#ironically I have not heard the updated 225 music bc I don't even think I reached the 4th gym in bdsp whoooops

[itstimetodrew]

Hello and happy Friday! This is the first weekly ask! See my pinned post but basically I want to send one ask a week to the Pokémon tumblr community as a whole (tell me if you’d like to be exempt from this moving forward, and people can dm me if they don’t get asks and want to)! We’ll start off with this question: what location/s in any iteration of the Pokémon universe do you feel the most of a connection with? From the most well-known town to a specific spot in a random route, anywhere!

Is it too predictable if I say LaRousse City because that's where Drew is from...

Really though I love how much personality that city has, but how much is still unexplored since it was only the location for a single movie. I used to a read a ton of fanfics that would take their own liberties to expand upon the city's technology, economy, lifestyle, everything! And of course how growing up in that environment might shape any characters that live(d) there. 👀

Game-wise, for a random spot, I remember doing a lot of Pokedex hunting on route 225 in Sinnoh (Pokedex hunting meaning I had an action replay and would catch literally any of the 493 Pokemon at the time in the grass there lol) because I love that route's music SO much!

It's got some real drama to it...some say it's like an 80s movie montage which I totally get. I love that part 15 seconds in that gets kinda moody and then it switches back to a peppy song with little hand-claps in it! :D This track has it all, forever my favorite, Route 225 is home in my heart.

This is a really fun idea, thank you for the ask!