#except for luxray. my bad about luxray

[pkmn-glitch]

All the Pokemon I've drawn so far in this format! I just think they're fun to look at together ehe

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(I'm accepting requests for Pokemon via ask, no guarantees I'll draw them though! Thank you to everyone who's sent them so far, I have many backlogged rn :-) )

#PkmnArt #Pokemon #fanart #I am enjoying these very much theyre very quick doodles in my free time #id like to explore them more......but for now theyre just for funsies #and phone wallpaper size! in case someone wants that for some weird reason #except for luxray. my bad about luxray

[nelvana]

A couple months ago now I was fortunate enough to buy a used switch lite from my friend, and even luckier to obtain a copy of Pokemon Scarlet at the local pawn shop at a very reduced price (plus a couple other things but that's not the point rn). So, we go right from the earliest generation of pokemon to the newest back to back, with possibly just as many bugs and glitches, to my gen 9 team!

Team stats and general gameplay info under the cut:

"Nila", Meowscarada, ♀, U-Turn - Play Rough - Flower Trick - Night Slash

"Quaord", Clodsire, ♂, Poison Jab - Earthquake - Liquidation - Megahorn

"Guache", Grafaiai, ♂, Slash - Knock Off - Poison Jab - U-Turn

"Stella", Luxray☆, ♀, Volt Switch - Spark - Crunch - Ice Fang

"Étoile", Pyroar☆, ♀, Flamethrower - Hyper Voice - Swift - Crunch

"Pharle", Farigiraf, ♂, Crunch - Shadow Ball - Twin Beam - Tera Blast

General Playthrough Notes:

Okay look I need to level with you all right off the bat, I don't like the vast majority of the pokemon introduced in gen 9. They feel like such first drafts to me. I normally go into these games with a team plan but this time I literally had two slots missing going in, I just could not think of what to put in there. And I already planned on using two poison-types and two normal-types! Normally I avoid doubling up on types as much as possible! After a bit I used the codes to get a bug-tera mew and a cetitan and was just thinking "I guess they'll be mainstays??"... then I immediately ran into a shiny shinx. Then a shiny litleo. They happened to slot right into the team and I've never been fortunate enough to use shinies in a playthrough (except my soulsilver randomized apocalocke but shhhhh we aren't there yet), so I put them on. But if they hadn't shown up and essentially saved my ass I would have been hard pressed to fill up a team of six (look I literally just used a mew I'm not in a hurry to use it again, at least it's been a couple years since I used luxray in a playthrough).

Anyways, despite all that, I had fun! I knew going in it wouldn't be too difficult and would have its lion's share of glitches, so I was just along for the ride. I like the friend group you form in this game! I like vibing with koraidon as an honorary team member! It's just a pleasant time.

Back to shinies for a moment, overworld shinies without any sound effects to indicate them is evil. I spent so much time staring at groups of pokemon trying to tell if one of them was off-palette. Thankfully, I never ran into any shinies other than the ones I caught.

The raids are neat, though since I don't have Nintendo Online and no frequent enough local players it isn't super interesting with just the npcs. Caught a few neat fellas though, including a steel-tera breloom and a fighting-tera azumarill.

Speaking of, when I first started playing those mewtwo raids were going on and I wanted to participate in them so bad. I barely missed my window, though from what I've heard I wouldn't have stood much of a chance anyway, haha.

I wish there was more post-game other than the raids. I've redone the tournament like half a dozen times now; I wish there was a battle frontier or something. To be fair, I haven't caught all those ruin legends yet; though the one I have caught I managed to get in the first ball, lol.

Do I have the dlc yet? No! I can't just throw around that kind of money willy-nilly. Maybe someday though.

Picnics are really cute though I wish I could pet my pokemon instead of just wash them. Also why can't I sit down on the chairs that are set up around the picnic table??? Still don't really get the sandwich hype, I might mess around with it a bit though, I want to give it a fair shot.

"Hey Nel, why haven't you talked about the Elite Four? You usually start these notes with them?" The E4 is very unremarkable, sorry. I won't bore you by being the billionth person to rag on how Geeta is objectively the worst champion. Also when I rematched all the gym leaders I didn't have to terastilize or heal my pokemon. They were a bit more impressive the first time around tbh. The gym puzzles were neat though!! Except for Tulip's. Fuck her.

Oh yeah, terastilizing is a thing. Mega evolution is still better.

I wanna hang out with my friiiieeeennnds more, both my irl friends and Nemona, Penny, and Arven. It would be so fun to do raids with them or something like that.

Cold take but the uniforms suck I wanna customize my outfit like Nemona, Penny, Arven and Team Star do

(Normally this is where I'd show a screenshot of me finishing the game, but I'm one of the few weirdos who can't use captchas and haven't found another way to transfer files from my switch to other devices. Have a picture of my cat instead; his name is Prince.)

#drawing #art #my art #digital art #pokemon #pokemon scarlet #pokemon scarlet and violet #scarlet #gen 9 #trainer #trainersona #sona #meowscarada #clodsire #grafaiai #luxray #pyroar #farigiraf #koraidon #nelvana speaks #nelvana rambles #nelvana plays #Prince momence

[dbcoatl-art]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Hunters of Ruination

Chapter 3: Spicy Problems, Sweet Solution [13 Pages]

Jin introduces Mila to the rest of the Pokémon in Trueno Village. Some are confident that Mila will help them in their search for George and the "beast of the valley", while others don't trust her. But before a decision can be made, a new, more aggressive adversary appears...and Mila ends up in her first battle!

Happy Thanksgiving Monday!

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Mila followed Jin through the overgrowth as the two backtracked to the clearing where they had left the Scovillain behind. As she took careful pawsteps to avoid tripping over any stray roots or fallen branches, she couldn’t help but wonder how Jin’s uncle would react. Would he be more accepting of her? Or would he end up ousting her as this so-called “beast” terrorizing the valley?

In spite of all, one question still remained in her mind: What was the real beast of the valley…and when would they strike again, if they were still about?

She didn’t notice Jin had stopped until her nose suddenly bumped against his rear leg. She fell back with a squeak, clutching her snout and rubbing it to make sure it wasn’t too badly hurt.

“Why did we stop?” she asked him. “What’s going on?”

Jin put one paw over her mouth to stop her from speaking. Then, with his other paw, he slowly parted the leaves of the brush, allowing her to get a clear view of the scene that lay before her.

She realized that they had returned to the same clearing with the pitfall trap she’d made earlier before, except now there was a crowd of Pokémon gathered around it. About half the group held pitchforks and torches (because why wouldn’t they?) while others were gathered around the pit, pulling on ropes to haul the Scovillain out of the pit. Mila noticed that more ropes were tied around the Scovillain’s two snouts, as well as its legs and torso – probably to keep it from attacking the villagers.

Once the Scovillain was out of the pit and onto the ground, a Dedenne wearing a blue waistcoat and white cravat hopped onto the helpless feral’s back. He was saying something, but unfortunately Mila was too far away to make out the words.

Jin took a deep breath and removed his paw from Mila’s mouth to point at a Luxray standing a few ways off from the crowd. It didn’t seem like he was focused on the feral at all, but rather lost in thought about something else. As he turned his head to the side, Mila squinted to make out two scars that ran across his muzzle, one of them going just underneath his left eye.

“You see that Luxray over there?” Jin whispered to her. “That’s Uncle Volt. And the Gogoat with the daisies on her mane is my Aunt Leif.” He pointed to the aforementioned Gogoat who had just come up to nuzzle the Luxray, perhaps in an effort to calm him down.

“So, what now?” Mila asked, keeping her voice as low as she could.

“First, I need to let Uncle Volt know that I’m okay, and that nothing bad has happened to me,” replied the young Shinx. “When that’s done, I’ll introduce you to the rest of the crowd. I’ll give you a signal to let you know when to do so.”

Mila still wasn’t so sure if Uncle Volt and Aunt Leif would be as accepting to her as Jin was. Besides, she was pretty sure that Volt was a seasoned battler who could easily take her out in one hit, if those scars were anything to go by. And any Grass-type moves she could have on hand would be useless against Aunt Leif, provided Leif had Sap Sipper in the first place.

However, she had to trust Jin, and trust that he was doing the right thing. Once this ordeal was over and done with, she could start worrying about other things…like, where she would stay. Hopefully this village would provide her with some form of hospitality. Maybe she could aid in the search for George, and bring the real beast of the valley to justice.

Taking a deep breath, she nodded. “Alright,” she whispered. “I trust you.”

Jin smiled before jumping out of the bush, dragging his hind paws to cover up Mila’s tracks as he did. Once he was sure his tracks were the only ones that were visible, he scampered over to the mob, calling, “Uncle Volt! Aunt Leif! I’m over here!”

Mila’s ears twitched as she heard Volt call Jin’s name. She peered through the hold in the bush, watching as the Luxray nuzzled Jin on the crown of his head. She fought the urge to giggle at the motion, noticing how uncomfortable it made Jin.

“Thank the guardian you’re safe,” Volt purred. “I was worried sick! What if something had happened to you?” He turned and flicked his tail at the bound feral Scovillain.

“But nothing bad happened to me, see?” Jin spun around. “Not a scratch on me!”

Volt opened his mouth, only for a wiry tail to wrap itself around his foreleg. The Dedenne had hopped off of the Scovillain and had made his way over to the family. “What’s done is done, Voltmire,” he said.

Volt clamped his mouth shut and nodded. The Dedenne smiled as he turned to Jin. “So, boy, were you able to find the beast?”

Jin glanced over at Pacha, noticing a hopeful glint in her eye. He looked down at his paws, hesitant to break the news. “… No,” he replied. “I couldn’t find it… I’m sorry, Mayor Sparky.”

Murmurs of disappointment rippled across the mob. Not only had the most adventurous child in Trueno Village failed to find George, he had also failed to find this so-called beast that kidnapped the little Phanpy.

“B-but I did find someone who might be able to help,” Jin quickly added. “In fact, she’s the one who made that pitfall trap in the first place. She even saved me from that Scovillain!”

Volt blinked with surprise. Mayor Sparky, on the other hand, seemed interested. “Really now?” he said, putting a paw to his chin. “Then why not show us this little rescuer of yours?”

Mila watched intently, digging her claws into the dirt with a nervousness she couldn’t quite explain. She then noticed Jin giving her a side-eye before he flicked his tail. That must be his signal, she thought. She took a deep breath. Here goes nothing!

Slowly, she crept out of the bush, putting one paw ahead of the other as she walked. She made her way across the clearing, aware of the multiple pairs of eyes that were now staring at her with utmost curiosity, until she finally came to a stop near the pitfall trap, on the opposite side of where the villagers were.

The mob looked at her for a moment, most of them bearing faces of curiosity. Some of them hushed out whispers to one another while maintaining eye contact. She couldn’t exactly make out much of the mixed conversations, but she could tell that they at least didn’t think of her as a beast.

She glanced at Jin, noticing that he was beckoning her to come over. Letting out a small smile, she trotted over to his side.

“This is Mila,” Jin told the others. “She’s the one who saved me from that feral Scovillain. She might have some of the qualities that Mrs. Pacha described, but she’s actually a hero!”

“H-hello,” Mila said, shyly waving a paw. She wasn’t entirely sure how to feel about being a hero. All she did was blind the feral Scovillain with rocks and get Jin to a safer place.

She stole a glance at Mayor Sparky. His eyes were closed as he rubbed his chin in thought. The tip of his wiry tail twitched, as did his antenna-like whiskers.

After what seemed like forever, the Dedenne opened his eyes and put his paws on his hips. “Well, she does have them blue eyes, all right,” he finally concluded.

Mila felt her heart drop. If Mayor Sparky ousted her as the beast, that was it. She would be finished for sure.

Luckily, however, Mayor Sparky wasn’t quite finished yet. “However, if what you say is true, then she might be of help to us. After all, if we want to save George, then we can’t afford to turn down a helping hand!” He grinned as a mischievous glint appeared in his eye. “After all, she might grow up to be a mighty fine beauty for you someday, Jin.”

That was enough for both Mila and Jin’s faces to heat up red. “M-Mila isn’t what you think she could be, Mayor,” Jin stammered. “B-besides, I just met her!”

“E-exactly!” Mila agreed, rapidly nodding her head.

Mayor Sparky let out a laugh – a deep guffaw that rumbled from within his belly. “Relax, I’m only joking,” he said with a snort. “But at least we got one more on our side. And if Miss Mila knows how to build traps like that pitfall over there, then surely we might be able to catch that beast!”

The villagers turned to one another, mulling over the mayor’s words. Hope fluttered in Mila’s chest. Things seemed to be going well so far, and Mayor Sparky was even willing to let her aid in the search, even though this was their first meeting.

The clearing of someone’s throat broke into her thoughts, bringing her attention to Volt. Right, she forgot he was still present.

“Mayor Sparky, I do have to commend your commitment to help out this girl,” he said. “But some of us have also known that you can be much too trusting for your own good.”

Mayor Sparky blinked in surprise. “What do you mean? Even my cousin over on the Water Continent took the time to get to know the Heroes of Life before acquainting herself with them.”

Volt’s tail-tip twitched as a look of slight irritation crossed his scarred visage. “Yes, and even after befriending them, she was still wary of any other Pokémon they were acquainted with. Have you forgotten how the second Dark Matter crisis nearly destroyed the world twenty years ago?”

Heroes of Life? Dark Matter crisis? Water Continent? This was all new and confusing information for Mila. Her head felt like it might burst from all this questioning.

“But Uncle Volt,” Jin spoke in protest. “Mila isn’t a bad Pokémon. She doesn’t even remember anything – she told me so.”

“Or maybe she’s faking it, and hiding the fact that she’s actually a spy,” squawked a new voice. Mila turned her head towards a bird Pokémon – one she had not seen before (or had she?) He was covered head to toe with blue feathers bearing black accents, and had a blue-grey beak with talons to match. He glared at her with red eyes accentuated with white markings that could very well act as eyeballs over the black feathers that stretched over his face like a mask.

“Jin,” she whispered to the Shinx. “Who’s that?”

“Niko, the village’s local nutjob,” Jin hissed under his breath. “And he’s what you would call a Corvisquire.” He then glared at the blue bird. “What are you talking about, Niko? What do you mean by spy?”

The Corvisquire, Niko, smirked as he casually sauntered up to quartet, stopping once he was within wing’s reach of Mila. “Well, think about it this way,” he said. “For starters, this girl is a Sprigatito. And it’s pretty common knowledge that one of the few places you can find them is in the Misty Woods, where their so-called queen makes her home.”

“That makes zero sense, Niko!” Jin spat back. “Mila doesn’t even know what the Misty Woods is. She told me so.”

“Or, like I said, she’s probably faking being an amnesiac and trying to earn everyone’s trust so she can scurry on back to the queen. And then, the entire clan will end up staging an attack on our village and take over,” Niko hissed back. He glanced over at Mila, the smirk on his beak growing just a tad larger. “Either way, I’m sure Officer Magnezone will be thrilled to finally have something better to do than boring old paperwork.”

Just like that, Mila’s stomach dropped. She knew Niko was making up the “spy” thing on the spot, and she knew that she didn’t remember anything. She didn’t even know what the Misty Woods were, nor did she know anything about a “queen”.

If only she could tell him what she really was…just get that nagging feeling out there! But she knew she couldn’t. It wasn’t worth the risk. Besides, would anyone believe her? Or would they oust her anyway? And what if it only added fuel to the fire that was Niko’s spy rumour? What would happen then?

A loud roar derailed her train of thought, almost scaring her out of her fur. She whirled around, trying to find the source of the voice.

“What in tarnation was that?” Mayor Sparky demanded. The Dedenne had dropped to all fours, and was also trying to figure out what had caused this untimely interruption.

“Jin, stay close to me,” ordered Volt. Jin wanted to open his mouth in protest, but immediately snapped it shut and did as he was told.

Niko began to take a few steps toward Mila, but a hoof quickly blocked his path, followed by the large body of a Gogoat. Mila instinctively clung to Leif’s leg and watched as Leif gave Niko a glare, forcing the bird to back off (though not without a scowl).

With Niko out of the way, Mila could catch a glimpse of the Scovillain that was still tied up. It seemed to have regained its eyesight, but now both of its heads were swinging wildly in a panic. Muffled whimpers rumbled from within its throats, as if it was afraid of something bigger.

Something worse.

Before she even realized what she was doing, Mila suddenly dashed underneath Leif’s belly, ignoring Leif’s bleat of surprise. She ran over to the feral Scovillain and leaped onto its back. Baring claws and fangs, she began to gnaw and slash away at the ropes that bound the twin-headed Pokémon. Shouts of shock and surprise assaulted her ears, but they were too muddled up for her to pay attention to them as she kept at the ropes.

Eventually, the last of the ropes fell away (save for the ones on the Scovillain’s snouts – there was not a snowball’s chance in the Distortion World Mila was going to let the creature set something on fire for its gratitude). Quick as a flash, the Scovillain rolled onto its feet before suddenly running out of the clearing, disappearing into the thick foliage.

Mayor Sparky scampered over to Mila, who was spitting out bits of the ropes that had clung to her teeth. “Now what did you go and do that for, little missy?” he demanded, despite sounding more confused than outraged.

“Pteh! You probably would have done the same, if you saw the way that Scovillain was panicking,” Mila retorted. “It was obviously frightened by something, and it wanted to run away!”

Mayor Sparky stiffened at the response, but held his ground nonetheless. Throughout his career, he never had anyone dare talk back to him like that, especially not in a situation like this. Yet, here was this stranger telling him off, all while speaking through her heart.

He let out a sigh of frustration and crossed his arms. “While I appreciate the sentiment, the way you acted was reckless,” he scolded her. “You were smart to keep that Scovillain’s snouts tied up, but think about the damage it could have done with its physical body.”

Mila flinched at his words, before looking down at the ground with sadness. She hadn’t even considered the consequences behind that. She was lucky that the Scovillain just straight up fled instead of fighting back. Yet, she knew that if she didn’t do something

In the distance, the squawking and fluttering of various bird Pokémon could be heard as they scattered in the sky. The roaring noise became louder than before. Several trees fell, causing the earth to rumble a bit. But hardly anyone paid much attention.

At least, not until a red blur suddenly bashed through the trunk of a nearby tree, snapping it in half like it was just a toothpick. A green head soon followed suit, letting out a fearsome roar.

“You gotta be kidding me,” whined one villager.

“Another freaking Scovillain?!” yelped another villager.

This seemed to draw attention to this new Scovillain, revealing a pair of glowing ice-blue eyes. It stomped out of the foliage, revealing its heads to be attached to a yellow upper torso with a blue torso underneath. Then, it reared its heads back to let out a deep, deafening roar.

 “Everyone, battle formation!” Mayor Sparky squeaked. “Any families with children, get them out of here!”

At his command, most of the villagers got to work. Mila could only stand there in amazement as some of the villagers escorted their youngsters out of the clearing, while other stayed with Mayor Sparky, forming an arrowhead formation with their mayor at the helm. She tried to take a few steps forward, only for a pair of slender vines to wrap themselves around her and drag her back towards Leif. The Gogoat wasted no time in placing Mila in some kind of black pouch, where she was plopped right next to Jin. She felt the world move as Leif turned and sprinted out of the clearing, Volt following not too far behind.

“Mila, are you alright?” Jin asked. “What even was that anyway?”

“I…”

Another roar interrupted her, and the two popped their heads out of the pouch to find a scene that unfolded. Many of the villagers had descended upon the massive Scovillain. Claws and fangs raked its body, while fire, ice and electricity danced about. The Scovillain let out pained shrieks as it swung its head about in an effort to fight back. The read head spewed fire to try and torch something, while the green head snapped with jaws at anyone who dared to come close.

“Typical Shiny ferals,” Mila heard Volt mutter under his breath.

“What’s wrong with Shiny Pokémon?” Mila asked, causing Volt to jump a little. “Aren’t they supposed to be…y’know, rare? And also harbingers of good luck?”

She wasn’t entirely sure how she knew that. But there was something about that Shiny Scovillain that caused something in her blank slate of a brain to resurface.

Volt looked away for a moment, his tail-tip twitching with nervousness. Mila noticed that the star on the end of his tail seemed to spin at times, while a small needle-like structure protruded from it at odd intervals. Was that her imagination playing tricks on her?

“Y-yes. That’s what most people say,” she finally heard Volt reply. “But Shiny ferals…well, to put it lightly, they are far more aggressive than a normal feral. And they’ll fight for any kind of territory they can get their marks on. It’s best not to engage them, especially when they’re this enraged.”

Mila opened her mouth to say something, but a sudden roar interrupted her. She quickly turned to find a horrifying scene unfold: the Shiny Scovillain’s red head had started spewing flames at the villagers, while the green head spat out some kind of orange powder before swinging around to crunch at them.

“F-fall back!” one of the villagers screamed, as a crowd covered in the orange powder rushed past the quartet.

“Not good!” Volt hissed in distress. “If that Shiny Scovillain gets into the village, there won’t be anything left but ash and spices.”

Leif trotted forward to the scene of the battle, before recoiling with a horrified gasp. “Mayor Sparky!” she exclaimed. “They left Mayor Sparky behind!”

“WHAT?!” Volt roared. “Oh, for the love of… Can’t those idiots be bothered to rub their two brain cells together?!”

Mila and Jin hopped out of the pouch and clambered onto Leif’s horns to get a better look. Both their eyes widened as they saw what Leif was talking about.

Right in the clearing, Mayor Sparky was facing the Shiny Scovillain alone. The formerly-wielded torches and pitchforks lay scattered around him, having either been snapped into splinters or burned to useless piles of firewood. Several clouds of orange powder covered his pristine waistcoat, as well as on the ground surrounding him. Yet, in spite of all, he stood his ground as he bravely squared up the twin-headed beast.

“I’ll admit, yer a pretty gutsy fellow,” he said with a smirk. “But yer luck is about to run out!”

Mila crouched atop Leif’s horns, tail twitching with anticipation at the battle. She wondered what kind of power the Dedenne would hold within his tiny body.

Then, to her amazement, Mayor Sparky opened his mouth as wide as he could. As he did, the singular bucktooth in his mouth began to glow white before elongating and…sharpening? He then charged at the Shiny Scovillain with all the speed he could muster before leaping up high into the air.

“SUPER FANG!” the mayor screeched as he bit hard right between the Shiny Scovillain’s necks. Mila couldn’t help but let out a surprised gasp. Super Fang was a powerful Normal-type move that dealt a great amount of pain to its target! No wonder the Shiny Scovillain was squirming now, screaming as it spewed flames and spices from its maws. Yet, Mayor Sparky held on, refusing to let go as he dug his Super Fang deeper.

Some kind of greenish fluid – almost like blood – began squirting out of the wound, splattering the ground. Mila winced, yet could not bear to look away. Was Mayor Sparky really trying to kill the Shiny Scovillain? Or was he trying to leave enough of a scar as a reminder?

Finally, the green head of the Shiny Scovillain had enough. With one swift movement, it suddenly lunged forward and snapped its jaws around Mayor Sparky’s tail. Then, it yanked the Dedenne off of its body and flung him to the ground, where he bounced once before rolling to a stop.

“Oh no,” Leif whimpered, shrinking back behind the bushes. “Not Mayor Sparky!”

“Only been elected for two months, and this is how it ends?” Volt hissed.

Mila looked between Mayor Sparky and the Shiny Scovillain that was now slowly advancing on him. Greenish blood was pooling the ground beneath the feral’s feet, but it paid no mind to its injury, its icy-blue death glare fixed on the downed mayor. Her claws were sheathed and unsheathed as beads of sweat dripped down her face.

“We have to do something!” Leif whispered urgently to her Luxray husband. “And quickly!”

Mila glanced over at Volt, noticing that the star on his tail-tip was spinning again. This time, she was certain she saw a silvery needle protrude from one of the points. She also thought she saw a purplish fluid leaking out of the needle.

“Don’t worry,” Volt reassured his Gogoat wife. “That two-headed pest won’t know what stabbed it!”

An idea formulated in Mila’s mind. She wasn’t going to stand by and watch.

She was going to help!

In an instant, she leaped off of Leif’s head and sprinted towards Mayor Sparky.

“Mila, NO!” Jin cried out, but his words fell on deafened ears as the Sprigatito dashed through the foliage.

The Shiny Scovillain’s jaws were drawn back in a snarl as it watched Mayor Sparky struggle to his feet. But the impact had weakened him by a margin, and he collapsed on his belly. Panting, he looked up at the two faces of the creature.

Right in the two faces of death itself. One, red as a Tamato Berry, letting loose sparks for a devastating Flamethrower. The other, green as a Rabuta Berry, hissing out orange clouds in preparation for a Spicy Extract.

Yet, he wasn’t afraid. He had always been a fighter to the bitter end. If this was how his run as mayor was going to end, then so be it!

He sighed as he closed his eyes. “Do your worst, monster,” he whispered.

The green head roared as it lunged forward…

…only for a pair of tiny, green forepaws grab its jaws, interrupting it mid-attack.

Mayor Sparky opened his eyes and gasped at what he saw.

Standing right in front of him was Mila. She grunted as she gripped the Shiny Scovillain’s green jaws with all the strength she could muster.

“Leave…him…alone!” she hissed.

Before the Shiny Scovillain could properly react to this new adversary, Mila quickly unsheathed her claws and raked them hard on the green snout. The green head shrieked in pain as it reared its head back, scattering droplets of green blood.

Mila stepped back towards Mayor Sparky, looking back to find him staring at her in awe. She then returned her focus to the Shiny Scovillain, watching as the green head continued to thrash about in pain while the red head glowered down at her.

She took a deep breath and began to assess the situation at hand.

OK, so I’m a Sprigatito. That would make me a Grass-type Pokémon, she thought. What’s a basic Grass-type move a Sprigatito would know? Razor Leaf? Leafage? Vine Whip? Absorb?

The Shiny Scovillain’s red head glowered down at her, fiery sparks shooting out of its maw.

Now or never, she thought. She arched her back. “GO!” she shouted, hoping to unleash her first move.

Nothing happened.

The Shiny Scovillain’s red head smirked amidst its fiery sparks before launching a jet of red-yellow flames at Mila. She yelped as she leaped backward, all the while internally cursing whoever decided to make her a Grass-type.

How did Pokémon unleash their moves, she thought frantically. There must be some kind of special trait in their biology that let them use their moves!

She charged forward and arched her back again. She grunted, trying to use something, anything, to at least send the feral retreating. She didn’t care how low-level the move was, just as long as it was a move!

A forepaw grabbed hold of her flank, nearly causing her to jump. She glanced back to find Mayor Sparky, on his feet and holding onto her like she was his support. He grinned as he nodded at her, despite his injuries.

“Concentrate,” he told her. “Think of what your heart wants…and then, unleash that energy.”

Think of what…my heart wants? Mila thought, confused. She wanted to ask what Mayor Sparky meant by that, but the Shiny Scovillain roared again. It looked like she was going to have to find out for herself right away.

Mila took a deep breath and she put one hind paw back and one forepaw forward. She concentrated as much as she could, putting all of her thoughts straight to her heart.

Almost immediately, the dark green ruff on her neck began to glow a brighter shade. Before she knew it, a flurry of glowing green leaves shot forward at the Shiny Scovillain, scoring a direct hit right on its belly. The Shiny Scovillain roared as it staggered back, caught off-guard.

Mila’s eyes widened with surprise. “What…how…?” She looked down at her ruff, realizing that it was still glowing.

“Nice use of Leafage there, missy,” Mayor Sparky chuckled beside her. “Told ya it would happen if you just listened to yer heart!”

Mila looked down at her ruff again, brushing a forepaw against it. Was that all it took to use my moves, she thought. Because I listened to my heart? Was that what Mayor Sparky meant by “thinking about what my heart wanted?”

She looked down at her paws as realization settled in. If that was a Leafage attack, and all I had to do to unleash it was to think about what my heart wanted…then it is true, she thought. I really did become a Pokémon!

She grinned, feeling a surge of confidence flood her body. “I just did Leafage,” she yowled. “I just did Leafage!”

A loud roar interrupted her, bringing her attention back to the Shiny Scovillain. The feral had just recovered from the surprise Leafage, and was now towering over her and Mayor Sparky. More fiery sparks gathered around the jaws of its read head while the scarred green head began hacking up small orange clouds.

Right. Got that thing to focus on, she thought with a slight wince. At least I have something to hurt it now. And if it worked once, then surely it could work again!

“Leafage!” Mila cried, sending out another flurry of glowing green leaves. This time, however, the Shiny Scovillain was ready. The red head quickly spewed out a Flamethrower that torched the leaves, burning them to mere cinders.

Mila winced as a sweat drop rolled down the side of her head. “Right…Grass doesn’t work against Fire,” she groaned.

Before she could retaliate, the green head reared back before spitting out a cloud of orange spores at her. Mila coughed and hacked as it made contact with her fur.

“Guh!” she hissed, spitting out some of the spores that had gotten onto her tongue. “What is this stuff? And why does it taste so…spicy?”

“That’s Spicy Extract,” Mayor Sparky replied, gagging at the spices. His face was covered in more of that orange powder that had gotten onto him. “Greatly strengthens your attack power, but also weakens your defense significantly. That’s how it almost got me.”

Wait.

Did he just say it “greatly strengthened her attack power?”

Did that mean her Leafage could be boosted?

Did that mean she had a clearer shot?

Before she could ask, she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. A glint of a small needle, connected to a star-tipped tail. A pair of glowing yellow eyes from within the foliage.

Uncle Volt was in position, ready to strike with whatever he had planned.

A rush of determination swept through her. Whatever Volt was planning, he was going to need her help. And help she would!

She took a deep breath as she kneaded her forepaws together, allowing the scent of morning dew on mint leaves to overtake her senses. She had to do this. She had to finish this fight, no matter what!

She looked up at the Shiny Scovillain, noticing that the feral two-headed Pokémon seemed to be mesmerized by the scent. The fiery sparks in its red maw were beginning to die down, while the green head appeared to be nodding off. She looked down at her forepaws. Was this her doing?

She noticed the Shiny Scovillain sway from side to side, struggling to resist the sweet scent. Mila saw her chance. She stopped kneading and leaped forward, the ruff on her neck glowing again. She hoped that the attack boost from the Spicy Extract would deal some more damage to it.

“LEAFAGE!” she yowled. Almost immediately, a bigger flurry of green leaves shot forward from her ruff. The leaves swirled around the Shiny Scovillain, slicing through it like a thousand knives before eventually ending their trajectory right at its stomach.

The Shiny Scovillain roared in pain as staggered even further. It shook its two heads, realizing that it had been duped. It reared its heads back, preparing for one last attack. Mila braced herself for the inevitable.

But nothing happened. Not a Flamethrower, nor a Spicy Extract.

Mila opened her eyes and found the Shiny Scovillain standing stiff as a statue. It lurched forward before collapsing on its belly, out cold. A small stab wound was on its back, with some sort of purple fluid leaking out of it.

“Phew! Thank the guardian that actually worked.”

Mila looked up to find Volt standing behind the Shiny Scovillain. A purple fluid dripped from the needle that sat upon his star-tipped tail. As for the Luxray himself, he seemed both relieved and a little stressed.

Volt noticed Mila standing before him, mouth agape. Sighing, he retracted the needle back into the tail-tip before bounding over to her and Mayor Sparky. “Are you two alright?”

“I am, thanks to Miss Mila over here,” Mayor Sparky replied with a chuckle.

Volt breathed a sigh of relief before turning to Mila. “Mila, what on Earth were you thinking,” he scolded. “You could have gotten yourself killed!”

Mila’s ears flattened as she looked down with guilt. In her haste to save Mayor Sparky from the Shiny Scovillain, she seemed to have abandoned all sense of self-preservation. And if Volt hadn’t stopped that Shiny Scovillain in time…she didn’t want to think about that!

“No matter,” Volt went on. “What’s done is done.” He then turned around and began to make his way through the foliage, Mayor Sparky following close behind.

Mila looked back at the Shiny Scovillain, only to do a double-take as she noticed that its eyes weren’t blue anymore, but a deep black.

Odd.

She wondered what could have happened.

“Mila!”

Mila’s ears twitched at the sound of Volt’s voice, drawing her attention back to the Luxray as he stepped back into the clearing once again.

“Are you just going to stand there all day…” he asked. A soft grin then appeared on his face. “Or are you coming with us?”

Mila blinked in surprise. “Wait, really?” she said. “I-I can… I-I can c-come…with you?”

Volt’s smile grew bigger. “Of course,” he replied. “You helped my nephew in a pinch. It’s only natural I do something to return the favour.”

Mila looked beyond the clearing, recalling today’s events. Meeting Jin, saving him from a feral Scovillain, learning her first move, experiencing her first battle…she couldn’t believe all that had happened within the span of a single day. And yet, it felt like she somehow belonged here, like there was a place for her.

Besides, how could she waste an opportunity like this? It would at least help her get acquainted with some of the Pokémon living here. She slowly got to her paws and smiled back at Volt. “Then, I accept your offer,” she answered.

#cyber art #cyber drabble #Mila the Sprigatito #Sprigatito #Scovillain #Pokemon #Pokemon Mystery Dungeon #PMD Hunters of Ruination #artists on tumblr #writers on tumblr #tw blood #eh sort of since I'm not sure how Scovillain would bleed #I tried avoiding the standard red colour since it's a plant with peppers for heads #so I thought about pepper juices for the thing

[cybers-sillyzone]

*im bored so in honor of hero partner week coming up next month and me INTENDING to participate i figured id write a bit about my silly guys;;;;

*i think its really obvious that some of these guys are more developed than others.... i tend to develop them more on replays, so the more i've played a pmd game, the more developed the hero/partner are

*cw lesbians.... /j sprite credit

Rescue Team - Team Fire Coral -

Orchid the Blaziken:

| + | She/He | + | Bigender Lesbian | + | ❤️ Seaslug

Spunky, protective, adventurous, and hot-headed. She often charges right into things on a whim and without thinking them through. His hot-headedness leads him to be fairly aggressive at times. She's also rather stubborn, often holding grudges and being completely set in her ways. The only Pokemon he was really able to fully forgive, out of everyone, was Gengar. She didn't fully forgive the town for sending her and her partner into exile, they knew Gengar was bad news, but they still believed him. Gengar on the other hand, after the events of Murky Cave, she began to see more as a mischievous kid rather than some completely evil monster. She adopted him as an 'honary member of Team Fire Coral.'

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Seaslug the Wartortle:

| + | They/She/He | + | Genderfluid Lesbian | + | ❤️ Orchid

Pretty similar to Orchid in personality, just much more introverted than her. They're also a bit of a hot-head, but has a much easier time letting go than their partner, being able to forgive pretty much every, except for Ninetales though, both Seaslug and Orchid have their problems with her. They're incredibly supportive of their girlfriend, no matter what. Believing that her hot headed and stubborn was doesn't make her a bad Pokemon.

Explorers - Team Fragment -

Najia the Delcatty:

| + | She/It/They | + | Polyamorous Lesbian | + | ❤️ Aether, Spinda

Rather mischievous with a fascination for mixology and witchcraft. They're not too crazy about exploring, but they still enjoys it and spending time with the Guild Members. She's Aether's #1 supporter and will do anything to make her happy. Also pretty charismatic, managing to convince Celebi to let Grovyle and Dusknoir visit the past whenever they please. And whenever they do visit, it makes sure to have a prank to play on them at the ready. On hard days, it sneaks out into Spinda's Cafe to down some Pokemon wine. Spinda often lets them vent to them about whatever's troubling them. Also still very bitter about Navy ( Manaphy ) being taken away from her due to past mommy issues. Oops

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Aether the Luxray:

| + | She/They | + | Girlflux Biromantic | + | ❤️ Najia, Spinda

She's timid, easily startled, and self-deprecating. Despite this, she's very determined to achieve her dream of becoming an explorer. Najia helped Aether get over her fears, though her anxiety is still a problem for her in her day-to-day life, but she's come to terms with that, and she's fine with that. She knows she has Najia, Spinda, and her friends to help her whenever she needs, and that's all that matters to her. Aether became friends with Team Skull in the year that Najia was gone. Najia was hesitant to trust them at first, but ultimately came around. Aether still vividly remembers the day Najia disappeared, and occasionally has nightmares where she disappears again. But Najia is always there to comfort her after them.

Gates to Infinity - Team Hope -

Raja the Axew/Zorua Hybrid:

| + | She/They | + | Demigirl Lesbian | + | ❤️ Virizion

Mischievous and really damn smart. Tends to act like a know-it-all for the fun of it, in fact she does most things for the fun of it. Often considering saying or doing pretty rude or dumb things soley to see what happens. Though, their sensible, smart side prevents them from doing it. Unlike in Mako's exact wish, she wasn't able to freely travel between the human world and Pokemon world. Instead being stuck in the Pokemon world. Mako apologized, but she insisted that it was fine. Unlike the other heroes, she remembers her human life with near perfect clarity. She seems awfully reluctant to talk about it, though. She also never quite forgave Munna & the others or Kyurem. Especially Kyruem, who attacked her out of the blue, leading to her loosing an eye and permanently breaking a leg.

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Mako the Oshawott:

| + | He/They | + | Demiboy Gay

He initially started out as a careless, distrusting guy due to the nature of their world. Due to the rarity of shiny Pokemon, he was often treated as a 'good luck token' instead of an actual Pokemon with thoughts and feelings. He eventually realized his old 'friends' were just manipulating him, and swore to never let himself be used again. He ran away from his old home, running into Raja along the way. He initially bought the land to be his paradise, but he slowly began to warm up to his friends. Though, they didn't formally apologize for treating them poorly until after he was kidnapped by Munna, where he began to doubt Raja would come save him due to how horrible he was to her. But, when she and Hydreigon came through, he realized that Raja and the others really did care about him the whole time. Apologizing for everything when he returned to Paradise. From then on, he dropped his persona and let the others see his more goofy, laid-back, and righteous side. He also never got a scallop like other Oshawotts, instead being given one by Raja the night after she rescued him from Munna.

Super Mystery Dungeon - Team Dreamscape -

Ember the Fennekin:

| + | She/Xe/Any | + | Genderqueer Lesbian | + | ❤️ Fern

Once she first arrived in the Pokemon world, Ember was incredibly rude and distrusting of everyone. Though, she did still have morals and a sense of justice. Often agreeing to help Pokemon due to moral obligations or an obvious wrong needing to be righted. Though as time goes on, Ember would only increasingly warm up to Fern, showing her to be not some ruthless bully, but a sarcastic nerd who was scared to hurt herself by becoming loosing a good friends, so she chose to not make any friends. She revealed her fixations on herbology, medicine, and astrology, often nerding out to Fern about cool plants she found. After the post-game, Ember reveals that exploring isn't really what she wants. After everything, she just wants to go back to Serene Village with Nuzleaf, with the excitement of Lively Town and Expedition Society being a little too overwhelming for her at the time. She wanted to go back to school and learn how to become a doctor. Though to her surprise, Fern completely understood. So, she moved back, but not without making Fern promise to visit often.

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Fern the Snivy:

| + | She/Her | + | Trans Lesbian | + | ❤️ Ember

The silliest silly to ever silly. She's profusely optimistic and extroverted. She doesn't really notice or care if others are upset with her, except for Ember, in which case she'll make up for whatever upset her as soon as possible. While Fern helped Ember to open up and learn that its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved, Ember helped Fern learn that being reckless isn't always that good. It's okay to be a little reckless, but if you're too reckless, you could end up getting others hurt in the process. She also helped her to learn to be a bit more considerate of others feelings, some people prefer to have some peace and alone time, and that's okay. They're still friends even if they don't hang out or talk every day. When Ember told her that she wanted to return to Serene Village, Fern was initially hurt, but remembered what Ember helped teach her. It was okay for Ember to have a different dream then her, her moving back to Serene Village didn't mean they'd never see each other again, because they would. They could visit each other at almost any time. Plus, they were good friends with a Talonflame named Flametail, who agreed to help them send each other letters. If anything, Fern was incredibly happy. Ember fully opened up to her, she trusted Fern to not get upset with her when she told her about wanting to move back. The old Ember would've never done that, she would've kept making herself miserable.

#📝.cybers writing #pmd #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd eos #pmd explorers #explorers of sky #explorers of time #explorers of darkness #pmd rtdx #pmd rescue team #rescue team deluxe #red rescue team #blue rescue team #gates to infinity #pmd gti #pmd gates #psmd #pmd super #pokemon super mystery dungeon #blaziken #wartortle #delcatty #luxray #axew #oshawott #snivy #fennekin #pmd oc #oc

[pofatrgwf]

Chapter 17 - 99 Problems... A Meteor Sure Is One.

Summary: Another meteor? Kinda weird how the bad stuff the main characters have already faced are happening again. Pretty suspicious, to be honest. Wonder what that's about.

"So… problem solved, right?"

They all felt that the whole situation with Axe would have constituted a 'catastrophe', so the group of teams assumed that everything was fine now. Everything was not , in fact, fine.

The Xatu of Treasure Town came running to the group holding a letter. "IJUSTGOTALETTERFROMMYBROTHERANDHESAIDTHATTHERESAMETEORCOMINGANDITSGONNAHITUSANDWEREALLGONNAD-"

Josh slapped Xatu in the face. "Dude, slow down."

The group could only make out a few words of what Xatu said. They all started talking amongst themselves, and it was hard to tell who was saying what.

"Did he say 'meteor'?!? "

"It's gonna hit here?!?"

"Not again…"

"What do you mean 'again'?!?"

"Why don't we just… evacuate everyone?"

"What if the meteor's big enough to kill everyone, though?"

"Wait, didn't you guys blow up a meteor before, just do that again!"

"We got help for that, we didn't do it ourselves, you know."

"We're all doomed…"

Kilo cleared his throat. " Ahem . It's just a meteor, no big deal. Could be worse. At least the Sun's not blowing up again, that was such a pain. Anyway, we just need to… y'know…" He then grabbed an imaginary meteor, moved it to the side, then did some punching motions.

"You want to… move the meteor… then PUNCH it??" Nero asked, completely baffled.

"The punching's optional, it just makes me feel better. In my experience though, relocating meteors is not that hard." Kilo said. "Just gotta tele… Oh. Right. "

"I'm sorry, were you about to say 'teleport' ? You wanted to TELEPORT the meteor away?"

"I just remembered that I can't do that anymore. Sorry. You guys wouldn't happen to know anyone who could teleport meteors a few light years away, right?"

Nero turned to Pyra. "Albatross?" Pyra nodded and said "Allegedly."

"You know an albatross that can allegedly teleport the meteor away?" Kilo asked. "Okay, ask them, then!"

"Wait, he's on another continent, how are we gonna ask him?" Pyra pointed out.

"Oh, another continent? Easy! Just-" Kilo cut himself off before realizing. "Right. I forgot again."

Josh's voice came from behind Kilo, startling him and making him almost punt Josh accidentally. "Hydreigon can appear on the planet anywhere instantly, where is this alba-whatever guy?"

"Okay, his name is actually Alakazam, we just like to call him anything but that. He's in the Air Continent, Pokemon Square…" And then Nero proceeded to completely dox Alakazam, and also adding information that wasn't really necessary.

Hydreigon then just vanished. Instantly. Absolutely popped out of existence. It really surprised everyone (except Josh and Johmathoscalomew, who were used to it). A minute later, Hydreigon spontaneously appeared. Along with Alakazam.

"You have the Teleport Gem for a reason," Alakazam said, very annoyed. "Use it." He then teleported away.

Nero and Pyra had completely forgotten that they had the Teleport Gem, since they literally only ever used it twice. After digging around in his bag, Nero pulled out the gem.

"Alright, let's go bother Rayquaza again. You all coming with?"

Everyone (except Xatu, who just went back to his shop) agreed to go. All… nineteen of them. There were nineteen of them now. Half were from Josh's team.

In fact, it would be a good idea to go over who exactly was there, grouped by teams.

Nero (Blastoise) and Pyra (Blaziken) from the Air Continent.

Sky (Lucario) and Phos (Luxray) from the Grass Continent.

Josh (Oshawott), Johmathoscalomew (Snivy), Hydreigon, Emolga, Dunsparce, Virizion, Keldeo, Espeon, and Umbreon from the Mist Continent.

Sierra (Zangoose), Kilo (Toxtricity), Delta (Lairon), and Uni (Swampert) from the Grass Continent.

Axe (Haxorus) from… somewhere… and Obsidian (Quilava) from the Grass Continent.

The nineteen Pokemon appeared at the base of Sky Tower. Even though traveling as one giant group would be very inconvenient, Sky Tower only has one path to the top, so splitting up into their respective teams would be useless. They all went inside the tower to begin their climb.

#pofatrgwf #the power of family and this random guy we found #pmd #pokemon mystery dungeon #long post #chapter 17

[renardtrickster]

Hot take: Fascists absolutely deserve to not only get deplatformed, but also killed so that they don't spread their harmful ideas around. The only good fascist is a dead fascist. And anyone who disagrees is a fascist sympathizer.

I do agree that deplatforming is pretty okay. Not only because most fascist rhetoric, talking points, discussion, etc., violate the Terms of Service of most self-respecting websites, so it's 100% within the rights of the website to remove and ban them. But because removing fascists removes their capability to do harm. I've seen some people worry that banning fascists would have far-reaching, negative effects, but I disagree.

By banning fascists from mainstream social media platforms, they'll be forced into their own private circles, which makes them hard to monitor. To this, I say "good". They'll be forced onto 4chan (full of shitposters and feds) or their own platforms which I don't think they're dedicated to do on a grand scale (Parler was the exception but it's dead now). It effectively removes their voice, which doesn't mean they whisper now, so they’ll engage in secret plots we can’t predict or act to prevent, it means they speak hoarsely now.

By banning fascists, we basically burn books and will never learn from our their mistakes, which ironically opens ourselves to fascism. This isn't how this works. You can learn that slavery was bad without having to give Neo-Confederates platforms. Not to mention, some fascists actually get documented before the boot. I remember two videos made by open fascists that are gone now, but videos still exists dissecting them and pointing out how they're not only bad, but wrong. So we still retain the ability to learn from their stupidity without letting them have an audience.

By banning fascists, slippery slopes they come for you next first they came for the etcetera etcetera. Conservatives love pulling out the fantasy that as soon as you make it internet illegal to say the n-word, they'll make it internet illegal to say anything bad about an individual black person ever (leftists already talk shit about individual black people, Candace Owens is not particularly well-liked), and then you won't be able to say anything. One fresh dose of basic familiarity with reality affirms this is not the case and never will be.

The big one. By banning fascists, you make fascism a "forbidden fruit". So you essentially create the next generation of fascists. Well, the opposite is true. By revoking fascists of their platforms, you sever their ability to recruit and indoctrinate. They can no longer spread their fearmongering and messages of hatred as wide as they once could, which cuts off their ability to convince old people and young people with no critical thinking skills (or perspective) who passively absorb what is essentially propaganda. Yes, they would still be there for people who really want to dig deep for their daily dose of fascism, but it will only be those people, and not the twelve year-olds who just discovered triggered feminist compilations, and not your grandparents.

But I'm gonna have to cut you off there chief. To me at least, the best kind of fascist is an ex-fascist, and dead fascists are more likely to be ex-fashies who never got the chance rather than the irredeemably evil and stupid. And both of those exist. Ben Shapiro is probably gone forever, there's nothing in that head anymore. But do you remember Lena Luxray? The anti-SJW blogger who came out as an anti-semite? She's not like that anymore! Officially ex-nazi. And that's good, because I kind of knew her and would definitely take "she's not a fascist anymore" over "she died like she lived, as a nazi" because the latter is kind of depressing. And in general there's a lot of people who honestly don't deserve death. Consequences, yes, but if reform is possible, I'd prefer that. Not only is it the ethical and moral (and optically good) option, but it's useful. To defeat your enemy, you must know your enemy, and who knows the enemy better than former enemies? Being the subject of indoctrination makes you that much more of an expert on indoctrination, which is an assist when it comes to preventing and deconstructing it.

That's my true and honest opinion, and I hope holding onto that opinion doesn’t make me a fascist sympathizer.

#now using violence is a different question entirely and i'd have to think about that but either way it's an entirely different topic #kill fascists in self defense though #infoxicated #oh no renardie is posting #Anonymous #ask and receive

[popculturebuffet]

Scotrospective: Scott Pilgrim Vs the World (The Comic)

Hello, Hello, Hello scottaholics! And what a beautiful day it is: After decades lost in the lost woods, at least it had that catchy tune to keep it company, Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: The Game is FINALLY back and performing for you on all platforms!

Even Stadia, the platform most likely to disappear like this game did for a while! Cheap shots at the stadia aside as a huge fan of the franchise as a whole and of this game who played it back on the 360, and had since sold said 360 so I had no way to get it back or ever play the dlc packs. Seriously who didn’t want to play wallace but never got to? Everyone, everyone is the answer. But with those the entirety of what I consider to be the main cast is playable, it has online so you can beat up hipsters, guys in costumes and robots with your friends, it’s a good damn feeling.  And since i’m in a celebratory mood, naturally i’m also feeling like a review. And since it just so happens the next volume up in my look at the comics is Vs the World, seriously I planned this review for this month without thinking to have it come out on the same day as the game until a week or two in, I felt there was no better way to celebrate the biggest day for Scott Pilgrim fans in some time.. and for Brian Lee O Malley as he’ll stop getting twitter asks about it. So with all the exposition taken care of LAST TIME, and the link right there if your curious, we can jump right in. On with the show!

After our opening titles, and yes this comic has opening titles, with Ramona sitting solmely in the rain. 

And Scott caught in the title. The rain shot is real pretty by the way. But yeah once we get past those we’re taken back 7 years ago. Finn found out his father was an asshole, and voiced by Stephen Root so hey you take the good with the bad, Steven just learned the horrifying truth about Gem Monsters, Guardians of the Galaxy saved the MCU and I was trying to find work after college.. wait... sorry sorry that was 7 years ago from THIS year. The comic came out in 2005, though the comic takes place on a sliding timescale where only like 2 years pass so I dunno when this is. Let’s just say 98.  Okay so 1998: Bill Cllinton’s sex scandal breaks, and puts way too much of hte blame on the young intern whose life came to be defined by one stupid mistake she made with a man who was way older and should’ve known better, the tide of the Monday Night War turned in favor of the WWF as Stone Cold Steve Austin became a household name, and it was an utterly standup year for video game relaases with Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, StarCraft, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, WWF: War Zone, Pokemon Stadium, Spyro The Dragon, Pokemon Yellow, WarioLand 2, Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Pokemon: Trading Card Game and Sonic Adventure. It’s like someone took a good chunk of my childhood and squeezed it into one year holy shit, I did not expect this when looking up what came out in 98. 

And while the movie pool wasn't’ quite this amazing, we still had The Wedding Singer, The Big Lebowski, the dude abides, Batman and Mr Freeze: SubZero, The Truman Show, Mulan, the good one not the one made near concetration camps that makes her into a demigod, Saving Private Ryan, Blade, Simon Birch, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, Rushmore, Bride of Chucky, HalloweenTown, Plesantville, and the Prince of Egypt. And in music Weird Al changed from his first signature look to his second, getting Lasik and growing out his hair. Seirously had no idea that was this year. Good to know. Also Elton John got his knighthood. Super shooters. I could go on with 1998 triva for days but I cannot go on for 8 weeks so let’s get to the point here.. during alllla this  Scott Pilgrim, age 16, was starting St. John’s Catholic School and a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble. . by threatning to beat him up for no real reason. A fight insues and we cut to the principal’s office as Scott’s still a minor and not allowed to get into death fights just yet under the people’s freedom of choices and voices act. 

It’s here he meets Lisa Miler, a peppy and sarcastic blonde, who’s intrigued by the fact Scott somehow got beat up after being here just 15 minutes and wants to be friends. Naturally for scott next we see him he’s busy playing video games, and annoyed someone else is around and wondering who this person whose now in his basement is. God no wonder teenage me related to him. So for the next few pages we see their friendship in time lapse: Lisa joins him at lunch, then geninely wonders since Scott’s Untentionally a dick if he hates her.. it’s part of why I think Scott has some form of autisim. And not just because I tend to belivie a character is on the spectrum all the damn time, it’s because of the way he acts: while he is nice and charming at times.. he also clearly has trouble relating to people or realizing how his actions effect them and as seen here in a younger form can often be compeltely distanced from normal social queues, not getting how his actions might be seen until Lisa outright talks to him about it. I mean.. it’s not a huge stretch, and it dosen’t mean he’s nto responsible for his own actions, but it does EXPLAIN a lot of them better: why he just sorta forgets about Knives post-ramona but at the same time still cares enough he dosen’t want to hurt her despite you know, that ship sailing just by having moved on. 

But now the two are friends and his parents, who we meet for the first time and sister inquire about her being his girlfirned.. and by next jumpcut his parents apparently don’t want him hanging out with girls? What exactly the fuck? Also they mention Laurence, Scott’s brother whose missing for most of the books and has no real payoff for not being around. Next cut we get KIM!

Thank you Prissy. And she’s.. not all that different, assuming, correctly that their partner project, how she meets scott will just result in her doing all the work.. which not only is how these things usually went when I was in high school a decade later, but reminds me of the time me and my friends curtis and justin were put on a project and when asked who the alied powers were, guessed “Germany?”.... you can understand my fear. And also Curtis punching him for getting nothing done.. and not hard or brutally mind you just once quick in the gut and with full warning. Ah... the adaquate old days. 

So back to Lisa as, since Scott’s Mom has a guitar.. a fact I.. never honestly thought about. Seriously I never realized her children, since the Bass Scott has for most of the books is Laurence’s, getting into music was probably due to her. Also Lisa makes her case for WHY be a band: the school has a regular event called Lunchapalooza, where everyone goes to and since by teen logic, just being in a band is automiacally cool, she figures they can jump from not QUITE being in any cliques to being super cool. Which honestly yeah... while I didn’t know any bands in high school, the fact one of my friends, ironically named Scott, was a DJ automatically made him pretty damn cool once he got past his awkard phase. I never got past mine but somehow was loved by all except that one douchey kid in our group who mocked me for naming my Luxray kim, assuming it was based on Kim possible and not Kim Pine... though frankly how that’s an insult when Kim Possible was a fucking awesome show and character is beyond me but he was just 17 and also a douchebag, it didn’t have to make since it just had to piss off the easily pissed off kid with aspergers. So Scott poses how they can be a band with just their guitars and Lisa concedes drums WOULD help.. I mean it’s what MADE Shallow Gravy. 

So while Kim wonders if Scott is dating Lisa, because teenagers don’t really get girls and boys can be friends without wanting to be together, though not often as teenage boy brains can be rather stupid and horny... can confrim from personal experince. So it becomes clear Scott has a thing for Kim, and when Scott tries broaching it with Lisa she dosen’t take it well and he backpedals to asking her to be her drummer and plans to monday, proving Scott has somehow not gotten better at reading women, or anyone after 7 years. Can relate. 

So yeah he decides to ask Monday, same day as their presentation.. and thankfully missed the bus as he arrives to find the Benvy Tech boys came in, took everyone out and abducted Kim. Because yeah, just in case you were wondering Scott’s life was always like this.. or was it? Questions for later. So one Canadian Version of River City Ransom later, Scott’s made his way to simon... who, since most of you have probably seen the movie or art of the movie.. looks an AWFUL lot like Gideon. Hrmmm. Simon is naturally the final boss here and wonders if this is the best St. Joels can muster. Scott quips back as only Scott can. 

So cue an unsuprisingly awesome actoin sequence. IT’s part of why I love these color editions: While they already LOOKED thoroughly fantastic the added colors really help the series shonen manga meets old school video game vibe REALLY fucking pop. So Simon pleads mercy which like Scott delivering a good quip.. should’ve really been a red flag to younger me and is foreshadowing for later in case I was too subtle. He then does what any noble hero would do.. kicks simon into the sunset, tells Kim how he feels and asks her to play drums. They then make out. Awwww. 

Lisa suprisingly takes it well as the next montage shows.. granted we’ll learn in Feburary she wasn’t QUITE as over scott as it seemed, but the three, along with a friend of Lisa’s whose name I forgot and who DOSEN’T come back so I’m not going to bother learning, form their own friend group, Scott and Kim get an A, and Scott, Kim and Lisa’s band is dubbed sonic and knuckles, which is an objectively awesome band name. Something the series really does great: Video Game Based Band Names. Crash and the Boys, Sex Bomb-Omb, Clash at the Demonhead... we need more bands like this in the real world dammit. So then they play their big game, the two loose their vrigniity.. and then Kim asks scott “your moving to tornoto?” And.. for now.. that’s that. 

While the framing of that will be VERY important in the last volume, as notice how KIM’S the one who brings it up and it’s not explicitly stated scott actually told her, this flasback is great. While it does contribute to the volume’s drifty pacing, more  on that as we go, it brilliantly sets up a LOT of stuff for later, paticuarlly Lisa who I assumed wouldn’t be back and younger me’s jaw fucking DROPPED when she popped up in Volume 4. Granted i’m spoiling that suprise for you now but odds are most of you reading this have either alreaddy read these or were probably wondering if the girl from the animated short ever had any actual relevance in the books. So yes, yes she does. She’s also the pink haired girl you see pop up in the game in the background, as a nod to O’Malley’s comic strip style which had her and Kim as the leads.  Also yeah for fans of the game or movie or even the comics who were unaware.. this prologue got an animated adaption on adult swim to promote the movie. Naturally Micheal Cera and Allison Pill reprised their roles as Scott and Kim, with Mae Whitman voicing lisa.. and honestly being perfect for the roll, and Jason Schrwartzman voicing Simon naturally. While the animation is slightly limited, it still looks decent and expertly translates O’Malley’s art, while sliming things down slightly where needed to fit a short, and the anmation takes a huge bump for the fight scene which like the comic is short but awesome. While it has no real bearing on the film as Kim’s former relationship with Scott never really comes up or has any impact, as the Film while good was based primarily on volumes 1-3 with small pieces of 4 (paticuarlly the iconic “Lesbians gag”), with Wright working off outlines and drafts of 5 and 6, so the last half hour or so is mostly Wright’s invention. 

Not a bad thing as it’s still awesome and not o’malley’s fault but it means kim dosen’t get to do much, and is a big reason why I want an adaptation on netflix or hbo max. While i’d still want changes both because there’s no sense doing an adaptation if your not going to make some tweaks of your own and because it’d be intresting to update the series to modern day, both in societal conventions and so everyone stops saying the r word. Seirously the most telling sign of the series age is that word showing up quite a bit during the first half of the series. Point is there is merit in doing another remix of the story and doing a longer form one so we can get more of the characters, as well as flesh out ones like Steven, Neil (Who was done WAY better in the movie adaptation thanks to the wonderful Johnny Simmons), and Stacey who got the shaft in the books. Again, not slagging off the movie, it’s really great. Just saying there’s always room for more Scott Pilgrim content and we all know it. 

We’ll get back to the comic proper, and the present day of 2005, after the cut. 

So the story proper opens with Scott dreaming of playing video games... because of course he is with Ramona walking in. and finding it charmingly pathetic but wanting her boyfriend to you know, get out of bed. It’s 11:30.  So with Scott’s ass out of bed, we find Scott, Age 23 idiot with a heart of gold and Wallace, 25 king of all gays, on the bus as they talk it getting warmer and Lucas Lee, movie star and jason lee stand in coming to town to film a movie.. and Scott being Scott gets him confused for Luke WIlson. He’s also seen Bottle Rocket which.. good on him. Seriously while not wes anderson’s best film, those were made long afte this comic was published, it’s still a damn good one.. where was his career at this point... looking it up life aquatic was his most recent films and is still one of my favorites. So yeah he was in a good place career wise. 

Scott proudly talks about having Ramona over in a couple days so she can see his place and meet Wallace. But as explained by Wallace for those of us just tuning in, he already met her last volume. You know during that time Stacey thought she could magically make her date not be attracted to someone else.. and yes even almost a month later not letting that one go. Stacey should know better. Not saying i’ts right Wallace keeps poaching her boyfriends, but she still shoudlnt’ try and force a relationship with a guy or even finish a date with one who makes out with someone else, regardless of gender, mid date. She deserves better. In general not just in this one scenario but we’ll get to that. 

Point is while Scott, as usual, is a bit pissy about this Wallace.. has no time for that and issues an ultimatium

And he’s not bluffing, as he fully intends to tell Ramona the minute she walks in the door if he dosen’t break up with Knives. It really shows Wallace off at his best and why he’s Scott’s closest friend: Kim and Stephen do care about him but Kim both has a LOT of unresolved issues and sexual tension with him and keeps eveyrbody including Scott at arm’s length. And Stephen.. while he will OCASIONALLY call Scott out mostly just enables him, either ignoring his college buddy’s shittier behavior or playing along with it and backing him up when Kim rightfully calls him on being a dickhead. While both love their friend they just aren’t the best at dealing with his shit or getting why he does the things he does good and bad.  Wallace on the other hand geninely likes Scott. He’ll lock him out of the house and tell him to sleep elsewhere so he can bang one out, he’ll not wear pants if he dosen’t have to and he’ll certainly hit on Scott just to get a rise out of him, phrasing.. but he also genuinely cares for the guy’s well being. He lets him sleep in their house basically rent free since scott has no money, buys most of their stuff, and is, as we’ll see in this one, the ONLY one of his friends to take an active part in the fight against the exes, training Scott and researching his opponents when he can get info. He won’t baby Scott as seen here, but he will help him, and he will be the harsh voice of reason his friend needs.  And he did TRY doing a softer approach last time, simply telling scott to break up with his fake high school girlfriend. Scott had every chance to dump Knives during the last third of the first book.. it’s just a combination of both Knives and Ramona being in the same place and Scott getting panicky meant he balked. He NEEDS to be pushed into leaving Knives or he’s not gonna. And he also gets it’s not just Scott being a shifty coward: Scott DOES like Knives.. he just found someone who actually challenges him, intrests him and connects with him on his level, versus someone who worships and adores him like a puppy who just happens to be skilled with knives. The relationship with Knives. was an ego boost, an unequal paring that gave Scott the illusion of moving on from Envy. Ramona is him ACTUALLY moving on and given how badly Envy fucked him up, which comes into play in this book and the next, Wallace recognizes that Scott does need her... but this relationship can’t go anywhere if Scott is seeing someone else, and they both know it. Wallace is just the one who’s willing to do something about it to force scott to do something about it. He’s doing this for Knives too: it’s very clear he cares about the girl, was against this from the start, and knew this was going to end in pain and the faster Scott rips off the Band-Aid the faster she can move on to someone closer to her age and far more equal to her. Scott.. takes this about how you’d expect, even calling Double Standard, as Wallace does sleep around.. and while Wallace will be a homewrecker to Stacey.. otherwise it’s not remotley the same. Wallace does his sleeping around either casually or when he does get a partner, with their consent from what we can tell. He never cheats or anything, he just likes to bone. So yeah Scott doesn’t have a leg to stand on and acts accordingly. 

One of my faviorite gags in the series and one that’s etched in my head for keeps. So with a justified Ultimatium over his head Scott calls knives to hang out. Knives.. shows off that as adorable and trusting as she is.. she’s also kind of creepy and shows up just outside the phone booth he’s calling her from.  So the two go to a record store and Knives tries to get Scott into Clash at the Demonhead, her faviorite band. But since i’ts you know, headlined by Scott’s ex as we’ll find out, he’s not into it. But before that can get awkward.. it gets awkward in another way as Knives invites Scott to dinner at her parents place. Which is an objectively bad idea even before you get into the fact Scott wants a way out and as Volume 4 will show us her dad is both not happy with the idea of her dating a white guy and willing to use a katana to prevent it so he dodged a bullet there. Scott TRIES weasling out of it, but his “I’m too old for you” thing falsls on deaf ears.. and actually explains why she thinks this is normal: her parents are 9 years apart. of course obviously two consenting adults with a decade between them is a mite bit diffrent than 5 years between a teenager whose taking this way too seriously and a grown man whose taking this not seroiusly at all and dosen’t get how effed up this is. But Knives is too naive to get that, and papers over any possible concerns about her parents not wanting her to date a white guy with i’m in love.  Seeing that he has no EASY way out of this, as he shouldn’t, Scott just rips off the band aid and bluntly breaks up with her, saying it’s not going to work out. Knives.. is clealry devistatd. To her this was a serious relationship.. and Scott realized that too late.. and thankfully while he didn’t break up with her in the best way, at all, simply syaing i’ts not going to work out and confirming to her he means it, it’s clear from his face this hurts to do and he knows he’s REALLY hurting her and REALLY shoudlnt’ of dated her to begin with. IT’s why Scott dating a teenager dosen’t make him a morally rephrenisvie monster: because he was genuinely intrested, didn’t use her sexually, and there are tangible consequences for his actions. Knives just dosen’t disappear neatly into the sunset so he can be with ramona. The rest of the series covers her emotoinal recovery from being with Scott, and how she very horribly handles it and that’s why this plotline works at all: she’s not some act one contrivance to be thrown away, sh’es a human being, and more than that a young woman who got hurt REALLY bad and got way too in over her head with someone who just..wasn’t the one fo rher no matter how much she can’t admit that. 

We also get one of my faviorite sets of pages as Scott relfects on things and the sheer devistation on Knives face, which credit to a series that even at this early point loves it’s big bold facial expressions.. her’s being more subded just makes it sting MORE. 

This bit to me is vital to keeping Scott sympathetic and to his character. We see he really does regret what happened, dosen’t know how to process it and genuinely feels awful. As I said instead of some exgerated face that would still hurt him.. her face is quiet, clearly unable to process this and clealry lost and hurt.. and that hurts more than any fuck your or sobs he was probably expecting. Just her clearly not getting WHY he’s doing this or why he hurt her, and he KNOWS why he just knows telling her the truth would hurt her even more. But.. as he thinks.. his thoughts move to something else.. and the WHY of why he did this. 

He did it for Ramona. Wallace was as harsh as he was right: he needed a clean slate to actually give this relationship a shot and the smile comes off less as him being a calous dick whose just happy to move on, I mean he is a little, but more jus tsomeone READY to finally move on. He found the right person, he let the wrong one go if clumsily.. he has a future to look forward to and he can smile about that. 

Granted he’s still his usual unteitonally callous self and his way of telling his friends he and knives broke up is to casually say so and say “dont’ worry you’ll meet my new girlfriend soon.” Their reaction.. is my own. 

Look just because Scott is a nuanced douchebag dosne’t stop him from being a Douchebag. It just means he isn’t intolerable to watch and you actually care about him growing as a human being is all. 

So with that out of the way, it’s date night and Ramona is coming over.. also Scott is considering calling her Ramy which no. I'm genuinely in favor of a pet name that’s just a variant on someone’s name but a bit cute, as it’s just the right level of obnoxious, but no, just no Scott. No.  Ramona enters, meets Wallace again and sits down while Scott tries to shoo him out.. because turnabout is fair play bitch. They also see Ramona’s new hair as she dyes it something new for the first time, in this case a very lovely two tone, the purple from last volume but with a darker purple bellow it. I honestly wish she went for multiple colors in her hair again, but likely didn’t since the book was originally in black and white... which still dosent’ make sense as it would’ve been EASIER that way. Regardless Wallace makes himself scarce proving that he’s more than willing to be equal in terms of one of them spending the ngiht elsewhere. What a guy. 

Ramona finds out a few things about Scott: That his apartment is VERY small, just one room with a bed, a cabinet, a small kitchen and a bathroom, which despite what scott says I REALLY dont’ count as another room. Just common sense. She also learns that he can COOK. Yeah while you’d expect Scott to just get a wad of “I did the ultimatum thing okay now gimme” money and buy dinner but no.. he made the whole thing himself from his own recipe.  And once we cut to them eating on the floor.. turns out yeah he not only can cook but is REALLY good at it. She wishes there was a table which, small as the place is.. fair point. I mean at least get some tv trays. You have chairs. Or at least the easy chair. You can get nice padded folding chairs so you have a second chair guys. I know your poor but come on. Also Scott leanrs bread makes you fat. Good stuff. Also Scott freaks out when , while making out with Ramona in bed later, she mentions his hair’s getting kinda long and could use a cut... which turns out to be a thing for him. He isn’t an ass about it he just panics a bit because he’s partially convinced his last relationship’s nightmarish breakup was because of a bad haircut he got. As we’ll see next week, that’s a no but as someone whose a touch neroutic myself I get blaming a larger issue on something trivial. 

So we then get to the next chapter where it’s KIM’S turn to have a dream.. and the only time we see someone else's dreams. Honestly.. I really would’ve liked if it was a recurring device, even have Ramona pop into other people’s Not used ALL the time but I could easily see it being used with Knives to convey her obsession with Scott and her pain or kim again to help move her plots along or Wallace because I want to know what’s going on in his head. It must be a maze of male gentalia and fine liquor the likes of which has never been seen. It’s scotts funeral as Simon killed him and Scott’s corpse wonders if she dreams about this a lot. 

So we see her get ready and wake up her roomate Sarah whose a bitch. And as we’ll see in one of the backups, so’s the rest of her roommates. So drifting into work. Hollie is a character I really liked... the past tense will be explained later. And the first scene is probably why as her and Kim banter effortlessly, with Kim suggesting maybe she was a happy kid... only to admit quickly no she wasn’t, she was pretty withdrawn and then pretty angsty over someasshole who will be named Scott. “Your a holy terror kim, and i’m glad your on your side”> It’s a short scene but the kind this series excells at: just realistic, fun little exchanges bursting with character. I also GENUINELY wish we got more of this kind of thing, as only Knives really gets these kind of scenes to herself for the most part. There ARE scenes without Scott, but not enough like this that just give us as look into what his friends lives are like during the moments they aren’t putting up with his dumbassery or watching him engage in mortal combat. It’s why i’ve been hoping a spinoff will happen even though it likely won’t SOON. I’m sure O’Malley will return to this world some day, but between Snotgirl and Wicked World, which will come out when it’s ready but should be good.. he’s just really busy. But i’d love to see more of Kim.. or Wallace or Knives. The latter two are a no brainer: Knives is the tritagonist of the books, and it’d be intresting to see what she’d be like 5 years at the book, at the same age and stage in life as Scott. And with Wallace it’s because we really DON’T see his friend circle, life or what goes on with him. We hear him talk about a new boyfriend, who we don’t meet until near the end of the series, though you can see him in stage 3 of hte game if your curious, we see him with some random friends in volume 4, but we really don’t KNOW what hyjinks and lojinks wallace gets up to. He’s pretty isoalted from the rest of the main cast, something I hope an adaptation could fix as while realistic i’td be curious to see what his relationship with Kim or Steven would be like. Just food for thought. 

Point is this was a good scene. But as is typical for Kim’s life just when she has some serenity her ex crashes back in. In this case Scott needs to rent some movies, kim works at a rental store and god teenage me really wanted a clerks style spinoff.. but enough spinoff talk. Scott asks kim to bororw them, of course and explains he’s training for his fight with Lucas.. which Kim reacts to finding out her second best friend is in a series of death matches. 

She has understandable questions such as how the hell doe she know that and is he stalking Lucas and just hoping he’s an ex.. which let’s face it would be a very scott move. But nope Wallace told him, likely learning in an interview he dated Ramona or is coming for scott because he knows everything. We also get one of my faviorite exchanges when Kim wonders why Wallace and Scott are roomates.. a valid question he deflects by saying i’ts a long story. 

Also yeah, as much as casting Micheal Cera backfired for the movie.. that panel there proves there wasn’t another choice at the time. When you want a loveable, somewhat douchey, but also somewhat innocent and oblivious slacker.. who you gonna call. Also before we move on.. Kim.. how are you this suprised. You were there for the fight with Matthew. And Ramona giving out the exposition on why he’s there.. and you even did that whole weird space channel 5 thing no one ever did agian and to this day I will never understand what O’Malley was going for and only know the refrence by hearing that’s what it was. Point is you shouldn’t be this suprised.  Anyways we next cut to Ramona and Stacey, as Ramona enters her workplace, second cup, and they talk and Scott’s spider sense goes off... 

I mean it’s just a bad feeling but still.. weird. WE’ll get back to that later. Scott is in the middle of his training.. and I love the mentor side of Wallace and feel it didn’t get used enough as the series went on. As said before he cares about Scott, so he serves as his Shounen Mentor and a great one: he’s stern and makes Scott work, but he also gets his student and what Scott needs to work. I just wish he’d taught Scott some actual combat, but as we see Wallace’s combat skills boil down to yelling useless info from the sidelines.. I mean he can be useful, we’ll see that next week, it’s just he’s not an action guy. But spirtually he’s the guy scott needs to kick his ass into shape. That being said his “training” consists of watching Lucas’ movies, playing tony hawk and when Scott wants to play more Tony Hawk, having Scott do pushups while Wallace plays Tony Hawk.  Before we turn... there is an elephant in the room I just gotta shoo out: Lucas.. is easily the worst setup of the 6 exes. Patel SEEMINGLY comes out of nowhere but his letter and email hint SOMETHING is coming up, and his flashy dynamic entry intro is damn cool and is what turns the series on it’s head, from an indie comic about a guy getting it together.. to that but with huge shonen dustups with epic visuals. Todd is introduced masterfully here, and is a presence from the start of volume 3 as a result, Roxie gets a slight tease in the free comic book day issue, and her not attacking for two months not only sets up tension but allowed for a red herring.. im’ not only hiding that the fourth ex is a she because anyone whose seen the movie or played the game knows the fourth ex is a woman. The cat’s out of the bag, no sense hiding it. The Kentangis show up pretty early on and Gideon is hinted at and built up, as this towering, mysterious figure, his relationship with Ramona, who he is, why he set up the league, and just how fucking strong he is is all obscured, with his only four apperances simply teasing the big final showdown and giving him that much more mysitque. 

Lucas.. is just sorta intorduced like “Hey I gotta fight this guy”. There’s just.. nothing. Scott’s just gotta fight him because he’s next up and Wallace knows that because plot convience. It’s VERY lackluster given what comes before.. and frankly while I like Lucas, he’s the weakest plot and character wise. HE’s not even really EVIL, just a sellout and is more doing this because he has to I guess, and likely because of stuff we find out in Book 6 but sssssshhhhh. We’ll get more into that when the fight happens but it’s one of the books weakest points. The evil ex.. just feels like an afterthrought again despite there being no reason to. Thankfully this would never happen again as I said, but it dosen’t make this any less frustrating. 

So we cut to Sex Bomb-Omb practice, and after that we get more tease for Clash at Demonhead. And Stephen.. is cool with them and entirely happy one of them made it, while Scott is understandably pisssed off about it and not happy one of his best friends is you know, promoting the band of his ex who broke his heart and as we’ll get more into next time, said rising career is what tore them apart. So yeah Stephen’s a dickhead, and I was wrong last time that he got better. He really.. dosen’t. He gets less CREEPY.. but out of the main 6 characters he’s the weakest: he dosen’t have much of an arc, does some very questionable shit in the second half, and his being around means we have to suffer through Julie. I’ll tear into him more on a case by case basis but for once Scott’s not overreacting. While Kim does nothing she also has no idea just HOW bad things were and Scott won’t tell her. Stephen was there the whole fucking time. He just saw Scott’s rebound with a teenager. He knows he was kind of messed up after this. Dosen’t justfiy knives but still he looses the moral high ground he tries to have at times. 

So while Scott shops a song for Ramona to her, Knives calls Scott’s place clearly setting up another suprise apperance. Wallace.. figures out what sh’es doing quick and simply gives her a stern “You have to go” And to me it’s not him being a dick.. he’s both trying to save her from seeing Scott with Ramona and fucking her up worse... and is looking out for her. She needs to move on and moving up to stalking Scott’s not going to help that. Scott dosen’t WANT her anymore, and while he handled it bad, Wallace gets she needs to see that. Granted he could’ve you know explained it to her and tried talking, but as i’ve said he’s not a perfect person and he was also on a time table to get her out of there in case Scott you know, showed up with his new girlfriend and made things a billion times worse. And the two are indeed headed to his place to watch one of Lucas’ movies, and part of that weak setup is that Ramona.. just has no connection with him. It was high school. Scott also pretends he dosent’ remember his. You are a lying liar sir stop that.  So they watch the film together hanging out, and it’s.. really bad. The good one was rented out. I miss rental stores.. a magical time. I mean i’ts better now, streaming means 80% of movies are avaliable if you have a bunch of services and even if you just have netflix or hulu or hbo max, you still get a pretty decent selection each month. Plus digital rentals are super easy. Do miss redbox though. I mean it’s still there I’m just warry of something that relies so heavily on touching things in a state with a lot of trump morons. You CAN get Covid twice and I don’t wanna. Also we get some dated Dialouge as Scott commenting on Lucas being hot, he is good taste Scott, is given a “good job convincing me your not gay”. He and ramona end up having sex though so .. yay? I dunno. The series has a really weird thing about not getting bisexuals exist and as someone whose bi, and really against bi errasure it bothers me, it bothers me a lot. Though given O’Malley apparently has not only far more queer rep in snotgirl but a bisexual lead, he’s clearly learned so i’m not going to drag him too hard on this. It was the early 2000′s. People were pretty damn stupid about this. Creators have gottten MUCH more important issues much worse. 

So the next morning, Scott gets a call from his well meaning but ditzy mom, and reacts like you’d expect. His parents are in Europe to keep them out of the action and what not. Though apparently according to the last book his mom did read volume 3 at least. Or Wallace told her about the relevant bit. You make the call. 

So i’ts Ramona’s turn to meet Sex Bomb-Omb. The group hang out and discuss Gordon Downie. 

Look I don’t know indie bands. I have no idea who the tragically hip are I just know the name is really hipstery. We also get the recipe for Vegan Shepards Pie. None of them are vegan they just wanted to try it and I.. really want to make this some time. Just to see if it’s any good. But yeah it’s in general a fun casual scene, as Kim reveals she and Scott dated, just to break the tension, and Scott tries out Rammy but quickly backpedals. Just fun slice of life stuff. Oh and Knives is watching them from the window and takes Scott dating someone else as well as you’d expect. 

So she gets some hair bleach to do some highlights and calls her friend Tamara over. We met her last volume as she dragged her along to the show, but it’s here we really get to know what she’s like.. i.e. the sane one in the duo, rightfully pointing out Scott’s not that great. Also Knive’s points out ramona’s “fat”, which is thankfully portrayed as petty sniping as while Ramona does have some curves it’s you know.. not remotely a bad thing and the kind of thing a teenage girl would harp on. Still she’s just in STEPS from this happening. 

But yeah.. it’s clear here Knives has some underlying issues to address and really needs therapy  not to go after her ex’s current girlfriend with knives. I mean it’s in the name but still. Then again volume 4 has her dad going around with a katana or something like it wanting to murder her daughter’s older ex boyfriend he dosen’t realize is ex so it’s clear her whole FAMILY needs some therapy. But this does round her out and show there’s more to her.. a pretty violent and obessive side sure, but it shows she wasn’t just some one dimensional ego boost for scott but a person. One whose just as flawed as the rest of the cast.. but more sympatheic because they’ve all got about 6 or 7 years on her and at this age that’s a lifetime. And while Scott DID set this off by dating her which was objecitvely a bad idea... the rest of this isn’t remotely on him. He handled things BAD.... but all he wanted was for both of them to move on. Knives.. simply can’t admit Scott is not a nice person, was probably two timing her as Tamara points out, which as we know he 100% was, and is not some perfect guy she can’t replace: like Knives.. he’s just a person with faults and she’s too blind to see that. 

So before we can get to the crazy stalker ninja fight, let’s instead get to Scott and Ramona hanging out where we meet Gideon, Ramona’s Cat who i’ll call Cat Gideon, both because I love steven unvierse and because it’s less confusing. This is a pretty slight scene as Ramona admits not a lot happened with Lucas and Scott’s apartment is a hole.. which yeah, yeah it is. Also she DEFINTLY dind’t cheat on him with any cocky pretty boys. Which would come off worse if it wasn’t for the pact Ramona was clearly doing it out of regret and Scott just liked like 50 pages ago about rembering his exes when one of them is his second best friend.. which neither would admit but you know it’s true. Stephen is third where he belongs. 

So next morning it’s fight time, and Scott is glad wallace is going with him. It’s awkard going to fights alone. Which leaves me to wonder if before this comic Scott just.. fought random guys letterkenny style. Like they’d call up, schedule it and then he and one or more of his friends would go beat up a guy. It’s just.. hilarious knowing that this kind of thing is common in canda minus the ki attacks , flash effects, wizards, vegan psycics, ninjas, and roboticists. But damn I now want a scott pilgrimized letterkenny now more than ever. You know you do too don’t deny it. I”d love to see the hard right jay fight but iwth a loud “KO!” when he gets his ass knocked out. Also Casa Loma is a very real, very cool Toronto location, as I never realized as a kid, to the point that the lucas fight was filmed there for the movie. 

So Scott approaches Lucas a bit star struck and upon finding out scott is.. punches him out as seen in the header image and throws him into a tower. When Scott regains conciousness, Kim and Neil have arrived and Lucas calls a time out. And it’s here we get to, while being the weakest of the 7, why I like Lucas.. he’s actually a pretty nice guy. At WORST he sold out. But the two have a pretty nice conversation over ritz and baby carrots, with it turning out, unsuprisingly Ramona did cheat on him with a cocky pretty boy, and while like Ramona he’s clearly moved on, it still hurts a bit and understandably so. He also warns scott while she might seem nice i’ts an act. 

I mean it isn’t ALL an act, but she does have a tedency to put up walls and act pretty badly as we’re slowly finding out.. though given Scott does the exact same it only means.. she’s human. She’s not MUCH higher above him in terms of morality and this is where we get our first peaks into the fact the series isn’t just about Scott’s development but hers. But it’s understandably absent from volumes 1 and 2 since we need to know her first, and this volume is about getting to know her a bit and get a feel for who she is, something I ddin’t really get a grip on as a teen, but do now. We see more of who she is good and bad as the walls go down. She’s more SURFACE LEVEL functional than scott, but beneath it has a lot of the same exact issues.  Lucas and Scott continue to GENUINELY bond, as Scott genuinely thinks the guy is talented and Lucas want’s an Oscar this year.. maybe not for the current film which is a romantic comedy with a teen star but hey, stars have done far worse in their Oscar years. I mean at least he’s not making a comedy about himself in a fat suit domestically abusing himself in a wig while he also plays an asian sterotype. He explains he almost didn’t get into the league but felt too important to ramona’s past.. plus he looks cool. Plus they let Patel in despite barely being in a relationship with her and being kind of a tool so they kinda had to let the handsome affiable movie star in. Scott wonders “wait league” and Lucas is understandably frustrated to find out Patel just sent a letter Scott didn’t read.. and at Matthew let’s be clear. I mean.. Gideon has to have known Scott wouldn’t read that since he’s been in his head. We’ll get to that in part 6. Point is they formed a league, hence why their organized enough to come after him like this and Scott understandably glares at Wallace for you know, having him play tony hawk and watch movies yet missing the fucking obvious clue they were all working together and they were only coming at him one at a time by choice. 

Lucas offers to just.. take a bribe and SAY Scott beat him, Scott calls him a sellout jokingly and Lucas proves that while not AS bad as the rest of the League, he’s still a dick by telling him to kiss ramona’s sweet ass goodbye pilgrim. Okay either he’s seen her since high school or he’s fondly remembering a high schooler’s ass. Neither one is nice to think about. But Scott gets out of his ass beating by pointing out a ramp, real thing too used for the movie, and asking him to skate down it. Lucas says i’ts impossible, and Scott just whistles. So Lucas tries skating the impossible and dies via velocity. Yes really. Scott collects his change and gets a gift, a mytryil skateboard he.. can’t use because he dosen’t have a proficency for it and bemoans not picking it up in 5th grade. Also he didn’t get his autograph. He does get some coins though so neat.   Yeah I mentioend Lucas was the least of the exes and I stand by it: He’s an intresting character, not a GREAT person but clearly a charming and nice enough guy who likely offered the bribe not because he’sd a sell out but because he genuinely liked scott, and is easily the best adjusted of the exes. But obviously a near non existant setup and a really hilarious and unsastifying finish just.. don’t really feel sastsifying. I mean i’t slampshaded, but after all the build up of her having 7 evil exes, the next one is just..filler. Not BAD, but not really anything special and giving Scott a an early pokemon victory, but unlike ash having done nothing to really DESERVE it.  Thankfully both adaptations so far VASTLY improved on this. While Lucas is still affiable in the movie he’s also smarmy, if on better terms with Ramona, saying “he seems nice” after the tower throw and throwing in some stunt doubles. His fight goes from one of the least satisfying and weakst of the series, to easily one of the best of the movie. We’ll talk about that more there but obvious Chris Evans version is far superior, keeping the good traits while giving us an intresting fight.. and still keeping the skateboard death because it’s fucking hilarious and the movie improves on THAT too by having scott give flat wows as he slowly dies. The game likewise keeps teh skateboard death, if shortening it, and the skateboard, and while not changing his apperance does make him a hell of a tough boss. Took three tries and some online grinding to take him out. Still a hell of a fight. Point is while I genuinely like Lucas story wise.. this just dosen’t work for me and is pretty damn weak, even if it gives us some godo character insight we could’ve got that, and a fight and still had the finish we did. 

That being said.. we DO get a fight instead, likely why the Lucas fight was so truncated. Next chapter and that evening or the next day or whatever, we pan over the real life tornto refrence library. It is a VERY nice touch thatt the comic and it’s adpations use either real places in toronto or reasonable subsittues. While not canadian myself I love the place and hope to visit Tornoto some day when the world isn’t a living nightmare and it’s really nice that like New York for Marvel, Brian Lee O malley really makes the city feel integral to the comic, like it’s own character. But Knives is ominously perched above.  At second cup Scott is horrified to find Julie. Seconded. Julie takes the moment to give out to scott about him dating Ramona despite telling him no. Okay... 

Yeah as you can probably guess I don’t like Julie. She’s not a good character. The movie did her better, with the bleeping gag and aubrey plaza’s performance, but in the comic.. she’s just the worst. She sucks bad. If she were an ice cream flavor she’d be pralines and dick. While she’s fine on OCCASION, and actually works in the next volume, outside of that she just gets more unplesant, more unlikeable, more bitchy, more unfathomabbly assholish every. damn. volume. I”ll give out about that a bit then too but I have to put up with her for the entire damn comic. Now her being bitchy to Scott is fair to a point: Scott is a mess, and she’s loyal to Envy in the breakup, and Scott’s own friends drag him on a daily basis.  The problems are that she’s like that to EVERYONE, even Knives who isn’t about to stab her much as i’d like that. She’s unberable to Stephen whose tolerance for her is unfathomable, though the ending bits of volume 6 show maybe he just has terrble taste. She’s just a throughly unplesant, social climbing bitch who thinks she’s better than everyone. And it sticks out badly against the main cast; Scott is very bad with women and relating to people, but is also nice, charming and most of the damage he does is not intetional. Ramona puts up walls to keep others out but is also a responsible adult and often cuts through Scott, and at times others, internal bullshit. Wallace is an alcholic, but still a very responsible, very loveable guy who clearly cares about scott and supports him finacially and emotionally. Kim is VERY emotionally distant, very misntrhopic.. but also a good person who as we see as the series goes, has an inner light to her and often drags on Scott because she’s been putting up with his shit the longest and WANTS him to be better. Knives is an obessive and violent stalker.. who was also deeply hurt by an older man, dosen’t GET that her realtionship with scott was wrong and uneven, and is clearly not emtoinallyr eady for the deep feelings she’s having. And Stephen.. well he’s a talented guitarist but also enables scott and julie. Especially him enabling Julie. 

Point is their all pretty well rounded, llikeable characters with flaws. Julie.. is just an ass. And this scene demonstrates that with flying colors. While Scott does ignore her because he’s too worried about his sister and girlfriend becoming friends, understandably given Stacey knows all his dark secrets, Julie spends two pages giving out and treating scott like some bad guy for persuing Ramona against her orders. And i’m going to break down why.. this dosen’t work.. on any level for her.  1) Ramona is not Julie’s property. She’s a big girl with her own free will. They aren’t even remotely close: Julie met her only barely before Scott, and given the dream thing probably not even that. And you could say Julie is just looking out for her... she dosen’t know Ramona well enough to KNOW if Ramona is still smarting over Gideon. She probably was.. but she readily, once the awkwardness passed, went out with scott and dove right into the relationship. While there’s still some scars as we’ll see.. she CHOOSE to move on and that’s her choice. If she wasn’t ready, she woudl’ve turned him down or broke it off by now realizing it was a mistake.  2) Scott has no reason to listen to her. She hates his ass, somewhat justifably but still, she hates him and has been against him since fucking colllege. She took his exes side in the breakup despite Envy still being partly in the wrong but paints him as some abusive dickhead and not just an insesntive dickhead. To him he’s just some villian she needs to reign in for her cool friend who wants nothing to do with her and grows to justifably hate her over time. Scott and Julie TOLERATE each other. They are not friend,s they do not like each other and never will. They are around each other because of Stephen. That is it. If Kim , Wallace or Stephen had asked, or at least made him wait for kinves. he probablyw ould’ve or at least considered it since while they take the piss out of him, they genuinely care about him and actually have shown they care about something other than themselves! Speaking of which the cou de gras 3) She’s a selifsh bitch: She is NEVER not  in any volume seen as out for anyone but herself, and thus scott has no reason to trust her judgement. She berates Stephen, him and anyone who will listen, is only so loyal to envy because she’s famous, and as I said treats EVERYONE like dogshit.  And given Scott is still a very flawed guy.. it takes a LOT for him to be so right and he runs out screaming when Julie mentions her.

So back at the library, Ramona brought Stacey along because the place is a maze. Scott calls Stephen and calls julie evil.. which given the last two paragrahs. Yeah. She is. She really is. But that goes nowhere as he dosen’t have Stacey’s number. He also thinks Julie was responsible for this which while she’s very much not.. would it REALLY be that suprising that if Julie were there she would’ve introdcued the two and set up their little hangout just to piss scott off? God I’m  so sick of talking about her. 

So the two after dropping off Ramona’s package decide to hang out a bit.. not long as Ramona’s got shit to do, but hey I agree with her logic i’m curious about this palce too. But before they can go up an elevator Ramona spots incoming.. and thus we get the fight of the volume. Though given the next one has two climatctic fights and one or two before that, they easily could’ve had both.. this is still the highlight of the volume.  So Ramona snaps off a railing and before Stacey can give out about that she finds out WHY as Knives attacks with a pair of sais. And O’Malley did his homework as while you’d THINK it was just another dumb white person mistake.. O’Malley is asian, thoughw ether he’s candaian korean or canadian chineses, as his last name is korean but he has a large chinese cast in this very comic that might come from experince, I do not know and if you do know tell me. I’d like to refer to him properly as I don’t LIKE lumping all asian cultures into one basket. But not only that he did his home work, as Sai’s, while popularized in Okinawa Japan, were also used in other countries. I bring this up since I assumed it was just a simple mistake even knowing Brian was mixed-race, and was plesantly suprised to fine that know, I was the moron. And i’m fine with admitting that. 

So we get a damn good fight.. and Knives figures out Scott WAS cheating on her. Granted she assumes so due to seeing Ramona at the refrence Library, before he actually cheated and clearly blames Ramona for it, but still, it fucking hurts. Plus while her attacking Ramona, who initally assumes she’s gideon’s doing, which.. yeah sending a teenage assasian just to mess with her head does sound like him. So while Stacey does complain “ramona you can’t just tear out art objects” to which I say... yeah high, Stacey? NOT THE POINT RIGHT NOW SCOTT’S EX IS TRYING TO KILL HER. SHE’S DEFENDING HERSELF.  So we get one hell of a fight. It not only shows off that Ramona is one hell of a fighter herself, as is knives, but just how immature knives is, resorting to constnat fat jokes and taunts showing just how immature she is.. and unlike volume one where it was endearing and we just saw how sweet she was here it just comes off as mean, bitter, and uncomfortable. But again part of the series biggest charm is the main cast are all well fleshed out and throughly human. She’s doint this because she dosen’t know better and was raised in a house where, again as volume 4 will bear out, finding out her dad is going after scott with a samurai sword just warrants a “dad’s are so weird aren’t they” my point is her frame of refrence is a mite skewed. Plus this is a world where everyone but Stacey just calmly accepts big shonen fights break out, so it’s not that unsuaul to want to settle things with a fight and while i’ve joked about her killing Ramona we genuinely don’t know that was the goal> Could’ve been, easily given murder is peachy in this setting and just leads to a respawn according to O’Malley and would’ve just sent ramona back to her apartment. But I genuinely don’t think she has it in her to do it and while she could’ve planend to, she never would’ve. Plus Ramona easily leads the fight as while Knives uses hit and run tactics and tries make her follow.. Ramona is more annoyed than anything as she has shit to do. Knives only gets one hit in and while i’ts a pretty nasty scratch on the cheek, if thankfully not scarring.. Ramona shrugs it off when she brags about it and easily takes knives down with a potted tree. Knives runs and while she tells herself it’s to fight another day.. its really because her opponent was WAY stronger and way more ready for something like this than she probably planned on. She did defintely want a fight, she just wasn’t prepared to be outmatched so handily. It’s also a nice  parallel to last book’s fight: Like with Scott and Matthew,  while the fight SEEMS pretty even, in reality our hero/heroine was alwasy teh one in control and easily took care of the less experinced and less ready upstart, who likely wasn’t expecting a fair fight much less to loose. 

So Ramona and Stacey wisely get out while Stacey explains Knives is indeed Scott’s ex, though is unaware of the cheating thing. Speaking of Scott he’s playing sonic and knuckles, and in fact kept wallace on the line before just to get advice because of course he did hence why stacey didn’t get through to him, but gets a call... from Envy. 

This is easily the second best sequence in the boook, which was lovingly and wonderfully adapted to film and as a result I cannot read it without hearing Brie Larson’s voice for Envy , a nice mixture of seduction and condescension. It’s CLEARLY painful fo rhim, and we do get some things established as Envy toys with him, that it’s been about a year and that she left him for a cocky pretty boy, familiar.. and while Scott claims to not know what he looks like.. given Todd is clearly on her band cover... it’s not exactly hard to put two and two together. So after some awkard catchup and Scott telling her about ramona against his will, we get to the reason she’s here with Scott understanndbly being supscious and calling her a user.. which while Envy denys.. she ends up admitting to. She’s coming to town as estalbished and her opening act backed out, and since Scott has a band, and one that 2/3 of which she knows, she wants them to open for her.  Scott naturally isn’t too intrested and thinks it’s just pity. The sequence. is masterful, using a watchmen style 9 by 9 panel layout and intercutting scott’s pained reactions and clear lack of comfort with flashes of envy on her side.. never showing her proper, but showing his memories or what he’s seen in magazines. It’s really striking and really sells the sheer discomfort Scott’s going through.  So soon after Wallace gets home.. and finds Scott, drained and miserable on the floor, not even responsive. And this really is the scene that shows me that Wallace cares for the guy and cements that asshole he may be, he loves his buddy. He goes through possible scenarios that fit scott: Food poisoning, finding out Wallace saved over his final fantasy save (though he rules it out as last time that happened he was crying), that ramona dumped him.. before Scott let’s out a pathetic and miserable “Ennnnnvvv”. Wallace , who was at ground zero for that relationship as we’ll find out, realizes this and lets out a little shit, unsure how to help and pissed off at that bitch for once again hurting him like this. As I said it shows how Wallace knows scott in and out and loves him dearly.. and how he knwos about this paticuarly heartbreak better than anyone but Scott and Envy themselves. IT’s just a really tearjerking scene, as we get a sense of WHY scott spiraled into an ego boost of a relationship: His last one REALLY tore him in half, and he’s still not completely healed from the emtional bisection. 

So Scott gets more bad news next chapter as Stacey tells him about the fight and he’s worried he’s going to loose ramona on top of this. I mean he desrves it.. .but it’s clear she’s the best thing to happen to him after a really rough year of denial and poor decisionss and loosing her will likely only make him WORSE. He also breaks the bad news, to him at least to the band about the gig. Stephen, being kind of a dick who while understandbly excited about a big gig fails to see his friend REALLY isn’t happy about this nor remembers you know, that the person offering this tore his heart out indiana jones style and while they should take the gig despite the risks, it’s too big an opportunity not to, he should be fucking senstive about this. Kim however... has a suprising and heartbreaking reactoin to this. Which is spread over a few panels but i’m gonna string into one image for convince sake. 

Just.. DAMN. I honeslty missed this both as a teenager and as an adult when I read through the books last time but holy shit is this a heartbreaking little moment, even more with the development she gets in later books. Keep in mind, over two books so far, Kim.. really hasn’t shown a lot of emtion. The most upset she’s gotten was getting a bit pissed about another a girl drummer. The only other time we’ve seen her sad was at 17 when Scott left. Her only emotions that we could see were angry and surly. But here? She’s genuinely upset and we see her walls break down for the very first time.. and it’s with the clear indication she NEVER really got over Scott. She never got proper closure and while she hasn’t let it so.. it’s been VERY clear she's been grossly uncomfortable with how he just likes to brush off their history, something that very clearly still bothers her and understandably so: 6 years , while a lot of time, still really isn’t long enough to just .. FORGET your first boyfriend , how he made you feel or the fact he took your virginity and you took his. Stuff like that sticks with you.. I’m ony assuming on the virginity thing but my point remains: To Scott it’s SEEMINGLY nothing, when really he’s probably just trying to brush it off because he dosen’t like dealing with things and given how Kim is wrongly assumed she can’t feel pain. I mean to anyone else i’d be a fair assumption and even i’m not convinced if she touched a hot stove she’d burn, but that’s phsysical this is emotional. DIffrent playing fields. Point is Scott’s kind of a dick and not having ANY closure for anything, Kim is still smarting from him leaving as much as Scott is smarting from Envy dumping him.  And it somehow gets MORE painful.... which should’ve been the tagline for Bojack Horseman now I think about it but yeah: her line is what cuts me up the most “I saw her on the cover of Now. She’s pretty”. It’s a little line, it’s easy to see why I missed it .. but the subtext really stings. It’s that despite being VERY pretty, I had a crush on her as a kid and I still do now.. Kim just can’t help but compare herself to someone whose now a glamrous rock star.  Their equally attractive but all Kim can see is ANOTHER person who Scott cared about more than her. Which seems petty but again he just.. abnadoned her. His moving wasn’t his choice but his not telling her as was framed earlier sure as hell was. And then just.. look at the next people he dates: A glamorous rock star (She wasn’t at the time but that’s for next week), a much younger girl who can’t possible challenge him, and an ultra cool american. To her.. it must feel like he just looks right through her to every other person intersted in him and never even consdered her as a person anymore. I mean.. jesus christ that hurts.. and makes me hate Stephen more since you know he dosen’t notice any of this.. though at least unlike with Scott it’s a bit more understandable because Kim’s so unflappable and he’s already ignoring very obvious and transparent emotional pain why shouldn’t this be any diffrent.  So yeah no one’s happy about this, and that ends up including Stephen as he’s so insecure about his band’s talent he’s pretty sure they suck when their probably at least adaquate. 

So while Scott dosen’t say anything, it’s clear he’s at least consdiering the offer as when we next see him he and ramona are heading to Envy’s show. And honestly it’s just a really sweet scene as Ramona asks about envy and the two banter and hold hands. A really nice palletee clensar since hte last few pages were like I was the one lucas socked in the gut. Also she assures him she dosen’t hate him, and asks about how the breakup happened, turning down any offers to hear the good times.  It was new years eve one year ago, and he mentions it was over her leaving to meet some guy named Todd.. and Ramona finds the story familiar but brushes off Scott wondering if her todd and Envy’s todd wer ethe same guy as a douchey joke. When prying about what happened otherwise, Scott admits it was all a blur.. Ramona isn’t ahppy with the answer.. but it’s nto like it’s that unresonable: he was in deep with Envy, and the breakup was damn bad to the point it took a year for him to recover and end up in the relationship he is now and the one before this was clearly a cry for help. It also helps reinfroce just how much Wallace was there for him and probably WHY Wallace hates Envy so much. They probably live together simply because Scott needed a place after college, was in zero condition to get a job or do anything given his zombie like state.. and Wallace just had him move into his bed, platonically and into his place. It’s probably why while Wallace will complain ocasoinally he isn’t that on scott to find a job. He dosen’t need a paying roomate, they do fine just on his sallary and he has a steady, secure job in some sort of calling office, probably working in medical stuff like my mom. He needs his friend to be safe and happy, then he can get on his ass about being functional, as he is in present day. If nothing else this volume made me realize just how good a person Wallace is.  The one thing he CAN remember, to Ramona’s disbelif is a restraunt opening up, the job story he hinted at last volume: basically it was a fancy tex mex place called, and this is one of the best restraunt naems in the history of fiction brace yourself: The Gilded Palace of Flying Burritos. Naturally, as would I as I love tex mex and that name, Scott loved the place, ate there most of the week and like me with some places I liked waited impatietly to get a job. He did and they were even super generous as the food was FREE.  Which is a euphoric feeling I relate to, though I also liked any discounts I got. seriously when I worked at Bagel and Bagel a good chunk of my paycheck was eating there for dirt cheap every shift. I miss that place so much. Like even after I left there I still like a good bagel sandwitch. And it wasn’t covid or anything it was just low staffed and slowly coming apart due to a lack of a solid manager after Crystal, the manager who hired me, transfered to a store closer to her home, which I do not blame her for. 

Point is I get it even if Ramona thinks this is all made up. Anyways at Lee’s Place, based on the real life Leo’s place, everyone’s gussied up: Steven got an awful haircut and Kim... 

But no time to dwell on how great kim’s..everything is.. who DID  Neil bring to the concert? 

While Kim is VERY much enjoying this, everyone else is a bit freaked with Ramona getting assurance her and Scott dated breifly, with Kim quipping her and neil will probably date even breiflyer, and Stephen.. freaking out, wondering if she seduced him, and asking if they should take him out back and kick his ass.. 

Just..... that’s a lot of douche to unpack and this review has been VERY long and suprisingly hard already.. but fuck it, we don’t have much left to go let’s do this. Okay one did she seduce him.. I mean I GUESS, but really let’s be clear here: Neil is a horny, lonely, monosolobic 19 year old who lives with his sister’s college friend and whose life revovles around said guys band. Knives is adorable. She likely barely had to flirt with him to get him to say yes .As someone who was a lonely 19 year old doofus, I guarantee no matter the red flags I probably woudl’ve said yes provided she was 18 instead of 17, despite the abudant red flags such as neil vaugely looking like scott, neil being the one single man within scott’s circle to get her way back in, as Knives hasn’t realized she’s bi yet or given how much she looked up to Kim, she probably WOULD’VE gone for it. As would any sane person, which neither knives nor I entirley are. So she didnt’ so much seduce him as offer him a girlfriend he didn’t have and him being too intrested in having a sweet, caring girl on his arm to see the giant army of adrestian soldiers needed to carry all the red flags this presents. 

And as for “do we need to kick his ass. “ Stephen.. did you kick SCOTT’S ass? No, you fucking abetted him and only stepped in for the good girl thing. You did NOTHING to stop his relationship with knives or tell him he was screwing up or look out for that girl’s well being. This will bite him in the ass even harder in volume 5, but even now it just makes him look REALLY fucking bad that, even if he probably dosen’t mean it, that’s at all on the table. Also.. Neil, unlike scott is doing slightly less wrong. While he is 20 to her 17, three years.. it’s HALF of what Scott and her’s age diffrence is, and far more equal in power structure. It’s still not.. GREAT, but my point is you did NOTHING when Scott did this, for far flimiser and less forgiavble reasons.. but when NEIL, whose been nothing but weirdly loyal to you dates her, you want to kick someone’s ass. I mean yes he’s being stupid: in a clear role reversal of the Scott and Knives situation, it’s obvious just from her expression that KNVIES is the one in control here, and the one using someone to ease her own pain. Granted it’s wrong, if not as wrong as Scott should techincally know better and Knives very clearly dosen’t, as well as get into a show of her faviorite band. Is what she’s doing wrong.. yeah... while she can’t see it again it’s what Scott did just not QUITE as fucked up due to not being AS embalanced. Should neil probably be dating her after scott did ? No. But should you be threatning him and not scott for you know, setting all this in motion? No. Jesus christ you suck Steven. 

Thankfully while Scott presumibly calms Stephen down, Kim spots Hollie and her roomate Joseph, who will be suprisingly important. He’s very gay, very quite, very bearded and is only hear because the bass player is hot and when prodded on it....

Well said. Also I read that with John Heder’s voice fo rsome reason.. don’t know why, his career ended as quickly as it began because he REALLY did not pick his films well. He saw that he was going to be in a film with David Spade and Rob Schinder and didn’t fire his agent for suggesting it. Meanwhile Scott and Ramona run into Sandra and Monique, Scott’s old classmates who just sorta.. show up every so oftne, often backing up Julie because every Alpha Bitch needs a posse. As Boscha has proven once you loose your posse you loose your bitchy powers. They also ask if Scott and Ramona are an item which leads to a fantagious visual gag. 

Also Stephen awkardly talks to the new couple, about how much Knives loves the band, and because why start reading the room now just sorta.. CASUALLY slips in the fact he knows her is because she and scott dated. 

Granted Knives action this book really EARNED her that curveball.. but still, it’s transparently clear she’s both not over Scott and Neil’s a placebo, and that she loves the band... how the fuck did you get through college, much less get two loyalish friends Steve. 

Kim tries to hide when she runs into Sarah whose with.. someon O Malley does not know, literally captioning it “I don’t know htis girl”. Fucking love that gag even if SOMEHOW kim is the roomate they all hate. Despite hte fact as the side story will bare out, her roommates are all pretty obnoxious, so i’ts probably because she’s the only sane person in that group and their VERY lucky kim just dind’t set the place on fire on her way out and let god do what he should’ve a long time ago. Also we meet Lynette, the band’s drummer who smokes “She must be evil” “Still hot though”... both accurate. Also Luke wilson is there.. no really. Just holy shit that’s awesome.  Okay so with all of that out of the way, it’s time for the show. So after a full volume’s build up , and a really cool build up in the page before we finally properly meet clash at the demonhead, and miss envy adams. 

Heck of  a reveal and not the only one as ramona realized what the audience probably already guessed....

Dun dun dun! And since I don’t like leaving a cliffhanger dangling lest I have to... we’ll be getting to this next week.. what you thought i’d say right now or tommorow? This was a lot. But no i’m not leaving you too long. Next week, Evil Ex Crossover! Ramona and Wallace become BFF’s! We learn what the deal with Scott and Envy is! Scott faces the Ken to his Ryu! And Wallace gets a boyfriend. All this and more next week. for now...

Final Thoughts: This one.. was a VERY rough one to review and it ties back to this volume’s biggest problem: it is not paced very well. Like the series as a whole it has a pretty easy going, slice of life pace. The only ones without this kind of easy pacing are 3 and 6, and even 3 has some slice of life bits, their just both more focused due to the events going on. This one... well....

Pretty much. While this one has very important stuff going on, Scott and ramona getting closer, ramona getting more fleshed out, Wallace showing how deep his character is, Kim also getting fleshed out quite a bit, Knives showing off her crazy side, setting up the next volume, the second ex fight.. it’s all just kinda.. jumbled together. It’s not really until the knives fight onward the book takes on some really solid pacing and really gets going.It’s not a BAD book: ther’es some REALLY good character stuff as I dug into.. but the pacing is just really loose and without the Evil Ex fight as an anchor and with ramona and scott just sorta.. getting to know one another, in both biblical and non biblical senses, it dosen’t have either of the series main narrative thrusts. Even the knvies subplot really amoutns to nothing for now, as Ramona dosen’t find out Scott’s a cheater, and only distrusts knives now. That’s about it. It does improve on book one in characterization, with eveyrone being MUCH cleearer in terms of who they are and settling into their iconic selves nicely. Wallace’s more selfless and protective side pops up, Ramona starts to show mroe of her personality good and bad, Scott’s better traits are mixed a bit mor eeven with the douche ones,  Knive’s far more unstable and violet stalker side emerges, and Stephen.. well fuck him, point is things are coming together.. but O’Malley still isn’t quite at peak power yet. Not bad and still worth a read like last time, just a bit uneeven is all. That being said... if you want O’Malley at his peak.. well then come back next week. Until then i’ll be doing my usual buisness of reviewing birds, refrencing simpsons and letterkenny, and putting my eyes back in after kim’s look up there. For now the sun’s setting and i’m out of here. 

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim vs the world #ramona flowers #kim pine #stephen stiles #wallace wells #envy adams #lucas lee #oni press #Brian Lee O'malley #knives chau #neil nordgraf

[seijch]

i just read your “doom desire” and... work on it >:D) #5!! again!!! for the wip game HAHAH (also, to have the diary entries as part of the story is a nice touch. feels more personal and just... you know?? makes you feel like you’re finding treasure too and just jotting down your thoughts? HAHAH i cannot explain but aksjakak okay. 😔

make me work on my wips!! closed for now <3

im glad you liked the diary entries tbh!! the only thing i worry abt is the fact that theyre in first person? bc idk abt you but once i see a fic (at least a reader insert kinda fic) in first person my eyes like . immediately glaze over NSKFSDF its the ptsd from all the fics ive read that are like *Y/N’s POV* 😔😔😔

5. doom desire, a kageyama pokemon au

kageyama is strange. he starts his day with a morning jog, long before i manage to wake up. i think he takes his luxray and lucario with him. i wonder what region he’s from...

“why are we here?” kageyama asks. you two had trekked through the rainforest to reach fortree city. it had taken a couple of days and a lot of mud; your first order of business would be to check into a hotel and wash yourself off.

...except you weren’t officially in the city yet. before you were a set of sturdy, well-worn ladders. fortree city was suspended above. “there’s someone here that knows a lot about mirage island. i think they’ll be able to tell us where it is.” you release your golurk, the hulking beast’s arrival causing a mild stir among the wild pokemon. “let’s go,” you tell kageyama.

after all, no one said you had to use the ladders. 

golurk takes you in its hands, gingerly placing you at the junction of its shoulder and head. fingers and legs retracting, it takes flight. kageyama gets the hint, calling his corviknight out to whisk him to the top.

traveling with him isn’t so bad. he’s a little hard to hold a conversation with, but i think that’s because we haven’t found much common ground yet. he’s definitely world tournament material, though! i don’t know much about this year’s contenders, but i think i’ll be rooting for him once this is all over.

fortree is wonderful at the top. there’s a cool breeze that tickles your skin, and bird pokemon fly overhead, even perching in different locations. the majority of the townspeople look healthy (probably from the workout they get climbing the ladders), and the city has a quaint sort of aura about it. despite how hard it was to get here, you think that the view is well worth the effort.

kageyama seems to think so too, his mouth curved in a small smile. “let’s find somewhere to rest,” you say. it takes him a second, eyes starry in a way you’ve never seen before, before he falls back into step with you.

#my other big concern for this is that yeah i know kageyama but do i Know him... #im going to have to do my Research and by this i mean binge read kags fic 🕺🏻 #but tbh your asks have done a good job at giving me the brainworms for this wip... #this might be one of my next projects or w/e 😳😳 #🖋 wip game #💌 love letters #raenah 🧸 #raevaioli

[ask-caligula-effect-overdose]

Hypothetically speaking if yall had your own pokemon teams what would they consist of?

Aria: Ooh we should answer this too, μ!

μ: Okay! But I'm worried about it running too long so for this answer I hope just a partner would be okay! We'll put a full team in a separate post later!

Aria: So obviously, mine would be Meloetta!

μ: Ah I was gonna say that too...

Aria: I'll take the Pirouette form? It's more my style even though the main form is the Aria form.

μ: Thank you Aria!

Ritsu: Uh... Okay. I guess I have to pick Porygon. It would help with my job so much.

Mitsu: Zoruas are cute and fluffy and would help with my job too!

Shogo: Hm... I guess a Munna can help me sleep. That'd be nice.

Kotono: That is surprisingly cute, Shogo. For me... I would like a Milotic. It starts off as a Feebas right? And then with hard work and love it becomes a beautiful sea serpent.

Izuru: What is a "Pokemon"?

Naruko: *tosses him a book on all 800+ pokemon* You're welcome. As for me, I want a Rotom phone! It would be so helpful in taking pictures and with live streaming!

Kensuke: Ahaha. I think an Eevee suits me best. It has a lot of choice on what to evolve into and it's very cute.

Mifue: Personality wise I think a Munchlax and I are most similar... but I would also really love a Lillipup!!

Suzuna: Aha... I think I'd like a Chimecho. They have a nice ringing sound and it could tell me when someone comes by so I don't get startled.

Ayana: Hatterene. Definitely.

Kotaro: That's a scary one!! Uh... I want something cool and strong... and big! So I guess Machamp's my man!

Eiji: Do I have to answer...? I suppose a Luxray is bold and intimidating enough.

Thorn: Go away. *spraying Eiji with sage water* As for me... Mismagius. I like its aesthetic.

Sweet-P: Aaah there are so many dreamy cute Pokemon... I think for my main partner I'd pick Jigglypuff! It's pink and round and puts you to sleep! Perfect!

Stork: Scary... I think a Watchog is the perfect partner for me!

Shonen-Doll: Gross, I feel bad for your partner. I would obviously have a Banette.

Kuchinashi: ... Marowak. I can sympathize with Cubone's backstory and it has the type advantage against Electric types.

Mirei: *looking up Pokemon on her phone* ... Aha! Pyroar is perfect for me!

Ike-P: Even though it would lose to Milotic?

Mirei: Shut up! Lions are the best!

Ike-P: Ahaha! As for me, aren't Lucarios super cool?

Shadow Knife: ... Absol. It is a white light amongst dark types... the most heroic one of all.

Wicked: This is stupid buuuut Electrodes. Their whole schtick is exploding.

Aria: And that's everyone! Phew! Except Izuru. Dude!!

Izuru: ... Weavile. There.

#I will make the post on the full teams tomorrow #long post #phew this was long

[queenraikichi94]

A song to heal a tired soul 6 (Raikichi x Piers)

Rated: Teen and mature

Warning: Bad language, I guess?

Note: Raikichi is around 25 years old

-----PART 6--------

I woke up after a really good night. I slept very well, specially since yesterday Piers and me decided to start a relationship that anyone didn’t know. Well, except Glaceon. I smiled as I stroked my Glaceon’s fur, who yawned and stretched before opening her blue eyes.

“Morning, girl” I said petting her belly “Did you sleep well? Cause I did”

Glaceon nodded and started to clean her fur while I stood up. Since I only slept with the short pants of my pajamas and nothing covering my torso, I took the hoodie with snowflakes pattern that Raihan gave me and put it on and I went to the living room, smiling at the sigh of Piers sleeping peacefully on the couch. He had removed his ponytail, so now his hair was messy, covering his back and part of his face. I sat on the edge of the couch and I leant in order to remove gently the hair of his face and then, I kissed the corner of his lips, making him smile. He moved more to the backrest of the sofa, giving me space to lay down next to him since the couch was big enough for two people laying down there. I smiled and I laid next to him, facing him. He kissed my lips as he made me curl more next to him, tangling my legs with his.

“Ah...Nice way to wake up” he purred with a smile as he stroked my hair “Did you sleep well?”

“Yeah...And you?” I said stroking his face

“Pretty well...But now I don’t mind sleeping with you right now...”

“You’re more sleepy than a Furret” I said giggling 

“Perhaps...”

Then, Glaceon twitched  her ears and made a sound as she pointed to the door of my uncle’s room, indicating me that she had heard him, so I kissed Piers before sitting down again on the couch and turning on the TV. Piers moved a bit and managed to sit as well in order to see the TV with me. Nobody knew about our relationship cause we didn’t know how people would react about our love. Well, the most sure thing is having Raihan posting A LOT on the social media and both Piers and me didn’t want that.

“Good morning” my uncle said with a yawn as he came to the living room “Watching something interesting?”

“Some news and...Oh no” 

“Raikichi?” Piers asked 

Oh no. They were showing a reportage of Pokemon Contests and they were showing some of MY contest. I felt so embarrased seeing that that I buried my face on my hands as I felt my cheeks and ears turning red as I blushed.

“That’s Raikichi?” Piers asked “I didn’t know contests had battles”

“The battles are timed, and the coordinators have to show their Pokemon with beautiful moves” my uncle explained to Piers “The goal is to have more points than the opponent and once the time is over, the winner is the one who has more points.”

“I see...And you had to wear those dresses?” Piers said and I nodded, with my face still buried on my hands.

My uncle laughed and ruffled my head before going to take breakfast and then, he went to prepare himself since he had to open the gym earlier today. Piers and me had breakfast as well, with my cheeks still red. After preparing himself, uncle Kabu said goodbye and went outside home, leaving me and Piers alone.

“Why you blushed like that when you saw the reportage about contests?” Piers asked while he finished washing our dishes before going back to the sofa

“I...I feelt a bit embarrased...” I said, sitting on the coach, followed by him

“Why?”

I sighed and after shaking my head, I smiled softly “Remember when we met that I said I wasn’t thinking on returning to contests?” I said and he nooded, and then, I pulled my hair apart to show him all my face “It’s beacuse my scars...I know that in contests the most importan thing are the Pokemon but...I don’t know why I feel insecure if I try to think on doing a performance...because I think that the people will look at my scars and...”

Piers silenced my words with a kiss as he leant down in the couch, putting my on top of him. I kissed him back as his arms locked behind my back. When we broke the kiss to take air, I leant my forehead on his, with my closed and a smile on my lips. “You are pretty, Raikichi, with or without scars; I love you now and I’ll always love you...” he said, his hands now under the hoodie and stroking the bare skin of my sides, making me shiver a bit. You’re not wearing anything under the hoodie, are you?” he chuckled on my lips

“Piers...” I murmured as I kissed him again, feeling the heat of the moment hit me, and I was sure it was hitting Piers as well “...I love you...” I kept kissing him, mostly ignoring that the main door opened again.

“Sorry, kiddo, I forgot my-Raikichi?!”

Oh. Shit. Oh shit oh shit oh shit. I stood up, clinching my hands on the hoodie as my face turned bright red. Piers was also red, trying to hid himself with the blanket he used to sleep. “Did I interrupt something?” my uncle said and I noticed by the tone of his voice that he was having fun with the fact of catching me and Piers kissing in the couch.

“N-No...I...I...” I tried to say and my uncle laughed, making me covering my head and part of my face with the hood.

“I think I’ll return to the gym” uncle Kabu said “I’ll come back to take my coat” he said as he exited the house again.

I groaned as I removed the hood before being pulled into a tender hug by Piers. “Sorry...” I said, burying my face on his chest “Now he’s going to tease me with this for many days”

“Well, if we tell him we can have his word of not telling to anyone” Piers said

“With anyone you mean Raihan as well?”

“Yeah, that man isn’t very good keeping secrets”

I sighed again as I heard his heart beat while his hands played softly with the locks of my hair. With Guzma this wouldn’t be possible. Well, Guzma and me didn’t have a proper relationship since he threw everything to the trash before we could start something. That made my relationship with Piers be more special, cause this was a true relationship. I smiled as my fingers played as well with the locks oh his hair, making him blush. We spent near an hour like that, watching the TV, until Glaceon jumped on my back, demanding attention. 

“Okay, okay” I said and sighed after watching the time on my Rotom Phone “I should take a quick shower. My uncle wants me to work more with Raboot and see the progress I’m doing with him”

“Then I should let you go” he said, but his arms were wrapped around me

“Piers...”

“Yes, babe?”

“You’re not going to let me go, do you?”

“Maybe if you ask with a kiss...”

“C’mere, babe” I said kissing him.

As he said, he let me go after few kisses more. I went to my room first and once I got clean clothes, I went to take a quick bath while Piers texted his sister. After that quick shower and after putting my black and blue outfit with my accesories and the hair pulled in a ponytail, I went to the living room. “The bath is free” I said and Piers stood up, taking his clothes and going to the bathroom. 

An hour later, Piers was bathed and dressed. He hugged me from behind and peppered my neck with kissed, making me blush. “Do you really have to go?”

“Yeah, but don’t worry” I said, turning to face him and to kiss him “We can go out for a date another day”

“That sounds well, babe” he said “C’mon, let’s go” he added taking his bag after putting his dirty clothes inside it “Let’s not make your uncle wait for too long”

We exited the house followed by my Glaceon, and while I closed the door, Piers looked around, sighing in relief for something that I didn’t know. “So, about that date...I want to invite you to one of my concerts in Spikemuth”

“That sounds really good, Piers” I said, smiling and blushing

“Then, when-”

But before he could continue, we heard Raihan approaching us with Leon and then, Dragon Boy had his arm around Piers’ shoulders “Morning, Piers. What a surprise to find you here”

“Well, yesterday Raikichi invited me to stay on her uncle’s house cause it was getting dark” Piers said releasing from Raihan’s grip 

“The little Champion invited you?” Raihan asked “That sounds interesting and-Hey!”

“Listen to me, Raihan, I hope you don’t mention this in the social media” I said grabbing him by the hoodie and pulling him down “Because if you do it...Well, Glaceon has a very cold touch. Understood?”

Raihan swallowed hard as he nodded and I let him go. “Okay, I have stuff to do in the Gym with my uncle. If you’re going to take Piers with you, make sure that he arrives to Spikemuth in one piece, ‘kay? I’m sure his sister won’t be happy if you bring him in pieces”

“Don’t worry, Raikichi” Leon said “We’re only going to have few training battles”

“I don’t know if I should worry with your horrible sense of direction, Leon”

“Hey!”

I laughed and he shook his head before going with Raihan to search the nearest Flying Taxi stop, giving Piers some time to kiss me. “I’ll text you with the day and hour of the concert, ‘kay?”

“Alright, babe” I said kissing him one more time “Now go before they decide to turn and see that you aren’t with them.”

“I love you, Raikichi”

“I love you too, Piers”

He smiled and went behind Leon and Raihan, leaving me and Glaceon there. I couldn’t help but smile as we made our way to the Gym, ready for a day full of interesting things.

Once I arrived to the Gym, I got Raboot out of his Pokeball and I explained what we were going to do. Raboot was nervous, and I could understand him, but when I petted his head, he looked at me and I smiled. “You’ll do fine, Raboot. C’mon, they’re waiting”

They went to the place of the Gym where her uncle was waiting for them. “Are you ready, kiddo?” he said and I nodded as I took one of my Pokeballs from my belt “So, what’s your plan?”

“I know Raboot can learn Electro Ball, and I will use a Pokemon that knows that move to teach him” I said “Luxray, I choose you!”

Luxray went out of her Pokeball with a roar ad lighting bolts went through her fur. “Luxray, I need you to teach Raboot how to use Electro Ball since he can learn it. Are you ready?” I asked and Luxray nodded “Then, let’s go!”

Luxray showed Raboot how to use Electro Ball, and Raboot tried to follow her, but after try after try, he started to get tired and started to think on giving up. “C’mon, Raboot, you can do it” I said petting him “I know is hard, but if you keep trying, you’ll able to learn it”

Raboot nodded and kept trying. Hours passed, night arrived and after a lot of tries, Raboot finally managed to use Electro Ball againts the dummies before falling on the ground, exhausted. I ran to hug him happily “You did it! You learnt Electro Ball!”

“Now he has to perfect it” uncle Kabu said “And I’m sure you’ll make him being success”

I nodded and after returning Raboot and Luxray to their Pokeballs, we went back home. Once we arrived, we prepared dinner, and then, my uncle dropped the question I was trying to avoid.

“So...You and Piers, right?”

I blushed madly as I kept cutting the ingredients, trying to calm down “Y-yeah...I...I’m sorry, uncle, I wanted to tell you before but I didn’t find the proper moment...And Piers and me didn’t want to tell anyone cause the press and...Well...How others would react and...”

But I couldn’t finishg cause my uncle hugged me “I’m proud of you, kiddo. You have moved on and found someone that you really love, someone that really loves you. And don’t worry, I’ll keep it in secret until you find the proper moment to tell others”

“Thanks, uncle”

After having dinner, we watched some news on the TV, and I got a bit worried about how some wild Pokemon got hurted and confused after suffering Dynamax in the Wild Area. I knew that the ones that used Dynamax under the command of their trainers are safe, but the wild ones...I shook my head and I went to my room after saying goodnight to my uncle. I laid down on my bed with Glaceon, and when my phone vibrated, I smiled when I saw Piers’ message.

“Hi, babe, how are you?”

“Tired, but fine. Raboot has learnt Electro Ball”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Now he has to perfect it”

“That’s cool. Oh, I have the schedule for my next concert. Is in two days, at 21:00″

“Cool! I’ll be there! I promise”

“And I’ll be glad of saying you there, babe”

“Me too...Oh, did Raihan and Leon give you problems?”

“Nah, we had some matches and then I sneaked away from them. I should let you sleep. Good night, babe. I love you”

“Good night, honey. I love you too”

With a smile, I covered myself with the blankets and I quickly fell asleep.

#piers #raikichi pkmn #trainersona #kabu #raihan #leon #piers x oc #pokemon sword and shield #guzma #a song to heal a tired soul

[broomballkraken]

Title: Shock and Awe, Chapter 1

Fandom: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Pairing: Sylvain/Lorenz

Word count: 2391

Warnings: None

Summary: Sylvain runs into his insufferable rival Lorenz after not seeing him for a year. He is eager to battle him again after such a long time, but neither of them were prepared for what would transpire as they both sent out their first Pokemon...

“This is your fault, Sylvain.”

“My fault? How the hell is this my fault?”

“...When I think of how to word it properly, I’ll let you know.”

Sylvain shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket as he glowered at Lorenz, who stared back at him with an equally seething glare. Sylvain had not expected to run into his rival after not seeing him for a few years, especially this far north in Faerghus. They had crossed paths on the outskirts of Gautier, where Sylvain was just starting a journey back to Garrag Mach, where he and Lorenz had met five years ago.

All aspiring Pokemon trainers had to attend the Trainer’s Academy and graduate before they could choose a starter and begin their Gym Challenges. Sylvain had been pretty excited to finally get a Pokemon of his own, but he was even more excited to flirt with all of the beautiful girls at the academy. Unfortunately for him, Lorenz also had a bad flirting habit, and more often than not Sylvain spent more time arguing with Lorenz about who was better with the ladies than actually getting with any ladies. It had been an irritating time in his life.

Eventually, they had both graduated, with Sylvain choosing a Cyndaquil as a starter, while Lorenz picked a Snivy. They had gone their separate ways to complete their Gym Challenges, but they often ran into each other and engaged in heated battles. Sylvain won some and lost some, and he could never deny the fact that Lorenz made a damn good rival.

When their Gym Challenges came to an end, with both of them being defeated in the quarter finals of the Fódlan Championships, Sylvain had opted to focus on becoming strong enough to take over the Gautier Gym once his father retired. Lorenz left to do the same, as his father was the leader of the Gloucester Gym, and the two rivals had not seen each other since.

Sylvain did not anticipate reuniting with his rival ever again, let alone outside of his hometown, which was pretty far away from Lorenz’s own home. Lorenz apparently had been returning from Sreng after taking care of some business for his father, while Sylvain was on his way to Garrag Mach for the annual Gym Leader Summit. His father was also going, but Sylvain had left early so that he could take his time and do some training along the way, as well as pay a visit to his friend Dimitri, who had already taken up the mantle of gym leader in Fhirdiad after his father had unfortunately passed away a few years ago.

Sylvain almost didn’t recognize Lorenz when he first saw him. He had grown his hair out since their gym challenge days, which was a vast improvement to the disastrous bowl cut that he had sported back then. He was dressed in layers, more so than Sylvain due to the fact that he lived in a warmer climate. He looked like he was doing well for himself overall.

Lorenz had almost immediately asked for a battle, and Sylvain was eager to see how his rival had improved over the years. They had moved off of the road as to not disturb any travelers, into the thick foliage of the woods. Sylvain knew of a clearing next to a lake that would be perfect for battle, especially if Lorenz was planning on using water types.

When they both tossed their first poke balls, Sylvain was shocked at the sight. He had chosen his Toxtricity, Tox, who had just recently evolved and was proving to be an invaluable asset to his team. Lorenz had also sent out a Toxtricity, named Lavender, although his was the Low Key form, in contrast to Tox’s Amped. And that is where Sylvain’s current troubles began.

Tox took one look at Lavender and Sylvain could practically see the hearts form in his eyes as he bolted across the clearing. Tox stopped in front of Lavender and took her hands in his as he eagerly conversed with her, while she happily responded. Sylvain and Lorenz could only gawk at the scene, and their battle was over before it could even begin.

“Ugh...of all the Toxtricity in Fódlan, he had to fall for yours?” Sylvain grumbled, sighing as he sat down on a log.

“Please. My Lavender is an exceptional example of her species. She is much too good for anything trained by the likes of you.” Lorenz retorted, scoffing as he sat down on the other side of the log. Sylvain rolled his eyes and turned his gaze back to Tox and Lavender, who were cuddled up together by the edge of the lake. Sylvain’s had let his other Pokemon out to relax until he figured out what to do about this situation, and Lorenz had done the same.

Sylvain was not surprised to see that Lorenz’s team was much different than the one that he had used during the Gym Challenge, because his own had changed a lot too. Sylvain’s Rapidash was currently racing Lorenz’s Galarian Rapidash around the lake, and they looked to be having a good time of it. Lorenz’s Milotic was resting in the lake, splashing water lazily at Sylvain’s Luxray, who seemed to be egging her on by roaring and pawing in her direction. Lorenz’s Serperior, Roserade, and Froslass were chatting it up with Sylvain’s Typhlosion and Houndoom, while his Hydreigon took a nap under a tree. Well, at least their Pokemon were having a good time.

Sighing as he ran a hand through his hair, Sylvain pulled out his phone and snapped a picture of Tox and Lavender. He then opened his group chat with his best friends - Dimitri, Felix, and Ingrid - and sent it to them.

‘Aw! how cute! Tox found a girlfriend! <3’ Ingrid was the first to respond, and Sylvain pursed his lips as he typed out his response.

‘You won’t believe who that other toxtricity belongs to.’

‘???’

‘Lorenz Gloucester.’

‘LMAO sux to be you’ Felix had decided to chime in, and a sour look crossed Sylvain’s face.

‘Where’d you run into him?’ Dimitri finally joined in, and Sylvain quickly typed up a summary of the last couple hours of his life for them.

‘Oof, good luck with that.’ Felix said.

‘Do NOT separate them!!! they look so happy!’ Ingrid said at the same time, and Sylvain could practically feel her seething glare on him if he even considered the idea.

‘I’ll figure something out.’ Sylvain hit send and put his phone away, standing up as he turned to face Lorenz.

“Alright, Lorenz, what are we gonna do about this?” Sylvain asked, waving a hand in the direction of their love-struck Pokemon before crossing his arms over his chest.

“Well,” Lorenz said as he stood up and started pacing back and forth, his brow furrowing as he rubbed at his chin, “The obvious solution is for one of us to trade Tox or Lavender for the other, but I certainly would never give my precious Lavender up for anything.”

“Yeah, no way in hell I’ve giving up Tox.” Sylvain said, and he had to bite his tongue to stop himself from adding ‘especially to an irritating snob like you.’

“I thought so. The next obvious solution is for us to travel together-”

“Oh hell no!” Sylvain cut Lorenz off, and Lorenz narrowed his eyes coldly. “I can barely stand your company for a few hours. I am not crossing the entirety of Faerghus with you.”

“Yes, I detest the idea as well. The only other option is to break them up and go our separate ways.” Lorenz said, and Sylvain nodded.

“Yeah. I’m sure this is just a case of extreme infatuation. Tox may have caught his bad flirting habit from me…” Sylvain mumbled, and Lorenz laughed.

“Ah yes, you were quite the terrible flirt back in our academy days.”

“Oh like you’re one to talk! You were just as bad as me!”

“Oh no, not even close!

“Ugh, whatever!”

The two continued bickering as they crossed the clearing, stopping in front of Tox and Lavender, who blinked and cocked their heads at their trainers.

“Alright Tox, you’ve had your fun, it’s time to go. Say goodbye now.” Sylvain said, pulling out Tox’s poke ball and holding it out towards him.

“Come Lavender. You can do much, much better than this poor excuse of a Toxtricity.” Lorenz said, ignoring the heated glare that Sylvain sent his way.

Tox stared at his poke ball for a moment, and he narrowed his eyes and slapped it out of Sylvain’s grasp. He then growled and sent a spark of electricity shooting through Sylvain’s hand, causing him to jump and yelp in pain.

“Son of a bitch!” Sylvain hissed, jerking his hand to his chest. “What the fuck, Tox?” Tox just growled at him and sent another spark to the ground at his feet, causing Sylvain to jump back again.

“Just look at how barbaric he is. Lavender, dear, you really can do much better-” Lorenz started, but he was cut off when Lavender burst into tears and started wailing, the sorrowful sound deafening enough to cause Lorenz to wince and cover his ears. The sound then turned into an attack and Lorenz was launched off of his feet, with Sylvain following shortly after. Sylvain grunted as he hit the ground hard, and the wind was forcefully knocked from his lungs.

“W-Was that a Boomburst?” Sylvain gasped, wheezing as he tried to catch his breath.

“Yes…” Lorenz said, groaning as he struggled back to his feet. “She just learned it.” Lavender’s sobbing had caught the attention of the other Pokemon in the clearing, and Lorenz’s Serperior quickly slithered over to Lavender. She listened to Lavender’s pained wailing for a moment before she hissed and slithered over to Lorenz. Before Lorenz could say anything, his Serperior smacked him over the head with her tail.

“Ow! Serenity! What are you doing?” Lorenz said, rubbing his head as Serenity hissed at him. Lorenz listened patiently as she continued ‘talking’, and Sylvain wasn’t surprised that he could understand her. She had been Lorenz’s first Pokemon, after all, and Sylvain could also understand his Typhlosion pretty well after all the time that they’ve spent together.

“...I see your point. Very well.” Lorenz said, and he quickly made his way back over to Lavender, who was crying into Tox’s chest. He growled as Lorenz approached, and electricity sparked over his arms, and Lorenz’s wisely stopped.

“Lavender, my dear,” Lorenz said, and he paused until she turned to look at him, “I am terribly sorry. I did not mean to brush away your feelings so haphazardly. If you truly do love Tox, then I cannot in good conscious tear you away from him.” Lavender stared at him for a moment, before she let out a happy cry and ran to Lorenz, wrapping her arms around him and nuzzling her face against his chest.

“Hey, I’m sorry too, Tox.” Sylvain said, rubbing the back of his neck as he walked up to him. “I want you to be happy, so I guess I can put up with Lorenz for a while so that you and Lavender can be together.” Tox smiled brightly and chirped happily, pulling Sylvain to a bear hug.

“Alright, alright! I can’t breath here!” Sylvain wheezed, and he laughed when Tox let him go and licked him across the face. “Ugh, gross!”

“Well then,” Lorenz said, watching as Lavender ran back into Tox’s arms, embracing him tenderly, “I guess we will have to be traveling partners for a while, Sylvain.” Sylvain frowned and sighed, shrugging his shoulders.

“I guess so. Can’t be helped.”

“Where are you headed?”

“Garrag Mach. The Gym Leader Summit is in a month, so I thought I’d get a head start heading there so I could take my time and visit some friends along the way.”

“Ah, good.” Lorenz nodded as he pulled out his poke balls and started returning all of his Pokemon except for Lavender. “I am heading there as well. I will just have to tag along with you until we get there. By then maybe we can come up with a permanent solution to this...dilemma.”

“Fine. I think I can put up with you for that long. Maybe.” Sylvain said with a wink. He laughed when Lorenz pouted at him, and Sylvain returned all of his Pokemon sans Tox to their poke balls. “Ready to head out then?”

“Yes, let us get moving. Where is your first destination?”

“Fhirdiad. I want to pay a visit to my friends, Dimitri and Dedue.”

“Ah, Dimitri is the gym leader now, yes? I hear his team is quite a force to be reckoned with.” Lorenz said, his amethyst eyes lighting up. “I would love to test my mettle against him.”

“Yeah, he’s a tough one. The toughest gym leader in Faerghus currently. I’m itching to battle him as well. Wanna see if he gives me as much trouble as his dad did during my Gym Challenge.” Sylvain’s heart raced at the thought. He always felt the most poised and confident when in the heat of battle alongside his trusted Pokemon partners. When he eventually took over his father’s gym, he’d be making a living doing what he loved most, and that was why he always trained so hard.

“Oh, I’m sure he will. Compared to my skills as a trainer, you are leagues below me.” Lorenz said, chuckling as he brushed his hair over his shoulder. Sylvain rolled his eyes as they finished packing up their things and headed back to the road.

“Whatever, Lorenz. Whenever we get a chance to battle next, I’ll make you eat those words.”

“Oh, we shall see about that, Sylvain.”

Sylvain glowered at Lorenz as they began their journey to Garrag Mach, with their first destination being Fhirdiad. Tox and Lavender walked along behind them, hand-in-hand, and even though they were the cause of his current frustrating situation, Sylvain couldn’t help but feel happy for them. He supposed that putting up with Lorenz for a month was worth it...maybe. Sylvain sighed as he pulled out his phone to update the group chat on his interesting situation. This...was going to be a long month.

#fire emblem three houses #sylvain jose gautier #lorenz hellman gloucester #sylvenz #sylvain/lorenz #pokemon au #fanfiction #jade writes fanfiction

[ghostmartyr]

Pokémon Black 2 Randomized Nuzlocke Run [Part 9]

All eight badges earned, so what does that leave?

Pirates.

Team for the task?

Vertex (Luxray)

Caspet (Gengar)

Stormy (Metagross)

Photon (Rayquaza)

Nessy (Milotic)

Diego (Gardevoir)

...Those who did not participate in the last Gym, raise hands or whatever you have in place of hands for grinding.

#LET ME LEAVE THE GYM WITHOUT A CONVERSATION GEN 5 CHALLENGE.

Colress, I swear, if you pull a Euicine and make me fight you for the honor of not fighting the Terrakion...

He does not. He gives us a toy and basically says to check out the cave that I need Strength to go through more thoroughly. The Giant Chasm pirates are still blocking my way, so.

Siiiiiigh.

Box crew! What have you got for me!

I will take out Bessy, the level 33 Miltank, and teach her Strength.

Bessy is Modest and somewhat vain, but that doesn’t matter because she’s just here for HMs. She’s temporarily taking Vertex’s place, since Vertex isn’t in need of more experience.

Ah. Actually, Strength just lets you get Toxic. Which is fine, but sorry Vertex, guess I threw you out of the squad for nothing.

Hey we found the boat!

Marlon lets us aboard. Thought: I should go put Bessy back in the box and grab Vertex in case something goes wrong. Except that would take time.

...I am going to go put Bessy back in the box and grab Vertex.

After shifting a boulder on Route 22. And grinding for a bit.

Okay. A few hours later, I am more comfortable entering the pirate ship. Team levels are now 56-60. That is absolutely a balanced assessment of my current team. It is in no way misleading.

Me!

...This is the greatest grunt ever. He calls Marlon Smiley Swimsuit. Yes. You have perfectly boiled down his character essentials.

Oh wait, he has a Watchdog.

Sorry pirate friend. We can’t be friends.

Russell, my actual friend, is trying to go on his roaring rampage of revenge. Only as a responsible big brother, not a Sasuke.

I used to have a Sasuke. No more.

...I should have named Russell Itachi. If there’s ever a next time...

I continue to find it delightful that after N leaves, Team Plasma ditches their knight theme for a pirate one. I don’t even know why, I just love it. I love knight aesthetic, I love pirate aesthetic. My castle was right next to my pirate ship for most of my childhood, and it rocked.

Though my pirates wouldn’t steal people’s pets. A key difference. Pirate in name only. Well. And clothing. Pirate is just a more fun word than sailor, and pirates have looser fashion.

Mook time over?

Technically this one isn’t stealing.

Just animal abuse.

The villain of this game is just a salty old man who spent so much time in a refrigerator he decided the rest of the world should spend time in a refrigerator, too. Then he found out his region has a legendary Dragon/Ice type, and the rest is history.

Only history I have to repeat.

Because the villain of a Pokemon game decided his winning strategy would be shooting bolts of ice down at the world below.

Video games are the greatest.

...Wait. How did me and Russell get down here? Did Team Plasma just throw us off?

Also, yes Cheren. They use everything for evil. They’re the bad guys.

And then Cheren asks where the people Zekrom and Reshiram recognized are and. I wonder if he misses his friend. his best friend, [last game protagonist]. How much does it suck that he spent a full game with [person], and now they’ll never see each other again because [person] is bound to a different dimension. A world Cheren can’t touch.

Canon has, what. Red who comes back? Every other protagonist kind of just. vanishes as far as future references to that world are concerned. And Red spends quite some time up on a mountain. Alone.

These games are all about people who swoop in and birth legends, then vanish.

I made myself sad.

Anyway, to the Giant Chasm!

Totally bro.

Aw crud. Do I need Strength? I think I might need Strength. Can I mayhaps avoid that?

Oh. I could just go down the giant stairs.

Wow. Talk about your parties.

ONE MORE TIME ON THE BOAT.

I hate password games. At least the ship supplies a doctor early on. I wasn’t to the point of active concern, but I was feeling a bit itchy about using up healing items. I haven’t grown out of my usual standard in these games where I just let everything in my party die to avoid spending money.

Agreed, let’s roll you.

This guy just keeps throwing Cryogonal at me.

You know, I don’t have a lot to complain about regarding these games and their choices. I whine about everything, but all in all, I find all of them very solid and enjoyable. Even if gen 4 has too many HM requirements wtf just stop.

This isn’t really a complaint, but it is a confusion. Zinzolin is fought multiple times in a relatively small window, and his team never changes. We just keep beating him. I get the sense that they wanted a villain, but as a sequel game to a gen that went all out on that, they didn’t really have anything they were willing to turn into a threat.

Really, I feel like a better path to pick would have been giving one of the Plasma grunts a different hat and having them be the captain of a very confused and angry crew. But eh, whatever.

....Oh. You.

Why is the most anime hair dude in the game so gosh darn forgettable?

For the sake of my flawed memory, he wants to bring out the full potential of pokemon, and is willing to us whatever means are necessary. The only question is which approach actually yields results.

I like you, Colress. I am never going to remember you, but I like you.

Good grief his theme sounds like it came out of Phantasy Star.

First up is a level 50 Magneton. Caspet’s an okay choice, so I’ll just Shadow Ball it. Magneton Thunder Waves Caspet, then uses Volt Switch to swap in Beheeyem (also level 50), who takes a Shadow Ball and dies instantly.

Sorry, ‘faints.’

A level 50 Metang is switched in next. Out of twitchiness over Caspet’s paralyzed state, I put Nessy in and go with Surf. Metang uses Agility from the red. Colress uses a Full Restore. Metang hits a Zen Headbutt, but Nessy has the last laugh.

Ugh. Colress is going to send in a Magnezone. Stormy’s the best answer to that, I think. Stormy knows Hammer Arm. It hits, but like everything I hate, Magnezone has Sturdy. A Bullet Punch handles that.

A level 52 Klinklang is next. His only thing over 50. Stormy is paralyzed thanks to Magnezone, but a Hammer Arm that hits should end it, and I don’t think Klinklang knows anything that’s a threat.

Even if Stormy feels like being paralyzed.

Only once, though. Hammer Arm + Bullet Punch does the job, and we only have that pesky Magneton left.

Hammer Arm and we are done.

Please don’t make me fight another one of these clowns. I don’t wanna.

Aw heck, Russell’s having his moment with Purrloin drama. And I guess I’m not fighting robe dude. It’s all ninja for now. With my four pokemon who aren’t paralyzed. Maybe I should have fixed that.

:(

For real though, our rival’s plotline here is pretty dang sad. He wants his little sister’s pokemon back, and by the time he finds it, it isn’t hers anymore. It’s had an entirely different life without them, probably committing crime. Because it’s been told to.

This is why you get the pirate Plasmas and the knight Plasmas. It’s fantastic that you, the protagonist, has a crew of pokemon perfectly happy fighting and doing whatever you want. But living things being forced to do whatever you want them to because you happened to throw a ball at them is pretty screwed up.

There’s not really a satisfactory conclusion to all of this, since critique of a game mechanic that is never going to stop being a game mechanic doesn’t get to start dramatic revolutions regarding that mechanic, but it’s all very sad and sobering.

That pretty ice tho.

BUT WHERE IS THE PROTAGONIST FROM THE LAST GAME.

No, but thank you N. I was not ready to die at the hands of Kyurem. Your assistance is much appreciated, and pretty great in your sequel. Props.

Gee, that looks bad.

Cue dramatic anime battle sequence.

Followed by anime transformation sequence.

Welp. Time to kill you. Let’s just hope I can.

...Stormy. I think I might want you to tackle this. To the front you go.

But really.

So damn cool.

It’s dead now, but so. cool.

There are too many fights going on. I think I wouldn’t mind in a normaly playthrough, but for a Nuzlocke, this is needlessly stressful and I am not a fan also I beat Ghetsis in the last game and it wasn’t fun then, either.

He has six pokemon, and he opens with a level 50 Cofagrigus. That is not Stormy’s friend. Nessy, if you would. Hydro Pump hits. Toxic hits from the other side, and I will deal with that in a moment, after the Cofagrigus is gone.

Ghetsis, naturally, uses a Full Restore.

Nessy handles it in the end, but is down to 73 health. Eelektross is coming out next. Time to switch. To... uh. I’ll give Photon a whirl. Feeling lucky, I use Outrage, and Eelektross faints.

Ah. Hydreigon is out next.

That is a nasty type combo for my team to deal with. I think. Geez, mark this where I have all the regrets, but Photon’s staying in to murder the Hydreigon with Outrage. Ganbatte.

IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE AND A CRITICAL HIT, GOOD JOB PHOTON.

Seismitoad is next. Diego, time for you and your Magical Leaf to shine. Shine they do, and we’re on to Drapion, which I will leave to Photon. Two Air Slashes make their mark, and all that’s left is Toxicroak, so in you stay Photon.

AND WE’RE DONE HERE, SCREW YOU GHETSIS!

But where is that certain Trainer, N????

Anyway, with that, it looks like the plot portion of this Nuzlocke is over. All that’s left is heading up to challenge the Elite Four.

I think a battle like that can have its own part.

#Pokemon #Nuzlocke Challenge #Nuzlocke

[fawninthewinter]

Here are some asks for Pokeani thing: 2, 5, 8, 13, 56, 60, 67, 73, 75, 78, 80 (I got really curious and asked a lot lol but if it's too much, feel free to choose which ones you want to answer) ^^;

No worries! I love curious mutuals!

2) Who is your favorite professor?

Professor Juniper and Professor Kukui

5) Aside from Pikachu, who is your favorite pokémon of Ash’s? As an extra challenge, who is your favorite pokémon of each main character? 

Definitely Bulbasaur or Corphish

Here we go

Brock

Croagunk

Misty

Psyduck

Jessie

Wobbuffet

James

Cacnea

May

Munchlax

Dawn

Ambipom

Iris

Dragonite

Cilan

Pansage

Serena

Pancham

Clemont

Luxray

The Sumo cast doesn't have very many Pokémon on their teams so I won't do them.

8) What was the first episode you ever saw?

It was actually the very first episode in the series. Pokemon I choose you. My brother rented some of the indigo league episodes as well as the first movie out on DVD at the time so that's more or less when I started watching the pokeani.

13) What your favorite Team Rocket-focused episode? You can split this up into your favorite Jessie, James, and Meowth episodes.

Yes!

Jessie

XY063 A fork in the Road. Parting of Ways and Ignorance is Blissey.

James

Holy Matrimony and Sweet Baby James

Meowth

Go West Young Meowth and Fly Me to the Moon

The TRio

Noodles Roamin Off, a Team on Team Tussle, Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Some Time, and A Poached Ego.

 56) Who is your favorite Pokémon movie character?

Melody and the Slowking from The Power of One, Molly Hale, Lucario and Sir Aaron, Alice from Rise of Darkrai, and just about everyone from Power of Us honestly.

60) Who is favorite main Pokéboy and Pokégirl?

May is my fave Pokégirl

Does Ash count as a Pokéboy? I think he does. Aside from him though, Cilan.

67) Who is your favorite pokémon that hatched from an egg?

Ash's Donphan.

73) What is your favorite OST track from the anime? 

Tears After the Cloudy Weather. If we're counting movies, Tears of Life and Lugia's Song in the dub.

75) What is your favorite OP and ED, both American and Japanese?

Jap Op

Be an Arrow

Ed

Because the Sky is there and Meowth/Nyarth's ballad

English Op

Unbeatable

The dub didn't do endings so... except for that really bad Pokémon Go song. Shudders.

78) What is your dream team with any of Ash’s pokémon?

Pikachu

Snorlax

Sceptile

Krookodile

Greninja

Charizard/Infernape

 80) Name your top three OTPs. 

Already did but what the heck?

1. Rocketshipping/Rocketshipping ot3

2. Krazyshipping

3. Appealshipping

#ask the kat #estrelarabyss #melanie #pokemon #pokeani

[tinydragondreamer]

Take a look at my edgey pokemon ocs!!!! There may be more to come, but they all have a title, (they’re not allowed to give their real names to customers), and a special mask based on a different Pokemon, (everyone staying in the Hotel is required to wear a mask and employees are no exceptions). 

The first time i drew this i forgot to save and then accidentally threw away all my hard work... but at last, it is finished!!!!!!!!

From left-to-right!

“The Phantom”: She’s like.... 12/13 or something. She’s the heir to the company, and one of The Lady’s adopted children. She tries her darndest to act “””mature””” for her age, due to the pressures put on her. She has intense abandonment issues and the burning desire to please her mother. Her mask is based off of Froslass, and her Pokemon Type Specialty is Ghost.

“The King of the Sky”: Of The Lady’s three adopted children, he’s the middlest child, probably around?? 18?? He’s the only one with a blood connection to The Lady, being her nephew. He’s genderfluid, with he/him and she/her pronouns. Calm, collected, and a real people person, he’s most often a bellboy, ready to suit the customers’ needs. His title, “The King of the Sky”, is meant to be misleading in order to protect the real heir from anyone who wishes her harm. His mask is based off of Luxray, and his specialty type is Electric.

“Ash and Snow”: She’s the eldest of The Lady’s three adopted children, and likely is about 20ish years old. She’s also the most rebellious of the three, and often lashes out at The Lady, before being put back in line. She has a deep-seated hatred towards The Lady, and is very protective of her little siblings. The Lady of Many Faces knows this. Despite hating The Lady, of the three siblings she is the one who is most like The Lady. And she hates this. She tends to prefer to work in the Dining Area, far away from The Lady’s office. Her mask is based on both Alolan and Regular Ninetales, and her specialty type is mostly Fire, with Alolan Ninetales thrown in.

“The Miracle Maker”: They’re generally the front-desk manager, along with doing a lot of different little odd jobs. They’re probably around 18ish years old. A former Team Rocket Grunt, they’re currently searching for their 3 former friends, who’ve mysteriously vanished, and ran into Hotel Masquerade and subsequently was hired during their quest to find their friends. Actually a powerful psychic, their type specialty is Psychic types and Poison types, and their masked is based off of Alolan Muk (oops it’s kinda hard to tell without the colors huh).

“The Lady of Many Faces” or just “Boss”: The owner and manager of Hotel Masquerade, she’s at Least 30. A former scientist and a cunning, manipulative person, who likes to be in control of every situation she’s in. Her emotional manipulation and abuse of The Phantom, her heir, leaves The Phantom dependent and subservient to her, while she also uses the other two’s protectiveness of The Phantom to keep them both in line. In short, she’s Bad Mom Energy(tm). Her specialty tends towards Psychic Types, but really she works best with Shadow Pokemon, including XD001. Her mask is based off of normal Lugia. 

#there's more about them #a heck of a lot more #but i'll leave it there for now #hotel masquerade #pokemon ocs #pokemon #the phantom #the king of the sky #ash and snow #the miracle maker #the lady of many faces #~they're all a great big meeesssss~ #my art

[beaversatemygrandma]

Pearl Nuzlocke P14

We last left our journey smack dab in the middle of Victory Road. 

Okay i lied. We’re still in the beginning.  Current Team: Alder the Torterra Lvl 47, Click the Luxray lvl 47, Riley the Lucario lvl 48, Dusk the Sneasel lvl 47, Andromeda the Palkia lvl 47, and Peaches the Gastrodon lvl 46.

I’m searching this place up and down for the Razor Claw. I know it’s in here and i really would prefer Dusk to evolve at some point soon.  It takes a huge amount of exploring to find it. It was near the very end of the cave. I give it to Dusk, she gains a level and is now a Weavile! 

Finally i make it through Victory Road. I only had problems at the start it seems. Once i got my pokemon all past lvl 48, everything smoothed out Very Well. There were no more Super Tanky normal types who caused problems (IM STILL MAD ABOUT THE BLISSEY YES.) 

I might go back in to train a little more once i fight Barry. He seems like he’ll be pretty tough to beat. He has lvl 48-53 pokemon, mine are 48-50 sooo yeah. 

The fight with him was easy for the most part. Just using a type advantage against his pokemon usually does it. But i had some problems with his Heracross. I don’t have anything super effective against it and we had a super close call with Andromeda because she took a massive hit from its close combat.  The rest of his pokemon went down relatively easy though. 

Looking at the teams that the Elite Four have, I’m probably going to have to run back into the Victory Road and beef up my team some more. I also don’t have anything super effective for the first one. The bug type. Again i don’t have a fire type, I kill all my flying types somehow, and i definitely don’t have anything to go against his heracross. I don’t think I’ll come back until my team is at least lvl 53. Lvl 48s won’t cut it. 

The beefing is done. Mostly. Everybody is lvl 50, other than Andromeda who’s lv 52, and Alder who’s 51.  I’m going to attempt the Elite 4. I’m not the Most Confident, but here we go. 

The first one, Aaron, the bug type, he’s much easier than i was expecting. Riley and Andromeda take out the first three with no issue, with Click hopping in for Vespiquen and Beautifly. Last is Drapion, which is definitely for Riley.  She’s lvl 50 and its lvl 57. Oh that’s worrying.  Aura Sphere does 50% of its health in one hit. Very Very Promising.  She gets it into the red and he uses a Full Restore. OnO Riley uses Aura Sphere a few more times and finally finishes it off. Elite 4 Aaron is Down! Four to go! 

After the fight during my healing, i realize that i forgot to stock up on max potions. Oops. I only have full restores now and i think 11 of them, which isn’t too bad. Hopefully they last. 

Next is Bertha, the Ground type Elite 4. This should be no problem for Alder, Andromeda and Peaches.  Alder starts off by using Wood Hammer then Synthesis immediately after. This method worked perfectly to get past the Quagsire and Wiscash with no damage, with exception to the recoil. Both of the water types are down, time to switch to Andromeda for the Sudowoodo.  She takes it down easily within three hits of Water Pulse, even confusing it causing it to finish itself off. Next up is Hippowdon. She gets it to the yellow and sustains a decent amount of damage. Its Peaches’ turn. There’s a sandstorm raging and she can survive that. She finishes it off with surf after taking a hard hit. The last one is Golem. Peaches hits first with Surf and takes it out in One Hit.  Elite Four Bertha is done! Onto the next one! 

Next up is Flint, the fire type user. Most of his pokemon aren’t fire types, but they do use fire types moves, so i will have to be careful trying to use Riley on the Lopunny.  I start with Andromeda against his Rapidash. It was a challenge after Bounce successfully paralyzed Andromeda. Next, he sends in his strongest pokemon, the lvl 61 Infernape. I leave in Andromeda and keep hoping for the massive stat boost from Ancient Power so i can fight past the Sunny Day’s effects on Water type moves. At this point, i need to use a full restore to heal and get rid of the damn paralysis. (9 left... uh oh)  It hits with a massive Thunder Punch after that. I’m forced to heal yet again. At least its in the red now.  BUT HE HEALS TOO. Oh no. Andromeda is honestly the only one i trust to use against this infernape.  2 more Water Pulses and it was finally down. Adromeda fought well.  Next up is Steelix, it’s Peaches’ turn. It takes just two hits for her to take it down. I sure am proud of this weird slug. Next up is the dreaded Lopunny. I leave Peaches out to test the waters and give it a good hit. Luckily Peaches Paralyzed it with body slam. Off to a good start here. It’s time for Riley. Please don’t use Fire Punch...  It couldn’t move the first turn Riley was in so she gets to hit with Aura Sphere! She finishes it off with just one hit!  The last pokemon is up, Drifblim. It’s Click’s turn now.  I start with Swagger to get it confused and turn around with Thunder. Thunder hits and it’s a ONE HIT KO! I’m shaking at this point, how did i win that?!?

Next up is Elite Four Lucian, the psychic type user. Dusk has been waiting for this one, holding the exp share just so she can hit them harder.  I switch her back to the front and give her back her Shell Bell. 

With two lvl 52s, a lvl 51 and three lvl 50s, I should not have gotten this far. I’ve been surprisingly lucky. I thought i would’ve met my end by now. I’m confident in this next fight though. 

Lucian starts with his lvl 59 MrMime. Dusk’s Dark Pulse does a good amount of damage. I’m glad it’s not a fairy type yet, Shadow Claw can hit too and does Much More damage. Another two hits even after a Full Restore, Dusk finishes it off. She needs to be healed though, already down to 28HP. Next Lucian sends in lvl 60 Medicham: the only pokemon I’m worried about.  I have to send in Click, he can take a hit while I heal Dusk and hopefully take out this Medicham.  Click takes A Lot of Damage but manages to confuse the Medicham. I switch out for Alder. One Drain Punch does a Concerning amount of Damage. I hope for the best and keep letting Alder ride, hoping he hits with Earthquake. The Medicham is much faster and works through the confusion quickly. It hits with Fire Punch. Alder is down for the count.  Andromeda is next now. She hits fast and hard with Spacial Rend, defeating the Medicham with a crit hit! OH THATS MY GIRL. Next is Bronzong. I leave out Andromeda. She strikes again with Spacial Rend. I didn’t realize dragon wasn’t very effective on it. Oops. Water Pulse does a bit more damage and even confuses it! It hurt itself in confusion and had to use its sitrus berry. Now that that’s out of the way, time to just keep using Water Pulse because nothing else is very effective. RNG Save Me.  Psychic hits Super Hard, and leaves us with only 26HP. I switch Dusk back in.  The Bronzong uses Earthquake and One Hit KOs her as soon as she’s switched in. OH NO already 2 down just in this battle.  I try for Riley, hoping it doesn’t use Psychic again. Aura Sphere gets it into the red and Again uses Earthquake, Also One Hit KOing Riley. What is even the likelihood of that. Rude.  Peaches is the only one left with a reasonable amount of HP. She’s fast enough to finish it off with Waterfall. Next is Alakazam. I need to heal Click for his Crunch...  I leave Peaches out to heal him. The Alakazam knows Focus Blast and hits her for Half of all her HP. Oh wow. At least i can switch safely now. Click is next.  I thought he was safe, i thought it was a two-turn move. It wasn’t. It hits with Psychic and does Massive Damage. I keep going and try for Crunch. It sadly hits first and finishes off Click.  I don’t think I can win this one...  I send Peaches back out and heal up Andromeda. As expected, the Alakazam finishes Peaches off. It’s all on Andromeda now.  Psychic hit her with a crit and leaves only 10HP. I Need To Heal. But Spacial Rend did a great amount of damage. Maybe i have a chance. It’s my last Full Restore. 

LUCIAN HEALS TOO. ITS THE END OH HECK NO.  I try for Spacial Rend again. It gets it back into the yellow safely and its hit misses. I’m dreading his last pokemon after this one.  Andromeda uses her last Spacial Rend and gets it into the Red!! But it hits back, also getting her into the red. She hits first in the next turn and Finishes it off. I won. 

My life is at the mercy of Cynthia, even though i know she will have No Mercy and Destroy me Violently with her Spiritomb.  I use a max revive on Alder. Starter Clause. Starter can’t die. Okay. I need one more pokemon. I can’t even heal the only pokemon i have on the team rn.  I approach her corridor, ready for her to hand me my own ass on a silver platter.  The music is bopping and absolutely intense. I’m terrified. Her first pokemon as usual is Spiritomb lvl 61.  I front with Alder. One Eathquake does a good third of its health. But Silver Wind hits harder. Alder pushes through though and hits twice with Earthquake and finishes it off.  Next is Milotic. It starts with Ice Beam and Destroys Alder. He’s down again. I send Andromeda back out and hope for the best. I know it’s the end.  Andromeda hits with a hard Dragon Pulse. Somehow i am then taken out with Mirror Coat. I’m done. It’s the end. Game Over. 

Final Team: Alder the Torterra lvl 51, Click the Luxray lvl 51, Riley the Lucario lvl 50, Peaches the Gastrodon lvl 51, Dusk the Weavile lvl 52, Andromeda the Palkia lvl 53. 

We got far but couldn’t beat the Champion. We almost made it though. Sadly, that’s the end of the nuzlocke. I hit Game Over. It was a fun one and a really long one (61 hours+) but that’s the end! 

#pearl part 14 #pearl nuzlocke #taks' pokemon adventure #Death Count: 16 #It's the end guys #i died by cynthia's hand #she didn't want anybody to actually win a nuzlocke #who has actually beat her in one i really want to know

[medea10]

Medea Saw Pokemon: I Choose You

As you all should know by now, I am indeed a Pokemon fan. And have seen nearly any and all Pokemon episodes, specials, and movies up to this date. And that includes making sure my ass is in the movie theaters to see a Pokemon movie on the big screen. I did it for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and whatever number the Victini movie was. So seeing this movie was a definite must. And just my luck it came out on a Sunday (my usual day off from both school and work).

Being the ever so anxious fan, I arrived in San Francisco an hour early. Guess I got lucky with public transit. No worries, the theater is allowing people to come in early. And when I entered, they were playing Pokemon Generations.

Um...why? Okay, I understand that you want us to have the feeling of Kanto. But the movie we’re about to watch involves Ash and Pikachu. Not (DOTDOTDOT) Red. But luckily, it was only the first 3 episodes of Generations.

And I can’t say no to seeing Lorelei. Her and her happy tats were on the big screen. And that’s a big plus in my book.

Aside from that was an AMV (I’m calling it that) to the tune of the first OP song featuring footage of the past 19 movies. And of course advertising the first 52 episodes being available on Blu-ray.

So the movie begins a little bit like the first episode. Except we now know the trainers battling. They’re the ones from the first movie.

You member? Well their names are Neesha and Corey.

The two on the right. Not the other dude. They were on the screen fighting as Ash stayed up late watching in anticipation for the next day as he’s going to become a pokemon trainer.

Well a lot like the first episode, dude oversleeps and breaks his alarm clock, causing him to be totally late to Professor Oak’s and run around town in his pajamas. When he got there, yep, all the pokemon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle) are gone.

We saw the back of Gary’s head. And that’s all we see of him. Hope you enjoyed that Gary fans.

But as a shock, we actually saw an image of the other two Pallet trainers. We still don’t have names, but they look like Marina (from the episode Bye Bye Psyduck) and Tierno (from Pokemon XY). I’m not saying they’re them, I’m just saying they look like them.

So Ash gets Pikachu.

Usual shit, shock, walk, try to catch Pidgey, fail, hit Spearow, flock of Spearow come attacking, Ash and Pikachu are beat-up, get in the pokeball, no, Ash makes declaration to Spearow, Pikachu attacks, sky clears, enter Ho-oh.

And then Ash receives the Rainbow Wing from Ho-oh.

Which I am pretty sure is the reason why Ash never ages. I’m pretty sure Ho-oh’s Rainbow Wings are the fountain of youth in this universe.

AND THEN WE GET THE OPENING! It’s a lot like the video that the Pokemon Company has been showing all week with the footage of Ash and Pikachu. Except they played quite a bit of the song and even see footage of past movies like Lugia and Slowking from the second movie, Lickylicky and Torterra from the 10th movie, and a few backgrounds from the Victini movie.

Now for the rest of the movie that is going to go down a much different route. Be prepared. I’m not holding back. So spoiler warning. This is your one and only warning. GTFO if you don’t want to see...

So Ash goes about by doing some similar things including capturing a Caterpie and battling gym leaders. Well the only gym leader he battled was Erika of Celadon City.

Yeah, pretty much dressed like this usual attire. And I am pretty certain that she is NOT voiced by original voice, Leah Applebaum.

And to add it off, this is Ash’s 3rd gym battle. Who were the other gym leaders he beat?

Oh well, Ash ends up at a Pokemon Center where he actually calls his mother. And boy is she mad. She’s been calling all over Kanto to make sure her baby is okay. Then Delia mentions Ash being like his father.

...

...It took so much of my energy to stop myself from yelling in the theater, “WHO IS HIS FATHER?” Dammit Delia!

Team Rocket’s there...and they do nothing.

But he soon hangs up on his momma when he learns that a legendary pokemon is prancing around. It’s Entei from the Johto region. So Ash starts running around trying to see if he can battle it. But not before running into our new female, Verity.

She comes from Twinleaf in Sinnoh. And has a Piplup. And thank the fuck Christ it isn’t as annoying as Dawn’s. So I’m not praying it gets hit by a Draco Meteor. She wants to battle Entei too and they both fight over it until they end up in a world of trouble with a rogue Onix. Luckily Ash saves the day by being his usual reckless self.

Then they meet the other kid lurking around in the Pokemon Center earlier.

Sorrel from Veilstone in Sinnoh. THIS DUDE COMES FROM THE SAME TOWN AS PAUL AND CONWAY. SOMEONE GIVE ME MORE TO GO ON! Anyways, he leaves because a storm is coming.

While Ash and Verity are running to shelter, they see a Charman...oh fuck, I know where this is going!

Yeah, Charmander...the stray pokemon. Well we’re about to meet the douche that ditched it on a rock. Well...who knows? He could be a little better than Dami...

And he kicked Charmander.

Yeah, I fucking hate you now.

Nope. I have no likeness, compassion, or anything for Cross. He could cure cancer, kick Donald Trump in the testicles, and bring peace in the middle east, and I will still hate his fucking guts.

So Ash and Verity save the little Charmander by hiding in a cave. Surprise, it’s the same one Sorrel is hiding in. He ends up saving Charmander with some medicine, and Ash nurses him like a baby throughout the night.

This night in the cave is cold and so the trainers want to put the pokemon back in the pokeballs. Well...Pikachu hates pokeballs and still refuses to go in. And with that Verity and Sorrel’s pokemon don’t want to go either.

We learn a little more about these two mystery characters. Sorrel wants to become a Pokemon Professor and meet rare legendaries on his journey. And Verity has a mother that’s a very powerful trainer.

But wait, there’s more! There’s a scene where everyone else is sleeping and Verity is going through her photos and stops at one of her...mother?

Wait, wait, wait! I know this chick has Cynthia’s long hair and it looks so much like her...but I can’t remember, does she have an Empoleon in the games.

Fuck it, her mother’s Cynthia, I guess.

And we learn that Sorrel once had a cute little Luxray that watched over him when he was a tyke. And then one day he got hurt in a snowstorm. And Luxray shielded him until help came.

And the Luxray froze to death.

Dammit movie, you’re trying to break me. But I’m not going down that easy! BUT FUCK, YOU HAD TO SHOW LUXRAY SMILING EVEN IN DEATH! HOW FUCKED UP ARE YOU PEOPLE?!

Retelling of Ho-oh tale, Burned Tower, the three legendary doggies, moving on...

Ash, Verity, and Sorrel survive the night. And Ash ends up catching Charmander.

Entei sighting.

Caterpie evolves.

Verity sees Suicune.

Charmander evolves.

Marshadow stalks.

Team Rocket does nothing.

Ash wins several battles.

Here comes Kicky McDoucheCross. He battles Ash and Charmeleon. Cross uses his JOHN CENNNNNNNNAAAA (Incineroar). And much like the Ash we all know and love, he uses a not fully-evolved pokemon against a much powerful evolved pokemon. And loses.

And much like Ash, he ends up brooding after losing. You know how those go. Ash has many of these moments like when he lost to Gary and Paul and Wulfric and Richie and Brawly and TOO MANY TO FUCKING COUNT!

So he ends up having a pretty bad mood swing and taking his anger out on Verity and Sorrel. And even Pikachu when even he disagrees. And then Ash said something I NEVER thought he would ever say.

“I should have chosen Squirtle or Bulbasaur.”

OW. DAMMIT MOVIE. OW. Nope...no tears. No tears Medea, fight it!

So Ash is alone and falls to sleep. All the while his rainbow wing starts to taint (as it does if the person holding it has a tainted heart). Ash wakes up in...a normal world?

WHAT?!

There’s no pokemon. He’s going to school. Like a regular kid...

NO WAY!

OH MY GOD, AGATHA IS TEACHING AND PROFESSOR OAK IS OUTSIDE AND IN CHARGE.

Pokemon...have you been tracking me and my story Romance 101. Granted, it’s been around for over 10 years...But that’s so OH MY GOD!

Thankfully this world dies when Ash remembers Pikachu’s name. And not a moment too soon. Jesus “Tap Dancing” Christ. No more Pokemon in School shit! Ash wakes up, he’s sorry for snapping, the feather is back to being all rainbowy. We’re off to a mountain to see Ho-oh.

But then...

Pink Butterfree. FUCK!

Stop trying to make me cry, movie.

Yeah, Ash’s Butterfree saves the Pink Butterfree from a Fearow. They do courtship dance. Butterfree must go with his ho on the go and leave Ash. They fly away. Ash cries.

Phew...no tears. Okay movie, I’m done with you trying to kill me with feels. You’re worse than a Key Animation anime.

We see Raikou.

Okay, back to journey to the special mountain. They meet an old coot named Banji who’s been a Ho-oh enthusiast for the last 20 years. Ash is ready to be the one to take the feather to the top and summon Ho-oh.

And then Crossfucker comes AND RUINS EVERYTHING! Oh he totally did. Ash and Cross battle and thankfully the results were different from last time as Charmeleon evolved into Charizard and beat Cross and his JOHN CENNNNNNAAAAAA!

But FuckaCross doesn’t take losing well and said he saw Ho-oh once too. But he wasn’t blessed with a feather. So he takes Ash’s feather. And it becomes tainted. And Marshadow appears and just makes shit worse as he gets the pokemon from the area to fight everyone.

This was intense. Like 1st movie intense. There was strangling, biting, and explosions of all kinds!

And this just totally wrecks Ash and Pikachu. Overkill. So once again, Ash is telling Pikachu to get in the fucking pokeball and stand there as these powerful pokemon unleash their attacks on him. Pikachu refuses and ACTUALLY SPEAKS?!

IT SPOKE.

IT FUCKING SPOKE.

IT WANTS TO BE WITH ASH. THAT’S WHY IT REFUSES TO GO IN THE BALL.

And just like the first movie Ash brushes with death. Except he dissipates leaving Pikachu sobbing into Ash’s hat.

ALMOST...You almost got me movie!

Ash returns from purgatory.

And here comes Ho-oh to calm everyone down. And Ash finally gets to battle with Ho-oh.

Except we don’t see it. We just know they go back to the Pokemon Center and he mentions battling Ho-oh.

Well it’s time to go on. Verity’s gonna go home to Mama Cynthia. Sorrel is going to search for the legendary birds Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos. And Ash continues his journey with Pikachu.

Then the ending credits. We see Brock. We see Misty.

OKAY POKEMON, LISTEN UP!

I’m fed the fuck up with this shit. Every single solitary time I have hopes of seeing Tracey Sketchit, you guys fuck it up for me. Like the line cuts off when Oak brings him to the phone or he’s away with the Waterflower Slut-Brigade, or fuck if I know. Because he sure as fuck wasn’t there in those two Kanto episodes of Sun and Moon. If you fuckers don’t show my anime husband in the next five seconds Imma quit this whole...

OH MY GOD!

AM I SEEING THINGS?

A MOMENT LIKE THIS

SOME PEOPLE WAIT A LIFETIME

FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS

FOR TRACEY TO FUCKING SHOW UP

OHHHHHHH I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME

GLALIE-LUJAH! PRAISE ARCEUS! HOT DIGGITY DAFFODILS! TRACEY SKETCHIT! MY LIFE IS FUCKING COMPLETE! HIM. THERE. ON THE BIG SCREEN.

THEY REMEMBERED YOU. I’M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY.

I’M CRYING OF HAPPINESS! I’M CRYING OF HAPPY TEARS!

NO, FUCK YOU ROBBERT LOGGIA GIF!

TRACEY WAS ON THE BIG SCREEN! THIS NEVER HAPPENS. NOT SINCE MOVIE 4. HE HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE 2013. NOW, HERE HE IS!

*inhales*

Okay, so aside from that we also see May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Dento-fruit, Clemont, Bonnie, and Blushy McIdiot...whoops I mean Serena. We see some pokeballs (and a Voltorb) in the credits. Sorrel and Verity for a sec. Team Rocket...again with the nothing.

The End.

Phew...this movie. GO SEE IT. Yes, Gen “Wunners” I’m talking to you. Look, I know you’re sad that this retelling of Ash’s beginning doesn’t have Misty and Brock. But I’m begging you to just look past that imperfection and actually WATCH the movie. I’m almost upset at the fact that the movie theater I went to was nearly empty during the screening. I saw more people at the Victini showing than this. And this movie is so much better than the Victini.

You know what? For years, I’ve always imagined how Pokemon would EVER end. And if it did, I would always imagine it with Ho-oh, Pikachu actually speaking, and Ash either dying or brink of death. And this movie shocked me and gave me all three. I’m at a complete loss of words. I was so hooked on this movie.

The one miss for this movie goes to Team Rocket. Ash never sees them. They literally do nothing. And other than Meowth, we don’t see another pokemon from them except in the credits where we see Wobbuffet. What was their point of being in the movie? This movie would have been perfect if they weren’t in it.

Voice wise, Sarah Natochenny, you KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. I know I was never a fan of you voicing Ash. I mean, Rica Matsumoto is literally tops. And then Veronica Taylor, I will never forget. But your performance here was wonderful. Kate Bristol, Suzy Myers, Michele Knotz, I’m so happy to hear you all. Jimmy Zoppi...*sighs* all I hear is Weevil. No matter who you voice. Meowth sounds like Weevil. James sounds like Weevil with a cold. Professor Oak sounds like Weevil if he was an old man. I’m never going to get over that.

Shipping wise...AH-HA! Gotcha there, it was Pikashipping. And nothing else!

Music wise, I know they only kept like one original BGM and everything else was tampered. I mean it was okay. The opening still brings back nostalgic feels. The ending theme, kind of sweet really.

Sorry for being all ranty with this entry. But I didn’t want to wait 2-3 years to tell people how I really felt about this movie when I review Sun and Moon. Plus I just saw this movie like 4 hours ago. So I’m still pretty hyped.

I don’t give number scores with my reviews so please just go by what I say here. See this movie. There are 3 more days in the U.S. where you can find a theater to watch this. If not, wait three weeks and watch it on Thanksgiving weekend on Disney XD.

Phew. Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s been a long day and I earned myself some pizza.

#pokemon #Ash Ketchum #pikachu #verity #sorrel #cross #charmander #butterfree #pokemon i choose you #tracey #luxray #cynthia