#TYPING TUTOR

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

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[chongoblog]

My First Pokemon Playthrough

So I've noticed in my time of talking about Pokemon, I've told a lot of various anecdotes that are all a part of my very first time playing Pokemon. I was feeling nostalgic, so I figured I would share what I remember about this playthrough for everyone to enjoy. There may be a tangent or two in there and people who have followed me a while may have heard these before, but hey.

For context, I believe I was about 8 years old at the time, and after collecting some Pokemon cards, watching a kid play Crystal at summer camp, watching some of the anime, and generally being a pretty big fan (I even have Pokemon Yahtzee burned into my memory for some reason...), I finally got myself a Game Boy Advance with Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, some Frogger game (after looking it up, it was Temple of the Frog), Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and, of course, Pokemon Sapphire.

I remember that my starter was Torchic. I don't remember why I chose that one, although I remember really liking the color red at the time (which I still do), so that was probably why.

I don't remember too much about my team or the general progress I made in most of the game, but I do remember Slateport City. For those who do not recall, in Slateport City in order to advance you need to get into the museum, which is blocked off by Team Aqua Grunts until you talk to someone in the shipyard. There are also Team Aqua grunts blocking the route ahead

Now, my 8 year old brain for some reason concluded that the only way to get past the Team Aqua Grunts was to intimidate them with a high enough level Pokemon or something like that. So one night, while I was supposed to be asleep on a family beach vacation, I beat down more poor level 13 Pokemon than I could count. I learned later what I was actually SUPPOSED to do, which led to me finally fighting the Team Aqua Grunts.....with a level 42 Blaziken.

And since the Name Rater was in Slateport City and my starter had evolved, I figured it was only appropriate to give him the new moniker "MAGMA MAN"

The rest of the playthrough went about as normally as tearing through the game with mostly Blaziken normally would go. There were a couple exceptions though. First off, at the Weather Institute, after I saved the day from Team Aqua, they were kind enough to gift me a Castform, but my party was full, so I couldn't get it. My 8 year old self did not read this. (Remember this, it will come back later). But I managed to make my way through the game, catching Kyogre with my Master Ball and giving it the nickname "LEGENDARY"

Then we come to the Elite Four where I hit a brick wall. I don't remember my team at the time exactly, but I do remember it was MAGMA MAN which had reached about level 80 or so, LEGENDARY which was about level 48, a level 36 Pelipper, two level ~35 Tentacruels, and some other sixth Pokemon I don't recall. And for some reason, I just couldn't beat the Elite Four with this team for some weird reason. The best I could ever get to was Drake. I felt I was utterly defeated.

That's when we bring a new character into the story. A member of my friend group at the time who we'll call "John" to protect the innocent. Now John had a very "uncle who works at nintendo" type energy to him. The group used to play Gauntlet: Dark Legacy together all the time, and when I got the GBA port of it, he convinced me to trade my recently obtained copy of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Boy game for a Gameboy-Gamecube cables, only for me to learn too late that it didn't work like that, and from there, there were no backsies (but then I got ahold of a copy of Pac-Man VS and Four Swords Adventure then I learned to emulate, so who's laughing now).

Anyway, John saw that I was struggling and he decided that he wanted to help me out. You see, he had come across an incredibly powerful and rare Pokemon that couldn't be found in the wild. He had gotten it exclusive, and I had never seen it before. It was called a "Castform". Now John had Ruby version, so he decided that as much as it ached him to part with it, he figured it would be a reasonable trade to trade this powerful Castform for the slightly less powerful LEGENDARY. I agreed.

And then he moved to Ohio.

To this day, Castform is my least favorite Pokemon because of this betrayal. I was so distraught at 8 years old that I completely restarted my game of Pokemon Sapphire. I don't remember much about that second playthrough, but there's a reason why.

This rival battle on Route 110 is somewhat infamous for being quite the sudden difficulty spike. And since I knew how to get past Team Aqua now, I didn't have an over-leveled starter to stomp my rival with ease. After losing to her about five or so times, I got frustrated and figured that whatever team I had wasn't cutting it. So I restarted again.

In my third playthrough, I made it all the way to the rival battle on Route 110. Then she stomped me repeatedly. So I restarted again.

This cycle would go on for, like, 15 resets. I didn't count, but it felt like there was hundreds. As I would keep on resetting and playing through the early-game of Pokemon Sapphire (which I had practically memorized at this point), I would start to take things a lot less seriously, sometimes picking the girl character, making my name random gibberish, etc.

Eventually, on one of these playthroughs where I started with Treecko, I actually managed to beat the Route 110 Rival Battle! And on my first try too! And thus began the epic journey of a girl named DE.

Now, I'd figured at this point that maybe only leveling up one Pokemon wasn't the best approach, so I was trying to balance my teams a bit better (I guess my rival taught me something). I was making my way through the game, and one day I'm checking out my best friend's Pokemon in Ruby, and who do I see in his box, but a Kyogre. I take a look at his name, and I can't believe it. It was LEGENDARY. John had traded it to my friend before he moved.

My friend didn't know that it was originally mine, so he offered to trade it back, which I accepted. LEGENDARY was a disobedient little bastard since I didn't have enough badges, but he got the job done. I don't remember the team I ended up using to finally beat the Elite Four, but it included my Sceptile starter, a Sableye that somehow knew only Fighting-type moves, and two Kyogres, LEGENDARY and LEGENDARY2.

And that's my first playthrough of Pokemon Sapphire. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

[kiddokori]

his ass is NOT getting up for his 8am lecture

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Tutor: You have 5 cats and someone wants 2 of them. How many cats do you have left?

Wesper kid: 5

Tutor: …Ok, lets say someone takes 2 of them away, how many do you have left?

Wesper kid: 5 and a dead body

Tutor: So you can see why Im concerned

Wylan and Jesper: 🫣

(Kaz: Clever kid)

[meanderingcomic]

Did Stonestar get the same treatment he gave River?

In terms of his upbringing? Not to the same degree. He was certainly raised to think he was above everyone else, but he wasn't coddled nearly as much as River was. His father was clan leader as well (as mentioned on chapter 2 page 29) and it was no secret that Shadestar wanted his son to succeed him. Shadestar and Dovewhisker had very high expectations for both of their children.

[kay9leo]

MC vs Sebastian's SAT Words

Modern Day AU

Sebastian: Ominis is known to be self-abnegation when it comes to the pureblood mentality.

MC: self-abnegation?

Sebastian: It means renunciation of your own interest in favor of the interest of others. Essentially sacrificing a possession, right, title or privilege. Just know that in short, he's safe to be around with. Especially with the clout he carries as a Gaunt.

MC: *thinking to herself* Okay, at least I know what clout means*

...

After MC's first meeting with Anne and Uncle Solomon

Sebastian: My uncle is such an acrimonious person. I don't know how Anne can deal with him 24/7.

MC: Acrimonious?

Sebastian: Oh, Acrimonious. It just mean angry and bitter - like my uncle who you just met earlier.

MC: Huh, you learn something new everyday.

...

After MC finished a Keeper's quest with the graphorn fight with Sebastian unable to step in and help her as MC fought and tamed the graphorn. MC rides to Sebastian on the graphorn with a grin.

Sebastian: I swear MC, you have to be one of the most capricious people I've ever met! Did you really have to bend the knee? The Graphorn could've killed you- why are you taking a notepad out?

MC: Okay, tell me how to spell capricious and what does that mean?

Sebastian: This is capricious behavior MC! *points at MC as she is writing on her notepad* It literally means impulsive and unpredictable! And it's spelt c-a-p-r-i-c-i-o-u-s. Capricious. Why are you even writing this down?!?!

MC: What? You speak in SAT words and this is really going to help me out when I have to take that exam when I go back to the States during Spring Break! Huh, I guess it does pay to have a nerd as a friend *MC snicker as as she grins at him as she shows him her list of his SAT words he said since they became friends*

[dailyhomestarfacts]

Fact 153:

Eight of the Floppy Disks you can see in Strong Bad's Floppy disk container are made by Videlectrix, but only five of them are actually playable on the website. Space Shipper, Typing Tutor Jr and Sundae Drivin are all only ever mentioned

[local-maenad]

Not to post Marvel for the first time in two years. But I just had possibly the funniest idea of Frank being tutored by Peter in Biology.

[ghoul-tutor]

The bus comes in a few minutes.

After the factions disperse, I think it’s about time to show myself. I pass by the crowd of general students. Some of them sneer at me, while others nod professionally. I pay them no mind. The Blossom is a bit shocked at my appearance, but the Fig merely sighs. It seems he hates this as much as I do.

Something we agree on.

[Blossom - Luna/MC, Fig - Romeo]

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[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

Oh no I'm sleepy

[writerformanymuses]

as an adult, i spent all day yesterday running Saturday school for teenagers. (yes, that's a thing in the south.) the only thing i had energy for after was to read astarion fanfiction for four hours straight once i got home. (i did write during my break, so snippet later)

this relaxing activity got me CALLED OUT YET AGAIN by my friend for having a type. because when i had to explain who astarion is, her only fucking response was, "oh, so a white armand that's sassy?"

cue me having a crisis because now i have been called out for howl pendragon, armand, and astarion within the past month.

so guess what, this is part two of me screaming, I HAVE A TYPEEEEEEEEEE. I HAVE A NICHEEEEEEEE. I HAVE A DYNAMICCCCCCCCC.

give me feral man who survive hell who desperately needs whomp and kisses. give me crazy killer who just needs daisy tucked behind ear and big cuddles. give me gentle hearted creature deep down who just needs to be seen as worth loving and a loving ruffle of the hair.

p.s. armand is fucking hilarously sassy thank you very much. -slams door behind me-

[crushedsweets]

anon is so real whenever i get a crushedsweets notif i think "what wonderful whimsical thing ab crp is sucker gnna share today" while bedrotting

WONDERFUL WHIMSICAL THING and then its me responding to an anon attempting to use .. rizz...

[melodraca]

tragedy strikes: post that makes an excellent point is worded in a way that gives you ulcers, 100 injured 50 dead

[karmaajr]

how I felt being held back in class by my english teacher, thinking she was gonna yell at me for not doing my homework (like other teachers, mostly my english ones) and then she somehow validates me without meaning to and actually speaks kindly to me?? like I'm sorry what??? I've never had a teacher actually see right through me like that? like, holy shit.. I guess I'm actually gonna like english this year >,<

[pfaugh]

finally, a recording of my singing voice that I like - only took............... nine years. okay. yeah. fuck me.