April 9th, 2026

I have randomly returned to Pokemon X because I felt like it. It's not exactly a game I've replayed a ton, but I'm still doing a Thing this time where I limit the pokemon I can use based on which regional dex they're from (the Kalos pokedex is split into thirds; Central, Coastal, and Mountainous Kalos); specifically, just letting myself use two from each pokedex. It's not really a challenge run but it was honestly kinda challenging coming up with 6 pokemon just because pretty much all the ones I wanted to use were dual-type and I wanted to avoid type overlap. It never really clicked for me how weird the game's pacing is, you fight the first gym and hour or two in, then you have the mansion stuff, then you have what feels like a really long lull before the 3rd gym, which is extra weird considering that lull contains the fucking 2nd gym. Really the gap between gyms 1 and 2 is probably way too long, but gym 2 is so unimpactful that I think pushing it up a town wouldn't help much.

I guess I should mention Lancer today too, though I don't have a lot to talk about regarding it. Was just some pretty fun, chill RP.