IT MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS
ugh lord that was a definite first day of full, pure torture at work that didn't end. Though it wasn't actually work. It was an all-day seminar discussing things I mostly already knew about (either that or it didn't apply to me) and it was a mandatory thing.
You know, I wouldn't have minded so much if it wasn't FUCKING ANTARCTICA in the room the entire time. For a few hours, it's pretty irritating. For the entire day, that's fucking abuse. And this is even after I rushed back to the office during the first break to grab my sweater. Then near the end they had to go take advantage of my hunger by serving FREE ICE CREAM and I was like... whyyyy. Because you know that just made it even more unbearably cold.
DP183 is officially starting the Sinnoh League, and thank god it's kicking off with Ash vs Nando, meaning of course that Nando's getting picked off early in this competition, which is exactly what I was hoping for. Nando already had a good run in the GF (for a "rival" that's appeared, what, twice in the series until now?) and his full team was already shown there and was quite bland and sucky for a League team, so there's really no reason to whore him out again. Especially when the other three are like millions of times worthier of developing in this arc.
So the majority of this League will have a perfect balance of Ash/Paul/Barry/Conway just as I wanted. ♥ It's only too bad July's the month where there's two breaks (non-consecutive, at least) because that'll make it so cripplingly suspenseful for whatever follows. Of course, I'm going to figure logically we'll end up with Paul/Barry and Ash/Conway. Conway, for all seven of his appearances (which, until the GF, was still more than any of Dawn's rivals except for Zoey and Jessie), has not even exchanged one word of dialog with Ash. It's all pretty much been Dawn and the occasional Brock, then Jessie, and then the rest of it is creepy stuff that might or might not be directed at everyone. So it'll be fun to see how this plays out.
Belatedly, the appearance of Jasmine and Flint is probably going to save DP180. The Kenny vs Ash premise is still retarded beyond belief and I don't care what the reason is, but Kenny's too fucking lame to actually be getting a proper sendoff. My god, the more the anime keeps trying to make it out like Kenny's important, the more it feels like a very bold lie. You know they're throwing Kenny a bone by making Ash even more retarded than he usually is by picking Buizel to go against Empoleon. Like holy shit, Ash. I know Buizel's knee-deep in jobber mode, but dear god could you pick a worse opponent for him? And that Ice Punch that had a whole episode dedicated to mastering it? Isn't going to do jack shit against Empoleon. Even if it's Kenny's lameass Empoleon, 4x resistance says a lot and it's really the only logical way Kenny's ass is going to even make this battle look like an equal struggle.
See? Storytelling goes out the goddamn window with that bland asshole around. Which is why I'm banking on the cameo'ing game characters to save it, much like Barry before them.
So soon I'll have to force myself up half an hour earlier than usual because I'll want to see these damn episodes live. I should start trying to get up for Sinnoh League Victors again, which... didn't necessarily have bad music, but it was way too slow-paced for the crack-fast nature of the Saikou Everyday! footage. But still ends out with the same lovely end shot that the Japanese version does, and that makes me happy. ♥
I feel a thing starting with P and ending with S with an M sandwiched in between is beginning to start. It's about that time and there's no other reason for me to be feeling mega-depressed all of a sudden even though nothing really warrants the feeling. Still, gonna try to get Chapter 14 started within the next day or so and get that out of the way as soon as I can.
... Why do I have bad allergies now, seriously. I blame that goddamn room I was in all day.
You know, I wouldn't have minded so much if it wasn't FUCKING ANTARCTICA in the room the entire time. For a few hours, it's pretty irritating. For the entire day, that's fucking abuse. And this is even after I rushed back to the office during the first break to grab my sweater. Then near the end they had to go take advantage of my hunger by serving FREE ICE CREAM and I was like... whyyyy. Because you know that just made it even more unbearably cold.
DP183 is officially starting the Sinnoh League, and thank god it's kicking off with Ash vs Nando, meaning of course that Nando's getting picked off early in this competition, which is exactly what I was hoping for. Nando already had a good run in the GF (for a "rival" that's appeared, what, twice in the series until now?) and his full team was already shown there and was quite bland and sucky for a League team, so there's really no reason to whore him out again. Especially when the other three are like millions of times worthier of developing in this arc.
So the majority of this League will have a perfect balance of Ash/Paul/Barry/Conway just as I wanted. ♥ It's only too bad July's the month where there's two breaks (non-consecutive, at least) because that'll make it so cripplingly suspenseful for whatever follows. Of course, I'm going to figure logically we'll end up with Paul/Barry and Ash/Conway. Conway, for all seven of his appearances (which, until the GF, was still more than any of Dawn's rivals except for Zoey and Jessie), has not even exchanged one word of dialog with Ash. It's all pretty much been Dawn and the occasional Brock, then Jessie, and then the rest of it is creepy stuff that might or might not be directed at everyone. So it'll be fun to see how this plays out.
Belatedly, the appearance of Jasmine and Flint is probably going to save DP180. The Kenny vs Ash premise is still retarded beyond belief and I don't care what the reason is, but Kenny's too fucking lame to actually be getting a proper sendoff. My god, the more the anime keeps trying to make it out like Kenny's important, the more it feels like a very bold lie. You know they're throwing Kenny a bone by making Ash even more retarded than he usually is by picking Buizel to go against Empoleon. Like holy shit, Ash. I know Buizel's knee-deep in jobber mode, but dear god could you pick a worse opponent for him? And that Ice Punch that had a whole episode dedicated to mastering it? Isn't going to do jack shit against Empoleon. Even if it's Kenny's lameass Empoleon, 4x resistance says a lot and it's really the only logical way Kenny's ass is going to even make this battle look like an equal struggle.
See? Storytelling goes out the goddamn window with that bland asshole around. Which is why I'm banking on the cameo'ing game characters to save it, much like Barry before them.
So soon I'll have to force myself up half an hour earlier than usual because I'll want to see these damn episodes live. I should start trying to get up for Sinnoh League Victors again, which... didn't necessarily have bad music, but it was way too slow-paced for the crack-fast nature of the Saikou Everyday! footage. But still ends out with the same lovely end shot that the Japanese version does, and that makes me happy. ♥
I feel a thing starting with P and ending with S with an M sandwiched in between is beginning to start. It's about that time and there's no other reason for me to be feeling mega-depressed all of a sudden even though nothing really warrants the feeling. Still, gonna try to get Chapter 14 started within the next day or so and get that out of the way as soon as I can.
... Why do I have bad allergies now, seriously. I blame that goddamn room I was in all day.