i also wish bassist ginko was real..... ceribou often has great basslines that i can now pretend are her in-universe contribution lmao

IDK!! i know some of it is just varying cultural norms about what degree of independence is appropriate for kids, but in light of za actually giving some gravitas to xy's story, it just makes diantha come across poorly to me? she and sycamore seemed to be in denial about lysandre's......everything

cute, but it just made me really sad to see team mz being the first people to pay attention to her wants and interests, instead of just treating her like a trinket that could be put up on a shelf whenever she wasn't convenient

...........is it too much of a reach to say ansha reads like a neglected kid who tries to act older than her age in order to get the affection of an idealized version of her mother? her whole motivation was supposed to be

the dlc story was just the right kind of absurd and heartfelt, though.

balancing getting good berries to make good donuts to go into good wild zones (especially the 5* ones) just feels like a constant rat race, alas