GUESS YOU COULD SAY THIS MATCH WAS POSTPONED-- DUE TO /DRAIN/
Twitter's been seeing me yell about it all night, but aaaaa oh god. Ame and I started re-watching Pokemon, from the beginning. I. I'm dying, Squirtle.
This game, this TV series in particular, was my very first fandom. My best friend (who grew out of Pokemon and anything nerdy years ago, like the rest of my friends I shared fandoms with in middle school ;;) and I played pretend Pokemon games in my neighborhood, and pretty much every one of our social group's inside jokes in 6th grade was Pokemon-related. It was my gateway, to Digimon and Sailor Moon and Tenchi, but it was my first and none of the others shaped me like Pokemon did. Pokemon brought me to the internet, to pairings, to forums, to friends like malika and blazeblast who I still know, 10 years after finding AAML.
Just. akjflejg;lsbh;d. Nothing else have I loved with such intensity and such consistency for 11 goddamn years. Watching these first few episodes that I remember so well after so long is seriously making my heart swell and overflow with nostalgiamush.
I really want to do more Pokemon cosplay. I still want to do season 1 Ash with his horrible 90's jeans. I was reminded how much I want to cosplay Officer Jenny and there was much screaming when we realized Ame would be the most adorable Nurse Joy. It's extra perfect because Growlithe is (and has been, for all these 11 years) my absolute favorite Pokemon and Chansey is one of Ame's. It'll happen someday.
Breaking from nostalgia, Ame and I watched a more recent episode I'd never seen before. It was from Pokemon Chronicles, the 22 episode side-series from ~2006 focusing on characters other than Ash. I guess at the time it pissed me off that Ash wasn't involved, so I'd never seen any of them. Ame wanted to show me the episode about Jesse, James and Meowth getting together as Team Rocket and their days in ~Rocket training school~ and just. Ohhhh my god, screaming. For whatever reason I wasn't a huge Rocketshipper when I was little, but I've really grown into it. As far as I'm concerned, Jesse and James are both gay as shit, except for each other. And it is pretty much the best. Anyway, this episode, I cannot even. SO GOOD seriously worth watching if you have ever loved Team Rocket (palais, I am looking at you.)
If you need convincing, try (~*spoilerz*~) the most canon, legit sexual (well as sexual as Pokemon can be) morsel of Rocketshipping ever. I screeeeamed oh god I love them so much. ♥
It's been 11 years. I don't think I'll ever grow out of this, and I'm really okay with that. It's one of very, very few hobbies I'd consider getting a related tattoo of. I really think I'd like to someday, I just have to find something perfect. Right now I'm really liking the idea of a Master Ball. (Ame would get a Love Ball.) But I'll have to give it a lot more thought. I've given my FLCL tat three years of thought now and I'm still pretty sure I want it. SOMEDAY SOON.
idk my bff Pikachu.
Is Pokemon real yet? I know I'm about 11 years too old now, but I'd really be okay with starting my journey tomorrow. ♥
This game, this TV series in particular, was my very first fandom. My best friend (who grew out of Pokemon and anything nerdy years ago, like the rest of my friends I shared fandoms with in middle school ;;) and I played pretend Pokemon games in my neighborhood, and pretty much every one of our social group's inside jokes in 6th grade was Pokemon-related. It was my gateway, to Digimon and Sailor Moon and Tenchi, but it was my first and none of the others shaped me like Pokemon did. Pokemon brought me to the internet, to pairings, to forums, to friends like malika and blazeblast who I still know, 10 years after finding AAML.
Just. akjflejg;lsbh;d. Nothing else have I loved with such intensity and such consistency for 11 goddamn years. Watching these first few episodes that I remember so well after so long is seriously making my heart swell and overflow with nostalgiamush.
I really want to do more Pokemon cosplay. I still want to do season 1 Ash with his horrible 90's jeans. I was reminded how much I want to cosplay Officer Jenny and there was much screaming when we realized Ame would be the most adorable Nurse Joy. It's extra perfect because Growlithe is (and has been, for all these 11 years) my absolute favorite Pokemon and Chansey is one of Ame's. It'll happen someday.
Breaking from nostalgia, Ame and I watched a more recent episode I'd never seen before. It was from Pokemon Chronicles, the 22 episode side-series from ~2006 focusing on characters other than Ash. I guess at the time it pissed me off that Ash wasn't involved, so I'd never seen any of them. Ame wanted to show me the episode about Jesse, James and Meowth getting together as Team Rocket and their days in ~Rocket training school~ and just. Ohhhh my god, screaming. For whatever reason I wasn't a huge Rocketshipper when I was little, but I've really grown into it. As far as I'm concerned, Jesse and James are both gay as shit, except for each other. And it is pretty much the best. Anyway, this episode, I cannot even. SO GOOD seriously worth watching if you have ever loved Team Rocket (palais, I am looking at you.)
Click to viewIf you need convincing, try (~*spoilerz*~) the most canon, legit sexual (well as sexual as Pokemon can be) morsel of Rocketshipping ever. I screeeeamed oh god I love them so much. ♥
It's been 11 years. I don't think I'll ever grow out of this, and I'm really okay with that. It's one of very, very few hobbies I'd consider getting a related tattoo of. I really think I'd like to someday, I just have to find something perfect. Right now I'm really liking the idea of a Master Ball. (Ame would get a Love Ball.) But I'll have to give it a lot more thought. I've given my FLCL tat three years of thought now and I'm still pretty sure I want it. SOMEDAY SOON.
idk my bff Pikachu.
Is Pokemon real yet? I know I'm about 11 years too old now, but I'd really be okay with starting my journey tomorrow. ♥