you have these two ethereal blue snake-like dragons
and then some chunky stuffed-animal looking puff the magic dragon
i dont understand. what happened nintendo.
this has been around for years now but there’s so many people that haven’t seen it but the common theory is that there was a last minute decision to change around evolutionary lines without changing actual pokemon designs that much to match it better
like this:
colors and body styles line up much better here, although my personal belief is that dragonite was supposed to be a standalone legendary but he didn’t fit in with the legendary bird trio so he was cut to just be a powerful dragon type, and then the dratini/dragonaire line was handed over to him. that left gyarados without an evolutionary line though, so i think that’s when magikarp was added in to create a sort of amusing and surprising evolution for players that didn’t expect a powerful pokemon to come out of a useless one
I mean, gyarados is pretty clearly based on the koi dragon story about the koi fish that spent a hundred years trying to climb a waterfall while demons mocked it and raised the height of the falls until it finally reached the top and the gods rewarded it by transforming it into a dragon, so I doubt Magikarp -> Gyarados family is a mistake.
Dragonite’s line is based on Korean Dragons and Imugi! Imugi are lesser dragons that look like giant serpents and live in the ocean. If an Imugi can catch a Yeouiju (like a big bead, the kind that Dragonair has!) that falls from heaven, they can become a TRUE dragon like Dragonite.
I pulled this image from wikipedia’s article on Korean Dragons, note that the dragon is holding the big yeouiju.
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IT HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING ONLINE MOB HARASSMENT.
So if you’ve ever been bombarded w threats to be raped/killed, (so…if you’re a minority and you’ve been on the Internet for a while), this book might be useful for getting clarity around the whole entitled, abusive mindset that drives certain kinds of people to behave that way. And by “getting clarity”, I mean (for me) being able to go “oh, that’s what’s happening” and not really feel scared anymore. Or angry, or drawn out into it, or anything.
And if you’re still standing around going “but how does something like GamerGate happen?” or “but why do men hit their wives?” or whatever – please read that book and learn something.
^^^^ truth WDHDT is fantastic at cutting down MRA bullshit and calling it what it really is
Please consider reading these. WDHDT is really, really helpful. And I know some of you are struggling with abusive relationships, friendships, families, etc. You’re not alone. There is help.
There’s also a really good group on Facebook called “Narcissistic Parent Answers” that I would recommend. They makes posts about how to stay safe, and also explain narcissistic behaviors (which has made me go “holy shit that’s what that was” multiple times) and helps reassure the victim that it isn’t their fault.
I don’t normally post stuff like this on this account, but Toxic Parents changed my life. It helped me sort out so much and find the courage to cut off my abusive parent entirely and set very firm boundaries with other toxic family members. As someone who was abused from childhood physically/emotionally/verbally, I have a lot of difficulty knowing what healthy boundaries are and setting them without feeling guilty or wrong about doing so. This book helped a lot. I read it 3 times.
*careful reading it, though; make sure you have a support system in place and people to talk to. It’s an easy read technically, but emotionally it’s intense. A close friend read through it and got triggered/suicidal. Take your time with it, talk it out, stay safe*
(Fellow art peeps, if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, dealing with these issues and getting PTSD treatment basically defines the last year for me. With any luck I’ll be able to get back to game dev & art, but for now, this is much more important).
When better food and other basic rights are brought up for prisoners and people are like “NO LET THE SICK CRIMINALS SUFFER” do they not realize most people in prison are there for being unable to pay a bill on time, having a scrap of marijuana in their car or just making some overzealous officer feel insulted? We have the biggest prison population IN THE WORLD yet we have a below-average rate of actual violent crime. We have millions of sweet, good, well meaning people being legally tortured, fed rotting garbage and robbed of years of their lifespan for mistakes that didn’t actually hurt anybody. We have not progressed one day from just hurling people in dungeons for looking at the king wrong and almost anybody could be next except the wealthy.
All of this, and I will add that the minority that are in prison for actually doing something that caused harm to another person nonetheless also deserve to treated decently.
