#if flygon was in this game i would also use it. it took all my strength to not add dragapult to my team as well

[samipekoe]

my babby team evolved...now they are big!!!

[purpurkatart]

Hello! After having some time to get over my loss for the Pokemon TCG Illustration contest, I decided to write up a small blog entry about the process and include some WIP pictures. Feel free to look below if you want to read my ramblings on the process.

Idea Generarion-

So coming into this contest, I knew I wanted to make a mixed media piece. In terms of theming I chose something that not only reflected a “magical moment” for a Pokemon (in this case meeting a legendary Pokemon), but also a moment when playing the games myself. In fact this piece was inspired by my awe when I first encountered a box legendary in game, as before I thought my teacher was lying to me when he said you can catch the legendary on the box!

This is the concept sketch that started it all! At the time my main concern was getting ideas down and seeing how they looked. Thinking about things like how would the composition would look, how would the colours look. So on and so forth.

I didn’t want to focus too much on the sketch and wanted to start making the physical object, so out of some cheap paper I started making a set up testing out size, scale, composition. I didn’t want to get too attached to the original sketches only to realise I couldn’t make it in real life… I went though a few drafts trying to get things right, slowly adding in aspects such as background objects and higher quality drawings.

After completing the draft I bought the images back into procreate to experiment with colours. This is the point where I made the mistake of thinking I had plenty of colours to choose from, not realising I would be limited by what I could buy from various yarn shops. That or hope I could find the right colour online, but that was always a gamble. If I don’t stop talking about this now I’ll get sidetracked talking about how much I miss yarn shops…

Anyways, I cut out the individual pieces that I would make within the background and used them as a guide for crochet assets. For this part I wanted to use different stitches to create textures such as the ripple stitch, bobble stich and some cable stitches, I feel bad as I never took any work in progress photo so of them. Let’s pretend you’re looking at a photo of a half finished crochet abstract shape.

Finally onto the main event, the Pikachu (and Suicune). The decision to make Pikachu a plush was based on what I would have liked to make for the 2022 illustration contest (if I wasn’t geographically challenged!!) Despite being British I decided it would be fun to make anyways, so I could experiment. I never got around to that but decided it would be fun to try for this edition.

Making the pattern was HARD! As I wanted Pikachu to have a unique pose, I had to work out different methods to plush i’ve made in the past which have been somewhat relaxed in their posing. I ultimately ended up making each part individually, pinning it together and then making adjustments as needed. It didn’t start out great however I ended up with this weird Pikachu shaped thing that did the job. Throughout this process I would regularly photograph it in the background to try and catch any issues early on. For example if the ground needed to be a different shape.

Photographing the final price was interesting. I felt bad for my partner as I essentially turned my dining table into a mini photography studio! I spent several days waiting for different lighting opportunities and experimenting with different light. Marking down different camera angles to ensure I have all of my bases covered. I easily took over 100 photos to get the perfect shot! In the below photo you can see washi tape being used to rest out different positions for the sculptures.

And that leads me to the peice! Even though i’m sad I didn’t make the top 300, I am pleased with the work I did for this piece (and my flygon entry too!). I’m glad I decided to experiment with ts peice and look forward to refining my methods in the near future!

[imthepunchlord]

Kalos needed a win more than the other gens, let's be real.

It did!

Like, XY over all were fun, but you could feel they were incomplete. This is the Gen where the enhanced version (or sequels) felt incredibly absent and Kalos needed more umph. For the game that led us into the 3D, it got the short end of the stick. So it really does need this.

And I think this works out overall. We were ALL dreading the "faithful" BW remakes. And I wasn't that all excited for Let's Go Jhoto, though I found this was the least likely option. So Legends Z-A was a very pleasant surprise. And it's coming out next year at an unknown time! It's got time to cook! Well, assuming they didn't start development recently. Hopefully it's further along than recently started. Either way, it's really good they took a break this year, I got plenty of Pokemon games to replay, and some fan games to play, and I'm just going to curiously keep an eye out for news. And hope the earliest release will be November as then it'll be kinda close to getting a 2 year development, cause the more time to cook the better. I am good waiting for games, I'd rather a finished product than a rushed one.

And by the teaser, there's so much curiosity over it.

Is it really going to be set in the past and a prequel? Or is it going to be more modern-future and a sequel? Helping with the construction of Lumoise City to me leans more past but we'll see. I also wonder if we'll see a Pokemon version of Napoleon as he was the one who wanted Paris reconstructed.

And learning that, apparently, it's entirely set in Lumiose City is going to be interesting to see how that works. Will there be biomes? Or will the Lumiose Catacombs (that it should have) be used as places to catch wild pokemon? And how are we going to play a role in the city reconstruction? It's a different theme and set up to be sure, one I am curious about.

Also, with Mega Evolution coming back (which was my favorite of the gimmicks), I do wonder if this means we'll get more Megas over regional and convergent forms, which I would be a little bummed about, but its cool to get more Megas.

And we'll finally see the Mega Kalos Starters! And maybe Flygon will get a Mega finally! And I know some wanted to Mega Dragonite and we did see Dragonair in the trailer so that's a possibility.

And then there's the fun of the starter speculation, assuming we'll still get a shuffled up trio. Which so far this is the most popular theory I think:

Which does have some merit, as two are based on French royalty/leaders, and Torchic can be tied to the Gallic Rooster.

The only thing to clash is chances are good we'll get Megas for them over regional evolution, and we already got Mega Blaziken. They may prefer to do a whole new trio. Torchic is also a bit of an odd one out as there are 2 specifically based on French royalty and Torchic isn't, unless there is a French royal it could be tied to. Charlemagne is the only other iconic French royal I can think of, but I don't know enough specific details about him outside he unified the Franks and was the first King of France, but maybe Blaziken could work off him?

Either way, I am very curious, a little excited and hopeful, though more cautious optimistic. I am hoping this game will have enough time to cook. I do love Pokemon and I want to see this franchise thrive and be the best it can be. So I am curiously excited for us to revisit Kalos soon and see how it's going to go.

[patchun]

Emerald Seaglass Elite 4 Saga

This is not a challenge romhack or anything but I am on Hard Mode and I do really like my team so I figured I'd document my experience here. Just one post this time no worries lol.

This has been a fairly casual run with me, as usual, coming overprepared and taking the game far more seriously than it should be taken for the majority of it - but nonetheless, in the interest of not wasting healing items and such because the economy was actually kind of rough, I've been playing on Switch mode. But, for the purposes of a more challenging Elite 4, I have switched() to Set.

First is Sydney. No real documentation on the trainer changes in this game so I'm just going to assume Mightyena lead. Fairy/Dragon Altaria should be more than enough to deal with pretty much his entire team, but should I need it, I do have Absol with Sacred Sword in the back. Here we go-a.

Yeah no Moonblast just wiped the floor with all of his Pokemon one by one lol. I kind of wish this WAS a challenge romhack because Pokemon is just kind of braindead otherwise BUT moving on

130 base Attack. Buffed to 95 base Speed. Sharpness. Night Slash, Psycho Cut, Sacred Sword - Absol is the best its probably ever been here. And if she isn't enough, Ghost/Normal Banette (whose best attacking move is unfortunately Phantom Force) should be able to handle anything else. The two complement each other well, with Banette being able to switch into Fighting moves and such.

..was that necessary

Oh actually Mismagius is a genuinely scary Pokemon, Ghost/Fairy and undoubtedly going for Moonblast here. My Fairy answer is Yuumi the Chimecho so I'll pivot into her before switching Misery in on a Ghost move.

Misery took a Moonblast before going for Phantom Force,... which then gave Phoebe the opportunity to switch to her own Banette. A better physical Ghost move would have been cool here. Predicting a physical attack like Darkest Lariat, I switched to Walrein (Fur Coat... it's so bulky). But this is a special attacking Banette who used Thunderbolt, so I switched out again, this time to Chiyari.

Which brings in Froslass... Okay, these ghosts are actually pretty tough. I go Yuumi on the Ice Beam and then Jill on a... Will-o-Wisp. I then swap Skadi in on a 150 BP Infernal Parade... or at least, I thought it was 150 BP? Skadi basically took nothing. I'm not sure I'm telling you this walrus is insane in this game.

okay well fuck me for saying it was easy or whatever hahaha.

I finish Dusknoir off w Yuumi so that I'm in this position when Mismagius comes in. Highly expecting either Shadow Ball or Infernal Parade, one if which I'm confident I can survive - HOWEVER, I'm also confident that Flash Cannon won't kill here. However if all goes well I should be able to switch into Misery afterwards to get the kill with Shadow Sneak.

If this were a Nuzlocke losing Flygon would have been devastating. But it's not so onward

so yeah Ghost type was pretty rough to deal with but surely Ice wont be so bad ri-... *looks at team*... Well it really depends. I went ahead and taught Yuumi Calm Mind which I was holding off on. Skadi also knows it, and Jill has Sacred Sword - but bringing her in might not be possible, so I guess I'll lead with her. (side note you may notice my low level pokemon yes because my exp share is turned off for the sake of challenge(

What madman was responsible for making Walrein one of the best defensive Pokemon in the game lmao, the battle just came down to Skadi beating up the other ice types with Bouncy Bubble

Anyways onto Drake now, and I have quite a few answers for Dragon types. Gonna go ahead and turn the EXP Share back on for this fight seeing as I am now at a 6 level disadvantage that should be enough lol

What's particularly nostalgic about this, and the big reason I've been wanting to use Flygon lately, is that my very first time ever beating the Elite 4 was with a Flygon. Playing Ruby version at my grandmom's house in the country, I must have lost so many times, even though I'm 100% sure I was definitely using Groudon too. Probably Blaziken and Gardevoir and Breloom on there... good memories.

Drake brought in Altaria so I swapped to Yuumi,,, he then proceeded to set up two Dragon Dances and then hit me with a terrifying +0 Dazzling Gleam. lol.

Which brings in Drake's own Flygon but like... what is it gonna do to me. A weak Flamethrower? Oh Crunch no, that's actually bad. Okay Skadi your turn dear

A Crunch into a CRIT Earthquake did that much like... what is this

Now then, with my underleveled ass two water-resist ass team,,, onto Wallace.

I'll spare you the details as this fight was mostly stat-checking but Jill came in very clutch with a crit on Whiscash in the end and this one might have in fact been necessary >:D

[creativewhizkid]

twisty pokérot hours here are some of my fav pokémon from each region BECAUSE no one asked :3 /pos

whoopsie a WHOLE BUNCH of rambling under cut !!

kanto:

wartortle!!! my boy!!! his design slaps SO HARD and is honestly one of the best middle stage starters. everyday i weep for the scrapped og blastoise design that looked a lot more like him :(

johto:

i honestly cannot pick between typhlosion, scizor and ampharos… typhlosion is one of my favorite starters ever, i don’t really care about how he and the other gen 2 starters are under designed. i love my angry honey badger echidna freak <3

scizor is just like. peak character design to me. shes like scyther walked into hot topic and came out a girlboss. i love the underrated bug type and bugs in general and scizor really held the candle for the best bug type for a long time (for me atleast)

ampharos omgggg ampharos… honestly the entire mareep line is so cute to me!! i love how it goes from an unsheared sheep, to half sheared, and then to fully sheared. also ampharos has the “bean bag body type” pokemon design trope that i love, all pokemon with this body type (ex: goodra, dragonite, flygon ) are all so huggable and cute to me!! i NEED an ampharos irl NOW!!! 🤬🤬🤬 /pos

hoenn:

maybe a basic answer but THE ENTIRE MUDKIP LINE!!! YES I DO LIKE MUDKIPS /ref

yes this includes marshtomp ily marshtomp and most of all SWAMPERT!!

mudkip is one of the cutest starters EVER and choosing one in a gen 3 game is THE CORRECT CHOICE. i chose mudkip and i named her skipp and we quite literally single-handedly obliterated every single trainer battle, gym leader and the elite four + steven stone together. swampert has one of the best typings in the games ( water + ground ) so she only had ONE weakness and was IMMUNE to electricity 😭 poor wattson

she REALLY cemented my love for the entire mudkip line oaosufjfoighhh i love my mudfish salamander axolotl so much!

i will admit it took me like. a few days of playing ruby and looking at fanart to get used to marshtomp’s design but i can say with certainty that i love marshtomp as much as mudkip and swampert <3

sinnoh:

GLISCOR 👹👹👹

i love bats so much and gliscor is not an exception. one of the best new evolutions design wise, and i just love the cheeky personality it radiates. i caught one in platinum and named it uzi after uzi from murder drones <3

it was the evolution gligar NEEDED and thank lord it got it because gliscor is amazing and i want one irl. also kinda unrelated but i was baffled when i learned that this mf is 6’07’’?? hello???

honourable mentions also go to gastrodon <3 (specifically east sea form)

unova:

man i feel so bad for the gen 5 games plus it’s pokémon cuz the anime gave it such a bad rep 😭 yeah i agree the anime was kinda eh BUT THE GAMES AND GEN 5 POKÉMON ARE GREAT OK?? i have a lot of favs but im gonna have to go with reuniclus !!

when it comes to my taste in pokémon i don’t really care about their stats or competitive stuff, i mainly judge them based off of their design. so you can imagine when i saw reuniclus plus it’s pre-evolutions i instantly fell in love. he’s??? so silly??? HELLO??? who knew a pokémon based off of my average biology class lecture would make me go HDJDHEJWHWHEHEHEHEEHIEAWWWWW 🥹🥹 so much

kalos:

gif quality is awful but GOODRA AND ITS PRE-EVOLUTIONS ARE ACTUALLY MY FAVOURITE POKEMON OF ALL TIME !! <3

i was watching the xy anime... i was watching the ash vs clemont battle... i saw ash's goodra do it's silly little splashes while using its rain dance in the gif above... i don't think i've ever " AWWWWW'D " louder in my life???

i cannot put into words HOW MUCH I LOVE GOODRA!! it's FAT it's a DRAGON it's a SLUG it loves HUGS it's TALL it's FRIENDLY and it's ALSO CUTE?? AND A PSEUDO-LEGENDARY??? PEAK POKÉMON!! i just look at goodra fanart daily just to make my heart melt CUZ I LOVE THIS FAT SLIME DRAGON SO MUCHAWGFWJFWAHB

BEST dragon type CUTEST dragon type BEST pseudo-legend BEST POKÉMON EVER I'M RIGHT YOURE WRONG !!! /HJ /LH

alola:

i have two favs... the rowlet line (mainly decidueye) and lurantis!! i'll talk about decidueye first

pokémon sun was actually the first pokémon game i've ever played!! i really wish i played the earlier games sooner but i was more of a pokémon anime kid growing up... sigh... atleast now i've been playing more games <3

anyways decidueye!! rowlet was actually my first ever starter! i loved the beach ball owl so much! i don't remember much about my first couple of playthroughs of sun (i dont think i ever got to evolve my starter beyond a dartrix) but ever since i got into pokémon again and absorbed so much info into my brain i've concluded that decidueye is actually amazing

i LOVE archers. i LOVE owls. i LOVE characters with hoods/cloaks/capes. i HAD to love decidueye. plus it's typing ( grass / ghost ) is actually so cool?? it's just such a well designed and well thought-out pokémon

lurantis omg lurantis... they could never make me hate you lurantis...

it's. literally. SO CUTE!! if a pokémon is cute enough to me i am GOING to like it automatically. additionally i love how it's based off of the real life orchid mantis!! irl orchid mantis' are basically pink mantis' that look like flowers, particularly orchids to hide themselves in plain view to ambush their prey. cool, right?

well, with lurantis, it's a pure grass type, not a bug type. the reason that is is because lurantis is actually a flower, particularly an orchid, that looks like a mantis, to fit in with other bug types since grass types are weak to bugs. i really love that!! i also just love lurantis' design in general🥺

galar:

even though gen 8 is my least favourite generation (i don't hate it, it's just that i love the others more) i do have a fav! while i do like pokémon such as dragapult, corviknight, frosmoth, grapploct, etc, centiskorch is 100% my favourite!! i love bugs in general and a fire centipede is honestly just super cool. it's design is awesome as heck and it's gigantamax form is one of my favourites, even though it just gets super long :3 also the name centiskorch is so cool

hisui:

surprise surprise my fav hisui mon is hisuian typhlosion!! legends arceus really took one of my fav pokémon and made him stoned and girlypop huh /pop

again. with. the. amazing! fire/ghost! typing! it works SO well with typhlosion somehow. hisuian typhlosion's design didn't change much from johtonian typhlosion's but it still slaps SO HARD. the darker purple works so well with the fire collar pattern it has arounds its neck and i love how they gave him eyeshadow!! just an amazing mon all around <3

paldea:

it's a tie between ceruledge and tatsugiri!! i'll talk about ceruledge first <3

look at my baby coughing like a smoker <3

i've said this a lot already in regards to the others on this list but one of the biggest reasons i fell in love with ceruledge when i saw it for the first time is because of its design!! ghost/fire is such a cool typing (that skeledirge also has <3) and despite ceruledge and it's counterpart armarouge being more on the humanoid side, unlike other pokémon who are also in the same boat they don't look uncanny to me at all!! ceruledge is just so cool with its colour palette and the BLUE/PURPLE FLAME SWORDS?!!!??? HELLO!?? that it's difficult NOT to like it!! ily ceruledge

the contrast between tatsugiri and ceruledge is kinda funny

anyways i bloody adore this ONE FOOT TALL sushi fish so much. i love how in its stretchy form its glaring at me like it knows what i have done /hj

i dont know?? why i?? love him so much??? he's literally just a grumpy sushi fish who changes colours... he's my favourite boyfailure!! he's so cute and tiny!!!

anyways this has been twisty pokérot hours goodnight tristate area <3

[wetthandss]

ok here's my favourite pokemon. it should be complete bc I looked very throroughly through my book :] sorry it took so long, hope it's good!

Marshtomp Swampert Mudkip Aron & Lairon & Aggron Araquanid Rotom Incineroar Galvantula Quagsire Froslass Flygon Porygon(2) Ditto Wooper Wobbuffet Relicanth Reuniclus

Mudkip is my fave starter from Hoenn she's literally perfect though I don't care too much for swampert it just doesn't read as a mudskipper anymore.

Aron and Lairon are beautiful little bugs and I like Aggron cause I like pokemon that look like kaiju.

Araquanid is a little out of my realm cause I stopped paying very much attention to Pokemon after Unova but it is cute and I definitely agree that it's far superior to Dewpider.

Rotom is a perv soo that's pretty cool and also michaelwave

Incineroar I really prefer the rest of its family I don't really like big macho characters unless they're really funny about it (like another buff pokemon Buzzwole or real life pro wrestling)

Galvantula is awesome and I love just how fuzzy it is, I know I would be so so scared of it irl but in the pokemon world im not sure if i would even have arachnaphobia. Hey. Do you think people in the pokemon world get pokephobia. How the fuck do they live with that it's like being afraid of breathing air.

Quagsire/wooper is BABY BOY and clodsire is my fuckingprecious

Froslass is really pretty and I kinda wish I could cosplay her, though I also wish that there were male froslass!

Flygon is like in my mind right now I have been obsessed with flygon for the past like two weeks because that pokemon carried me through almost my entire White 2 playthrough like from Nimbasa to post-game I used almost exclusively Flygon, really good stats and levitate is nice but the real killer was the diversity of move types that I was able to get and stick with. Its name is ANT.

Porygon2 is a rubber ducky and I like rubber ducky but i don't have strong feelings about this one, i think having a real rubber ducky in the shape of porygon2 would be really cute though

I like Ditto. :)

Wobbuffet is a really old favourite of mine cause I liked Jessie's wobbuffet in the anime as a kid

Relicanth is AWESOME and i love it and the fish its based on cause I love the way it combines the real fish and the *legend* of the fish, like, same goes for the fish too, its literally a modern legend. I wish relicanth was actually a mythical or legendary pokemon.

Reuniclus kinda sticks out in my head a lot because not too long ago my friends were asking me if i would fuck the solosis family and I said yeah. I've never used them cause I don't prioritise psychic types in my party but they are a really fun concept.

Very solid picks this belies really good taste in Pokemon but lets look at the stats

Water: 4 Ground: 3 Rock: 2 Bug: 2 Electric: 2 Ghost: 2 Normal: 2 Psychic: 2 Steel: 1 Fire: 1 Dark: 1 Ice: 1 Dragon: 1

You have a favourite in 13/18 or 72% of all types (except ???) and a slight proclivity towards water and ground type pokemon.

Now let's look at stat totals, as of generation 9.

They're in here in alphabetical order.

THE BIG GIRL TABLE

Highest HP: Wobbuffet at 190 Highest ATK: Incineroar at 115 Highest DEF: Aggron at 180 Highest Sp.ATK: Reuniclus at 125 Highest Sp.DEF: Araquanid at 132 Highest SPD: Froslass at 110 Highest total: Wobbuffet at 405 Highest average: Swampert at 89.17

THE BABY PISS PANTS TABLE

Lowest HP: Ditto at 48 Lowest ATK: Wobbuffet at 33 Lowest DEF: Wooper at 45 Lowest Sp.ATK: Wooper at 25 Lowest Sp.DEF: Wooper at 25 Lowest SPD: Wooper at 15 Lowest total: Wooper at 210 Lowest average: Wooper at 35

So what have we learned here? WOOPER SUCKS.

I looked online and the average stats over ALL POKEMON as of gen 7 was

Wooper is actually the 21st lowest average stats. Swampert isn't the greatest but it's pretty damn up there.

FYCJJ !!!!!!!!!!!!1 THE DOWNFALL OF WOPER

[meganuzlockediary]

Pokemon Emerald Finale!

So Emerald is complete! For what was almost a blind Nuzlocke this was reaaally hard! I lost a lot of pokemon all thr way through and I feel kinda bad for using a cheap strategy to finish the league. Its no Shedinja but I think I needed the guanteed win.

I actually retried the league by not saving avoiding using Linoone strategies.

Sydney went find thanks to fake out, bulk up and brickbreak from Hariyama. Not much of a challenge. I used the same sharpedo strat successfully against Phoebe. Glacia was also not terrible. I started with Lanturn with great success eventually switched into Hariyama to finish the rest of the team. It was Drake where things went wrong. Not having a good answer for Kingdra was an issue eventually I used Swampert to deal with him and switch back into sharpedo to deal with salamence and flygon. Surprisingly it wasnt terrible but I did lose Swampert in the process.

Last but not least Wallace went very well all things considered. I started with a confuse ray which prevented wailord setting up rain or using other moves. So I could take it out with 2 thunderbolts, Whiscash was not an issue either however Ludicolo was the dangerous one! A giga drain took out lanturn which meant I had no good counter. It begain to double team a bunch and slowly wipe out my pokemon until linoone was left. A belly drum and some returns finished the job.

This was played not seriously in about 10 minutes on speed mode so I would like to think it would have gon better with proper strats and consideration. In the end I think I would have pulled through but Linoone was easier.

Overall it was a fun game but it is aging quite obviously and my lack of familiarity and nostalgia for it made it a bit of a grind at times. I would have loved playing it in a non nuzlocke setting and at times I did think about changing rules but I did make it through.

Now I'm heading into one of the toughest sections of this nuzlocke gauntlet. The Sinnoh and Unova games are supposed to be quite hard. Fortunately these were the first games I played and so my familiarity is at its peak! I am excited to move into the sinnoh games should be fun!

Games complete: 5

Pokemon used: 99!

Pokemon Defeated: 23

[pokenimagines]

Love your writing, and I hope you don't find us anons to be a burden...! Other than that, may I ask what would Raihan and Leon prepare for their S/O's birthday?

Oh, hun, I love my anons so much, and if it really bugged me for some unknown reason, I could always turn it off. But I don’t, because I love my anons. Y’all give me so much happiness when you guys request things, makes me feel wanted, y’know? Now without further ado, some birthday boys who are the exact opposite of fancy living!

Raihan:

Raihan is absolutely clueless as to what he should be doing for the trainer’s birthday.

He never really celebrated birthdays as a kid, so he actually has to go out of his way and ask for advice since he knows his S/O celebrates them.

He opts for a more romantic evening alone since he knows his S/O probably doesn’t want to be bombarded by people during their birthday.

Finds a list of their favorite movies and make a homemade dinner (a bit horribly) before ordering some take out for the two of them.

He’s freaking out while trying to get everything ready before his S/O returns home.

When the take-out gets there before them, he’s relieved, and shortly after, he sees his S/O is almost home.

He actually calls out Flygon to help distract his S/O while he puts the finishing touches on the room.

When his S/O finally gets through the door, they see cheesy confetti on the floor and take-out on the counter with a proud looking Raihan.

They find it adorable and don’t want to correct him since he pretty much aced it.

The two of them just spend the night watching his S/O’s favorite movies and eating all sorts of junk food and eventually passing out on the couch together.

Leon:

Leon is far more adept at birthdays since he does have a little brother that he’d surprise almost every year with something.

When it comes to his S/O, he has a feeling they might not want to go to some pizza place with crappy arcade games, and decides maybe taking them out to dinner would be nicer.

Sonia interviews since she knows Leon has a horrible taste in food and helps him find a nice restaurant that he’s never been to, nor has his S/O.

He made reservations and everything and went as far as dressing appropriately (Sonia took away his hat for the night).

He picks up his S/O, who’s surprised with how fancy he was getting, and they begin making their way to the restaurant.

Sadly, Leon has no idea where it is, and neither does his S/O, so they end up wandering around town for three hours trying in vain to find someone and also avoiding crowds of Leon’s fans.

It’s past their reservation time, and they give up, so his S/O suggests some greasy burgers and going to the stadium for a pokemon battle.

This is why Leon is with them because they’re so amazing and can read him like a book.

He isn’t expecting it, but while walking, he feels something on his head and realizes his S/O had a spare hat for him and tells him it’s weird seeing him without it on.

They finally set out with their new plans, and it goes so smoothly, they almost forget that they stood up a very fancy restaurant.

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[mizraichu]

Drabble: If RSE/ORAS got the Pokemon Origins treatment

Rso **Preface: this is mainly a draft of an idea I had while driving today. But I was thinking--what if our beloved Hoenn games got a miniseries anime? How would it play out, plot-wise and character-wise? Let’s find out!**

“Welcome to the world of Pokemon,” narrates a familiar voice. Various shots of Pokemon relaxing in their habitats throughout Hoenn flash by--a clan of Zigzagoon chase each other around the tall grass of Route 103; Lotad and Lombre bathe in a puddle as Sirskit and Masqerain buzz about; a troublesome Wurmple wakes a sleeping Slaking, which leads to impending chaos until a passing Shroomish’s spore lulls everyone back to sleep once more; Wingull fly above the sandy beaches of Petelburg city. These are brief glimpses into the world we are about to see, the adventure we are about to embark on. It is revealed that these images and the Professor’s narration are from a YouTube video playing on our protagonist’s PokeNav in the back of a moving van. The van’s door finally opens, and we see our protagonist’s face for the first time: a boy, about twelve, stands tall and stretches before running toward his new home. He’s ecstatic to begin his Pokemon journey!

The boy finds it difficult to help unpack while his mother directs a group of Machoke and Vigoroth to take boxes upstairs. The boy (we’ll call him Brendan) overhears his mom’s phonecall with Norman, his estranged father whose gym leader salary brought them this new life in Hoenn. Norman Brendan’s mom, Caroline, have been separated for a year, since Norman’s position as a Hoenn gym leader has made it tough to maintain a relationship with his family. Brendan hopes he and his mom reconcile their relationship. Caroline hangs up with Norman and advises Brendan to visit the home next door, as this region’s professor and his family live there. Brendan reluctantly obliges.

While on the way to the Birch’s, Brendan overhears a cry for help in the distance. He races to the edge of town where a child tells him the professor is being attacked by a wild Poochyena. Brendan rushes over to a frantic Birch, where he is told to reach inside his bag, grab a pokeball, and throw it. The pokemon that comes out is none other than Treecko. Thinking about what he learned from observing battles growing up in Johto, Brendan realizes this Pokemon likely knows Pound. He shouts to attack the Poochyena with a Pound, and it sheepishly runs away. Treecko looks at Brendan curiously, and nods in understanding. The professor approaches Brendan to thank him for saving him, and asks him to meet at his lab that afternoon. 

On his way home, Brendan sees a girl about his age watering a playful Mudkip in her backyard, at the house next door. The girl’s eyes shimmered like the night sky. Her hair blew gently in the breeze, and her smile...oh, her smile...was contagious. Brendan realized he was staring when she catches his gaze, and waves him down. She introduces herself as the professor’s daughter, May, and asks if he has a pokemon. Brendan answers back that he has to meet the professor in his lab that afternoon, perhaps to get a pokemon and finally begin his journey. May offers to come with.

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Ok so! It’s been a WHILE since I’ve written like this. It’s good practice to get back into a creative mindset, after all! Before I continue, some quick notes on character/what I foresee happening:

-This takes place in the non-megastone universe. Therefore, Mega-evolution does not exist.

-Brendan and May are equal protagonists. -Brendan is your typical go-getter. He was raised in Johto but often took trips to Kanto with his parents before they separated. Kindhearted, eager, ambitious and spirited, he aims to take on the Hoenn League and become the region’s champion. He has a complicated relationship with his father who he hasn’t seen since he was promoted to Hoenn gym leader, and much of the pressure Brendan puts on himself are to impress his dad. He has a crush on May, but he doesn’t realize it until later when she shows how much she cares for him. Brendan also befriends Wally, who looks up to him as an older brother figure. Brendan takes Wally under his wing and lets him learn battling from him. Brendan is generally good natured, but can get discouraged when he loses battles and especially when his loved ones and Pokemon are in danger. He also has a tendency to be sarcastic and witty, especially when he teases May or when he encounters Team Aqua/Team Magma. -As Birch’s daughter, May was always surrounded by Pokemon and fascinated by them, as well as the Pokemon-centric world she lives in. She is easily excitable, and finds joy in discovering new methods of battling, types of Pokemon, abilities, and trainers alike. She always carries a notebook with her to learn about the world around her and often asks for interviews after she battles someone, eager to learn as much as she can. May has two starter pokemon--it is revealed she has a Torchic she keeps at the lab as well as a Mudkip. She switches between them as her out-of-the-ball pokemon, and they have a friendly rivalry with one another for May’s attention. -May comes off as confident and carefree, but every time Brendan beats her in battle, she gets continually discouraged and downtrodden...though she doesn’t show it. She worries she won’t be able to keep up with him as he keeps advancing in his gym battle journey earning badges on the first go, while May often has to rematch gym leaders and try new strategies. She wonders if battling is really her thing, or if she should consider another option. May is afraid of following in her father’s footsteps as a researcher, as she has always wanted to create her own destiny with her Pokemon. Over time, May becomes less and less confident until she finally decides to head back to Little Root when she and Brendan meet up again in Lilycove. -While in Slateport, May and Brendan come across a popular Pokemon Contest Coordinator named Lysia and her Altaria. She invites them to participate in a contest with her, but Brendan’s heart is set on taking on the league. May decides to consider entering. -May admires Brendan’s drive, spirit, and ability to get along with any Pokemon or person. When they tag battle, they’re an unstoppable team! -May realizes she has feelings for Brendan when she sees him on TV at Sootopolis City. She leaves the dinner table in a huff, and commands her Altaria to fly her there...even if she wasn’t a great battler on her own, May knows Brendan needs her. And she needs him too. -When Brendan battles his father, he tries to reason with him and impress him with his battling technique. When Brendan beats him, Norman is cold and cunning, leading to a brutal argument between Brendan and Norman. Norman breaks down and admits he acts this way because he himself was afraid of failure. He realizes he failed his family by moving away and not being present in Brendan’s life. Brendan is not quick to forgive...he had been trying for so long to earn his father’s approval, but he realized too late that Norman was a coward. Brendan takes his badge and leaves. -While traveling together, Wally joins May and Brendan for a short time. -The end of the world scenario was fueled by both teams Aqua and Magma. May and Brendan encounter them at different parts of their journey, both together and apart. In Sootopolis, Kyogre and Groudon are fighting and wreaking havoc on the city. Steven Stone asks Brendan to call on Zinnea, a dragon lore keeper, to help resurrect the only force that can stop their fighting: Rayquaza. Brendan asks May to come with him, and together, they awaken Rayquaza. May uses combined tools and strategies she learned from her interviews to instruct Brendan on capturing Rayquaza, who finally puts an end to the whole ordeal. -Brendan’s final team: Sceptile, Aggron, Flygon, Wailord, Swellow, and Sableye. -May’s final team: Combusken, Mudkip, Altaria, Gardevoir, Raichu, Breloom More to come? Maybe! Just wanted to jot all this down. A lot of thoughts running through my brain tonight.

[alolanrain]

Found Family!AU *Christmas Edition* Pt.2

Imagine Opal dealing with Madam Boss and bby Giovanni

Gio learns all his baking skills from his Aunt Opal

But his mother hated her sister with a passion

So he doesn’t see her often

When Madam Boss dies, it’s a bloody gory mess, he’s the first one to call her

“I have a son.” Is his hello, because I’m not making Giovanni and utter asshole in this AU he’s going to love Ash from a distance and actually steps down from Team Rocket the first time Ash stops him

And Opal is like, “P l e a s e let it be with that Female Kanto Trainer you brought to Galar that one Christmas, she’s such a sweet heart.”

And Opal finds out it is!!!

She puts her foot down on choosing the name bc Giovanni is fucking HORRIBLE with names and Delia was so tired and stressed a lot during the pregnancy to the point she couldn’t get a lot of shit down for the baby’s

Ash forces reluctant Grunkle Kabu to come to Alola for a week to meet up with extremely reluctant Grunkle Nanu

NANU AND KABU ARE EX-BOYFRIENDS

And Ash doesn’t even KNOW

Acerola kinda knows bc there’s this one picture her Uncle Nanu has at his desk at the police station next to a frame of her parents, him, and Acerola as a baby

She never commented on it and catches Nanu either looking at it with such a warm smile or either a really pained look in his eyes

it was a friendly split up

Both got to busy

And just had to let go

But it still hurt them a lot

ALLISTER AND ACEROLA ARE GHOST BESTIES

No but I’m expanding on the relationship of Bby! Ash and Gary with the older Head Chairman, who I’m naming Diego Thorn, and Younger!Rose, and finally Younger!Kabu

I’m hc that the Chairman BEFORE Chairman Thorn was named Theo Grass

So it’s kinda like earth, grass, thorn, then rose

Because it’s the pretty things in life that are truly poisonous

grumpy Grunkles are getting back together with the help of Ash, Gary, and the Ghost baby’s

the only reason why Kabu is considered a Grunkle is because both Ash and Gary seemed to have fucking LOVED him so much and he fathered Delia a lot since her own family was shit

So he’s the honorary Grunkle while Nanu IS Ash’s Grunkle bc yes tf Nanu is Giovanni’s Uncle but he’s really distant so he never actually found out Ash was his great Nephew until Ash at the age of 20-something came stumbling into his police station with wide whisky brown eyes and shocking black hair and a jaw line that seemed to familiar that Nanu could never forget

Chairman Thorn ALWAYS Came down from his work place, dragging Rose and his own assistant/secretary, Milly, to see bby Ash and Gary bc he’s a really big family man and the two boys absolutely adore him as much as Thorn adored them

And Delia was so afraid at first that Opal would nearly be/ or just plain be the same as Madam Boss and hurt the poor girl but it’s quite the opposite

Opal spoiled her SO HARD, she was the one to make sure that Delia and Gio had everything they could need for Bby Ash’s arrival and afterwards

And both women found out that they share a deep love for winter in general

So they start small traditions that they then pass down to Ash and Gary, because the Oaks get sucked into this bc Professor Oak can’t say no and Daisy loves Delia like the mom she barely remembers

And Opal is just like “Yes more great grand babies.”

And she was there for Delia when Giovanni left Ash and Delia, yes she was absolutely ROYALY pissed at her Nephew, but she also knew why Gio did what he did

Because he did the best thing to protect her, Ash, and by extent the Oaks as well

Because he fathered Gary and Daisy as much as Delia mothered them

But it because a tradition to bring the kids up to Galar to see Graunty Opal and Grunkle Kabu and spend the second week of December all the way to a week after New Years there

So like almost a whole month of family lovin’ time

BUT IMAGINE BBY ASH WADDLING INTO THE GYM FEILD AND CLINGING ONTO OPAL WHOS TALKING TO LEON/RAIHAN/OR BOTH BEFORE THEIR GYM BATTLE

AND SHE NEEDS TO GRAB SOMTHING BUT ASH IS CLINGING ONTO HER LEG SO OPAL JUST S C O O P S HIM UP AND HANDS HIM OVER TO THE TRAINER(S) AND IS LIKE “brb gotta go get some stuff before hand” AND JUST L E A V E S THEM THERE WITH BBY ASH WHO HAS JUST STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS AND HAS FALLEN SO HARD IN LOVE WITH POKÉMON

Raihan would just inwardly panic bc he’s never been good with baby’s before

But damn OH DAMN does Leon start bouncing Ash up and down while trying his best to answer Ash’s questions because he absolutely ADORES children at Ash’s age and wants to get better bc his mom and dad are thinking about having another kid and he wants to be the BEST big brother that he can be

Then Gary waddles over bc he couldn’t find Ash and Gary’s suppose to stick by Ash’s side to make sure the younger boy doesn’t get hurt

Raihan would start to panic even more bc there’s TWO babies now

But Leon would be ecstatic because there’s T W O BABIES NOW

HHH SO THEN COUSIN LEON BECOMES A THING

BUT ITS A SHORT THING BC ASH HAS TK GO BACK HOME AND HE DOESNT SEE LEON ANYMORE

but then he comes back with Gou in tow and the first part of the HC happens and then he sees Leon again

And everyone just watches Leon gush’s about how Ash and Gary were so cute as toddlers and then Ash recalls and just screams “COUSIN L!!!!” Because as a Bby he couldn’t pronounce Leon’s full name

And Hop is like “w h a t”

BUT ALSO IMAGINE NEWLY GRANTED GYM LEADER PIERS BEING BROUGHT OVER TO OPALS HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS BECAUSE HIS FAMILY IS S H I T AND HE MEETS ASH AND GARY

DELIA KINDA SUBCONSCIOUSLY BECOMES A MOM TO PEIRS DURING THAG MONTH AND ASH IS LIKE

“Y A S ANOTHER SIBLING!!!!!”

And then Piers gets abducted every year until Delia and Ash stop showing up bc their busy with work/traveling

Until, again, Ash comes back with Gou in tow and Gary gets guilted to come up to Galar

And he sees Piers and just gives the man a cheeky smile and then sees Marnie kinda hiding behind Piers and thinks “Ah yes, new sibling #5,437”

And Marnie latches on faster to Ash than Piers has seen her ever do to anyone else bc she’s been grown up on the wild things Ash would get Piers and another boy into before he stopped coming back to Galar every winter

Bede also gains Brotherly Love bc his family kicked him out for being trans and Ash was having NONE OF THAT bc he’s trans himself

I’m thinking about having Ash and Gary together since this AU is kinda like my AM!AU but not really

Still debating on that

But no My favorite part has to be the competition between all the League officials, except Rose bc he’s an asshole, to get the best seasonal themed picture/video with the trio bc OF COURSE Gou is immediately adopted into the family and becomes Ash’s little sibling

Even people like Allister and Bae get into it

Like there’s a picture Melony took for Allister that had Ash lofting the boy up so he could place the star on the small Christmas tree at their gym lobby with Gou and Gary helping to place other decorations on it

Or Bae’s selfie of the Trio with her together with a snowman that looks like a certain Galar Champion, stolen cape and all

Gou fears for a while that they were all just being awkwardly nice about it until Kabu find them out at night behind Opals mansion they were staying at and gently nudges the truth towards them that they actually LIKE having Gou with them and participating with their family shenanigans and other shit and that they ARE family now because do you honestly think Delia is going to let go of you know? Because she sure as hell hasn’t let go of Kahuna Nanu in Alola

God when Ash brings all his friends who don’t have Good Families over it becomes even more Chaotic

Opals like “WHAT DO YOU M E A N YOU NEVER BAKED COOKIES UNTIL THREE IN THE MORNING?????”

And Lillie and Melony talk about ice types over a cup of hot coco why Allister, Bae, and a shit ton of other people are loosing their mind over Silvally because it can change TYPING W T F GLADION

and Ash is like “oh it’s Silvally!” And Gary would be intrigued but Ash literally shares EVERYTHING with him so he can meet the Pokémon another time when Gladion isn’t so bombarded by people bc the blonde was so used to people in Alola who are used to seeing Silvally that he forgot Alola is definitely not like everywhere else

Hhh Serena, May, Dawn, Zoey, and a bunch of other girls talking with Opal, Oleana, and other female League members about fashion and the younger girls find out that the Women watch their performances religiously bc Ash flippantly said something and that got them interested now they can’t stop watch them

IRIS AND RAIHAN DUKING IT OUT ON THE BATTLE FEILD BC IRIS SAID HER DEAGONITE IS STRONGER AND BETTER THAN RAIHANS FLYGON AND HES LIKE “B E T YOU TINER FUCKER!!!!”

RAIHAN DUKING IT OUT WITH DRAYDEN, because he’s still cousins with Delia in this AU, AND W I N N I N G

So it’s canon, from the new Pokémon game app, that Iris is Leon and Hops cousin

So now Leon just rounds on Ash and is so confused bc Iris talked about this one boy name Ash with a Pikachu who acts like such a kid over face time but Leon didn’t make the connection it was THIS Ash she was traveling with

Hhh snuggle piles in the living room after a fun day outside building forts and what not

Like Ash is dead center in the kids pile bc he’s a kid at heart and Gary’s legs are thrown over his shoulder a bc Ash is in a blanket fort/nest with the other younger kids while Gary is pressed between Delia and Daisy

Opal is curled with Serena bc she’s currently getting deets in the fairy world in Kalos

PROFESSOR OAK TALKING TO MELONY ABOUT ICE TYPES BC HE USED TO BE AN ICE TYPE TRAINER BEFORE COMING KANTOS PROFESSOR

All the younger trainers are so focused on the movies as the adults just talk quietly in the background

And Gou is laying over Ash’s lap while on their phone and Ash doesn’t say anything even though his legs are falling asleep

Idk I’m gonna have Lance as Delia’s brother in this AU

But that doe NOT stop him from acting like Ash’s uncle because Ash ripped Lances two titles out from under him in three years

Leon has been Champion for 20-something years instead of the in game 10 Years

So that it could be plausible that Trainer!Leon and Bby!Ash/Gary could meet each other

[jarmes]

Blind Shield Nuzlocke Notes 10 (Finale)

-Starting off the tenth and possibly final session

-Current Team: Freight the Coalossal, High Voltage the Toxtricity, Nosferatu the Dreadnaw, Riot the Falinks, Snowball the Frosmoth, Warrior the Grapploct

-I updated Warrior’s moves in preparation for Raihan, he now knows Drain Punch Waterfall Superpower and Ice Punch

-Even though Raihan is a dragon specialist, I’m not using Snowball. Last time he led with a Gigalith so I’m leading with Nosferatu and Warrior

Raihan

-Oh god he reworked his team for one on one battles there goes my plan

-Why the FUCK does he have a torkal

-Like, from a story perspective, why would he try to take out Charizard boi with a drought Pokémon?

-Whatever I’ll just use rock side

-OH FUCK IT MISSED AND NOW NOS HAS NO HEALTH SWITCHING TO FREIGHT

-Okay, it tanked a solar beam and it tanked a rock slide

-Second rock slide killed

-Raihan switched to Flygon, I switched to Snowball. Flygon Used sandstorm

-I’d use quicker dance, but I can’t risk a stone edge so I’m using Aurora beam

-Well, it used dragon claw so I messed up

-Turtonator? Time to switch back to freight and take no damage from that fire blast

-Rock slide, sunny day, miss, dragon pulse, rock slide, dead

-He sent out Goodra, dynamaxing and using Max rockfall

-Raihan Used rain dance? This team has a lot less synergy than the last one. Whatever, canceled it out with max rockfall

-Raihan made it rain, AGAIN, and died to a third max rockfall. Which made it sandstorm

-Unfortunely, dynamax wire off and he switched to GM Duraldon. Switching to Tiot cause freight is low

-Tanked a Max rockfall and Max knuckle, took half with a Brick Break

-OH GID MAX DEPLETION PUT ME AT 8 HP AND THERES A SANDSTORM

-Thank god, Close Combat killed and the battle ended

-Now for champion Leon and/or Tesla CEO Rose

Leon

-Dont know what he’ll use except Charizard and possibly Sobble. Putting Snowball up front because I know Charizard will be last and I may be able to sweep with quiver dance

-The cheering of the crowd fills you with determination

-“Wait, hold on!” Goddamn it rose

-“It’s time I brought about the darkest day, for Galars future of course” it’s called the darkest day you can’t be an antivillain and still call your plan the darkest day

-I knew dragonville tower was evil plan place

-“But you’re terrible at directions, what if you get lost along the way?”

-Hop acknowledges the fact that he sucks good

-Hell yeah! Going back to the slumbering weald to catch god!

-Oh sweet a life orb giving it to Warrior

-I’m glad they brought back the evil team interrupts the elite four thing from black and white

-Shield dog is in front because it is important

-Sonia can’t see god dogs because Sonia isn’t a stand user

-Getting Zelda vibes

-Honestly, the Shield is more fitting for a Nuzlocke than the sword. You aren’t trying to destroy, you’re trying to survive, to protect the team members you care about

-The dogs are dead, aren’t they

-I’m actually surprised I’m not just fighting Shield dog, this is different

-The leaders evacuated Hammerlocke, making themselves useful

-How did hop get past Oleana?

-Hey! It’s good mook! I forgot to mention her earlier but she’s cool

-Rampaging dynamax pokemon in the power plant hell yeah

-Eternatus! The least kept secret in the game! I’ve seen this thing and it’s cool and I’m glad I get to fight it instead of waiting for ultra Shield

-Leon’s fighting on the roof like a badass

-Is that an egg

-Ooh summoning Satan to use as green energy what could go wrong

-THAT CHOIR

Rose

-I still have Snowball out front

-And he’s using escavalier. Time for freight to continue carrying this team

-Uh oh swords dance

-Nevermind, outsped it ant took it out with heat crash

-“You’re go tough that’s not fair” life isn’t fair bitch

-Ferrothorn, really?

-It survived a heat crash. Operative word being A, because the second one killed it

-Rose, I know why Leon beat you as a kid. It’s because you exclusively use steel types and he has a goddamn Charizard

-Klingklang got off two wild charges but it’s dead now

-Freight’s at half health and can take out purrserker, but I don’t want to switch into Rose’s GM anchor so I’m going to Riot

-Took a lot of damage in the switch, but took it out with a Max knuckle

-“I’ll show you a move that hits so hard you’ll be speechless” I doubt it

-OH GOD FAIRY MOVE

-Whatever it’s dead now

-That chuckle and clap, gg mate

-“Leon is just like a knight in shining armor coming to rescue the princess from a dragon!” Glad pokemon is finally giving lgbt representation

-Leon caught eternatus doggie doggie what now

-Side note, I just realized I haven’t used any of my dynamax candy yet. Used them all of Nosferatu for obvious reasons

-And Leon hasn’t defeated eternatus yet great

-A fucking pokeball, Leon? Really?

-Okay were fighting this thing now I guess

Eternatus

-Snowball dodged a flamethrower out of love and took away half of eternatus’s health with aurora beam!

-Switching to Freight, tanked a dragon pulse. Almost died to a crit dragon pulse, but got it into red with a rock slide

-Switched to Nos, took slightly less than half damage from a dragon pulse

-Killed it with ice fang

-OH GOD IT DYNAMAXED

-Time for round 2?

-ITS A RAID BATTLE WIRH HOP!

-Oh god Snowball can’t attack and Eternatus is storing power

-Time for sword and shield

-The gods dogs jesused and teleported to us! They saved Snowball!

-And now we’re in box art form!

-Now it’s a real max raid battle! We got four fighters, three of which exist solely to take hits for Snowball

-It’s potswick! Wait, no, it’s everywhere!

-God dogs have abilities that buff each other that’s cool

-Shield dog uses light screen and sword dog used howl!

-Good job Snowball, tank that G-Move

-Eat Ice, dragon fuckboy

-Quiver dance time!

-Behemoth blade and bash!

-Snowball, put this mother fucker on ice

-Okay it would have been cooler if that killed but sure that’s fine

-And sword dog steals the kill!

-Oh, I have to catch it? I’d prefer to kill it but this is fine I guess

-I used an Ultra ball, Leon. Take notes

-Welcome to the box, Eternatus. Or should I say, “XD lol haha”

-Yeah I gave it a lame name because it’s evil

-Bye bye doggies

-Time to take on Leon, for real this time. I could swap someone for XD lol haha, but that isn’t my style. I’m winning this with the team that got me here. And also Warrior

-No major changes for the final battle. Swapped Freight’s Rocky Helmet and Nos’s Assault Vest, replaced Tar Shot with Giga Impact, and evened the team out to level 61 with rare candies

-I’ve loved this game and it’s climax, but the end is here. Let’s look over who we have with us. Also the only girl which is weird

-Freight, the longest lasting member of the team who’s carried me through countless battles

-HV, who I raised from a baby and is our greatest offensive powerhouse

-Nosferatu, who was brought on after the deaths of his brother Dracula and JORSTIN. He quickly proved himself a vital member of the team

-Riot, who fought his way on by killing Mondo and proved to useful to hate

-Snowball, a late member who I spent hours bonding with the evolve

-And Warrior, who I have literally never used in battle

-It’s time to take on Leon

Champion Leon

-He’s starting with an Aegislash, so I’m swapping Snowball for Freight

-Side note, the champion wielding aegislash is so fitting

-I love this theme

-Ha! It used King’s Shield!

-Sacred sword hurt, but Heat Crash took it out

-Swapped to Haxorus, I’m swapping to Snowball

-Good thing I did, cause he used earthquake

-Risking a quiver dance

-And he killed Snowball with iron tail fuck

-Time for Warrior to justify his existence!

-Almost died to outrage and only did half hp with ice punch good job buddy

-Now, this may seem mean, but I’m not going to switch. Letting Warrior die gives me a free switch to HV, who can take out Haxorus and sweep most of Leon’s team

-With Choice Scarf HV boombursted Haxorus to death

-Inteleon! Yes! He kept it!

-Critical hit! It’s dead now

-Mr Rhine tanked a boomburst and killed HV with psychic

-FUCK I THOUGHT IT WAS ICE NOW

-Going to Nos and Dming. Max rockfall crushed it

-Okay, Dragapukt is definetly a dragon flying. It paralyzed Nos with thunderbolt, but he’s still in the green

-Enter The Charizard

-You know, I mentioned my feelings about GM Charizard earlier and I’d like to reiterate it. I hate Charizard spam, but it is a cool design and I like the idea of the champion having a Charizard as a starter and having won at ten

-OH GOD MAX OVERGROWTH NOS IS DEAD

-Switching to Freight, it used Max Rockfall but I survived and got off a rock slide. I won’t survive another one so I’m switching to Riot

-Okay, Riot is in the green and Charizard isn’t giga anymore. Now what?

-And it killed Riot with Fire Blast

-Leon Used a full restore because he’s a cunt

-Okay, this is it. I’m ending this with a rock slide. For Apollo and Dracula and Bob Murray and Idol and JORSTIN and Ophelia and Mondo and Chaos and Pluck and Echo and Snowball and Warrior and High Voltage and Nosferatu and Riot and every Pokémon in the box and Freight and for me, I’m taking you down!

-It survives with a sliver of health

-And it died to the sandstorm I created

-It’s over. It’s finally over

-I mean, I know there will be a post credits battle because every game in the past six years has had one, but it’s over

-Ten days, ten posts, fifteen fallen friends, and it is finally over

-And what a final battle it was

-“Thank you for the greatest battle I’ve ever had” same brah

-To think that I, Blinkin, a young blind British boy with a dream could defeat every powerful trainer in the country in less than a fortnight

-Okay, while the credits roll I’d like to talk about this game. This isn’t a formal review, just some thoughts. This has been the most contentious pokemon game in a while and I’d like to say that I...absolutely loved it. The new Pokémon were creative and fun, the wild area was a great idea I’d love to see expanded in future games, dynamaxing was surprisingly tactical, the characters were surprisingly engrossing. This game was amazing. It wasn’t perfect (linearity, exp share always on, lack of turning animations), but most problems I can think of are nitpicks. But, of course, there is the Cufant in the room: Dexit. Dexit was horrible for collectors and some competitive battlers, I’m not denying that, and there are deeper conversations about game freak as a company that I’d like to have on a later date, but honestly? Dexit didn’t affect my enjoyment of the game at all. I almost exclusively do challenge runs, so I rarely care about the national dex or post game. And, as a game for challenge runs, this game is amazing. X and Y are actually some of my favorite Pokémon games to play just because there are so many different Pokémon and team combinations to try. I think those games had ~450 Pokémon in their regional dex and this game had about the same, and that really goes a long way. Take Black and White, for instance. How many Pokémon were in that game. You might say 500ish, but I don’t see it that way. There are 150 Pokémon you can catch. Less than that, counting version exclusives. So yeah, there were more Pokémon programmed into that game, but you don’t see most of them without importing them from another game. Even with Dexit, this game felt like it had more Pokémon than any I’ve ever played. And again, I feel for the collectors, but I’m not going to not enjoy a great game because of an aspect that doesn’t effect me at all. Let’s get off Dexit. There are two aspects of this game that stand out as especially good. The first is the Galar region. This region was filled with so much charm and care that I could barely put it down. I love Galar, this beautiful country filled with so much goddamn British culture that I can barely breathe. The second reason I love this game is the League. This game breathed new life into the series and featured hands down the best league in any game. I felt, more than in any game, like pursuing the title of Champion was my goal. The stadiums of cheering crowds, the tournament at the end, that brutal champion battle, I loved this league.

-Anyway, lets make fun of the credits

-Oh right, the art director was the Englishman

-Legit, the other guys at Gamfreak call him the Englishman in interviews. Anyway, that explains a lot about this game

-Rock band!

-Okay, these Pokémon are all based on the idea of hardcore British rock and the credits theme is very much not that

-Hey, gym banners.

-They have the fighting banner even though she is sword exclusive

-Side note, when the mentioned minor league leaders I hoped that they would be fightable. Maybe in the post game

-Oh right, in sword the ice towns leader uses rock types. Maybe a Coalossal for the steam theme?

-Oh hey Leon banner

-Yeah I don’t have a lot to say about credits

-WOLLOO

-Huh, no post credits battle

-Okay, Full disclosure, I was spoiled that you fight Hop in the forest and assumed that that would be the post credits scene. When I booted the game up again it showed the forest so I’m going to go check it out

-Thank you for the master ball old lady foster

-Okay Hop, lets go. You vs my remaining team

Hop

-Dubwool did jack shit and went down to two Heat Crashes

-Snorlax killed Freight with a High Horsepower

-You know what? Good job, kid. You earned this

-Now to send out XD lol haha end exterminate Hops fucking bloodline

-Oh, you used a full restore, Hoppy boy? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t use the thirty full restore in my bag to destroy everything you love

-Eat shit Hop

-“Congrats on Beating Leon” “It was nothing”

-Oh Sonia’s the Professor now okay

-Thank you for the book, it is going on eBay

-These men have sword and shield hair what the fuck

-You gave Sonia’s book one star? I’ll fucking kill you

-Who the fuck named their sons Sordbord and Shielbert

-I hate these men and want them dead

-Oh, you’re princes? A shame I don’t have any Pokémon who know guillotine

-Okay, Nofumi but somehow even more insufferable, I’ll take you out with my god

-So were doing the aftergame now extra long post I guess

-Of course he has a sirfetched

-What is a king to a god fuckboi?

-The god is me, by the way. Not Eternatus

-Goddamn it Hop

-Okay, fuck it. I can’t beat this losers with only Eternatus. Time to sacrifice XD lol haha to Ghiratina to bring my whole team back yes this is in the Nuzlocke rules

-Are they not going to give Sonia’s girlfriend a name?

-Dynamax In trufield better be something new and cool

-Ugh, it’s just leggy onion. Whatever, lets raid it

-That sounded better in my head

-RARE CARDS I WANT THEM

-God I hate these guys

-I can exaggerate? Hell yeah!

-Piers is an ex leader? So Marnie’s a leader now cool

-So am I just going to visit all of the leaders again? Well that part can be skipped in the notes unless something cool happens

-Okay, it was only the first trio

-Good time my team are immortal zombies because Sword jackass oneshoted freight with his golispod and shield bro one shotted Echo with his Falinks

-Nameless assistant! How dare you betray us!

-Okay, I’m out of battery. Delaying this post til tomorrow so I can finish the aftergame

-What’s up It tomorrow I killed a frosslass and Haxorus and dusknoir. Saved Bede for last because he’s a prick.

-Okay, Bede beat the dynamax pokemon on his own and wants a fight cool

-Side note, Rapidash and Hatterene are both psychic fairy and it’s a miracle I didn’t loose Echo to Bede in session 9

-Burn up is such a cool move

-It was fun beating you again Bede eat shit and die

-Yamper is a good boy

-Oh, douchebags are evil because we revealed historically accuracy that makes them look bad

-Stop being mad to god dogs

-Kill him sword dog! Do it!

-Side note, it’s interesting that this game features both legendaries pretty equally

-Okay sword dog is dead now where’s the real dog god

-Shield Dog! I’m glad you’re hear, but you don’t have to waste your time saving Hop. A little stabbing could help the boy

-Also both god dogs have messed up ears that’s interesting

-Eat the bad man, Shield Dog!

-Okay, I can catch Zamazenta now

-You know what’s bullshit? If I hadn’t messed up the the naming convention Zamazenta would have a Z name. I mean, I could skip to Z, but then there’d be no Y

-The shields fixed his ear cool

-Okay, I know I caught XD lol haha here, but I’ve already dropped Nuzlocke rules so I’m catching this good boy with the master ball

-Welcome to the team, Yorrick

-Okay, lets go kick Hops ass for a final time

-Legit I would not be able to beat Hops final team if I was still Nuzlocking

-You want to be a professor, Hop? Isn’t that sweet, you think you can get a doctorate

-YES! I AM THE KING NOW. AS FIRST DECREE I ABOLISH THE MONARCHY PLEASE DONT GUILLOTINE ME

-I know that the Battle Tower and League Rematches are in this game but I’m going to end this here. Thank you so much for reading and following me on this journey

[doubleddenden]

You know its absolutely amazing how maybe a week ago Pokemon had done everything right. They had a badass knight raven, they had MOTHAFUCKIN WOOLOO WOOO and they had kaijus, interesting characters, and the wild area.

Now its practically in the gutter lol. I am a fanboy but yikes. They messed up. I wouldn't be shocked if they decide to add the rest of the pokemon they took out as a patch, but game freak is very stubborn and probably won't. They'll include all of them as a selling point in the next one tho, bet on that.

So since it's okay to talk about it now without getting death threats, we need to chat. I've actually had my grievances with Game Freak for a while and did defend them a bit, but no more.

Since 2013 they've shilled gen 1 with mostly gen 1 megas until the Hoenn remake where they still made more Kanto megas, and refused to make Alolan forms that weren't Kanto pokemon

They took out battle frontier in oras because Masuda thought mobile games would compete with it

They dumbed down LGPE because he seriously thinks mobile games are more competition and to appeal to fans that dropped after gen 1. Even with the shitty catching controls he calls it his magnum opus. What.

They've consistently refused to design at least 100 new pokemon for gen 6 and 7, probably 8 if we're being realistic. No, megas, variants, and forms do not count or else each unown and Arceus would be a separate pokemon.

While I enjoyed ultra sun, it should've been dlc.

LGPE also limits you to 153 pokemon, 2 of which you need shitty Go for.

Introduced walking with your mons, took it out, then added it back. And probably took it back again

Megas and variants are still cool. Refuse to make more and blame art block for no mega Flygon instead of hiring someone who CAN make one

Took out events where you got actual story and lore and actually got to fight and capture these legendary and mythical pokemon in favor of handing out codes or going to gamestop or just being HANDED these mythical beings because MASUDA thought the Azure Flute was too complicated

And while we're at it, some other grievances

2019, Gyrados and Steelix have to be dynamaxed to be close to their accurate sizes. Hmmm.

2019, these "better, more intricate animations" still has Scorbunny hopping once or twice to use Doublekick when Stadium and Battle Revolution had actual movements for the moves

2019, still no game like the beta footage for Battle Revolution where Groudon hyperbeams a battlefield and HALF OF DEOXYS APART.

2019, (at least as of now) we're still tweens (BW and XY being 16 and 18 if there's any exception) with the same faces and bodies and halfassed customization options for our trainers. Most fans that play are in college or older, or at least late teens. Just saying from my own experience. The character customization should allow us more freedom with that to look older or different.

Yeah, it's time to start calling them out for it. Space ain't an issue when you can use system and SD storage space or patch shit in, and ESPECIALLY an HD system that rivals the PS4 and Xbox One. Maybe instead of prioritizing a gamble that may or may not make it like Town, you should focus on your bread and butter! Just sayin!

I'm actually going to wait this time around to buy used because I can't justify paying $60 and more for games and services that won't even allow my favourites in after beating the elite 4. And I definitely can't justify Home simply because of this:

The only place Home can send pokemon to is SwSh. Everything else is one way to Home.

If SwSh doesn't have your favorite in the pokedex, its stuck in Home until they decide to make a compatible game for it. That's not fair to the consumers.

Bank will eventually stop service. At that point, if this issue isn't fixed, you either leave your pokemon collection in Sun and Moon/Ultra, or you imprison them in Home until they decide to include them. Also not cool.

Balance is bullshit for an excuse. Just ban Landorus, MegaQuaza, The Tapus or anything else you want to get rid of from competitions, but let us have them in the game.

They keep saying "we're working very hard to do X" and using all sorts of buzzwords but if this is too hard for Game Freak, maybe give it to someone who can take it seriously! I'd be down to see Sakurai or Monolithsoft try making a Pokemon game. Or give it to the Dragon Quest guys at Square Enix or the Digimon Story guys at Bandai Namco to let them make phenomenal games.

Listen, before you tell me to off myself for this or call me names, we deserve a better pokemon game. We deserve creators that don't just phone it in or are afraid to try anything new after piracy and ice cream/garbage "ruined" gen 5 apparently (it absolute did not btw and anyone who thinks so are fuckin morons).

This is the minimum requirement every pokemon game needs. The MINIMUM.

ALL POKEMON SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE DAMN GAME. This doesn't mean they have to be caught! Doesn't mean there has to be a national Dex either! Sun and Moon didn't have it but had all 800+ pokemon in the files, and they were 3ds games! $90 billion, make it work.

At least 100 original pokemon that are not alternative forms or variations, none of which are legendary or similar. $90 billion company. Hire more artists.

That's it! If you can't even do that, then give it to someone who can. Simple.

When you get down to it, there's a reason #bringbackthenationaldex trended and the treehouse video plummeted with dislikes.

"We're making this game for long time fans" was a lie I guess.

Rant over.

[non-binary-laurie-strode]

My Sword and Shield #Thots

So, this weekend I bulldozed my way through Sword and Shield. I know that they had leaked beforehand, but I did not look at the leaks because I wanted to play the game blind, as I haven't played Pokémon blind since like 2007 with Pearl. And because of that, I had to stay off of social media for a couple of days, because I follow too many Pokémon accounts, and I am sure I would have seen something had I stuck around. (I did actually see Sobble's final evo's head and the witch hat girl beforehand, but I recognised what those posts were and just scrolled away quickly.) So, I started at like 3pm on Saturday and just chugged away until last night, when I got the final "The End" screen and officially beat the post-game!

Anyway, here are my #Thots! (Obviously, spoilers.)

* We were supposed to get Shield because I wanted the cotton-candy Ponyta, but Amazon sent us Sword instead. Which is fine by me, as I like Zacian more than Zamazenta (and, from my competitive friends who have already dipped into competitive SWSH, Zacian seems like the better choice so yay), and you can get Deino in Sword. But I do want G-Ponyta and Larvitar especially, of the Shield exclusives. So if you have extras, heyyyyyy.

* My final team was Inteleon, Corviknight, Toxtricity, Flygon, and Excadrill. I also had Thievul, Meowth (the long boi event Meowth), Orbeetle, and Centiscorch all in the sixth slot of my team, but I never really used them all that much. Meowth was good in the early game (especially with Pay Day), and Centiscorch notably took down the Dark gym, but otherwise they were just kind of there.

* Of the starters, I have to say that, while I love the base forms and the final form of Scorbunny and like the final Sobble form, I don't know if I would call them the most cohesive starters we've ever had. Like, Sobble's whole crybaby thing just vanishes when you get to Drizzile, and I don't see anything in Sobble that would even hint at Inteleon's spy gimmick. They're the cutest base forms, but the finals are... something. (Also Cinderace totally has a harness, I will not hear anything against that.)

* Also, idk the movesets of the other two starters, but Inteleon, you have got to get a better movepool. I literally ran around with Snipe Shot, Liquidation, Water Pulse, and Tearful Look through the end of the game because it just... doesn't learn anything by levelup. It's Watermove, Watermove, Watermove, Watermove over and over. I got the TR for Ice Beam after beating the final antagonists of the post-game, so at least I have that now!

* So the starters are kind of Hm, but overall I do really really like the dex in general. The designs all feel so whimsical. Like, they are very plainly by the same guy who gave us Vanilluxe and stuff in gen 5; but again, they're very fun. Falinks made me !!!!! when I first saw it because it's such a simple concept but I had never thought of it until now. I love the witch hat girls, and I need to find one. Cursola, as an evolution of Corsola which died due to climate change, is just brilliant.

* The idea of bringing over the Raid battles from Go is a neat idea. It's a very convenient way of allowing them to reintroduce Pokémon that they couldn't fit into the game normally by making them Raid battle events. (Which is kind of the Thing To Do in game nowadays: Run constant events so that people have a reason to keep playing the game and keeping your hype alive.)

* I hope we never get the Eternatus Max form because that thing would be absolutely broken in competitive. The Primal Hoenn mons warped all metagames in which they were allowed around them, and so I don't need to say that we don't need an 1100+ BST mon causing the endtimes.

* There are only a few clues that they ran out of time making this. Like, we're all aware Nintendo has Pokémon on a strict annual release schedule for like the exact same weekend in November, right? And Let's Go PikaVee was totally just padding so Sword and Shield could have more time? Like, Animal Crossing is a low priority franchise for Nintendo, so they can totally get an entire year-long delay because they're not ready, but I feel like the big money would have had someone's head if Pokémon had tried to get a delayed release. But like, there are definitely some graphical moments where it's like, Oh, you needed more time to do polish this up. Hop's catching of his Wolf is probably the most "You couldn't animate that any better? :/" moment, but also the tree textures and the overworld shadows are rough. They just needed time to clean up the art in a few places. But overall, it's like 9/10 for everything else they managed to create. Like, it's definitely a very pretty, very detailed game except for those little blemishes.

* I also have to laugh at that one angry, over-the-top discourse post that circulated a few days before SWSH's official release which was like, Game Freak doesn't care!!! They'll just make bad product without even trying and people will eat it up!!! The final scene of SWSH is literally a slideshow because they couldn't be bothered to work on it any more!! And it's like... That's hilarious in how incorrect it is. I was totally waiting for a slideshow moment at the Champion match and at the very end of the post-game, and it just never happened. There is ONE cut to stylised art, and it's when the villain is moodily gazing out a window at the moon while giving the audience the typical villain monologue, and honestly, it works so much better than an actual in-game model just standing there. So, you look like a fool for spreading that.

* Overall: I really really loved it, and it was pretty much everything I wanted. It exceeded my expectations, honestly: I was so worried it was going to be Bad because of the whole time crunch resulting in Dexit, and I guess everyone's negativity got to me. But honestly honestly? It's right up there with Black and White with how much I genuinely enjoyed playing through it. It's a very pleasant experience. And I feel like the whole Wild Area is the best post-game situation they've left us in to keep us playing the game. So it's got some longevity to it. I would for sure recommend it if you enjoy Pokémon at all because I really did love it.

So yeah, on to grinding up a team for competitive!

[raeynbowboi]

My Favorite Pokemon of Each Type

I wonder how obvious it is which Pokemon Gen was my first? So I wanted to not only share my favorite Pokemon, but also the reasoning behind why I like them as much as I do. I also took the liberty to include in the descriptions below the 2nd and 3rd place runner ups for each type. A couple ground rules I held myself to: 1. No legendaries, mythical pokemon, or special event Pokemon 2. No Megas, no Alolan Forms

GRASS - SCEPTILE

My least favorite of the Hoenn starters, and the one I was last to do a playthrough with, Sceptile is still by far one of, if not the best grass starter in any generation. The Hoenn region being covered by a lot of water certainly does help its case, and gives it an edge over Team Aqua. Although, for being named Team Aqua, they sure don’t have a lot of water-type pokemon. Still, Sceptile’s speed made it quite the formidable pokemon.

2nd - Tsareena 3rd - Trevenant

FIRE - BLAZIKEN

The first starter I ever completed a Hoenn playthrough with, Blaziken was often my go-to starter for the Hoenn region, largely due to how adorable Torchic was, and how strong Blaziken was. Honestly, I think it has one of the most broken, OP Mega forms in the game, and I absolutely adore it. You may have noticed my top 3 Fire types are all starter pokemon. Yeah, Fire Pokemon as a whole are not very good, so the starters tend to be the only really viable fire types in any given game.

2nd - Charizard 3rd - Infernape

WATER - MILOTIC

I freaking love this monstrosity. Pack this little lady up with Surf, Recover, Toxic, and Ice Beam, and you’ve got a self-regenerating wall. I’ve blown through entire teams with this dynamite creature. This thing has saved me from the brink of defeat, swept teams, stalled long enough to give me the advantage, and whatever else it could in so many battles that I do not do a playthrough without one on my team. I’m even willing to violate the “no repeating types” rule I tend to employ just to have this thing with me. I truly cannot sing its praises enough.

2nd - Kingdra 3rd - Azumarill

NORMAL - LOPUNNY

A very solid hitter, I ran one on a cutesy/beauty team a while back, and it sometimes swept entire teams. I still remember a fight where one of these lovely ladies punched her way through an entire team of Snorlaxes and she wasn’t even Mega-Evolved. I tended to run Power Up Punch, Drain Punch, Attract, and Fire Punch in case of ghosts. Her speed made her a phenomenal support, and the only reason I don’t use her as much any more is that she could benefit from more healing moves or just being bulkier.

2nd - Blissey 3rd - Eevee

ELECTRIC - ELECTIVIRE

Okay, so this thing is more physical than special, and most Electric moves are special, but I tended to just run  this guy with Wild Charge, Earthquake, Ice Punch, and Giga Impact. While not the greatest pokemon in the world, I certainly can recall numberous fights where it saved my butt. Plus, it just looks really awesome.

2nd - Luxray 3rd - Manectric

PSYCHIC - ESPEON

Prior to the introduction of Sylveon in gen VI, this thing was the undisputed best Eeveelution in my opinion. Now, I still hold Espeon as #1 due to its healing factor, but Sylveon is a very close 2nd place. I always run this Pokemon with Magic Bounce, and the moves Psychic, Dazzling Gleam, Calm Mind, and Morning Sun. While it’s not a perfect set and it doesn’t protect against physical moves, it has been useful in the past, and has even completely stonewalled opponents from being able to do anything. It’s also a great pokemon to send out first, since it counters set up Pokemon, and so it can set up Calm Mind while the opponent is busy swapping out for a Pokemon that can actually do damage. If possible, it’s a really good Pokemon to Baton Pass out because if you can send it out with raised Defense stats, the Magic Bounce will protect it from moves like Roar, Whirlwind, and other moves that would normally destroy a set up playing style.

2nd - Alakazam 3rd - Gallade

FIGHTING - LUCARIO

Not gonna lie, this one is more of a favorite due to cool factor and awesome design, as Fighting is really not one of my favorite types, and I’ve only actually used this Pokemon a couple of times. It’s good, really very good, but it’s just not one I instinctively say “yes, this is a must have on any team”, so it doesn’t get used very much.

2nd - Breloom 3rd - Toxicroak

ROCK - AGGRON

Another Pokemon I can remember liking more for design, I remember working very long and hard to get one for Pokemon Emerald, and I just caught a wild Lairon on Victory Road and trained it until it evolved. I don’t have a deep emotional connection to it, but when I need a bulky tank with an earthy kind of type, this pokemon is always the first to pop into my mind.

2nd - Tyranitar 3rd - Aerodactyl

GROUND - SWAMPERT

My very first starter pokemon ever, Swampert has always had a place in my heart, and its role as a bulky tank that hits hard has endeared it greatly in my heart. Although it suffers from a 4x weakness to grass, in the original Ruby and Sapphire games, this really wasn’t an issue, since most trainers lacked grass-type pokemon.

2nd - Garchomp 3rd - Flygon

FLYING - TOGEKISS

This thing is a freaking nightmare. You get this little lady with Ancient Power, Air Slash, Flamethrower, and Dazzling Gleam, and you’re looking at a non-stop flinching and stat boosting villain. I have completely curbstomped players with one of these, I cannot stress how great this thing is. And if you don’t feel like running Ancient Power, Thunder Wave can be great for eliminating whatever competition it might possible have for speed. And Roost can make this thing all the more annoying to try and kill. This thing is just great all around.

2nd - Gliscor 3rd - Crobat

BUG - SCOLIOPEDE

I’m not a big fan of bug-types. Most of them suck, and even most bug type moves are complete crap, so I don’t really use the type very much. Still, I have run one of these in the past, and Protect + Swords Dance + Speed Boost can turn this thing into a high speed sniper. I definitely have fond memories of this thing. And because it can learn Baton Pass, it’s a great stat gatherer too.

2nd - Ribombe 3rd - Beautifly

POISON - ROSERADE

Another type I don’t really use very much, my favortism for Roserade is mostly due to loving Drew’s Roselia in the anime, and just loving it’s design as a beautiful rose. A solid Pokemon, I don’t really use one anymore, but for a casual playthrough, it works well enough.

2nd - Dragalgae 3rd - Toxipex

DARK - GRENINJA

Let’s be real, everybody loves this thing. We all know why we love this thing. It doesn’t need to be spelled out. Greninja is awesome. The internet collectively agrees. This thing rocks.

2nd - Hydreigon 3rd - Absol

GHOST - MIMIKYU

Talk about a broken ability. With its Disguise ability, Mimikyu effectively has a free turn to do whatever. Whether you want to use Swords Dance to strengthen yourself, or if you wanna get in a strong Super Effective attack, Mimikyu really is just a free turn, and who can argue with that?

2nd - Aegislash 3rd - Mismagius

ICE - WALREIN

Another type I don’t use very much, I  can remember this thing being so hard to kill while fighting Glacia. This thing is an absolute wall, and it’s a shame it doesn’t have any healing moves because this thing would become an impregnable barrier.

2nd - Cloister 3rd - Frosslass

STEEL - METAGROSS

It’s an extremely overpowered pseudolegendary. Do I really have to say more? It’s a major fan favorite, and it’s a lot of people’s favorite steel type.

2nd - Steelix 3rd - Scizor

DRAGON - SALAMENCE

There are a lot of good dragons, but when I was a kid, this was the king dragon (except for Rayquaza), and you  were the envy of every kid on the playground if you had one of these guys. So for that reason, this guy is forever in my heart as the best dragon.

2nd - Noivern 3rd - Goodra

FAIRY - GARDEVOIR

Let me tell you, this little lady right here is hands down my absolute favorite pokemon, and no not because of waifu art. This thing right here is hands down one of the strongest pokemon in the series, one of the most popular, and is also extremely beautiful. I thought very little of Ralts when I saw them, but when I saw my rival’s Gardevoir, i fell in love so fast I actually restarted the game from scratch to go back and get myself a Ralts. I do not play a game without this pokemon on my team. Period. End of Discussion. I absolutely adore this pokemon, and the mega evolution only made its carnage all the more destructive. 10/10, #1 favorite pokemon. Just amazing. 

2nd - Sylveon 3rd - Clefairy

[frocio]

whats ur dream pokemon team :0 also please drink some wøter

jdbdjs I had water dw!! I actually got home since I posted that, and also took a shower so I feel way better than before.

also that’s the best question anyone could ever ask tbh???? I actually have to turn on my laptop for this one because it’s going to be long sorry

I think, if I had access to ANY existing pokémon since the beginning on the game and I didn’t have to worry about type coverage, my dream team would be

flygon (aka my fave pokémon as many probably know)

aggron (Big.)

feraligatr

exploud (unpopular opinion but this pokémon is GOOD and yall are WRONG. normal types are underrated, especially now that TM’s can be used over and over they’ve become OP)

mega mawile

dragalge

The reason for that is that I love their design, their movepool is overall pretty good (mawile and feraligatr are a bit weaker on that side, but you can make it work anyway imo), and aside from flygon they’re all pretty tanky, which is something I like, especially in slower pokémon like them.

now, if I had to pick a more balanced team, again assuming I could have access to every pokémon in the game (excluding legendaries, because I personally find them boring to use during single player), I’d go with something like:

eelektross (which I also really like!!! honestly how is this pokémon not popular. it’s a pure electric type that’s immune to earth attacks. come on guys.)

zoroark (love its ability)

alolan raichu

mega houndoom (I always wanted to train one, but I never had the chance to!)

lapras (good movepool, good defense)

garchomp

and I’m not going to waste everybody’s time with a possible competetive team because that would be boring as hell but. that’s my answer!! thank u I really had fun with this

[a-tale-of-legends]

I've mentioned before how Dragon Type trainers are sus, and hoe Dragon types are pretty hard to take care of. I then casually mentioned that " oh yeah I have oc's who has raised dragon types at a young age". Which honestly got me thinking. Cause again. Dragon types are hard to handle. The first evolution at best would be....eh, fine? For young trainers, but to fully go in and evolve them? That would be both dangerous for the trainer and the dragon. But the oc's I'm referring to are protagonist. They get cool pokemon as they come via how the game is structured.

Danica gets a Garchomp cause Garchomp is cool. Elliot gets Haxorus cause I always wanted to use one. Same goes for Flygon and Dragonite( which is probably the most friendly and maybe easier to train? Idk, I have to check). So like. What do I do?

Well. For one, when they get these Pokemon, their kids, so obviously there's going to be some struggle. Danica's Garchomp( Kade) has Rough Skin, so i'd imagine she would have some scraps from washing or handling her. It doesn't help that very early on, Kade was a very prideful pokemon- a bit snobbish really, so it took a while for a level of respect to actually form. I believe by the time they all got to the League, Kade and Danica's bond would be much stronger- strong enough to battle consistently, anyway. But again. Kade's a dragon type. Danica was about 10 when she won the league. As funny it is to see a little girl with a scary dragon behind her back ( and an even scarier dragon behind that dragon being Giratina) ,it doesn't negate the fact that she probably don't know how to effectively take care of her( Kade). Poor Cynthia had to break it to her that she wasn't taking of Kade as optimally as she could.

Elliot was older than Danica when she got her Axew now Haxorus, Hildegard. Hildegard, like Kade, is a bit prideful in her abilities. Unlike Kade, who likes to do things her way and not cooperate, Hildegard has a habit of thrashing around. Which was fine with Elliot, she likes to cause chaos sometimes too, and at the time, chaos= kicking team plasma ass, so it's a perfect combo. But then Hildegard evolved, and the problems became much more apparent. For one, because of Hildegard's nature, those tusk has become much more dangerous- of course Hilda wouldn't hurt her trainer on purpose. She loves her trainer! But between that pride and the " FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT! OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!!!" at every second, it gets hard to manage. So I want around this is that, sadly, Hildegard gets left behind with Drayden to train under him to get her impulses under control. For context, Elliot almost got her leg bit off by a certain someone's Hydreigon, abd because she's stubborn, she wants to go to Alola to train to get stronger, but also recover from the mess within Unova. I'm not saying that there isn't any Dragon type specialist in Alola, but also Drayden is right there. Don't worry, video calls are often, so Hildegard won't feel too left out, and Drayden teaches Elliot how to handle her, like her tusk, her diet, bathing- all that jazz.

The last one I'm gonna touch on is Alexis' Dieno. Of the three,I would say Alexis knows the most on taking care of her. Though, this comes from the fact that he works with a daycare owner who is very stern in how people should handle baby/ first stage Pokemon, so it's not like he had a choice. The only thing that's I would consider a problem is that his Dieno wants to evolve, and he is deathly afraid of that. Under the same reason Elliot goes to Alola, except with his arm.

And...yeah! My ramble is done lol. I'm just figuring out how my oc's can handle their dragon types in a healthy and safe manner. :)

Any suggestions would be fine too !