It's odd, the psychological effect of carrying a Pokéwalker. Not only do I picture my Pokémon running along beside me and hear the Route 1 music playing in my head, but I actually feel safer when I'm walking on my own. Realistically, I know that a pixellated Nidoran in my pocket is unlikely to do much to protect me, but my irrational mind is still somehow soothed by its presence.
Speaking of Pokémon: there's a bit in SoulSilver in which you have to dress up as a Team Rocket member in order to infiltrate the Goldenrod Radio Tower. An actual member of Team Rocket assumes you're also a newcomer and gives you the uniform. 'Look at you! Pretty good! Oh, but you shouldn't try to scare people walking around looking like that, OK?'
Team Rocket members being nice is one of my favourite things. I wish it were possible to have a Team Rocket member's number in your Pokégear; that would be sort of hilarious.NAMELESS TEAM ROCKET MEMBER/VOICELESS PLAYER CHARACTER OTP.
Sudden revelation as I was drifting off to sleep last night: if the Harry Potter books were set in a Pokémon world, Sirius Black's Pokémagus form would be an Absol. Absol is a Pokémon that appears before people to warn them of natural disasters and as a result often finds itself blamed for causing disaster; Professor Trelawney would definitely go 'oh nooooo, you have been marked by an Absol and you will suffer a terrible fate'.
(And then I looked through my old entries and realised that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dracothelizard actually suggested the Sirius-as-Absol theory a little over a year ago. WHOOPS.)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2010 airs tomorrow! So, guys, what would be your dream Big Fat Quiz of the Year lineup? Mine is David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Charlie Brooker, Victoria Coren, Sue Perkins and Richard Ayoade, with Jimmy Carr presenting as always; I'm not fussy about how the teams are divided, because literally any combination from those six would fill me with joy. It's possible that it wouldn't really work with the panel skewed so far in the 'intelligent introvert' direction - it's probably best to have a few Rosses and Brands amongst the Mitchells for balance - but I'd still very much like to see that hypothetical episode.
Speaking of Pokémon: there's a bit in SoulSilver in which you have to dress up as a Team Rocket member in order to infiltrate the Goldenrod Radio Tower. An actual member of Team Rocket assumes you're also a newcomer and gives you the uniform. 'Look at you! Pretty good! Oh, but you shouldn't try to scare people walking around looking like that, OK?'
Team Rocket members being nice is one of my favourite things. I wish it were possible to have a Team Rocket member's number in your Pokégear; that would be sort of hilarious.
Sudden revelation as I was drifting off to sleep last night: if the Harry Potter books were set in a Pokémon world, Sirius Black's Pokémagus form would be an Absol. Absol is a Pokémon that appears before people to warn them of natural disasters and as a result often finds itself blamed for causing disaster; Professor Trelawney would definitely go 'oh nooooo, you have been marked by an Absol and you will suffer a terrible fate'.
(And then I looked through my old entries and realised that
dracothelizard actually suggested the Sirius-as-Absol theory a little over a year ago. WHOOPS.)The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2010 airs tomorrow! So, guys, what would be your dream Big Fat Quiz of the Year lineup? Mine is David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Charlie Brooker, Victoria Coren, Sue Perkins and Richard Ayoade, with Jimmy Carr presenting as always; I'm not fussy about how the teams are divided, because literally any combination from those six would fill me with joy. It's possible that it wouldn't really work with the panel skewed so far in the 'intelligent introvert' direction - it's probably best to have a few Rosses and Brands amongst the Mitchells for balance - but I'd still very much like to see that hypothetical episode.
