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victory_road2021-02-10 04:32 am
schachmeister) wrote in victory_road2021-02-10 04:32 am
Video;
[The video opens on a nice little beach towards the sunset hours. A large red Gyarados is laying with his head in the surf, enjoying some good rubs to his crest from Armin, who addresses the camera without taking his eyes off the big lug on the sand.]
I spent a lot of time reading the Pokedex when I first arrived here, but the longer I am here and the more research I do, the more I realise there are a lot of falsehoods in the Pokedex as well. Or at least, a lot of uncorroborated information. Which, unfortunately, seems to lead to some pokemon having a very undeserved reputation.
Take Gyarados, for example.
[He gestures with his arm to the Gyarados laying on the sand, who lets out a low rumble of enjoyment.]
All the Pokedex talks about is how vicious and destructive they are, and how they go on constant rampages.
Now, I won't deny that they can be dangerous and territorial in the wild, but I don't think it is right to portray them as mindless rampaging monsters either. They behave that way for a reason and each has their own personality. They can make perfectly fine pokemon, as long as they are handled by an experienced trainer.
[In fact, Armin got some theories about how their bad reputation really is the result of being handled by a few too many inexperienced trainers.]
I'm not sure how to go about submitting corrections to the Pokedex, but until I figure that out, I wanted to ask: are there any pokemon you care about that you feel have a very undeserved reputation? Or any other false information in the Pokedex that you know about?
[Armin can't research every pokemon as much as he'd like. But perhaps other people can help him correct any misconceptions he might have.]
I spent a lot of time reading the Pokedex when I first arrived here, but the longer I am here and the more research I do, the more I realise there are a lot of falsehoods in the Pokedex as well. Or at least, a lot of uncorroborated information. Which, unfortunately, seems to lead to some pokemon having a very undeserved reputation.
Take Gyarados, for example.
[He gestures with his arm to the Gyarados laying on the sand, who lets out a low rumble of enjoyment.]
All the Pokedex talks about is how vicious and destructive they are, and how they go on constant rampages.
Now, I won't deny that they can be dangerous and territorial in the wild, but I don't think it is right to portray them as mindless rampaging monsters either. They behave that way for a reason and each has their own personality. They can make perfectly fine pokemon, as long as they are handled by an experienced trainer.
[In fact, Armin got some theories about how their bad reputation really is the result of being handled by a few too many inexperienced trainers.]
I'm not sure how to go about submitting corrections to the Pokedex, but until I figure that out, I wanted to ask: are there any pokemon you care about that you feel have a very undeserved reputation? Or any other false information in the Pokedex that you know about?
[Armin can't research every pokemon as much as he'd like. But perhaps other people can help him correct any misconceptions he might have.]
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We figured we ended up staying inside so much during January that it would be nice to take a little trip. For, uh, valentine's day.
When I battled them it was when those strange new pokemon first started showing up -- the ones that later turned out to be Scorbunny, Sobble and Grookey. Unfortunately, they couldn't tell me a lot we didn't know yet at the time, but they did try their best. Same when I asked Lance about the penpal project.
[Maybe the E4 is super nice. Maybe they are all just suckers for Armin.]
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[This is fine.]
I hope you guys have fun. Safely, though. You know? [Okay he's kind of obligated to say that.] Do a little sightseeing, don't spend the whole time in your room, etc.
[ANYWAY.]
I can give it a shot - unless they were just eager to talk about the new guys. Or you won them over in more ways than one.
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