It's Nuzlocke season, apparently

I'm seeing a lot of other Nuzlocke updates on the site. I hope you aren't tired of reading them yet because I have another to add to the pile!

Last time I wrote about my Black Nuzlocke I had just started. I had Hamm the Tepig and Jasmine the Purrloin. Well, two gym badges later I am in Castelia City. I'm preparing to fight the bug gym leader there. On the way I lost Jasmine the Purrlion, RIP. She fought bravely against team Plasma but it just wasn't enough.
On the way to the second badge I caught Pecan, the Roggenrola. She and Hamm (now a Pignite) DESTROYED the normal gym with their fighting moves (Rock Smash and Arm Thrust, respectively.) On the way to kick some Team Plasma ass, I caught Biscuit the Cottonee! It's nice to have a grass guy on my team. I was starting to get worried about encountering a water Pokemon and having nothing to send out.

I'm in the Castelia City gym as I type this....I'm going to fight the gym leader real quick.
Brace yourself Burgh!

**Live blog**
Strong start with Hamm. I have four levels on his Whirlipede. I don't want to use physical moves and get poisoned so I'm stuck with Ember for now. Dead!
Uh oh, Dwebble next. Uh, I guess Hamm will stay out. I still have four levels on him.
Flame Charge, twice. Dead!
Leavanny next. Do I chance it and send out Roggenrola? She has sturdy, why not? Go Pecan!
Oh boy. Razor Leaf hits hard. Rock Blast almost kills Leavanny but I need to get Pecan out of there.
GO HAMM! Bastard used Hyper Potion. Leavanny is faster but Flame Charge is a one hit KO
AWH YEAH FUCK YOU BURGH!
**End Live Blog**

Here's my team as it stands after that gym battle:
Hamm (Pignite) Lv. 25
Pecan (Roggenrola) Lv. 22
Biscuit (Cottonee) Lv. 24

<3Billie

Nuzlocke: Azalea Town and MFing Bugsy

Time for an update on my SoulSilver nuzlocke challenge! :)

So far things have gone all right, but there have been some really close calls. Togepi hatched, and that little shit knows EXTRASENSORY ALREADY. Fucking psychic-type move right out of the box. Er, egg. I guess Togepi never really leaves the egg. You get what I'm trying to say here.

I also managed to get through Union Cave (first Pokemon was a Zubat, said fuck that and killed it), which was good because I realized two things are on the other side of that cave... Slowpoke Cave and Azalea Town, which means another badge to earn and some more Team Rocket bitches. Oh, and an old guy who will make special pokeballs out of apricorns that I find. Which might prove useful later.

Nuzlocke: It's my first time, be gentle.

As some of you may have heard, I began my first ever Pokemon nuzlocke challenge on my Soul Silver game recently. (For those unfamiliar with what a nuzlocke is, check out this article for more info) As someone who has been playing these games since they first came out in '96, I can say that this is the most stressful play through of my life. LOL

Being a purist, I took Totodile as my first starter. After discussing with billielightning about the general rules for nuzlockes, we decided it would be fair to wait for any route-based restrictions to go into effect until I have received pokeballs from May. I have mostly been playing in the evenings, so I had a feeling my first catch would be a Hoothoot, and I'm glad it was. Previous playthroughs have proven Noctowl to be a great presence on a team, and his ability to take a hit and put things to sleep will be invaluable.

I kept going (beat Joey and his top percentage Rattata) through that first route, and the next Pokemon I encountered officially was Pidgey. Welp, screw that, this route's a bust. However, I remembered that Dark Cave was on this route. There are only three Pokes in that cave: Geodude, Zubat, and Dunsparce. I figured I had a 2/3 chance for something I would actually use... and I got a Geodude! Thank goodness. Otherwise that first Flying-type gym was gonna be a pain in the ass.

Nuzlocke: Black Version and Life Updates

Hey folks! Sorry it's been awhile. Life got exceptionally busy these last few months. January was full of orchestra rehearsals and February I began student teaching! I've been really focused on getting through my last semester in college and becoming a certified teacher, yo.
That said, I have decided to start a new Nuzlocke on my Black version. I had started one on Crystal version a while back but the cartridge has been sort of nuts in terms of saved data so I decided to go with a more stable game and system. Regal has also started one but on SoulSilver!

We just started yesterday. I currently have a Tepig and a Purrloin on my team and just made it to the first town with a gym. I've named them Hamm and Jasmine, respectively. Regal is on his way through to the third town (also the first one with a gym). He has a Totodile and Hoothoot on his team so far (that's what he gets for starting at night lol)

Anyways, if things get interesting we will keep you posted.

Also, I drew you all a comic for "One is Silver" a LONG time ago and just haven't scanned it yet. I'll try and get it up soon.

<3Billie

Some Character Work

In preparation for a full scale comic I've been doing many things. Firstly, I was trying to think of a title. And now I have a title, although I doubt you will understand the reference. "One Is Silver"
In Girl Scouts, back when I was small, we had a song we sang about making new friends but keeping the old: "One is Silver, and the other's Gold." Since friendship will be a theme in this comic/story and since the lyrics allude to the titles of the games themselves (Silver and Gold), I thought it was perfect. I hope you like it to.

The other thing I've been working on is my characters. Drawing isn't something I claim to be fantastic at so I've been practicing a lot. Like I promised last week, I have character sheets to show you! I hope this will help you, the reader, get to know the character a little better. At least visually. I'm only posting four because Eva the Skarmory and Jade the Tyranitar will not be joining us yet. Each sheet also has three adjectives to describe each of the characters I drew.

Enjoy!

A taste of things to come

My plan was to have some character sheets up today to help get you, the reader, a little more oriented with the characters. Life happens so I've made a lot of progress but they still aren't finished. That said, I didn't want to leave you guys empty handed this Thursday! So here's a sneak peek at the kind of stuff you'll be seeing from me soon. If I get them done this weekend I'll post them! Anyways, let me know what you think! More soon! (click the pictures to make them bigger!)

SoulSilver Comic beginnings

I haven't been able to come up with a title for this comic yet. Let me know if you readers have any ideas!!!
This is basically an introduction to our first 4 characters. I hope you get a sense of their personality in this short, first comic. Enjoy!

(click image for a better view. Easier to read, too!)

<3Billie

Pokemon Meme Part 3 and the Last!

Hey folks! Sorry I'm late again. Had a guest staying over and I didn't want to ignore her for drawing Pokemon. I don't think she would have understood. Anyways, I'm here to post the 3rd and final part of the Pokemon type meme. I had to split these six up because they were so big there was no way they'd fit on one piece of paper! So here they are:

Favorite Poison: Drapion, Favorite Electric: Ampharos, Favorite Water: Jellicent

Favorite Dragon: Flygon, Favorite Ice: Lapras, Favorite Fairy: Togekiss

So what are your favorite types? I challenge you (yes, you! the reader!) to do this meme. Ideally you would find a template and draw them onto the template but I don't like being restricted by small squares. I hope you've enjoyed seeing mine!
I'm tempted to do another, similar, drawing meme I found on tumblr. The first half or so is by type but it would give me the freedom to draw that one Pokemon really well and time to draw backgrounds and a scene and such. Click here to find the December Pokeddex Meme! It doesn't include Fairy types since it's a year old...so maybe draw your favorite normal and fairy type on the first day :)

I won't be posting on Thanksgiving for obvious reasons. That said, the next time I post it'll be the start of my comic series revolving around my SoulSilver team I wrote about awhile ago. (See linked post for more information).

Have a wonderful holiday everyone! I'll be back after my trip to VEGAS! Woohoo!

<3Billie

Pokemon Type Meme Part 2

Favorite Steel: Skarmory, Ghost: Gengar, Ground: Sandslash, Psychic: Meowstic, Dark: Honchkrow, Rock: Tyranitar

Meowstic is not very happy about Sandslash coming up out of the ground and scaring her....
Anyways! Sorry for the delay! It's been a busy week! Here's another six from the Favorite Pokemon Type Meme! I realize that most of my favorites have also been part dark....whoopsy heh heh heh
*Ahem* Honchkrow is my favorite Pokemon to draw, by far. Such a great shape! I'm much better at drawing birds than dogs, ohmygoodness.

Anyways, sorry for the short post! Next week will be Part 3 of the meme to finish this up and then it's time for more from our friends from my SoulSilver dream team! (See this post for explanation).

Billie, out!

Favorite Pokemon by Type Meme!!!

Hey y'all! I've been wanting to do this meme for awhile now. You know, the one where you pick your favorite Pokemon of each type and draw them? Yeah that one. Since there are 18 types now, I decided to take it slow and start with 6 of them. The 6 types I drew for this week are: my favorite fire, grass, flying, normal, fighting, and bug type Pokemon! One from each category! It was hard to choose. Most of my pick are dual types that also happen to be dark. Whoops. Anyways, without further ado, here are my first six picks!

Fire: Houndoom, Grass: Chikorita family, Flying: Noctowl, Normal: Teddiursa, Fighting: Scrafty, and Bug: Vivillon!

So, readers, if you had to pick one Pokemon from each of this week's six types, which Pokemon would you choose? Feel free to comment below! I'll be getting a bunch of stuff ready for my comics that have an actual plot but in the meantime, I thought you'd enjoy this meme! Stay tuned next week for part 2!

<3Billie

Happy Halloween!

I was lucky enough to have my day land right on my favorite holiday! Perhaps I planned that. Maybe not. Either way, I'm excited to bring you a Halloween themed post! Featuring our ghost pal from last week, Blair, but this time she's a Haunter and she' got some work to do! It the most important day of the year for her, of course! Time to scare some people and Pokemon alike! (Comic after the cut!)

SoulSilver Dream Team (comic at end!)

I've been drawing Pokemon for as long as I've been into doodling. I didn't have any reoccurring characters until Pokemon SoulSilver (and HeartGold) came out, though. For the first time, my Pokemon each had their own distinct personalities and it became part of my Pokemon playing experience. I started drawing comic strips of my adventures and they're back stories and incorporating they're personalities. I loved it. I even created a tumblr for my male Flaafy (he's obviously an Ampharos, now).
Who are they, you ask?