Hello yes I love this?? I’m putting it in my collection of Very Good Pinecones 

Yo, @suitsongirls, what do you know about the Mega Zards this gen?

hahaha, yes! They do!!The typical reaction is that people will just stop what ever it is they were doing to come and look at the birds. They don’t usually try to make conversation, or ask any questions--they’ll just stand around and watch the birds for a bit before continuing on their way.Sometimes folks will ask what kind of birds they are. On rare occasion, I’ll be met by another parrot owner/enthusiast and they’ll tell me about their own birds.I haven’t really had anyone look down on them or suggest that I shouldn’t have them in the public space, etc. In thailand, it’s very common to see people bringing their birds around in little cages. There’s a whole industry around song birds (and song bird competitions, etc)--so toting around birds in cages is a pretty common sight here!But my birds aren’t song birds. They’re parrots! And so that gets a lot of people’s curiosity. I think even the folks who don’t say anything and just quietly stare at them--are just trying to figure out what kind of bird they might be! 

This is something I outright don’t understand; we can patch the game now, guys.  Why are we not seeing more broad, sweeping changes for the competitive scene when we have this tech at our disposal?  “But updating that would mean it’s not compatible with older stuff.”  You mean like it already isn’t?  Things adjust well enough through PokeBank, and we get updates with minor bug fixes that are so incompatible with past versions of the game that we can’t even watch old Battle Videos.  “But what about keeping later gen games compatible with newer-gen games?”  Honestly?  Not important.  I could see the case for keeping a remake and the most recent version of the new stuff consistent.  That makes sense.  But if we have a situation where it’s Sun/Moon, then Ultra Sun/Moon, the second should be an upgrade.  I don’t see why there shouldn’t be massive, sweeping changes that make it wholly different from the base game, and which means maybe the first game doesn’t have compatibility with the second.  I just want changes.  I want updated movepools. I want updated abilities.  I want improved base stats like we saw at the start of this gen.  Give me something new.

Wait, WHAT?!  The tournament closed?  That...can’t be right.  I’ve never heard of that happening before.  That’s inexcusable.  What a bunch of assholes.  I know it would invalidate a lot, but I hope Ultra Sun/Moon just gives the mega stones.

Here’s the thing though.  Are we really going to bet on a separate handheld system coming out that does not have Pokemon available on it?  Because I’m not willing to take that bet.  If Pokemon is shifting over to the Switch, it means it’s a main console production now, meaning they’re $60 per game and that any handheld they may have even thought about creating is no longer needed.

Counterpoint: we seem to be moving toward the future I want, where we’re giving out pretty substantial stat increases and changes to movepools that are...really good.  It hasn’t done a ton for most, but I think we’re moving closer to a situation where things are being changed substantially and it’s considered good.  I just wish we’d go a bit crazier with it.

But I have considered this, and honestly considered Beast Boost being lost as an ability following the use of Z-moves, and being replaced by something more species-specific.  Like Nihilego could have something that focuses on its toxins, Celesteela something along the lines of powering up its blaster special attacks, etc.  But that’s a lot going on and I wanted to keep it simple.