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[The video starts on an unsure-looking Kirlia. He starts to edge away, but Dave--apparently behind the camera--speaks.]
Naw, go ahead, dude. C'mon. Don't be shy.
[The Kirlia sighs, extremely put upon, and then ballet-toes back into place. There's a Dawn Stone on the floor nearby; the Kirlia bends primly at the waist to pick it up, and:
Presto.
Wart the Gallade examines his arm-blades for a moment, then shoots Dave a look as if to say, "If we're quite done now." Dave chuckles quietly.]
Yeah, yeah, thanks for humoring me, bro. The moment has been secured for posterity. Duty discharged. [The relief on the Gallade's face is palpable before Dave turns the camera towards his own movie star mug. Hello, Johto.]
So, hey. I get that baby's first evolution is probably ancient headwear for most of you, but he's the first guy I got all the way to his final form. That's worth some kind of jokey home video.
[Yeah, because he's obviously being ironic about this. He's not Proud Dadding all over his starter, no sirree.]
Anyway, I've been hearing about a bunch of different evolutionary paths our Poképals can take, and, I dunno. I'm curious, I guess. If you ever made a choice like that, what made you pick one way or the other?
Naw, go ahead, dude. C'mon. Don't be shy.
[The Kirlia sighs, extremely put upon, and then ballet-toes back into place. There's a Dawn Stone on the floor nearby; the Kirlia bends primly at the waist to pick it up, and:
Presto.
Wart the Gallade examines his arm-blades for a moment, then shoots Dave a look as if to say, "If we're quite done now." Dave chuckles quietly.]
Yeah, yeah, thanks for humoring me, bro. The moment has been secured for posterity. Duty discharged. [The relief on the Gallade's face is palpable before Dave turns the camera towards his own movie star mug. Hello, Johto.]
So, hey. I get that baby's first evolution is probably ancient headwear for most of you, but he's the first guy I got all the way to his final form. That's worth some kind of jokey home video.
[Yeah, because he's obviously being ironic about this. He's not Proud Dadding all over his starter, no sirree.]
Anyway, I've been hearing about a bunch of different evolutionary paths our Poképals can take, and, I dunno. I'm curious, I guess. If you ever made a choice like that, what made you pick one way or the other?
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Dave smirks.]
Cute.
[Wart just tugs his bandanna up higher.]
Don't go around leading on too many squirrel girls, now.
[Wart's face disappears entirely behind the cloth. Fuck you, Strider. Fuck. You.]
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[Yes, even when Wart is trying to bury himself in his own awkward, Jade thinks he's adorable.]
When I played the games originally I just kinda let them evolve when they leveled up, or used the stones when I felt it was right. But I suppose now we can just ask them directly if they'd like to evolve? It seems like it would be the most considerate thing to do since they're our partners.
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[The Golett is sleeping at the moment, with Turkey Leg the Rufflet cradled carefully in her arms of clay.]
She'd go along with anything.
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[It's at level 43 so...it has to be a long time.]
I would imagine as well for Pokemon caught in the wild that they have evolved parents and know what they're in for down the line.
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[Dave pauses to think about that for a moment. Parents. That's true, isn't it? He always knew what he'd be in for down the line...]
What if they evolve and then change their mind, though? Then it's too late to go back and fix anything.
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[There's hitting "B" to cancel an evolution, but--]
I don't have much experience with it yet, since it's new to me, but there's a thing you can get called an Everstone? It keeps Pokemon from evolving when they hold it. You can't do take-backsies on evolution, yes, but there's always prevention.
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[That sounds reasonable, but is it the answer he's looking for? Dave lets it sit for a while, then shakes his head and decides to ponder what's bothering him about this whole evolution thing later.]
Yeah, maybe I'll invest in one of those later. You got any ideas for Spica yet?
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Oh gosh--I was hoping we'd be able to agree upon her becoming a Leafeon! Back in the games I played, there were only Electric, Fire, and Water evolutions for Eevee, but now there's so many more, even Grass type!
Unfortunately, there is no Flying type yet, but then again I'm not sure how that would even work.
[...Actually that thought is so ridiculous it makes her smile a little.]
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[Aereon.]
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[Aereon is actually a pretty good name, though, all told.]
Hopefully the shiny isn't black, then it'd be a Corveon and you'd mysteriously have swarms of them all up in your business daily.
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[That is the least sympathetic sounding "oh no" ever, Jade you little shit.]
Don't worry, Dave, a Flying type evolution doesn't exist yet. And when you think about it, it'd be kind of fucked up for Eevee to get something like a Ghost evolution, wouldn't it? So what happens, they die and become a Ghost type?
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Halloweenieon.
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[A spooky scary place that Jade has no idea has been redesigned to be more linear in current generations.]
You're on fire with these Eevee puns, Strider, we're going to have to get a Vaporeon to put you out at this rate!
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No thanks to Will-eon Shakespeare.
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