Anstane

Perhaps later. ...like right after now. Come on Micky.

I've had a rough day yesterday, to the point where I wasn't really able to log in until late in the day, and then other stuff came up. So...yeah, that's my excuse for being gone. Well, that and one other reason. JazzyFur?

I’ve been meaning to say this for a bit of a while, but only now did I finally build up the courage to make this post. Before anything else, I’d just like to say: While this might not interest you, it’s something that I just really feel like I need to say to try and take a weight off of my heart. You might get a weird opinion of me, that’s fine. I just want to share how I feel with others, regardless of what the reaction might be. With that said… Recently (As in, roughly at the point where I joined the community here, at a similar time that I started playing Reborn) I’ve kind of become obsessed with Pokemon. Not to the extent where “Must watch, dress and play everything related to Pokemon”, but to the point where, whever I’m not distracted by other things, I’m basically thinking about the Pokemon franchise. I feel that this is a phase that will pass, but not for a while. This might sound…weird, but reasonable enough, I’m sure plenty of us have been there where we’ve been through a phase where we just obsessed over something. Well, for me at least this might go even beyond that. But more on that in a later paragraph. This is actually the second time I’m going through a nobsession phase like this, the first one was with the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise several years ago, after I watched the Sonic X anime (And a bit before where I got Sonic Adventure DX). My thoughts were almost exclusively about the Sonic Franchise, more specifically, about slightly remaking and continuing the adventures in the anime, like “What happened after?”. This is kind of the crux of the thing: I might be too good at imagining adventures in franchises that I’ve been through. It happened then and it’s the same now (Oh, and fun fact: At the time I was so obsessed with Sonic Adventure that I probably beat the game like 20 times in ~15 days, resetting after the final story. No joke.) So, now that I’ve started to get into the same mindset that I was when I was obsessed with Sonic, my thoughts are kind of similar: in my mind (And in 2 cases, my writings that I just felt like…writing) I started to imagine how the adventures would look like from a more realistic, closer perspective (As in, not just game data, but more anime like “Living, breathing creatures that trainers catch and befriend”. I don’t know about you, but I definitely enjoy the more personal perspective like this. The thing is, I have multiple adventures like this going on (Three, more specifically, even though I do one at a time and one of the three is on hiatus) and I’m trying to juggle them. Specifically, I’ve created a semi-self insert character who would be kind of my avatar in my mind for the adventures. One who made it his goal to try and, instead of capturing and training Pokemon, befriending them like that, he would just…try and be true friends with his Pokemon, instead of capturing Pokemon, trying to help those in need and letting them choose to join him (Oh, and as an FYI, I’m operating under the “Pokemon understand human language” principle that the Anime seems to support), a desire for everyone to eventually have and raise Pokemon as friends, as equals rather then as partners, to the extent where he is willing to take attacks otherwise meant for his Pokemon, because he refuses to let them get harmed on his watch, and he’s willing to stand basically on the edge of the arena instead of above or away from it because he wants to feel the hits as his Pokemon do, as in “Share the pain, share the pleasure as equals”, as stupid as this might sound. (Though, not long after his adventure began, the Pokemon he did have convinced him to use the attitude – putting his trust in his Pokemon and standing with them – he has shown to take on the Leagues, which he agreed to pretty much because his team was willing to go with him. The trust, strong friendship bond he has with his team and their natural talents does give them success, though I admit I haven’t gotten that far yet (Specifically, at the moment I’m Hoenn, 5 badges). In fact, this kind of “Natural friendship” relationship is rubbing off of me gameplay-wise, where I much prefer playing “Pure”, no breeding for the “Perfect IV’s”, or no “harsh training for the sake of perfect EV’s”. Heck, I don’t even use the supposedly very valuable Pokemon Psychologist because, well, I’d rather my friends, my team be what they are normally rather then have someone force them to be something different (I’m the type of person who would be horrified at how a man could change the very nature of a Pokemon like that, especially one living in 7’th Street). I have three adventures essentially going: The start of the adventure for Antares, the self-insert in question in Hoenn (Originally I planned Johto, but then I realized that because I never actually beat Gen II or it’s remakes yet beat Emerald like 4-5 times, I made a minor internal retcon and changed the starting region), the same characters adventures in the Reborn region (Which is on Hiatus right now because, for the most part, I progressed at a similar pace as I actually played the game; I’m sure I’ll continue the adventure once E16 comes out, but for now, hiatus after Ciel) and one extra adventure with different characters in the PMD-verse, the one I’m progressing through now and the reason why I’m starting to play PMD (at least the original one) again. In Antares’ adventures, there’s one Pokemon that he seems to adore more then any other. He still adores all his Pokemon, just that one is moreso then the others. If you read my CW, and even if you didn’t, if you knew my favorite Pokemon, well…yeah, maybe the word “Love” that I used in a status update a few days ago was a bit strong, but even in real life right now I just got a very strong adoration for Glaceon, even more then before, especially the one that Antares has. It probably sounds incredibly silly, but I’ve just come to absolutely adore the Eeveelution. I mean the Eeveelutions are easily my favorite Pokemon already, but Glaceon is just on another level even above that. This is probably the crux of my problem outside my mind: I’ve almost reached the point where I couldn’t stand to see bad stuff happen to the Eeveelutions which is stupid, silly I know but my Heart is just in this weird spot and argh! While I do admit that I’ve imagined adventures even before this recent phase, they were mostly just…well, there, I didn’t obsess over them or anything. They came and they went like that, though they stayed in my subconscious. This phase just seemed to push my Pokemon-oriented imagination and thoughts into overdrive, whenever I don’t have something else distracting me (Like other video games like Starbound or Sonic). I would just like to say that I don’t know if I should consider this phase a problem due to the obsession or a blessing to let my thoughts and imagination bloom. That’s about everything I wanted to say, I just wanted to explain some of my comments about “How I want to focus on something” or all my comments on imagination. This is why all those comments, because I’m going through this phase. To anyone who has read all the way to here, I thank you for the time. You don’t necessarily need to comment or anything, for me, just being able to share how I feel with you is enough for me. Of course, if you DO have anything to say, then please, feel free to do so. I don’t know what you might think of me because of this, but, to be honest, I’m fine with whatever your opinion of me might be.

This might be out of left field, but if we're killing someone... This is assuming a death happens and not something else. I'm personally also curious as to see what'll happen to 7'th street, will it be basically untouched or...

Six.

Ursaring

I need to stop listening to Sonic music before they become ear worms and I can't unhear them but they're so amazing... Yeah, still me. Spine?

No, just me, roaming the corridors of the unknown things that I want to do. Spine?

Huh. Would have taken a while until I got to Titania. I...my mind is a blank when it comes to snark/snide/sarcasm/clever thoughts today. Lugruf, any help with that?

I'd like to guess...Luna, maybe? Or maybe Shelly. Any guesses, Spine?

I would love to make a snarky comment, but...I just can't think of anything that wasn't already said. In the eyes of the fans, the writers dropped the ball. Hard. Yes, they have one more chance to fix this with the Team Flare arc, but it's a hail mary. If they screw it up, then the writers lost a TON of credibility.

Define "Early". As I'm generally up at 10 AM (During summer vacation, anyway) Spine?

I agree on the road forward, just that I'm not Lugruf. I predict he'll join us next post...won't you, Lugruf?

I rarely take anything seriously. Lugruf?

What I imagine the creators of the episode are thinking right now if they're reading the reception to the battle's resolution:

You know, having to spend 1.5 hours on bus rides per day because of family reasons, while a good chance to do some daydreaming and make some progress there, does get annoying because of bus fare and other stuff, like missing when people try to predict me. JazzyFur?

Aerodactyl

...leaving itself exposed to a Frost Breath from a nearby Glalie, ready to exploit a double Ice weakness.

Oh wow, I didn't expect to be able to post on page 1000. It was definitely fun being here for how little I was, and I hope that it'll continue like this. Going for variety, so...Cobalt996?

I'll toss in one last post. Grats to those who manage to post in the 100'th page as I most likely won't. Cobalt996?

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I'm kind of reluctant to post now because I might not be here for the mythical 1000'th page. Do you share my sentiments Dragon116?