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Not really sure what to put here, so I'll just start the way I've seen a lot of other people start.

Real name: Sorry, not telling.

Age: 16

Location: American Midwest.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, drawing, wasting 8+ hours a day on the internet...

Favorite animal: CATS. Also, otters.

Favorite Pokemon: Treecko, Dewott, Charizard Charmeleon, Flygon, Glaceon, Milotic, Reshiram, Zekrom, Froakie, Vulpix, Riolu, Drilbur, Keldeo...

Favorite movies: Hoodwinked!, Tangled, Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, (insert all the other animated movies I love here).

Favorite books: Powerless, The 39 Clues, Divergent, the Redwall series, and anything written by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

Favorite video game series: Professor Layton, Tales of, Smash Bros, Sonic, Pokemon, and Kingdom Hearts.

Favorite sport: Swimming.

Not exactly sure how much I'll be updating this as I've never been good with keeping a blog. I'll probably occasionally (read: very often) write an exert of a story idea I've never gotten to or something small like that. I'll try to keep update fairly regularly at least. :3

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Title: August 27th, 2013

Listening to: More London Streets (Live)- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future OST

Dang it, Gamescom. I used to be all chill about waiting for Layton 6 to come out next year, but you just had to get me excited and impatient again. D:

Honestly, this is the most anxious I've been to play a game in a while. The Professor Layton series has always been close to me ever since I played Curious Village in 2008. The fact that it's grown and improved so much astounds me. And now, at the very peak of it's quality, it's coming to an end.

I have no problems with the series ending. While I've always looked forward to getting a new Layton game every year, I'd hate to see him become stale like so many other yearly releases. I really respect Level 5's decision, especially since they've pulled out all the stops to give the professor a truly epic send-off. And that's why waiting for the game to release is so hard.

It's the same excitement I had for Unwound Future, times ten. The last two games and the movie have all built up to this: an amazing face-off between Layton and his toughest enemy yet, where he will uncover the secret of the ancient civilization of the Azran and perhaps some secrets of his past as well. Miracle Mask built up Layton's character a ton and I really do care about him more as a person. And, gosh darn it, Azran Legacy just looks freaking awesome.

When it comes down to it, I'll end up doing what I always do when I'm waiting for a game to release: stay alert for any news and gameplay videos while avoiding spoilers as best I can. But for now, my inner Layton fangirl has been awakened and it's itching to get a taste of my favorite English gentleman's new adventure.

...It's times like this that I marvel that Azran Legacy has been out in Japan since February.

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Title: Shipping

Listening to: The Eternal Diva's Song- Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva OST

I was going to add a "Favorite Ships" section to the first post, but then I realized I would have to split it up by series and I didn't want to clutter up the rest of the list. So... new post. Yay!

I debated whether or not to put all the ones I like or just the ones I actively support. So I'll just italicize my favorites. :3

(Also, beware of spoilers for the respective series.)



Huh. Now that I've actually typed it out, it's a lot smaller than I thought it would be. I'm not an obsessive shipper, but I like to d'awww over certain character couples every once in a while. XP

Post will likely be edited in time as I think of the ones I've forgotten.

EDIT: Herp derp, I could've just put it in the first post using spoiler tags. Oh well, might as well keep it here now.

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Title: September 19, 2013

Listening to: Make-A-Toon- Disney's Toontown Official Soundtrack

Today is a very sad day for me. After 10 years of fun, friends, and blowing up robots with pies, Toontown Online has been shut down.

I know that nothing lasts forever, but this still hits me really hard. Toontown was my dream game was I was young. I still remember walking through Walmart with my family and seeing the gamecards on display in the aisles and seeing the commercials on ABC Kids. Everything about it appealed to me. The colors, the cartoonish graphics, the Toons, and for crying out loud it was DISNEY! When I first started up the Free Trial years later, I was shaking with excitement.

...And then I couldn't get past the tutorial because I was too scared to run into the cog. XD

I think I went through three phases of playing the free trial, each probably a year or so apart in time. I loved playing it so much, but I just didn't have the money to buy subscriptions. But then, in 2008, I was finally able to play the game for real. I created my Toon, a red and orange cat named Little Winky Nickelgadget, and embarked on my journey through Toontown.

And what a journey it was! Because of Toontown, I ended up joining a fansite and made some of the best online friends I've ever had. I wrote and finished my first fanfic and, though I never wrote them, came up with several ideas for others. Even when I was running out of excitement for the game in 2010, my friends Butterfly and Violet and I did a weekly roleplay where we'd be detectives. Out of all the games I've played, Toontown will always have my most cherished moments.

Eventually I ran out of the drive to pay the monthly subscription and stopped playing. Though I loved the game and still checked in with my friends, there was nothing new or exciting. Sure, there were accessories and parties, but major updates (like the Acorn Acres tunnel that never opened) just were never added. As time went by, I drifted further and further away and stopped coming online altogether.

Flash-forward to August 20th, 2013, when Disney made their official announcement that they were closing the game. Honestly, I'd never really thought about the possibility of it closing before, so it shocked me. I couldn't believe it. What had been a major part of my life for several years was being shut down. Naturally, I signed whatever petitions I could find, but when nothing changed I grew to accept it.

Even though I was sick yesterday, last night I went on Toontown for one final time. And I have to say, it was the most fun I've had in years. A bunch of members from the fansite I was on were doing boss runs, and though I missed the ones I could participate in, it was great to hang out with them again. I even managed to find a separate group to do a CFO with, which was really important to me since that was the last thing I failed to do before my last membership expired. And of course, the last thing I bought from the catalog was a top hat.

I was in tears as I logged off for the last time. Even now I feel like I'm about to cry, but what's done is done. Toontown Online is now officially closed. Despite what other people may be trying to do like set up "private servers" or stuff like that, nobody can change that fact. But that doesn't mean it's gone completely.

I'm still in good touch with the friends I met through it. The fansite, despite losing the game it was originally based upon, is not closing down. And though the majority of my Toontown screenshots have been lost, all the fun times I had over the years still live on in my heart.

Thank you, Disney, and everybody who worked on this wonderful game, for bringing gag-filled fun and friendship to all who played Toontown across the world. It truly will be missed.

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Title: September 23, 2013

Listening to: Wild Battle (1)- Pokemon Reborn Soundtrack

(WARNING: This post is 100% me rambling to myself. If I don't seem completely collected and/or sound insane, that's why.)

Oh gosh, I underestimated how difficult making your own Strength/Weakness chart can be. Mad props to the people who don't use an online team builder; this stuff is HARD.

To make a long story short, I finally made a chart to check my planned Pokemon X team's weaknesses. It took me over an hour to figure out how to format it so I didn't get confused. And it still looks confusing. x_x

My team so far is Froakie (Water/Dark), Helioptile (Electric/Normal), Gallade, Aurorus, and Crobat. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the first two's evolutions have those types, especially Froakie. I have a personal rule against using more than one of the same type and Gallade is really keeping my team afloat. PLEASE don't be Water/Fighting, you awesome ninja frog you! D:

Anyway, after finishing the chart, I made a few points to myself:

1. I can't use any Steel types. With my count against Fighting being two strengths and four weaknesses (also three resistances), I can't afford another thing weak to it. The only way to get around this would be if there's a Steel/Fairy type, but I doubt one exists.

...OH. *facepalm* Mawile totally exists. I just forgot because I'm a derp. Also because I'm not interested in using it. It just... creeps me out.

2. I'll probably have to avoid Fairy types as well due to a similar situation with Steel. (One strength, two weaknesses, two resistances.) I could sneak past that with a Fairy/Fire type, but I don't think Game Freak be stupid enough to make a Fairy type with resistance to one of its two weaknesses. >_> Herp derp, don't mind me. I wasn't thinking about Fire's weaknesses.

(Watch me totally eat my words when the games come out.)

3. Besides those two type combinations, the best Pokemon for my last slot should be either Flygon Dragon/Ground, mono Grass, or mono Dragon because of my need for Electric resistances/immunity. I can't just let my weakness to Electric slide, now can I?

...

Yes, I made that joke. COME AT ME, BRO.

Err, moving on now. If Gen 6 doesn't introduce any Pokemon of those types that I'm interested in, I'm totally using Leafeon. It's one of the four Eeveelutions (Flareon, Espeon, Leafeon, and Sylveon) I haven't matched up with a game team yet, and I definitely want to use it the most. Not only that, but I won't be able to use it in Z/X2/whatever because I'll be using Chespin as my starter.

...Yes, I'm really excited for these games to come out. How'd you guess?

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