Pokemon: A Pyramiding Rage!

Oct 20, 2009 03:23

Wow, this has just been good episode after good episode, huh?

One again with picspam. ^^ I think this one is gonna be less fangirly and more of a strange mix of crack and totally serious though. xD;

WHEN WE LAST LEFT OUR HEROES, LIFE WAS HAPPY, BADGES HAD BEEN WON, AND...



....Oh crud.



Yeah, so Paul's back, and Zoey gets a taste of his attitude. Actually, she gets caught up on a LOT of stuff Paul related. Chimchar this, Reji that, etc etc etc.



HAI PAUL! HOW ARE YOU DOING HEY I WON A BADGE YOU KNOW ARE YOU TRAINING CAN I THANK TORTERRA?

Oh Ash, you mean nothing but good, and Paul needs somebody to turn the other cheek at him, but GEEZ. xD



I should have guessed Zoey and Paul were gonna cause shipping bait get into an arguement if they met.

...Seriously, if Paul stops being a jerk someday, I'm probably jumping on the AgainstShipping bandwagon. xD But for now, I still totally support him with Ursula (Yes, I know they never met, but COME ON.)



Oh look! It's Regi to add some sunshine to this epis-



-WHAT THE HECK?! Seriously, that was RANDOM. I had to do a double take. xD "Oh hey, they're talking and there's that thing in the... wait... *rewinds*"

It probably doesn't help that I never got that far into Battle Frontier, so I didn't know about the Battle Pyramid before this. ^^;;;



And Ash explains it...



WHAT.

WHAT.

PAUL IS SHOWING EMOTION.

This should have been my first sign that this episode was gonna be cool. I mean, Paul? Emotion? Oh, something has gotta happen now.



Random Comment: The more I notice Wobbufett's Japanese name pun, the more sad I am that it got lost in translation.




CROAGUNKED!

Sorry, couldn't resist. IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.

So yeah, not much to comment on on the battle its self as much as the emotions running through it. The animation was a bit above par (or is this becoming par? :D) but otherwise, this was about the humans.



So, geez, Paul wasn't always a jerk. He just got the wrong idea and ran with it. I'm not EXCUSING it. His being a jerk to others is not to be excused by that. I just find it interesting seeing what makes him tick.




And geez, Paul was going INSANE in this episode. And he finally comes out with at least part of his thought process. "MY WILL IS MY STRENGTH!" I wish I had that pic where Ash just looked like "8O!" at Paul's rambling, and more importantly, I wish I knew what he was thinking. Was he surprised at such a comment from somebody who acts like tactics are all that matters? Was he appalled that Paul didn't see his Pokemon as any part of his strength, but rather as tools?

Yes, I'd go as far as to say he doesn't even see them as fellow sentient creatures. It shows with the way he treats Chimchar, and Ursaring in this episode wasn't much different. I mean, the more I look at Ash and Chimchar's experiences, the more it seems like Paul shows up later to, or already has, shown the exact opposite action with his Pokemon at some point or another. And I'm not just refering to stuff brought up in Tears For Fears. He doesn't show his regret when he makes a dumb move and gets his pokemon hurt due to his emotions. A few months ago, Chimchar got hurt because Ash was being emotional, and Ash apologized to the point of melodrama. Are the writers trying to pump these opposites this much or did it just happen to be that way? Cause if it was intended... wow, this is the closest knit season of Pokemon by far.

I wish he'd given the answer of why he wants this path. What IS his damage with his brother, anyway? I wonder if it has to do with the parents who we never see. Paul is such fanfic fodder.



AND OH SNAP THERE'S GONNA BE SOME BATTLIN GOIN ON HERE. 8D

Uh... I'd speculate, but I already kinda sorta know some... okay, a lot about this. So I'll shut up and just say this is gonna be amazing.

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