LOL it seems some people here are trying to stifle my right to express my opinion on my own blog. Again, lol.

But, um, I'll cut a deal with y'all. I'll stop ranting about those two as soon as the rest of the fandom stops worshipping them like gods. Sound like a deal?

And in any event, I can't picture either of them coming up at all after Day 6 of this. That's when I transition from my least favorite Pokemon elements to my favorites. Just let me get my "least favorite male" and " 'favorite' episode" off my chest first.

@Pedro: Awesome pic, probably the best picture I've seen with Pikachu in it

Yes, I happen to know that concept, the attitude is not necessary or appreciated. Raikou fits that description. So does Braviary. Arcanine does not, it's about as "majestic" as your average zombie. It's just a big hairy mass of rage and ugly. At least IMO.

Of course, it's also my opinion that Pikachu is the ultimate "evil" Pokemon, so you can run with that however you wish.

I never pictured Zubat as evil either xD

Sorry, I was in a rush to post this so I didn't really explain why I've gone inactive on the non-Pokemon sections.

For the past, I'd say at least a year, the bulk of my activity here has indeed been in OVP. I used to be active in the old Japanese Entertainment section, otaku that I am, but even before it was collapsed into General Entertainment the bulk of discussion bacame focused on series I never got into, so I couldn't contribute much there either. OVP has become stale as well, as topics pass the 30-day-old mark and are resurrected - there are only so many times I can post about my favorite places to shop, what superpower I would want, or my dreams that seem to have a weird focus on my high school days, and so on. Since I hardly keep up with modern trends outside of anime, I really can't post about those either. So I did try posting on a variety of topics (in OVP at least) before I found myself staring at the same topics that I answered a month or two prior in an older thread about the same thing.

But y'all totally forgot about my additional obsessions with the Pretty Cure anime series and major fraud cases - not that those are any more mainstream xD

And I don't like the way X/Y have been handled as far as information so far - it's like a car maker promising this revolutionary new vehicle and only revealing what the windshield wiper blades look like (also a reason why I'm not liking this simultaneous release in Japan and overseas - I like to be able to reference some Japanese player's run through the game so I know what Pokemon appear and can plan my team accordingly, before I even make the trip to the store to pick it up.) Let's face it, I don't care about what the Pokemon look like. I need to know if certain unsavory characters/Pokemon will show up (sadly, one such unsavory Pokemon WILL show up; I'm hoping my Public Enemy #1 trainer doesn't). And I need to see official trainer fan-art to answer that one nagging question I have about her - tights or thigh-highs?

Except for said girl in X/Y, nothing that HAS been revealed has me remotely interested. I know what the revelaed Pokemon look like on account of fan art searches, but ask me to name one and I'll just stare blankly and mutter something like, "Jacksonville?" The intro video did quite a bit to lower my level of excitement (guess who jumps around and squeals like an idiot at the very start of said video?) - worse than B2/W2's trailer video, actually. I'm kinda wishing the girl trainer wasn't attractive so I could completely wash my hands of any interest in the new games - B2/W2 was supposed to be my final Pokemon game but now that's up in the air. But dammit, I'm such a sucker for a cute face and nice outfit:/ I might have posted in X/Y twice or three times - once to comment on the girl, once to say that I don't want any cameo appearances this time around, and I can't remember what else, if I posted anything else at all.

The speculation is indeed getting out of control. Some of it is so far out of left field it actually makes my "Bernie Madoff as uber-end-boss with Lv93 Pokemon" idea seem reasonable. Then again, this IS a fandom that comes up with equally bizarre ideas for romantic character pairings, so perhaps I shouldn't be too surprised. Maybe I should make an entire blog post with odd, nonsensical speculations about these games.

Despite giving B2/W2 a decent score (another Pokemon game purchase largely fueled by a cute protagonist), I haven't touched it since the middle of January. I ran out of things to do in the game and the franchise in general doesn't keep me entertained like it used to.

Of course, the biggest thing I'm concerned with right now is my upcoming move to North Carolina which will be in June or July.

tl;dr: I have been focusing the bulk of my activity on the non-Pokemon sections (OVP) for at least a year, but even those are getting stale. X/Y feature a cute girl trainer but literally nothing else (so far) to hold my interest and I'm not liking the lack of concrete information. Also, I'm bored with the franchise as a whole and I'm focusing on relocating to a nicer, warmer climate.