If anyone's checking out this blog right now after I followed them: Hi! I run a few Pokemon askblogs at @ask-team-searchlights and @wingsofachampion, and I also do a bit of RP on them. I've also made two blogs specifically for RP, my muses, though, to seperate it from the askblog stuff and hopefully make it more accessible. You can find them at @mysterydungecn and @achampionswings!

I'm also starting to post rambles about various things on this blog itself, primarily about PMD and my PMD fics. I love PMD so much.

(I hope I'm doing this right, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.)

Absolutely!

Gates, Super, and Adventure Squad Event Interest Check!

So! In the nearly four years I've been in the PMD fandom, I've noticed that the vast majority of the PMD fandom doesn't care about any of the games after Explorers. Gates consistently gets hated on, Super is often treated the same as Gates, and nobody ever talks about Adventure Squad.

So, I'm gonna try to change that, with an event that's all about these three underappreciated games.

The rules are simple:

If you're interested in this, please reblog this post!

Some common phrases from my fics' and blogs' PMD world, along with meanings and use case examples:

Defy the legends: To defy fate and take charge of your destiny. Ex: "I defied the legends when I escaped that collapsing mystery dungeon."

Sea of time: The final part of a journey. Ex: "We're almost home. Just the sea of time left."

This cookie is for you: A parting gift. Doesn't have to be a cookie. Ex: "You're leaving? …well, this cookie is for you."

Icy sanctum: A sanctuary that will only make things worse for you. Ex: "Don't go to the gambler's corner. It's an icy sanctum."

Within the sadness: The lowest point in a hero's journey, when all seems lost. Ex: "The hero and their companions were within the sadness when the villain attacked their hometown."

And yes, each of them are from a song title from one of the 5 PMD games.

Pokemon X Retrospective, from the perspective of someone playing it 10 years late.

To preface this, I didn't start X immediately after Emerald. I actually started Sun next, and switched between that, Shield, and Firered for a while.

Then I got to the broken golf clubs house, decided that that was enough Sun for now, and started X.

If you want more context, you can read my Emerald retrospective here.

Pokemon Emerald Retrospective, from the perspective of a first-time mainline Pokemon player

To preface this, before playing Emerald, I had very, very scarcely played mainline Pokemon. I played about 40 minutes of Soulsilver back in 2013, and played Legends Arceus and Violet to the credits in 2022, but not much else.

Been trying to play through (almost) every mainline (and a few others) Pokemon game recently, to learn more about mainline Pokemon, and as part of a project.

So far, I've completed:

So far, I'm playing:

So far, I've yet to play:

These aren't quite mainline, but I also want to play these:

As for Yellow, Crystal, Let's Go, Brilliant Diamond, and the other versions of all of these, I don't plan on playing them.

Anyways! I'm liveblogging these games in-character over at my Pokemon IRL blog @zoruascanbetrainerstoo.

And since I've made retrospectives on all the PMD games, I'm wondering something.

Did you know that one of the most obscure PMD items is a simple banana?

In the original Rescue Team games, there's a banana item that, when eaten, acts identically to a regular apple, restoring 50 hunger.

It is only found in four dungeons in the entire game: Mount Blaze Peak, Frosty Grotto, Mount Freeze Peak, and Magma Cavern Pit.

What's more, this item can only be found inside walls. You can't find them with regular dungeon navigation, you have to go into the walls to find them.

They are absent from Rescue Team DX, likely because they serve very, very little purpose.

I love this so much! Thank you!

AAAAAAAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I absolutely love this! He looks so adorable!

PMD Eternal Shadows Chapter 4: Home Sweet Home