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this is a mood! when I wrote my reply I sat there like I somehow forgot all the cross-gen evos that ever happened in the older gens 😹 I even spaced out on Espeon and Umbreon at first! And now after you mentioned two more Gen 2 examples, Crobat! I forgot about Crobat!

As always for me, I like a bunch lol but immediate thought ... Sylveon, since it's one of my most favourites ever but I also adore Glaceon and Leafeon and Espeon and Umbreon. Gallade also is a big fave ever as is the whole Ralts family (and on that note I have to say I am very much happy that male Gardevoir wasn't like, erased or something lol). Also Togekiss... can't forget about Dusknoir... And since regional forms are included, I adore Alolan Raichu as much as i already adored Kantonian Raichu... I keep spacing out so I guess I'll leave it there now!

my live reaction when I found out through this post, I have been waiting for z-a support in HOME all this time...

I haven't had as much energy to post in a while, but even then I still read along and I'm glad to have joined this Community 🩵 here's to the years to come! and hopefully when I have more energy and brainpower again I'll remember which topics I wanted to reply something too (also applies to old topics from before I arrived) 😹

This was the one trailer I absolutely had to find a moment to watch yesterday, I got emotional from the start and then I saw Frillish in the underwater area and I just 😭🥹🥺 the protagonists both look adorable, and so do the new starters. I'm excited to find out more from further reveals in the coming time, for now I'm partial for Waves because water-affinity and I love the cap

Yesterday irl got in the way for me to watch (and today I have had zero energy to watch it or catch up on bluesky/tumblr rip) so reading up on the live coverage post right after the presents ended was a life saver for me 🩵

I still don't even have any from the previous releases (one day 😿), but I really need Corviknight 🥹 maybe + Rookidee and Corvisquire for the whole family. And if I could have my way, a bunch more including but not limited to Eternatus, Zacian & Zamazenta, Calyrex + horsies, ...

Amazing choices all around! I absolutely agree about N, and I appreciate that you picked the artwork from B2W2 because his smile is everything 😭 I'm fond of Bugsy, and I enjoyed how Brassius and Burgh got to interact in the recent Pokémon Masters EX event! Jacinthe was so funny in L:Z-A and for me too, Corbeau was immediately a new favourite! I have yet to play the DLC but it's gonna be fun to see more of them I really really love about Pokémon how "everyone is someone's favourite" can apply to both the critters and the humans with how wide a range the cast has 😺

There are many characters all across the franchise, from the games to anime and other media, from player characters to battle facility bosses, but the question is — who's your favourite? For me, my main focus lies with the male player characters and rivals. They're all beloved to me in their own ways, but above all, my favourites are Nate and Hugh, who have been big comfort characters for me since 2013/14 and everything loops back to them, they're everything to me and I could gush forever and flail and cry. Close second being Victor and Hop, who kind of rewired my brain chemistry when I played Sword for the first time exactly 3 years ago 😹 As so often though, I have so many other characters I love a ton that I can't list them all here (and sometimes only remember in context 😹) but shoutout to N and Colress, who are. blorbos. I'm curious to hear your answers! 😸

That's a good question — feels like it just kind of happened 😹 I guess I'd say it's a mix of the aesthetic and how rare/hard to get they were (so thankful for the eventual QoL feature that you actually get multiple when buying multiples of 10 & bulk buying)

EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. OF THEM. Special shoutout to the premier ball that I have been attached to since forever (and I love the Poké Ball Boutique for letting me buy them and still get the freebies on top), but yes — I just love Poké Balls of all types as a whole! I wouldn't know how to pick a singular one and only favourite, as with so many things 😹

I haven't made any order yet, but sadly I agree with you about Pikachu's face... Lego Eevee looks cute and is also not as expensive. My big gripe personally is the badge set not being sold separate :') but yes, here's to hoping for more varied 'mons in the future!

I wish the badge set was available separately (and not totally expensive) 😔 would love for each region too... (I've wanted to have irl badges merch in some shape for forever)

I used to give nicknames a lot more freely (or so it feels) when I was younger, sadly in recent years the brainfog and stuff got really strong so halfway through Sword I made use of the setting for turning off nicknames (though I already felt like I draw a blank every time I tried to nickname a Pokémon in UltraMoon)... but I'll go on a bit of a ramble to come up with an answer (it is a trend that I cannot come up with a One Clear Answer because so many things go and I have trouble deciding and a lot is moods and vibes lol I hope this is okay 😅) For example, in my teens I was super interested in chemistry and history as two favourite subjects in school (and later also Latin, though languages in general are my stronger suite lol) so I'd use chemical elements or names based from ancient greek/roman gods etc/historical figures. Most prominent example I can think of is how in Gen4 I would nickname my Ghosts after noble gases (and I always needed to have at the very least one Ghost on my team in every game) I also started using names based on other fandoms I was into at the time, and eventually started using more "normal" names too and sometimes just random words or terms of affection ... and there's a few clear trends for very specific mons that would repeat every time, for example: Kiwi for a male Espurr named after a beloved cat I used to have, Pika when I had a Pikachu on my team (though in Moon, I chose that nickname for Mimikyu because I thought it was funny and I already had my Alolan Raichu named Sweetie ... I reversed it in UltraMoon because when I came back to finish Moon after years, I kept confusing myself lmao) and at some point I decided to change my Skeledirge's nickname to Croco City (a reference to Owl City) after I'd went the whole game & DLCs of Violet without any nicknames. PLZA the only nickname I actually gave at this point is Obelix for my Emboar (which got a giggle out of me when I had him on the first spot and Team MZ referenced him by nickname) I have no idea if any of these even count as "original" nicknames and I really wouldn't know how to pick one as "most original" 😅 still though, the question had me thinking about the topic and I really hope that eventually my brain's less foggy again so I can get wild again with nicknames. But for now I'll stop the wordy tangent lol

Happy Holidays and a wonderful rest of the year & year ahead! 🌠