Okido

...what is Google trying to tell me?!

today, thanks to the magic of Pokémon HOME, my Torterra from my very first Diamond playthrough 15 years ago has finally made his way back to Sinnoh:
welcome back, friend ;_;7

Your icon is so cute!! T_T Ash's Gen 3 design is my favourite I think

It's 8AM and I haven't slept. The birds outside are very eager to let me know that it is morning. T_T

oh look, 1,000 messages!

sprigatito fans rise up =^･ω･^=

well, it's official: I now have more messages than there are currently existing Pokémon (905, not counting SV starters). I can no longer measure my milestones in Pokédex numbers...

...but that in itself is a milestone, eh?

now that it's actually April, happy Autism Acceptance Month

what the duck happened?

now that it's actually April 1st in my timezone...
Happy 25th anniversary to the Pokémon anime! EP001 first aired on April 1, 1997.

Thanks for the good times, and even for some of the slightly-less-good times — and I say this without a shred of irony, thanks for making my life better.

this made me laugh way, way too much:

quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack
(translation: rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you)

i really enjoy the genre of Pokémon sprites that look like they're dancing to their favorite song

It's Gary Oak!!!!!
(Love the new pfp)

Would you like to explain this?!?!

Amazing new avatar! If I'm not mistaken is the first time you use one that is not a screenshot, right? In any case the artwork is very cool .

Hey, congrats on becoming a mod!

Hi there, @Orchid! You may have seen my name around the forums lately, even if we haven’t really talked directly. I know that today’s your “Bulbaversary” and that a lot of things have been happening with you over the past few days, including your recent ascension to modhood (congratulations, haha!). Seeing the latter doesn’t really surprise me, I’ll admit, because based on what I’ve read from you, you’ve always come across to me as an extraordinarily kindhearted person who tries to spread positivity wherever they go and whenever they can. I can feel that spirit in the posts that you make, especially to those who are going through “stuff”, as I call it. And the fact that you make an effort to do this even when you seem to be going through some of your own “stuff” in real life is nothing short of remarkable, especially for someone at your age where you’re presumably still figuring a lot of things out (which can be hard even for those of us who are older).

So with all of that said, and as a Bulbaversary “gift” of sorts: have a follow from me as a token of my appreciation for your presence here on the forums. And who knows, since you’re a mod now, maybe we’ll wind up crossing paths more often, haha. In any case, I hope that you’ve been enjoying your time here at Bulbagarden thus far and I hope to see you around both in the near future and for many other Bulbaversaries to come!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe I didn't notice before now, but congratulations on becoming a moderator! You deserve it!