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shadowhiveSpooky season catch up
Day 14: ESO
Tuesday was just an ESO quest cause I ended up going incredibly tired, I blame having to sort the food shop alone.
Day 15: Night Of The Zoopocalypse, Tron Ares, ESO, Ranboo stream - last report
Thoughts on the films here. After that there was another ESO a quest and Ranboo playing a spooky stream but my focus was off.
Day 16: Welcome To Night Vale - The Big Game, Pokémon ZA, Pokémon stream - thrills and chills, The Simpsons - Treehouse Of Horror IV, Treehouse Of Horror V
TThe morning was a Night Vale ep though this was one of the least spooky ones. Then there was Pokémon (more thoughts later) which is vaguely spooky adjacent (there’s a graveyard) and the Pokémon stream in the night.
This one did live up to the theme name, with a few haunted house type eps. It’s always funny how there’s always someone that doesn’t believe in the paranormal despite ghost Pokémon being a literal thing. (Also there was the Espurr ep which is so feels inducing.) The oddest choice was the first ep which was the first Sabrina ep from the first series. Trouble is they just played that and not the two follow up eps (which formed a trilogy) which felt especially odd as the second is the first ep with ghost Pokémon so would fit the theming perfectly.
Then there was the next two treehouse of horror eps which I watched before bed, both of which were pretty good. It does turn out though that Disney+ has it so you can watch them one after another, I dunno if that’s new but it was so helpful, though you still have to find the first one you wanna start from. (Also the Halloween collection wasn’t in the top banner thing what gives?)
But with that I’ve hit the halfway point of the October side of spooky season. Alas I’ve not done some of the things I hoped, but there’s still time.
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Onto the big thing and that’s Pokémon went live yesterday, yipee! I’ve not played it for several hours so here’s my early game thoughts.
I choose to start with Tepig which was my plan since I saw the starter reveal and ahh they’re so cute! I had them on the game they were the starter previously so I know how good they are. The new battle system takes a bit of getting used to, but I like it so far.
I do think the early game is a little bit too handholdy. You have to go to a few set places to introduce the mechanics (the wild Pokémon area, the first battle area, getting to the looker bureau) which can be quite restrictive especially when you see an item (or place!) just out of the area. (The handholding does feel justified now I’m allowed to explore as it is easy to get lost)
There is a lot of clothing options but idk feel an issue is gonna be that they’re all so spread out and in some cases it does feel annoying. (One area has at least five clothing stores in an arcade, each one has different items and each one has to be accessed individually). Alas I haven’t got any yet cause of lack of in game funds and not seeing anything too nice but once I do…
I also caught a shiny Pokémon! For those that don’t know pokemon have a chance (extremely rare!) of being shiny, which means they’re a different colour. People go shiny hunting but I don’t bother so I’ve only ever had a handful (and most of those are the red gyrados in gold/silver). So I was so surprised to find one in the very first wild area! It’s a weedle so I’ve trained it to a bee drill and it looks so cool so I’m definitely keeping it on my team!
I’m still early game so I’m looking forward to finding more plays and doing more battles (I’ve only done one night so far) and I’m curious how they’ll make it so the setting of a city doesn’t feel limiting. But so far it’s a good time.
Other things.
I’m still a bit rattled about the train thing. I had an email about doing a survey (probably cause I used the net on the way back) so I made sure to let my feelings known. Then it mentioned complaints so I decided to do that too. It has made me nervous about travelling today but eh.
However I have booked my ticket to Coheed, last night which I feel is the latest I’ve left it for a gig, so I will be off tonight. The merch for the eu leg hasn’t been impressive so I’ll probably not get anything which is good.
My plan was to pretty much go to the gig, after picking up the birthday Krispy Kreme from the station and looking in the Lego store. However I saw on instagram that the Birmingham Primark has a Stranger Things themed cafe so I’m going to that, since I’ve no idea when I’ll be going to Birmingham and I dunno if it’ll be time limited. It does look pretty cool. I did see a menu so I’ll probably just have an ice cream since the meals are all meaty.
I did watch Celebrity Traitors Wednesday though I need to iplayer yesterdays today (damn it and Taskmaster having the same time slot). I’m so pissed at who the first kill was on Wednesday I hoped he’d last longer (not naming names here unless anyone else is behind).
Yesterday 5 Seconds Of Summer dropped the next single which I’ve only heard once but damn they also did additions of the album with each of the boys on and each one has a different exclusive track which is so annoying! They look nice but damn. I’m debating between emailing support and switching from the regular to one or holding off and getting the bundle (alas the timing is so irritating!)
Anyways, I’m just gonna see about doing uni reading now then Celebrity Traitors and Pokémon before heading out.
Also after the last post I started a Letterboxd here and put in all the October films I’ve seen thus far
Day 14: ESO
Tuesday was just an ESO quest cause I ended up going incredibly tired, I blame having to sort the food shop alone.
Day 15: Night Of The Zoopocalypse, Tron Ares, ESO, Ranboo stream - last report
Thoughts on the films here. After that there was another ESO a quest and Ranboo playing a spooky stream but my focus was off.
Day 16: Welcome To Night Vale - The Big Game, Pokémon ZA, Pokémon stream - thrills and chills, The Simpsons - Treehouse Of Horror IV, Treehouse Of Horror V
TThe morning was a Night Vale ep though this was one of the least spooky ones. Then there was Pokémon (more thoughts later) which is vaguely spooky adjacent (there’s a graveyard) and the Pokémon stream in the night.
This one did live up to the theme name, with a few haunted house type eps. It’s always funny how there’s always someone that doesn’t believe in the paranormal despite ghost Pokémon being a literal thing. (Also there was the Espurr ep which is so feels inducing.) The oddest choice was the first ep which was the first Sabrina ep from the first series. Trouble is they just played that and not the two follow up eps (which formed a trilogy) which felt especially odd as the second is the first ep with ghost Pokémon so would fit the theming perfectly.
Then there was the next two treehouse of horror eps which I watched before bed, both of which were pretty good. It does turn out though that Disney+ has it so you can watch them one after another, I dunno if that’s new but it was so helpful, though you still have to find the first one you wanna start from. (Also the Halloween collection wasn’t in the top banner thing what gives?)
But with that I’ve hit the halfway point of the October side of spooky season. Alas I’ve not done some of the things I hoped, but there’s still time.
***
Onto the big thing and that’s Pokémon went live yesterday, yipee! I’ve not played it for several hours so here’s my early game thoughts.
I choose to start with Tepig which was my plan since I saw the starter reveal and ahh they’re so cute! I had them on the game they were the starter previously so I know how good they are. The new battle system takes a bit of getting used to, but I like it so far.
I do think the early game is a little bit too handholdy. You have to go to a few set places to introduce the mechanics (the wild Pokémon area, the first battle area, getting to the looker bureau) which can be quite restrictive especially when you see an item (or place!) just out of the area. (The handholding does feel justified now I’m allowed to explore as it is easy to get lost)
There is a lot of clothing options but idk feel an issue is gonna be that they’re all so spread out and in some cases it does feel annoying. (One area has at least five clothing stores in an arcade, each one has different items and each one has to be accessed individually). Alas I haven’t got any yet cause of lack of in game funds and not seeing anything too nice but once I do…
I also caught a shiny Pokémon! For those that don’t know pokemon have a chance (extremely rare!) of being shiny, which means they’re a different colour. People go shiny hunting but I don’t bother so I’ve only ever had a handful (and most of those are the red gyrados in gold/silver). So I was so surprised to find one in the very first wild area! It’s a weedle so I’ve trained it to a bee drill and it looks so cool so I’m definitely keeping it on my team!
I’m still early game so I’m looking forward to finding more plays and doing more battles (I’ve only done one night so far) and I’m curious how they’ll make it so the setting of a city doesn’t feel limiting. But so far it’s a good time.
Other things.
I’m still a bit rattled about the train thing. I had an email about doing a survey (probably cause I used the net on the way back) so I made sure to let my feelings known. Then it mentioned complaints so I decided to do that too. It has made me nervous about travelling today but eh.
However I have booked my ticket to Coheed, last night which I feel is the latest I’ve left it for a gig, so I will be off tonight. The merch for the eu leg hasn’t been impressive so I’ll probably not get anything which is good.
My plan was to pretty much go to the gig, after picking up the birthday Krispy Kreme from the station and looking in the Lego store. However I saw on instagram that the Birmingham Primark has a Stranger Things themed cafe so I’m going to that, since I’ve no idea when I’ll be going to Birmingham and I dunno if it’ll be time limited. It does look pretty cool. I did see a menu so I’ll probably just have an ice cream since the meals are all meaty.
I did watch Celebrity Traitors Wednesday though I need to iplayer yesterdays today (damn it and Taskmaster having the same time slot). I’m so pissed at who the first kill was on Wednesday I hoped he’d last longer (not naming names here unless anyone else is behind).
Yesterday 5 Seconds Of Summer dropped the next single which I’ve only heard once but damn they also did additions of the album with each of the boys on and each one has a different exclusive track which is so annoying! They look nice but damn. I’m debating between emailing support and switching from the regular to one or holding off and getting the bundle (alas the timing is so irritating!)
Anyways, I’m just gonna see about doing uni reading now then Celebrity Traitors and Pokémon before heading out.
Also after the last post I started a Letterboxd here and put in all the October films I’ve seen thus far
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Date: 2025-10-17 02:53 pm (UTC)I'm loving Celeb Traitors, Alan is being amazing, not a spoiler as he's amused me from the start. But yeah, I wasn't impressed with that murder either.
I'm glad you did put that complaint in. Behaviour like that on the train isn't needed at all.
I like your letterboxd. I have one but I'm lazy and only do star reviews, no actual words.
Finally, hope you have a good time tonight,
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Date: 2025-10-18 12:15 am (UTC)Yeah me too! At first it felt like he’d be such a bad choice but damnit. I dunno if you’ve seen uncloaked but it’s been so funny how many people said Paloma will kill him for getting her😂
Thanks, it felt like the right thing to do. Especially since this line has issues with ticket machines not working so damn often.
Aww thank! Yeah I only did brief reviews cause of tired but that’s fair! Feel free to give me a follow there (unless you already have I’ve just got back!)
Awww thank! I did I’m just gonna post thoughts.