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On social media sites pictures of Pokémon “waving” their trainers or members of their trainer’s family off to school by the front door or a bus stop is trending with the hashtag #offtoschoolwego

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This chapter was amazing!! I really loved all the worldbuliding and the talks about the pokemon gods! I have been wondering though, since in the main games flying is immune to ground and how normal and ghost are immune to each other; but in the pmd games they're just very ineffective I was wondering which would be the case for seekers? And if natures and abilities had a play in things too! 🤔 It's pretty simple stuff compared to other things but I think it'd be interesting to know :) thank you!!

Thank you! ^^

I think the type effectiveness question will be answered in-story, so I’ll leave that be for now!!! I know the ghost/normal type interaction will be touched on for sure. 👀

I’m gonna leave natures out of Seekers because that’s just a lot of extra detail I don’t really wanna worry about, haha!!! But abilities will indeed come into play! :D

[merriway]

How do you go about taking breaks to recharge?so you dont burn out. I'm always afraid to take a day or two off from drawing

I usually just take a day or two off and play video games, go outside, make myself a meal, take a nap, read a book, do some research on a favorite topic of mine, watch youtube videos about theme park history, or anything thats fun that doesnt require me to draw.

Recently Kingdom Hearts 3 has been my distraction and I’ve been really having a lot of fun with it. Some of my other favorite games other than Pokemon are Yokai Watch, Splatoon 2, Fantasy Life, or whatever floats your boat!

I got lost in all those games and I just end up not thinking about drawing but at the same time they inspire me! Playing Kingdom Hearts for example has given me a ton of ideas for worldbuliding for the dreamons.

Even going out to a local area helps. Sometimes visiting a local park gives me ideasof fun areas for my characters to visit. The past few years we've been visiting this beach and the little street attached to it. Thats made me think of a lot of beach themes for characters and places in my world.

Dont be afraid to take breaks, breaks are good and give you a chance to find something non art related that can inspire your art. In a way its a win win. You get a break and you get future reference and inspiration? 

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During their mating season lapras “sing” to each other, and their songs are so loud that they can be heard from miles away from shore. An expression that people use to describe someone who grandiosely goes out of his or her way to get their love interest’s attention is said to be “singing like a lapras”

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True crime is a blog run by current and former agents of the international police that describe what it is like to be an agent, talks about important operations and missions (all declassified),and gives facts about the criminal justice system and law enforcement.

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An unusually cool April has meant that most of the trees in Unova have not bloomed yet

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Lunar new year celebrations are taking place in kanto, Johto, hoenn, and sinnoh

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Gym leader cheren’s family is originally from hoenn

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Kahuna Nanu worked with Looker in Sinnoh and Johto before relocating to Alola

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Before the renaissance period each region used different calendar systems. Kanto and Johto used lunar calendars with 354 days. Hoenn, Unova, kalos, and alola used solar calendars with 365 days. Sinnoh’s system dated from Arceus’ supposed creation of the universe. It was inconsistencies in trade records that led to the standardization of the 365 day solar calendar.

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When you stay overnight at a pokemon center, the first night is always free. After that you pay a small fee based on how many nights you stay.

Rooms at a pokemon center are often cheaper than hotels.

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Breakdown Of The IFA Best Picture Nominees

First printed in Unova Entertainment Monthly’s January issue. Written by Taylor Hartson

After The Academy’s surprise announcement that there will only be four movies nominated for best picture this year, the hype has grown, and the official countdown to the International Film Awards next February has officially begun. Here we have come up with a guide for your pre IFA movie binge.

Blackboard (Le Tableau Noir ) Gaston Duguay. Drama. R.

A young teaching assistant at a university falls for one of his students: a charming yet mysterious man who dreams of changing the world for the better. Their torrid affair leads to ugly and eye opening realizations about the world and themselves.

Why It’s A Contender: The film’s raw passion drove it to box office success. From the outstanding acting of the film’s star-studded cast (Best Actor nominee Andre Deschamps as the troubled youth Léon, Jaques Armand as the conflicted teaching assistant Michel Bonnefoy, and two time IFA Best Actress winner Diantha Jolivet as the university president to name a few) the camera’s lingering gaze on both romantic interludes and tense confrontations alike, the haunting score, audiences could not tear their eyes from the screen. Many also praised the film’s exploration of social issues such as humanity’s nature to acceptance of the LGBT community.

Why It Won’t Make The Cut: For such a revolutionary movie, Blackboard’s use of a tragic ending for the LGBT characters disappointed viewers, calling it a “a cliche that does more harm than good.” In the film’s native Kalos, controversy ensued from speculation that the movie was based on the supposed relationship between pokemon expert Professor Augustine Sycamore and the late Lysandre Labs CEO and former leader of Team Flare Lysandre Leroy. Others claimed that the movie’s timing with Léon’s descent into radicalism came too soon after Team Flare’s attempt to destroy Kalos in order to create a new world only three years prior.

Blackboard is rated R for its use of strong language, sexual content, and nudity

Like The Darkness Of Your Shadow (Anata No In No Yami No Yō Ni) Hiroto Yamada. Drama. R.

An orphaned sixteen year old boy joins a mafia gang in order to provide for his younger siblings and gets caught up in the underbelly of the crime world.

Why It’s A Contender: Critics have applauded the film’s use of realism: its dialogue, the gritty urban setting, moral grayness of the characters, and the depiction of the inner workings of the gang itself(Director Yamada has stated in interviews that he interviewed former members of Team Rocket for authenticity). Three members of its cast are have been nominated for IFA awards: breakout star Satoshi Yoshida for Best Actor for his sympathetic and tragic portrayal of the protagonist Ichiro that had audiences in tears, Best Actress nominee Megumi Miyamoto as Yuna, a drug addicted gang member and Ichiro’s love interest, and Akihito Abe for Best Supporting Actor as the mafia leader Kumori.

Why It Won’t Make The Cut: Like The Darkness Of Your Shadow is not for viewers with a weak stomach. The violence, torture, depraved illegal activities and other disturbing incidents are overplayed to the point of pure shock value. Controversy broke out after some pokemon rights groups accused Mr. Yamada of actually allowing the ditto to be abused in the infamous ditto scene despite reports that a member of the Pokemon Humane Society was on set at all time to ensure all of the pokemons’ safety and that that particular scene was simulated.

Like The Darkness Of Your Shadow is rated R for graphic violence and torture, strong language, drug use, and scenes of pokemon cruelty

Natsuki And The Froslass’ Path (Natsuki To Yukimenoko No Michi)  Isami Sato. Animation. PG.

When a young girl named Natsuki catches sight of a Froslass while gathering berries outside of her village, she is whisked to a world of ice beyond the mountains.

Why It’s A Contender: The film makes use of breathtaking animation and well developed characters to bring an old Sinnohan folktale to life. The audience cheers on the character of Natsuki  as she grows into a hero of her own right. Her quest to escape the ice world turns that into a fight for the enslaved inhabitants survival. Yet even with the sides of good and evil, black and white are drawn out, all of the characters, even the Froslass reside in that gray moral area in between: something rare for a children’s movie.

Why It Won’t Make The Cut: Natsuki And The Froslass’ Path was too Sinnohan for some people’s tastes. When it first premiered at Kanto Animation Fest, the audience members from other regions were left with mixed feelings and unanswered questions such as: what was the Froslass’ motive? Why is the pokemon named Arceus, who only had five seconds of screen time, so important at the climax? Is the Kirlia Natsuki befriended actually a human boy trapped in a pokemon’s body? What was the ending so confusing?

Natsuki And The Froslass’ Path is rated PG for fantasy violence and some scary moments

Past Drifting Tides Eleanor Keahi. Comedic Drama. PG-13.

Three sisters at turning points in their life: one jobless, one recently divorced, and the other kicked out of college, embark on a journey across Alola to fulfill the wish of their ailing mother: to find a long lost letter she tossed out to sea as a young woman.

Why It’s A Contender: Past Drifting Tides has been called the “feel good movie of the year” and movie goers agree. The movie is a beautiful look at at the ties of sisterhood and family, and the audience is able to easily connect with these three woman who are searching for more in life. The cinematography is stunning, and the movie makes great use of Alola’s picturesque scenery to its advantage.

Why It Won’t Make The Cut: Some that despite its unique Alolan charm, that Past Drifting Tides was rushed. It listed off the sisters’ problem and only offered quick and easy resolutions. The movie as a whole could have worked better as a television miniseries where the characters would be allowed to fully develop.

Past Drifting Tides is rated PG-13 for language and mature themes

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Recordings of jigglypuff songs can be used in place of anesthesia for short medical procedures

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Many cafes in lumiose city offer drinks for free for couples on valentine’s day

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There are many ghost stories about mt. Lanakila. The most famous one is about a trainer or an explorer who hears a child’s cry and it turns out to be well...I won’t give away the twist

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Many people who balance their gym or island challenge with work, school, or family obligations often aim for challenging only up to 4 gyms or attempt the trials on their home island instead of aiming for all 8 gyms or trials.