The New Fourm

Good afternoon!

Thinking about getting a pink original chunky DS since I've found some pretty cheap listings, but not sure if I actually need it or just think it's cute lmao. I've been having my thumb and wrist get tired while playing games recently so I think the original DS might help with that if I want to play GBA or DS games, but idk if that's just an excuse cause I want a cute DS LOL!

Also I found a copy of Lux Pain for like $5 a few weeks ago! It's one of the few US localized Visual Novels released for the DS (although I've heard the localization leaves mush to be desired lol). It also has a cool aesthetic.

Live your 2009 pastel goth true self! Also whoa that is a very aesthetic game. with a very funny name.

today my neck hurts and I have a meeting with my new team lead in 20 minutes so i am Trying to Deal lol. also yesterday i posted a Sad Pokemon Fic owo

Do you need it? No.

Does that mean you shouldn't get a inexpensive small item that could be a quality of life improvement for gaming? Also no

Live your dream. Get the DS.

BeelieveinBees wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 5:15 pm Do you need it? No.

Does that mean you shouldn't get a inexpensive small item that could be a quality of life improvement for gaming? Also no

Live your dream. Get the DS.

hatkirby wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 5:12 pm Live your 2009 pastel goth true self!

Thank you both for encouraging me T u T idk why I am agonizing over it when it's around $35 lol. I'm going on a trip to NY soon so if I have extra money after that I'll get it!

hatkirby wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 5:12 pm today my neck hurts and I have a meeting with my new team lead in 20 minutes so i am Trying to Deal lol. also yesterday i posted a Sad Pokemon Fic owo

Omg link???? Also how did the meeting go?

$35 is so much better than I was expecting, I think that's totally reasonable!

Here is my sad Ogerpon fic uwu:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/68278331

also the meeting went well! introduced myself to my new team lead and vice versa, and I have a meeting tomorrow with the other person on our subteam and he'll get me ramped up on the codebase, I'm looking forward to starting to be productive but also I'm just overwhelmed talking to humans at all. it's going to be okay :praying:

Good afternoon!

Omg Star your fic T 0 T, idk how much of the lore is actually in the game vs what you added, but I like the way stuff is communicated in an abstract way!

Speaking of pokemon, made it to victory road in fire red! My average pokemon level is 40 so we will see how I do but also I honestly moped the floor with my rival and his level 53 Blastoise. So I think I'll be ok? I honestly felt kind of bad for my rival b/c the battle ended w/ most of my pokemon at full health and no one in the red. I think I said "oh man this is really embarrassing for him"

Some of the lore is real and some of it is stuff I expanded on! We really don't know much about Ogerpon's friend from the past, only that he got killed by the Loyal Three, and in the fic I put a lot of focus on his relationship with her. And of course the whole thing with her face stealing ppls souls is not real.

Good luck on victory road! I think the trainers on average are gonna be slightly higher than you, and then the elite four is gonna be worse. You can do it though! also hell yeah embarrass Blue. he deserves it.

hatkirby wrote: Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:20 pm Some of the lore is real and some of it is stuff I expanded on! We really don't know much about Ogerpon's friend from the past, only that he got killed by the Loyal Three...

Wait that part was real??? Wtf pokemon that's so dark? I thought that part you made up and they just bullied him or something???

Oh yeah that happens. Ogerpon for real kills the Loyal Three as well, although not with soul stealing powers, and they get magically brought back to life a few hundred years later. Pokemon is so good at tone whiplash

Good afternoon everyone and happy yaoi day!

hatkirby wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 4:37 am Oh yeah that happens. Ogerpon for real kills the Loyal Three as well, although not with soul stealing powers, and they get magically brought back to life a few hundred years later. Pokemon is so good at tone whiplash

Anshdhdhgfd can you catch the loyal three and just like have them on your team???