Nothing warms my heart more than to see like a fanbase that’s otherwise dead except for 1 or 2 autistics having the time of their lives digging into every crevice of whatever unpopular thing they’re into for information to enrich their brains. They are literally the backbone of the internet they do more work than god where else would we get people that care about like web graphics for a lost promotional item from a dead videogame released in 2008. Key to media preservation
me
comic con!
Here’s me as Elsa! Unfortunately my wig went all over the place before too long.
Mandalorian and DeLorean:
Thank you, Pokefriends
Today the very last Pokemon episode with Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu aired. It’s like bidding farewell to old friends. Seems like a lot of people feel the same way?
When I was a small child using the name “pokeprincess” online (I was among the first generation to grow up on the internet, for better or worse, I mostly survived it) Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu were EVERYTHING to me. Look! Look at these terrible, beautiful “drawings” I did as a kid!
My room would’ve been a shrine to Pokemon if my parents had allowed it. But check out the posters!
My 35th birthday is just over a week away. It’s the 1st April and I discovered just yesterday that Ash’s first Pokemon episode aired in Japan on the 1st April too. So all this time I’ve been sharing a birthday with Ash Ketchum! What a great way to end the journey! Thank you guys. You really were the very best, like no-one ever was.
life updates
So things are a lot better this year than last year. I’m a freelance writer with The Mary Sue now which is fantastic! And I’m pretty sure my mental health has improved. Fingers crossed I can keep that up. I really, really hope so.
I stumbled across this old tweet thread I made, initially a stray thought on a Pokemon plushie sales tweet, and weirdly it seems to sum things up quite well.
ailuromantic-deactivated2022122:
nobody tears through library books quite as fast as a 12 yr old girl with no friends
The very best
My childhood hero Ash Ketchum is now World Pokemon Champion!
Brock has become a Pokemon doctor. :’) and Misty is a gym leader!
Seeing that the episode was shown on the big screens in Tokyo, man I love that! I’ve always wanted so badly to see Tokyo for myself as well.
Man, 12-year-old me would so happy to hear about this.
(Look at all that stuff! I still have some of it! Maybe some day I can pass it down to a kid.)
back from Nana’s funeral
It’s been a very strange few days really. Not even necessarily bad in some ways, just… strange. I went to Nana’s house (without her, obviously) for what’s presumably the last time before it’s sold and that makes me pretty sad to think about. It’s funny but the house I now live in is very similar to the one my Nana and Grandad lived in once upon a time. I guess we’re all always trying to recapture our childhoods.
So yeah
My grandma did actually die today, a week before I was meant to be seeing her. She lived a very long life, outlived the queen, but it still sucks.
