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Stark forces Rogers to apologize to Law...

Well folks, its been one hell of a week on the Bachelor, what with Rogers rallying the contestants to team up on Law. Let’s just hope their next interaction goes better than their last...

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Oh my fucking god...

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Just a brief reason why Yours Truly is ridiculous

So, for the open spot in Jude's team, I've settled on Snorlax; it's undergoing its trial run right now.

But that's not why I'm ridiculous.

I'm ridiculous because I forgot to save before facing the first Snorlax and ran out of Pokeballs and had to run, and then I spent three hours running around earning money and beating up a Gym Leader (Erika went down without a fuss, woot woot!) so I could get about 47 Pokeballs and 28 Great Balls. I remembered to save this time.

It took another grueling hour--I timed it, it was an hour (partially because I was also checking my Tumblr but ssshhhh)--for the Snorlax to finally just submit already. He took out Magnus the Wartortle and Paisley the Parasect before he went down (and on its last Headbutt, which took Paisley out, he finally got a taste of her Effect Spore...but it put him to sleep. AUGH). He was down to using Struggle before finally--FINALLY--he went in his Pokeball quietly.

In-game, his name is Manny, but in-story, say hello to Gertie the Snorlax, who is large, adorable, and wears a pink ribbon with white polka-dots on her ear.

Also got the Eevee. In-game, a male named Mal, but in-story, it's gonna be Melody the Flareon. Didn't luck out with the genders this time, I'm afraid, but that's what storytelling is for. I taught Mal Attract just for the heck of it and watched him charm the leaves off of Erika's Pokemon. It was awesome. I've never used Attract in-game before, but it's quite amusing.

ANYWAY. Rambling done, for now.

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Just a brief reason why Parasect is Awesome

Because once I taught Paisley the Parasect Dig, she dominated Lt. Surge. I am so proud of my bb.

You should all use Paras/Parasect, because they are INCREDIBLE

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Writing Whining: Trouble Teams

Sooooo, as many of you might know, I have some character teams who...well...they're my problem areas. Some of them started that way, some of them have become that way, but all of you unfortunate people get to listen to me whinewhinewhine.

Lucky y'all.

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First: Jude Larch

I know. I wasn't expecting it, either. But this little jerk's becoming a problem, and let me tell you why.

This is the official lineup, as of right now:

And, originally, I was going to have Jynx in the lineup, too, with the reasoning that A) you can get Jynx in FireRed if you trade a Poliwhirl, and B) it's a very rare Pokemon and Jude would be the one out of the Kanto trio to have one.

Well...two things happened. For one, it's a lot of trouble training up a Poliwag into a Poliwhirl, and I'm the kind of psychotic that would get far too attached. Novalee, back in the early stages, wasn't going to have an Oddish, she was going to have a Gastly. What happened was being at a disadvantage at Misty's gym and convincing myself that, oh, I could use an Oddish just this once and then release it, but I got hooked on it while training and along came May the Vileplume. If I catch a Poliwag, I won't be able to give it up when the time comes. And the Offical Water Type position's already been filled. Also, its name would be Zynx and how dumb is that I mean really.

So, now I'm trying to figure out what to do. I have a few Pokemon in mind...but let me show you why they won't or might not work.

Alright, Water-Psychic, good stats...not available in FireRed. Blegh.

Water-Ice, which I like...not available until late in the game and I'd need to get my hands on a Water Stone somehow (I think you can buy those in the Department Store in this one? I can't remember, it's been a while since I've played). But a definite contender, since I CAN get this one in-game.

Dragon, not bad at all, REALLY REALLY love the shiny version (and Kanto doesn't have a Token Shiny Pokemon yet, and I'd love for it to be this one if I pick it) (at least I don't think it does...where are my notes when I need them?), but while it'd be (riskily) useful against Lance...maybe not so much against Lorelei. Also, I'd have to stick an Everstone on it, because I am a snob and don't like Dragonite's look as much as Dragonair.

Just because it would be funny. I don't have any solid reasoning behind this one.

Grass-Psychic, would be a great fit for the team, but I'm hesitant about it because I'd really like an Ice-type or a Pokemon who could use an Ice-type move....

Electric-Steel. I've just always wanted a team with this derpy dude. You can't tell me it isn't at least a little bit cute. XD

Because Gyrados okay. (Hesitant of this one, too, because of the Flying typing that would make it vulnerable to Ice-type hits...but I digress.)

I've never actually had a pure Normal type on a team before, and I'm a little curious...Normal-types only have one true weakness and Ghost-type moves can't hit them, so...huh, I actually hadn't thought of this guy until I saw the sprite, but I think he's part of the Actual Contenders list, too.

Ground-Poison, just an awesome combination.

I think you can see my problem. Any one of these Pokemon would be excellent additions to the team, but my problem is picking just one to fill that extra slot. But, well, this isn't a Pokemon Blog for nothing. Audience?

(NOTE FROM THE SPOILER ZONE: Pikachu has also wormed its way into this list. So. In considering this list, please include:

PIKACHU)

Second: Addison and Quinn

I know, I know, why am I even thinking about this when I don't have the game on hand until Christmas, but it's BOTHERING ME.

I think I might almost have it sorted out, but just as a refresher, here's Addison's team:

That last spot was originally filled by a Houndoom...before I found out I couldn't get Houndoom until the very end, far past the time it was even worth catching one and training it (from level 25 or so. No thanks. I don't have that much patience). In-game, I just filled it with Lugia, but that's still a troublingly open spot for me.

Quick detour: let's talk about Quinn's initial team (has yet to be tested in-game, but hopefully will soon!)

This raises a question, and an important one. Be forewarned that I am going into hardcore spoiler mode for the fic past this point. If you don't care much (and I wouldn't blame you; who knows when these things will get off the ground...) or have a bad memory, keep going. If not, this is as far as I advise you to go.

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What about Sneasel?

Sneasel, is, as far as I can tell, Silver's one signature Pokemon. Every incarnation I've seen has Sneasel in it, because that's his trademark, much like Red's Pikachu (which is a theme I discarded for Novalee and her friends, but you never know when that little yellow mouse might make a comeback) (ooh, that might solve my Jude problem...).

I found a solution to many of my Johto problems, thanks to this guy (though a drawback is that it's not available in SoulSilver, but I can trade over from Platinum, no problem).

Problem One: Quinn becoming too much like Silver

From his physical appearance to his abrasive demeanor, I'm constantly worried of Quinn becoming too much like his canon counterpart. I want to make him an original character, but the story I have in mind for Johto requires the exact personality Quinn--and ultimately Silver--has. However, I think I'm deviating enough to make him slightly original. He's much more gruff and grumpy than Silver, hopefully.

How does Sneasel solve this?

Quinn DOES have a Sneasel, for a long time. Sneasel is the bearer of his bad moods and his tempter tantrums, and that's made it rough and disillusioned itself. It and Silver work together for common goals, but otherwise Sneasel ignores the little snotrag. With the introduction of Addison, and the other Pokemon in Quinn's team (especially Meganium--Meganium is so important to Quinn and Sneasel's development), both of these icy, hard, hurt beings start to heal. Eventually, Sneasel and Quinn sort of come to the understanding that there's too many bad memories between them for them to really stick together--so in a fit of uncharacteristic...something like protectiveness...Quinn gives Sneasel to Addison. Sneasel agreed to it (it was its idea, of course it  agreed).

That solves problem two...What goes in the empty space in Addison's team?

The answer? That rough, tough little Sneasel who's seen too much heartbreak and cruelty with Quinn, not necessarily just from Quinn himself. It doesn't have to protect Quinn anymore. Quinn doesn't need it, not like he did when he was a child. They respect each other, might even love each other somewhere in their shriveled hearts, but...it's time to move on. And the funny thing is, they both find the healing they were looking for in the same source.

Man, I can't wait to write this.

Long story short, I only have one problem team now  and I need help with that so pleeeeeeeease help.

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NOT A Liveblog, Mostly Info-Dump: FireRed

So my good friend and talented artist Busterella sent me her FireRed version (thank you bb), and I'm finally getting to play Jude Larch's character run.

A quick breakdown of the team:

Magnus. Spunky and clever, reacts instinctually and sometimes ignores Jude when he feels he knows a better way (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't). The "big brother" type.

Ansell. Serious and straight-laced, most like Jude and therefore follows every order to the letter. Protective of his teammates, especially the one immediately following...

Paisley (because she has an irregular pattern on her 'shrooms). Sweet and innocent, a good hard worker and cheerful to a fault. Also cute as heck and a surprising tank, why did no one tell me Paras was such a boss?

(And, later on: Melody ??? Jackie)

Mostly some random thoughts from gameplay:

Seriously, WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME EARLIER HOW AWESOME PARAS/PARASECT IS? Paisley is wiping the floor with people left and right!

Though I notice Ansell gets more critical hits in when he has to switch into a battle Paisley was losing. Aww. BFFLs.

I kind of like the Wartortle look, actually. So fabulous.

So in-game Gary/Rival is much more of a buttwipe than I remember. XD Most of those traits are going to the Secondary Rival, actually; Jude is taking more after Green/Blue/whatever the heck his name is. Cool under fire and serious.

omg no he's mako

Everyone, take note that playing Pokemon is much more fun when you have an epic soundtrack going in the background. My preferred station: Lord of the Rings on Pandora. It's awesome wiping Nugget Bridge while the music from the Mines of Moria/Balrog sequence is playing.

I think Ansell was the first Pokemon Jude got, now that I think about it; Melody the Eevee was second and a gift from Professor Oak...and Magnus was caught wild. No sunglasses, though. ;) Very few of the starters overall are caught wild; I think most of the Kanto ones were (Rick the Charizard by Team Rocket, Magnus the Blastoise by Jude, Mama the Venusaur caught a wild Skylar); the Johto ones came from the Professor; the Hoenn ones came from different places (Spike the Torchic was a wild capture who got passed into a Pokemon Shelter and ended up being a Battler for the Trainers' School; Evan the Mudkip came from Professor Birch; Tex the Treecko was a wild capture); the Sinnoh ones all came from Professor Rowan, and so did the Unova starters but from Juniper. Hmm. It appears I lost all creativity once I hit Gen 4. XD

It's interesting figuring Jude's character out; he was one of the first characters I came up with, but I haven't had a chance to get in his head very often. I tried playing his run, but I got mixed up between Jude and Skylar and ended up playing Skylar's run with a mixture of Jude and Skylar's Pokemon...with Squirtle as the starter. Embarrassing much? Yes. Yes it was. Extremely problematic, since I didn't check my list until almost all the way through the game and realized I'd done it wrong. :D

My tentative plan for Jude was to be the next Pokemon Professor (hence the tree last name)...so far he hasn't bucked it, but I'm wondering what he'd study as a Professor.

Anyway. Gotta go now, but thanks for sticking around, if indeed you have!