ZEL

When I manage to shower and get dressed ahead of time in the morning I can reward myself with a treat from the bakery down the street and a cup of tea. It probably sounds pitiful that I consider "have breakfast at home" to be a treat, but whoo boy, it's been a struggle for me to even introduce the concept of breakfast to my life instead of simply swallowing a couple glucose tablets. So it's nice to get to sit down and relax. Buying a new book is also good. Sitting down with cocoa and reading is best. And when I visit my family I like to block the bathroom for hours to take hot baths. Gotta take advantage of the fact that they've got a bathtub, yknow? Bubble baths are so good.

It'd only waste dialogue space if every character actually addressed it. I have to say I'm not all that fond of how much time Adrienn's introduction thing takes, even if I know why it was done like this. I imagine with most characters you would simply make the NPCs use the right pronouns for them from the get-go, or at the most, someone might correct another character real quick. The cis female and male characters don't each introduce themselves by explaining to you what gender they are, and NB and trans characters wouldn't have to do that either. Doing so with each one would only cement the notion that NB and trans people aren't normal and need to explain themselves. We exist, and whether or not that confuses people shouldn't have any bearing on whether or not we get to be represented. (I'm talking hypothetically here. Like I said above, I don't think Reborn needs to change anything about its cast. But if it would, this would be my opinion.)

I think the question has been taken slightly the wrong way. Having more non-binary and/or trans characters doesn't necessarily mean that they'd want to add characters to the game; it could also be taken as "I feel like it would have been nice if the characters from the existing cast had been more diverse". And in that sense, I think OP's wish is completely valid and understandable. While I personally don't mind gender presentation among the cast the way it is now, I can see how someone would feel that it'd be nice to have more representation. However, I do think that with respect to how long the game's been in the works, and that Ame originally started out not wanting to change things about the characters from her league, it's also not something I'd see as a flaw. I feel that if Reborn was a new game that Ame had only just started working on, we would probably be seeing quite a bit more diversity among the cast. She certainly isn't the type of person who would shy away from doing such a thing. But Reborn isn't that new, and many of the characters have existed this way for years. I remember the topic of changing things around came up in the E16 discussion thread in relation to the storyline, and Ame said that by the time she decided that she doesn't want to restrict herself by sticking to "league canon" any more, a big part of the game's story had already been planned out and set in motion. So changing the characters this far into development probably wouldn't have worked well. Creating diversity is, to a good extent, a learned skill for writers. And sometimes, especially when you're working on an ongoing project of which parts have already been published, it's not possible to just go back and change things around. And it's too late at this point to introduce a completely new character arc about it. So you just acknowledge it and move on, and do it differently next time. That all said, there's nothing wrong from having your own headcanons about the characters' gender identities. Like Commander said, a good character is not defined by any single trait. You could switch the gender for most if not all of the characters and the story could still happen just the way it did. Sure, it's not the "real deal", but if you think about it... most characters in the game have never given clear stances on their identities. Imagine what you wish. I've been headcanoning Fern as a trans boy for ages now.

I'm feeling so betrayed right now I saw the title in the recent posts and was gonna post here saying "but you're not Fern" You deceived me. That said, welcome to the forums! Enjoy your stay, and try not to trip over anything. ...I was gonna say you can keep any typos you find, but actually, I feel kinda greedy today, so I'll take them back. Sorry.

>Pokemon with Stance Change boost and lower Attack and Defense one stage when switching between respective forms nononononononononononono Don't you dare.

Happy Birthday Viririririri! You're old now. Want me to fetch you a walking stick? Is that a gray hair I see? ...Just kidding, judging from that one time you showed me a picture, you're still looking young and fine, sir. I hope you have a marvelous birthday! You may be wrong about the value of Noctowl, but at least we can agree that Skarmory is a good bird. Keep being awesome~

Harsh.

Oh no this is what I get for not looking at the forums for a few days! ;A; Happy belated brthday, Jacze! You're always a ton of fun to hang out with on the server, whether the jokes be on your or my expense :3 No, seriously, you're cool, I enjoy talking to you. And now I feel kind of bad for having missed your special day, I mean, I could've screamed HAPPY BIRTHDAY at you until Clarice stepped in or something. I hope it was a good one, though!

The archives are here, and you can browse battle logs by entering the number of the log in the search function. Of course, it's a bit of a mess if you don't know the number of the battle you're looking for, but I imagine it might be fun for some people to just flip through them randomly or chronologically.

Not sure what to make of the new UB stuff yet. The "beauty" looks like Lusamine, all right, and the "expansion" reminds me of Gladion, but if they're both UB-02, does that mean that they're the same person? I don't think I'd be too happy about that, if I gotta be honest.

At this point the entire dorky bunch of Skull members looks more trustworthy to me than Aether, and Pokémon games aren't exactly ones that are known for mind-boggling plot twists. Seems like the game is probably gonna make us go after Skull first, and then reveal Aether to be the bigger bad. And a bunch of revelations about our totally-not-suspiciously-alike trio of green-eyed blondes. I'm more hype for these games than I've been for any generation so far, which I guess is saying something, considering Blue was my first and I was decently excited for the Johto remakes. I love almost all of the new Pokémon (with one exception. Sorry, Bewear.), all of the characters we've seen so far, and am excited for the island challenge. And the plot. Oh boy I'm excited for the plot. I'm dying to find out more about the ultra beasts. Type: Null is precious. I want it. But I'm kind of hoping there's more than one of them because taking it away from the edgy kid seems cruel. Speaking of which, can't wait to find out what's wrong with him and his shaky arm. And if he's gonna, like, smile at some point. Please?

Ohey, I heard your name thrown around a lot by some of the other fossils here. Guess it's true what they say about not being able to escape from here. I'm one of those losers who came here for the game so I have a feeling you'll be in completely different parts of the forums, but if you ever do find yourself on the server, maybe I'll see you there. I'm still entirely too intrigued by everyone who has stories of The Olden Days to tell. Anyway, welcome back, I suppose?~ You do seem like a cool person from what I read of your old posts in whatever threads people linked me to.

@poop face Gosh darn it, your art style is really cute! Always nice to see some Taka art (especially with Hellbird <3), but I like the Julia one even better. So cheerful and bright! @jasmi Proof that Sirius really isn't good for your soul Maybe it's not Chandelure. Maybe it's just Sirius, being hot. I cannot believe this is what the world has come to. I still love the way you drew Lumi's hair, did I ever tell you that? I think the pic with Adrienn's gym is possibly my new favourite of all the ones you've drawn so far. You've improved so much at drawing scenery since you started posting your art here. It really shows! And that pic has such a great atmosphere. I love everything about it. Now go tell Zero he needs to hand in the spray cans, vandalism is not cool.

I'm actually intrigued as to why the first time we encounter a PULSE, Eve orders to "recover the model and escape", but the next few times, the machines just get left behind, even in situations where there were enough people around to take them away. ... I'm not even sure how many people it takes to transport a PULSE. We see a whole bunch of Meteors during the operation at Pyrous mountain, but at the same time, ZEL were alone in Obsidia Park. Maybe us fighting the PULSEmons damaged the machines, too? Even if it is potentially difficult to figure out how to operate them, it'd seem careless to let them stand around and not even try to remove them later on, when it was so seemingly important that the Obsidia one be taken away?

Idk, some people are very willing to sacrifice their own lives in order to take their secrets with them, so a self-destructing base wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea. Exploding equipment... more. Though, yknow, there's still some PULSE machines standing around uselessly in some places, and not all of them are defective.

You're saying that like I'm supposed to be opposed to the idea :c

Ohey, your name is familiar to me! I wonder why that is~ ..Jkjk, I've seen you on tumblr c: I don't wanna think about how many things ended up on my to read/watch/play list because of TVTropes, so I get ya there. Though... I don't think I ever really checked the entry for Reborn out past the info text? Thanks for the reminder. Welcome to the forums!

You should be able to get it from any random glowing stone, but it's supposed to be rare. Sometimes mining or a specific item is simply hell, I've had the same experience with a Mind Plate a while ago. I think it took me what, 150 tries til I found one? Sounds like you simply have awful luck :c

I don't exactly trust Radomus, but as far as Luna is concerned, I don't think her "condition" is his fault. While she's at his castle and pretending to be his maid and daughter, he constantly makes remarks in her presence that go against the role she's playing, and she makes a point to call him out on it, too. If he was really trying to make her believe she's his kid, or even just trying to make her stay with him by all means, then he'd surely be a lot more careful not to make comments that ruin the illusion. Edit: That said, I am not sure if she was Serra's "daughter" before meeting Radomus? Gardevoir appears to have been at Serra's mansion together with Luna, which would only make sense if the two of them had already known each other.

Heya, welcome! Steel's a great choice, it's one of my favourite types as well. Difficult for me to place it above Flying, but thankfully, Skarmory exists, so eh~ And it'd seem we have the same favourite for a starter as well! (Though I did start with Blue. Just never really warmed up to the Gen I starters.) Swampert is one of the few starters that I actually used throughout a whole game and didn't box before it even fully evolved, which is rare for me. Anyway, nice to meet ya, hope you'll enjoy your time here \o [insert standard joke about being trapped here forever]