Roxiepro

At the time, the Kitakami DLC wasn't out yet, and I did not have any game that contained a Bellsprout, except Pokemon HEARTGOLD. I decided Bellsprout would be my first full 1/8192 hunt. For an entire year, I have hunted for this plant bastard.

This hunt is breaking me

At around 800+ encounters, I PHASED. Which for those odds, that was amazing! And it was a mareep! Cutie!

Look how cute! Look how nice! Was on the top of the world!

Then...the DLC comes out. I can hunt for my shiny Bellsprout. But I was already committed. I was already doomed. I was already 10+ hours into this at that point. On and off hunting of course.

On and off hunting for this entire godforsaken year.

Then WE HAD A WHOLE COMMUNITY DAY DEDICATED FOR BELLSPROUT IN POKEMON GO!

I CAUGHT SO MANY. I FINISHED THE LINE

So you think I am done with this horrifying weed abomination.

No. No I was not. We are trapped in this together. At this point I am 30+ hours into my hunt in this fucking game.

Then... watching Kamen Rider for the first time...I hear it ...the sparkles. I rise up. I panic! Is it here! Is it finally over!?

NO!!!!

It's fucking NOT!!!!!

NIGHTMARE!!!!!!

34+ HOURS IN, 5505 encounters!!!

Which GRANTED IS STILL UNDER ODDS!

I share this in other shiny hunting communities and I think people are disappointed about the fact I am shiny hunting something so disappointing...but at this point. We are trapped in a dance of fate. I will get this weed bastard.

NOT AGAIN. ITS BEEN 3 YEARS. NOT AGAIN AUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH

This Rat was 5479 encounters...

NOT AGAIN

NO PLEASE

NO

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHG

5362 ENCOUNTERS

17 HOURS, 5 MINUTES AND 43 SECONDS

IM GONNA LOSE IT

IM GONNA LOSE IT

420 encounters...literally one hour

easter sunday

...540 encounters

1 hour 30 minutes

his name is Vomit.

ITS NOT A RAT

IT'S NOT A RAT

ITS STILL NOT BELLSPROUT BUT OH MY GOD...I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO RELIEVED...

621 ENCOUNTERS, ABOUT AN HOUR

IDK WHY IM GETTING THESE SO FAST??? BUT PLEASE...BE..SPROUT? CMON? PLEASE? HEY MAN? CMON?

go get apricorns i said

i can get cute balls i said

ok

I named him rats but with a Z to make it sound...cool

shiny rattata

6321 encounters

15h 37m 01s

60 HOURS...21 MINUTES...16 SECONDS 21722 ENCOUNTERS

PHASED AGAIN...ON SHINY WOOPER

The whole metaverse can no longer be properly viewed without an account and I am definitely not making one just to see your contact info or opening hours.

“this isn’t true because the ex-friendship that traumatized me ended explosively after they were mad at me and never told me why” that’s not good. they shouldn’t be doing that

“i don’t think this is true because my current friend group is constantly icing me out until i figure out what ive done to upset them and properly apologized without being told” hey thats not good. they should not be doing that

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

yeah totally!! im gonna give you a bunch of info but ill do my best to organize it coherently. advice for respirators when ur fat - ymmv i am very round in the face w a smaller nose and a double chin/fat neck: i go between readimask usage and flomask day to day. the flomask is not perfect for me but i can tighten it to work good enough if i dont want to expend a whole readimask, i only use it for short durations since i have it on hand anyways haha. for disposables i have had the most luck with the Harley S-188N N95 and the RespoKare N95 (Medium). i would link but im not sure the best places to get these in the UK, i apologize!

for keepin em cheap and sourcing them in the UK, a group recently began working on a more up to date mask bloc directory!! the original is no longer updated and has a bunch of defunct mask blocs on it. u can find them here: https://worldwide-maskbloc.org/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmhME8Fc65 i recommend finding ur closest one and emailing them or otherwise contacting them to see if they're willing to help u out. i know some mask blocs will mail out if requested.

There are many scripts online you can follow, many ways to tweak your message to fit your senator (ESPECIALLY if they are up for reelection this year). Whether it's a recording you reach or a real person, be straightforward, don't argue, just let your rep know that you are a constituent and you oppose the KIDS act, etc.

TW: mental health

I have seen to many people what they are gonna do if this bill passes house and some have really dark thoughts about it (some I dare not quote). And to those people who have those thoughts please listen, keep living, keep fighting, the fight is not over for us. The house is one step in the process of making the law in the US. As I have heard, it has passed the house, BUT this is IMPORTANT, there have been many who have said the bill is DOA because of the lack of duty of care (some senators I think). Not to mention, don't forget that there are still disagreements about the bill to which we hope that it will stall the process even to the point that it is no longer considered. Also, if you believe that your calls mean nothing, I want to share something.

I tracked the amount of calls that have been made since June 23 to now, as of today there have been over 42,301 more calls made in BadInternetBills.com and 42,033 more calls made in stopkosa.com (this is an estimate, can change). THATS more calls made than the past few times I visited the site. So keep calling, keep living because there is still time to fight, I don't want anyone to stop calling because of this news, it will be complying in advance if we do that and we will be giving away our rights. I'll be honest, I'm scared, feeling awful and my depression makes it worse, but I am choosing to still to fight because I have so much to loose and want to give courage to those who feel the same.

Also remember, we would have 18 months IF the bill was the bill was passed which would give time for many to sue the government for censorship, and I would like to believe that it would be similar to the TikTok ban to which lasted a day because there would be so much backlash if it were to be implemented.

So use this news to as your motivate you to continue to fight on, use that energy to make those calls, and to making more calls in the future than today. DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!

Edit: Also forgot to mention-considering the amount of hate AI in the US, the attempt to ban regulation of it, and the amount of people who work for government who have paused/banned data centers and regulations in their own state, I wanna bet 100 that many Senators/Representatives would believe it wouldn't be fair trade. Some may still oppose for the wrong reasons, but I would also imagine that the fear of being voted out office because voters found out they voted for a legislation that censors their speech and puts them in danger could contribute to it. Also, IF it were to happened, I would believe that it would reach far into media to which many would call or protest.