Welcome to the Cave of Dragonflies guestbook.
Ahaha, I had not been alerted! Thank you, I got a kick out of that.
I don't know if you've been alerted, but this website was cited in the supplemental information of a peer reviewed scientific paper! https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.13591
(The paper is about modeling bias in species distribution models, but uses Pokemon Go data for Kangaskhan as the dataset, and maintains the joke of acting like it is a real animal throughout the paper, complete with a "supplemental information" file about the biology of Kangaskhan, which cites The Cave of Dragonflies' pokemon genetics page.)
I love "Butterfree", it was a great read that made me tear up a bit. Glad to see the site is still up!
Came for the personality quizzes, stayed for all the cool things this site has to offer! TCod is one of the coolest fansites I've ever seen. 10/10 would visit again
Happy New Year! I'm so glad TCoD is still alive after all these years. :) I hate that personal sites aren't really a thing anymore, but TCoD was always my favorite, and I hope it's around forever.
(Also, is it weird that I loved reading the blog-style updates in 2004? They were fun to read.)
"Butterfree" so perfectly encapsulates _everything_ it is I adore about your writing. Pokemon being truly people, young trainers struggling to deal with that, absorbing descriptions of mental pain, catharsis. Yes I got a little emotional. I don't even know if I can properly explain it all, except that I LOVE what you do, and it's a TREAT to my day when you share your writing. I drink up every word like precious nectar flavored with the intense love of the Pokemon World. I remember reading "Butterfree" when it first came out, and I loved it then, too, but the revisions deepen it as much as my own analysis have grown over the years, too. I genuinely feel like people could take something away from it regarding the relationships we have with in-game Pokemon, too.
It also feels appropriate to restate my general appreciation for the more general work you do, keeping this website up, and everything. It is indeed sad being in a time when websites like this are hardly a thing anymore(to greatly understate my unhappiness with the state of the internet world.). The Cave of Dragonflies is truly loved and appreciated.
Oh… that story was beautiful, thank you so much for sharing it. The characters' emotions feel so real and raw. I actually burst into tears near the end.
Happy new year, anyway! Here's hoping for more mechanics testing opportunities in 2022.
Here's to a happier 2022! I somehow manage to always be surprised when you shout me out here, but it's such a delight and so lovely, so thank you <3
Also DANG the new revision of Butterfree was great! I love all the additions and changes to the ending, it feels overall more thoughtful and like the protagonist is really *listening* to both Butterfree and their other Pokemon now!
Happy new year! And somehow I completely failed to make the connection that the "Butterfree" revision was posted on new year's day. Congrats on getting that accomplished!
Thanks for the shout-out, and I'm glad I was able to make your 2021 a bit better. Wish you the best in 2022! <3
Neat, thanks for letting me know!
It's kinda funny that the top post is on catch mechanics when this website just got a shout out from Youtuber Josh Strife Hayes on his recent Pokemon Red and Blue video, specifically for the information about catch rates in Generation 1.
HAPPPY BIRTTHHDAYYYYYY
I just turned 19 in August! It's remarkable that you've kept the website running for so long. What a strange idea, that a website has existed about the same amount of time that I have! Congratulations and thank you for keeping it up so long!!
I think it captures that balance between nostalgia and modernism pretty well!
Truly amazing just how long this site has been around huh. I like checking back every year or so and seeing that yeah, it sure is still around, and yeah, everything that I remember being there is there and then some. Love it.
Re: "A visitor's" message, go leave some posts in the forum. :D You'd be surprised who's still around and who may remember you!
Happy 19th birthday, TCoD! Here's to even more years and even more good times! ^^
Stopping by as I do from time to time. I hope life is good for you and yours, friend.
A bit heavy in a way from here on :
Visiting here is painful. In a good way, but also, you know… a painful way. SO, so, so, so many good times. So many friends and people I truly cared about. I don't know a single one these days. Not for lack of trying but you know how time is.
I'm happy to see this is still around. I first found this I believe in 2008 and I think I first jaunted around the forum around 2009.
It feels so strange. What has happened to all my friends? It's a rhetorical question but I still wonder about it from time to time. Are they doing good? Are they still alive at all? Where are they now.
Everything was so insanely different then, and I'm trying to think that in a perspective that's not biased or you know "i was a kid so obviously". Something different than that. It was a different internet.
To all those people, and to you smallest of bugs, strongest of dragons. Dragonfree/AA I hope everything is going well and I wish you the best possible with all of my heart. Thank you for being a safe place to explore my formative years with friends and peers in all sorts of ways not just related to pokemon. Bless your souls.
I just found this site and the write-ups on various things are awesome. The explanations are very clear and the level of detail is fascinating. I feel like this is everything a website should be so just wanted to say thanks!
Hey there! I used to visit this site regularly when I was a kid making my first forays into the internet. I recently saw something that reminded me of this place, so I decided to stop by. I'm really happy to see that not only is it still up, it's still being updated! I might stop by more often now. It's impressive how much it's both changed and stayed the same. Keep on keeping on!
Wow, I have no idea how that happened.
