#pokespeweek

PokeSpe Week - Day 1: PokeDex Holder - Yellow

Can’t believe it’s been two years since the last one. Well, I won’t copy the same ones I did before, so let’s go!

I love this adorable ball of sunshine. I’ve always found her fascinating how she’s genuinely kind and earnest but still willing to be utterly ruthless if she has to be. Slay your enemies, you tiny blonde god! SLAY THEM!

We decided to launch this blog again! The rules and the prompts stay the same, please read it here along with the prompts listed below.

Remember if you’re a content creator or not you are free to join this year’s pokespe week!

What is #pokespeweek?

#pokespeweek is a week dedicated to the amazing manga series! It will take place August 8th to August 15th, 2019. Pokemon Adventures has been running ever since March 1997, so it’s been around for 22 years!

We hope many people will be able to participate to celebrate!

#pokespeweek will be tracked so remember to have it within the first 5 tags!!!

Here are the prompts for each day:

Day 1|| August 8th || Pokedex Holder

Day 2 || August 9th || Non-Pokedex Holder

Day 3 || August 10th || Arc

Day 4 || August 11th || Battle

Day 5 || August 12th || Villain or Villainous Team

Day 6 || August 13th || Relationship or Friendship

Day 7 || August 14th || Happy or Sad Moment

Day 8 || August 15th || Free Day

pokespeweek day 1: dexholder

As of right now agencyshipping

Pokespe week day 1

Pokespe Week Day 5: Favorite Villian: Giovanni

The reason why I like Giovanni most of all has most to do with his initial few appearances.

When Giovanni first showed up in the manga, he was pretending to be a kindly old man who needed help through a cave. He pulled this act off flawlessly until Red defeated a group of attacking Pokémon and left. Only after he was alone, we saw the mask slip off and he showed his true colors by cruelly finishing off the helpless Pokémon. This sets him up clearly as an evil antagonist, and the manga follows up that arc with his defeat near the end. But it also sets him up as a trickster. He had Red completely fooled. He can lie and get away with it.

This carries over into his next appearance in the Yellow arc, where he assists Yellow in the battle against Lance. This would seem to be a reform arc, but because of how he was set up in the first arc, it’s not that simple. He may be appearing to help the side of good, but no matter what he says, the reader always has in the back of his or her head that initial deception. Because of that, readers can never trust that he means what he says. We never know if he’s being honest either way. At any point, whether he’s doing good or evil, he could be pretending.

Unlike many antagonists in the manga, Giovanni works not through sheer power, but through manipulation and trickery. He misleads even the readers. This also makes him the perfect foil to the main character. When we see Red, we know what he’s thinking at every step of the way. Moreover, we know, for the most part, that what he says is the truth. But both characters use clever strategy, not power, in battle, meaning both have the potential to use their wits to deceive others. But Giovanni does, while Red doesn’t. That’s the clear dividing line between the protagonist and antagonist.