Thread:Raised By Wolves/@comment-2212492-20160602130923/@comment-5231983-20160606015655

Some of the Pokedex entries are really interesting, besides the physiology ones, especially those concerning ghost types. Like Mismagius' entry: "Its cry sounds like an incantation. It is said the cry may rarely be imbued with happiness-giving power." There's also Gengar's, "It hides in shadows. It is said that if GENGAR is hiding, it cools the area by nearly 10 degrees F.". Haunter's is really dark: "HAUNTER is a dangerous POKéMON. If one beckons you while floating in darkness, you must never approach it. This POKéMON will try to lick you with its tongue and steal your life away." and my favorite is Banette's: "A doll that became a Pokémon over its grudge from being junked. It seeks the child that disowned it.". Phantump is apparently the soul of a child that died in the forest. "According to old tales, these Pokémon are stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died while lost in the forest." You got any favorites?

Jesus Christ, clowns are more horrifying than I thought. What really scares me about clowns is that whenever I think about them (especially at night, when I tend to let my mind wander toward scary things), I picture them with the worst slasher smiles.

Another problem with DBZ is how the arcs seem to get more drastic rather than actual gradual increasing intensity. That probably sounds like nonsense. It's like how death is so tragic earlier on, like when Krillin and Master Roshi die in Dragon Ball, or when he dies again against Frieza, it's a huge deal, but flash forward to the Cell Saga and Cell kills millions of people and it's not made up as big a deal. Although that pales in comparison to when Buu destroys every human, and what makes it worse is that Kid Buu destroys dozens of planets, and this show has confirmed that there are alien life forms on other planets. And yet, only Earth is brought back by the Namek balls. Anyway, the death of everyone except Hercule doesn't really affect anyone. Kinda like TD actually, from TDI to TDAS. Speaking of which, I relate TDAS to being like the "Dragon Ball GT" of TD, since both are considered the worst in the franchise and ruin the show in many parts.

Dragon Ball GT bugs me, I know it's already quite hated, but I hate how it's completely centered around Goku. I don't remember our last DBZ thread, did we discuss GT? Anyway I hate how it reduces the other characters to nothing, it's worse than the Buu saga. Yamcha, Bulma, Krillin, Goten, Gohan and Uub are basically reduced to nothing. It started off as meh, with Pan being highly annoying and Trunks being the only one I could stand in the Black Star Balls Saga. The Baby saga was lame, and after all the hype we had for Uub, he gets brushed aside by Baby, and Goku defeats him. I hate the concept of Majuub btw, I love Majin Buu. The Super 17 Saga is really dark btw, even if it is the only one I actually liked in GT. Android 17 is confirmed to have a wife and three kids, and then they end up killing him, and it wasn't even the poor guy's fault. Another favorite of mine trashed in GT. And they kill Krillin again...which is probably the only reason they made GT. "We've gotta kill Krillin one last time!". And why does Goku have to beat everyone? He has such a clean record in DBZ, which really shows how heroic he is. Trunks kills Frieza, Gohan kills Cell, and the only one Goku really kills is Kid Buu, but he asks for Buu to be reincarnated. This entire series is to milk the DBZ series for every last penny using the favorite Goku and ignoring everyone else.

But compare Vegeta's development to that of Piccolo. Piccolo started off like his father; pure evil. But eventually, after spending so much time with the innocent and pure-hearted Gohan, he breaks his shell and even helps Goku in Namek. With Nail's influence, he becomes even better. Eventually Piccolo swallows his pride enough to absorb his other side, Kami in the Android Saga. I loved the Piccolo versus Android 17 fight. And they finalized his development with him becoming a full-fledged hero and even helping his worst enemy's children. I love Piccolo and Gohan's friendship, it's so cute.

Yeah, I've seen Battle of Gods and Revival of F. I loved the former, but I didn't watch the latter too carefully (I was busy doing other things). I like the concept of Beerus and Whis; creation and destruction, and it explained the whole Old Kai story. And the animation for the movies were great too, I loved seeing all the characters in that awesome new animation. Not to mention that amazing fight scene between Goku and Beerus.

I know it's not a popular Pokemon but I actually like Jynx. And I feel bad for it because of how much hate it gets. You're totally right about the males being creepier and uglier, especially Mr. Mime...seriously. Even females are called "Mr" which is strange. Surf is a good move, probably the best Special water type move (it's similar to Thunderbolt and Ice Beam), but I wouldn't say the same about Fly. It's a two-turn move, which means it gives the opponent time to set up (if they can predict Fly, which is easy, it's a free Swords Dance or Dragon Dance use). The trouble with moves like Flash was even worse before, when they were one-use only and you had to permanently teach it to a Pokemon and couldn't delete it. I'm so glad TMs are infinite use now, probably one of the best decisions they've made in a while.

Yeah, Sandslash has a great design. Pain Split is such an annoying move when I'm not using it. I love using Pokemon that have uncommon moves, like Altaria with Perish Song. There are so many Pokemon I want to use, but at the same time have to reason to, like Cherrim. Always wanted to use that one.