Something I find really ironic about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is how, when the games were initially released, a majority of the audience ragged on them (fairly) for being all buggy and rushed; it was obvious that, at the time, Game Freak cut corners in order to get the games released at the promised date.
And then the updates/patches came out, and then the DLCs... And you know what? Honestly? Pokémon Violet has taken Moon's place of my favorite Pokémon games.
You may be wondering why and my answer is simple: the characters- specifically, our "rivals". They have so much personality and depth to them, it's hard not to fall in love with their stories, and those stories had me feeling genuine sympathy for them.
Listening to Arven, Penny, and Nemona's back and forth on our Area Zero trip was just so... endearing, you know? Like it felt like I was listening to real people have a conversation.
Don't even get me started on Kieran and how fascinating and heartbreaking his arc was... ouuughhh my boy. My baby boy. I adore him!!
TL;DR: In my opinion, the character writing in SV was really well done, and I hope it continues improving in the next Pokémon game(s).
P.S. Have two memes because I was having a really hard time figuring out which one was funnier.
Unless Mabosstiff evolved recently (which I don’t believe as it seems like he’s referred to as older) Arven must have been living here for quite some time, at least since his dog was still a Maschiff. Makes me wonder how everything went down when he moved in originally. My guess is his parent moved him in when they went down to the crater, but I suppose they also could’ve moved him in when he was old enough to attend.
I suppose the other alternative is that it isn’t a bed for Maschiff but, I feel like that’s less likely as there is a bed for Maschiff at the lighthouse.
Spoilers for the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem under the cut!:
You can't tell me that this whole moment right here was the Pokemon SV writers pointing and laughing at the theories that Kieran and Pecharunt would be in kahoots somehow in the second part of the DLC hahahdhfhfhgh
So me and @mirthmire decided to swap our Paradox Pokémon for a little bit because I was curious of how tall Raging Bolt was. (I have Violet and Mirthmire has Scarlett)