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EZRAN: Prince Karim, all Queen Janai wants is peace. There's no need to attack. Take your army, the people who follow you, and build your own future somewhere away from here.
KARIM: But I agree with you. There is no need for violence today if my terms are met. EZRAN: Your terms? Prince Karim, I may be a child, but I know how to count. Janai's five armies are more than your one. The Queen expects to defeat you decisively. KARIM: And I expect my sister to surrender unconditionally and acknowledge me as the High King of the Sunfire Empire. EZRAN: I don't think— KARIM: And all humans will leave our lands immediately, and return to the other side of the border. Where you belong. EZRAN: You can't force the humans to leave. People have made friendships, built families. Your own sister is marrying a human! KARIM: I know this must seem harsh to you, but... history cannot be forged without fire. Without strength.
EZRAN: I am a king. And as a king, I choose love over strength. Sometimes it's hard, but when I struggle, I think about the people I love and how they are counting on me to do the right thing. Not the harsh thing, not the strong thing. The right thing.
KARIM: But she will always be my sister. EZRAN: Then you can still choose love. It's not too late. KARIM: The great Archdragon of the Sun was faced with a choice long ago. He chose fire. I honour Sol Regem now, as my sister should have done when she had the chance. [...] EZRAN: You want Janai to attack! And when she does... you'll call down Sol Regem and—they won't stand a chance! KARIM: Ah. Humans might be more clever than I thought. I don't need five armies when I have one archdragon.
A few notes, as always:
Karim, when nudged by Miyana, acknowledged in 6x02 that what they were doing, they were doing "for us" and "for [their people]" and I think in a lot of ways, like Viren, that's what it initially started out as. However, here we see most clearly that this is about Karim's ego (shocking, I know) and pride. He wants to be king of this land, he wants to crush and restore 'natural order' to Xadia by expelling humans again. Just having this own followers and his own piece of land elsewhere isn't enough, even though it would be if his people's happiness was all he cared about.
Ezran offers a variety of options and perspectives to Karim to appeal to him — you could leave peacefully with your people, you can make active choices, don't you love your sister? — the latter of which being the only one to really get under his skin. I also like seeing Ezran advocate on behalf of his citizens (and possibly others) who have been integrated into Sunfire society and daily life. Karim wants to return Xadia to being wholly divided, but Ezran — like Janai, and Amaya, and the bulk of the main cast — want reintegration, for humans to live on both sides of the border again (and elves beyond just Rayla I'm sure).
We also see consistent motifs such as the 'paths' element that arc 2 has largely fostered, Karim's focus on history and fire, consistent themes like the emphasis on choices, as well as anyone — but especially Ezran — harkening back directly to Harrow's letter from 2x06, which is the first time in seasons we've heard the same sentiments so directly expressed. (Crying over "No, it's too late for that" in 1x02 vs "Then you can still choose love, it's not too late").
I also really enjoy the way this scene tests Ezran. As he said in 4x03, "We all want love and we all want peace" and here, he's presented directly with the opposite: Queen Janai wants peace, but Karim wants violence, he wants to be attacked so that he can have the upper hand, and that's when Ez and Corvus know they need to get out of here.
I also can't help but think about how relevant Ezran's speech here is going to be when he encounters Runaan in S7. We saw in the TDP short story "Deep Below" that he will likely want to do the "harsh thing, the strong thing," rather than the right thing. It makes me wonder if we'll see more of an Ezran&Rayla focus as a way to guide him through. After all, Runaan murdered his father, but Runaan is also Rayla's father—and doesn't Ezran love his sister?
#tdp ezran#ezran#prince karim#the dragon prince#tdp spoilers#tdp#s6 spoilers#6x07#subset: choices#the sunfire royal family#the cycle#anyway hands down some of the best scenes this season im chewing drywall#analysis series#analysis#s6#arc 2
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the view that sexual predation is based on 'brain development' rather than life experience and social power is, like the common view that incest is bad because of 'inbreeding' rather than the control granted by the family structure, one where the issues of social power imbalance are replaced by an unhelpful bioessentialism - one that both makes permissions for these abuses (whether it's in the cases of non-blood relatives, or of an 18 year old being exploited by a 50 year old), and targets non-abusive relationships (if the reason for incest's immorality is that it might produce a disabled child, how does that logic continue towards people with inherited illnesses?). working within this essentialist logic, it's impossible to rectify these issues - neither extending the supposed 'undeveloped brain' to greater ages, nor simply deciding that there exists no real power a middle-aged man has over a new graduate, can fix the errors generated.
#the type of 'free choice sometimes you just want to fuck people' progressive rhetoric would have you thinking that like#all these secretaries and breakout actors are just having fun person-to-person relationships with their bosses and directors#i mean what are you saying they have Undeveloped Brains? no - only a certain subset of people do and *they* should be controlled
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fwiw I think the reason why BOLAS 2 took so long to release wasn't because it took them two and a half years to write a single new book, but bc they at the very least also outlined a book 3, so I (perhaps harboring under deep delusion) think we're not going to get the same insane wait time for book 3
#cynically I'm positive that the reason why it got the green light for a book 3 is bc this is prob the only book#where a certain subset of the fandom (i.e. Tumblr) might actually consider getting VIP for a sequel release#but anyways yeah that is my prediction#bolas#bolas 2#blades of light and shadow#playchoices#choices stories you play
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this is obviously a very premature feeling but like. i want them to keep oscar on the show and i want his scenes to be tolerable to watch and if they go full realism on consequences here i am not really sure what direction they could take it that i would be able to appreciate as an audience member for whom he is blorbo... if he like. loses his job and is ostracized i don't know how they could justify keeping him on the show in a way that is both narratively meaningful and something i am comfortable watching. he does not need to suffer extended social or material punishment.
would rather they somehow magically manage to keep the details in the immediate family and that dynamic changes but his conflict with the society in which he lives is more internal for him — e.g. having to mentally confront what Could have happened to him and his family if ada had not come to the rescue and the thought of that combined with the changed family dynamic/relationship being shameful enough on its own that it changes his mindset and behavior without like. actually ruining his life
but all the people who are like. i want him to lose his job i want George Russell to prevent him from ever working in banking again i want him to be impoverished and humiliated and suicidal etc... could not be me, sorry
#i think it would suck actually if the main gay character's life is ruined and he has a terrible reputation and is beyond social redemption.#because at that point why keep him on the show.#especially when a substantial subset of the audience is going to experience schadenfreude about it.#i do not want anyone fictional or otherwise to be feeling schadenfreude about oscar sorry!!!!#no schadenfreude allowed.#the gilded age spoilers#i literally will not be able to handle it if there's on screen gossip about the situation at all it will make me want to die#also like. the rest of the family does not deserve that either and i am not interested in literally any of this going full tragedy.#if it's problematic of me to want the protagonists of the show i watch to retain their rich people social standing and Not have to#abruptly change their lifestyle then like. sorry not sorry#also while i don't think it's out of character for oscar i think it could have been explained better for the folks at home if social media#is any indication.#& it's not a choice they Had to make either so i reserve the right to be grumpy about them making it if it goes in a direction i dislike.#i am pretty much already at my canonical whump and secondhand embarrassment limit here!
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Who is your most disliked star wars character and why 👀
Oddly enough I don't tend to dislike characters. The most I get is indifference, just a complete non-opinion.
Actually wait no
Rush Clovis
I suppressed my memories of those episodes so hard I forgot he existed. Though it's more the writing choices rather than the character himself I dislike. I'll admit, I only ever watched the Clovis episodes once and that was several years ago so I don't remember them very well at all.
I think mostly I just dislike that the writers used him to get Padme and Anakin both to behave in ways that are entirely out of character for their movie counterparts, and it pisses me off to no end. Like, I'm fine with characters acting ooc, but only when the writers give me a convincing reason to why they're behaving that way. I actually find that really interesting! For me it's less a question of if someone is acting out of character and instead what would it take for them to behave this way realistically? And those episodes episodes failed spectacularly at that.
Honestly, it's probably the wasted potential more than anything else that annoys me.
#it's actually very hard for me to dislike a character#even ones i find annoying like jar jar or c3po i still find things to love about them#i think it's my habit of looking at characters and asking 'what made you this way?' that always gets me invested in them#i want to know what kind of person would make those choices. what is the history that created this? how do these characters view themselves#and how do they interact with the world around them#i think that's why i have a lot of love for characters that my subset of fandom has a tendency to bash like qui-gon or mace windu#they're so much more interesting to me as well rounded characters with flaws and virtues than as punching bags to hate on#or characters like palpatine who could so easily be one note 'pure evil' villain but actually can have so much depth and complexity if you#do the legwork
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i think possibly the best way to summarize the inside of setrákus' head from a writing standpoint is that he thinks he's a pokemon trainer and every single other living person in the world is a pokemon
#lorien legacies#setrákus ra#like the metaphor applies in ways that are entirely serious and very much 🙃#like how he sees children as a different category from adults solely in that they're unevolved forms of pokemon#and therefore he has the opportunity to intervene and evolve them down the line branch of his choice#they're only a different subset of not-people from adults from a perspective of pure game mechanics; to him#but also. regional team leader terrorizes everyone by building his entire brand around a bunch of mid pokemon that he hates#the man that ever lived#shitposting#LL tag#pokemon tag#setrákus getting more and more frustrated#as he repeatedly jabs ella in the forehead with an 'abuse child' evolution stone: WHY ISN'T IT WORKING
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I have other more important things to focus on than what a very wealthy pop star chooses to wear. But that racism is loud.
#the way a certain subset of this fandom is being so loud about their discomfort with Travis’s friends#also I don’t even understand the argument bc she’s always worn expensive stuff bc she’s got money#she invests in quality items she wears for years#also while she does Easter egg in clothes this is dehumanizing leaves of speculation#she doesn’t pick things to be relatable or fit in - I think she just wears what she feels comfortable in#using any variation of the word ape to describe her style around mostly black athletes is a choice
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4x04 / 5x02 / 6x03
#tdp#the dragon prince#subset: choices#parallels#trees to meet you#it was just red#i love you dual theme of arc 2#s4#s5#s6#arc 2#mine#i still need to write my meta about /callum/ saying it huh
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You'd think that even if being fat WERE inherently unhealthy, the medical industry would still provide us the means to survive and to treat illness and injury.
You would THINK that the idea that fat people are inherently unhealthy would lead to more medical equipment being made in big sizes. Tell me why I can't find a knee compression sleeve in a big enough size? Knee pain is like THE thing that people blame on being overweight. And my legs aren't that fat honestly, I feel like a curvy woman who's not fat could have a similar size leg. My legs are not where I carry my weight. It's so frustrating that everything is made for people who carry no "extra" weight at all anywhere.
#cripplepunk#ableism#fatphobia#fatphobia is just a subset of ableism!!!!#smoking is inherently unhealthy but it would be a travesty if that caused a massive amount of medical equipment to be unavailable to someon#drinking and driving is unhealthy but people who have been in accidents still need medical care#why are seat belts too short to fit fat people half the time????? it REALLY fucks with me!#like it's simultaneously really important to understand fat people are not inherently unhealthy - that fatness is not inherently unhealthy#AND to understand that blaming people for their own sickness/disability and treating them as lesser and denying them treatment options#is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE regardless of the fact that fatness can be a sign of healthy living#the idea that fat people need to be punished for their choices is equally heinous when someone IS unhealthy and fat#or unhealthy due to their own actions. it is a disgusting and reprehensible way to approach sickness and disability#this is not me coming for OP btw i assume they know this stuff or are at least invested in unlearning ableism#this is me complaining about ableism and its inexplicably socially accepted offshoot of fatphobia#people will be like FAR LEFT but then fatness comes up and alllll the leftism leaves their body#I hate the term overweight I think it's a bad word but people can self describe how they want#I am once again recommending the podcast maintenance phase and everything Aubrey Gordon has ever made#it's never a bad time to start unlearning all of the fatphobic lies we've grown up with#we grow up with an amount of fatphobia that I would compare to the homophobia in a rural Bible Belt community#like it's completely unquestioned and so deeply entrenched in misinformation and vitriol that a lot of people can't be reached#original#edit: realizing now i absolutely misread the first post woops. well. I'm still right just used the wrong tone for the situation.
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To a subset of people interacting with any photography after like 1960, I promise you: not every photo deliberately shot in black is a conspiratorial attempt to make the past seem further away. Yeah, even the ones taken today. Sometimes people make artistic choices.
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Throughout contemporary history, especially in the third world where oppression is more explicit and more brutal, the general attitude taken by oppressed peoples at governments that don't represent their interests and that violently supresses them has not been to hope a slightly less worse person is put in place, but rather to overthrow the entire system that supports them and creating another that does represent the interests of the social majority.
To the specific subset of people who prefer to remain ignorant or self-deluded about this fact, the mere suggestion of this might seem unrealistic, unproductive and idealistic. While it is true that the strategy stated above has failed some times, it has also succeeded the rest of the time, and the results have been better than any amount of reform could achieve.
The only actual harm reduction is the organized effort of workers to remove the source of harm altogether, and the only unrealistic strategy is to keep trying to reform your way out of a system that has been reinforcing itself for more than 200 years to guarantee its own existence.
Non-violence is a fairy tale. Almost 10% of the world population went hungry in 2021, and around 2.3 billion people were moderately or severely food insecure. 1.6 billion people live in inadequate housing conditions and 15 million are forcefully evicted each year. We could keep going over statistics but the fact is that the global capitalist economy is built atop systematic misery and death. No amount of people with guns could ever even hope to come close to the magnitude of suffering imposed on the exploited. Violence or non-violence is not a choice you can make, it was made for you millenia ago. The only decision you can take is whether to dedicate your efforts towards ending class society, or not. Civility and "rational" centrism is a luxury only those who live by the accumulated wealth looted from everywhere else in the world can afford, and only for as long as their imperialist order can stand.
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I'm as atheistic as they come but i look at all the religious groups out there (including christians which is how I was raised) who are being inclusive and in some cases speaking out for queer rights and then i look at my mother and think she's certainly made some choices in her life
#like it's not 'well that's how she is' or 'that's all she knows'#she continues to actively choose this subset of her faith that's selfish and hypocritical and sees queer people as lost freaks#that must be pitied#it is in fact possible to make different choices#anyway i have therapy on friday#alex txt
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Grimm quickly turns away from the pikachu on the ground, taking several steps away from them, trying to remain composed. His hands begin to shake in anger as he clenches them tightly. His voice nothing but a hiss Grimm:.... I no longer trust them to be within even a foot of their own soul... Enough damage has been done.. and not just to my own trust... But to things beyond their comprehension... Flake manages to stand slowly, grabbing their head as if it was in pain Flake: I haVe,,, NO idea wHAt you are tALKing about... Fuckgin... craZY WEIRdO Grimm looks over their shoulder at Flake, their rage filled expression causes Flake to go silent. Grimm: You will be lucky if you even receive a afterlife. Lest Yveltal destroys what's left of you. Grimm appears to be furious The area seems to get even more chilling by the second - - - - [ A whole lotta asks I don't wanna tag a bunch of people so I wont lmao ]
#flake-n-rudy#flake#grimm#pichu#darkrai#yveltal#voiceover#audio#comic dub#there's a few words i did differently in here#they were a specific subset of artistic choices#that i personally like to call 'mistakes'#but by the time i realized it i'd already put the reverb on#(which btw it was really fun working out how to make Grimm sound all mysterious and ethereal)#so you guys get a couple of differently worded lines#ANYWAY THIS WAS REALLY FUN TO DO#AND I KIND OF WANT TO DO IT MORE MAYBE
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This was absolutely brilliantly done.
Because this isn't Anya's most closely guarded secret being discovered by accident without her consent. She made an active, CONSCIOUS choice to tell Damian that she is a telepath. Something that she was previously terrified would lead to her being hated if someone happened to find out. And throughout this little prom arc we slowly get fed the reasons that lead up to this moment. First being that while she initially saw Damian as a bratty, self centered jerk, Anya has slowly come to know him better and see a more noble and compassionate boy under all that cocky bluster.
Then there's the way Damian also mentions to her that many people try and use him in order to get close to his parents-- which she sees for herself when the other girls start swarming him demanding to dance-- hence his suspicions of her own intentions.
And the finally is the fact that, despite his own admission that his parents barely acknowledge he's alive, Damian still loves and admires them and is desperate to earn their affection.
In fact, during the Damian quiz, it's implied that Anya didn't use her powers to figure out who Damian's most beloved person was, because she already knew the answer just from knowing him. It's the only question we don't see her telepathic 'sparkles' or hear her listening on the answer.
It happened slowly and subconsciously, but despite the unflattering first impression Anya has come to care about Damian. She doesn't want him to be hurt or sad. She doesn't want to use him or take advantage of him the way she sees others try to (and the way a small subset of the fandom accuses Anya of trying to since they can't seem to grasp that Anya is at most six years old and hasn't thought as far as to how the fallout of Twilight's mission will affect the Desmonds). And she understand him a lot better than she ever realized. She trusts him with her deepest, darkest secret despite her fear and the uncertainty because she genuinely WANTS to be honest with Damian. It's her olive branch to him, after HE was vulnerable with her time and again when it comes to his family and his fear of letting others close after so many people tried to use him for his name.
Because more than anyone else, Damian has noticed her, and how intuitive she is of the thoughts of others.
And despite denying or deflecting it time and time again-- including intentionally bombing a few questions in this chapter to avoid standing out too much after Damian called her out again-- Anya FINALLY came clean to him about her powers.
And, of course, he thought she was messing with him, which in turn pissed HER off because this is her biggest secret, dammnit! XD
But despite Damian's refusal to believe her ATM, this isn't something Anya can take back, and Damian is perceptive enough of Anya that sooner or later he's going to realize that Anya was being honest with him. And it'll be a wild ride to see where things go from there.
#spy x family#sxf#spy x family spoilers#sxf spoilers#spy x family manga spoilers#sxf manga spoilers#damianya#anya forger#damian desmond
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Words Are Unnecessary! A Red Analysis
Picture this: You’re a 90s kid, you got a Gameboy and this new game called Pokemon (or as your parents likely called it, Pokeman). And you get one choice of protagonist, a boy from Pallet Town named Red.
Game Red is a silent protagonist turned silent NPC, so one may think it might be hard to do a character analysis on him (compared to say his Origins, Pokespe or Anime counterparts). Yet like much of Kanto, Red is a character told through environmental storytelling.
Let’s start with his name, in all official translations his name is Red. The color Red is a primary color which low key represents his role as the protagonist and the top of the Kanto hierarchy. This is most apparent when you compare Blue’s Japanese name Green which is a secondary color (implying he’s the second best of the Kanto trainers). Symbolically the color red represents passion, love, strength, confidence and importance. As time has moved on and TPCi has made Red an important character just as much as a protagonist, we can see that he embodies so much of the symbolism of his namesake color.
He’s described as having a quiet passion and love for Pokemon. He exudes strength and confidence in any game related adaptation and he’s quite possibly the most important trainer in the series. When you consider the fact that originally, Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal were supposed to be the last games in the series you realize that Red’s naming was not just random but meant to be a story of his arc. From your entry into the wonderful world of Pokemon the formidable passionate flame on top of Mt Silver that would serve as your final obstacle.
Alright so let’s take a look at Red’s team. Now canonically we know he completed the Kanto Pokedex of 151 unique little critters. That’s a huge accomplishment that affords him a vast rotation of Pokemon that most trainers in the world will not have. Yet in his NPC appearances we see that he tends to stick to a certain subset of Pokemon and this actually gives a lot of insight into his character
Like most Pokemon champions he opts for a more balanced team with varied typings. I’m going to focus on his HGSS team since that’s the one that is used the most over generations. We see he has a Pikachu, the three Kanto Starters, Lapras and Snorlax. The first thing that stands out is his use of a (very high leveled) Pikachu in a team of otherwise fully evolved Pokemon. This is of course a reference to Pokemon Yellow, but it also just shows his trust in his Pokemon. The fact that he would still keep one of his Pokemon unevolved due to the Pokemon’s own personal preference shows that Red respects the choices of his Pokemon. He even gives his Pikachu a Light Ball to hold in order to boost the powers of his moves, further showing how much he wants to work with his Pokemon to achieve their ultimate potential rather than deciding for them.
The three Kanto Starters are a way to not formally canonize which starter he chooses, but they’re also a reference to Pokemon Yellow as all three can be obtained from gifts. The same goes for his Lapras and Espeon (in GSC) which are also obtained as gifts. Snorlax rounds out the team as the Pokemon he gets by waking up with the Pokeflute (the Pokeflute being a gift). So what does this all mean for Red? It shows that despite having caught the entire Kanto Pokedex (including legendaries and mythicals) he ends up prioritizing the Pokemon he got as gifts. This shows a very sentimental side of him. This makes sense when you consider the guide to Pokemon RBG where it shows he wishes to regain his friendship with Blue back after the latter starts being mean. The Kanto journey for Red is as much of a coming of age story as it is a sentimental one as he really wants his best friend back.
Now taking a look at the moves Red chooses for his team we can see he has a varied amount of attacks that helped to hit most types for super-effective damage. A couple of things to note here is that he does seem to have a preference for moves that give status conditions as a secondary effect showing that he tries to open multiple paths to victory in battle. This shows he is calculating and knowledgeable about the moves he uses. For his HGSS Mount Silver battle you’ll notice the Kanto starters all have the three ultimate moves: Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, and Hydro Cannon. This once again symbolizes the high degree of love Red has in his Pokemon.
However those moves are much like elemental Hyper Beams in that they require a recharge turn. And indeed Red has Giga Impact on his Snorlax which also requires a recharge turn. Not only that he uses moves like Focus Blast which has not the best accuracy. He also uses moves like Flare Blitz and Volt Tackle which give recoil damage. All this to say, Red has a bit of a reckless streak as well. Which checks when you think about how he single-handedly drove Team Rocket out of Kanto, and his actions during the Pokemas Kanto Villain arc. I do want to point out that he has the move Blizzard on three of his Pokemon which is normally a low accuracy move…except in the Hail. Which, what do you know, Mount Silver has Hail (er snow). This shows that while Red can be reckless he also is very smart in taking advantage of his surroundings.
I’m actually going to jump to his Alola Team because you see aside from levels nothing has really changed except for the moves. Once again he still has some high risk-high reward moves but they’ve been toned down a bit. This actually provides a bit of subtle character growth as we see he’s toning down his reckless streak as he has become an adult. We also see in his moves and items in the battle tree that he varies the strategies he uses against opponents in terms of moves and items used. This is fitting given that this time he’s now known as a Battle Legend. He uses quite a few mega items in the Battle Tree which once again affirm the love and trust he has for his Pokemon.
Now let’s take a look at the few quotes we get from Red
"Hi! Do you like Pokémon? Uh no, I just asked you. Huh? You're strange!"
"Hi! Thanks for earlier! Pardon? Is it that fun to mimic my every move?" - Talking to CopycatThis is one of the non-Pokemon Masters spoken words we get out of Red from RBGY/FRLG. Here he’s talking to Copy Cat who is…copying every word he says. It’s a funny bit of dialogue that shows despite being a living legend he was still definitely a kid with brutal honesty by calling CopyCat strange. But we get to see he is a polite child as he thanks CopyCat for the TM he get while also still curious as to why CopyCat seems to enjoy mimicking him.
"…?""…?!" -if Red defeats the player in the Pokemon World Tournament In Pokemon Black 2/White 2 When most of us think of Red, we think of the fact that he typically speaks in ellipses. I really liked this set of ellipses from the Pokemon World Tournament as it’s possible for any character to beat the player without forcing a rematch to progress the story. So that means any of the champions can claim victory. In the case of Victory with Red, here he seems to express a bit of shock that he won against Nate/Rosa. This shows a great deal of humility for him because by the time of the second Unova story events, he’s well regarded as a living battle legend.
"...I accept your challenge!" - To Blue before the Pasio Tournament Finals
This was a very touching moment between Red and Blue. Blue was admittedly rashly challenging Red to a battle due to his own insecurities about being a good rival to Red especially given the Pasio format of three on three battles. Normally when Red accepts challenges he does so silently, but here we see him make a verbal acceptance. This is huge because it shows how important Blue is to him. He recognizes Blue still struggles with insecurity in regards to the rivalry and rather than just wordlessly accept a battle, he tells Blue he accepts to show that he acknowledges Blue not just as his best friend, but as his rival. Even when he’s challenged by champions like Leon and Cynthia he is wordless, but with Blue he speaks to affirm the challenge. It speaks volumes about how much Red cares about Blue. Again going back to the RBGY guide book that talks about how Red wants to get his friend back, you can see how Red doesn’t want to lose Blue as a friend again and is willing to verbally affirm Blue, because he recognizes that words of affirmation are a love language to Blue.
"(Blue, Leaf...Let's win this—together!)" - in his head Okay so he didn’t actually speak this out loud but this counts. As they’re preparing for the finals of the Pasio Tournament, you see once again how much Red values his two childhood friends. He doesn’t just want this to be “The Red Show” where he, the living legend, effortlessly takes down the opponents and with all of the glory going to himself. He wants to win it with the help of his friends. This once again shows how sentimental Red is as a person
"Congratulations! You won!"
This is also major in one of the few times he speaks after losing, but also in front of a large audience. Him verbally congratulating Scottie/Bettie and their team for their win shows a high degree of respect that he has for the rookie trainer to be able to lead a team to victory against him and his closest friends. Considering that (despite what team you use against him) the cutscene shows Rosa, Misty and Brock this is also a way of him showing major respect to the first two gym leaders he ever took on when he began his journey in Kanto years ago.
"... ... ... ... ... ... Words are unnecessary!"
I remember seeing this “A Day with Sygna Suit Red” the first time and absolutely dying of laughter when these words were uttered. Red was absolutely trolling Flint and Scottie/Bettie at the moment knowing very few would believe them if they said they heard Red speak. It’s nice to see a more playful side of him that also shows why he, Blue and Leaf all get along so well. They’re all little shits.
Alright I’m going to add a few more quotes from some other characters to give a bit more context to Red’s character
"Red is never satisfied with how strong he is. He's always looking for new ways to grow as a Trainer and bring out the potential of his Pokémon." - Professor Oak
With this quote from Professor Oak, we can see once again how despite how strong Red is he never lets it get to his head. He’s always constantly seeking improvement."With Red, what really stood out to me wasn't that he was strong but that he seemed very gifted as a Trainer." - Brock
Even though it may seem like to some that Red is portrayed as having always been this ultra strong trainer, Brock’s words here show that he had to grow into his strength. Yes he may have had a bit of a knack of battling, but those early victories weren’t flawless. He’s still fallible
"Well, don't go overboard with the tough love, Red." - Blue
To be honest, it was hard to choose a quote from Blue, since he won’t shut up about Red. But I really liked this one from the Neo Champion event. It gives some more fallibility to Red as he doles out tough love to his mentees and Blue cautions him about not overdoing it. "Winning makes you two happier than anyone, while losing makes you the most frustrated. You're both unbelievably straightforward and earnest when it comes to Pokemon" - Blue, again And more quotes from Blue! Here we see him talking to Leon and comparing the two showing how similar they are on a core level. This comparison highlights Red having a straightforward philosophy when it comes to how he interacts with Pokemon and how he deals with battling. It's simple but as we can see from his results it's been very effective in catapulting to the sheer ability and strength he has.
“He’s been battling nonstop, even cutting back on sleep” - Elio That tough love he dealt to his mentees during the Neo Champion event also extends to himself as he pushes himself extremely hard after his close win against Leon in the Arc-Suit story. This tracks with him disappearing for years on Mount Silver to train after becoming the Kanto Champion. This highlights his drive to improve but also his reckless streak. It also shows just how much he respects Leon’s strength as he’s pushed Red to a limit he’s not used to being pushed to. It's also telling that he picks the three trainers (Elio, Rosa and Ethan) who in the mainline games are shown to be able to defeat his team. Once again highlighting Red's continuous strides for improvement.
Red throughout the years has been a powerful icon of the franchise and is in many ways a symbol for how as the generations pass, GameFreak continues to find new ways to explore the potential of the world of Pokemon. He’s a quiet flame filled with endless passion and a bit of recklessness. But above all he’s filled with love, love for Pokemon, the human friends he’s close to and the thrill of battle.
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4t2 - Cozy Cabin Nursery
The file is compressed and contains: → 33 meshes (In the end, after choosing the functional books, there will be 31), being 6 master and 14 slaves (In the end there will be 12); → a collection file; → there are 314 rcs (merged); → one preview; → a preview of the collection; → a text document informing the number of polygons; → a text document informing about master and slave meshes; → a text document informing about objects shiftable; → a text document informing about where to find the objects; → Two functional book folders, which are compatible with BG and FT/AL, where you must choose only one; → Two folders where you must choose the collection file according to your choice of functional book.
They are found in: • Lighting - Ceiling; • Misc. - Children; • Hobby - Knowledge; • Decorative - Curtain; • Decorative - Rug; • Surface - Shelf; • Misc. - Dresser; • Decorative - Picture.
Functional Objects: • Bear Lamp Medium, Short and Tall; • Changing Table; • Children's Books (slave mesh); • Crib - V1 and V2; • Moon Lamp - Invisible; • Shelf (28 slots); • Stack of Books (slave mesh); • Tree Shelf (19 slots).
Obs.1: The moon lamp is an invisible object in live mode and visible in buy/build mode,it is used to illuminate the lower floor when using the tall lamp on the ceiling of the upper floor. After the sim turns on the lamp, it becomes visible, click again in buy/build mode and then return to live mode. The lamp is an edited version by me of Valia's original mesh.
Obs.2: The BG compatible book was cloned from the book by @nixedsims and and the FT/AL compatible book by @tvickiesims
Decorative Objects:• Blankets; • Children's Books (master mesh); • Curtain Medium, Short and Tall; • Lying Bear Toy; • Round Rug; • Sitting Bear Toy; • Stack of Books (master mesh); • Wardrobe; • Wooden Arch Medium, Short and Tall; • Wooden Deco Bear Family; • Wooden Frame Left Medium, Short and Tall; • Wooden Frame Right Medium, Short and Tall; Thanks: → @jacky93sims for teaching and informing me, including a MTS link, about editing Cres to change the object's tiles.
→ @pforestsims for teaching me how to enslaving lamps, making it necessary to edit BHAV and STR.
→ @deatherella for teaching me where editing TXMT to remove the transparency on the back of the curtain frame.
→ @mysimmylicioussims by preview.
Credits: Meshes & Textures by @valiasims
The original file is on the Patreon
Download in my Blog
Obs.: I am only making the merged file available (in fact only the recs are merged), if anyone is interested in the unmerged file, please, contact me And if you encounter any problems, please, also contact me.
Update - 12/01/2025
I remembered that I had forgotten to correct the recolors of the "base" subset of the master lamp, so please, for those who have downloaded it before, download the file from the "Fixed" link and for those who are downloading it for the first time after the update, you can download it in the normal link, as it has been updated. The folder also includes the patched “collection” files.
Fixed
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