More dragons, less Ghetsis

[taotrooper]

1) I can't recall which ones of you guys live in Japan, but I hope that everyone is fine :<

2) Some people in America are getting Okamiden a few days earlier. CLEARLY, THIS IS KARMA FOR ME GETTING PKMN BLACK SO SOON :| Can't I ever have something shiny first without being screwed somewhere else? *grumbles and waits until the 18th* Oh well, at least Game has a release date in their database so I know they won't pull a Ghost Trick on me.

3) No Korra until 2012? STOP COCKTEASING, DAMMIT!

4) And to feed my Norse mythology phase, I just got The Penguin Book of Norse Myths on the mail plus DWJ's Eight Days of Luke. Oh yeah!

5) The name Luke haunts me. Have I ever mentioned that? Because it does.

With that said, the usual reaction post. This will probably be the last but one post, since shit is getting real next time.

Things to do before going to the League:
a) GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND
b) Buy industrial quantities of hyperpotions and revives and dusk balls
c) Did I mention grind?

I want my guys to reach at least level 50, and right now I'm camping at Route 10's grass patches on the watch for Audinos. But the tricky thing is, not only I'm grinding folks for the Elite Four, but also for the Harmonias (or whatever their English name is), and only 3 are the intersection in both sets. After srs bsns consideration, I'm almost certain I'm going to use these:

Team E4
→ Yoshitsune (male Dewott by now)
→ Drew (male Druddigon)
→ Candelaria (female Lampent by now)
→ Almudena (female Munna by now)
→ Odetta (female Swanna)
→ Zeus (male Zebstrika)

Team Insane Green-haired Men
→ dat Reshiram (DUH)
→ Yoshi
→ Drew
→ Zeus
→ Florina (female Petilil by now)
→ Knut (male Beartic)

Yoshi has a fighting move and Drew a couple of dark moves, so I reckon I can hit a punch with them. Zeus also has a dark move, and I'm counting on him and Florina to sort of defend themselves against Zekrom and Ghetsis' fucking eel. But we shall see. Meanwhile, I have 8 pokes to grind until my fingers fall off.

Last time we talked, I was given THE FATE OF THE WORLD in the shape of a white orb. I tried to submerge it in water just in case it was dehydrated, but alas! Time to go to the eighth gym!

...But first, quick trip to Mistralton cave to catch an Axew (Alexa, female). Sadly, even after becoming a Fraxure Drew was more boss, so she didn't have to do anything in battle. I also got the misogynist ability that would've been good against Iris' dragons, but with Drayden's it was pointless.

So well, I go on my way and make a stop on this nasty swamp to pick items, and I come out with my team punched and probably me smelling funny. It's a great moment for Surprise Rival Battle! Bianca, what kind of cheering up is this D: She's still endearing and cute at least! I can't blame her for not knowing what to say to me, because I wouldn't know what to say to someone destined to catch a giant dragon and fight batshit people either.

Industrial bridge is industrial! They tell me there are biker gangs chilling on Friday nights. I check the clock: Friday 19:45. Huh. Sidequest to do immediately after the gym. Then let us relax and enjoy the views and--

...that hairdo.

*saves game*
*grabs chocolate*
*munches and breathes*
*returns to game*

STOP HARASSING ME, GHETSIS! I'M DEFLOWERING YOUR PRINCESS WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. ER, I MEAN.

So yeah, his ninja trio told him I have the orb, and he's... not going to take it from me because you know, N wants me to do this shit. These encounters with the in-laws where there's no punching involved and only pretentious tl;dr suck. Scumbag fucker.

Welp, now that I got rid of him, I'm good to go to the city and... oh, hi Alder! Hi Bianca and Cheren! Hi Ghe... oh God, he's not gone yet!

GTFO already, Plasma DDDDDDX And they're back to the speeches, but now they dropped the passive-aggressiveness to be direct: Our Lord is a hero and resurrected the legendary dragon and he's about to beat the crap out of the Pokémon League, so *HINT HINT* release your Pokémon ASAP or else KTHXBYE.

Asshole. And people in the city are considering it, but unlike the Special manga no one does it yet. Good, stick to that for some days. Speaking of the city, the Black version is so Tron and modern *____* It's weird that this is the dragon city but hey, it still looks pretty cool.

So we meet Iris again and we're introduced to Drayden and the beard that eats his face alive. Where IS his mouth? It's seriously freaking me out. We're invited to their house and really, what is Iris and Drayden's relationship? I heard he was her grandpa or dad, but they don't mention it in the game. Then again, N never mentions anything about his dad. I-I really hope they are related even as an adoption, because otherwise there's always an open possibility that's as creepy as his epic beard. No, self, Pokémon game, think fluffy mentor and nothing else!1

Mmmm, delicious backstory. I am still a little confused about it and the order in which shit got created/destroyed by the dragon(s), so I'll reread it again after the main plot is over to see if I get it this time. Also, how could that tower survive?

Okay, gym is awesome and DBZesque. I like the gym designs in this gen, they're awful fun. Some of them aren't even proper gyms, which is also fun. And after all the fretting, I actually beat Drayden quite easily. It went like a cowboy or samurai duel where the first one giving the blow would be victorious. Drew's speed is nice, so I got there first. The tension was intense, let me tell you.

OMG ALL THE BADGES *o*

Professor Juniper, I thank you for coming and wishing me luck, but Mr. Beard already told me where to go o_o

So okay, time to do something important: BEAT FAT BIKERS. It was disappointed because only two of them fought, I wanted my girl with the pink cap and the pink bike and the pink tapir be all GET BENT GET BENT GET BENT on every single one of them. Meanwhile, Alder is placing his hopes in this crazy bitch.

Okay, fiiiiiiine, let's take route 10 and. ARGH, Cheren and Bianca in the middle of grinding! Of course you want to fight, Cher. Let's do this.

You know what I love about Cheren? That he has all the ingredients to be the smarter-than-thou condescending kind of rival that whines when he loses to you, but then... he isn't. He did seem perplexed that I got better than him at the beginning, but never to the point of insulting me. And now he's at a point where he just has fun challenging me, and wants to become stronger to help out others. You know, he respects me and is my friend. YOU'RE CUTE TOO, MEGANE!

I think I just want to give all my three rivals big hugs. Even N, you creepy motherfucker, you honest to God need hi-quality human warmth.

Maaaaaaaaaaan, I hate grinding D:

Comments

[fujurpreux.livejournal.com]

3) No Korra until 2012? STOP COCKTEASING, DAMMIT!
sadface.gif DB

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

[fujurpreux.livejournal.com]

Precisely :|

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

1) I can't recall which ones of you guys live in Japan, but I hope that everyone is fine

Check here (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_lounge/1092287.html?style=mine); there's probably some overlap between your flist and fandom_lounge's membership.

What happened to your Vanillite? I was planning to make that my ice-type.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I caught a Vanillite once but when I got to the moment I needed an ice type, the Cubchoo I had was on a higher level and therefore less time was spent to griiiiiiiiiiind him.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Ah, OK. So I guess you also don't have much practical experience on how the two types perform in comparison. *is rather annoyed that the only non-legendary ice-types are single-typed and thus fairly similar, and that good ice TMs are hard to come by*

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Not really, I think I'm pretty much playing with Pokémon I like regardless of performing better than other of their type. I didn't use the ice cream enough to know how good they are (she made me feel hungry and cold LOL), although I liked that the bear I caught had a default water attack.

Oh, incidentally! Ghetsis' family name is Harmonia. Guess that explains the batshit crazy!

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

How they perform influences how much I like them. If the Pokemon ends up fainting before it can do much damage too often, I'm not going to like it. I'm also fond of pokemon that have wide movesets. Also, I'll pass over a pokemon if its appearance creeps me out like Joltik *shudder*

Ghetsis' family name is Harmonia. Guess that explains the batshit crazy!

Also the segregation and megalomania (http://suikoden.wikia.com/wiki/Holy_Kingdom_of_Harmonia).

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I normally don't mind playing with fugly but solid pokémon in my other games (my Victreebel in SS is boss). But for some reason, and I suspect it's Team Plasma making a point of trainers using them as tools, I feel very guilty of catching some species for the cute alone in this gen. Then, I end up training most of them and catching less random ones for their dex entries (I've only filled one box and two rows of my PC).

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

It's not that Joltik's ugly, it's that I can't look at it and its evolution without whimpering. haet spiders

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I really dislike spiders but for some reason Joltik/Galvantula doesn't freak me out much. How unlucky D: I think I didn't catch one because I caught a good zebra, and I tend to stick with the first electric I catch.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

I might give the spiders a chance once I get to their area, but. still creeped

Speaking of ugly pokemon that I love anyway, I swear by my Scraggy. He already survives the best in the Battle Subway, and I only have 3 badges.