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  1. Ruby

    Your reading preferences: topics and themes you like to see in fiction

    I appreciate quality prose. If the writing seems careless, I can be put off, even if the plot is good. You might think that means I only read literary fiction, but not so. Some pulpy novels are surprisingly well written. As for content, pure realism can get me a bit restless, but I often...
  2. Ruby

    What are you reading? II

    I bought a newish one-volume edition of the first four books. It's published by Penguin. I think it's the standard edition in the UK at the moment.
  3. Ruby

    What are you reading? II

    I recently started to reread The Tombs of Atuan, the last book in the Earthsea series. I last read it when I was quite little, and I'm a bit surprised that I got through it then. It's very good, but it's not really a children's book.
  4. Ruby

    What is your idea of the perfect Pokemon Game?

    Yeah. Neither would I, and these days they could probably make a 2D world amazingly elaborate.
  5. Ruby

    Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

    Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away are probably the essential two.
  6. Ruby

    What is your idea of the perfect Pokemon Game?

    Open-world would be fascinating, but at this point anything not on train tracks would be a welcome change.
  7. Ruby

    What is your idea of the perfect Pokemon Game?

    Until Sword and Shield came out I shared your preference for 2D. The aesthetic of the Sevii Islands was my favourite. I had reservations about what the early DS games looked like, and then I didn't play the later ones. But I feel that with SwSh the charm of the environments has finally...
  8. Ruby

    What is your idea of the perfect Pokemon Game?

    I like your post a lot but I don't see why only a 2D game can have hidden areas, Easter eggs, etc.
  9. Ruby

    What's your favorite Fire Starter?

    For the most part I prefer the final evolution in each line. Of those my favourite design is Delphox. But funnily enough, I have actually never used it - I never played Generation VI.
  10. Ruby

    Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

    I have no evidence whatsoever. But it is well known that Miyazaki loves to place his characters in a very particular kind of idyllic landscape, and he has an affection for islands. To me many areas in Hoenn and in the other regions seem clearly influenced by an aesthetic that he either invented...
  11. Ruby

    Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

    One vote for Totoro and that's all, huh? This is a sorry showing for a Pokemon forum, guys. Half of Hoenn is Miyazaki pastiche. Make some time to watch Spirited Away at least. It's on Netflix right now (at least where I live).
  12. Ruby

    Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli

    Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are bywords for each other, but their films don't overlap perfectly. I recently watched the first film he directed, The Castle of Cagliostro, which came out in 1979, before Studio Ghibli existed. On the other hand, he isn't the only person to have directed...
  13. Ruby

    What Pokémon/Type/Level of Obsession Are You?

    I just took this quiz again after nine years and got the same thing again. Maybe I'm Togetic for life now... I have a certain affection for this quiz. I think I first discovered TCoD because someone on Pojo forums had their result in their signature and I clicked the link. That was in 2004...
  14. Ruby

    Bingeworthy TV

    The Mandalorian. So far it's been entertaining enough to keep me interested, but not much more than that. I expect Season 2, which is coming in October, will be an improvement.
  15. Ruby

    Behind the Avatar, Redux

    Oh, there.
  16. Ruby

    Behind the Avatar, Redux

    Where was the first one taken? (First TCoD post in a while.)
  17. Ruby

    You're never on MSN. Have I got the right account? I'm online right now.

    You're never on MSN. Have I got the right account? I'm online right now.
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  18. Ruby

    ;-; Sorry, man. I know I'm all of those people.

    ;-; Sorry, man. I know I'm all of those people.
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  19. Ruby

    Maybe I should get on IRC one of these days.

    Maybe I should get on IRC one of these days.
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  20. Ruby

    70% isn't that bad, is it...? They mark things out of 20 here and I've had worse than that.

    70% isn't that bad, is it...? They mark things out of 20 here and I've had worse than that.
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