#matis

[choujinx]

POCKET MONSTERS SPECIAL: GOLD, SILVER & CRYSTAL (1999-2002) by kusaka hidenori, mato & yamamoto satoshi

[philoursmars]

Le jour du Mardi Gras, je suis allé à Binche, ville wallonne de Belgique, pour assister au Carnaval. J'en ai profité pour visiter le très intéressant Mumask (Musée international du Carnaval et du Masque). Ici l'aile des masques et costumes du Monde.

masque du dieu protecteur Mgon-Po, pour la danse "Cham" - Tibet, XXe s.

masques funéraires : "tatanua'" pour le malanggan (fin de deuil) - Nouvelle-Irlande, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, XXe s. ; "bwoom", pour la mise en terre - kuba, République Démocratique du Congo, mi-XXe s.

masque-costume de rite funéraire jipae - asmat, PNG, XXe s.

masque de deuil, d'Ancêtre Mariwin - matis, Amazonie, Brésil, XXIe s.

masque-heaume "hemba" pour la circoncision - kwese, RDC

masque de deuil d'' "unchiasul" (vieillard) - Vrancea, Roumanie, fin XXe s.

masque de guérison - inuit, Kodiak, Alaska, fin XIXe s.

[callmecreator]

[cringycrisis]

I realized I never posted these goobers!

I made a few ocs for fun, Kid's friends from his old school!

Lucas: A bit of a goofball, always finding a way to make his friends laugh! Has a bit of a sassy personality.

Vivian/Via: Kinda like the leader of their small group, Via is very bold and creative when it comes to figuring out what they should play! She always makes sure that her friends are alright. Billy and Lily kind of reminded Kid of her.

Matis: Very sweet boy, has a bit of charm to him. He is the son of the owner of "Tech Meta Enterprise", so he is rich. Despite that, he is very caring of his friends, and always wants to play with them.

Edit: realized I probably should put this here for context:

Just a random thought that I have had for a good while. Does Kid have old classmates from before the kg games? In the first game, when you

[sapphicnecromancer]

So, I got really into the praying mantis rabbit hole, so give me your best fun facts about them

[leon-azis]

[tobiasdrake]

Episode 14 - Electric Shock Showdown! Vermillion Gym

The universe finally takes pity on the team and delivers them to Vermillion City. It's finally time for a Gym Challenge. (He's going to do this with Pikachu again, isn't he?)

Fun fact: Lt. Surge/Matis is an American soldier, so a lot of his dialogue is in English.

Actually, Pikachu vs. Raichu is a clever setup. This episode introduces the pros and cons of Stone evolution. This isn't a factor anymore but back in earlier Gens, evolving your Pokemon caused them to stop learning moves.

Surge endorses using a Stone the instant you acquire a Pokemon that evolves that way. For an earlier gen game, this is bad advice, as Ash ultimately demonstrates.

Raichu's movelist is full of things like Mega Punch, Mega Kick, or Body Slam; Attacks it can't learn naturally. Surge packed Raichu full of TMs to compensate for never unlocking a level-up move, while Pikachu ultimately overpowers them by using those natural level-up moves like Agility and Quick Attack.

The idea is a bit undermined by the fact that G1 Pikachu's level-up movelist isn't very impressive. (Fun fact, they can't even learn Thunderbolt naturally!) And also because Speed and Evasion are separate stats, so using Agility to become untouchable doesn't actually work. Really, all that did was give Pikachu attack priority, which then defeats the purpose of using Quick Attack.

Taken literally, Ash's strategy is bad and he once again won a fight he should rightly lose.

But I get where they were coming from with this. The point being made is sound, even if the way it was made falls apart under scrutiny.

[turtleneckseve]

This is entirely about the money. It’s good to be back in business.