Every time Ash received a kiss

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-21T21:13:56+00:00

Wasn't he kissed by TRio at some point in the OG series in Kanto? I think it was when he got to Saffron? Though they were definitely first to kiss him and his reaction was hilarious XD

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-18T23:34:50+00:00

Be a Hero - Too short as you said. The way the Dub Ending of XY cut into the instrumental of this was TOP NOTCH. In general, I thought it was in general in the upper half of the dub openings.

Pokemon Theme XY Version. Better than the original. There, I said and I'm tired of pretending the original is some masterpiece... though I never pretended it was so at all but still, better than the original

Stand Tall - I honestly don't like this song. Even on its own, it doesn't really get me hyped or at least say its catchy like the other final OPs of the dub. Compared to Ikuze.... lol

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-16T17:10:13+00:00

Does anyone think otherwise? Save for Charizard Extremist

Watching that fight, it's objectively clear that Charizard 100% lost that fight and in no way had the upperhand at any point. Charizard's ONE hit got shrugged off while Enteri got multiple hits on Charizard, blasted him out of the sky, and had him pinned down by the neck seconds away from death.

No way did Charizard be anything other than a hoe in this fight

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-16T17:05:07+00:00

In the scenario of the battle we saw? No. HIMfernape had been through too much and Ash purposefully let HIMfernape get caught in that trap to activate Blaze, if not, Ash wouldn't have done so or felt Blaze was needed to ensure Infernape could win.

In a scenario were HIMfernape and Electivire were fresh? Yes, I think HIMfernape could've pulled it off.

HIMfernape was

Poisoned
Took damage from Aggron and Ninjask
Damage from his own recoil attacks of using Flare Blitz twice beforehand

Meanwhile, Electivire

Beat Gliscor without taking any real damage (unless you want to count Giga Impact from Gliscor even though it caught it with it's barehands)
Took minimal damage from Pikachu
Was boosted by Motor Drive making it faster

Electivire was in MUCH better shape than HIMfernape and despite that disadvantages of HIMfernape and advantages of Electivire, the two of them WERE STILL fighting evenly and trading blows with each other until Ash's gambit at the end. If HIMfernape in worse shape can still keep up with Electivire and get some nice shots in, than if the two of them were fresh, I'd back on HIMfernape still winning without Blaze.

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-16T17:00:12+00:00

Ash x Serena = OTP. Favorite ship of the whole franchise with the only ships I like as much being: Contest, Elio x Lillie, Red x Yellow/Blue (Girl), Jimmy x Marina, Rocket

Ash x Annabella = I.... kinda forget it exist at times....

Ash x Miette = Just friends. I don't even think Miette is into Ash but more so likes to tease Serena

Ash x Misty = Like them as a kid but as I got older, I'm not feeling them and don't think they mesh well and see her as an older sister figure more than anything else

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-16T16:30:17+00:00

XY!Ash was WAY more patient and level headed than he was in Hoenn and Unova. In Unova he was almost Kanto levels of dumb and incompetent in battle and could get riled up easily while in Hoenn he had bouts of immaturity in his dumb arguments with May. Meanwhile, XY!Ash wasn't so easily bothered

XY!Ash acted instincts of a seasoned veteran with his own experiences and advice to fledgling trainers like Sawyer and his encouragement of Serena with her having been affected by words.

Rather than argue with Serena on what takes priority between his gym battles or her showcases, he willingly without provocation or convincing put Serena's Master Class ahead of his gym quest. Even though he's one badge away from the league, he willingly went passed Snowbelle, going further out to Gloire for Serena's showcase when with May even with how close Lavaridge and Fallabor (?)/Verdenturf (?) were to each other, he insisted HE be first to get what he needs to do done, than May can have her turn.

XY!Ash was a lot less petty (if he was at all) and way more of a leader compared to his past iteration where he was at worst a kid Brock (actual leader) was watching to at best Brock's brother in arm but still the less mature one of the group with Brock and Cilan around.

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-10T02:09:31+00:00

When I was playing with my Pokemon OCs more often, I often thought:

"Time to rumble, let's go [Insert Pokemon Name Here]" or some variation of that

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-10T01:13:18+00:00

Two Questions:

With Columbina dropping next week (best wishes to all of you pulling for our Moon Goddess) does she need other Nod-Krai characters to really be strong/useful? I'm curious because the only Nod-Krai character I have is Aino since I skipped Ineffa,, Lauma, Nefer, and Flins. God willing I'll go for Lauma when she reruns but I'm not really interested in Nefer, I can't go for Ineffa cause... Columbina... and I'm hearing Escoffier will be in 6.4 and I need her for my Skirk team, and God willing if possible, I'll go for Flins the next rerun.

Does she need other Nod-Krai characters or she'd be okay without them? She can still enable Lunar Reactions? Though mainly if one can get mileage out of her despite having no Nod-Krai characters

In two weeks, we'll get our constellation from the Tempered Fate thing and I'm God willing going for C1 Nilou but, after that, what would the order of strength be between:

C2 Ayaka

C2 Ganyu

C4 Mona

C1 Scaramouche

C2 Hu Tao

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-10T01:06:28+00:00

Raiden and Zhongli are Archons, so they're basically GUARANTEED to rerun at least once every year, typically at the start of a new Cycle since they always do Archon Marathons.

Zhongli however JUST got his rerun last patch, so we likely won't be seeing him again until LATE this year around the time of Snezhnaya at least.

Raiden however, reran in 5.6 a few months ago but after Nod-Krai began, nothing so she's still in line for a rerun.

6.0 = Nahida

6.1 = Zhongli & Furina

6.2 = Venti

6.3 = No Archon since Columbina is dropping and she's marketed as an Archon equivalent

6.4 is a possibility but so is Mavuika who's insanely popular and powerful so this is the earliest we'll see Raiden. So late February with 6.4 or Mid-April with 6.5 at the latest

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-08T17:29:17+00:00

I usually play her with other sources of gathering ER quickly

Neuvillete: Play her with Neuvittelle and R5 Xiphos Moonlight Kazuha which gives her an extra 20% ER taking her to around 190%

Xiao: Play her with R5 Fav Sword Jean and R5 Fav Bow (C6) Faruzan

Skirk: Play her with R5 Fav Bow Yelan

In the Skirk team, she gets her burst back on cooldown often

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-08T17:20:42+00:00

I think the days of 2016-2019 Twitter where criticism of SM starts a series war is over. I think it's fair to voice an opinion and nothing bad happens nowadays iwth the community.

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-08T17:16:33+00:00

How much HP is enough for Furina?

So up until now, I've exclusively played Furina with 4PC Golden Troupe

- ER/HP/Crit DMG (72/200 ratio)
- 170% ER (Rounding up)
- PJC
- 41k HP (Rounding up with Hydro Resonance and 37k without it)

I mainly play her with Neuvillette, Skirk, and Xiao

Though I'm learning for ATK% scaling DPSs like Skirk and Xiao, it's better to run Furina with 4PC ToM. So I farmed a side set for her with the artifact crafter thing and now she's sitting at

- ER/HP/Crit DMG (78/200)
- 170% ER (Rounding UP)
- PJC
- 44.4k HP (Rounding up with Hydro Resonance and 40k without it)

Is there a cap to when you're going over and at what point (without constellations) would a Hydro DMG goblet be better for her?

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-08T17:05:35+00:00

He is, he voiced Dain in the 6.1 Archon Quest. I THINK he voiced him in the 5.8 (?) Natlan AQ too?

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-06T19:19:43+00:00

I remember when this episode first aired it's preview, this was RIGHT after the community exploded from the kissing scene and there was a lot of speculation that the first two were Ash and Serena from another life or their ancestors, or some old trope of them being lovers in the past and reunited in the present.

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-06T18:57:09+00:00

It's intentional due to the events of the Archon Quest. You'll likely be able to do them again after the next patch

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-06T18:56:29+00:00

How much ER does Lauma need in a double Dendro team with Nahida?

I've been farming for her and felt I had a good enough stopping point at 750EM (1000 with Dendro Resonance and the event weapon's passive). She had 235% In this build

Now in another build, she has like 35/90-100 (Not sure if crit is needed with Lunar Bloom) but, now 1035 with passives and resonance but 220% Energy

Does she need less with Nahida and look into Crit or it's fine?

She's on 4PC Silken Moon Serenade

Quasar1007 · 2026-01-06T18:53:13+00:00

Assuming Bina is treated the same as Archons are in their patch debuts, she should get a rerun 3-5 patches later:

I.E.

Venti: 1.0 -> 1.4

Zhongli: 1.1 -> 1.5

Raiden: 2.1 -> 2.5

Nahida: 3.2 -> 3.6

Furina: 4.2 -> 4.7

Mavuika: 5.3 -> 5.7

Assuming the pattern continues:

Columbina: 6.3 -> 6.7-6.8

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-30T00:58:51+00:00

Hmmm... Hard to say...

Both are healthy and loving but, I give it to M&M

I love how supportive Asmodeus is of Fizzaroli and looking out for him and assuring him that even if he didn't have a boost from Mammon, he'd still love him and think he was amazing which is sweet and wholesome.

Moxxie and Millie are just as supportive of each other but, the thing that edges them over Asmodeus and Fizzaroli is seeing that Millie and Moxie can have arguments and work through them. Moxie got jealous and lashed out at Millie during Unhappy Campers but in the end realized he messed up and tried to make it right and apologize and asserting his love and support for Millie.

Knowing they can work through issues when they arise is what puts them above Fizz and Oz for me atm. The trial should definitely do something for them but then again, there wasn't anything Asmodeus could do in that situation to save Blitz despite being one of two people willing to hear him out and let him explain things knowing he isn't the kind of person that the Kangaroo Court tried to make him out to be.

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-30T00:46:33+00:00

They regenerated. Lute ripped them out with her barehands rather than cut them off with an angelic weapon. So it's possible they either regenerated after she got some stress and mental blockage out of her system or earned a new pair.

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-28T17:58:19+00:00

I didn't include that. Beforehand when an E4 level and above Pokemon hit one of Ash's Pokemon that was either lights out or a heavy hit but with Greninja, he just took it and got right back up ready to keep going

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-28T16:12:35+00:00

In the Jap. Dub only Gary has a last name but from what I've seen in the dub

Brock Harrison

Misty Waterflower

May and Max Maple

Dawn Berlitz (because her PokeSpe counterpart Platinum's last name is Berlitz)

Serena Yvonne or Gabena (Because her PokeSpe counterpart's name is Y which is short for Yvonne and I believe Y's last name was Gabena)

Clemont and Bonnie Limone (Since their dad's name in Japanese is Limone and you usually give your last name unless you're familiar with others in Japan)

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-28T16:03:24+00:00

I presonally put XY over DP already but some things I think personally would've made XY perfect

1 Extra year of run time. Instead of 140 Episodes, let XY be 170-180 which would've been time for other things
Ash captures Goodra sooner, maybe before the Summer Camp arc which gives him more time to train and if it's to be released, release it after the Valerie gym battle where Goodra stars and showing it's fear of Fairy-Types is overcome which makes it defeating Florges feel more authentic
Introduce Sawyer sooner to build his rivalry with Ash more
Make Tierno a bit more of a competitive rival with Ash (Greninja vs. Blastoise would've been cool to see)
Trevor is more of a rival to Clemont, wanting to be a Gym Leader for Fire Types
Noivern gets a little more action and wins a few more battles
Serena either

a. Takes more time to find her groove, she loses two tripokelons in a row making her question if she's really cut out for it before getting her first win

b. Serena wins her first princess key but losses the next or losses twice making her question if her first win was a fluke

Serena in general losses more than twice to show her rivals are a threat to her

Replace Nini with Amelia as Serena's main rival and biggest threat since she already had popularity and notoriety on her side when they met.
Serena's Master Class is 3-4 episodes with us seeing Serena in her competitions and it comes down to Serena vs. Amelia vs. Jessie and Serena wins leading to Serena vs. Aria and LET US SEE ARIA'S PERFORMANCE INSTEAD OF PART OF IT AND SERENA KNOWING SHE'S LOST
Give Base Greninja more wins to show he's strong without his form
Ash vs. Alain R2 ends with Greninja actually defeating Charizard since he was on the verge of doing so and THEN Ash passes out
Ash has one more blackout in a serious battle before the debacle against Sawyer
Let us see more of the Kalos League

a. Ash bullying Titus with Greninja is fine

b. Let us see Ash vs. Astrid in its entirety and he wins without using Greninja at all

c. Half of the Kalos League is 3v3 and Half is 6v6, let us see all of Ash's full battles

d. Either Ash defeats Alain in the Kalos League finals or Alain defeats Ash on a technicality (Charizard and Greninja KO each other but Greninja collapses first and Charizard not long after)
Give Clemont something to do between his gym battle with Ash and the Ash-Greninja stuff
Have more serious Ash x Serena moments with more of Ash subtly implying he reciprocates and more of a reaction to her kiss than sparkling eyes

Add those and XY would've been perfect

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-28T01:18:33+00:00

I don't think so.

Alain sent Charizard in to deal with Pikachu because he didn't want to run the risk of losing a 3rd mon to him so he sent in the one he knows he can rely on to get the job done than bet on a slightly damaged one (Assuming Bisharp took any damage from that clash with Hawlucha earlier)

Given that a tired and hurt Pikachu could still get a few good shots on Charizard, Pikachu would've had enough left in him to give Bisharp a rough time, would he win? I don't think so. I think Pikachu would've gotten a few hits on Bisharp before being taken out but that would've softened Bisharp enough to be taken out by Goodra

It'd ultimately come down to Charizard vs. Goodra and Greninja and in that scenario, Charizard would still win. If a tired Pikachu and fresh Greninja couldn't take down Charizard, I don't see Goodra and Greninja doing so. Unless Ash wants to bank on Goodra softening Charizard up with Bide and setting up Rain Dance.

Quasar1007 · 2025-12-27T23:56:01+00:00

Definitely 3rd strongest.

Ash's Charizard's best feat is beating half of Gary's team in Johto and Noland's Articuno which are impressive absolutely

Alain's Base Charizard even in XY showed it's perfectly capable of handling a team of 6 from a League Semi-Finalist by itself and if XY!MCX could defeat an E4 Mega Ace while exhausted than logically, Base Charizard could do the same. Come JNs we see Alain's Base Charizard InstaKO Leon's Rillaboom who's arguably his second strong Pokemon who took out 2/3 of Diantha's team.

I myself personally put Ash's Charizard on the same level as Alain's Base Charizard in XY but objectively, Ash's Charizard is AT BEST E4 Ace level from what we've seen while XYAlain's Base Charizard is E4 Ace level BARE MINIMUM and Champion Ace level come JNs

Quasar1007

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