Monthly Plotting Post!

[these_balls]

PLOT DISCUSSION

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Comments

[islandshore]

Yeah, I'd thought of having him do a video announcement as well, but text was an easier format for him because he was trying to hide the fact that he was really, really ticked off about what happened in Goldenrod. Plus, it's a pain to have to switch to text to link and then go back to video.

He'll... probably have a video post in the future about his business, though, which... totally encourages the whole fighting thing. :|b

As for a ghost contest-- maybe the people in Lavender town are getting harassed by ghosts and are willing to give a prize for the person who catches the most dangerous/obnoxious/something ghost.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Apollo on the other hand was more "Oh, humans getting hurt? It's probably what they deserved." -_-;;; He really needs to be shown mass human suffering so he can get it through his head that humans can suffer like animals can and get out of that anti-human mindset. I'd rather him learn on his own than canon-update him and let the deus ex machina he'll experience show him.

I'm sure it'll come up eventually.

I'd have to side with the ghosts on this one, considering the whole "graves being moved" thing. If anything, they'd likely be going after the radio tower, which might make people stop and wonder if they should really be trying to catch them all or let them have their revenge.

[islandshore]

Man, Terror doesn't even discriminate. She sees two legs and thinks target/prey/enemy. Bloodthirsty little devil, she is. And Quake the Garchomp thrives on violence and making Pokémon suffer just as much as people.

And that's why I'd love to see ghosts and Lavender town explored. The moving of graves seems like such a controversial move just to build a stinking radio tower. I know Riku's haunter wanted to spray paint the place with obscene phrases.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

He wouldn't be upset by being seen as food. He'd still defend himself, of course, but he wouldn't find it to be a terrible thing, since she's just doing what she does. Quake on the other hand... He's kind of grudgingly accepted that Pokémon in general enjoy fighting, but he avoids giving his team the chance to fight when they don't need to. An animal that actually enjoyed making other animals suffer, he'd probably feel a bit of sympathy for it, since he would interpret it as being sick in some way. It would likely be one of the few times he'd actively try to change an animal's behaviour, mainly since here he can't solve the problem by killing and eating it, which he did in canon with a deer that significantly overgrazed to the point where it became a problem.

I agree. It makes me wonder what the campaign was like to build it, how heated the debate got, and how resentful each side still is of the other.

Who says Pokémon is all kiddie stuff? ^^

[eagletalons]

I have something for the ghost thing! In anime canon, people observe Obon as well, most especially Toro Nagashi aka placing lanterns on water and letting them float away. It was successful in leading a Gastly away from the place, though I think it wanted to go anyway. I forget the exact circumstances of the episode but I think a Blastoise/Venusaur fusion was involved.

Since Lavender is connected to the bridges in the south, Toro Nagashi could work, with people building their own little boats or floaters for the lanterns.

[islandshore]

Oh, now there's an idea! It might be a fun little way to incorporate the anime mythos. Ecruteak could probably join in the celebrations, too.