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You know, I was rewatching the Marquee of Doom, and it occurred to me that, if I ever made one of them, nobody could sit through them.
Why? Because it would be a rant on how stupid Polar Bodies and Endergonic Reactions are.
The weirdest things bother me.
Please do keep writing these, they make me happy! ^_^ Probably because I love Mia so much. ^_^;
Dave, because I admit it just fine. :P
"but (s)he’d come to enjoy these trips more than he liked to admit" Lol, is that Butterfree or Dave? XD
Hiya Guys!!! this is completely off topic, but I think I'm going to do a 'no evolving' run when I get Black version. this is because most of the fully evolved pokemon in the 5th gen creep me out.
That makes a lot of sense. I love your reasoning, Butterfree.
So basically, to summarize, the game almost definitely does not have any special handling of in-game trainers using items they shouldn't. It would just be a waste of time for the programmers.
Odds are that's not about how the trainers use items so much as just what the game code does when items are used in an unintended context. I'd assume when trainers have an item, it's just treated as an extra "move" by the AI and then attempts to use the item on the opponent's Pokémon using the same rules as if you were using an item, giving the same messages and having the same effects, except that it wouldn't go through the error-checking that makes sure you don't use a Revive on a non-fainted Pokémon or the like. This would also lead to a "TRAINER blocked the ball!" message for throwing a ball, since that's what normally happens when a ball is used in a trainer battle.
Idea for experiment
How about experimenting how random trainers use various items? I saw a hacker putting Max Revive to a random trainer. Game said "xxx's Max Revive restored health!", but it didn't actually do antyhing. I tested this myself and hacked a trainer to have Master Balls in my ROM. When that trainer used Master Ball, game said "TRAINER blocked the ball!" or something, and nothing happened. Isn't that the message when trying to capture random trainer's Pokémon? Well, that got me curious how they use other items.
As the ruling stands, they'd just have to arrange for somebody to do their shopping, etc. for them.
I'm probably annoying you with all my random fic-related questions, but something bothered me about Morphic. When the Morphs' parents grow old and die, who takes care of them? Since they can't go outside and need someone to get things for them.
All right, that's cool. Glad I could at least help. Lots of respect for you as a writer.
I found this hilariously amusing in my own weird way. I loved Dave's awkward attempt to explain the difference between liking and "liking" and her final, matter-of-fact statement of "I don't think I like anyone that way" (well…I'd think not, she's ten after all) was cute.
Also you get a cookie for mentioning asexuality cause people usually don't and it makes me smile when they do. :3
No, you don't sound like an ass. You found it underwhelming and you explained why. That's not being an ass; that's being constructive and it's appreciated even if it happens not to match up with my intentions for the story. Please don't think I was offended or angered by your comments.
Ah, okay. Thanks for that clarification. My lord, I sound like such an ass when I'm commenting. ;_;
These are actually pretty fun to read. It's a nice, serious discussion underneath the initial bizarreness of the principle. Two characters, just…talking.
I actually was reminded of Pulp Fiction in this one. Seems like the kind of discussion that would end up there. Very real, natural, believable.
you should write a third one :3 these are really quite fun to read.
Mudskipper: Mm, it's not quite intended explicitly as humour so much as just 'here are characters, witness them having a bizarre conversation'. If you find it pricelessly funny and enjoy it because of that, that's great, but I'm not writing jokes or punchlines; I'm just writing these characters being themselves and watching what happens when they talk about subjects that strike me as potentially amusing to write. I didn't even realize people would find Dave and Mia Discuss Sex particularly funny until people started commenting on it (hence the big "okay, I know this is completely pointless and just an excuse to have them interact, so skip it if you don't care about that" disclaimer). So "trying to make readers laugh"? Well, I… wasn't, really. Again, if you laugh, that's great, but it's not actually there to be humourous, so suggesting I make Mia's political opinions funnier than they actually are just defeats the entire point, to me.
Rainbow-Starlight: She doesn't really get fiction, either. If she read them she would probably find the Code pretty stupid, because they keep obeying these arbitrary rules for no good reason, and they keep killing themselves which is just the dumbest thing in the universe.
…maybe I'll write a third one on fiction of some sort now.
I love these. XD They're funny and awesome. Mia is my favorite Morphic character.
Also… I can't help but wonder what Mia's reaction would be if she read Scyther's Story and Fall of a Leader.
THANK YOU for stating what I've been trying to say about our government system for months, (Not saying that we have any better alternatives, but…)
and still keeping the humor. I love getting inside Mia's head, so, if you got more, keep it coming.
