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The Birthday

I couldn't imagine a more perfect way to spend the morning of my 35th birthday. It had been a beautiful, spring Saturday morning. I got up a little later than usual, put on my khakis and a polo shirt, grabbed breakfast at the club house with my best friends, and spent the entire morning playing golf.

Usually, weekend mornings are full of 'Daddy-duties' for me. Wake up, turn on some cartoons for the kids, change the baby's diaper and get everyone out of pajamas, make breakfast, then load everyone up in the car for the youth sports game-of-the-week. Don't get me wrong. I love my life. I love being a dad. I love spending time with my kids. But, today, my birthday, my wonderful wife Madeline let me make the day just about me, and I love that too.

It was about 1:00 pm by the time I got home. I staggered into the house a little more unbalanced than usual, having had a few more than my normal share of beers on the course. In my slightly drunken state, it took me a second to recognize that something was different than normal in the house, but, after hanging my keys on the key hook and wandering into the kitchen, things started to feel off.

First, the house was clean. The toys, normally spread across the house, were all in their proper place. The kitchen counters were crumb free. The sink was clear of dishes. Now, I am not saying our house is normally a mess, but with kids, it's generally impossible to keep the house cleaner than 'slightly cluttered.'

"Love?" I called out, "The house looks beautiful? Did you and the kids spend the whole morning cleaning?"

My yell was met with silence. That was also odd. With the kids around, the house was always noisy. However, at that moment, there was nothing. No one was crying, or laughing, or yelling. The sounds of the latest episode of Bluey or Pokemon weren't blaring from the playroom. There wasn't even music playing. I started to become suspicious. Was anyone home?

With growing concern, I turned and left the kitchen and heading upstairs to the master bedroom. Maybe my wife was taking a nap? Maybe she convinced the kids to nap to? It seemed unlikely, but, in my happy, half-drunk stupor, I was ready to get to the bottom of this mystery.

I walked upstairs briskly, now more cautious about yelling out, not wanting to wake anyone up if they were sleeping. As I made it to the second floor hallway, I was greeted by more of what I had seen downstairs. An impeccably clean and quiet house.

As I passed each of the children's bedrooms, I peaked in, hoping to get some sign of what was happening. I got no hints. Each of my kids rooms was clean, organized, and devoid of life.

I finally made it to the master bedroom at the end of the hall. As I approached the room, I noticed that the door was shut. Much like the house being clean and silent, that never happened. Cautiously, and still a little unsteadily, I approached the white door to my bedroom, grabbed the handle, and cautiously pushed the door open. As I did, I was greeted by the sultry voice of my wife.

"Why hello there big boy! I see someone finally made it home for his birthday surprise!"

Like a dog anticipating a treat when they hear their master reach for the treat bag, I suddenly was overcome by an overwhelming sexual anticipation for what was coming next. I could feel my cock, flaccid and unnoticed just moments before, grow larger and harder, pressing against my khakis in a way that made my feelings for my wife obvious to anyone who could see me.

Now driven by lust, I abandoned my previous sense of caution. I flung open the door to my bedroom to reveal my wife lying on top of the comforter of our king sized bed.

My eyes were instantly drawn to my wife, lying across the bed seductively. She was wearing the sexiest, laciest black lingerie I had ever seen. It emphasized her cleavage and ass perfectly. Her long, brown hair, styled wavy, was draped over her shoulder. In her hand was a riding crop, a favorite tool for administrating 'punishments' in our house.

"Happy Birthday Baby! I thought maybe we could celebrate together today?" My wife, Melody, said seductively, smacking the leather end of the riding crop in her empty hand for emphasis. I felt blood flow to my penis as she spoke. Suddenly, my member was straining against the confines of my boxer briefs and khakis. This was going to be a good birthday.

Noticing my arousal, Melody climbed off the bed, leaving the riding crop behind, and walked up to me. She grabbed my now rock hard penis over my pants with one hand and used her other hand to pull my head down into a passionate kiss. I immediately reciprocated.

As we kissed, Melody, despite being 8 inches shorter and 100 pounds lighter than me, used the leverage she had from handling my penis to maneuver me to a position where my back was to the bed as we kissed. Once I felt the back of my knees brush against our king-sized mattress, Melody surprised me with a shove to the chest, forcing me to lie on my back on the bed. Then, with a mischievous grin on her face, she reached for my belt and the buckle of the pants, expertly undoing both and ripping my pants off.

"We can't have you wearing these! They'll just get in the way!" She exclaimed as she through my khakis to the ground unceremoniously. I grinned in anticipation as Melody climbed on top of me, straddling me at the waist, and began rubbing her still panty clad pussy on my still underwear covered penis.

As she continued the motion, she leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Oh, you like that big boy?" I just moaned in response. I could feel pre-cum leaking out of my penis into my underwear.

"Yeah, I bet you do, you naughty little boy," She continued. I just moaned again. However, the friction felt so good, along with the dirty talk, I suddenly was becoming worried that I was going to cum even before we started to have sex. I tried to turn my head away and think of something else, just to extend the amount of time this would last.

Melody laughed as I turned my head away, clearly aware of what I was doing. I started to blush in embarrassment at the realization that she new I was at risk of losing control even before we started fucking.

"Oh, does this feel a little TOO GOOD for you baby? We can't have that! Let's slow things down," Melody said, climbing off of me, and, thankfully, giving me the chance to slow down. I looked down at my blue boxer briefs and saw a distinct wet spot from where my pre-cum had soaked into my underwear. Melody looked at it to, frowned playfully, but didn't say anything about the stain immediately.

"I want to make this last all day for you, so let's try something else," Melody said as she walked over to our nightstand. I followed her shapely, barely covered ass as she moved around the bed. Then, for the first time, I noticed some new things about the room.

First, on the nightstand were a number of 'supplies' I had never seen before. On the nightstand was a blindfold, a contraption with leather straps I couldn't quite identify but looked like it was meant to go around a person's head, and a pair of large, noise cancelling wireless headphones. Looking closer to me, I noticed that our bed was slightly different as well. Rather than being covered in our normal comforter and pillows, the bed was covered in nothing but black satin sheets. Also, interestingly, there were now wrist and ankle restraints attached to each corner of the bed, waiting patiently to pin down whoever was strapped into to them. I couldn't help but grin. Today WAS going to be a good day. I'd never been so glad that we slowed down early.

Melody turned around from where she stood, bent over the nightstand. "Like what you see?" She asked, wiggling her ass playfully as she grabbed the blindfold in her other hand.

I laughed, "Oh yeah."

"Well, big boy, I've got something special in mind for you today, but, its a surprise, so I need you to let me take control," she said as she returned to my position on the bed. "So, first, put this on." Melody handed me the blindfold.

"Kinky," I said playfully, complying with her command and blindfolding myself.

"Oh, you don't even know," Melody said. "Now, lay back on the bed and spread out your arms and legs. Today is about me taking care of you."

Excited by where this was going, I did as she asked. I spread out my arms and legs and felt as she, with surprising expertise, strapped me into the wrist and ankle restraints.

"What's gotten into you Melly? You never want to play like this?" I asked as she strapped me in, a little disappointed that with the blindfold on, I couldn't see my wife's marvelous body.

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough. Now, no more talking, baby!" She said. Suddenly, I felt something soft and rubber brush my lips. "Open up and take this," Melody suddenly said.

I did as she asked and let the rubber object enter my mouth. As it filled my mouth, I felt it suddenly stop as a hard piece of plastic hit the outside of my lips. Panic suddenly hit me as I realized what this was--a pacifier.

Since before Melody and I had even started dating, I had an ABDL fetish. Specifically, I loved the idea of diapering, babifying, and humiliating strong, independent women. I did not know where it came from, and in a lot of ways, I loathed the fetish. The idea that humiliating and infantilizing women turned me on, despite my actual strong feminist values, disgusted me. As a result, I never acted on it and had never shared my fetish with Melody, or any other woman for that matter. That had not stopped me from viewing, reading, and eventually writing copious amounts of ABDL porn during our relationship though.

The feeling of the pacifier being pressed into my mouth created so many concerns.

First, how had Melody found out about my fetish? Had she found out about my fetish? Was she upset about it? Second, despite having an ABDL fetish, the idea of being infantalized myself disgusted me.

In my fantasies, I was ALWAYS the dominant daddy, slowly helping my partner become the helpless, infantalized adult they deserved to be treated as. I was never the one being babied. If Melody's plan was to do this to me, that was NOT what I wanted.

In the time that all of this went through my head, I was able to spit out my pacifier and yell out, "What the fuck?!?" I struggled at my bonds as I felt the wet rubber of the giant plastic nipple land on my chest. No matter how much I pulled I could not get free. Frustratingly, I couldn't see Melody's reaction to my struggles, but I could hear her laugh.

I felt the pacifier that had just been in my mouth being picked up off my chest and pressed into my lips again.

"Take this in you mouth, big boy, or suffer the consequences," my wife's voice commanded. Melody emphasized her point by squeezing my balls almost uncomfortably with her free hand.

I wasn't going to give in that easily. I closed my lips tight and turned my head to the side. When I thought I was safe from the childish soother being shoved in my mouth, I responded. "What the fuck is going on Melody, what are you doing? Is that a pacifier you are trying to get me to suck on?" I asked.

Melody with impatience in her voice, refused to answer my questions.

"You'll know precisely what is going on soon enough. Now, suck on this before I make you suck on it," she ordered, attempting to shove the rubber nipple in my mouth a third time. I refused again.

"Have it your way," she said, "this makes it more fun for me anyway."

I felt the mattress I was tied to move as Melody got off of the bed. I then heard the sound of something being moved around on the nightstand. The bed shook again and Melody got back on. I became nervous as I could feel her kneeling next to my prone form.

Suddenly, without almost any warning, I felt a sharp smack to my penis and balls. The pain, while not particular intense, as the slap was blessedly light, was unexpected and sharpe. I raised my head and yelled out. "Owww!"

As I opened my mouth, what must have been a different pacifier, given the much larger size of the rubber nipple was shoved in my now open mouth. At the same time, what must have been the leather straps I saw on the nightstand earlier, were quickly shoved over my head. I tried to spit this new, larger pacifier out. I couldn't. I could feel that with one hand, Melody was now holding the pacifier into place. With her other hand, she was tightening the straps wrapped around my head. A thrashed my head back and forth, but I couldn't stop the process. Within moments, I felt my wife stop pushing the pacifier into my mouth. However, even without that pressure, I couldn't spit it out. Given the days of my life I had spent masturbating to adult baby porn, I knew what I was wearing--a pacifier gag.

I heard Melody sigh in satisfaction as she pulled away from my body, leaving me to struggle against my restraints. "Much better," She said triumphantly, "this will go much smoother if you can't talk."

"Mmmmrrrppphh," I said, unable to form any words due to the size of the large pacifier stuck in my mouth.

I heard Melody walk around the bed, stopping at the foot of the bed. I felt her reach her hand up to my underwear and poke at the wet spot made from my pre-cum earlier.

"Oh my! Look at this, it looks like my BIG, ADULT husband had a little accident in his undies, didn't he?" she chided me with a condescending tone. I growled into the pacifier shoved into my mouth, horrified at where this was going. "I though I was married to a grown up who could keep his pants clean, it doesn't look like it though, does it?" she continued. I growled in the pacifier and thrashed around again. "Clearly, you aren't ready for big boy undies. I think you would look much cuter in diapers anyway. Let's just get this underwear off."

I felt the weight of my wife leaning over the bottom of the bed before I felt the cool metallic feel of scissors sliding up to the bottom of my boxer briefs. I bucked my hips as I felt Melody begin to cut my underwear free. I just couldn't believe what was happening. I had read this story so many times. Fantasized about it. Fuck, I'd even written something close to this once. But, every single time, I was the one removing the underwear, not the one having it taken from me. This was horrible.

"Stop that baby!" Melody said, giving my balls a warning slap as I bucked my hips and tried to prevent this indignity from continuing. "Do you want me to accidentally cut you? These scissors are sharp?"

As she spoke, I realized she was right. Even this humiliation wasn't worth injuring myself. I stopped struggling long enough to let Melody continue cutting my boxer briefs off. "Good boy!" she said encouragingly as she pulled my destroyed underwear free, exposing my ass and crotch. I felt my penis, rock hard only minutes earlier, shrivel up from the cold air and the humiliation of what was happening.

"Oh, how cute! It knows where it's going, so it shrunk up appropriately," Melody said, playfully pinching my penis. "Alright, stay here baby, I'll be back in a second."

I groaned inwardly as I heard Melody leave the room. Where was I going to go? Strapped to the bed, blindfolded, half-naked, and forced to suck on a pacifier, I was firmly detained at this point. It didn't take long before I heard Melody re-enter the room. I listened closely and could clearly hear the rustling sound that I knew must be the diaper she was holding. I listened further as Melody retook her position at the foot of our bed and placed the items she was carrying down.

"Alright, big boy, time to get you diapered for Mommy!" Melody said as I felt her lean over my spread legs.

I immediately started to thrash and scream into my pacifier. This was not going to happen to me. I was an adult. I was in control. I was the Daddy Domme! If anyone in this house was going to be diapered, it'd be Melody, not me! My struggles proved useless though. Try as I might, Melody had been prepared. The ankle and wrist restraints were too solidly attached to the bed frame, and she clearly didn't skimp on the quality of the restraints themselves. I was not going to break free. After what felt like minutes of struggling, I gave up, embracing my fate.

Melody, for her part, just giggled at my struggles. "What a silly boy, thinking he can get free of Mommy that easily?" Melody teased me as I thrashed. When I finally gave up, she said with the tone I had heard her use with our toddlers so many toys, "A you done throwing your tantrum? Good. Now, let's get this diaper on you before you make a mess on the bed!"

With that, I felt Melody lean back over the bed and place what had to be the diaper down near my resting ass.

"Lift!" My wife ordered me. Resigned to the futility of my situation, I complied, lifting my hips into the air. I felt the diaper slide underneath me.

"Drop!" She indicated. I let my ass fall onto the surprisingly soft padding.

"Good boy," She said, and I felt her begin to spread lotion over my skin. The sensation of her rubbing me brought some life back to my penis. I felt myself getting aroused again. I turned red with embarassment. The idea that I could get any sort of enjoyment out of being treated like this was humiliating.

"Oh, it looks like my little friend wants to come out to play!" Melody said as she saw my member grow harder. She immediately redirected her attention. "Well, if he wants to play, let's play!"

I started to moan as Melody gave me the most enthusastic hand job she had ever given me. She laughed as I thrusted my dick into her hand and grunted into the pacifier.

"Oh, baby likes that, does he?" She said breathily, quickly moving her hand up and down my shaft. After years of being together, Melody knew almost exactly when I was about to cum. Right as I was on the verge of bursting, she let go of my dick. Then, quickly, she folded the diaper over my penis and held it there as I came into the thick padding.

"Gotta be careful to not get any icky juices on you during diaper changes, just like with the boys!" Melody said as I moaned and came into my diaper. I could feel my cheeks turning bright red as she compared me coming into my diaper to a baby boy peeing during a diaper change. Despite the orgasm, this entire situation was torture.

Melody then quickly taped me into my padded, and now sticky, prison. She then crawled on top of me, in some sort of twisted call-back to our earlier sexual encounter, and rubbed her ass back and forth on my padded crotch a couple of times mockingly.

"Oh, this is much better," She laughed, as she bent over and pulled the blindfold off of my face. "Why don't you take a look big boy?"

I squinted as the light hit my eyes for the first time in at least a half an hour. The first thing I saw was my wife's face, staring down at me. Her made up and sexy appearance that was so attractive just earlier was just mocking me now.

"Well, take a look," She ordered.

I lifted my head as much as I could and looked down at my body. Past the ring of the pacifier that was strapped into my mouth I could see my polo shirt. Past my polo shift, sticking up just enough to be seen was a big, disposable ABDL diaper with a baby blue waist band. I groaned as I knew from my peculiar porn viewing proclivities that these particular diapers proudly labelled the wearing as a "POTTYPANTS" on the rear. The childish undergarments stood in stark contrast to my wives sexy panties, that were pressed against it.

Looking at my state, imagining what I must look like to her, I started to tear up in shame.

It only took moments for Melody to notice my building tears and place a hand comfortingly on the side of my face.

"Oh, is it embarrassing to be diapered and forced to use a pacifier, baby?" She said with mock caring in her voice, "You must be wondering why I am doing this?"

I nodded my head in affirmation, doing my best to hold back my tears.

"Well, I'm sure you've guessed by now, I've found the little 'secret' you've been hiding to me. Masturbating to the idea of grown women in diapers? What a dirty little pervert you are!" Melody began. I blushed. "I'm going to admit, at first, I was just shocked that you hid something that you were clearly so into from me. But, I was ready to show you that, despite not really being into it myself, I'd indulge in your fantasies." Melody continued.

I struggled to attempt to respond through the pacifier in my mouth, to explain that this wasn't my fantasy. I couldn't get words out though. Melody put a finger on my pacifier in a shushing motion.

"Hush, babe. I KNOW this isn't YOUR fantasy. I found the disgusting erotica you wrote. You've always claimed to be a feminist, to love women in power, and, I'll be frank, you actions had me fooled. But, the fact that all of your fantasies seem to be about belittling, infantilizing, and humiliating powerful women, I am afraid that that doesn't seem to ring true to me anymore." Melody continued.

I swallowed nervously. This was my worst nightmare come to life.

"So, for your birthday, I decided I'd give you a taste of your own medicine. I'd treat you just like you treat those poor women in the stories. By the end of this weekend, I plan to have you acting like my perfect adult-baby boy. I've sent the boys to my parents for the weekend, so it'll just be us. I even cleaned the house so I don't have to worry about that. I'm going to spend the whole weekend teaching you what its like to be the victim of one of your stories," my wife explained.

I attempted to speak through the pacifier gag again. To plead for forgiveness. To explain my shame. Melody hushed me again.

"No, baby. Nothing you can do is going to change my mind. Don't worry though, by the end of the weekend, I'll let you be a big boy again... maybe," She said with a wink. Then, without warning, she pulled the blindfold over my head blinding me again.

"Now," I heard her say, no unable to see what was happening again, "Mommy has some things to set up, so why don't you be a good baby and take a nap and listen to some of my special music."

I felt the wireless headphones be pulled over my head. I tried to shake them off as best I could, but, somehow, she had tied them into the strap of the pacifier gag, tying them in place.

Once the headphones were placed over my ears, I found myself almost completely cut off from the world. I couldn't see what was happening around me and all I could hear was what was clearly some sort of hypnotic track. As I realized what was happening, I let my head fall slack to the bed and closed my eyes in defeat.

I knew, at least for the next few days, I was well and truly fucked. What a way to spend my birthday weekend.

#ab/dl babygirl #ab/dl kink #md/lb #ab/dl stories #ab/dl story time #ab/dl couple #MD2original #diaper stories

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laprimera · 2 months

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ABOUT THE MUN - ooo I got tagged ooOooo

what made you pick up the current muse(s) you have?

fixation as soon as the second trailer with her reveal came? Like the little snippets that was known about the game already weaved a pretty intricate (and disproven lol) plot and personality.

Even after everything got debunked I still kept my original lore + now I live and love the idea her ideal, picturesque self is actually a front for how clutzy and forgetful she really is as a super busy champion who's passionate about her region.

is there anything you don’t like to write?

bad/sad unnecessary endings or forks in the road?? I know it's silly in context like "well stories arent all happy-" BUT THIS IS POKEMON AR PEE AND I PARTIALLY CONTROL THE NARATIVE AND I WANT MY PROTAGS TO GO THROUGH IT BUT COME OUT AT THE END GETTING EVERYTHING THEY WANT. IS IT SO BAD I DONT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN BITTER SADNESS EVEN IN A FANTASY MADE-UP SCENARIO? REALITY IS HELL AS IS I DONT WANNA BE SAD ALL DAY OVER INTERNET BARBIES, I HAVE BILLS AND TAXES TO DO.

so I make sure to plot with long term plot partners so we all get that character growth and exciting story with something good they can all take away in the end. No, the character doesnt have to die to prove a macab point. No the loving couple doesnt have to break up for some story twist. And thats what AU's are for if we're looking to explore something else so it's easy to separate from 👍

is there anything you really enjoy writing?

plot novellas 👀 I see a partner reply instantly to a plot thread and I jive for days on end until the next reply for real-- each one is a really juicy cliffhanger and a lot of them still haunt the back of my mind.

how do you come up with headcanons?

most come with interactions or thoughts stemming from the game or story itself. Eventually they branch out and more ideas happen and a lot comes from looking at dash and bringing up some really interesting points!

do you write in silence or do you play music?

Ambiance and music helps esp when silence is actually really distracting (thoughts wandering and what not-adhd be like that). The mood even influences the reply.

do you plan your replies or wing them?

planned for plot driven replies but ic bouts and simple replies are winged!

do you enjoy shipping?

YES YES YES YES, though recently I have to be a little more careful about saying Im completely open to shipping on whim. At some points the plot involves the other person too much and it gets hard to move a story along esp with the nature of the rpc and the lifespan of interest in the muse/rpc (which is natural ofc!).

You're okay to show and express interest in shipping so we can take a direction with our muses interaction wise but I say it's not for certain until they develop some more long term. Who knows, maybe it was just a crush or a fling sort of thought :' 0

what’s your alias/name?

Leche leche leche leche leche milk

age?

birthday?

may!

favorite color?

red and greens

favorite song?

Sugar, You by the Oh Honey has taken a lot of real-estate in my head lately--

last movie you watched?

I,,,havent watched a movie in a really long time Ill be honest OTL,, I dont have the attention span to sit down for more then twenty minutes if that.

last show you watched?

Aggretsuko final season! That,,,was awhile ago. See above oop--

last song you listened to?

Dont know the last song that played on my car radio 🤔

favorite food?

spaghetti and meatballs and cereal < 3

favorite season?

spring 🌼

do you have a tumblr best friend?

ooh I dont want to make anyone feel left behind. My moots have a special place regardless of hobby or not <3

tagging: uh...

#ooc. ･ﾟ ✹#tierra-paldeana #thank yooou < 3

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fat-oc-battle · 5 months

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lilith mangrove (it/he) character & art by @oddb4llz

its fat. its transgender. it has burn scars and chronic pain because of it. its tormented by the horrors. its seen gods at least 4 times now. its patron is the god of misery and death and the moon and the sea. it has no heart (physically) and its in a pocketwatch now. it has killed 14 people and is guilty all the time because of it. feels unlovable bc of that as well. he really needs a break and has not had one since the day he was born and all he wants to do is take a nice nap in a bed for like 5 hours. tries his best to be nice to people though despite being so terribly awkward in every situation ever and has the most crooked smile ever but it's honestly kind of endearing. he also loves nature and people (it feels weirdly new to him) but hasnt had the chance to experience those things and happy in a while. he is my son and i love him and my dm keeps putting him through situations

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danny ganbaatar (he, pokemon) character by @gupdoo3, art by @imnotsetsuna

Danny Ganbaatar is a second-generation Mongolian and Korean living in SoCal. He's a cinnamon roll nerd who's cheerful and friendly, but is not very outgoing and worries that people won't like him because he's "weird" (read as: autistic, fat, Asian, trans), so he struggles to make friends. He's a big Pokémon fan: his favorite type is Steel and his favorite Pokémon are Magnemite and Jirachi. For nearly a decade, Danny's been an enthusiastic supporter of a fan region based on Mongolia. When a Legends Arceus-style fan game is released showing the region's past, he instantly becomes enamored with not just the game but with one of the NPCs, a Pokémon research assistant named Altan. But as the game mysteriously grows past its programming and the characters develop minds of their own, Danny struggles to navigate his new relationship with Altan as Alta comes to terms with the nature of her existence and just who Danny is.

artfight

#oc bracket #oc tournament #pokemon

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rabbitholeresearch · 9 months

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Pokemon Legends Celebi because talk of the Sinjoh Ruins came up quite a bit. But also ALSO: Pokemon Legends TRILOGY. This photo has been circulating as people begin talks of Gen5 remakes or possibly the fan-named "Pokemon Legends Kyurem." their evidence is seeing our Hisuian starters alongside starters of the same typing.

However, I don't think this is a hint to a Gen5 legends game. Solely because of Oshawot and Snivy.

To say there's a formula would imply repetition. With Arceus being the only Legends game as of writing this, I doubt they'd use Snivy for Ancient Unova.

For the most part, Arceus went with vastly different starters, pulling from a roster we were already familiar with. They even provided our Sinnoh starters which are much more abundant in the wilds of Hisui (def going to be working on that theory later).

Which is why, our little buddy, Piplup, is our first hint at this being a Legends starter. Piplup being present brings me to one theory: Pokemon Legends Johto is all but confirmed.

but what does that have to do with BW remakes or Unova at all. Well the fact that we see 2 unovan starters.

With Arceus, we received a bit of information regarding the Sinjoh Ruins, a place only accessible in the postgame of HGSS.

But wait, what about Tepig? glad you asked because I think this will continue, leading UP to what will be our gen5 remakes...or sequels.

Ladies and gentleman, I'm not only theorizing that with the newest Unova game, we will not only see Black3/White3 but we may also see a THIRD Pokemon Legends game, which somehow ties into the events of B3/W3.

Afterall, Pokemon Legends, while a spin off, is a MAINLINE game.

In fact, I would say as to go a step farther, Pokemon Legends Johto as well as what I believe will be Pokemon Legends Kanto, in which Tepig is our fire Starter and we get to explore Kanto, during the war, and maybe even we invent Porygon.

Also Commander Kamado is confirmed to be from Johto, given how he switches to a Kansai accent when All Mighty Sinnoh begins to wreak havoc.

So like, given how Pokemon LOVES to hint at the next game, seeing as god knows they're already beginning actual development five seconds after starting another game, they would have enough information to instantly confirm what the next game will be.

but also please let it be confirmed that torchic will be a new starter cuz gen 3 is literally my favorite

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italeteller · 2 years

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If you're dissappointed at Pokemon ScaVio's performance and are in the mood for an indie monster catching game, allow me to shill for my favorite game in a while: Monster Sanctuary

Monster Sanctuary is, like I said, an indie monster catching game made by moi rai games. It's on Steam (where it's currently having a 66% discount offer), XBOX, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. You play the silent protagonist role of a newly minted monster keeper, with access to one of four starters

-There were 101 monsters, but the free DLC expansion added 10 more so the final game has 111 different monsters to catch and train

-The battle system is nothing like pokemon. While you still have a 6 monster party, the battles are all 3v3. The battle system is thus geared to making the most out of your team, with passives to help each other, and a combo system that makes the second and third move hit harder, so the order in which you attack becomes important

-There is no speed stat. You choose which monster goes first, second and third, then the enemy does the same. PVP has some extra rules to ensure fairer fights, but let's not worry about that now

-After each fight you get a star rating, depending on a bunch of in-battle factors. Each monster has a drop table of their own, and the better your star rating, the more loot you get from them

-There are 4 elemental types: fire, water, wind and earth, plus melee, magic, neutral and debuff. Each monster in the game is weak and resistant to one of these, but they don't have a type of their own, so it's not like pokemon, where a water type is weak to grass and lightning. Luckily, the game outright tells you your and your enemy's weaknesses and resistances at the beginning of the battle, plus it also tells you when a move will be weak or strong so you don't have to learn everything

-Speaking of moves, each monster has their own unique skill tree, with active moves (offensive, heals, buffs, debuffs, etc), passives and stat increases

while plenty of monsters share plenty of skills, the trees are made in such a way that no two monsters feel the same. Each time you level up, you gain one skill point, to be spent unlocking a new skill. Each monster only goes up to level 42, so you can't actually fully unlock the whole tree, but there's an item that resets the tree that's pretty easy to get, so you can experiment to your heart's content to see which build suits your playstyle better. You can also get multiple copies of each monster to try different builds, if that's what you like

-In addition to the skill trees, each monster can be equipped with 1 weapon item, up to 3 accessory items and up to 4 food items. These modify your stats and can give you passives, to add another layer of customization. Don't worry if it sounds overwhelming on paper, the game is really gentle and makes sure to ease you into all the systems slowly and carefully, so you won't be swamped by all the things you can do all at once

-By the way, there are no pokeballs here. You kill the monsters you encounter, and you get an egg drop from them, which you can instantly hatch into a copy of the monster you just killed. No breeding, no running around hatching eggs, just instantly getting what you wanted. The downside is, the eggs don't have a 100% drop rate. Good star ratings improve the chance of egg drops, and tbh I've never heard of anybody who couldn't get all the mons, so don't worry about it. You might have to grind a little, but it's genuinely not that bad

-There are no random encounters. The monsters walk on the overworld and will fight you if you make physical contact with them. You can jump over them (yes, you can jump) to avoid fights if you want, and later you gain access to several monsters with a skill that allows you to bypass fights entirely

-Yes, monsters have exploration skills. This game has a metroidvania side to it, with each monster having a skill that allows you to sort obstacles. Better jumps, elemental strikes, breaking walls, swimming, etc. As you progress and explore more of the world you will get access to more skills that will unlock more rewards, your standard metroidvania formula. You can freely swap between companion monsters to use whichever skill you need at the moment. Your companion monster will walk or fly alongside you while you're not fighting, so if you've got a fave you can have them by your side the whole game

-You're not limited to 6 monsters. Your fighting party only allows 6, but you can keep every single monster you catch on reserve to swap in whenever you want. They won't get exp from battles unless they're on the main party, but you can use their exploration skills whenever you want. I finished the game and the DLC expansion and I have around 200 monsters total

-There are boss monsters and you can also fight other keepers, though you'll spend most of the game fighting regular monsters. Still, shit can get pretty challenging, so don't lower your guard

-There's New Game+ options, and three different challenge modes. You can stack all three challenges together if you're feeling daring. Oh yeah, and you can like a dozen different save files

So yeah, I love this game, I put over 90 hours in it just for the sheer joy of playing, and while it does have it's downsides (the character customization is shameful tbh, and the story is ok but nothing to write home about), it's damn fun and I wish it were more popular

So yeah, if you end up buying it DM me about it. There's also a discord where the devs hang out so you won't be lacking outside help

#Das Op #monster sanctuary #gaming #indie games #this game is addictive istg

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Okay, so I realized I haven't done a review of the Hisuian Snow episodes yet (which, spoiler alert, I think are really adorable) and I will do them soon. But for now, I wanted to focus on one part of the episode: the medicinal leek. I've always been curious about how the healing items in the Pokemon world and how they're able to heal. For the longest time, I thought that the modern potions we get in non-legends mainline games were just marvels of modern pharmacology. But then comes Legends, with probably my favorite mechanic in the game, crafting and foraging. And then, with this second Hisuian Snow Episode, we get to see exactly how the leek works. By squeezing some of the liquid from the inner portion, the shiny Hisuian Zorua was able to help Alec's sprain heal instantly. That's amazing, and honestly, I wish we had something like that in real life. Also, that debunked my original theory of the potions being a modern marvel of pharmaceuticals but just the fact that even the non-Pokemon plant life has special properties. This checks out when you consider the copious amount of berries and their effects in the games. Yet Legends Arceus does pose some limitations. As we see in-game, there's a whole medical corp that often contains people who were seriously maimed by the wild Pokemon. So there's obviously a limit to what things like the berries and leeks could heal both in humans and Pokemon. We've even seen massive injuries in Pokemon, like Ash's Pikachu having to be defibrillated or his entire DP team being bandaged up long after the Paul battle at Lake Acuity. Even in the Yellow chapter of Pokespe, Pika is badly injured getting back to Oak's lab, where it surely passed by berry trees. Even if we can assume Pika did consume an oran berry here and there, it still wasn't enough to heal everything. So it definitely begs the question of where the line is drawn between what can be healed by leeks, herbs and berries and where more modern medical advances need to be brought in to save the lives of both people and Pokemon

#hisuian snow #hisuian zorua #pokemon worldbuilding #pokemon legends arceus #pokespe #anipoke #pokemon meta

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Okay 2022, Let’s Talk Anime & Games

Hello and welcome to my annual list of things that tickled me this year. Wait, that sounded wrong. Oh well! The anime seasons this year blew the roof off this mother. We got exciting new animes. We got the return of old favorites. We got the most surprising shocks that no one expected to happen. It was one hell of a year. You all know how I roll. Anything I watched or played this year can go on this list, even if it didn’t come out in 2022. So, if an anime or game came out in a year when Betty White was still alive…I’m going to sigh melancholily and allow it. Let’s hit it!

First Fandom of 2022: Demon Slayer - Entertainment Arc

I know this series is totally popular due to the manga, the Mugen Train arc, and all that jazz. But the Entertainment Arc was something to behold. I never thought this season could surpass episode 19 from the first season, but I’m eating crow and giving this all the praise. This season was fabulous in terms of music, animation, character, nearly everything. The mere fact that nearly half of the episodes of the season were dedicated to the major fight against the demons of this arc means we were in for one hell of a showdown. Studio ufotable has done it again in the animation department. Uzui may not have been as popular as Rengoku, but he still got the job done. Now I’m wondering if the next season will top the Entertainment arc.

Favorite Main Character of 2022: Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling

I didn’t want to leave this year without giving some sort of praise to the first waifu of 2022. And out of all the “seasonal waifus” to come across in 2022, I really liked Kitagawa the most out of all of them. She was just so wholesome and yet quirky at the same time. I’m sure many people can relate to Gojo by hiding something their passionate about. But imagine his surprise when Kitagawa learns of his love for hina dolls, her reaction was of absolute joy and excitement. Kitagawa did a lot for this shy boy with a unique hobby. She was able to bring Gojo out into a new experience with cosplay. She supported him, aided him, and was just an overall great supportive friend that he's never had before. We need more Kitagawa in our lives. Thank God this series got a second season by popular demand.

Favorite Villain of 2022: Gyuutaro & Daki from Demon Slayer – Entertainment Arc

I know it seems like I’m dick-riding Demon Slayer, but this was a very good season. And one thing Demon Slayer does right is writing bad guys for their series. I was really close to giving this slot to Eren Yeager for obvious genocidal reasons, but I really don’t want to give him anything. Although, he does get most satisfying scene where a person gets their head ripped off award. Back to the sibling demons! You really can’t blame them for their hatred of the people of the Red-Light District. If you were in Gyuutaro’s position, you would want to protect your sister by any means. Yes, that includes turning into a demon if a sexy demon with the voice of Mamoru Miyano tells you to do so. And let’s not forget that they gave Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke a hard-fought battle. They have such a hard time taking out Daki that non-manga readers were shocked to find out this demon fight is a 2-for-1 deal. Because of these two, I was at the edge of my seat the entire rest of this arc.

Favorite Video Game Character of 2022: Arven from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

If not for this one character, this category would have gone to Mai from the Legends Arceus game. She’s Marley’s ancestor and is mucho helpful, what more can I say? But as for Arven, he changed my first impressions of him almost instantly. At the beginning, you think he’s just an angry senpai with an unhealthy love for sandwiches. But then we learn what he’s really after and go even further with his own backstory. He defies death with titan pokemon just so he can help cure his doggy pokemon. That doggo was his only companion because his parent was never around. So, you can understand how Arven would do anything for that doggo. That alone makes me want to give this boy a medal and a hug. *sniffles* Because his parent won’t do so. And then we get to The Way Home arc of the game and…give this boy a medal, a sandwich, and five more hugs. Because his parent won’t do so…not anymore. *sniffles* So yes, Arven. Best video game character of the year. Give it up!

*twitches*

Whoa, that was weird. I’m sure it’s nothing. Let’s move on.

Favorite Game of 2022: Pokemon Legends Arceus

This year, I was quiet in the gaming department. I only bought three games and two of those were Pokemon related. As much as I loved the story to Scarlet and Violet, I can’t forget about Legends Arceus because the new flavor of the month came along. This was such a fun and interesting story to play along with. I will admit, I wasn’t excited prior to the game’s release, but once I got the hang of the game’s mechanics, this game really took off. Consider this to be the edgier Pokemon game. It has a more serious tone compared to others and the scent of death looms on you. While it's always nice to see new Pokemon games advance as technology does the same. Going back in time to a region that no longer exists with pokemon that are quite possibly extinct and characters that resemble those of current Pokemon games time. It makes me wonder if we’ll get more Pokemon games that focus on the past. People thought a Celebi game would have been perfect, but thanks to the paradox pokemon of Scarlet, I have to wonder if that would have been perfect for a future game project. I digress. This one is my choice.

Favorite Het Couple of 2022: Miyuki Shirogane x Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama - Love is War

I was set to give this to My Dress-up Darling for the cuteness, but this third season here pushed this couple to being number one. In the past two seasons, I was watching to see if these two would ever come forward and say what we’re all waiting for them to say. This season, we saw that these two were not only ready, but on a time-crunch to say it. So, for fuck’s sake you two, stop pussy-footing around and get to it. It was clear in past seasons that Miyuki and Kaguya liked the other. It was only this season that not only did they act upon it but actually admitted it either out loud or with a close confidant. I have to keep my mouth shut about the third season finale because of massive spoilers, but it’s because of that moment that’s made me cheer on these two.

Favorite Yuri Couple of 2022: Chisato Nishikigi x Takina Inoue from Lycoris Recoil

I know this isn’t a full set-sail couple like all of the other couples I’m mentioning here. I support this kinda the same way I support ships from Railgun and Index. If you spend an episode with a fascination of another girl’s underwear, I’m going to make the Raildex comparison. Takina, stop being so Misaka Mikoto. Those boxer shorts aren’t doing you much favors. Maybe this is a case where I’m putting more into something that isn’t really there. But the hints are still favorable. I mean, Takina was willing to track down Chisato no matter where she goes. Will they truly get together? Who the hell knows and probably not. But I’m not going to stop thinking about it.

Favorite Yaoi Couple of 2022: Shuumei Sasaki x Yoshikazu Miyano from Sasaki to Miyano

This is the first yaoi anime I’ve watched in a while that didn’t consist of a toxic relationship or a relationship built around lies or anger. This was quite wholesome. It’s like if Bloom Into You was a Yaoi. There was a connection between both boys. Bubbles would fly around them whenever either of them felt a certain emotion around the other. It was that sugar-inducing, but who cares?! I’m glad this series is continuing in film form and that other characters of the series are getting more screentime. I’m more interested to see how far Miyano and Sasaki will go considering Sasaki is inching closer to graduating high school.

Fandom That You Didn’t Expect to Get Into: Ascendance of a Bookworm

Oh look, another Isekai made it onto this category. Isekais have kinda gotten on my skeptical radar on whether or not I’m going to enjoy them. Spoiler alert, I enjoyed this one. Mind you, I’m only halfway into the second season as of writing this entry, but so far this is turning out better than I anticipated. This is the story of a girl starting at 0 to get what she really wants. And that is to read books! Myne is pretty much starting from scratch of wanting to read a book. She worked at a library in her previous life and now she’s reincarnated as this sickly child in a world where books are hard to come by unless you’re of nobility. It’s been fun to see what Myne comes up with when trying to get her hands on the printed word. Modern-Japan world charm in the new world.

Fandom That Made An Unexpected Comeback: Pokemon Journeys

Oh my God, where do I even begin with you? I had an up and down relationship with this series. I got into it heavily in the beginning, fell off when it gave me some unbelievably stupid fillers, scratched my head at some decisions that were made…but then it gave us the Masters 8 tournament. Say what you will about the quarter-final matches, this was the only time the anime was ever going to give us something like this. And without dipping into the spoilers too heavily, I was not disappointed when it came to some of the people Ash fought against. Iris and Diantha on the other hand, I was pretty saddened by those outcomes. This series will always upset me for the mere fact that they really did gloss over a lot the Galar region had to offer in terms of places, people, and pokemon. But this year, I was heavily into the Pokemon Journeys series mostly thanks to Ash entering the Pokemon World Championship. Leon, Cynthia, and Steven are major heavy-hitters and finally seeing most (if not all) of their team in battle was a sight to behold.

*twitches*

I’m resisting the urge to say anything else in this portion. Keep it together, girl.

Fandom That Inspired the Most Crack: Spy x Family

Shit, these memes! They’re everywhere! Anya’s smug face, Mr. Herriman’s elegance, Anya’s smug face, Yor’s sex appeal with lack of cooking appeal, and did I mention Anya’s smug face! This series was a hoot to watch from week to week. Chainsaw Man might be the internet’s new flavor of the month when it comes to memes, but Spy x Family wins it for me this year. Yes, the story is awesome with a spy given a mission to start a family in order to prevent political fallout with a neighboring country. He adopts a child who seems to be a mind-reader and marries a woman who is really an assassin. And none of these characters have exposed themselves as what they really are. Call it a disfunction, but the Forgers are able to make things work. I love everyone here and am enjoying everything that’s going down.

Last Fandom of 2022: Chainsaw Man

Let’s just say that anybody with a penis has screamed this series praises even before it became an actual series. And this fall season has been very testosterone-heavy with the return of Bleach and Mob Psycho, but this series still held its own. And it is my favorite of all of them! Studio Mappa pulled out all of the stops with this series. Chainsaw Man is literally about a man named Denji who can turn into chainsaws. That’s the non-spoiler way of saying what the show is about. The story and animation draw me in week after week. The opening theme is a massive banger. Even all of the ending themes are something not to be skipped. Especially when you learn about the passion put in all 12 ending songs. Everything in this anime has been awesome. I think it’s because I’m still on a high after seeing Makima’s power revealed, but I have high hopes for the rest of this season and possible future.

And that was my 2022. It has been…something…something…Oh, I can’t hold it in any longer. I’ve been super tame with this list and it’s time for me break loose.

I’M GOING TO ULTRA INSTINCT! I’M GOING ULTRA-SKETCHIT! UNLEASH THE SKETCHIT!

Welcome to THE REAL 2022 MEDEA’S FAVORITE THINGS OF THE YEAR!

Best Character of 2022: Tracey Sketchit from Pokemon Journeys

He watched Ash compete in the Masters 8 tournament. THE WHOLE THING! He stood up and cheered his heart out even though we couldn’t hear Tomokazu Seki. Where was Misty and Brock? We only saw those two losers at the end of the tournament. Tracey watched the whole thing. WHILE STANDING! He let Professor Oak and Mrs. Ketchum sit while he stood alongside the pokemon, cheering on Ash to possible victory. Did you see my baby high-five Ash’s older pokemon? Yeah, he did. And that elbow-bump between him and Snorlax! I’m glad they made amends after Snorlax ate Tracey’s apple. I remember. We all remember!

Best Video Game Character of 2022: Tracey Sketchit from Pokemon Puzzle League for the Nintendo 64

I don’t care if this game came out in 2000, I never got to play it until this year. I love puzzles. I love Tracey Sketchit. Ergo, this game is fucking awesome. This gets best video game of the year too. LIVE WITH IT! Look at my baby give words of encouragement when you get a puzzle right. That’s what we need in life. A little Tracey Sketchit cheering you on.

Best Cameo Appearance by a Character We Ain’t Seen in a Minute: Tracey Sketchit from Pokemon Journeys.

Second place goes to Drew and Harley because they were seen too. But Tracey gets top-billing. If you don’t like it, eat a buffet of dicks y’all. I don’t care if I’m insulting a majority of you. Tracey has been shit-on for existing since his debut. I’m going to be praising this boy’s name whether you like it or not.

But seriously Pokemon, thank you for all of these Tracey cameos and giving me one more cameo of Drew and Harley. Seriously, seeing those two again made me flashback to shippier times.

Satisfying Conclusion to 2022: The Republicans Losing the Senate

…I know it’s not Tracey news, but I just feel really good saying that. If you dumbasses wanted the senate so bad, you shouldn’t have run stupid candidates like Blake Masters, Tiffany Smiley, Dr. Oz, and Fumbles McTouchDown. Seriously, what the fuck were you thinking with running Herschel Walker? You people are some dumb sumbitches for even thinking for a second that was a good idea.

Happy 2023 everyone. May God protect Julie Andrews. She’s all we have left.

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Art That Touched Me 2022

It's that time of year where people recap the stuff from the year they enjoyed and put them into structured lists. I like a nice structured list but instead of doing a bunch of categories of things I am just gonna talk about my favorite pieces of art across all forms of media this year and why I like them. Something being on this list doesn't mean they came out this year [but most did] I just have to have tried it out this year.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

I love Fire Emblem, I make no secret about it, I see Fire Emblem and my dirty little consumer brain activates and the main theme plays in my little brain. It's probably my favorite series of games. However, I really also love the gameplay of the warriors series so this game was perfect for me. While the first FE warriors was a little mid thanks to a really bad story and a meh roster, this game is just amazing on every level. It expands on a cast of characters I love, gives Fire Emblem it's second canon lesbian character, the last one being on the Wii and it has two really amazing stories our of three. The game is held back by just how awful the Blue Lions are but that isn't anything new for the Three Houses world they also sucked in Three Houses. Edelgard and Claude's routes were both amazingly done and elevated the characters and their casts, fleshing them out even further and really showing their visions for a better world even if the game was still afraid to show you what this world would look like with it's subpar endings. The gameplay is great, the writing for characters is fantastic and really all it's missing is exploring more of Shez and Byleth both of whom needed a bit more spotlight in the game.

Ultimately I took a lot of great ways to write characters in compelling ways and a fun format for telling a war narrative in the context of a revolution. I think it's a really good and engaging piece of art that's also very fun to play.

The Executioner and Her Way Of Life

This anime was well worth the hype. The stunning action, the take down of isekai tropes, the lack of subtly, the wildly flamboyant and over the top cast, it is a stunning piece. The show is running at all engines fired and multiple easy ships and clear romantic feelings from several characters.

While this show opens with a guy character who is then killed the show after episode one then focuses pretty much wholly on women. This gives us a range of women in adversarial positions and allied positions. Everyone is a little bit messed up and it's just so much fun, it instantly became one of my all time favorite animes.

This instantly inspired me to want to write a setting for TSL and wanting to do more work with the isekai story telling space. I think this just makes me want to make something fun but that also like has more to say. Which is always my target goal but it was nice to see it in action in someone else's work.

Pokémon Legends Arceus

While Pokémon Scarlet and Violet really let me down [You can read my review here], PLA was an amazing experience. The gameplay was really exciting the flow of capturing Pokemon was just so much fun and the focused theming made for really great visual design. The game did a good job with the story telling through the way the village progressed. While there isn't a lot of deep depth there is something to say for a focused fun experience. I just really liked it.

I'm In Love With The Villainess

I haven't really gotten super far in this series I had a ton of fun with the first volume and some change I read. This is a classic example of me wanting to get deep in something but wanting to support the offical release so I am taking it pretty slow cuz money. I know this series has a trans woman character, has revolutions, has all sorts of shit I will really love.

So a lot of me really enjoying being engaged with it has been through fan art and covers and stuff. Still reading it was still just really nice and I really want to keep pushing forward with it and enjoy the relationship between Claire and Rey.

This series feels just so inspiring as a former comic book writer, like I love seeing a series with such clear good ethics and indie spirit get more and more experience. There is free translations of the light novels the creator just retweets and shares. She tries to communicate in tons of languages to her now global fan base and it's just really nice to see this little series that could grow. I feel really encourages to stick to my own ethics in my work and push for new amazing art to be as accessible as possible.

Guilty Gear -Strive-

This year I got a new laptop and with that I could finally get back into fighting games and the game that has given me the most joy from them all has been Strive. The amazing music that gets into the personal struggles of each of the characters, the over the top action, it's just an exciting and fun game. Bridget was what brought me to the game but I have no regrets diving into the series again after years since I last played XX Ancient Core on my PS2.

The game is also visually stunning, maybe the best looking game around. The stunning experience feels like you are in control of an anime fight.

I don't think I got a big take away from it as an artist that is like applicable to my current mediums but it does inspire me just listening to the music while writing to go big.

Los Espookys

Los Espookys is one of the funniest and queerest shows ever created. The cast of weirdos who like to make spooky stuff starts super grounded and grows increasingly ridiculous with each episode. This show really is something special and it is such a shame it got canceled by HBO.

While it's canceled there is there is two seasons of these little freaks trying to make spooks. I think the narrative of this little weird family is really fun and each character really brings something new to the table.

As a character focused writer I really love the focus on characters here and the way they make ridiculous characters feel like part of their world is masterful. I feel like I'll be pulling from this show when I am looking at how to capture my comedy forward characters especially.

Sun Haven

There is a billion farming sims and this is one that's stood out to me. Most farming sims in fantasy settings don't really embrace the fantasy elements for your farm but this game let's magic be a part of every aspect of what you do. This is a very cozy game and one that i am taking very slowly since I am playing it with one of my girlfriends. It's a really nice chill time that seems to be constantly improving in early access.

Harley Quinn

I don't think the sense of humor in Harley Quinn is for everyone, it's very over the top but not in the way like Los Espooky's is. There is more violence and swearing, it's more "adult comedy TM" except it feels a lot more masterful and less mean then most those kinds of shows. The narrative focus allows the show to actually weave it's comedy and have longer ends for punch lines and bits. It also makes it where it always feels like it's moving because the characters are not in the same place in any given episode, every episode matters to the plot.

I think this show also has some of the best versions of each character in the show with in all of DC media. I am not a big comic book girl anymore, I left them behind when I realized like the abuse and bigotry and stuff just wasn't going to end and I lost hope for the big two. That said I did used to be a super super engaged fan.

This show really makes me wish copyright wasn't the beast it is because it really shows the value of adaptation and how making a world made of these long term iconic characters can be an amazing narrative toolbox. Instead you have to get these ideas in front of gatekeepers.

Fire Emblem: Absolution

This is a Fire Emblem fan game and this is the one that really gripped me in a huge way. It showed me the potential these fan games have to tell stories that go beyond the series and show the strength of the community of fan game makers and rom hackers. The amount of awesome BIPOC characters and the anti colonial vibe of the first arc are really great.

This game really inspired me to dive deep into the fan community and start playing a ton more games. I might right later about a bunch of rom hacks I think are neat and why I think the community is so cool. I want to play even more before I do that but I feel like after diving in I really more than ever feel determined to make an SRPG be it a fan game or something original. It's not at the front of my goals but it's really inspired me.

Girl Haven and Cheer Up

I am bundling these two together because their graphic novels for kids. I really loved both of these stories Girl Haven and Cheer Up both star trans women as their lead characters and sapphic romance for those trans girl. Girl Haven is more a wonderous adventure with a grounding in reality like a queer Narnia that also isn't religious. Cheer Up is more a real mix of drama and romance that comes with being trans, queer, and not fitting norms.

These stories would have mattered so much to a younger me if I had read them. One of the main reasons it took me so long to come out is trans is that I was told on early internet that to be a trans woman you had to be attracted to men, you had to want XYZ things, be this fem, etc. I didn't feel like I could match these clearly homophobic standards and so I suppressed it despite believing that trans lesbians were valid that I met in these spaces from a rare time to time. I simply internalized it. Every trans woman in the media was attracted to men too, it was just not something I could accept about myself.

These stories I hope will find their hands to lots of queer trans girls and help them find the strength to come out. I just feel so happy they exist.

One Step From Eden

This is a game I've been meaning to play for a long time. I am a massive fan of the Mega Man Battle Network for it's really cool gameplay. This game brings it into a rouge like game with far less narrative. While I wish there was a lot more going on thanks to Steam Workshop support being in the game this is a game I just passively play whenever. It's just a really fun time, it's simple and it's like a go to passive almost like stiming type game.

Murder Princess

Our final addition is Murder Princess, an old small anime that I watched with April when I was on a trip to work on Falling Deeper and spend time with her. Watching it it was shockingly pretty gay and actually really good. I love it, I love this body swap anime, I love the weird characters, I love the like One Punch Man esc power level of our main fighter girl for most the show.

This thing really convinced me to sit with the potential of body swapping which is a kind of narrative tool I already liked. I wouldn't be shocked to see it in Falling Deeper and I have an old Firebrands hack about trans people body swapping I would love to revive.

#2022 #Games 2022 #Anime 2022 #2022 Media #Queer Media #Queer Art #inspiration

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five comfort characters , five tags

Karl Heisenberg (Resident Evil 8): I blame this man for my utter RE8 brainrot back in 2021. What surprises me is that he's not the type of character I usually get hooked onto and I certainly didn't expect to when I first saw him in trailers. But before I knew it, I was making a self-insert OC to ship with him and I was consumed. I probably wouldn't get along with him irl but funny how the fangirl brain works. Also he just looks so huggable.

Revali (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild): yes, I love this asshole birb. We all know he is just so stupidly tsundere. I love him so much that I have both an amiibo and a regular figure of him. I love him so much that I dyed the Snowquill armor after his colors and on my second playthrough, I raced across Hyrule to get to his Divine Beast first and got myself injured during the Windblight boss fight just to hear him ask me if I was okay. Listening to his theme and the Vah Medoh theme in the soundtrack breaks my heart and knowing that I won't see him in Tears of the Kingdom makes it worse ;w;

Yusuke Kitagawa (Persona 5): He's an artist. He's so beautiful. He's a weirdo. His lines are like poetry. He's voiced by Matt Mercer. He is perfect. He makes me giddy every time he shows up. ATLUS, WHY CAN'T PROTAG DATE HIM?! I rarely had him off my party because he is just that good especially with crits.

Moonless (Fear & Hunger): WHAT A GOOD GIRL!! AN ABSOLUTE MVP!! She might be scary looking with all those eyes and teeth but she becomes so loyal after you feed her, she basically carried my team through the difficult battles in-game.

Julian (Animal Crossing): I was lucky enough to get him as a villager in New Leaf and although I don't think I was much of a unicorn girl, he instantly became my favorite. After New Horizons came out I got an amiibo card of him to guarantee his move to my island.

Honorary mentions: Pochita (Chainsaw Man), Luis Serra (Resident Evil 4), Amaterasu (Okami), Professor Sycamore (Pokemon), and Belle my Trainersona's Growlithe

tagged by: @fxllen-rxse (like two weeks ago I'm sorry ;w;) tagging: @pumpkaboo-spiced, @reddragon-cowboy, @atruegentlemanthief, @starfoam, @zenigatakeibu

#【 👻 ❥❥ ooc post 】#// since it's munday (well actually it's tuesday where i am)#can you tell I love dogs #I just noticed how three out of five of them are blue-themed

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claitea · 1 year

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finished pokemon violet. i am in Shambles in best way possible

major spoilers below! also its super long i have a lot to say

if its not obvious gen 5 is my favorite gen, for all the reasons most people hype it as the best gen. and i agree it totally is the best gen!

i gotta say sv is my second favorite now. it was just. Hough. aside from the obvious ways this game actually sucks, all the glitches and lagging and all that. what the game does well, it does REALLY well.

getting some gripes out of the way first. as good as the story was, nemona really got the short end of the stick here?? this didnt make me like her any less, i love her just as much as penny and arven, but just. unlike penny and arven she doesnt have as much story. she finds a good rival in you the protag and thats kind of it??

i do like sv's art style its nice the game was very pretty but. i do prefer the swsh art style HWJBDHF. i played sword for a bit two days ago to battle a friend and i just missed it. wouldnt mind if this was the style going forward but also want the old one back yknow

taking away the shiny sound is Stupid. i encountered a shiny voltorb and almost went past it because i was jumping and was going so fast i barely saw it in the bottom of the screen. i also tried the mass outbreak strategy today on a mimikyu outbreak, thought i found a shiny because a mimikyu looked grey, but it was just sitting in some shadows.

WHERE ARE THE CLOTHING OPTIONS...... was the school uniform only rule just an excuse to make less clothing options. i'm in hell man. thank god i picked violet i didnt like the orange on the outfits in scarlet.

the whole choose your own path thing they pushed as a selling point is kinda moot if the levels dont scale. also put me in a STUPID situation: for the water gym, you travel across the desert to another town, and that desert has a titan in it. so i thought hey, if these paths converge, surely its because its the next intended stop, right? iron treads wiping almost my whole team in its first phase probably isnt a sign that i'm not supposed to be here, right?? arven sent out a level 44 scovillain while i could only contribute Intimidate from my lv 22 staravia. i ended up using a guide to show me the "correct" path near the end, which was good bc i asked the pokemon center lady for my next destination and she told me to go fight Grusha and his lv 45 or so pokemon while my team was still in the 30s. thanks nurse joy for trying to get my ass kicked

onto everything i Did like though

i really loved this cast of characters!! all of them felt very unique i got attached to a lot almost instantly. i didnt think i'd like clavell all that much but oh my god he's so brilliant actually. arven stole the show though houghguhguhgu i cried THREE times because of this dude. will also say i ADORE grusha, rika and iono, and extra shoutout to that one greavard in the ryme fight. he was GROOVIN

i think the open world was handled Very well. traversal is a little awkward at times, miraidon sometimes doesnt cling to cliffs i jump on and said jumping can be clunky, but other than that, i thought the environments were very pretty (especially liked the gen 1 icon mosaics in that one town thats so cute). as someone who gets overwhelmed by open world games it also wasnt as overwhelming as others have been? i think i saw some people saying it wasnt enough, and i can see why they'd think so but if the map was any bigger i think i personally would have enjoyed it less haha.

noticed some altered pokemon animations which is small but very nice! i remember seeing it on lucario, gardevoir and the eeveelutions where they stand in more of a battle ready pose rather than. Just Standing There.

the pokemon designs were pretty hit or miss for me this gen but maybe i just need some time to warm up to them. but i do ADORE the future forms. hydreigon and volcarona look SO sick, i love how iron valiant mixes both gallade and gardevoir, and i just think its funny that they also included. Delibird. inbetween all these other powerful pokemon. havent seen any of the scarlet versions though i'll look them up later

i dont know if its true but it feels like theres a lot more Unique things about pokemon in this gen, like forms, moves and abilities? like maushold's and tatsugiri's forms, lots of evos got given to older pokemon. when eri sent out an annihilape i was STUNNED. i also appreciate the fact that all forms of a pokemon get a different dex entry. i want to try collecting all colors of flabebe and its evos for example, i somehow feel more rewarded when i get a new dex entry every time, even if it is kinda the same thing but rephrased.

ok now just. the STORY. i'm still an absolute mess over the ending i just. AUGH. i havent played a pokemon game spoiler free for so long, i did accidentally find out cassiopeia was penny a bit too early but it was late enough that i was connecting the dots already. but the ACTUAL ending with turo holy shit???? turo's message glitching at the fourth lock was creepy as hell. finding him slumped in that chair, him telling you the real turo is DEAD and what you've been talking to this whole time, what ARVEN resented for all this time, was an ai that just couldn't physically leave area zero? then the whole FIGHT with him, the way that textbox glitched out when the paradise protection protocol took over, him actually starting to terastallize himself was so??? being forced to leave as well even though he'd just reunited with arven, since he was tied to the time machine and part of why it would reboot every time it was disabled, but also because he still had the original turo's desire to study the future but had been trapped in area zero for so long. checking turo's lab before heading to the time machine shows theres a picture of arven and maschiff on the desk.... :(

(wondering how scarlet handled it actually. is sada also an ai? just assuming its different because the ai thing fits turo's futuristic stuff. i'll look it up sometime, i really wanna see how these cutscenes differ between versions)

ARVEN my god i. many thoughts head full. thought he was just gonna be the asshole rival but ohhh i was wrong. he's the guy ever. mabosstiff's recovery scene made me CRY, and then i just cried AGAIN at his meeting with ai turo. how old even is arven, how long has he just been. Alone. with no one but the miraidon he percieved as the one who destroyed his childhood, and the mabosstiff that was once his only true companion but couldn't even open its eyes anymore. crying over arven's story isnt enough i need to explode

arven's story was my favorite but i have to mention starfall street of course. i love all of team star so much it was so good going through and unravelling why team star does what they do. also team star boss battles were actually kinda difficult?? i was pretty underleveled through most of the game bc i was rushing a bit but WOW. i only won against eri because she Happened to use shift gears again despite near maxed stats already instead of just going for the kill.

anyway tldr. yes i understand this game is kinda garbage in that it was super rushed and glitchy and clearly unfinished on release but its just? the most fun i've had with a pokemon game in a while?? easily a top favorite of mine

i stopped playing right after the credits rolled, so if there's postgame, i dont know about it. i'll get around to it tomorrow

one extra thing i almost forgot actually! when explaining the time machine turo tells you a human could travel one way but is unable to return to the present. this is SO goddamn cruel of game freak to put in the game RIGHT AFTER POKEMON LEGENDS ARCEUS. maybe its different for people sent over by Gods, maybe arceus can circumvent this or smth, but since its the only time travel related crumb we have right now this is super distressing!!! are you telling me pla protag and ingo were on a one way trip this whole time!!!!!! fuck you put them back!!!!!!!!! finding out this lore tidbit on the same day some new pla art that includes ingo came out is so, so, SO mean

#clai speaks #pokemon sv spoilers #honestly i'm kinda mad that the game is so bad but still so good. how did they accomplish this #unsure what standards to have for future gens. bc really i think sv is a good game its release state is just stupid garbage!!!!!#but overall just. i love this game. i love it a lot. how do i erase my memory to play it fresh all over again right now

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peachypede · 1 year

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😶🐯🍯🔐 for Pecha and Rawst?

Ask meme is here

Pecha

Tbh she doesn’t have a lot of control on what her face is doing. It’s a trait she inherited from her dad. When she tries to show an expression, such as smiling, it looks forced even if she is genuinely happy at the moment. She tries to keep a smile on her face most time because she doesn’t want to chase people away.

Often her face blanks without her realizing it. She’ll space out during a conversation and become very stoic faced or bored looking without meaning to. When she’s concentrating hard, her face goes between blank to glare that can kill. So during pokemon battles she either looks ready to murder you or completely unfazed by the battle…works in her favor though since it makes her hard to read.

Rawst

Has the same thing as Pecha and his dad, though he doesn’t try to force expressions. He doesn’t care if people have a hard time reading him or if he seems unfriendly. He believes it’s up to people to not make too harsh of first impressions of him.

He’s extremely blank faced while watching horror movies or playing horror games. His deadpan humor and inability to be phased by even the scariest of jumpscares is what attracts people to his streams and let’s plays. It’s hilarious watching a guy react to a creepy monster by saying “oh you silly little rascal! Come here…”

Pecha

When she used to have a battle training schedule, her first song on the playlist would be Kick in the Door by Xenia Pax and if her Pokemon hear this song they instantly go into battle mode. (From sweet house pets into battle machines lol)

Nowadays, she needs songs that get her into creating mode. Oresama- Morning Call has a nice snappy feeling to it that helps her focus on her work whether it’s making concept art or actually creating the pieces.

Rawst

He prefers soundtracks over songs with words, especially since he’s mostly trying to get pumped during a stream. Lights, Camera, Action! from Sonic Mania is a nice one to start off the stream. Any royalty free 8-bit music would be nice as well.

For more chill, just chatting streams some soundtracks like Lori M from Night in the Woods has really nice chill vibes to hang out to. (tbh I feel like this also would be kinda Rawst's theme as well. Mellow and chill.)

Pecha

Has a weakness for sweets but also a very sensitive tummy so if she overindulges, she's in pain town. She loves cakes, pies, cookies...especially home baked goods. Since she was taught by her tita to bake, it's kinda hard to avoid temptation when she knows she can just whip up her own cake or something.

ice-cream though has to take the top. So many flavors! So many toppings to add! Also romantic in a way cause you can share a milkshake with someone all cute diner style~

Rawst

Junk food eater. Eats a lot of candy. Also a freak though so his favorites are probably the extreme sour candies that would make a normal person pucker but with Rawst he has some extra citric powder that he adds to them to make them even more sour. (which if you consider that he ALSO has a sensitive stomach, he is always in pain and feeling like shit because of this)

His all time favorite is the sour gummy worms. He rolls those in the extra citric powder and eats a whole bag. Gremlin man.

Pecha

Her closet holds a secret...she has a furry suit. It's her own original character called Webby whose a Galvantula. She's got sparkles in her eyes and the main arms connect to a second lower pair of arms , having four arms like a Galvantula does. And yes. Pecha made this herself after watching tons of tutorials. She's remade and redone it for years until it looks really well made. And yes. She goes to convention incognito with it. She just likes furry stuff and thinks they're super cute! All the colors! All the cute mascots!

She doesn't like showing people due to all the stigma. If a friend or lover stumbles onto it, she'll get very embarrassed...

She really wants to make a Ribombee character next, though.

Rawst

He writes songs, poetry, and also draws people he thinks are attractive. All these journals are kept in one of his drawers at his computer desk. He's only lately started sharing some of his music online, but he'll never show off his poetry or drawings to people. They, um...hold his secret feelings for some certain people that he doesn't like to show

Might someday sing a song for his lover but that might also be something he keeps hidden away forever...

#oc pecha #oc rawst #ask meme | rainbow yellow #realizing more that Rawst is the opposite of Pecha's anxious bundle of nerves lol

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beardedhandstoadshark · 1 year

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Managed to get the og Etrian Odyssey running again after my card broke a few years ago <3 And was instantly smacked with the memory they still translated the first 2 games. So because of that, here‘s some German translation and localization fun-facts (?)

For example, official releases are usually translated directly from Japanese to German instead of using English as a jumping-off point. I can’t actually tell you why, since speaking English as a second language is really common nowadays, but because of this (and probably ridiculous love for accuracy in general), they usually end up being more accurate (or if not, then at least more fitting) than the English ones in meaning but also tone, which tend to be more lean regarding certain pieces of dialogue.

This sometimes ends up in weird shenanigans like various eastereggs across the Zelda franchise being either NA or German PAL only, or Emmet and Ingo from Pokemon being called "Hin und (and) Her“, which literally just means "back and forth“,to keep the pun in, even though those aren’t actually names and their English ones work perfectly fine in German otherwise.

Speaking or Etrian Odyssey, a few lines in you’re greeted by this:

"Euch“ right here means you. But not just you, not even the polite you, no no. That’s the noble you. The type of you you‘d youse for royals…or to show something plays in medieval times.

(They’re also both plural versions of the regular plural you, but not the singular one liked used here.)

The "Jungs und Mädels“ basically translates to "guys and gals“, I wonder if he says it like this in English too? In any case, it helps making his dialogue more causal and pushes that royal You more towards general fantasy instead of high noble speak. (By playing further it becomes obvious they’re doing it for the fantasy setting)

And this. THIS. It translates to "is this Guildname comfortable/pleasant/agreeable/… ?“ But the thing is, that word, "genehm“, according to The German Dictionary ever, Duden, that one’s old. It’s never used by people nowadays (having in fact changed to "angenehm“ as a normal word) and is so rarely seen it’s fancy even for fancy royal speak. Words like these are the German equivalent of dropping Shakespearean English.

…but it does work perfectly fine for a high-fantasy medieval setting. :)

However, my absolute favorite thing has to be something like this. The photo here is from Mario & Luigi Dream Team (Bros)

"Do you dare having the rules explained to you?“

"No!Fear!“ "Let’s hear (it)!“

So "wagt“, or "wagen“ in it’s neutral form, means "to dare“, however it’s specifically a kinda old-fashioned word. Definitely still somewhat used and you won’t really be looked at weirdly, but it’s rather uncommon and primarily used in media for the dialogue of nobles or to show someone’s, well, old-fashioned. For example, ghosts! And look at that, the dialogue is being said by a spooky ghost flame.

Idk if "No! Fear!“ is also a thing in any other versions but it sure is funny

And then there’s "Lass hören“. I’ve put "it“ in the translation in brackets because it kinda needs to be there to make sense in English, but in German, there is no object in this sentence. Word for word this actually translates to "Let hear“. And even though this also doesn’t make any sense in German, not even qualifying as a proper sentence, it still kinda does, and is perfectly understandable. As total slang.

"Lass hören“ isn’t just a casual way to say "Lass es uns hören“ (Let us hear it), it’s the most casual of causal you could potentially go of any of the many ways you could say this sentence, which is just so immensely fitting for a character whose job is being a plumber. And it’s not even the only instance. Any time you get speech bubbles like these, the answers Mario gives will always be in the lowest possible way of talking casual German. This even includes simple Yes/No questions, which Mario will always answer with a variation of "Yea!“/More casual version of"Nah“. (I swear at one point the no option is "Lass ma‘ “ y’all it’s so casual)

And it is always Mario, because the one time you have to play Solo as Luigi in Superstar Saga?

The answers become normal in tone. :)

Translation and Localization done with care my beloved.

#etrian odyssey #Mario and luigi #<- I mean. it makes up half the post so.#german stuff #kinda??#since it’s about translation/localization details #didn’t mention it cuz. honestly idk how to bring it in but #Theres a sparkly gold chicken in zeld/a twili/ght princ/ess #in English it sings twinkle twinkle little star #but in German? That dialogue box only says ^rhis golden chicken over there doesn’t interest me^#so there’s that

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prof-arjun · 1 year

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Pokemon Challenge Run: Pokemon Blue- No Catching

Straightforward run in that I couldn't catch anything, instead using only gift Pokemon, or bought Pokemon. This seriously limited my roster especially given how important HMs are in the earlier gens. Not to mention how absolutely difficult it is to grind EXP in the early games.

Knowing that my starter would be my saving grace from early on, I chose Bulbasaur. Nicknaming the little sprout Bruteroot since he would have to be brutally aggressive against both Brock and Misty.

My second choice of team member was the $500 Magikarp right before you enter Mt. Moon. Which I added instantly since while raising a Gyrados is a nightmare, I was headed into a place where Bruteroot would slay and Kite the Magikarp could get plenty of second-hand EXP. Though the Paras and Clefairy I ran into did give me some trouble, unlike Team Rocket and their Zubats. (Did I say that out loud?)

From here it was pretty bland, trying to dodge as many trainers as possible for future teammates to get a chance at a ton of EXP while also limiting Bruteroot and Kite to the meager scraps of EXP from the wild Pokemon. But, once I got to Cerulean... it was pretty strightforward.

I tried to dodge as many of the trainers as I could on my way to Bill's house so I could take on Misty. A fight Bruteroot was absolutely MVP as an Ivysaur, a clean sweep so I could move on. The only place I couldn't do this in was SS Anne, since I needed Cut to get the rest of my team... more or less. And with Bruteroot and Kite needing enough EXP to carry the rest until they could do it for themselves, it was the obvious choice to fight literally everyone on the boat before crushing Blue (I named him cheater as a joke because its a no catching run but here he is with all the Pokemon he could possibly catch but... calling him Blue/Gary from now on.)

Once I got ahold of Cut, I dodged the same people as much as I could, ignoring Lt. Surge for the time being. My main goal was getting the rest of my team, or as much of it as possible. I ran off to Route 10, skirting to Lavender Town and Celadon City where I was completely able to grab a ton of good Pokemon.

Ah yes, the free Eevee on top of Celadon Apartments, the Game Corner prize Pokemon. I did a lot of grinding in the Game Corner to grab a Dratini and Pinsir. The Eevee I instantly evolved into Flareon, just for type coverage sake. And with plenty of money, since I was selling as many of the free items as I could for all of these Pokemon...

But, I was able to buy Flamethrower from Celadon Department Store. Along with a few more TMs for Hogarth, the Dratini and Crunchie, the Pinsir. I also went ahead with a drink for the guards of Saffron so I could just run around freely. Also to take on the Fighting Dojo on to grab Hitmonchan, who I named Jackie. My bias of older movies showing yet?

This ended up being my final set up for the rest of the game. While that did put Lapras from Silph Co. and the other available Pokemon from the Game Corner and the two fossil Pokemon in the box. Sorry babies, I've never had this good a chance to use my favorite, later game Pokemon.

Admittedly, Flareon (Pyro) did underwhelm as a team member, but the fire type was greatly appreciated as a buffer in the League. Agatha, I'm looking at you. Cleaning up the rest of the game and it's Trainers was easy enough. I ended up fainting everything that crossed my path since EXP was rather difficult to come by without cheats or losing a ton of battles.

Another thing, while I wasn't able to use any captured Pokemon, I did still catch the two Snorlax, the Legendary Birds, and Mewtwo. While all of them could have been beaten and let go, I decided that it would be a better challenge to catch them. Even though it meant those six were also boxed.

All in all, this team was really fun to use. I've never actually used Flareon, Dragonite, or Pinsir before... let alone in a Kanto Playthrough. Of course while Gan 1 didn't have genders or Natures, I gave them personality during the play time. I had a lot of fun thinking about this, and no I didn't try to make them competitive in any way.

This was my team at the end of the playthrough:

Venusaur- Bruteroot- Male- Quiet

Gyrados- Kite- Female- Impish

Flareon- Pyro- Male- Docile

Pinsir- Crunchie- Female- Jolly

Dragonite- Hogarth- Male- Adamant

Hitmonchan- Jackie- Male- Sassy

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