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Well, I'd never heard of the word "tepid" before - ever. So, when I asked what it meant, all I got was that it had something to do with water.
I was understandably confused by this, so I looked it up, and now understand.
But, yes, Smugleaf = terrible name. As does "Snivy", "Tepig", and "Oshawott". Now, I know that sounds very reactionary, but trust me, it's not. I normally don't mind the English names - this time, however, they just make me want to gouge my eyes out.
Now, again, I admit, there's no way I could do better with names for them.
I don't get why everybody was so smitten with "Smugleaf". It's just two English words strung together! Whenever Nintendo of America used to name a Pokémon like that, people would seethe about how they had no creativity and the English names sucked and they'd forever use the Japanese names omg!!
"Tepig" makes me think "tea pig" because tea is just "te" in Icelandic. That combined with the fact tepid is a word at least I almost never hear means I don't think I'll get rid of the association anytime soon.
When I get my starter, I shall rename it Smugleaf. Mabye. But it will be somthing cool, like AlphaOmega is the name of my Arceus.
aww, now I'm sad because I got an Infernape spammy and that is my friend-who-moved-away's favorite Pokemon.
Snivy: I was honestly hoping for Smugleaf (not like it was going to happen :P), but I can't complain too much about Nintendo's name choice.
Tepig: It took me a while, but the name has grown on me! I really like it!
Oshawott: What kind of a name is that? o_e;
If I had to name the starters, my decisions would be Smugleaf, Tepig, and Ottamaru.
Think about it: how much cooler would it be to say, "Go! Smugleaf!" than, "Go! Snivy!" Just sayin'. ;)
–GigaNerd17
I think the names are a Metal Gear Solid reference.
Solid Snivy, Tepig Boss, Revolver Oshawott
Solid Snake, Big Boss, Revolver Ocelot.
Also Oshawa is apparently a city in Canada that started the otter fur trade. Just what
Oshawott = OH SH** A WATER OT[/b[TER
Makes sense to me. :V
Also Unova = US of A. Why they changed it idk.
The English name of tsutarja is snivy,the english name of pokabu tepig, and the english name of mijimaru oshawott.
Beyond Suefics where the author wants you to know every tiny detail about their character, but they don't matter to begin with.
(Also I would be insanely interested in a geektrivia page on the R/B/Y capture rate thingy)
Gabriel's eyes are covered because I was drawing him in the car when being kidnapped. Except, you know, I never drew the car because I suck at backgrounds.
Characters never look like they're supposed to look in a reader's head, and that's fine. It rarely matters exactly what a character looks like.
Huh. I always pictured Mia with short, blonde hair and much larger sythes. And more rogue-looking.
Why did you cover Gabriel's eyes?
Hey there, just passed by to say I really like your website and especially the "What Pokémon Are You?" questionnaire.
Also, the part on the About Me page where you describe your personality, it's just exactly me O.O
I only ever drew two: Mia and Gabriel.
Hey Butterfree, where were those pictures of the Morphic characters you drew…? I can't seem to find them, and I want to look at them again…
OH NOEZ
Also whenever I try to access the site, it redirects to ask.com searching for dragonflycave.com, but then I click on the first result and it works fine. Any ideas why?
Aaand I think the forums are down again. Hrnng.
It's not that surprising. Crystal's animations are actually composed of individual frames that can be ripped, and the sequence in which they're displayed and their duration would just be a couple of very simple numbers. The Emerald and fourth-gen animations, on the other hand, have two frames (readily available) that are then put through a bunch of distortion filters. A program that wanted to rip the animations would have to not just rip the frames and the instructions for the distortions, but actually reconstruct the distortion filters themselves. And the fifth-generation animations don't even have individual frames at all, since the game stores key frames for individual body parts and then applies movements and distortions to those.
I second-guessed myself on the spelling of Parlyz Heal and glanced at the Fun Facts. I saw the first spelling shown and thought it was the correct spelling. x.x;
Oh darn then, I've been trying to find a resource for the animations, but I've only found a few. It's always baffled me that the Crystal animations are so readily available, but Emerald's and fourth generation's animations not so much.
