terabient

★ The Detective Pikachu movie now has an official trailer and it is two and a half minutes of revelations that may or may not horrify you, depending on how you feel about things like a live-action Pokemon movie with the title pokemon being voiced by Ryan Reynolds. I didn't instantly hate it....actually, I kinda want to see it now?! I think Detective Pikachu is pretty cute. (still not sure about him having a human voice, sort of) The other pokemon are hit or miss. I'm glad Greninja is creepy-looking because a human-sized frog with the strength to break you in half and a tongue long enough to wrap around its body is inherently terrifying and it's a testament to the extreme cuteness of Pokemon overall that it usually comes across as cool instead of nightmarish. Jigglypuff is a little off-putting on first viewing but the more I think about the alternatives (basically, a big, smooth ball of human-like flesh...) the more I appreciate it. Bulbasaur is...okay? I wish they were a little cuter somehow, but they are growing on me.

★ I spent about 3 hours practicing my clinical trials for my test tomorrow. I feel more confident now than I did yesterday, but I'm still extremely nervous about missing a critical step and failing, or just blanking out hard-core once I'm in the test room. I'm trying to tell myself it's not that bad if I fail one portion of the test because I can easily retake that part, but it's not working too well.

i don't know why i'm writing this late. well, i do, it's because i'm in that limbo of being really tired but also not being able to fall asleep. woe is me.

so have a jumble of shallow thoughts on animus.

( pokeani squee )

( Sailor Moon Crystal siiiiiiiiiiiigh )

I still haven't watched any Dramatical Murder. WHOOPS.

In video games: I started the FFX HD remaster. I'm only at Besaid, so I don't have much in the way impressions beyond wow this is stunningly pretty and wow i forgot how much i disliked Tidus in the beginning.

Also I enjoy the remastered soundtrack, for the most part. I haven't come across a rearrangement that I've disliked yet--I know the one for Besaid had, um, a mixed reception, but I liked it a lot. The violin sounds beautiful.

...but restores my will to bitch over the internet, I guess. I figure reading about Pokemon breeding is as exciting as actually breeding, i.e. not at all, so ( under the cut it goes! )

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In other news, I watched the first Sailor Moon Crystal episode and my reaction is, apparently, quite common: lots of fangirlish/nostalgia driven glee paired with some disappointment that the animation quality is, er, somewhat soulless. Honestly, while I'm not actively following many shows right now, Crystal's animation is some of the laziest I've seen in the past three years. (I would say it's the laziest, but I did watch Blazblue Alter Memory, so...) I can't think of another current show that is so static. Did all of the animation budget go to...hair? cuz most of the time, that's the only thing moving.

I hear the second episode is better animation-wise, though, so fingers crossed that this is just a pilot episode problem.

I've been hoping that Jadeite might get more development than he did in the original series but I wouldn't be surprised if that were not the case, given the shorter run schedule--Rei's supposed to come in ep. 3, which means Jadeite is not long for this world--and also, approximately no one cares about Jadeite. :c

HI DREAMWIDTH I haven't updated for awhile because I'm a derp and I don't know how to manage my free time at all. My hours have kinda-sorta stabilized at work in the past two months, though, and I have at least one day a week when I'm off. I guess the next goal would be to actually get things done in my free time, instead of going OOOMMMMGGG DAY OFFFF! and then sitting in front of my computer with Tumblr opened in five tags while I angrily argue on video game forums about bullshit. Because yes, that's mostly what I've been doing with my free time and I wish that wasn't the case.

Anyway, fun things!

★ I bought a PS Vita last week. I've been waffling over it for months, and then my birthday happened and I decided: yes, this is what I'm going to spend my birthday money + money I have been saving. Ended up getting the Borderlands 2 bundle, which means I have officially triple-dipped on Borderlands 2, something I never would have thought would happen given that I never really warmed up to the first game. I GUESS IT'S TIME TO START ANOTHER ASSASSIN unless I can port my Xbox 360 save to the Vita via Gibbed. I assume not, though.

So anyway, I have BL2 and Persona 4 Golden atm, and I am planning to get the FFX/X-2 remaster, Dangan Ronpa, and maaaaaybe Dragon's Crown, but I don't know what else to pick up after that. Blazblue Chronophantasma doesn't come out until the end of June, and I have NO idea when Risk of Rain--my current gaming obsession and one that I would very much like to have in handheld form--will be ported over. If anyone has suggestions or recommendations for what to get I would really appreciate them!

★ I did eventually breed a Timid nature, Protean Froakie, but then I went 'well, why stop there? GO FOR THE 6 PERFECT IVS' and
well
that was a poor decision

In other Pokemon related news: I am playing HeartGold again because Gen II is the best. Have also been watching the XY anime and the only character I'm invested in is Froakie/Keromatsu, because all the human characters are boring right now. I'm super disappointed that Serena has approximately one and half character traits: she's a good cook and likes dressing up, because I enjoyed the her personality in the XY game and just assumed it would carry over to the anime. OH WELL. At least there is an adorable frog ninja-in-training to watch. ♥

★ I have been trying to write crappy shipping fic for like the past month and have just been failing utterly. Well, not at the crappy writing, I have tons and tons of crappy writing filling up my notebook right now. But I'm completely unable to either finish the crap and/or edit it to an acceptable level and ugh it's discouraging. I've thought about doing a drabble/ficlet-a-day to practice more and maybe get my confidence up, but I'm awful at keeping to those sorts of things. On the other hand, I've gotten a little better at scheduling things and keeping to them in the past month...maybe writing and posting something small would be a good way to measure how well I can manage my free time. At the very least, it would keep me from reblogging a bunch of junk from Tumblr for hours on end. :P

That's it for now~

I have been watching Blazblue: Alter Memory, and by 'watching' I mean skipping to specific points in a few episodes to find out the origin of various screen caps on tumblr. So far, this is my favorite moment:

( SERIOUS MOMENT U GAIZ )

followed closely by a scene in episode 10 where Terumi is torturing Makoto in what's supposed to be a gut-wrenching sequence, but because Terumi and Makoto look distinctly blobby the emotional impact is somewhat lessened.

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Ok enough laughing at Alter Memory's unfortunate animation, POKEMON IS ON NETFLIX EEEeEeeeeeeEEEEEEee! Although, only the first season (Indigo League) and Best Wishes are available, which is kind of sad because I wanted to see the Diamond/Pearl eps without having to resort to semi-shady online streams, but OH WELL. Anyway, some things I have noticed:

★ Ash is outrageously dumb and I find him awfully endearing for it. I have a real softness for characters who are not exceptional in any way aside from having a big, emphatic heart, and Ash is like the most extreme version of the dopey enthusiastic protagonist trope. He is terrible at almost everything but he just. LOVES POKEMON. SO MUCH. And also he's full of pride at every single thing he does and it's just sweet to have a character who believes in his pets and his friends and himself, and that's all you need to be a pretty great sort of person.

★ Everybody runs Quick Attack on their Pokemon. EVERY TRAINER. EVERY POKEMON.

★ WOW THERE IS SO MUCH CROSSDRESSING. Unremarkable crossdressing even, in that it happens with such regularity that most of the time, no one acknowledges it as out of the ordinary. And there's equal parts girls-dressing-as-guys and guys-dressing-as-girls. How nice!

★ I am pretty sure Gary has a crush on Ash. He acts exactly like a ten year old with a crush. It is literally the only age-appropriate thing Gary does, I mean, a corvette? A cheerleading squad composed of much older women?? WORLD CLASS POKEMON RESEARCHER??? HOW ARE YOU THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE CHARACTER IN A UNIVERSE WHERE GIANT MONSTERS LIVE IN TINY BALLS AND CHILDREN WANDER AROUND FORESTS UNATTENDED FOR MONTHS?

In conclusion: lol anime

Last night my Chingling finally evolved! Now instead of a cute little baby bell that tickles you for damage and dies when you breathe on it, I have a cute, slightly larger bell that can hurt you and...still dies when you breathe on it. BUT it can bravely sacrifice itself to heal the pokemon I throw in to avenge Chimecho's brutal...fainting. Also, Safeguard is pretty sweet. Thanks, kotetsu and jack_of_none! And no thanks to Nintendo for making Affection and Friendship different stats. >:[

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I've decide that this year is going to be the one where I try to at least start, and play for a significant amount of, all of the games in my backlog. I am mostly doing this in attempt to curb my spending as far as video gaming is concerned, and combat my somewhat irrational next-gen hype. I keep telling myself that nothing good came from being a launch-date Xbox 360 owner, but there's still a part of me that wants to spend ALL the money on a PS4 and...and I have no idea what I'd actually get that's currently out.

Also, it's generally a good idea to use the things you buy. DERP.

I will probably forget about this project as I forget all projects I begin, but frankly, even starting one game I've overlooked will be something of a win.

( List of unplayed games )

...I have NO idea where to start. Uuuurrrgh.