*RikkuLockhart

Okay update time once again ^^

--------Forum Progress------

The progress for my forum is going along rather slowly. But be patient. It will be set up and I will announce it when I do. I am waiting to hear back from a potential admin and will set it up once I get an answer from her.

--------Group Request----------

Don't forget the group request. ^^ the info and form is posted here: [link]

--------To Do List---------------

Yes, I realize that I owe bunches of people art. Please BE PATIENT with me. It WILL get done. I just have a ton of backlog, along with heaps of schoolwork to get done. During the summer I will hopefully have a full time job at a daycare (if anyone will even hire me -____-; ), so aside from A-Kon, my family trip to CA, and other family stuff, I should be around more often.

The List: [link]

-------Pokemon Meme----------

Swiped from

1. Who is your favorite Pokémon?
Absolute Favorite: PIKACHU FTW!!!
Kanto/Generation I: Well durr...*points to above*
Johto/Generation II: Blue Eyes White Dra...oops! Not a Pokemon. I mean Lugia (man I can't wait until I get him on my Crystal game D: My Noctowl is good, but I need some firepower)
Hoenn/Generation III: Kyogre
Sinnoh/Generation IV: Dialga, I guess. *shrugs*
Grass starter: Bulbasaur
Fire starter: Torchik
Water starter: Piplup!!! <333
Eeveelution: Vaporeon, because she's just so elegant and makes a great addition to my Kanto team.
Legendary Pokémon: Mew, because he's just so irresistably cute and powerful too. <333
Starter in Basic form: Chikorita
Starter at Stage 1: Marshtomp
Starter at Stage 2: Charizard

2. Why do you like your absolute favorite?
Well, I've had this Pikachu plushie for ages, and he just sort of grew on me and stuck as my favorite. Plus his evolved form, Raichu, is on all my red, blue, yellow, firered, and leafgreen games. Now I collect Pikachu everything pretty much. LOL

3. What is your favorite type of Pokémon? Why?
Fire, because I just seem to be fascinated with the fire type for some reason. O.O

4. If you were a Pokémon, what would you be?
I would probably be a Pidgeot so I could fly anywhere I pleased.

5. What starter Pokémon would you choose?
Pikachu, if he was available as a starter. If not, then I'd pick Piplup because his evolved forms are pretty stable.

6. What would be the first Pokémon you catch on your journey? (Name one for each region.)
Kanto: Pidgey, because he's a staple party Pokemon for all my Kanto games.
Johto: Either Hoot Hoot or Pidgey (depending on the time of day)
Hoenn: Houndour, because it would be nice to have a dark Pokemon in my party early on in the game. o.o
Sinnoh: On Diamond, Starly because I need a flying Pokemon on my team. On Pearl, Bidoof because until I get my Shellos, he's the only water Pokemon I've got (and I need a water type for the first gym). o-o;

7. Name your dream team. (Any region)
Hmm...I guess my eventual Pearl combo...Infernape, Gastrodon, Roserade, Luxray, Palkia, Giratina (and before I get Giratina, my Staraptor) I haven't played it in a while and am working on Crystal. o.o

8. How long have you been interested in Pokémon?
Hmm...lemme see...I got into it when I was in fifth grade...I was 10 then...10 years? OO I've quit watching the anime and playing the trading card game since then (lost interest in it), but I'm still a loyal fan of the video games.

9. Do your friends and family like Pokémon?
My parents don't particularly care for it (or anime period -__-; ). Puppy, my best bud since seventh grade is an even bigger Pokefan than me. Lots of my net friends do.

10. What are their favorites?
I don't know, really. o-o; Puppy's used to be Eevee, then it was Mew, then it was Celebi...and now I have no idea...

11. What do you value more, the games or the toys?
The games. With the exception of my Plusle puppet I got at the Nintendo Store in NYC, I haven't really bought any lately. I wouldn't give up my Pika plush for the world though. ^___^

12. What games do you have?
Hmm, lemme see...I didn't get Snap or Hey You Pikachu (tried Puppy's games and wasn't that interested), but I used to have Stadium, Smash Brothers, and Stadium 2 but I don't have an N64 anymore...I don't have a Gamecube or a Wii...For my Gameboy I have Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver (doesn't work anymore due to internal battery failure D: ), Crystal, I used to have Pinball and TCG but got rid of em, I didn't bother getting Puzzle Challenge...for GBA I have Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald (also thinking about trying mystery dungeon red and possibly ruby/sapphire pinball)...for DS I have Diamond and Pearl and want to get Ranger (and possibly Mystery Dungeon Blue). so a long list o-o;

13. What is your favorite plush? Figure? Game?
My fave plush is my Pika obviously (even though my dog chewed off one of her cheeks >> ). My favorite figure is the Pikachu sculpture Puppy made me for my birthday. My fave game is probably Yellow because I get Pika as a starter. LOL

14. Name your top 5 favorite Pokémon:
Hmm....top 5...
1. Pikachu
2. Charizard
3. Mew
4. Celebi
5. Lugia

15. Name your top 5 least favorite Pokémon.
1. Magikarp (takes ages to evolve and doesn't know and can't learn any good attacks @____@)
2. Feebas (A lot like Magikarp and ridiculously hard to find/evolve.)
3. Bronzor (I know it may seem weird for me to dislike him, but to wrap it up, basically this little guy appeared practically EVERYWHERE in a cave where I was trying to train my Pokemon/find items/beat trainers @_@ He wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the fact that his only real weakness is fire.)
4. Geodude (same explanation as with Bronzong and oh man...the explosions @_@)
5. Voltorb (see Geodude)

16. What is your most favorite and least favorite regions?
Most: Kanto, because it's the region I first got into. ^^
Least: Either Hoenn or Sinnoh, because as much as I enjoyed those games, there's hardly any options available for fire Pokemon to add to your team.

17. Do you like anthropomorphic (human-like) Pokémon (Pokémorphs)?
Some, maybe...

18. Which kinds of Pokémorphs do you prefer and do you hate? Mostly human (Gijinkas), mostly Pokémon, or Pure/Classic/True Pokémorphs?
Never really seen em, unless Gardevoir is considered one. oO

19. Which would you prefer for transformation? Human to Pokémon, Pokémon to human, human to Pokémorph, or Pokémon to Pokémorph?
*shrugs*

20. What Pokémorph species would you want to be?
None really. o-o

21. Would you like it if Pokémorphs became official canon in the Pokémon franchise? (In other words, they become accepted by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo.)
Not really.

22. What is your favorite moment in the Pokémon anime?
I don't really watch the anime any more. >.> I guess my favorite moment was Pikachu's Goodbye because it showed how much Pikachu's and Ash's friendship had grown since they first met.

23. What is your favorite shipping couple(s) in the franchise?
I don't really have one, but I guess if I had to pick, I would say Pokeshipping (Ash x Misty) because they seem to have more chemistry together than Ash and May or Ash and Dawn.

24. Which feature in any Pokémon game do you enjoy the most? (e.g. multiplayer battles, contests, day/night system, etc.)
I would have to say the day/night system, because I think it's pretty cool.

25. What is your favorite Pokémon song(s) (or song used in the Pokémon animé and movies)?
From the dub, probably We're A Miracle, from the Japanese version, probably Nyaasu no Party (Meowth's Party).

26. What are your top five favorite Pokémon moves? Bottom five least favorite?
Okay...I've only seen seven of em. o-o; So I'm gonna have to go with top 3 and bottom 3 instead...

Top: 1. Pokemon: The Movie 2000 (I had a rough time deciding between the first two movies, but in the end I picked the second one as my all time favorite. I loved the plot and the music is just gorgeous...and then of course LUGIA!!!)
2. Pokemon: The First Movie (This was the movie that first got me into liking the movies, really. The plot was nice, the music was gorgeous, and of course there was Mew. ^^)
3. Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Though the dub music was a bit of a disappointment, the overall plot was really nice. As cute as I thought the Pikachu shorts were, I think the movies were better off when they started taking em out because it allowed the audience to concentrate more on the film itself. Also, I love Lucario to death and love that the movie was centered around him. Plotwise, I thought the bit about Sir Aaron and the aura was an interesting twist. Overall, I liked it.)

Bottom: 1. Mewtwo Returns (Okay...I can see why some people might like it, but it seemed rather pointless to me. Plus the dub cut the story of Mewtwo's origin and the whole sideplot with Ambertwo which made me mad. >> Also...Star Wars pun, anyone?)
2. Pokemon 4Ever (The plot was lacking, especially in the Pikachu short, and the lack of a beautiful soundtrack like its predecessors was a disappointment.)
3. Pokemon: The Movie 3 (Truthfully, I liked this movie. It was mainly the soundtrack I found a bit of a disappointment because 4Krap used mostly their own musicians and the music just wasn't as good overall. To Know the Unknown is pretty, but it's really the only song I liked from the soundtrack. As far as the plot went, I loved the bond between the mighty Entei and the little girl, but battlewise it seemed rather redundant.)

I've only seen a little of Jirachi Wishmaker, and I haven't seen all of Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, so I can't judge those. I might see the Darkrai and Giratina ones, but I'm not really that much into the anime anymore. Heroes and Destiny Deoxys look rather cheesy (no offense to anyone who likes them), so I probably won't watch em unless they're on TV or something.

27. Do you prefer Pokémon that are powerful or Pokémon that have a good design (in other words, good looks)?
Both, actually. Design, if I'm entering them in a contest or buying merchandise. Powerful, if I'm using them in an actual battle.

28. Do you like Pokémon of a certain condition? (Cool, Cute, Beauty, Tough, Smart)
I really don't care much, but if I had to pick one, I guess beauty would be my favorite out of them.

29. There are many Pokémon fan clubs on deviantART. Which ones do you prefer the most? The least? (To see an incomplete list of Pokémon clubs, head to the ~Pokemon-Directory.)
I haven't visited any Pokemon fan clubs (planning on it though), so I wouldn't know.

30. Quick! What is your most random thought (that's clean) of a Pokémon doing something that humans do?
singing

I don't tag anyone because I don't have to. Just take it if you want. Also, no rude comments about my answers please...I did not intend to offend anyone or anything. I don't want to start up any drama over a silly meme.

---------Contest Results--------------

So sorry I couldn't post this yesterday. I was just so exhausted and frustrated with school and such that I did not have time to post. @_____@ Anyway here are the results. It was a very tough decision because all the entries were gorgeous and the turnout this time was really good, but the winners are...

Best Overall - with [link]
Most Characters - with [link]
Most Original - with [link]
Most Humorous - (open!!!)
Most Adorable - with [link]

Because no one tried for the most humorous category, I am leaving that open for about a month or so to see if someone submits a funny entry. I love a good laugh so you are more than welcome to try for it. And don't worry about offending me or anything...it takes a LOT to offend me. ;3

Prize Guide
Best Overall - one group image in the style of your choice
Most Characters - one full-body pair image in the style of your choice
Most Original - one full-body single image in the style of your choice
Most Humorous - one half-body pair image in the style of your choice
Most Adorable - one half-body single image in the style of your choice
Everyone (including winners) - a sprite of one of your characters or a blank of a canon character (if you choose this option you must provide me with the image you want blanked...if I cannot blank it, I will let you know)

Everyone who entered (or was planning on entering) needs note me about what you want prizewise ASAP! As always, late entries are gladly accepted and upon entering, you will receive the default prize everyone gets.

That's all for now. I am going to wait a few weeks or so until I open up the next contest because I have a lot of other stuff on my plate right now. Luv all of you. <3

~Order of the Twilight~

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