:P I'm in no hurry. Besides, we're almost even now haha.
That makes sense, I'd probably do the same thing. At least they are spelled the same, so there's no issue among people of different native languages, like us, when reading them, except when making puns haha.
Lily of the Valley starts at DP182, so yes, you're literally right before the arc. We get to see a lot of Ash's old Pokémon in 182, so you should definitely look forward to that one.
Clemont has had a good introduction, but I'm not sure where they are going with him. Lately he's only been showing off inventions that don't work, and not really improving himself nor his Pokémon. It's been over a month since I've witnessed Clemont working with his Pokémon. If he wants to become a better Gym Leader, he needs to work with his Pokémon more and figure out how to cope with all of their different characteristics. Granted, I don't keep up with the Japanese episodes, so perhaps he has been making progress. Aquacorde told me that XY gets really good starting at XY020, which just aired here last Saturday, so I still have high hopes. XY020 was spectacular imo. Bonnie's development is nice because it's not needed but it still exists anyways.
Serena is a special case. I think once she starts pursuing something, she'll be more focused with whatever she pursues rather than her strange relationship with Ash. I'm confused as to why it's taking so long to find out what her purpose is because the writers can't possibly keep this going for the rest of the series. Perhaps she won't stick around for the rest of XY. Maybe she will be replaced by Shauna or someone for the next season...
I came across an artist on DeviantArt who makes amazing artwork imo.
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I really like her style and imagination. I was browsing her gallery because I remembered seeing a giraffe that looked like a palm tree (which was intended to be my current avatar) but I saw the rooster and chose it because chickens are one of my favorite animals :3 The Sherlock outfit is there because idk, but I think it's funny.
I like your avatar btw. Although another member has the same exact avatar right now haha. Sometimes it's easy to mix you two up at first glance :P There's been a lot of ORAS fan art being made everywhere and they all look great