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Chapter 6: Entries
OGRE (dwuw)
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Originally posted by dwuw
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a dance with dragons◬ “I am the dragon breathing fire
Beautiful mane I'm the lion
Beautiful man I know you're lying
I am not broken, I'm not crying, I'm not crying”
anger ⁄ charizard ◬ 'don't hurt yourself'
In the first moment you know you were cheated on, all you feel is anger. Charizard is a Pokémon that would describe us really well in this situation. Charizard is loyal and noble, but he can be dangerous and agressive when provoked. Our anger is this situation would make us do things we never thought of. We become a dragon breathing fire. We are not broken, we are just angry; like Beyoncé claims in this song. This song fits our situation perfectly, and also fits Charizard, mainly because of the dragon line.
a feast for crows◬ “You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be
You're frozen
When your heart's not open”
loneliness ⁄ articuno ◬ 'frozen'
When everything has settled down, we start to think about the situation. We get sad, depressive, and on top of that, we just feel lonely. we feel frozen, just like the cheater, who is frozen on his own way. Articuno represents us in this moment. Articuno is a very cold pokémon, till the point that he's frozen. Another trait of Articuno, is that he is always alone, he likes loneliness. this is why Articuno, and Madonna's song, relate to us.
a storm of swords◬ “He don't know...
That I dug my key into the side of his
Pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seats.
I took a louisville slugger to both headlights,
Slashed a hole in all four tires...
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.”
revenge ⁄ snivy ◬ 'before he cheats'
Now that it's been a long time since it happened, we don't feel lonely or sad anymore. We just want one thing, we want revenge. We just want him to think he should have thought before cheating on us, because our pride is too high to let it go just like that, right? Snivy is the Pokémon that fits us perfectly here. He's vain, and strong, and doesn't like to lose; sounds like us! He's also based on a snake, and you should know by now that there's nothing snakes do better than revenge.
HAUX (wesleywalrus)
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Originally posted by wesleywalrus
I Made That Bitch Famous: A Pokemon Trinity
Legendary Pokemon
Mewtwo can beat any Pokemon. He can control
people's minds and perceptions.
He is able to block a Pokemon's special
abilities and creators. This is the
fictional Kim Kardashian West.
Cute, thiqq, and with a tail that could knock
any bitch out, Mewtwo is highly intelligent
and is able to wipe people's minds of memory,
like Kim does with exposing rats.
The song is about controlling the world, owning it
and ****ing your man.
Final Evolution Pokemon
Wailord is the largest Pokemon of all time.
It's bigger than the Pokemon that created the universe.
The new Einstein. Kanye West.
The song is by Kanye West, because much
like Kanye's music, is it autobiographical.
Kanye West.
Starter Pokemon
Amoongus is a fungus that is a horribly camouflaged,
poisoning monster.
There's no snake jokes here,
but when Amoongus evolves, he grows a pair of balls.
Kind of like when Taylor finds a new man and evolves
by writing a song about them.
The song is about a mystical witch in the night
who isn't the lovely ol' woman, but very mischievous and
evil.
RENA (Serendipity)
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Originally posted by Serendipity
The Holy Trinity of Serendipity: A Depiction of Delusion
My trinity is named Delusion; a sad story that is played out chronologically through the twin criteria of Pokémon and music. Essentially, the story is about being in love with someone you’re not meant to be – an already married other – and the stages throughout such a relationship. The trinity adopts a point of view from the one loving the married person (from this point on called Delusion). Whilst it seems initially that fooling around is fun and reckless, Delusion begins to be run wild and create a fantasy. Here, I am able to introduce a chronological aspect to my trinity through a temporal discourse of night and day. Likewise, the Pokemon I opted for (within the restrictions provided by Dominant) fit alongside the story and the songs to represent the phases of the story. So without further ado, here is the story of ‘Delusion’.
"Even when the night changes"
Froakie’s most useful ability is it’s hidden one: Protean. This ability allows this starter Pokémon to change its type to align with the move it is going to use (essentially giving it STAB). Therefore, this shifting ability of Froakie; one of a state of perpetual adjustment, parallels the constant change in Delusion’s life. However, even when the night changes, Froakie knows it will always be a water type frog at the end of the day, and is somewhat how Delusion hopes that despite everything changing in their lover’s other life, they hope that it will always be 'me and you'. We are also first introduced to the concept of the loved one’s other by Delusion’s anxiety (emphasized by 'doubts are running ‘round her head'), which once again relates to Froakie’s ambiguities of its type, but cannot conceal what it truly is at the end of the day. The song also starts the theme of time - introducing lexis such as night and the concept of dream, which perfectly leads us onto the next song in the Trinity.
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"In your wildest dreams"
In essence, there could be no other Pokemon and song that perfectly depicts the next stage. Cresselia is the legendary Pokemon that has power of manipulating dreams in a positive manner. Wildest Dreams pertinence stems from its ability to continue this chronology: Delusion is now asleep by themselves but wild from the excitement of what they’re doing ‘no one has to know what we do’, starts to run ahead in their thoughts and begins dreaming of a fantasy. Such a dream could only be created from Cresselia (as opposed to Darkrai who has the power to create nightmares). Lyrically the song also alludes to Cresselia-inflicted love dreams, but is especially apt for this case as the song is also about a mischievous affair. Nevertheless all dreams must end and the fantasy crumbles ('some day when you leave me') and once again as day begins, Cresselia must leave and the dream ends. The song once again illustrates this as the latter part of the song from the bridge emotes language that depicts the ending of such a fantasy, and this seamlessly leads us to the final part of the Trinity.
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"Mistaken for love"
Unfortunately, the story ends with a realisation of what the truth really is behind the facade. Waking up from the dream to find that Delusion’s lover isn’t ultimately there, and can never be there, hits home. I could copy almost every lyric and explain how suited it is for such a scenario. In this case, concepts such as the love was a perfect illusion, the loved one was more of a dream than reality and the realisation of it aka ‘over the show’ are all synonymous with the state Delusion finds themselves in. But what Pokemon could reflect such a song? It has to be Zoroark, with its ability of ‘Illusion’ and practically labelled the ‘Illusion Fox’ Pokemon – it impeccably exemplifies this final chapter and song. It presents itself as one thing, but soon reveals itself as what it actually is; a perfect illusion! I also think that this song is a perfect closer as it is sonically distinctive to the first two songs, which were caught up in the illusion and had a unhurried feel to them. This realisation comes with a hard, loud sound that equates to the emotions felt.
I hope you enjoyed my trinity and my Pokemon choices even if you only know the original 151. Apologies for the long story but I had so many amazing ideas and really loved this round. I hope you can definitely see the songs that represent the Pokemon which are tied to such a cohesively thematic concept.
- Serendipity
BEAN (Bey_Rihstan)
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Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan
The Holy Trinity Challenge: Pokemon
Starter Pokemon - "Cyndaquil"
The song i've chose to represent Cyndaquil was Kesha's "Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFWX0hWCbng
I chose this song to portray Cyndaquil, his image. The song starts off fairly "slow" and midtem
po-ish before gradually exploding and becoming this exciting mess. This reminds me of Cyndaquil, because he starts off as timid and shy before unleashing the flames on his back! This one was more of a visual/Audio example than an actual literal one.
Legendary Pokemon - "Terrakion"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JigpwQ30fhY
To represent the legendary pokemon, I've chose "G4L" From Rihanna's 4th album, Rated R. I chose this song because the epitome of it is coming to the rescue of your gorls, whether it be physically or emotionally. Letting them know you're there for them, ya know? Rihanna talks about how her and her squad represent an army or a navy and how she's there to save them or avenge them when in need. This reminds me of Terrakion because in Pokemon Black, he came to the defense and fought for the Pokemon that had lost their homes to humans in a war.
Final Evolution Pokemon - "Jynx"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7jLtFBW1Io
Tbh This pokemon is sooo cute! She's probably my favorite that i've seen. She reminds me of Nicki Minaj. But anyway, I chose Fantasia's "Baby Makin' Hips" to represent Jynx, as her most defining & memorable characteristic is swaying her hips back and forth to a rhythm of some sort, like the gorl fantasia is referencing in her song, i'm guessing it's her. I think she represents this song perfectly, because the song is about using your body, hips & femininity to steal all the attention and to get ahead & that's what jynx does, basically. Queen Self.
MUMU (Marvin)
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Originally posted by Marvin
Squirtle
Looks can be deceiving, and no one would expect Squirtle to be as strong and capable as he is. With both Squirtle and Ariana, there is more to them than what they show. They put on a show to look cute for everyone but have no problem attacking someone or getting defensive when they need to.
Charizard
Charzard is confident he can take on any challenge. Just like Demi, he doesn't see anything wrong with it. They're not the best in the game or industry, but they would never back down from a fight no matter what.
Mewtwo
Fierce. In your face. In control. BBHMM is everything that Mewtwo is. Throughout the song, Rihanna demands her money all while bragging about how great she is. Mewtwo knows how great they are and wants someone to try them. They know they have no competition and are at the top of the game. There is no losing for them.
MANI (URBAN)
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Originally posted by URBAN
Pokémon: Mew
Song: “Me(w) Too”
Pokélyrics: “If I was you, I’d wanna be Mew too, I’d wanna be Mew too, I’d wanna be Mew…too!”
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Description: Mew is a psychic type mythical legendary that is said to have the DNA of every single Pokémon contained within its body, and as such is able to learn any attack. In the first Pokémon movie, it was discovered that Mewtwo was cloned from a fossil containing one of Mew’s eyelashes, therefore making Mew the original bad bitch. I chose Meghan Trainor’s “Me Too” for this legendary bad bitch because with it’s ability to learn any move, it’s cute design, and it’s tiny frame, it’s no surprise that all the lessers ESPECIALLY that clone Mewtwo, would want to be like queen Mew!
Pokémon: Torchic
Song: “Who's ThatChick?”
Pokélyrics: “She's been a crazy Poké, flaming diva and you wonder...who's that Chic? Who's that Chic? ”
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Description: Torchic is the fire type of the three starter Pokémon in the Hoenn region. I chose Rihanna's "Who's That Chick?" because it embodies queen Torchic's sass, beauty, energy, and fiery temper, Torchic is THAT bitch and there's no denying ha impact or power especially as she evolves.
Description: One of a kind, Pyroar is the KING and leader of its pack! With a mane made of flames, and a unique ability called "Noble Roar", there's no denying Pyroar is a courageous leader. Katy Perry's "Roar" is the perfect song for such an iconic Pokémon.
I googled it and it was labeled as so! I don't know anything about Pokémon I downloaded that app and caught a rat and quit.
Eh, I mean if I was judging I would be more concerned about the theme of the entry and how well everything meshed together. I don't know **** about pokemon either, so.
So I had one based on the saying "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" - gyarados was something old (history 1d), and it also had memories to sustain it from it's weak pre-evo, popplio represented something new and blue (newest gen wand water pokemon - Young & Beautiful Lana) and something borrowed was Arcues since he's the God Pokemon and all our lives were bestowed (begun with Say Yes but sonically didn't fit so God gave me You was even better by Blake Shelton).
Also had a fire theme, charmander - just like fire, Moltres - Rise like a Phoenix and Pyroar - Girl on Fire
And finally my other idea was an all female theme - funnily enough Who's that chick was Torchic, MILF$ was Kangaskhan and Latias was Flawless.
Obviously some had to be ditched due to regulations (no single staged Pokemon counted as your final evolution).