that Edythe liked me as much as I liked her. Which would only make my remaining time here all that much harder. Now that I was forcing myself to cut ties with Edythe for her own good, it would be the hardest thing I’ve done since coming to Forks.

My morning classes went by without much fanfare. Though people still murmured about my sexuality, most of the student body had found something new to gossip about. Whatever the school rumors are I paid them no mind. None of it mattered to me and I had far more important things to think about. Lunch hour came and this time I took Jessica up on her offer to sit with her and her friends at their table. I sat in between Jessica and Angela. The rest of the lunch table was filled by Mike, Tyler, Lauren Mallory, Eric Yorkie, and Ben Cheney.

Tyler was getting on my nerves with his incessant apologizing for the car accident. I told him again and again that apologizing was unnecessary, but he continued to do so. Luckily for me Lauren had a crush on Tyler, and she swayed his attention to her. I turned my own attention to what Angela and Jessica were talking about. Jessica was going on about some upcoming girl’s choice dance where the girls asked the guys. I’d never been to a school dance before and was not too sure it was something I would enjoy. Jessica asked Angela if there was any boy, she wanted to ask out to the dance but didn’t wait for the girl to answer. Instead, Jessica continued the conversation with her own indecision on you to ask. The dark-haired girl didn’t seem to notice when Angela cringed at her question. I quirked an eyebrow and briefly wondered what that was about but did not press my glasses wearing classmate.

The hour ended and I walked with Angela to Biology class. I followed Angela, past Edythe, to her table. As I got near Edythe’s table, she pulled out the chair next to her where I normally sat. But if I could keep up my resolve I would not be sitting there anymore. Without any acknowledgement, not a word or a glance, I walked past Edythe’s table. Even as I saw Edythe’s expression of confusion and hurt, I didn’t falter in my determination, I kept walking. I sat down with Angela at our table. I pulled out my books, set them on the table and kept my eyes focused on the front of the classroom. Mr. Banner was writing on the board setting up the next lesson. As the teacher lectured about the transportation of energy in an ecosystem, I took meticulous notes. Forcing myself to not take notice of Edythe in any way. Not even when I felt her eyes on me as she snuck glances at me when the teacher was not looking.

As the lecture drew to a close, we were assigned our next project. We were to research and write a report on energy in any chosen ecosystem. We would be working with our partners and tomorrow we would begin picking out ecosystems. The bell singling the end of class rang and I followed Jessica and Mike out. The three of us had gym so we walked together to the gymnasium. The class will be playing badminton this week. All the students gathered on the bleachers as Coach Clapp explained the rules of the game. She then sent us to the locker room to change into our gym clothes. I partnered with Jessica, and we played against Mike and a girl named Jennifer Ford. The game had barely begun when the final bell of the day rang. All of the students rushed in a swarm to the locker room, eager to change back into their regular clothes and go home.

I walked behind the crowds of students. Mike fell in step with me.

“Great game today, Bella,” he said with a grin. Sweat dripped from his temple and the retched scent of his body odor filled my nostrils, but I kept myself from grimacing.

“Yes, it was. You’re a good player.”

“Thanks,” his grin got bigger before it was swept away. “Listen, Bella, about the other day. I shouldn’t have said anything…”

“It’s fine Mike. You don’t have to apologize.”

“No, I do. You were right. Whatever is going on between you and Edythe isn’t any of my business. I’m sorry.”

“Thank you, Mike. I appreciate that.”

“So, we’re cool?”

“Yeah, we’re cool Mike,” I smiled.

Mike smiled back at me. “Great!”

“See you tomorrow then,” he called over his shoulder as he headed for the boy’s changing area. I gave a small wave goodbye before heading in the opposite direction towards the girl’s changing area.

I exited the gym and began the short trek to the parking lot. I made it to my truck before the person I shouldn’t want to see most approached me.

“Hello, Bella.”

Just the sound of Edythe’s velvet smooth voice sent a pleasant shiver up my spine. For the first time today, I looked at her. Her eyes, though dark, held a spark of hope. She kept her features steady, a peaceful and neutral expression.

“Hello, Edythe.”

“You switched lab partners. Why?”

Edythe Cullen was not one to beat around the bush.

“It’s just better this way,” I said. “You and I shouldn’t be friends. You’re better of with out me in your life.”

I opened the truck door and climbed in.

“Bella, what’s going on? If you’re in trouble, I can help you.”

“The best thing you can do is to keep your distance from me. It’s the only way you’ll be safe.”

“Safe from what? What does that mean?”

“Just drop it, Edythe.”

She sighed but drop it, she did. Though I suspected this wouldn’t be the last time she brought it up. I closed the door and pretended not to see Edythe’s sorrowful and puzzled face. Edythe walked away to her own vehicle leaving me room to back out of my parking space.

The next day was the same as the first. As was the day that followed. By day, I was a diligent student. I passed a history test with flying colors. Angela and I worked on our biology assignment. I found that I really liked being Angela’s friend. She was a bit quiet, a little shy, and incredibly sweet and smart. The games of badminton went on in gym class. Jessica and I made a good team. Mike was competitive but a good sport. Unlike his badminton partner. I’ve dodged Jennifer’s numerous intentional shots to my forehead. But most of all I kept as far away from Edythe Cullen. She tried to talk to me again, but every time she did, I told her the same thing. That it was better that we were not friends. By night I kept myself distracted with a book or with the radio, spending hours turning the dials of the old radio I kept in my room.  

I couldn’t sleep anymore. The nightmares were far too intense. I hadn’t slept since Saturday night, and it had not been a well rest. I had woken myself up with my own screams. The nightmare had started out the same way it always had, with James and Victoria’s attack. My dream-self watched the horrible memory of the vampires tearing Charlie apart as he screamed at me to run, but on Saturday night the dream had changed. Suddenly it wasn’t Charlie being torn apart it was Edythe. Charlie’s and Edythe’s cries of pain were echoed by my screams of terror. I could not go back to sleep that night. I had not slept sense. Every night sense I filled the moonlit hours with anything that would distract me from the fear and growing loneliness.

By the time Thursday rolled around the circles under my eyes were so pronounced I could pass for a starved vampire. The bit of gold around my pupils were lackluster giving the impression that the light had gone out in my eyes. The truth is I had not had a good night’s sleep in months and the side effects were beginning to show.

[themattress]

Atsuhiro Tomioka’s 30 Greatest Achievements (and his 30 Biggest Blunders) in the Pokeani

Atsuhiro Tomioka, perhaps the most prolific writer in the history of the Pokemon anime....and perhaps the most Hit and Miss one, as well. See, when Tomioka makes a hit, it’s a freaking Home Run. But when he misses, it’s a disaster of epic proportions. Now that the era of Ash Ketchum is over (God, that still sounds surreal), in the spirit of fairness and even-handedness I would like to recount his best successes and his worst failures over the course of 25 years.

THE HITS:

Ash’s First Capture: Tomioka’s first episode ever was the third one, making him the first writer after the late Takeshi Shudo to write for the anime. And the episode in question, OS003, is a damn good one: Ash captures Caterpie and Pidgeotto, has a proper battle with Team Rocket, fleshes out his and Misty’s argumentative dynamic, and gives Caterpie a whole character arc that progresses through the episode. That scene where Caterpie and Pikachu are talking and there’s no coherent dialogue spoken yet you still get it...it’s a fantastic scene!

Pikachu vs. Raichu: Everyone who’s watched the anime from the start remembers the battle and rematch at Vermillion Gym in OS014, and the conflict in between as to whether Ash should evolve Pikachu with a Thunderstone in order to win. It’s a classic, well-written episode.

The Copycat Girl: In OS037, Tomioka takes a noteworthy NPC and fleshes her out into a passionate showgirl and delightful little troll who trains - what else? - a Ditto. Gotta love her!

“A Jigglypuff Seen From Above!”: OS056 is another famous episode, and probably one of the funniest that Tomioka has ever penned. From start to finish it’s so absurd it’s hilarious.

Defining the Rivalry: Before OS067, Gary was primarily Ash’s douchey rival. This episode, however, actually develops him and his rivalry with Ash, shifting him toward being a more mature, respectable trainer, open to learning just as much from Ash as Ash learns from him.

The REAL Giant Pokemon: The giant Pokemon in Takeshi Shudo’s classic OS017 were just animatronics, but the ones that show up in OS074 are real, ancient Eldritch Abominations! This is a genuinely dark and tense episode, but it also has one of the most hysterical pay-offs of all time with “Bigglypuff”, the joke that all of Jiggylpuff’s prior showings were leading up to.

Pikachu Goes to the Dark Side: OS088 is an episode beloved by many for the return of Butch and Cassidy, Pikachu turning evil due to mind control, a fantastic team-up between the heroes and Team Rocket to save their Pokemon, a very touching reunion between Ash and the freed Pikachu, and the final battle where Togepi shockingly learns Metronome and is unexpectedly powerful with it. It’s absolutely one of the Orange Island saga’s best stories.

Charizard’s Redemption: OS107 is where, after 64 episodes, Charizard finally gets over himself and remembers that for all his flaws as a trainer, Ash cares about him deeply and helped save his life when he was just a Charmander. It’s a very effective, touching episode.

The Orange Island Championship: It may not count for much, but OS113 and OS114 have Ash win his first major competitive victory by defeating Drake of the Orange League and becoming the Orange League Champion. The climactic match of Pikachu vs. Dragonite is especially great, and in retrospect foreshadows the battle against Leon many years later.

The Legend of Thunder: While it’s not perfect, this OVA gives us a fascinating “What If?” scenario by focusing on a different main character and his two friends as they have their own adventures in Johto and face a more sinister duo from Team Rocket. It makes you wish they were the focus instead of Ash, or at the very least focus could be split between the two.

Ash vs. Gary at the Johto League: Ash and Gary’s long rivalry has built up to this battle in OS272 and OS273, and it’s excellent. Charizard vs. Blastoise, man; who could ever forget it?

Harley Wins: Harley has been a humorous and semi-villainous rival for May, but he’s lost every time they fought and there was little reason to believe that would change. Shockingly, AG160 gives him the victory, as for once he doesn’t stoop to cheating and is able to reap the good karma this choice brings him. It goes a long way in making him more respectable.

May’s Coda: After losing her second Grand Festival, May is in something of a slump at the start of AG187. But then Drew, the rival she defeated in said Grand Festival, challenges her to a battle and is able to defeat her. This is a visual demonstration to May that anyone can bounce back from defeat and that her competitive path in Pokemon Contests never truly ends, reinvigorating her spirit. Not only is this a great resolution for May, but also for Drew and his somewhat romantic bond with May. (Oh, and Harley’s here too, great as always).

The Dream Team: BW006 is the episode where Ash, Iris and Cilan officially become a team that will travel across Unova and beyond together. Sandwiched between two traveling teams that by and large are big Get-Along Gangs, this trio is refreshing in how different each character truly is from one another and how they clash in addition to supporting each other.

The Meteonite Incident: Although the full work remains lost, the story of BW023 and BW024 is a good one, with Giovanni finally getting out of his chair and attending to matters himself, setting in motion an escalating chain of events that end up threatening an entire city’s safety.

Battle For The Underground: While Shoji Yonemura wrote the first part of this story in BW049, Tomioka writes the exciting conclusion where Team Rocket pulls out all the stops to ensure their massive heist succeeds, with the heroes’ victory being fought hard for and only claimed due to the surprise of Pikachu becoming something of a Pokemon trainer himself!

Aim To Be a Dragon Master: If there was still any doubt as to what exactly being a Dragon Master entails, BW058 puts them to rest in a quiet, moving story of Iris helping a lonely Deino come out of its shell and trust others, and ultimately sacrificing her personal wants for its needs by giving it back to its rightful trainer. It’s not about the power; it’s about the empathy. 

Operation Tempest: BW098 and BW099 are two of the best Pokeani episodes ever, serving as the epic conclusion to the Meloetta story arc, the overarching Team Rocket in Unova arc, and the ever-looming prospect of Ash someday facing Giovanni himself. Add to this Cynthia being awesome, Iris finally connecting with her Dragonite, one of the Team Rocket trio’s finest moments, and an emotional farewell with Meloetta, and you have yourself a true masterwork.

Ash vs. Clemont at Lumiose Gym: Good build-ups and pay-offs were hard to come by in the first two years of XY, but XY067 was an exception, as it pays off not just Clemont’s leave of absence for several episodes beforehand but also Clemont’s personal character arc ever since the series started, and he rises to the occasion with a wonderfully tense electric battle.

The Strongest Mega Evolution: Like “The Legend of Thunder”, except across four specials rather than just one, we have a story about characters other than Ash and his friends which is a lot more interesting. Alain is way more than just the edgy cool guy he first appears to be, his relationship with Mairin is precious, Steven Stone gets to redeem himself for his showing in the AG series, and Lysandre is a wonderfully charismatic and manipulative villain. Combined with some superb animation and even a true Groudon vs. Kyogre battle, it’s...well, strong!

Enter Squishy: With XY094, Kalos is able to one-up Johto by actually making its side story featuring different characters connect with the main story! Getting to see the Zygarde Core (named “Squishy” by Bonnie), Lysandre and freaking Alain in the same episode as Ash and his friends gives you such an exhilarating feeling. Finally, things are starting to come together.

Armageddon in Kalos: The climax of the XY series, XY132 - XY136, is where Tomioka is able to do what he was sadly prevented from doing in the BW series: conclude the series Myth Arc in an epic, high-stakes event that threatens the whole region and relies on just about every significant good guy coming together to fight against. Lysandre cements himself as one of the anime’s greatest villains, causing unprecedented damage across Lumiose City as he seeks to achieve his insane, genocidal aims. There are some flaws (mainly the fact that alleged heroines Serena and Mairin get jack-shit to actually do), but on the whole this is a fantastic pay-off, retroactively making the entire series worth it just for these episodes alone.

The Story of Ash’s Litten: Litten’s story is an emotional gut-punch, particularly in SM021 where Ash catches it. Even now, it’s hard to think of that Stoutland without tearing up...

Team Rocket vs. Team Skull: In SM025, it finally happens. Jessie, James and Meowth finally meets a villainous trio that’s even more stupid and bumbling than they’ve ever been.

Misty and Brock, Back and Better Than Ever: Following Shoji Younemura in a two-parter again, Tomioka’s SM043 is the conclusion of the perfect re-introduction to Misty and Brock, both of whom get to be badass here. Misty and her teasing of Ash is especially on point.

10,000,000 Volts: SM053 and SM054 both showcase the battle in Ultra Space between Ash and his friends (the would-be-Ultra Guardians) and Lusamine, who has been forcibly merged with Nihilego and reduced to a psychotic, childish mentality. It ends with two stellar moment: a speech from Lillie to her mother that I honestly like better than the games’ version, and the separation of Lusamine from Nihelgo by Pikachu’s incredible 10,000,000 Volts Z-Move.

Lana Hooks Kyogre: Do I need to say more? Lana hooks a freaking Kyogre!

Defeat Incineroar, Become Incineroar: The battle between Ash and his father-figure Professor Kukui runs for SM141 - SM144, the first three of which are written by Tomioka. While that’s one episode longer than I’d have liked, it’s ultimately worth it for SM143 (the penultimate episode before Aya Matsui’s epic finale with Tapu Koko), where Ash’s Torracat finally manages to defeat Kukui’s Incineroar, evolving into an Incineroar itself afterward.

Battle of the Newbie Champions: JN065 gives us Ash, new young Champion of the Alola region, vs. Iris, new young Champion of the Unova region. It’s the perfect re-introduction to Iris as well as an incredibly close battle that you could easily see either trainer winning.

The Masters Eight Tournament: JN115 - JN118, JN122 - JN125 and JN129 - JN132 are all written by Tomioka and feature every battle in the Masters Eight tournament that concludes the long-running World Coronation Series: Leon vs. Alain, Lance vs. Diantha, Iris vs. Cynthia, Ash vs. Steven, Leon vs. Diantha, Ash vs. Cynthia, and finally Ash vs. Leon. All of these battles are great, especially both Cynthia battles and the decisive final battle which serves as the culmination of Ash’s 25-year journey...the moment he and Pikachu achieve their dream.

THE MISSES:

For Want of a Jelly Donut: OS025 is a really bad episode. There’s little plot to speak of beyond dealing with a rampaging Primeape, which Ash catches only to discard a mere 4 episodes later making it feel utterly pointless. It also hasn’t aged well given that so much importance is placed on Ash’s hat...which ended up being just the first of many hats he wears, so I guess it wasn’t so special after all! The only good part about this episode is the English dub version with its notorious “rice ball = jelly donut” translation. Otherwise, it blows. 

The Sleepiest Episode Ever: In OS060, Ash and his friends come upon an island where a Blastoise is asleep and they need to wake it up. So, it’s just a variation on OS041, except with all of the riotous humor sucked out and replaced with dullness. Seriously, it’s so boring.

Who Gets To Keep Totodile?: Misty screwed Ash out of Togepi in OS050, so now in OS153 Ash screws Misty out of Totodile! Huh. Did Tomioka never hear the one about two wrongs?

Excruciating Ecruteak: In the games, Ecruteak City is a fascinating place and Morty is an intriguing Gym Leader. In the anime as showcased in OS183 and OS184, both of them are dreadfully boring and unmemorable. Also, this is where Ho-oh finally gets name-dropped as the Pokemon that Ash saw in the first episode, and it flies by like it’s nothing! What the Hell!?

The Whirl Cup: In OS217 - OS219, Tomioka tries to finally give Misty something major to do. Unfortunately, it ends up sucking! Beyond the predictable formula of Misty losing to someone who goes on to lose to someone else in the next round, the preceding battle between her and Ash is awful. People claim Ash “regressed in intelligence” in BW, but seldom seem to bring up the time he lost because he somehow forgot that giving Psyduck a headache was a bad idea!

Deadbeat Parents are Hilarious!: The first side special episode that aired over the course of the AG series has Brock return to Pewter City Gym and reunite with both of his deadbeat parents. Hey, remember when that situation was treated seriously back in OS005? Tomioka sure doesn’t, since Brock’s parents and his anger toward them for abandoning him and his siblings are treated as zany and wacky here, diminishing what should be a serious issue.

Goodbye, Arbok and Weezing: AG006 gets rid of Jessie and James’ original Pokemon, Arbok and Weezing, in an unpleasant and kind of mean-spirited way, made worse by the fact that they are never reunited ever again. As a TR fan, it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Boring and Boring-er: AG027 is when Team Magma and Team Aqua, the mysterious evil teams from earlier, finally meet up with one another. Aaaand...they still act mysteriously, even when there’s no reason to since they don’t know anyone else is watching and they have the exact same evil plan just with different Legendary Pokemon at the end of it! Tomioka seems to think that this will make them intriguing to viewers. Instead, it just makes them boring. 

The Togepi Kingdom: Tomioka brings Misty and Togepi back in AG044 and AG045 and sends off the latter, evolving it into Togetic in the process. Not only is this way too little too late, but the story here is ridiculous, involving a fairy tale style kingdom with a princess and an evil mustache-twirling villain out to conquer it, with the whole reason behind Misty leaving Togetic being connected to it. Really? This is the pay-off Togepi gets after all these years!?

May’s Acquired Situational Narcissism: In an example of a trope I tend to hate, May in AG078 suddenly starts acting like a swell-headed jerk, even though there wasn’t any sign of that in just the previous episode this one is directly following! It’s all to humble her and teach her a lesson through having her lose, of course, and it’s so boring and predictable and lame.

The Ultimate Anti-Climax: AG097 and AG098 are what the whole Team Magma and Team Aqua plotline were building up to, and what do we get? A bunch of still frames and awkward animation as Groudon and Kyogre have themselves what is sold as an epic battle but what actually looks like a schoolyard scuffle. Also, no Steven, no Wallace, but Lance? WTF!? These two episodes are regarded as some of the worst in Pokeani history, and justifiably so.

Jigglypuff, Except Not: AG138 isn’t a bad episode, but it’s marred by a single poor decision - the Jigglypuff it focuses on is not the Jigglypuff. See, even though Jigglypuff got its big pay-off in OS074, when the Pokeani was renewed due to the franchise’s unexpected popularity it still stuck around as a running joke that got ran into the ground before just vanishing without a trace following AG039. This episode provided the perfect opportunity to finally give it a definitive send-off, and Tomioka totally wasted it! That’s never gonna not hurt to think about.

The Bait-and-Switch Premiere: DP001 is a great episode for most of its run, introducing us to Dawn, a lovable new heroine that combines the position of Ash and the goal of May, which promises a unique new adventure to come.....and then we see Ash, Pikachu and Team Rocket at the end. That’s when it becomes clear that Dawn isn’t going to be the lead after all, she’s just May’s replacement and we’re just doing the same old tired-out shit all over again. If the DP series was your first and you like it, cool. But for me, it was a soul-crushing let-down.

Dirt Poor Pacing: Ash getting his first badge in Sinnoh takes forever because DP015 wastes time having Paul fight Roark for his badge, then having Ash fight Roark and lose in DP016, then having a random incident in the city transpire in DP017 before finally having Ash fight Roark and win in DP018. 4 episodes just to win the region’s first badge is simply too much.

Copy/Paste Writing: Dawn enters a Contest. She doesn’t get past the Appeals round. Jessie obnoxiously rubs it in her face. Dawn feels depressed because she’s failing to live up to her mother’s reputation as a Coordinator. Zoey comforts her about it. Which episode am I talking about: DP049 or DP061? Trick question, it’s both because they share the exact same plot.

The Wallace Cup: Besides using May’s obligatory return to bring Wallace in one generation late and barely do anything substantial with him, DP075 - DP079 suffer from questionable decisions like abruptly having Zoey be fine with people doing both Gyms and Contests, having Ash compete in the Wallace Cup in an Indiana Jones cosplay outfit for no good reason, and having Dawn and Piplup defeat May and Glaceon in a highly unconvincing manner just to resolve Dawn’s self-confidence arc that wasn’t very well-written to start with.

Ash and Paul’s Full Battle: If the characters and narrative had treated Paul honestly and if Paul lost this battle, then we could have had something good. But no, Ash loses, all while moral relativism and abuse apologism runs rampant. What DP131 and DP132′s story appears to be saying is that Paul’s issue was never his cruelty toward people and Pokemon he deemed weak, but that he was too emotional. Yeah, because when I think of emotional characters, I think of Paul. But now he’s cool-headed and thus the stronger trainer between him and Ash and so he deserves to win! Ugh, the creator favoritism reached its peak here.

It’s SPEAR Pillar, Not SPHERE Pillar!: The climax of the Team Galactic storyline from DP150 - DP152 was better than the Aqua/Magma climax, but not by nearly enough, with it leading to a brief skirmish in a nonsensically located “Spear Pillar” where Cyrus completes his descent into OOC Complete Monster-dom by revealing he wants to wipe everything out so that he alone can exist in a new world. He then commits existential suicide when his new world begins to fade away without having ever battled anyone, which is followed by Dialga and Palkia threatening to destroy Sinnoh until Ash, Dawn and Brock pray to the Lake Trio who just...make Dialga and Palkia stop. Oh yeah, and they were chosen by the Lake Trio only because they “love Pokemon so much”, as Cynthia pretentiously says. Ugh! Gag me!

Diamond Dandruff: DP161 and DP162 finally reveal why Dawn’s childhood friends teasingly call her “Dee Dee”. It stands for...”Diamond Dandruff”, due to Plusle and Minun making her hair sparkle once when she was young.  And the humiliation was apparently so great that it gave her a full-blown phobia of Plusle and Minun, which she now must struggle to overcome. Really? Dawn having hair problems is a running gag in the series, and a hair problem is now not only being used to explained away a plot point that’s been kept secret for years but is being treated in a way where we’re meant to take it seriously? By Arceus, is that stupid...

A Scientific Breakthroooops, Never Mind: We spend all of BW039 dealing with Professor Juniper and Fennel’s resurrection of a fossilized Archen which evolves into Archeops and then at the end we discover that Archeops are not, in fact, extinct, as a whole flock of them show up to take the newly revived one under their wings. That’s.....incredibly lazy writing.

My Way Or The Highway, Bitch!: The Black and White games’ message is about how it’s important to have open dialogue between people who hold different viewpoints and ideas, and how the world shouldn’t change by one ideal being forced upon everyone else? Fuck that shit, BW069 says that Skyla’s new way of running her Gym is bullshit and Cilan has to force his view on how she should be running it onto her until she complies! If the message ended up being that negotiation and diplomacy are what can resolve the problem, it’d be fine. But no, Skyla’s just wrong and is depicted as a callous bitch, Cilan’s just right and is depicted as an avenging hero, and in the following episode Skyla just has to go back to regular battling without addressing the reasons she stopped doing them to start with. Fuck off, Tomioka.

You Can’t Handle the Truth!: The climax for Team Plasma’s story arc in BW122 - BW124 is a step above Team Galactic’s, which was a step above Team Aqua/Magma’s. Unfortunately, Tomioka gets to write the last of the three episodes, and as a result the action that was building up so well in the previous two is met with an anticlimactic conclusion. Oh, you think there’s going to be a big fight against Reshiram? Maybe with Ghetsis commanding it against Ash’s Charizard, as hinted at in the current OP? Nope! You can just sense Tomioka’s lack of passion for this finale, since he never got over not being able to make the Black and White inspired one he’d hoped to at the start of the BW series. As a result, the Team Plasma arc doesn’t end on a whimper or a bang, but on a shrug, as if to say “Idk, whatever, we’re done”.

Professor Oak’s Pointless Vacation: BW130 has Professor Oak visit the Decolore Islands and catch a Rotom, which he proceeds to do nothing of value with. Meanwhile, Team Rocket fully regresses into unfunny gag characters ala the DP series, and Ash passes up a perfectly good opportunity to return to Kanto just...because. Tomioka isn’t even trying at this point.

Ash Comes To Kalos: At first glance, XY001 and XY002 make for a perfectly solid premiere. But look closer and you see an immediate problem, and that’s Ash Ketchum. His design, his attitude, him doing stuff like bravely jumping off a skyscraper...it’s all reflective of the anime producers’ reactionary pandering to the vocal online fandom who complained about Ash in the BW series, and thus he’s now the badass “Chad” type they’ve always wanted him to be so that they can enjoy projecting themselves onto him. I cannot sanction such cowardice.

Meeting (Low) Expectations: After over a year, XY060 finally has Serena take a crack at a professional goal: being a Performer in a Pokemon Showcase. And.....it’s just Pokemon Contests all over again, minus the battling factor and gender equality. But apparently that wasn’t underwhelming enough, so we also get to see her lose and cry about it! This is the nadir of the first half of the XY series’ major problem with returning to formulaic conventions. It’s everything that’s been done before done worse, but then Serena gets a haircut so we’re supposed to view it as dramatic and important instead of stale and derivative. Yeah, no. Pass.

Ash’s Frog Fiasco: The ill-advised “Ash-Greninja synchronization” plotline comes to a head in XY120 - XY122, all written by Tomioka. Ash loses due to overexerting his bond with Greninja for the upteenth time, which sends him into a crisis of confidence. This could allow him to be more interesting than he’s been in a long while, but instead Serena yells at him to suck it up and be “the real Ash” again, which he does since fallibility just ain’t allowed for him in the XY series! Tellingly, this specific story gets retconned in Pokemon Journeys, which instead says Ash and Greninja had an argument and brief falling out after Ash pushed it too hard in battle. That does sound like a better story...I sure wish it was the one we actually got.

Hau Do You Do?: In SM097, Tomioka abruptly introduces Hau into the series. I’m sorry, Hau is an important character in the games, but the show has progressed too far without even a hint to his existence, so he was better off left unadapted. But no, he’s here now simply to provide an extra opponent for Ash to beat in the Alola League. The poor guy deserved better.

Kukui’s Childhood: Celebi time travel plots had gotten old by this point, and SM125 might be the worst one of all because it involves Ash and Torracat traveling back to when Kukui was a child with a Litten, and they give him the dream to form the Alola League in the future....the League that Ash ends up winning. Viewed in that light, his victory kinda feels like cheating.

Paul’s Unwelcome Return: There is no valid reason for JN114 to exist other than for Tomioka’s darling Paul to grace the screen again and remind us all what a poorly written character he was due to this favoritism shown toward him. “He’s way too cool!” Goh says. Ugh! I prefer the English dub, where Goh instead derisively says he’s “acting far too cool”, which not only is more in-character but sums up Paul well. He’s not cool; he’s just a poser.

No More Team Rocket!: Finally, a perfectly good send-off for Ash and Pikachu spread across JN137 - JN147 is marred by what is done with Team Rocket in the last three of those episodes, all written by Tomioka. After a plan and battle reminiscent of better ones from the past fail, the Team Rocket trio, over the course of one minute, argue and then sever ties with one another! We then get another minute where they’re still mad at each other, and then the following minute with them in it they reconcile! That’s the best Tomioka could come up with for their final plotline? A break-up plot whose outcome was all too obvious given that it’s been done several times before...and a ridiculously rushed break-up plot at that? Disgraceful.

[aiqingdemeimiao]

What is your favourite / funniest anecdote or tidbit you’ve read about Ben online over the last few years? I always think of a tweet I saw maybe 3 years ago about someone meeting him at a gym (that I can’t find anymore)

oh god i can't find the link rn either but a few years ago (maybe 2016ish???) there was a girl on twitter who worked in a supermarket near ben's house and every couple of weeks she'd be like "ben bought three bananas today" "ben bought two bananas today" "ben bought eight bananas today", like she just kept a running tally of ben's banana purchases and for some reason it had me in absolute tears. we called her the ben banana girl but i can't find her now. think she might be on private or deleted her account :( her url had "emelie" in it, that's all i remember now. if anyone knows where she went or has screenshots send them to me so i can relive the glory of the ben banana saga.

there was a brief moment of excitement last year when this guy spotted ben buying bananas too but sadly it was a one off and he never updated us again:

[a-tale-of-legends]

Okay since I did Wally, it makes sense I would do Blue. Gonna try and keep it shorter than Wally:s lol. Blue's dynamic with the other rivals!

Silver: Little bro # 1. Next to Beryl, Blue pretty much understood Silver the most in his you get years, and because of that he became this mentor/older brother figure to Silvs. Next to the dragon den, Viridian gym became a safe space for Silver to just hang out, though his definition of hanging out is battling lol. Silver had to deal with the love saga that was Red and Blue and will constantly rip at them for it ( Blue would then mention something about Kenji and that gets Silver to shut up).

Wally: The Bestie ( next to his sisters and Red). How did these two become such close friends despite seemingly contrasting personalities? Blue would give you a long backstory as to how the two met and thus became friends. Wally would shrug and say " The fuck I know. But I am grateful to be his friend :)"( note: Blue did not teach Wally to swear. That was Green). The balance each other off really well tbh. Blue had gone full Karen for Wally once, me thinks. Blue has been concerned with Wally's desire for strength at the cost of bonding with his pokemon, but he ( and others) addressed it with him at some point. Wally and his pokemon are doing better for it! Wally, in turn,let's Blue just rant to him about his frustrations- gym stuff, Red, family stuff, his own goals in life...the man was very conflicted in what he wanted to do in life. These two consider each other their best friend, and I will die on this hill.

Barry: This one is hard since I don't know exactly how they would meet? The best I can think of is in b2w2 during the pwt, if Danica invited Barry along as a plus one. But even then, I'm not entirely sure about how blue perceives him. I do think he appreciates the energy and enthusiasm! Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he saw him as another rival( of course Red and Green are his #1 rivals, and no one can top that). I can totally see the banter between these two being wild ( Blue seems to be the type to playfully egg Barry on).

Bianca: Being the grandson of the esteemed Prof. Oak and having your older sister eventually take the mantel of pokemon professor means that you- Blue - by proxy is always In The Know of the whozawhatsit in the pokemon scientific sphere. So,by proxy, he knew Bianca before officially meeting her. Daisy said that she's a sweet girl, and when meeting her ( thanks to Cheren) , he can say she is really sweet. Though he also appreciates the snark in her. Blue would say he's not too deep into the pokemon professor stuff ( he's not one in my au, but he dabbles into it here and there), but Bianca can and will sight the long conversations they would have about whatever sciencey pokemon topic that comes to mind. He ain't slick.

Cheren: So basically it went like this.

Literally anyone: Oh hey, I heard that Unova has a new normal type gym leader.

Blue, a "normal" type gym leader: Oh?

Literally anyone: Yeah, apparently he helped fight off Team Plasma two years ago.

Blue, who had encounters with his own regions evil team: Oh???

Literally anyone: Mhm. He used to be friends with the guy who stopped them, but that guy disappeared one day-

Blue, who is honestly still healing from everything, including Red just up and leaving: Oh you don't say?!

So basically Cheren is Little Bro # 2. He loves teasing him. It took a while for Cheren to really reciprocate( Blue was kinda Too Much, especially given his general, well, Blueness), but now they're really good friends! Much like Bianca, blue has had long conversations about pokemon and stuff ( which includes trauma and feelings of inadequacy).

Hugh: Another hard one, but probably like Barry. Appreciates the vigor, the drive, etc. Gonna look at pokemas for this one.

Okay time for rapid fire stuff cause this is getting long again.

Kalos rivals: Sorry to group them together :(. Blue knew about them before meeting them for the same reasons stated in Bianca's part. Shauna and him are always in contact due to the Chosen business, but Shauna has encouraged his Dramatic Bitch behavior lol. Sees a bit of Wally in Trevor, and likes talking to him about the Pokedex. Isn't super big on contests, but his sister( Daisy) would partake in them, so he would catch Tierno in a few here and there.

Alola rivals: His KIDS!!! Living in Alola means he sees them often, and once again became yet another mentor figure for them. This was at a point where Blue has become his most mature self, still classic Blue, but less likely to egg someone on for a response unless it's actually needed. He genuinely loves seeing them hang out together and enjoy life, as well as battling as they see fit. He gets really sappy around them lol. Gladion and Ames ( not a rival, oc) call him Old Man. In SM he's only 21 lmao.

Galar rivals: Have not met them properly I think. He had heard about Hop from Leon when he- Leon - was champion. He also probably tuned into the Galar gym challenge and watched everything about it, so he knows about Bede and Marnie from there. If I ever have them medy properly, I think Hop and Bede would be Little Bro #3 and 4. Marnie would be Little Sis # 1 ( Green is Blue's actual little sister in my au, so she doesn't count).

And yeah. That was long. Again. Ah well.

[grimmgrinningghouls]

I’d put this in the tags but I have so much idk if tumblr tags can hold all of it so.

Asking to go to the bathroom when I got my period mid gym class, I bled on the floor and offered to clean it up but I really had to get to the bathroom. The gym teacher refused to let me leave saying I had to finish his lecture so I just…left. He sent someone after me but I booked it to the locker rooms where I could get the whole period thing taken care of. He then sent me to the office and they called my parents.

My handwriting was too light on my homework so I got lunch detention and the math teacher who had given me lunch detention couldn’t find me to tell me I was in trouble so she went to the girls locker room. I was late that time due to some stuff from my previous class. This 70 year old woman came into a locker room full of naked 14 year old girls and asked around till she found out which locker was mine and stuck the lunch detention note on it.

Previously mentioned math teacher locked me in the computer lab to finish a not very important math test (the test was one of those benchmark tests to see where you were. I could take it after school) and refused to let me leave to go take my science final. I texted my mom and she legit had to go down to the school and force the teacher to let me go.

Hall monitor had a big grudge against me and I was a snotty brat. She hated that I wore my hood everywhere, it sounds silly but I’m like a dog wearing a hood makes me feel safer and reduces sensory overload but anyways. She once stormed into class, yanked my hood off my head and yelled at me in the middle of a lesson. Another time she tried to yank my hoodie off of me, when I was shirtless beneath it. She also slammed me into a locker once and tried to get me in trouble for skipping (I wasn’t. I had my hall pass in my hoodie pocket. I proved it by showing the hall pass with the time and date I left)

The hoodie saga is quite a long one. I was a shithead tbh but the school got so fucking mad about the hoodie and I was a stubborn asshole. Some teachers didn’t give a shit and others very much did. I got kicked out of class and spent several periods in the office or detention for refusing to remove the hood. They talked to my parents but for once they were actually cool about something and told the school they weren’t going to punish me for the hood. I got in trouble for other stuff but neither of my parents gave two shits about a hood at some point my mom demanded they stop calling her about it.

Also one time in 5th grade me and my friends cut the heads out of the math books and sold them for the schools fake money and the teacher found out and sat everyone down for a lesson on gambling. She also put a stop to a game we had going where we’d make our own original Pokémon (we called them trashmon) out of paper scraps. Way to hate fun Ms Jenkins.

what's the most demented thing you guys got in trouble for in school mine was when an english boy in my class made fun of my name and called my mum a (derogatory word for irish travellers) so i told him my ira uncle was in town and was coming to blow him up after school

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Michelangelo Signorile at The Signorile Report:

Yesterday, CNN engaged in a classic outing. It was the kind of thing journalists like me were criticized for many years ago—revealing the truth about a public figure who is a sexual moralist—because the media often saw it as an invasion of privacy no matter the person’s public actions.

So I’m glad to see they’ve finally caught up, realizing it’s a story when politicians who wield power over our lives and strip us of our rights are complete hypocrites in their own personal lives. In quite a bombshell, CNN revealed that Christian nationalist Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, who called LGBTQ people “filth” and viciously attacked transgender women, is a self-described “perv,” spying on women in gym showers through a peephole and watching what he described as “tr**ny on girl porn.” And that was just the tip of the iceberg. Robinson, who is Black—and was grotesquely heralded by Donald Trump as “one of the great leaders of our country” and “Martin Luther King on steroids”—called himself a “Black Nazi,” using an alias on the message board of a porn site called Nude Africa, and abhorently said he wished slavery could be brought back and he’d own a few slaves himself. 

[...] Let’s be clear: Robinson is among the most hateful and publicly extreme candidates we’ve seen running for governor of any state as the candidate of a major party. He said he wanted to go “back to the America where women couldn’t vote.” He claimed feminism was “created by Satan” and said men who supported feminism were “as manly as a pair of lace panties.” He spread every kind of crazy, dark conspiracy theory—QAnon and beyond—that you could imagine. He quoted Adolf Hitler and engaged in Holocaust denial. He said transgender women should be arrested for using the women’s restroom. The hideous smear of trans women in women’s rooms is that they are a danger to girls and women because they are “men” lurking in the bathroom. But we now learn it was Robinson who is in fact a danger to women in private spaces, spying on them in gym showers.

[...] And the North Carolina GOP is still backing him, even though Robinson’s been in free fall in the polls since before this bombshell, accepting his denials and describing the CNN report as “the left” trying to “smear” Robinson. There just is no bottom, at least not for the GOP in North Carolina.

The Mark Robinson saga in North Carolina reveals how depraved the GOP are, and it may cost them in North Carolina big time (and possibly the nation).

See Also:

Daily Kos: How North Carolina Republicans blew their chance to oust Mark Robinson