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shandit · 2 months

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My Current Guesses on Legends: Z-A Starters

So with Pokemon Legends: Z-A being announced, since we now know from PLA that Pokemon will gain a special final evolution based on their new environment. I wanted to toss my hat into the ring of predictions for which 3 previous starters we're gonna get.

First off let me say which ones I'm sure we're not gonna get and why.

Gen 6 Starters

As with PLA, Gen 6's Starters will not be part of the starters in PLZA. More than likely, they will be caught in the wild just like the Gen 4 Starters were in PLA.

Gen 1 Starters

I think it's very safe to say the Gen 1 Starters are not going to be picked. But, let me explain my proper reasoning.

With the reintroduction of Mega Evolution, and the likely fact PLZA will have our Protag & Crew be the ones to discover Mega Evolution, it's very likely the Starters we get will gain Mega Forms. This said, It's very unlikely GameFreak will use Pokemon with existing Mega Forms, even if said mons get a regional form. Because of this, I can safely say Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur are not going to be on the roster, and same goes for...

Gen 3 Starters

Same thing here, with the fact these guys already have Mega Forms, I find it highly unlikely GF is going to give them both a new regional evo + a new Mega.

PLA Starters

This one's kind of a given. Pokemon isn't going to reuse any of the starters from PLA cause that would just be odd to keep giving starters other regional forms (That said I am sad at the loss of Mega Typhlosion :[ )

Gen 9 Starters

The simple answer to this is just, the Paldea trio are just, too new. While I don't think that entirely rules them out. I do think it makes them less likely to be chosen for the next mainline game.

Now with the obvious removals talked about, let's go down the line of who's left and talk about why or why not they're likely to be chosen.

Chikorita

I didn't originally have anything to say about Chikorita, since I felt their odds were snuffed out by the other grass types here, however upon doing some more research, specifically on Meganium, I learned the daylily (the flower theorized to be what Meganium's flower is based on) was actually brought to Europe around the late 1750's-early 1800's. And with France's Urbanization having occured around the mid 1800's (Which is the time period people are guessing PLZA will take place in) There actually is a good chance for Chikorita to be chosen as their plant actually fits with the location and time period! However I cannot think of what type changes would make sense for this, so I do have to dock some points for that.

Overall chances - 6/10

Totodile

Totodile sadly doesn't seem like a great fit for PLZA. It is essentially just what it is, a Crocodile. And, a quick google search will show you, that besides the barren ice land of Antarctica, Europe is the only continent to not natively have any form of Crocodile or Alligator. GameFreak would have to get very creative here with something of French history or folklore to make Feraligator work for this.

Overall Chances - 1/10

Turtwig

Now Turtwig is an interesting one. Not only is there the fact the extinct turtle species Torterra is based was discovered in North-West Europe (Though mostly Germany & Switzerland) but Torterra as a Pokemon has a lot of potential when it comes to regional forms, thanks in part to the tree on it's back. France's national tree is the Yew, specifically the European or Common Yew, it's an evergreen tree that sprouts red berries (these berries are also very poisonous, meaning we could get a change of typing here to Grass Poison). I could see a Kalosian Torterra having an Ancient Yew tree on their back sporting a great harvest of berries. But, potential put aside, I don't see Turtwig being here simply cause there's another Gen 4 starter that fits the bill of this game much, much more than them.

Overall Chances - 4/10

Chimchar

Chimchar is one I just can't vouch for out of the few fire types we have here. Their Sun Wukong relevance is way to impactful on who the mon is, and Sun Wukong, while being from a story of "Journey to the West" only went to India, and never actually went to the actual west of the world. I also once again have to toss them to the side because of the face there is one more Gen 4 Starter that only makes sense to be in this game, and it's not them.

Overall Chances - 1/10

Piplup

THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE IS A GUARANTEED PICK.

Piplup is absolutely going to be the Water Starter of PLZA, you cannot change my mind about this, and for those of you not in the know, I have one name that will explain why.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Empoleon, as obvious as their name is, is in fact based on the Ex-emperor of France, General Napoleon Bonaparte. And, if we go back to the prediction of PLZA taking place in the mid 1800's... Guess what historical events seemed to also take place in the mid 1800's. Oh you know, just THE NAPOLEONIC WARS!

Piplup is my only and 100% has to be there guess, it would be a crime if they were not the chosen starter for this game. I legit would actually be angry if GameFreak missed this opportunity. As for potential typings... Water-Dark "could" make sense since Dark Type is just Evil type in Japan, and Napoleon is an evil dude in history. But I think Water-Fighting is much more likely, with Empleon probably going to take on much less of an Emperor Penguin look, and more of General Bonaparte, give him the Hat GameFreak, it would look funny.

Overall Chances - 10/10

Snivy

Snivy is also pretty much a guaranteed pick, and this is just from the simple fact of Serperior. Who is (supposedly) based on King Louis XVI of France & other European aristocrats, and that the fleur-de-lis, aka the French insignia used by many Noble families is visible in their design... Honestly, along with Piplup I would be flat out shocked if Snivy was not the grass starter for PLZA, like I would be baffled at how much of a lost chance that would be. As for potential regional typing, I could see it being Grass Ghost to represent the death of the French Monarchy... But that's it for my brain lmao

Overall Chances - 10/10

Tepig

Tepig is an odd one. On one hand, Snivy being basically guaranteed makes me obviously think another Gen 5 pick isn't going to make it into this group, but on the other hand...

Nah, I got nothing. Tepig is based way too much Chinese Culture and the tale of Zhang Fei to really fit into French culture. Just like Chimchar's inspiration from Journey to The West, it would feel wrong to change Tepig for the exact same reasons.

Overall Chances - 1/10

Litten

This one was more of a wildcard pick here for me, simply cause none of the fire types left had any real connections to France like Water and Grass had, I just found the idea of a regional form for Incineroar to be interesting. Though I had no idea how they would change a professional wrestler into something more fitting for early 1800's France... THAT IS UNTIL I DID SOME RESEARCH BABY!

So French Wrestling is actually really interesting, while it started in the 1830's, their style of wrestling, titled Graeco-Roman, was invented by a soldier FROM THE NAPOLEONIC WARS! Not only that, but it's even named "Classic Wrestling" meaning there actually is a good chance for Incineroar to be based on this style of wrestling for their Regional form! What better thing for the Wrestler Starter to use what is to many people the first style of wrestling that was used in the First ever Olympics! As for typing, Fire Normal could make some sense... I just really don't want it to be Fire Fighting, I think a lot of people would be disappointed if it somehow got the infamous Fire Starter typing.

Overall Chances - 9/10

Popplio

What can I even say about Popplio? I mean I guess maybe the fact Sirens originate from Europen folklore? But even then it's mostly Greek origins for that. There's nothing really tying Popplio in to fit the bill here, they're outclassed by a certain penguin of french origins.

Overall Chances - 2/10

Grookey

I think the Galar Starters are going to be the hardest to even justify, really the only thing any of them have going for them is the fact they come from Galar, which is based on Great Britain, a country that was France's rival in the war to own the world.

However none of that has anything to do with Grookey, the drummer monkey really doesn't have anything to offer! Rillaboom could maybe play a different instrument, but I don't think going from a pair of drum sticks to a bugle is probably gonna work out well. Perhaps though I'm just not putting my mind into it well enough.

Overall Chances - 3/10

Scorbunny

Again, I've got nothing. Realistically I guess you could make a pun here and have Cinderace being a French foot soldier. Though French hares are a common animal, and rabbits in of themselves are abundant all across Europe. I'm just personally wondering what exactly they could do with the fella that makes them properly unique enough to earn that spot, and right now I just don't see it.

Overall Chances - 4/10

Sobble

Last but not least, We have Sobble. Now surprisingly, I could actually see them being used, Intellion is based on James Bond and 007, and being a spy, well French spies obviously existed, there's also the fact a spy can also be an assassin if need be. Water Poison Intellion that shoot poisoned bolts of water from fingertips, yeah that could work.

Issue here though you have to put Sobble up against the other water types here, and well... Piplup.

Overall Chances - 3/10

And that's it! So TL:DR for anyone not reading here are the rankings most likely to least likely by types

Grass :

1 Snivy

2 Chikorita

3 Turtwig

4 Grookey

Water

1 Piplup

2 Sobble

3 Popplio

4 Totodile

& Fire

1 Litten

2 Scorbunny

3 Tepig & Chimchar

Meaning the most likely Starters for PLZA are going to be

Snivy, Litten, and Piplup.

#pokemon legends z-a #pokemon #pokemon day #pokemon legends

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lorekeeper-backset · 2 months

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Parallels between Mega Evo and Dynamax nobody talks about:

Both use special stones that are said to have come from the stars.

Both are heavily connected to a "third" Legendary (Rayquaza and Eternatus respectively)

Both are seemingly powered by wishes (unless Wishing Star is a misnomer)

Both came about as a result of a great apocalyptic crisis.

The original Kanto Starters change form thanks to them.

Both would be much cooler with the addition of Zinnia (unfortunately, only Mega Evolution gets this)

#backset blabbers #pokemon #pokemon oras #pokemon xy #pokemon swsh #dynamax #mega evolution

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onthejadedjournal · 3 days

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I KEEP FORGETTING TO BRING THIS UP TO YOU but did you know that alain (the mega evolution special guy with a charizard) is canon in the games? steven brings him up in the two occasions such as the delta episode and a pokemas event

how you feel about emo charizard kid number 245 being buddy buddy with your husband huh. is he steven's best man on the wedding

OHMYGOD HE WASNT EXCLUSIVE TO THE ANIME?????? I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS

YEAH I KNOW FHAT FUCKEN GUY!!!! since i watched the mega evo specials i remember him super well. his design (although a little out there) just works so nicely with his chari.zard especially when mega evo'd. HES THE ONLY GUY I RESPECT I SWEARRRRR HE'S A GOOD BIG BRO TO CHE.SPIN GIRL AAAGHCCKKKK (manon?? i watched it jp exclusively)

so that just means that this anime special has happened somewhere before the ora.s events???? this timeline is fucking up my head even more because SERENA BUT ANYWAYS. but moreover, acknowledged in pokemas too???? insane. that's crazy. pretty sure this is pokemas steven's anniversary outfit with shiny rayquaza ... still that's so awesome... what the fuuuck...

now that you opened up a new can of worms I haven't considered alain as steven's other good buddy since hes... hella underrated (but he battled ash right??? i think) so he kinda just flew past me 😭 but dudeeee i like that idea. alain seems reserved but he means well. i actually did remember seeing this cool au of steven/alain and they're like in college n shit - i like that because they have a good chemistry! love it

we keepin him boys 🔥🔥 him and his funny dew drop hair 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

#AND HERE WHEN I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT STEVEN THERES STILL MORE TO DISCOVER #(well. most of it goes to the anime. im not done with xy 😭😭 but im like at the 2nd season now)#THANKS FOR SHARING DUDE #he would be the best man. just hella awkward about it because #“i dont know your lady enough i don't deserve this role help me” JAHDHAJAKAKA

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adobe-outdesign · 1 year

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Squirtle line? I actually like the first two stages, but not Blastoise. I miss that fluffy tail Wartortle had and sad Blastoise didn't keep it in.

(Note: This is a rollover review from yesterday; all other asks will be answered tomorrow.)

Squirtle's got a pretty classic design. It's mostly just a normal turtle at this stage—starters often start out fairly plain—but the bipedal stance and curly tail add just enough flavor to keep it from being bland. I also think the use of color here is strong; a nice aqua color for the body to convey the water-typing, and a counter-shaded shell that helps give the body definition. I wouldn't have minded the shell being more of a red than a brown (the anime actually over-saturates it to red constantly), but otherwise I have no real complaints here.

I also want to give a special shout-out to the mouth shape. The beaked look is reminiscent of a snapping turtle, and is just inherently more interesting than having a generic curved happy mouth.

Wartortle, in my opinion, is where the line starts to get interesting. The addition of some lovely feathered ears, coupled with an even curlier tail, now lighter than the body, pushes it from "fairly standard turtle" to "cool monster design". It also gives it a theme; specially, it's based on the minogame, a turtle associated with immortality with seaweed growing from its shell. Hence this 'dex entry:

A few other tweaks, such as a more blue-ish body color and the addition of claws, help further separate it from Squirtle while still keeping it a logical continuation of the elements there. I do think the body's blue color could've stood to be darker for contrast's sake, and the lighter blue might've made more sense as white, but as a whole, I'm a big fan of this design.

If Blastoise always looked completely disconnected from Wartortle to you, that's because: it is. Originally, Blastoise had a pre-evo in the form of what seems to be a sleepy turtle with bubble canons (left), and Wartortle had a more minogame-esq evo (right); both lines were designed by two different people. It's likely they were merged into one line because the original 190 needed to be cut to 150 due to file size restrictions, and two turtles might've seemed redundant.

I can't offer any opinions on these designs designs as all we have are the terrible Gen 1 backsprites, but I have to say that while it does make sense to want to merge the two to keep both designs, it probably would've been better to keep them separate. While the colors and shell designs help with coherency a little, the minogame theme is gone completely, along with all of Squirtle and Wartortle's most distinctive features. In addition, the sudden appearance of guns, different mouth, different tail, segmented forearms, and different underside pattern feels jarring.

This also leads to the side-effect of Wartortle now feeling disconnected; I can potentially see how Squirtle leads into Blastoise, but it's clearly going off in a different direction. While I love Wartortle's design and think it's the strongest of the three, it probably would've been best to adjust it to better fit the new direction when they merged the lines.

All of that said, Blastoise's design in isolation is fine. The design has some good bulk to it that makes sense as a creature with powerful canons, throwing cat ears on a turtle helps it to be a bit less "normal", and the way the guns are integrated into the shell is neat.

I do feel like the guns themselves are too mechanical, as these were the "what exactly is a 'Pokemon'" days. They clearly have machinery in them and can move and adjust position, something only artificially made or modified Pokemon sport nowadays, so it's just weird that Blastoise is basically part cyborg. The actual cannon idea is fine, but it probably would've made more sense if the water came directly out of protrusions in the shell.

Mega Blastoise is at least not too complicated, but honestly, this design never did it for me. I feel like the over-exaggerated top-mounted canon makes it look like it's going to be knocked over by the force of its own blasts. The smaller arm canons with extra shells are interesting, but overshadowed by the larger one too much, and the random pointed chin and "brows" make it look less like Blastoise to me. It's not terrible—better than Venasaur's mega, in that it at least changes things in a meaningful way—but nothing particularly interesting.

Also, why the hell was this not water/steel?

G-max Blastoise, on the other hand, I love—it's one of the few times I prefer a g-max design over a mega. All of the awkwardness of the mega is gone in favor of just giving it a central-mounted cannon, which feels much less forced while still helping to emphasize the guns. This is also compounded by giving the shell a multi-layered shell, which feels like a natural extension of the cannon holes in the original design.

I do however question one of two or the more minor things in the design, such as the random triangles on the legs/tail that add nothing or the underbelly being red, which reduces contrast. I also feel like the cannons would've made more sense and been less cluttered if there was just one larger cannon in each hole instead of two. However, I think this is a strong design as a whole, and I honestly kind of like it more than original Blastoise for at least going all-out and giving us a more unique turtle design.

Overall, I think that Squirtle and Wartortle have a very strong set of designs, but ending with Blastoise makes little sense continuity-wise. Blastoise's mega looks a bit awkward; the g-max is a far superior design. Overall, some solid concepts here only bogged down by Gen 1's file size limitations.

#squirtle #wartortle #blastoise #mega blastoise #pokemon #pokemon reviews #gigantamax blastoise #long post

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scrunkl3bunk1e · 1 year

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Aegislash and Chandelure type-based icons

For myself, but you can use them too <3

These two Pokémon are my favourites, I really love the Ghost and Steel types! A list of my favourite Pokémon can be found below the cut <3 No need to, just take your icons :p

Azumarill, Chandelure, Aegislash, Tyrantrum, Incineroar, Cloyster, Gengar, Glalie, Yveltal, Zygarde, Kyogre, Giratina, Palkia, Eevee, Espeon, Dusknoir, Gallade, Beedrill, Crobat, Mimikyu, Minior, Metagross, Sableye, Steelix, Reuniclus, Stakataka, Blacephalon, Lunala, Necrozma, Aggron, Garchomp, Cinderace, Urshifu (SingleStrike), Zoroark, Regice, Regirock, Registeel, Regieleki, Regidrago, Regigigas, Tyranitar, Duraludon, Kyurem, Zekrom, Haxorus, Delphox, Blaziken, Escavalier, Accelgor, Lucario, Mewtwo, Celebi, Mew, Hydreigon, Cofagrigus, Eternatus, Zamazenta, and Venusaur <3

My favourite Mega Evo is… All of them!! They were amazing :)) (Have to choose? Gengar or Glalie)

My favourite Gigantamax is… None. I prefer Megas, the size can be quite a mess and they don’t seem special enough. (Have to choose? Urshifu (RapidStrike) or Eternatus

#♣️ // poke them on.#pokemon #pokemon shuffle #pokemon icons #aegislash #chandelure #doublade #honedge #lampent #litwick #pokeblr #pokémon #icons #my icons #pride icons #<- visibility tag #squiggle’s icons

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cyberdragoninfinity · 7 months

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What's your favorite Pokemon of each type? From each region?

A FANTASTIC QUESTION and a great excuse for me to redo the classic Centro Favorite Pokemon By Type Meme

this was VERY hard for several types 😭 i have a lot of favorites--H-Samurott is pretty tied with Floatzel, Mega Mawile super tied with Fezandipiti, and Incineroar is pretty neck and neck with G-Moltres. Anyway i think it's rly interesting that except for. wow literally only like 3 guys, my favorite Pokemon has been one from gens 7-9. idk! I just genuinely think Pokemon design gets stronger with each passing gen and these last few batches have just been one banger after another for me. they keep makin Dana Monsters!!!

(also this chart hasnt been updated with Bloodmoon Ursaluna yet, but that's my actual Especially Favorite Ground Type now. BEAR ATTACK!)

Anyway favs by region!! Lemme think:

Kanto: NINETALES, OF COURSE (Runners up: Ivysaur, um. Raichu?? going to be real my fav pokemon might be from kanto but kanto is. one of my least fav regions especially dex wise HDHFGSDF)

Johto: Sneasel! (Runners up: Gligar, Phanpy.)

Hoenn: Laironnnn :3 (Runners up: Skitty, Mega Sceptile)

Sinnoh: Floatzel ;__; my babyyy (Runners up: Weavile, Giratina)

Unova: FUCK THIS ONE IS HARD. White Kyurem, i think i must go with. I love my abomination. (Runners up: Male Unfezant (i like pheasants 🥴, Zoroark)

Kalos: Malamar (Runners up: Dedenne, Yveltal)

Alola: AUGH. ALSO A REALLY HARD ONE. I LOVE THE ALOLA DEX SO MUCHHH. think i must go with Silvally, though. (Runners up: Salazzle, Incineroar (and Oricorio, and Lycanroc, and Ultra Necrozma, and Solgaleo, and and and...)

Galar: ALL THREE OF THE GALARIAN BIRDS i cant pick just one as a trio theyre just delightful. Zapdos being a roadrunner is so special to me though. (Runners-up: Obstagoon, Appletun, Spectrier and Shadow Rider Calyrex, GMax Orbeetle.... sword and shield were Not good games but goddamn the designs kicked ass. to me.)

SPECIAL SIDE REGION - HISUI: Hisuian Samurott!!!! Waauughhh I love it so much Samurott was already one of my favorite starter evos and then they made him MEAN!! HELL KAISER. (Runners-up: Ursaluna, Enamorus, Sneasler)

Paldea: DIFFICULT PICK. AGAIN. God I think I have to go with either Miraidon or Ceruledge. sorry world for being a Violet girlie (Runners-up: Meowscarada, Cetoddle, All Four of the Ruinious Vessel Legendaries, Maushold, all of the Paradox Pokemon, honestly probably all of the Loyal Three......i like scarvio's dex a lot)

#RAMBLING BUT TY FOR LISTENING 🙏 I LOVE POKEMON I LIKE SO MANY OF THESE GUYS VERY MUCH #asks #anonymous #pokemon chattering

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tsmeweek · 1 month

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Well damn, there is only 1 week until TSME Week! Maybe you've already prepared something, or maybe there is still time if you want to whip up a little piece to celebrate this show's 10th anniversary! TSME trio adventures? TSME x Pokemon XY characters in Miare? TSME x ORAS...? OCs with the TSME gang? A completely different timeline? Coffee shops or Space AU? There is a prompt for every vibe! Check out the prompts for the event here!

Don't forget to tag #tsmeweek2024 or #tsme10thanniversary when you post your piece(s), so that they can be found!!

#tsme #incombustibleshipping #marissonshipping #the strongest mega evolution #oras #pokemon #pokemon anime #Steven stone #trainer alain #trainer mairin #mega evo specials #pokemon xy #pokeani #pokemon xy&z #pokemon alain #pokemon mairin

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ethanhibiki · 9 days

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Charcoal 🥺

charcoal is really good too!! a very high friendship stat.. means mega evo is extra super strong!! wow... i should probably get a mega stone too! i think onceler would like to lol!! oh i should probably groom his feathers. he's been a very good birdie! i love you onceler!!! hehe! oh- right, charcoal!!

uhmmm.......... evs could use work in the defense.... mm.... special attack is actually pretty good! woah....

#♧we're headed for the top! [ goldchat ]#gameshark arc

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digisurvive · 1 year

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Obsessed with how Survive utilized Plutomon bc... There's usually the assumption of maleness onto digimon, specially dark armored ultimates/megas like Plutomon, who's even based on Pluto/Hades and thusly governs over the realm of the dead (more Hades than Pluto, give the penchant for Violence and Cruelty embedded into the lore).

Usually, for a digimon to be read as feminine there's the curves and boobs and skimpy outfits—think of LadyDevimon, Angewomon, Lilithmon, the sistermon, etc. So, It's Just So Fun when certain portrayals within the franchise expand outside of those rigids standards of gender presentation.

Not only Aoi biomerges with Labramon to become Plutomon and effectively embodies the tyrannical and cruel aspects of Plutomon, there's a distinctive Aoi feel to how those traits are portrayed: her speech is still proper and polite and she still talks with a certain maternal flavor in her Savior-complex rants: she promises to look after them, guide them toward proper behavior and harmony, and to protect them. She doesn't yell when admonishing them, despite the obvious passive-aggression and underlying threats to her words, but rather her speech still aims to make them understand what their best option here is (in this case, to zip it and not cause her any trouble).

She essentially seeks to usurp the master as caretaker of the kemonogami realm as well as extending that forced guardianship onto the human world as well. All this behavior isn't far off of the maternal character she's recognized as having by her peers before her turn of heel, but as Plutomon, she highlights a darker aspect to the position of a mother: Plutomon isn't afraid of flaunting and exerting the power she knows she has and her plans assert she will continue to force her authority over the beings that will be under her care, overriding their agency to imposing her judgment and decisions as the only correct ones.

This negative growth enriches her struggles through the game: she's always been caught between repressing all her misgivings both due trouble asserting herself and because being lenient and extending grace to others is helpful to smooth out the dynamics within the group. Labramon, from start, is very vocal about her anger, sometimes even being too harsh, but she still represents Aoi's desire for aggression. In Cerberumon's cutscene she wishes to be able to have that level of self-assertion and proactiveness to be able to move on from passively supporting and protecting the group to be able to overpower what threatens them. This desire for proactiveness reflects in her stepping up to be their leader, but also comes out corrupted in Plutomon.

The idea of balance is central to her development. Repressing everything only causes her explode later on and to become isolated and mistrustful of others. But not extending grace to others and focusing on mediating the dynamics in the group causes them to become divided, which is counter-productive to their goals and contrary to her values. Labramon nudges to accept her desire for power, aggression, proactiveness and authority, but it has the ambiguity over whether she can retain a firm and just heart not to end up hurting others. It's all about the balance between the needs and desires Labramon represents and nuzzles her toward and her care and desire for Harmony. Aoi feared the monstrous shape Labramons power took because she understood her desire to assert herself boldy could become brazen, her wielding authority over others came with the possibility of hurting them and it was a serious responsibility to take on. She knows that humility and a discerning judgment are key to wielding the power she desires responsibly, but during the Cerberumon evo, it still remains to be seen if she can remain a just and fair leader. And we see the influence of that side of her soul embodied by Labramon taking a turn for the worse when they biomerge and only the bitterness, regrets and anger remain after their agony.

#Digimon Survive #Digimon #Aoi Shibuya #Meta #Ig? I think all I wanted to say it's thay it was very gender when Plutomon acted like a complete pos #But fr the gendered ways the violence expresses itself fascinate me #Her own desire for aggression stands at odds with her values and role as a proper girl and honor student #Not sorry about this being rambly I already wrote a well-thought and curated meta #Aoi #Wrathful route #Long post #digimon survive spoilers

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braintapes · 4 months

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been playing a metric shitload of pokemon these past few weeks and its got me cooking in my mind. the kinds of battlers i think the hotel podcast characters would be:

First, overall, I think the Staff would all have weak teams at first in different ways, but then later on you battle them a second time (maybe after fighting the New Crew) and they've got beefed up 'Mons that you have to actually work to beat.

The Lobby Boy's first team is frail. I'm talking like, Wimpod, Magikarp, Slakoth, stuff like that. Litwick. First stage evos or Pokemon that kinda hinder themselves more than they're useful. Golett with Klutz or smth. The first battle's a cake walk. But these are Pokemon with pretty powerful evolved forms once you get there - Slaking, Gyarados, Golisopod...you get the idea. You fight him the second time and he hits you like a truck with highly powerful mons.

The Manager's team is designed around entry hazards. The Manager manages, she adapts. She knows she's going to take a hit, but she's going to make absolutely sure you get punished for landing it. Bulky, defensive mons that can take a beating long enough to set up spikes, stealth rocks, etc. Maybe also a Sharpedo for Rough Skin and to tie into her fish/ocean creature theming. Middle evos for the first battle maybe, full evos and more type coverage the second time? Also a focus on status setting, just to be extra painful while you slowly lose

The Owner's team has plenty of decently powerful Pokemon...but they are horribly set up. Bad abilities, poorly applied movesets, the works. Mons with Intimidation but which don't take advantage of it, ones that get Heavy Slam but aren't, uh, heavy enough to make good use of it. A team that would be kinda scary to go up against if he knew what he was doing. Which he does figure out by his second battle. Maybe he gets to use one of the cool gimmick features like Mega Evolution or Gigantamaxing or something. Idk about specific Pokemon, but I do know for sure he should have a Dusknoir. It's just right to me.

The New Crew, overall, take advantage of different battle formats. So while you don't rematch them, they come out of the box with strong teams focused on good synergy. If you could rematch them, they'd probably do some of the fun stuff the battle facilities in the games do, imposing restrictions and interesting limits.

The Bellhop and Concierge are fought as a unit in a double battle. The Concierge plays defensive and support, with bulky/hard-to-hit mons that set up screens, boost ally stats, and weaken enemy stats. He probably also enjoys taking advantage of things like confusion and infatuation/immobilization. I like the idea of him using normal types and 'regular' seeming Pokemon, perhaps.

The Bellhop has the strike team. She hits hard and fast with strong physical and special attackers. Favors moves that hit multiple times or have additional effects, although with all the stat boosts the Concierge is stacking her with it's really just overkill at this point. Pokemon with abilities that boost their stats maybe, or with abilities that nullify moves of certain types? Need to think on that more.

The Auditor's team is designed for support, but...a little too much. You fight her in a rotation battle, which (iirc) play like single battles but with some advantages. Still, I don't think she'd be a complete wash and she can keep her own Pokemon healed up throughout the fight and stall you out (again i dont remember rotation battles as much as double battles so i could be wrong on this. will have to research). Bug and ghost type user I imagine. I think she should get to have Aegislash, I know it's a sword and not a knife, but it's still a wicked blade. Also she gets a Banette bc I thought it'd be fitting for either her or the Manager.

Madam Hotel's first fight is a wash. Full of seemingly random and seemingly useless gimmick Pokemon. Chimecho absolutely has to be on her team because I need it to be on someone's team. Mimikyu, Eiscue, Zorua, a focus on disguises and damage absorption, but fairly easy to deal with once you've figured the gimmick out. Until you get to the very end of your team and thBLAM. BLACEPHALON BLAST!!!!!!!!!

The Hotel Herself does not fight fair. She rotates constantly between Ultra Beasts, Legends, Pokemon from the Staff and New Crew teams, thematically appropriate mons, she'll switch out a Pokemon from the box mid-battle because she can. She's gamebreaking and she knows it, and she's really just toying with you and having her own fun.

Her strategy is high risk, high reward. Fun, explosive plays in a literal sense - self-destructing moves, extremely powerful but low accuracy moves, anything relying on luck to hurt you. All of her team has accuracy and critical hit boosting items and she spams healing, revives, pp, constantly. It's an endurance game, like the most unbalanced and poorly designed of romhack battles cranked up to 100.

If you can outlast her somehow and win, she just kills you out of battle anyway

thank you for coming to my ted talk . smile :]

#SORRY FOR THIS WALL OF A POST i didnt mean it to get this long #ive just been thinking a lot. i now understand the idea of team comp/strategy as self expression.#and how that can apply to showing a characters personality #so im thinking less abt specific mons and more style. how would they approach a battle situation #disclaimer i still dont know anything about pokemons strategies or how all that works. still v new to me

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@patchun did it, so now I'm doing it. Apparently it's just a big grid of your favorites, if anyone else wants to play along. I tried to be more honest with myself about pre-evolutions, but we all know how that can go.

GEN 1 There were no Dark types, and only one Steel type, so that's a little lame. Otherwise, Gen 1 has a lot of "my favorite is a pre-evo." Eevee, yes Vulpix over Ninetales in this moment, and most critically, Kadabra over Alakazam. Kadabra is, at least at present, my favorite Gen 1 mon again. Just like when I was a lad. I loved Kadabra. One that I think might stand out is Nidoran-Male. There are plenty of Poison types, but truth be told? I always just thought Nidoran-Male was super cute. I love its big ears. It's not the same when it starts evolving.

GEN 2 I feel like none of this should be surprising, and I'm sleepy, so moving on.

GEN 3 Gen 3 has excellent Pokemon, I love them. Illumise is a bit of an odd pick, but I had a really fun AlphaSapphire run one time that ran Illumise and it did pretty well, endearing it to me. Otherwise...yeah, actually, Mega Mawile is preferred over Gardevoir at this time. I miss it so bad...

GEN 4 Despite my love of Gen 4, I feel like a large draw is its legends. A lot of these feel like filling in a box. That said, Mesprit. There are so many good legends, but I'm tired of pretending Mesprit isn't my favorite.

GEN 5 Lilligant Sweep. Honestly, looking back at how much I love so many Gen 5 designs, it's nuts to think that people hated on it. Also we're back to having pre-evos as favorites. Frillish is better than Jellicent, with the pink one being my favorite, while I also just like Dewott better than Samurott, and think it's the best starter form of the generation.

GEN 6 Okay, so at this point, I should mention: I decided to put something different in each box, to avoid just spamming certain favorites. That was ill advised when you get to gens 6-8, given how few new additions there really were. So much of this feels like picking something. That said, special shoutouts to Gourgeist, who is legitimately one of my favorites ever, but cannot compete with Lilligant.

GEN 7 UB Sweep. Also, I love Pikipek. I love Trumbeak. I don't really love Toucannon. I loved woodpeckers, and was really excited by having one, but then it evolves and it's like sure, this makes sense. Morelull was the worse outcome, but the short is Gen 7 really did not endear itself to me with the evolution decisions. It did, however, endear itself via Moon Bat and the Ultra Beasts. Nihilego being the easy favorite. Like, come on.

GEN 8 Man, thank god for Legends Arceus, am I right? If it's from legends, safe to assume it's actually my favorite. If it's from Galar, it's like a 50/50 I was just filling a spot. That said, I am here to pick fights right now. Thievul is cute, y'all are just mean, and I fucking love Indeedee. Great shit.

GEN 9 I happen to like Paldea quite a lot. That said, wow do Ice and Bug not have much going on. Ice is especially painful, but I actually do like Frigibax. I saw it first in the evolution line and was like oh hey, that's a pretty cool dragon thing, and it's Ice type that's crazy! And then I saw its pre-evo form and was like oh, that's not so good. And then I saw its final form and was like "well that's not too bad" until I saw it move. It's not great. But the rest I legitimately love. Arboliva, Ceruledge, Espathra, Glimmora, Bellibolt, and yes all of the Meowscarada line. They're really good.

MISCELLANEOUS Not a ton to mention in the special section, but I'll comment on a bit. Spearow line is great, they're just vilified because of the anime. But if you think about it, Pidgey spams Sand Attack and is a little punk-ass bitch with Whirlwind when it evolves, while Spearow is an honorable warrior. Chingling is probably my favorite baby? I briefly debated Smoochum solely for being not-Jynx, before decided I didn't really like that one either. Flareon is my favorite Eeveelution but couldn't win over Vulpix, so it just...never got to appear. I'm sorry, I just love the Vulpix line so much.

OVERALL I assume none of these final decisions are surprising, so instead, here's the official ranking of each within the favorites (just the 18 types):

Lilligant - Absolute favorite, I adore Lilligant.

Nihilego - Very, very close second, I love this space jellyfish that deletes your personality.

Gardevoir - I can't help myself, I just love Gardevoir. It's such a good design.

Mawile - While Mega Mawile won out over Gardevoir overall, I think that's as much sadness over losing it as actually preferring it. They're pretty evenly matched, but without the mega, I think Gardevoir pulls ahead.

Mesprit - Emotion gremlin, I love you Mesprit, it's so cute and I am instantly drawn to emotion things.

Kingdra - I actually really love Kingdra. I think it's the Johto thing, and the strong association with Clair, who is a favorite. It's also just a cool dragon, like look at that thing.

Glaceon - Eeveelutions suck so bad, and I'm so mad about it, but I love you Glaceon, you and Flareon are hot garbage but you're my favorites.

Iron Valiant - Iron Valiant is so goddamn cool, what a good Paradox Pokemon. I just...wish I had more time with it, you know? Maybe over time it'll climb up, but I think it's just too...locked to one of the very last things you can do to attach.

Mismagius - Super cool ghost witch. Love this thing.

Milotic - It's very pretty, and it's one of the few Water types I stronly respect. I'm sorry, I don't love Water types.

Indeedee - Look, Indeedee's my girl. It's such a cute little design, I love that it got Psychic Terrain on entry, I'm dying for Pokemon Masters to give Caitlin or Darach one of these things. It's so good.

Braixen - Fennekin is the best starter ever designed, and Braixen is therefore the best by virtue of being the best iteration within that evolutionary line. REALLY wish it were Psychic type.

Krookodile - It's just a really cool thing. I wind up using Krookodile like every time I play Gen 5, it's just such a cool thing.

Diancie - You should be higher, but Pokemon is terrible with how mythic Pokemon are distributed so I just don't have enough direct engagement with it.

Vespiquen - This is the coolest bug. And it's also one of the shittiest. Life's not fair, is it?

Meowscarada - I actually do really like Meowscarada. I think it's a cool concept, and for a humanoid creature like we feared, it actually didn't turn out as bad as I expected.

Ampharos - Electric is one of my least favorites types, but Ampharos line is just so cute. Look at this thing. That is a friend.

Noctowl - I just think it's the coolest regional bird, and deserves more respect.

#pokemon #pokemon tier list

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