I don't know where from my fascination for abandoned structures stems. I wonder and awe at the falling apart of old buildings and places no longer inhabited by humans. It seems to be such a oddity in the world we live in which we have taken and "own" almost all of the land in the world. Due to this we must set aside land just to preserve that in which we have taken over.
With this mentality there is no surprise that we'd feel no shame in just building and abandoning something useless to us as there is plenty more land to use elsewhere.
This results in a surplus of abandoned and intriguing locations. In Iowa there are lots of abandoned consolidated school buildings, which comes as no surprise due to the fact that, gosh we have so many freaking farms and areas of sparse population.
If only it were legal to explore abandoned places, gosh dang it.
But laws weren't made not to be broken, so let's do this.
There's an assumed abandoned location right by my house and I totally want to explore it with all of my heart, and so I shall.
I'll get back to ya'll on this in a few days. Until then, stay hella.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Spooky Capitalism
As the spookiest time of year draws nearer and nearer (no I'm not talking about finals) the effects of capitalism in the US are ever strong, as usual, with the massive quantities of Halloween themed goods.
Much like myself, most of us are slaves to Capitalism and it's ever-inciting new goods, fancy cars, and electronics that conveniently break just about the time of the newest version's release.
But despite the obvious flaws of the system, when most Americans hear "Capitalism" we think of freedom to choose and, by gosh, at least it's not Communism. Communism, the dreaded equal work and sharing of goods produced by the country, oh the horror.
Of course both systems have flaws, but we seem to have blinders on as a nation as to the obvious flaws of Capitalism.
Now tell me, doesn't this just sound wrong when I'd tell you that just a few weeks ago my neighbors rented a dumpster and took out Tupperwares full of old possessions and just threw them away, didn't even donate them to Goodwill or anything. Yet despite that, I still have the itching feeling that they're better than my family because they have more money. That, my friends, is Capitalism at work.
Yet it's not like we haven't been warned before about the problems of this system we so highly revere. Everything in our lives centers around this accumulation of wealth, and that's the way it's always been and probably always will be in our country. Sadly, there isn't a whole lot we can do to change or reform it because the power of change and reform is, unlike what our founding fathers wanted, very much out of our hands.
Take for example the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms. This was enacted not as a "we want our guns" sort of thing, but more so to allow the people to be at the same level as the government, so if a revolution was needed, it could happen. If this were the case, the people should have access to military-level weaponry. Yet this isn't really a feasible option or solution. It just really goes to show how fundamentally broken our system is.
But alas, we must put up with it none the less.
Much like myself, most of us are slaves to Capitalism and it's ever-inciting new goods, fancy cars, and electronics that conveniently break just about the time of the newest version's release.
But despite the obvious flaws of the system, when most Americans hear "Capitalism" we think of freedom to choose and, by gosh, at least it's not Communism. Communism, the dreaded equal work and sharing of goods produced by the country, oh the horror.
Of course both systems have flaws, but we seem to have blinders on as a nation as to the obvious flaws of Capitalism.
Now tell me, doesn't this just sound wrong when I'd tell you that just a few weeks ago my neighbors rented a dumpster and took out Tupperwares full of old possessions and just threw them away, didn't even donate them to Goodwill or anything. Yet despite that, I still have the itching feeling that they're better than my family because they have more money. That, my friends, is Capitalism at work.
Yet it's not like we haven't been warned before about the problems of this system we so highly revere. Everything in our lives centers around this accumulation of wealth, and that's the way it's always been and probably always will be in our country. Sadly, there isn't a whole lot we can do to change or reform it because the power of change and reform is, unlike what our founding fathers wanted, very much out of our hands.
Take for example the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms. This was enacted not as a "we want our guns" sort of thing, but more so to allow the people to be at the same level as the government, so if a revolution was needed, it could happen. If this were the case, the people should have access to military-level weaponry. Yet this isn't really a feasible option or solution. It just really goes to show how fundamentally broken our system is.
But alas, we must put up with it none the less.
Elimination Destination Nation
Ah, the human reasoning power, what a marvelous thing it is. We have all been gifted with amazing mental power beyond what has been seen on earth (or at least we think ;) ) before. With our amazing mental reasoning we can be faster than any cheetah, swim deeper than any blobfish, and possibly live longer than any tortoise.
But among all of the powers of the human mind, what of which is the crowned gem?
As per most things, the answer varies depending on who you're talking to, and there's nothing wrong with not having a definitive answer if it lets us explore more (versus amusing things just to have an answer).
So I'm going to make the assumption that in my point of view, the process of elimination is the most valuable reasoning tactic that humans have in our tool belts of intellectual thoughts.
The process of elimination probably became most relevant in our lives when we entered 3rd grade and were handed our very first, at least in the state of Iowa, notable standardized test. We were given the down low on how to succeed on these bubble sheets from hell, and the biggest thing was elimination. If you don't know the answer for sure, at least narrow down the answers and then guess. It was a great method and anyone who learned to use it correctly could easily hone their reasoning skills quickly and perform very well on standardized testing.
However, what about outside of the school area? What is the usefulness there?
One notable example of our amazing ability of the process of elimination is death.
By death I mean murder.
By murder I mean murder mystery.
I am very familiar with murder mystery, but not in a creepy way, I promise. From a young age I have been enveloped by shows like Dateline and CSI Miami as my mother is a huge mystery enthusiast (as a child she read every Nancy Drew mystery novel in the world, and all of them are in our basement).
It is amazing how these mysteries can be solved sometimes; it almost seems super-human in ability to solve these murders. Yet when we peel away the sensationalism, we can see that all of these murders or mysteries are solved via the process of elimination as well.
These detectives use clues to narrow down the options of suspects, they eliminate to one or two people and pursue them.
It's amazing because almost anyone could do this if they knew were to look, we all have this ability within us.
So the process of elimation, it's pretty cool.
But among all of the powers of the human mind, what of which is the crowned gem?
As per most things, the answer varies depending on who you're talking to, and there's nothing wrong with not having a definitive answer if it lets us explore more (versus amusing things just to have an answer).
So I'm going to make the assumption that in my point of view, the process of elimination is the most valuable reasoning tactic that humans have in our tool belts of intellectual thoughts.
The process of elimination probably became most relevant in our lives when we entered 3rd grade and were handed our very first, at least in the state of Iowa, notable standardized test. We were given the down low on how to succeed on these bubble sheets from hell, and the biggest thing was elimination. If you don't know the answer for sure, at least narrow down the answers and then guess. It was a great method and anyone who learned to use it correctly could easily hone their reasoning skills quickly and perform very well on standardized testing.
However, what about outside of the school area? What is the usefulness there?
One notable example of our amazing ability of the process of elimination is death.
By death I mean murder.
By murder I mean murder mystery.
I am very familiar with murder mystery, but not in a creepy way, I promise. From a young age I have been enveloped by shows like Dateline and CSI Miami as my mother is a huge mystery enthusiast (as a child she read every Nancy Drew mystery novel in the world, and all of them are in our basement).
It is amazing how these mysteries can be solved sometimes; it almost seems super-human in ability to solve these murders. Yet when we peel away the sensationalism, we can see that all of these murders or mysteries are solved via the process of elimination as well.
These detectives use clues to narrow down the options of suspects, they eliminate to one or two people and pursue them.
It's amazing because almost anyone could do this if they knew were to look, we all have this ability within us.
So the process of elimation, it's pretty cool.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Nomenclature of Society
There is a lot to be said about our given names. For something that we did not choose ourselves, it is rather astounding how we adopt this nomenclature as a representation of self.
Yet how we define our name and the names of others changes for each person.
As per the egocentrical manner of this blog, when evaluating my own name, Annabelle, we can observe the simple quantity of variety that a name can hold within the characteristics of the person who claims it.
The most famous examples of the name "Annabelle" range from the somber poem, "Annabelle Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe to the modern and rather creepy representation of the name through a possessed doll in movies such as "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle".
Yet I do not view myself as the kind of person who is somber, creepy, or even possessed (or am I?). If I had to, I would describe myself as a dreamer and very fickle.
The sheer inconsistency of the characteristics of names is best explained via a game.
Try playing the 20Q name game with your own name or the name of someone you know well. Did you get their name? Probably not. In fact, chances are the algorithm-based genie was as far from the truth as possible.
But if names are so fickle, why not change the societal nomenclature to be more consistent and representative of the people who posses names.
We could create a system in which names are assigned to people by a common ruling of personality traits instead of the current system of whatever the parents want.
But the question arises, what age should we begin the assignment of names in order to get a good and accurate representation of the person? Perhaps the mark of the transition to adulthood, the start of puberty, would be the ideal time. Yet even with that we are all very familiar with the change that is subject between the start and end of puberty. So some might argue that physical maturity around age 20 would be ideal.
Maybe we need to simplify things a bit and take inspiration from an already existing and ingenious interpersonal nomenclature system, the traditional Native American nomenclature.
Native American (being a very broad term) cultures had a dynamic not present in common day naming. All names were subject and almost expected to change as a person evolved and achieved different things. The name was almost a manner of storytelling, kind of like the summary in the inside cover of almost every work of literature.
If only names were as easy as to change to our own liking, hopes, and ambitions as they once were in pre-colonization America. We could really know more about the people around us and feel like our personal id tags mean a little bit more than just a word given to us as our name. Names would almost become a form of poetry.
Personally, I would take a bit more ambitious approach to my self-assigned name.
You can go ahead and start calling me "Tumblr Famous".
But the question arises, what age should we begin the assignment of names in order to get a good and accurate representation of the person? Perhaps the mark of the transition to adulthood, the start of puberty, would be the ideal time. Yet even with that we are all very familiar with the change that is subject between the start and end of puberty. So some might argue that physical maturity around age 20 would be ideal.
Maybe we need to simplify things a bit and take inspiration from an already existing and ingenious interpersonal nomenclature system, the traditional Native American nomenclature.
Native American (being a very broad term) cultures had a dynamic not present in common day naming. All names were subject and almost expected to change as a person evolved and achieved different things. The name was almost a manner of storytelling, kind of like the summary in the inside cover of almost every work of literature.
If only names were as easy as to change to our own liking, hopes, and ambitions as they once were in pre-colonization America. We could really know more about the people around us and feel like our personal id tags mean a little bit more than just a word given to us as our name. Names would almost become a form of poetry.
Personally, I would take a bit more ambitious approach to my self-assigned name.
You can go ahead and start calling me "Tumblr Famous".
The world is subject to change
and in similar fashion, as is our personal interests and desires.
In short, I'm changing my blog from being about Pokemon to being about the human condition.
Monday, October 20, 2014
I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD AND NOW I CAN DIE IN PEACE
LET ME JUST GUSH FOR A FEW YEARS HERE.
THE CHANCES OF OBTAINING A SHINY POKEMON IN POKEMON X AND POKEMON Y VERSIONS ARE 1/4096
ONE IN FOUR THOUSAND NINETY SIX
WITH THE MASUDA METHOD THE CHANCES ARE REDUCED TO 1/1024
ONE IN ONE THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR
(For those of you who do not know what the Masuda Method is:
The Masuda Method is a breeding method introduced in generation IV where if two pokemon from different game origins breed their child has an increased chance of being shiny. The exact chances vary from generation to generation, become more common in newer generations.
This is probably the best method for getting a specific pokemon in shiny hunting as pokeradar or chain fishing do not let you choose what pokemon you want to get as much.)
AFTER THREE MONTHS OF TRYING TO GET MYSELF A SHINY ESPURR
THIS WEEKEND
OCTOBER 19TH, 10:34 PM, MY ROOM, I FINALLY OBTAINED HER.
MY VERY FIRST NON-EVENT HUNTED SHINY POKEMON AND I APTLY NAMED HER CUPCAKE.
LET'S DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF MY BABY AND NORMAL ESPURR
OKAY YEAH WHATEVER
CUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEE
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
THE CHANCES OF OBTAINING A SHINY POKEMON IN POKEMON X AND POKEMON Y VERSIONS ARE 1/4096
ONE IN FOUR THOUSAND NINETY SIX
WITH THE MASUDA METHOD THE CHANCES ARE REDUCED TO 1/1024
ONE IN ONE THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR
(For those of you who do not know what the Masuda Method is:
The Masuda Method is a breeding method introduced in generation IV where if two pokemon from different game origins breed their child has an increased chance of being shiny. The exact chances vary from generation to generation, become more common in newer generations.
This is probably the best method for getting a specific pokemon in shiny hunting as pokeradar or chain fishing do not let you choose what pokemon you want to get as much.)
AFTER THREE MONTHS OF TRYING TO GET MYSELF A SHINY ESPURR
THIS WEEKEND
OCTOBER 19TH, 10:34 PM, MY ROOM, I FINALLY OBTAINED HER.
MY VERY FIRST NON-EVENT HUNTED SHINY POKEMON AND I APTLY NAMED HER CUPCAKE.
LET'S DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF MY BABY AND NORMAL ESPURR
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
REBLOG MY SELFIE
a.k.a- my emotional experience with the kindness of people with whom I have known for a maximum of a month.
I am often asked what my motivation for transferring schools half way through high school was. More times than not I complain about how my previous school was not the right fit for me or how I rather disliked the lack of diversity among my peers, but the straw that broke the camel's back was a sense of societal isolation.
My mentality for my representation among my peers is, "If people think I'm a loser, they would be right." So I'm not hugely concerned about what others think of me, but it's always nice to know that I matter.
And to my great surprise, I have found that I have felt more connected to my classmates than ever, despite me knowing these people for a meager 2 months versus the 13 years my other classmates and I shared.
The situation is kind of like finding the right fit of dress. You've gotta try on a helluva lot of dresses before you find that amazing one.
Of course what does any of this have to do with selfies? Well on my tumblr (FOLLOW MY TUMBLR IT IS QUALITY) today I posted a selfie because yes. To my great (and somewhat expected) surprise (as I went to many people and told them feverishly that reblogging my selfie is of utmost importance) I found several reblogs with super nice comments in the tag which just absolutely made my day.
Okay so what's the point with this diary-entry of a blog post that seems to really be most like an emotional gushing.
Well, I personally think that this drives the point home that you need to do a lot of searching before you're going to find what's right for you. I had always thought I would have graduated from Xavier with flying colors no big deal, but all of a sudden my life took a sudden turn and it turned out to be great for me.
Change is more times than not, super terrifying, but it can also lead to some pretty fantastic things too. It takes a lot of bravery to change something in your life, but if you feel like it's needed, take the risk! If all else fails, you've made it this far already, who's to say you can go even further?
Also, never underestimate the power of honest people. There is always going to be at least one person in your life who will leave nice tags on your selfie when they reblog it.
That's the end of my soap-box speech, back to your regularly-scheduled Pokemon.
I am often asked what my motivation for transferring schools half way through high school was. More times than not I complain about how my previous school was not the right fit for me or how I rather disliked the lack of diversity among my peers, but the straw that broke the camel's back was a sense of societal isolation.
My mentality for my representation among my peers is, "If people think I'm a loser, they would be right." So I'm not hugely concerned about what others think of me, but it's always nice to know that I matter.
And to my great surprise, I have found that I have felt more connected to my classmates than ever, despite me knowing these people for a meager 2 months versus the 13 years my other classmates and I shared.
The situation is kind of like finding the right fit of dress. You've gotta try on a helluva lot of dresses before you find that amazing one.
Of course what does any of this have to do with selfies? Well on my tumblr (FOLLOW MY TUMBLR IT IS QUALITY) today I posted a selfie because yes. To my great (and somewhat expected) surprise (as I went to many people and told them feverishly that reblogging my selfie is of utmost importance) I found several reblogs with super nice comments in the tag which just absolutely made my day.
Okay so what's the point with this diary-entry of a blog post that seems to really be most like an emotional gushing.
Well, I personally think that this drives the point home that you need to do a lot of searching before you're going to find what's right for you. I had always thought I would have graduated from Xavier with flying colors no big deal, but all of a sudden my life took a sudden turn and it turned out to be great for me.
Change is more times than not, super terrifying, but it can also lead to some pretty fantastic things too. It takes a lot of bravery to change something in your life, but if you feel like it's needed, take the risk! If all else fails, you've made it this far already, who's to say you can go even further?
Also, never underestimate the power of honest people. There is always going to be at least one person in your life who will leave nice tags on your selfie when they reblog it.
That's the end of my soap-box speech, back to your regularly-scheduled Pokemon.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Go to Hell Luvdisc
Luvdisc.
Freaking Luvdisc.
Luvdisc isn't even that bad of a Pokemon as it is. Just a sweet and adorable water-type fishy fish. Although its bad stats are something to cringe at, that's pretty much to be expected from a single-stage fishey babe.
But there in lies our problem. Single stage. No evolution. None. Zip. Zilcho.
It just doesn't make sense to me at all. I mean, all sorts of pokemon are single-stage with no evolutions, yes, so there's no reason why it's bad that Luvdisc is one of those pokemon, that is until you consider the fact that for one reason or another
Freaking Luvdisc.
Luvdisc isn't even that bad of a Pokemon as it is. Just a sweet and adorable water-type fishy fish. Although its bad stats are something to cringe at, that's pretty much to be expected from a single-stage fishey babe.
But there in lies our problem. Single stage. No evolution. None. Zip. Zilcho.
It just doesn't make sense to me at all. I mean, all sorts of pokemon are single-stage with no evolutions, yes, so there's no reason why it's bad that Luvdisc is one of those pokemon, that is until you consider the fact that for one reason or another
THAT THIS
DOES NOT
EVOLVE
INTO
DOES NOT
EVOLVE
INTO
THIS
Look at Alomomola, a water type no-evolution pokemon that is pink and cute with almost the same shape and color pallete as Luvdisc. It make NO SENSE that Luvdisc does not evolve into Alomomola. I get that each Generation has their own addition to the original series and it was Generation 4's thing to add evolutions and generation 5 was when Alomomola was added but COME ON.
Game Freak must have been having a freak when they decided, "You know what we have none of and need one of? A pure water type pink fish. What we have one of those already? Make an evolution instead? No. not at all."
However my qualms have almost no basis other than design, so I can sorta understand why this might be the case. Alomomola is heavy in HP stats and Luvdisc has great speed, but their move pools are very very similar. You can always make the argument that any pokemon of the same typing is going to have similar move pools, yes, but not all water type pokemon have an empthasis on healing and support moves.
So what the heck can we do to solve this cluster duck of a situation?
In a perfect would I would suggest in Generation 7 (Haha, oh my god) we do a few more of the non-mega evoley wolvey things. Maybe the addition of a middle evolution between Alomomola and Luvdisc with a stat boost to Alomomola might be the best solution. Or maybe we can just get rid of Alomomola and Luvdisc all together!
Yes perfect. Let's do that.
In a perfect would I would suggest in Generation 7 (Haha, oh my god) we do a few more of the non-mega evoley wolvey things. Maybe the addition of a middle evolution between Alomomola and Luvdisc with a stat boost to Alomomola might be the best solution. Or maybe we can just get rid of Alomomola and Luvdisc all together!
Yes perfect. Let's do that.
It's time for the un-baptism of Luvdisc and Alomomola, let's do this.
Go to hell, Luvdisc.
Go to hell, Luvdisc.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Dual Type Moves are the Downfall of Society
We live in a world of dual-typing. Mono typed pokemon are becoming rarer and rarer as dual-typing has many advantages in terms of type coverage and unique qualities they add to each pokemon. This can be viewed as a good thing or a bad thing, but in my opinion I think it's just fine.
Until Generation VI, that is.
What's that emerging over the horizon? Could it be.
Oh NOOOOOOO
As a species, most people aren't too fond of change. I try to think that for someone who transfered schools on a whim, I'm not all that anti-change, but in certain occasions I just think things are starting to get out of hand. This is one of those cases.
So my idea is we try to keep the dual-type moves to a minimum, and if older fans really want a challenge, we can take up competitive battling or examine one of the many awesome and difficult pokemon ROMs out there.
Until Generation VI, that is.
What's that emerging over the horizon? Could it be.
Oh NOOOOOOO
FLYING PRESS
Gosh dang it Hawlucha, you just had to ruin our fun with your stupid fighting-flying type move.
As a species, most people aren't too fond of change. I try to think that for someone who transfered schools on a whim, I'm not all that anti-change, but in certain occasions I just think things are starting to get out of hand. This is one of those cases.
Personally, I think that things are complicated enough with move and pokemon typing to consider when attacking or defending. What is gonna be super effective against Dewgong again? Who should I switch out? What the heck am I doing with my life?
Besides memorizing all of the defensive and offensive resistances for each dual-type pokemon on top of having to consistently consult one of
Besides memorizing all of the defensive and offensive resistances for each dual-type pokemon on top of having to consistently consult one of
THESE
battling is complicated enough as it is.
And I'm not just bringing these points up for selfish reasons, we must consider the original and intended demographic of pokemon, kids. What kind of kid is going to play a game that's so frustrating that it requires you to memorize stupid little things like type effectiveness for each individual dual-typed pokemon AND dual-typed move!?
We have to understand our limits when it comes to difficulty as a whole Pokemon community. There is never going to be a perfect Goldilocks quantity of difficulty, but I think the harder stuff should keep the heck out of the main gen games.
Younger audiences aren't going to play much beyond the main storyline, and if that's too hard to complete then their never even going to think about breaching into the forbidden realms of competitive battling.
We have to understand our limits when it comes to difficulty as a whole Pokemon community. There is never going to be a perfect Goldilocks quantity of difficulty, but I think the harder stuff should keep the heck out of the main gen games.
Younger audiences aren't going to play much beyond the main storyline, and if that's too hard to complete then their never even going to think about breaching into the forbidden realms of competitive battling.
So my idea is we try to keep the dual-type moves to a minimum, and if older fans really want a challenge, we can take up competitive battling or examine one of the many awesome and difficult pokemon ROMs out there.
Mega Rayquaza?!?!??!
MEGA RAYQUAZA.
We all suspected it was coming in one way or another, but now that it's here there's so much to be said about this huge mega baby.
There are already plenty of great fan theories out there about what the ability delta stream might do and what the dragon ascent move might be like, but I'm going to be focusing on Rayquaza's design.
As the almighty triomaster of the weather trio, Rayquaza has obvious influence from the realm of the sky. Although, one would expect a more bird-like appearance from a ruler of the skies, but instead this ozone-huffing loser looks a heck of a lot like a dragon-kite hybrid. Especially with all of our new strings attached, literally, to mega rayquaza, the resemblance to a kite is hard to miss. We've got rudders and strings and what looks like a hella sharp beak and oh my gosh kite fighting.
I recently finished reading The Kite Runner (highly recommended) and it has a lot of elements of kite fighting incorporated in its theme.
So what do the kites used in traditional kite fighting look like? Are they squat and rectangular western-like kites or what?
Well wonder no more
But kite fighting isn't all that comes to mind when we think about Rayquaza,
What about Japanese dragon kites? The resemblance is uncanny and totally makes sense that Rayquaza would be based off of this.
So with our new Rayquaza I'm gonna go out on a limb from design alone and say that our bae with the aerodynamic looks is going to get super speed and with the attacking special move is going to get increased attack.
But mechanics are only half the battle. What kind of awesome story telling will be incorporated with Mega Rayquaza?
As time goes on we've seen a constant trend of Pokemon games focusing a bit and bit more on plot in their games. X and Y were the first main series pokemon game to make me feel emotionally moved and tear up a bit at the end (but for spin off games, nothing can surmount the sobbing that partook after Pokemon Mystery Dungeon explorers of Time/Sky/Blue rescue team). With X and Y having such a great plot, we can only hope what ORAS might hold for us.
Will Rayquaza calm the battle with his super hella might and become a roaming pokemon?
Will Team Magma suck my ass?
Will Team Aqua <3 2 swim 4 eva?
Only time will tell, but we can be sure that whatever Game Freak has in hold for us will be something of true joy.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Roserade DIY
The sweet flower hands, the fabulous hair, the amazing womanly figure; Roserade is the epitome of elegance and grace. There aren't many grass and poison type pokemon that can emulate this level of pure majesty.
Well, with the exception of Venasaur.
Doesn't get much better than this guy.
But despite the overflowing elegance of Roserade, what can one even do with a Roserade?
What is the purpose of a Roserade?
What is the purpose of a Roserade?
Well I've got a few ideas, so here's a few Roserade DIYs!
#1- Air Freshener
For this project you're going to need
- One Roserade
- A large plastic bag
- Industrial fan
- Duct tape
-Exo-knife
To start you're going to take your nice and fresh Roserade and put it into the plastic bag. Take the exoknife and cut a few circulat holes (about the size of a quarter) in the bag. This is gonna act as ventilation. After that you're going to measure the circumference of the industrial fan and cut a whole in the bag about that size. Go ahead and tape the industrial fan to the bag and turn it on. All of those sweet Roserade scents will be wafting straight into the air. Mmmmm, smells nice.
Okay okay that was really kinda morbid. Let's just go ahead onto the next idea,
#2- Living Garden
- A few Roserades
- One garden
- Fertilizer
Start by preparing your garden however you want to. It's preferred to plant your garden with Roserade-friendly plants and set out a few bird-feeders. Next place your Roserade in your garden. There they will live and thrive. I would suggest watching out for your garden becoming overrun with Roserade, Rosallia, and Budew. It's really only a matter of time until your garden becomes overrun with them, actually. Have fun with that.
#3- Black Market Roserade Sales
-All the massive quantities of Roserades from DIY #2
-A connection to the black market
If you need a few extra pokedollars in your pocket from binge purchasing all those new clothes from the Lumiose City beauty salon this DIY is perfect for you. Begin with a friendly phone call to your local neighborhood black market connection. See if they can set you up with a few costumers in a need for some Roserades. Make sure you cover your tracks so you don't get caught by the police, and if you do get caught by the police you did not get the idea from me. Also, I demand at least 10% of all profit due to my theoretical patent on the idea of selling pokemon on the black market.
Littleswablu does not condone any of the actions or ideas represented above. No fictional animal-plant-hybrid-creates were harmed in the making of this blog.
Monday, October 6, 2014
A Picture Says 1000 Words
If a picture says 1000 words, can 1000 words be said about a picture?
Well I'm never really in a mood to write that much so what about half a picture?
Well I'm never really in a mood to write that much so what about half a picture?
Well I think anyone with a right mind already knows that this could be. It's the cover art for pokemon Omega Ruby set to be released on November 21st 2014 in most regions (sucks to be Europe).
But for those not familiar with the majesty that is Primal Groudon, and to you I apologize, let me keep with the theme today and give you my artist's rendition of the other half of Groudon.
But for those not familiar with the majesty that is Primal Groudon, and to you I apologize, let me keep with the theme today and give you my artist's rendition of the other half of Groudon.
He is just so majestic it hurts for mortal eyes to view.
But in all seriousness let me try one more time.
Hahaha whooooops that's just Mega Altaria.
No big deal just the BEST MEGA ALTARIA I LOVE YOU COME TO ME MY BABY
Okay so primal Groudon. Let me get into the mentality to do a proper job this time.
I gotta think thoughts that are majestic
powerful
ground-based.
Let's just do some practice sketches to get started.
Yes it does not get much more earthly than that mud. So perfect.
But yet it's still got the water factor and that's totally not at all what we want. Groudon hates water. It's a fact of nature.
Gotta send that Kyogre strait to hell, dude.
Gotta send that Kyogre strait to hell, dude.
So let's give this another go.
Okay so it seems this time I went with a Bob Ross painting of mountains.
Yes mountains perfect, it does not get more pure and earth than that.
Yes mountains perfect, it does not get more pure and earth than that.
I think I'm ready for this for real.
Let's go Groudon!
Let's go Groudon!
Yes.
Perfect.
Really I think this picture is worth a million words.
Skeleton War Update
Skeleton War Update- October 6, 2014
Millions are dead. Millions have always been dead. Our legion is strong.
Let's get real kids, the skeleton war is real and we gotta get our teams ready for the battle. We must look spooky in the face with defiance and run with ambition into the brumous fields of war and battle.
The time is now.
With a grand boost to special defense and defense this child of war is unstoppable, no one can break his defenses.
The lonely cubone grown into a marowak will become our strongest asset in the skeleton war!
Millions are dead. Millions have always been dead. Our legion is strong.
Let's get real kids, the skeleton war is real and we gotta get our teams ready for the battle. We must look spooky in the face with defiance and run with ambition into the brumous fields of war and battle.
The time is now.
And so the sons of Marowak prepare themselves for the battle, with their swords of bone in hand they surge the battlefield.
The small but gentle Cubone will grow old with war and become a strong and mature Marowak.
He will not only a thick club in hand, but he will have earned it too.
So he will harbor lightning rod and several moves to his resume that will give him the strength needed to support the front line.
Toxic
Fling
Retaliate
Bonemerange (for no reason other than the name is stupid)
His careful nature will let him surmount all others on the battlefield.
The lonely cubone grown into a marowak will become our strongest asset in the skeleton war!
However at the end of the day we must never forget the true joy that Cubone brings in the heart of the nostalgic. One of the spoopiest and most ominous pokemon tied with its lore from Lavender town, Cubone's unassuming exterior hides a darker past.
Anyone who doesn't know the history of Cubone and his mother in Lavender town I suggest you educate yourself asap. Many a creepy pasta have stemmed from this topic alone, but most of these creepy pasta are obviously forged and poorly done at that. Nothing as good as the Ben Drowned creepy pasta of Majora's Mask.
But alas, Cubone will always hold a place in the heart of those who exploit scary moments in video games at the expense of young and gullible kids.
3 "Great" Ice Type Pokemon
In contrast to my most recent post, it would be expected to do the natural thing and cover the top 5 Ice Type Pokemon. However I think we should mix things up a bit and just touch base on a few awesome icy babes that don't get enough attention as they should.
In general, ice types tend to have rather well-rounded stats as a whole, with a slight lenience toward special attack and defense. Best know for their well-rouded attackers and crazy special walls, Ice type was the be-all end-all for dragon smashers before the introduction of fairy type in Gen 6. The youngin's will never understand the power that a well-trained vaporeon with ice bean could be.
And so let's start our adventures into some weird or fantastic pokemon of the Ice Typing.
In general, ice types tend to have rather well-rounded stats as a whole, with a slight lenience toward special attack and defense. Best know for their well-rouded attackers and crazy special walls, Ice type was the be-all end-all for dragon smashers before the introduction of fairy type in Gen 6. The youngin's will never understand the power that a well-trained vaporeon with ice bean could be.
And so let's start our adventures into some weird or fantastic pokemon of the Ice Typing.
DELIBIRD
Why oh God why does this pokemon exist? It is a mess of a pokemon with almost know use besides its comical presence in the world of pokemon.
I mean, Jack Frost pokemon, sounds awesome.
Easter bunny pokemon, lacking but still pretty alright.
I mean, Jack Frost pokemon, sounds awesome.
Easter bunny pokemon, lacking but still pretty alright.
Tooth fairy pokemon, okay no stop please.
BUT SANTA. WHY?
Delibird has to be the most useless of all the ice-type pokemon as it knows one attack that has a chance of healing your opponent.
Delibird has to be the most useless of all the ice-type pokemon as it knows one attack that has a chance of healing your opponent.
Unless you're going for a gag gift, stay far far away from Delibirb.
REGICE
The master golem of ice and snow, Regice, probably one of the most powerful ice type pokemon, right?
Well in ways, yes. In other ways no no no no.
Well in ways, yes. In other ways no no no no.
As a child regice always kinda scared me a lot. Especially with his mildly terrifying presence in the movie, "Lucario and the Mystery of Mew" on of my favorites as a child. So with this I tried to stay as far away from Regice as possible.
Didn't really work out as later, when my fear faded, I found out he's actually a pretty great Pokemon. He's got THE BEST special defense in the whole world and with that he has a whole lot to offer. When it comes down to it some of the best fire type type attackers are special but rock, steel, and fighting are all pretty physical types. So Regice is nice and all, but as nice as ice might slice the twice dice, it's the price of rice to splice our vice.
AVALUGG
I'm gonna give it to you straight, I personally believe there is no reason as to why Avalugg should exist, yet it does and by god I love it. This pokemon is not only horribly useless but it is just the stupidest design on all of earth and I love it to death. Avalugg is flat at a board and heavy as a feather. By heavy as a feather I mean this thing weighs over a thousand pounds. Avalugg lying on its belly would make a great compressor, but other than that this bae has almost no practical use. Yeah his defense stat is OUT OF THIS WORLD but his speed and special defense are CRIPPLING. Poor babe is just a hunk of ice with no real purpose.
Don't worry Avalugg, I'll love you.
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