Halloween

Properly bred and raised. Here's a story to bring a tear to your eye: I was gonna go to the shrink, and change my sassy Pokémon to timid. And I just couldn't do it, I mean, jesus. That's like, what they did to gay kids in the 60's, not my mons! My Flygon has a negative attack nature, welp. And my Nidoking is probably the reason any respectable day care doesn't let Nidoqueen breed. I could go on but I don't want you to disown me 'cause you know you take some freakish pride in being a soccer mon mom while i'm standing here with my inbred and probably drooling mutts. But ooh, Meowstic can learn rain dance?

So okay, I'm due to a flight in six hours and I haven't even began packing yet, sleep is out of question; naturally I'm still grinding Tyrantrum for Charlotte's gym. So far I've seen two murder documentaries, one angry child sociopath, at least six episodes of last week with John Oliver, and an infinite number of Honest Trailers (did you know that they used to have another dude doing them, and that he was terrible?) But see, I'm not a gamer, the hardest job I've ever had to do involved a bar where everyone else was in skirts that ended where they started. People that soft-reset for EVs are to me what people that willingly wake up at 6am probably are to you - admirable, but no. I'm also on a mac, so i can't speed up the game to make the process more... not appalling. What do you guys do while grinding? this has been a lot of extra words for that short question.

no, every single pair of my shoes are knee-high boots which takes 20 minutes and a servant to strap on honestly i don't know if my sneakers would even survive being untied at this point; they're a broken muddy mess with lashes threadbare and stringy as it is, the perfect metaphor for the rest of my life. as for my business shoes & boots... nah. i do make sure they're clean every now and then thou, depends a little on where i work.

holy fuck you're fast Okay that actually makes me glad 'cause i don't know if i could take training more pokémon, just gonna get meowstic and tyr up to snuff so we brutally murder this 15 year old. holy fuck how does she have all these attacks?? typhosion is next up if operation: trick room is a miss

Nope no natural rain dance. Also fuck, she'll use the super heated field? I thought she'd use the burning one, which gets put out by Hurricane. darn. and yeah 7 in sp. def ev, i'm fucked and nope, BUT! I have a strategy for the speed, which is, re-teach noivern tailwind. It won't last more than five turns, but hopefully that's enough for tyrantrum to wreck enouhh havoc for flygon and nidoking to be able to clean up with earthquake/earth power afterwards. I have a Growlithe with flash fire, and, i can't make this shit up r u crying yet and, ah, yes, the moral lessons of Pokémon: beat people up and they'll give you stuff. tested and proven. I'll find myself a grass type after I'm done with Charlotte. if the tailwind strategy doesn't work i'll go catch a spheal with thick fat (and... decent evs?? ahah as if), so it can blizzard the field. i know there's mamoswine too, but i already have two ground mons, walrein has better sp. att and can learn surf, in case she has something that flies fuck she's gonna have a talonflame doesn't she. edit: typhosion (flash fire): eruption, extrasensory, rollout, flamethrower/brick break? edit2: NEW PLAN! I can teach my prankster meowstic m trick room, and then if i get the time, set up a light screen

do you ever do something even through your entire brain is screaming "nooo"? such as, argue lexicology with someone that calls themselves "Viridescent"? I have two Pokémon that resists ground, and neither have any attack super-effective against it. The only Pokémon with an attack super effective against it would get KO'd from one earthquake. So with coverage, I mean a super-effective attacker that survives it, I guess. Leavanny actually has slightly better physical bulk than Ludicolo, with 75/80/70 against 80/70/100, it'd do better against earthquake. and possibly earth power too 'cause my lotad has 0 in sp. def ivs. "not as much a grass type as an ass type" might be the funniest thing I've read on this site thou. and i swear to god i'm not being a disaster on purpose here but... i kinda joined team magma. and got sunny day from them, so i assume rain dance is what you get from aqua? welp. once e16 gets released imma go catch a good magnemine, ev train it and name it canescent in your honor. or possibly kanyescent, also in your honor. even if it's a fucking travesty it doesn't get levitate. anyway, suddenly Charlotte is next up so I'm most def not training a grass type against her. Going with Tyrantrum 'cause it was already at a semi-high level, and then praying that she doesn't have any attacks of the variety of the million things this thing is weak against. Earthquake Stealth Rock Dragon Claw Head Smash It has Rock Head and a wide lens (borrowed from Noivern), so that's no recoil for 150 stab damage. on a pokemon nidoking outspeeds but w/e i admit i looked it up like "what the fuck no that's a goddamn elk", but– no, you're right. dishonor on me dishonor on my reindeer.

I've been going down with the clown all of yesterday, wrote down the Pokémon of each color, and then added the EV values for... Some reason. Since you can battle this clown as many times as you want, and he uses a team based on a random color each time, maybe it should be included?

You did! And I made an inappropriate joke about it – no, but I'm glad you're reinforcing it, I'm teetering on the line between being "funny" and just plain insulting people. And you're pretty entertaining yourself, even if I have a hard time believing you're 18 because you sound like you're 28, working as a librarian in a museum and have already released a book about, idk, following the life of an elk pack that subtly reflect on our oppressive school system, got praised by critics but no one that hasn't studied ancient egyptian runes understood the actual brilliance of it. it'll get picked up and studied by scholars all over the world 20 years after your death and they will argue if the correct english translation would be actual uncle or just adult person. elk. and i knooow, i stumbled over solasis or whatever the hell its name is. and still didn't find the squirtle despite searching forever. I'm beginning to fear those doors too - none of them seem to be in a place i'm eager to go back to. you're actually making me semi-consider magnezone. i hate slow mons (sorry ariados bb you were great), but my entire team is pretty damn fragile now. anyway, can i get a Viri seal of approval? and anyone else too, if there's anybody here i haven't scared away yet. i do need more ground coverage too. earthquake will completely ruin near my entire fucking team now, and the only Pokémons that counter ground are also weak to it. suggestions of what can be replaced? Blaziken - Alectryon Blaze Kick High Jump Kick Fire Pledge Bulk Up Misdreavus - Fantasma Dark Pulse Power Gem Shadow Ball Perish Song Nidoking - Nimrod Earth Power Sludge Bomb Surf Rock Smash Gardevoir - Pluto Psychic Moon Blast Calm Mind Misty Terrain Noivern - Bat Noir Sky Attack Boomburst Roost Dragon Pulse Galvantula - Tiraraina Sucker Punch/HP Grass Signal Beam Thunder Sticky Web HP: 26 Att: 6 Def: 27 Sp. Att: 10 Sp. Def: 3 Spd: 5 also joltik's evs... ↑ is it even worth it? i seriously have no idea how much of a difference these actually make, but that speed and special attack... if i have to fight terra soon, maybe a grass or water mon would be better? grass especially, for coverage against water, if i replace galvantula. or... ludicolo? i wish i had a lilligant but i never found either that or shroomish. i don't have the eggs mon that i can't spell and a Pokémon with poison as its secondary typing would neglect the ground coverage. ooor. Leavanny? 500 in total stats, pretty evenly divided, but with 103 in attack (aside from blaziken, all my other mons are special attackers), and 92 speed. Bug + Grass, so double resistance to ground. Swords Dance, Leaf Storm, Leaf Blade, X-Scissors? Not taking damage from weather is nice too in this goddamn game. on the other hand the defensive typing is the worst thing i have ever seen. double weakness to fire AND flying. and then poison, rock, bug and ice. gl setting up swords dance. wrinkly dollar bill for your thoughts? i'm the physical manifestation of decision anxiety.

OKAY i'm on my third can of Monster let's fucking do this The Man Named Agent Nice title! Reminds me of, uh, Coulson in Avengers? And something else, I can't place it. In the far off distance, a bell rung, striking eleven to announce the time to the world. welp i swear this review isn't gonna be me picking out all lines and referring to some other work something similar has been used, but 1984 is such an iconic opening; "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." People, bundled up to avoid the cold night air, walked briskly by a dimly lit bar, eager to get underneath some blankets and to drift off into the realms of sleep. i also promise not to nitpick on every fucking sense, but this one came off a bit weird to me. first of all "bundled up" makes me think of blankets, not clothes, and then the way it's formulated makes it seem like there should be a connecting between them wanting to get home and sleep and that they're walking by past that bar, which threw me off. The bar stood there no shit it did with a dimly lit lightbulb illuminating the stained “Open” sign, waiting for customers of any sort to enter it, though all of the locals knew that the bar was shady on even the best days. Inside it, ancient lamps tried their best to keep the bar bright, though for better or worse, the stains that it had been given over the years were unnoticeable in the shadow. Two figures could be seen in the bar, the bartender, who had distracted himself by cleaning a glass, and Mike, who was sitting alone at a sticky booth. THIS is really good though. Good writing. But you're relying a bit too much on what sounds good, rather than giving the bar a proper description - for example, you mentioned the illumination trice now, four times if you count mentioning shadows. His skin was barely pink barely... tanned? it sounds like his skin is supposed to be pink. Mike wore a light blue windbreaker over his uniform, as he was required to never show his uniform in public, that did not complement his unkempt hazel hair. Mike wore a light blue windbreaker over his uniform – as he was required to never show his uniform in public – that did not complement his unkempt hazel hair. Signaling the stranger to his booth, Mike said "Jeramy, over here." This comes off as a bit strange, as Jeramy is clearly not a stranger to Mike, and yet is referred to as "the stranger" even after Mike identifies him. I understand that he's a stranger to the reader, but to me it comes off like he's supposed to be a stranger to Mike too until we get a name. does this make sense? i'm also mentally pronouncing his name "Germany". Next paragraph. OHOHO. im a fucker sucker for this shit, give me a mysterious cause and big secrets and i'll be leaning in as a stripper smelling money. "I've been trying to put my life back together Mike. We both know..." that especially is pure bait and i fucking love it, pulling my blankets higher and shit. "which had been hiding underneath the table." see this shit could have been planted earlier. when you described Mike i got a picture of him, sitting there, both elbows on the table, an empty pint of beer in front of him, glaring impatiently, to add a major detail to that later takes away from it, you know? "Mike's arm had been sliced in half, ranging from where his hand should have been, all the way to where the joint that would have connect the humerus to the rest of his arm would have been. The stump was warned in snow white bandages, which clashed against the dirty interior of the bar. Mike stared at the remains of one of his limbs, before saying "This, is why I called you."" this was both a very strong image, and a very confusing one. I had a reaction of "oooh shiiie– wait what?" He had one cut ranging from where his hand should have been to where the rest of his arm should have been? is the hand gone and then there's a cut from that stump to "joint that would have connect the humerus" (there's an easy word for that: hint, starts with an e)? but how is that visible with the bandages? I'm gonna come back to this, but you're great at selling this shit to me What the type of creature This just keeps getting better /dreamy sigh Mike gestured to the bartender Why would he do that, when "The barkeep had begun to occupy himself far across from them, wiping down the record machine that appeared to be long broken." Waiting, the bartender approached them Waiting? Mike said "It had started like any normal day." im settling in no actually shouldn't you wait until the bartender is gone again if it's so important he doesn't hear this? It was then, when I met HIM..." Italics are better "In hindsight, I should have just shot him, right then and there..." that's a weird thing to say if the guy hadn't been acting crazy before Mike cheered, before saying "Bartender! Another round of drinks on mehh..." before is speech suddenly became slurred. Blood began to pour out of his mouth as Jeramy began to cry out Mike's name, though he too began to sputter in a similar manner after a quarter of a minute holy shit one covered in clothing, the other missing his arm. this just subtracted from that paragraph. we know. okay summin it up here. You have a really good story, and a near perfect script on how it will happen. like, the anticipation build was as good as it gets - you just kept stacking the goods like a jenga tower only to reveal you had stacked them on a bomb. BUT you need to work on the execution. a lot of stuff in here was just really lackluster description, generic stuff that subtracts from the overall originality of this piece, like "still warm corpses". We know they're still warm, they died 30 seconds ago. i could be wrong about this, and if i am, i am sorry, but i feel like you pictured the script much more than you pictured the location and characters, and then fell back on familiar phrases to compensate. if you picture people around you - teachers, your dad, co-workers, whatever - as the characters, they will get a new life. i think at least i never tried it i just make up shit as i go along here everything relating to the agent himself was... a bit over-the-top too. For me - and this, especially, is just my opinion - it would work better if you removed most of his monolog. it's like, semi-not-quite-funny, and the more of it is, the less fun it gets? and this is coming from someone that loved skullpoopl - this kind of slapstick works much better when someone is saying it than it does in written format. also, some dialog on new lines please. it's just easier to read like that "That dude who called mom those unflattering names" and with one brisk stroke, crossed it out. The other names on the list ranged from gang leaders, to know war lords, to someone only referred to as "Her Majesty." and this would have a much stronger effect if you only mentioned named. badass names. names like don giovanni, meathook, lady elinore and that asshole from hellcats. just straight up telling us "oh this guy kills warlords" is just... eh. i always feel like i go to far in my critiques, so i wanna clarify that holy shit would this make a fucking great short film. i liked it. i really did. it's just easier to point out the bad stuff. but what a plot twist. and an ot note: i fucking love your team. so many of my absolutely favorite mons. no unnessary shines. shiftry. just ♥

isn't saying that you have an overconfidence a contraction in itself? I mean, were you truly overconfident, wouldn't you just say confident, because overconfident implies that your skill doesn't measure up to your confidence? and welcome, but hey look what kind of school uniform (i assume it's a school uniform?) has a long suit jacket and tweed pants with camel toe? i understand why the guy is crying in the sparkling rain. the peter dinklage aesthetic hope you enjoy your stay here, the people are 'mazzeebaalls and it is, indeed, the finest way to start ♥♥

see, I was gonna make an notice somewhere, along the nice of "fuck off Viri I'm not putting that slow piece of junk on my team i'd rather have meganium on it and besides i don't know where i'd level it up anyway, but I thought no, he's right, if i keep calling him out like i'm gonna have to no homo this convo and that's so uncool. and this is what i get for a first reply? i have so much regret right now that i could feed every starving child in india with it and still have enough to pay wealth tax. i could use it to hire workers on twice the minimum wage, and have them build a temple, where every strained glass window would have "expect nothing" embodied. yeah... since i have two flying types and two physics types already trained (there's already a noivern up there, look), samson's bitch ass is mine to reap, but after i'm done with him i want a team, so i'm trying to put these rocky horror show rejects together. galvantula is a good idea thou! i do have a joltik (also mentioned but i understand that you saw the first two mons and then... gave up on me? haha. i don't think i can go back for heracross thou, didn't know it was catchable 'cause it rejected my balls). yeah, once i feel like rock smash and strength have outlived their area they're out of my life like unwanted children. gonna look into the grassmons, i never used grass types not breloom so... i just gotta get over their unfortunate faces first. my team picking process is shallow as hell. ariados & thank you, i appreciate it. really. sincerely. the more i add to this the more sarcastic it comes off in my head so imma stop shooting myself in my feet now. @IntSys That's the plan, booyah. thank you.

'ello, good folks, I'm about to squash Samson to smithereens, but before that, imma take a long hard look at my team, my life, and what to do to it. i haven't played much lately, and part of it has def been 'cause i haven't known what to do with my team, it's just an unholy mess of introducing new talent that i don't know if i'll use 'cause type clashes like a five hours episode of pauls drag race where everybody is constantly lip-syncing for their life. my usual strategy, as you prolly can see, follows as whack-a-mole. Hit hard, fast and then look away from the screen while the enemy attacks, but it's served me well. A few of my mons have also outlived their usefulness - Emolga now pisses itself in front of even watertypes, Ariados is lucky if it an set up a sticky web. So the "before" goes Ariados - Saenathra Sticky Web Cross Poison Psychic Sucker Punch Emolga - Tesla Nuzzle Electro Ball Acrobatics Roost Blaziken - Alectryon Blaze Kick High Jump Kick Fire Pledge (ok but it's really good to have a special attack that doesn't cause him damage + 100% accuracy for just going through the routes shhh) Bulk Up Misdreavus - Naughty Dark Pulse Power Gem Shadow Ball Perish Song Meowstic M - Aegis Psychic Light Screen Reflect Sucker Punch (had Misty Terrain, gave 'im sucker punch for Radomus but he's getting booted anyway) Nidoking - Nimrod Earth Power Sludge Bomb Strength Rock Smash and in rotation Vanilluxe - Nilf Hail Ice Beam Mirror Shot Mirror Coat as you can see, two Pokémon more or less purely for set up, which I almost never do anyway 'cause lazy, no full coverage with 6 mons (Vanilluxe needed for dragon and ground) and here's the real kicker – i didn't know what evs was when i started playing so Blaziken has 4 in attack and 1 in hp. and Misdreavus has some real shit in speed too but ssh i love her). i need something i can surf on too, 'cause poor nidoking needs his stabs so here's the casting couch Gardevoir - Pluto (already trained up) Psychic Moon Blast Calm Mind Misty Terrain Noivern - Bat Noir (semi-done) Sky Attack (for Samson) Boomburst Roost welp. Super fang?? i'd say tailwind but i don't really need speed Flygon (all trained, I was thinking of making 'im special but then changed my mind so idk) - Dune Dragon Claw Earthquake Boomburst Crunch Aurorus (holy fuck @ dat def typing, but it's cute) - Atlas Ice Beam Light Screen Ancient Power idk Nature Power? Dragalge - Violence Dragon Pulse Sludge Bomb Water Pulse / SURF? no clue but i think there's more water hms coming up? also eevee, piplup, cyndaquil n chesthairpin, phantump, escavalier, rotom, spritomb, sharpedo, joltik if i get the upgrades anytime soon then polygon 2. i don't really want to replace gardevoir, but i just got a clefairy with real nice stats in all but special attack imma be honest i have no idea what to do or what i'm looking for. general advise? if you could help me take those pieces and put them together into something that doesn't suck i'd love u long time. i can't go back and breed/catch more rn though (i think?), but there's some others rotting in my pc. the more halloween-y a pokémon look the more i want it, but no synergy, will-o-wisp or fire blast on gourgeist is nagl cheerios no actually first, spoil me here: does samson raise the lvl cap?

What has good formatting ever done to you, Damage? why u gotta treat it like it pissed in your shoes? anyway i'm way overdue to sleep so quick review tajm jk thou it's a lot more readable and proper, but it needs some more spaces this time, and you should proof the names - in the beginning they're not caps, and there's a lot of juSTIN, which, you know, is hilarious but kinda... no actually it's just hilarious i approve Spaces like JUSTIN I'm a lean-mean killer-machine. CAIN Take me. The scene cuts to a bedroom, and M̙͔̕ḭ̡͈͈̼̝ ̦ś̝̗̱̩m̫̪͚͚ó̝͇̳ ̙̞̝̥͔͖̳t̖͔͚̪u̱̳̪̖̘̖̩j͓̯̲̬c̀i̛̱,͖̥̭̥͎ ͙͎͖d̸̬̪͓͇̹a̵̘̜̟ ̦͚͔i̶m͖̖̭͇a̻̤̼͓̳̯͢ͅj͝o͚͔̖̦ ͍͖͎͍̫̻r̰̠a̦̗͇̥̱͇ͅdi̦̖̳̯͖̻ ̤̰̲͍͇̻̦͜Pò̬͇̣ͅz̹͕͔̤n̶̬͍͚͈̭̱̩a̡š̤̫̹̹͈̣̥ ̲̮̺̲̦p͢r̺̖͉͚͞ͅa̗̣͙̹v̖͖̳͈̗̩̘͡il̡̞͓͈a,͔͚̗̳̤ ҉p̲r̹̱a̟̻̺͇v̩̖̖̹͔́ͅ ̢̮͕̳t̖̜͈̘̕a̤̻̪͈͠k̮̭̲̜̣o ̶͓p̳͈͇a̰͔̹ ͕͔̤̝̕s̛͎̬̟͖͕͉ͅe̤͇̘͕̗̣m̡͙̮ ̟̯̳P̰̤̖͔̖̗̕o̢̞̠pol͏̹͕n҉̭̟̖̟̗̙̹a̢̲̲ ̵p̝̖͔̫͈̣̕ṛ͍̺͢e̩̦͇d͕̣͡a͙͙̺̩̻n͙͈̲͇̖o̠̻̦̩͇̞s͎͞ţ͕ ҉̙̦j̘e̞͚͙̣ ̬͍̲̝̳̻͠ͅṯ̙̫i͠s͓t͔̺͎̹̝ͅo͍͍,͍̰͔͜ ̥̭͖̫͉̺̮k̳͚͈̣͟a̩͈̖͘ͅr͕͓̞ ̤̺s͇̯̻̝͖ę̹̗m͈̝̳̪̮ ͅm̢̫̲̰i҉̞s̻l̙i̲̜̬̣̠̩̱l̙̤̙͇̝̯ ̶̫̥̦̼̩̩̳S̢̖̠̹̰̝͈a̭͟j̫̖̩̘͇̗̞ ̭̜̲̪̯͈n̼̬͎̤̜͎e b̺̭̗̣i͚̳͇̼ ̼̺̮͔d̹o̵̦͎̗̯̝b͎͉̙̳̝͜i͖l̶̫̟̣̲̫͓ ́tọ̡ ͈͉̥͈ͅi͉̲̹̳͝z̷ ̻͙̞͇͓k͉͙̗̀a͓͍̦̭ͅt̸̠̳̼e̦̗͉̲̫̣re̳g̞̰͖ạ͕̮̺̤͕͚ ̧ķ̠̭̣̺o̠l̹͚͖͍̲ì͈ ̥̮̯̹̙̫̜d͉̲̻̙͓̲͜r̲͕̱̰̝ug̳̦͔̥͡e̺g̷a̕ ̙͈f̮̺͚͖͍̻̤͞a̤͕̲͈n҉͎̞̪t̤͚a̶͕̫̙͎̘ u feel me? Shelly looks pretty uncomfortable and Justin walks over and whispers to her. She's like TWELVE (or somewhere around that i don't remember. 10-12 i think). You're swaying a literal child into hanging out in murder city, as a bodyguard. gg i do like shelly though, so i'm glad she's involved! Shelly practices and looks more like a lost puppy than a hardened thug. Justin lowers her bandana to cover her eyeborws and she looks considerably more serious albeit still like Shelly. i bet none of this is helping the fact that she's prolly like 4'5" tall enjoyed the fight scene. it was really easy to follow, despite being a fairly detailed fight, which is an accomplishment. the Luxio's tail lights up in white Luxio saving Justin?? what an unexpected development! I'll tell you when the debt's clear. go home justin i have a new fave He then runs to see Blaze surrounded by scorched earth 420 BLAZE IT!! that torchic has sum issues He sits down next to the sobbing chick with Luxio in his lap. i'm embarrassingly used to calling girls chicks, so i thought this was shelly for a second

i thought burd was an euphemism for something else because the warning was so... Capitalized, and I was like, ok, I bet Scizor will be on this team and everyone that views this picture will be put on a special watchlist by the save the bees foundation. I like Scarmory's ear. it's the little details that just does this. and the metal parts on heatran, the yellow really paid off to make the metal more anisotropic. missing speculars around his heat-y parts but w/e i'm just happy you keep coming back to us like an alcoholic promising he'll never drink again

Congrats! i haven't played much, so most of it all has been covered, but I second the convenient amnesia. when muteness is used in a way that the character just seem Forrest Gump-style mentally challenged is another one. though i haven't watched forrest gump, just seem the honest trailer but hey totally counts. i think zelda does it pretty good, but Pokémon... sometimes it's like "What happened? ... Oh! So you say that this and this happened? Well then, then you must run (forrest run) to this new city and do this! do you understand me y/n?" if they tell first repeat what i presumedly said and then tell me what to do next imma assume they don't think highly of my intelligence. And that the player character is drooling

I mean, I'm gonna play the hell outta this once it gets released... But in the initial press releases, they promised us training and battling. I'm thinking it's starting to sound like they ran over budget, or out of time. Pokémon GO isn't run by Nintendo, it's made by Niantic, who got a budget of $20m. Wikipedia says that they had 41 employers at that time, a year ago. I got 54k a year as a junior 3d modeller at my best, 41 of that alone would be the budget, and it doesn't look like they have much else going on. One year for doing what the initial plan is also fucking insane, like, noope.

Haha, but you know, I keep taking your word for it every time; ah, no more of Viri's sassy and weirdly well-articulate self for a day, how can I entertain myself now? And every time you show back up again with more art and I'm forced to abandon my re-reads of my grandmothers harlequin novels. I might be a monster, but I'm a monster of your design. and on the topic of monsters of your design. I like the way his horn protrudes from under his, helmet! and the way shit is layered overall is sweet, but you're good at that shit. the colors too, pretty neatos. the only problem, really is implementation, and I'm not even sure if that's a real issue - Pokémon has to be squeezed down to sprite size, and for that you might wanna make him/parts of him a little fatter? with the horn, he's very long to start with, so the amount of detail length-wise would be limited. Eelektrik, all the snakes and Serperior for ref. dat castle is balls, i have nothing bad to say about it.

Meanwhile, I love you you keep saying "no more art for a while now" after, roughly, every update and yet you keep blessing us with (for us) new stuff like every 12 hours.

Ludicolo doesn't have feet

happy birthday! I confess, we haven't talked, but hey i know you from the handsomest motherfucker in the picture thread so you have that going for ya

1984 is like, my favorite book ♥ or at least one of them. Such great taste, much wow. Agree that it should be under sci-fi; it's like, the sci-fi book. Making a new post instead 'cause more people posted. I think Art of War should be under non-fiction - philosophy. And here's to Non-fiction, science. How to Create a Mind by Ray Kurzweil. 'Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence', says Bill Gates. This book goes through how our brains work, and how to translate that into artificial intelligence. Even if it was written in 2012, it's more relevant than ever now that two artificial intelligence robots have said they wanted to destroy humanity in less than a week. It doesn't dumb anything down; there's algorithms over how to program speech, how our morals set in, and how to fake fear. It explains how love, creativity and patterns of the neocortex. We're all going to live long enough to live with artificial intelligence as an essential part of our lives - we should know how it will work. i rewrote the morrissey one, sorry, but i was falling asleep during draft one Autobiography - Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey is a self-righteous asshole. But he's a good musician, superb lyricist, and he has earned his stardom the hard way – this book details what shaped him. Unfortunately, Morrissey's magnificent lyrics doesn't always translate to a longer format. I sometimes lose sight of the story from his convoluted metaphors about how the streets look, his teachers, and how they'll die alone and unloved; this book is written with a pen in one hand, and a book with flimsy synonyms in the other. Opening a page on random, the first new sentence is "The band is listed as the Nosebleeds, and I am lumbered with this miscued name in private sufferance forevermore." If Tolkien had a description overdose problem, Morrissey has 99 of them. All that being said, it's probably the best autobiography I've ever read, because it's so unmistakable him. There's a distinct beauty in his word mangling, and it's a very very honest story of how this man came to be as he is today. The understated humor, the sometimes-poetic portraits of everyone around him, the middle-wage life – I wish I was in this book, if only to hear how he'd describe me. And after a while it even gets interesting; heavens knows he's been miserable. And here's some Sci-fi; along with George Orwell and Anthony Burgess, Philip has really helped with shaping me into a cynical asshole. Do Androids Dream of Electrical Sheep - Philip K. Dick What defines "life"? On a desolate earth, Rick Deckard hunts down and kills rogue artificial intelligence robots, so humanoid that they're almost impossible to distinguish from actual humans. Rick isn't in it to bring money to his bored wife, nor for the thrill of it, no, Rick is saving up for the ultimate status symbol – a real life animal. It follows him as he starts to question the difference between flesh and electrical wires, when live starts mattering - and what things we can't fake. It's an interesting dissection of humanity, a sci-fi classic and a thought-provoking portrait of a man. Philip K. Dick is perhaps the most influential sci-fi writer of all time; with brilliant ideas and splendid execution, he doesn't waste words, doesn't pull any punches and doesn't let you put down anything he's written. And finally, another Autobiography. I guess? Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain It's a rough assemble of interviews and magazine cut outs; it's a narrative as honest as it is unreliable, it's a confession of pedophilia, power struggle, drug abuse and violence that made it down as one of our music culture's defining milestones. It's the story of punk, and it's exactly as it should be told. Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Sid Vicious, Lou Reed and Andy Warholt all feature in this clusterfuck of horribly broken people that somehow all re-defined music. Perhaps because it's all real-life, it's one of the most honest portraits of humanity I ever had the pleasure to come over; they describe addiction, back-stabbing and loss with a candor that only comes from having been there. It's remarkable easy to read too; I absolutely swallowed it, and yet there's paragraphs that I actually had to bookmark because they hit me so hard. However, if you have absolutely no interest in punk, it pains me to say that this probably not the book for you; it's a high-speed train crash that throw out names like snow cannons compress water.

urghha this is gunna be one of those threads i'll have to grammar in. i picked off the first books i found on my bookshelf, welp, autobiographies mostly, but here we go The Art of War (孫子兵法), by Sun Tzu The book deals in war strategies; it's thin, simple and straight to the point and every copy I've gotten my hands on has a foreword by someone that sounds like they should be in jail. Almost of none of the content sounds like it would applicable in real life to someone not a soldier (when you plunder villages, don't violate the women, guys). And yet, it's a compelling book, because of it's importance. It has helped nations won wars. It's helped us to shape modern warfare. China would not be the same country without the existence of these barely 100 pages. It's the Citizen Kane of warfare, and that's why you should read it. Autobiography - Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey is a self-righteous asshole. But he makes good music, good lyrics, even if Johnny Marr should be the real hero of the Smiths, Morrissey has earned his stardom the hard way, and this is a story about how. Unfortunately, his magnificent lyrics doesn't translate to book form. I lose sight of the story from his convoluted metaphors about how the streets look, how evil his teachers were; this book is written with a pen in one hand, and a book with unnecessary synonyms in the other. Opening a page on random, the first new sentence is "The band is listed as the Nosebleeds, and I am lumbered with this miscued name in private sufferance forevermore." If Tolkien had a description overdose problem, Morrissey has 99 of them. All that being said, it's probably the best autobiography I've ever read, because it's so unmistakable him. There's a unmistakable beauty in his word mangling, and it's a very very honest story of how this man came to be as he is today. The understated humor, the sometimes-poetic portraits of everyone around him, the middle-wage life – I wish I was in this book, if only to hear how he'd describe me. i picked out four more that's on my bedside table now, i'll edit them in after i brought some caffeine