TRAINER'S EYE #140 - "Villainous Stories Forged in Gengar's Curse" ft. StandardizedBogey

In this exciting Pokémon interview, we're joined by StandardizedBogey, a Pokémon Trainer and Pokémon fanfiction writer who dives deep into the world of Pokémon villains, with a special focus on iconic characters like Saturn from Team Galactic and Archer from Team Rocket.

From her first experience with Pokémon Blue, StandardizedBogey shares how the game sparked her imagination and opened the door to a world of creativity. Her love for animals has kept her connected to Pokémon throughout the years, ensuring her continued engagement with Pokemon. Discover how Pokémon's rich world has inspired her to keep coming back, even during brief breaks, and how it continues to fuel her passion for storytelling.

In addition to her deep connection with Pokemon, StandardizedBogey discusses the joy of sharing her love for Pokémon starting from meeting her husband through Pokémon to passing the Pokemon fandom on to her children and how that has kept the spirit of Pokemon alive across generations.

Finally, StandardizedBogey opens up about her journey into writing Pokémon fanfiction, revealing what inspired her to write compelling stories centered on Pokémon villains, and how she brings these complex characters to life in her writing. Whether you're a Pokémon fan, fanfiction enthusiast, or a budding writer yourself, this episode offers a fascinating look into the creative world of Pokémon storytelling. Don't miss it!

Sources
Opening Song: "Forget You" by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay

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Transcript

StandardizedBogey: 0:00

I'm standardized bogey, and this is my Pokemon story.

David Hernandez: 0:41

Welcome to As the Pokeball Turns, where we interview people about their experience with Pokemon. My name is David Hernandez. I'm joined by standardized bogey, a Pokemon fanfic writer here to share the inspiration and their experience with Pokemon standardized. Welcome to the podcast.

StandardizedBogey: 1:00

Thank you for having me.

David Hernandez: 1:01

Absolutely. And we're going to dive into so many things. I have a heart for writing. I have a heart for Pokemon, but I want to kind of start from the beginning. So what's your first experience with Pokemon?

StandardizedBogey: 1:11

Pokemon Blue came out when I was 10, so I have not missed a title since then. And it's become a part of my life. It was how I met my husband. My kids are now downstairs playing with Pokemon cards and they have an entire set of Eeveelution plushies, so it's just part of my life.

David Hernandez: 1:33

So blue was your first game. What was it like to kind of

StandardizedBogey: 1:35

Yes.

David Hernandez: 1:36

game?

StandardizedBogey: 1:37

I loved that game. I was immediately doing all of the things. I maxed out the decks. it was my first introduction to video games, really, because I was never a video game kid, but in that came with understanding that the anime telling you literally any Pokemon can be strong if you just love them enough was not actually the way the game mechanic worked.

David Hernandez: 2:04

Although we liked you as much as we could, right?

StandardizedBogey: 2:07

It was, it was quite the shock when my Raticate, you know, didn't, didn't do so great.

David Hernandez: 2:12

Hey, I still believed in Raticate, man. That hyper thing, I always believed it was OP sometimes.

StandardizedBogey: 2:16

You know what, I did a normal only run when I was an adult and that was the star of my team. He, he redeemed himself.

David Hernandez: 2:26

You said you weren't a video game person growing up. what do you think it was about Pokémon that kind of maybe changed that? Or maybe was different compared to the other video games around at the time?

StandardizedBogey: 2:35

I was always very much an animal person, so, you told me that there was a thing that all of my friends were into, but also I could have a dog and a pony and a cat and all this other stuff. It's like, yeah, okay.

David Hernandez: 2:48

It's like, oh, I could have all, I can have everything in my cake and I

StandardizedBogey: 2:51

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I had a fire horse. I mean, what am I going to complain about?

David Hernandez: 2:55

Oh my gosh. Ponytail's such an underrated Pokemon

StandardizedBogey: 2:57

It's a great Pokémon.

David Hernandez: 2:59

Mm. Did you have a favorite Pokemon, I guess to even now, like what's your favorite Pokemon?

StandardizedBogey: 3:03

I've always fallen in love with Gengar. I'm actually genuinely shocked how much merch it has. Because it's so funny, it's always like, Pikachu and Clefairy Gengar. You know? It's this little goblin sitting with all these cute little things. but at the same time I have a Gyarados on basically every team I've ever done. Just cause he's just always been there for me so I can't not play with him.

David Hernandez: 3:25

Oh, that's fair. I always played REOs when I, the first, play through in red, blue, and yellow, and I got to relive it in har gold soul silver. So I've always had a very soft spot for REOs, especially getting that magic carp to level 20. I was always a

StandardizedBogey: 3:37

Oh yeah, it's, it's so hard, but I'm always, I have to buy the Magikarp when I pass by that Pokemon Center. I, I try not to, and I buy it anyway.

David Hernandez: 3:47

Oh, you try. I just gave up. I just go ahead and click A and say, yeah, I'll take that. I'll pay five bucks for this.

StandardizedBogey: 3:51

Basically, basically, you get it, you get it faster, so you know, I'll take the dead weight.

David Hernandez: 3:56

When it came to Pokemon, did you stick with it throughout, even after Gen 1? Like, did you play Johto, Hoenn? Like, how far did this go along?

StandardizedBogey: 4:03

I've played every single game, but how much I'll actually go back and revisit them, is more the change because there are some regions like Hoenn and Sinnoh and, now, you know, Canto, just because it just keeps coming back that I revisit over and over versus Kalos. I've had no interest in going back.

David Hernandez: 4:25

The same with me. I like going to Canto, Hoenn. Sinnoh with recent BDSP is pretty interesting. I can't get into Kalos. it just, it's a

StandardizedBogey: 4:34

Yeah.

David Hernandez: 4:35

don't, I look at it. I'm like, eh, you're there.

StandardizedBogey: 4:38

You know, I, love Kalos in the mechanics that it has to explore. I think it has some of the most fun and interesting environments. But at the same time, you know, I, very much into the characters and the story and the writing. And Sycamore just kind of, wow, that's a really good point when Lysander was like, hey, maybe we should omnicide everybody. Yeah, I was like, I don't think I'm going to come back to this game, and I haven't.

David Hernandez: 5:05

I know earlier you said that you got a chance to meet your husband through Pokemon. Are you willing to kind of share your story and like, what led to that?

StandardizedBogey: 5:12

Oh yeah, so, we were actually, a little bit different than that, we were actually stand partners in band. But, when we first decided, you know, to spend some time outside of school, that was when The card game was just starting to really take hold in America and we spent a good two hours in a burger place just discussing Pokemon cards and we really didn't stop after that and we just got closer and closer until we ended up getting married and it's been, oh goodness gracious, it's been, it'll be 13 years in September.

David Hernandez: 5:54

That's crazy. So when TCG was starting to grab hold back here in the states, you and your husband just happened to meet and y'all have been Pokemon fans together ever since. That's such an amazing cute story.

StandardizedBogey: 6:03

Yeah, no, I love it.

David Hernandez: 6:05

Do y'all play the games together? Cards together? Like, what is that like, even after post marriage? Like, do y'all,

StandardizedBogey: 6:10

Um.

David Hernandez: 6:11

kind of like a date night kind of thing?

StandardizedBogey: 6:12

yeah, though, he's kind of straight into other games, but I'll have the Switch hooked up to the TV so he'll be watching me go through it and we'll be talking through everything.

David Hernandez: 6:22

Hmm.

StandardizedBogey: 6:23

while he does, uh, hooked on Bellatro right now. So he's on that and, he actually put it down for the Sada fight, Which was big, I appreciated that. You know, that was a great fight.

David Hernandez: 6:36

Who's the better Pokemon trainer between y'all if y'all battle? Like, are you going to beat him or is he going to beat you?

StandardizedBogey: 6:40

If he actually worked at it, I think he would destroy me, but he hasn't worked at it in years, so I'm saying that I would

David Hernandez: 6:48

I was going to say, this is the point

StandardizedBogey: 6:49

Oh yeah.

David Hernandez: 6:50

confident and say, like, yeah, I'll destroy the

StandardizedBogey: 6:51

yeah.

David Hernandez: 6:52

has no

StandardizedBogey: 6:52

Well,

David Hernandez: 6:53

against Cynthia.

StandardizedBogey: 6:54

you know, he had a executor named Breakfast, and I have never stopped holding a grudge against that thing. So,

David Hernandez: 7:05

So you're not really a breakfast person, I take it.

StandardizedBogey: 7:08

not anymore, no.

David Hernandez: 7:10

Y'all met through the TCG, so do y'all collect cards too? Is that kind of something y'all have on the side?

StandardizedBogey: 7:15

I, I collect them more to just for the pictures these days because the art is, often be stunning, but, I'm more into, the games and the, mangas and, and, fan scene versus the TCG. It's gotten, it's gotten too competitive for, for me to keep up with as a casual, unfortunately.

David Hernandez: 7:36

No, I feel that because whenever I go to the card shows I see the card art I'm like where was this when I was younger and it's just amazing the drawings and the different cards than how I guess Pokemon has Kind of evolved in a sense to display this kind of different touches on Pokemon from different artists. It's amazing

StandardizedBogey: 7:52

It's incredible.

David Hernandez: 7:53

Now, I know you talked about how, you know, you do writing and you focus on some of the characters and I kind of wanted to dive into first, what made you want to start writing? What led you to become like a fanfic writer for Pokemon?

StandardizedBogey: 8:06

well, I've been writing since I could write. I've heard other writers describe it as, it's a need to create. It's not something you really choose, and like, an idea will eat at you until you get it out on the paper. What brought me back into Pokemon, because I had taken, uh, I still liked it, but I had kind of taken a break from it, was, Games Done Quick had done an Oris speed run, and I think it might have been a race, but, I just remembered how much I, I adored Oris, and then I slipped back in, and I haven't gotten back out since.

David Hernandez: 8:45

And what did you do when it came to writing? So you just start writing about Auris or,

StandardizedBogey: 8:50

I had written, back when Wurst came out, I had, I had a couple and so I dug those up and one of them, it's like, you know what, this is, this is good enough for me to do a rewrite with my, current skills. And I think it turned out pretty okay, but then I was like, well I'm gonna do like a one shot about, Saturn. And, I have now written about him pretty much more than any other character, which I was not expecting when it started, but, you know, here we are.

David Hernandez: 9:20

I noticed that Saturn was a lot of your main character when it came to the fanfics. what was it about Saturn specifically? Was there just something about his character that kind of drew you and inspired you to kind of want to write fanfic just for a Saturn?

StandardizedBogey: 9:33

he is probably the most interesting of the subordinates for the villain teams. He's got a lot of complexities to him that you really don't tend to see. what's also interesting about him is that the more you read on him, the more you realize that, no two writers can ever agree who he is, but there's consistencies in him, and there's a determination in him that, you know, this is not how it's going to be, I am going to fix it. However, whatever He considers it to be, and however he considers it to be fixed, he's going to do it. And he's just such an interesting character to me that I haven't been able to get off him.

David Hernandez: 10:17

Is it more of the sense that two writers can't find out their motivation or is it more of, the reason why he exists in the world is where I guess disagreement happens from your perspective.

StandardizedBogey: 10:29

It's really interesting because when you look at Galactic, the team dynamics and who each character is will change very much between iterations, we have, the anime, we have the game, we have the two mangas, and, all those writers took very different stances on what they are, known more than Saturn, because in one version he's this lazy tech gamer, and in another version, he's doing literally everything. I don't think the man has ever taken a break in his life. And another version, he's the team muscle, and then the other one, he's, he seems to be just like an in office administrator. It's, it's just crazy how, how much disagreement there seems to be on what his role should be in the team.

David Hernandez: 11:20

Interesting. It seems like he's just, they want him to be everything. Basically be the glue of Team Galactic and the Artists just view him as like he's, it sounds like they at least view him as important That's probably why they can't decide on what his role is

StandardizedBogey: 11:35

No, he's, he, he is generally the second in command, and he's, Cyrus is almost like a distant figurehead when you look at it. If he's wandering around, he's by himself and the things he's doing are not, they're important, but they're not crucial. Uh, Saturn is generally the one who's actually taking care of everything He's. tends to be the reason that anything that actually happened happened.

David Hernandez: 12:04

I

StandardizedBogey: 12:04

Um,

David Hernandez: 12:05

because I remember whenever some, a mission would go down you like I said You don't see Cyrus too often. You saw mostly Saturn come from behind the scenes in, he was kind of the The one who called the shots in a way, but then you

StandardizedBogey: 12:16

yeah.

David Hernandez: 12:16

of just the second in command. I, if that makes sense, I know it's kind of cliche what I just said, but still.

StandardizedBogey: 12:21

Oh, yeah. Yeah, no, Cyrus just kind of walks around Sinnoh and will just kind of look at stuff and his, his team is, are the ones who are actually doing things, so.

David Hernandez: 12:33

I wonder

StandardizedBogey: 12:33

Yeah, it's funny.

David Hernandez: 12:34

if maybe Cyrus views Saturn as the reliable person. Maybe that's why we see him

StandardizedBogey: 12:39

Yeah.

David Hernandez: 12:39

perspective that, oh, I don't need to be involved because I know Saturn will kind of take care of it.

StandardizedBogey: 12:44

that's definitely seems to be At least how in the game Saturn will describe their relationship, that this is very interesting, and I wanted to be right next to him, seeing what he was going to do. And that's another reason why it's so interesting, because that's not always the case. In, like, in the anime, he's handling everything, and other times it's clear that Jupiter outranks him. so he's, he's taking a step back, and yet he's still the one handling everything, somehow. And, it's just, he's a, he's a much more interesting character than I expected. Just, looking at him, and, hey, he's got neat hair. Um, maybe I'll, you know, check him out a little.

David Hernandez: 13:28

they all have neat hair, man. I wish I had their

StandardizedBogey: 13:30

They do.

David Hernandez: 14:36

I know another one that you did was Team Rocket, and specifically did a fanfic on Archer, I believe, right? What about

StandardizedBogey: 14:43

Yes,

David Hernandez: 14:43

I guess, inspired you to want to start writing about?

StandardizedBogey: 14:46

Archer almost seems like a prototype of Saturn in that, you know, you have the exceedingly dedicated subordinate who, running everything but like the difference Archer really needed masters and let's go Pikachu for, character development because he got nothing in the game he's just like well that's the end I can't do anything else I'm sorry I'm gone versus Saturn which is Part of the reason I glommed onto him harder was, no, no, we're, we're gonna fix this. I'm gonna take responsibility. I'm gonna take care of everyone and that's where it's gonna be. But, Archer's development in Masters has been very interesting because, he's a very repressed man. He's got a lot of deep trust issues and, a lot of pride in himself, but you can tell just like under the surface of what his words are, that pride in himself is entirely dependent on his job and having Giovanni stick around this time. And, uh,

David Hernandez: 15:52

It's almost like when Giovanni, I guess, disappeared, it became like a hole in him, basically, and his motivation is to try to have that reconnection and have that importance. Is that kind of? How it is from your perspective.

StandardizedBogey: 16:02

Yeah, I mean, not even my perspective, that's, he'll flat out say like, I ran this, I did it to keep it going so he could come back and everything's better because he's here. I don't want that top position, despite the fact that if he could run Rocket for years on his own, he can do it.

David Hernandez: 16:22

Mm hmm.

StandardizedBogey: 16:23

but he wants to be with Giovanni, and he wants everything for Giovanni, and that's all he cares about.

David Hernandez: 16:31

I think it really touches on the team rocket inspiration, which is the Yakuza and Yakuza for those who don't know, it's kind of like a gang basically. And usually people, why they join gangs is they don't really have a place to belong and that, that gang becomes your identity. And when you think about it, when Giovanni was defeated in Kanto, it basically, you know, of course dismantled everything that was built up, but for, Archer. What's his motive? What does he have left? It's basically he, he had a death basically. He doesn't know what he is now. And I think he, it sounds like he struggles with trying to find that next chapter in life.

StandardizedBogey: 17:05

Yeah, he, he does. And that's one of the most interesting things about them coming into masters is, especially if you're reading like their day with now that the executives are playable, you get a day with with them.

David Hernandez: 17:19

Mm

StandardizedBogey: 17:19

None of them are okay. They are all dead. deeply traumatized by what happened to them in HeartGold SoulSilver, and rather than dealing with that, they're just like, hey Giovanni's back, everything's great. And, they really have gotten a surprising amount of, work and development put into them by the Masters writing team and I really appreciate that.

David Hernandez: 17:41

So there's lots of, you kind of see the, you know, the afterwards, you know, we don't have to see in the game, see the masters, you got to kind of see the chapters continue. What do you see kind of maybe the hope or maybe the future? Is he kind of just stuck in limbo? Like. No place to go or he's still trying to reconcile and Pokemon masters.

StandardizedBogey: 17:56

I think he's just, he seems desperate. he really does seem like this is, I've gotten my second chance. I cannot let this go away again. Masters is very limited in what they can do, but he's, he very much seems like there is no limit to what he would do in order to keep Rocket together and most specifically keep Giovanni from abandoning them again.

David Hernandez: 18:26

He's worried that he's going to leave him again. And it basically, life goes back to how it was before gold, silver and crystal. Basically.

StandardizedBogey: 18:32

I mean, he would love it to go back to Gold Silver. He, he, he talks about it as, you know, this shining era of Rocket before Giovanni left at the end of the games. And he's like, I'm getting it back there. That's what I'm going to do.

David Hernandez: 18:46

Oh, I see. Yeah. Cause I guess gold, some crystals was his motivation was trying to get reconnected, but now before then he can.

StandardizedBogey: 18:52

Oh yeah, he had, he had hope for those games. And then, and then Ethan comes along and We were just talking about him today and Proton has a line that is very blatant. I should have killed that kid. Everything got ruined because I didn't kill that kid.

David Hernandez: 19:09

Mm hmm. Damn. He that teacher that personal man

StandardizedBogey: 19:12

yes he did.

David Hernandez: 19:13

Mm hmm. Well, it's crazy cuz you don't really get that within the series because

StandardizedBogey: 19:18

Oh yeah.

David Hernandez: 19:20

unless you really sit down and really deep dive into these characters You kind of miss it and you have to do a little bit research on your own

StandardizedBogey: 19:27

Oh no, they were very flat. I mean, in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, they didn't even have unique sprites. Proton was a grunt. I mean, he wasn't even an executive in the original games. But HeartGold, Tried it at least gave them sprites, but Let's go Pikachu and Eevee, Archer showing up in that a lot did a lot for him and then Masters has really taken the ball and run with it in a shocking way But it's made these characters interesting Which is you know, one of the best things about Masters is it'll take under use characters and really massage a interesting person out of them.

David Hernandez: 20:11

And it sounds like like you said, both Archer and Saturn, they both have the similar to where they're very important, but they also are kind of central, but they're not the top dog, I guess. And that's kind of what's drawn you. Is it just that, I guess, passion of them trying to pursue getting connected to that leader is kind of why I interest you from both the angles. Yeah,

StandardizedBogey: 20:30

to them. It's, it's how they handle the two situations. How, they kind of trade off who is better at what they're doing because they're very much the same person, but Archer will be, Archer seems to be better at running it because he's, he's better He's better at getting it back together. He's better at pivoting on his feet. on his feet versus Saturn who's ultimately a much stronger person in that Cyrus Leebing does not crush him. He's just like, well, wow, he sucked more than I expected him to and Now, life's gonna go on. Versus Archer, who I think walked into the ocean at the end of the game. So.

David Hernandez: 21:15

that's a very depressing to end.

StandardizedBogey: 21:19

He's, he's not okay at the end of, uh, Hark, Old Soul Sliver. So,

David Hernandez: 21:22

needs some therapy. He needs

StandardizedBogey: 21:24

he does.

David Hernandez: 21:25

He needs a group hug. That's really what he needs. He'll probably kill us, but he needs a group hug. My last question in regards to just with the, I mean, so the last thing I want to touch on when it comes to this interview,

StandardizedBogey: 21:34

Yeah, of course.

David Hernandez: 21:34

know, early you talked about, you know, you and your husband met through Pokemon. Now you have

StandardizedBogey: 21:37

Mm hmm.

David Hernandez: 21:37

who are interested in Pokemon. What is

StandardizedBogey: 21:40

Mm hmm.

David Hernandez: 21:42

Now you get to kind of pass that down to your

StandardizedBogey: 21:44

I appreciate it a lot, in part because I grew up as a Pokemon kid and, you know, if, when you're, when you are a Pokemon kid, you have a lot of those dead eyed stares from adults. It's just like, okay, when are, when are they going to stop talking about this? And so now it's, I really take the opportunity to, you know, okay, well, tell me more about that. And, like, really bond with them. Like, the other thing they're really into is, Minecraft. And I don't know shit about Minecraft, but because of my experience, I've taken the stance of, you know what, just explain it to me. I, I want to hear all of it. And it's really Become a great way to bond, which I appreciate very much.

David Hernandez: 22:28

How has your kids experienced Pokemon? Is it primary through the anime

StandardizedBogey: 22:30

Um,

David Hernandez: 22:31

or?

StandardizedBogey: 22:33

the games mostly, but, more of the characters. Like, my one son has just fallen in love with Evie To the point that for Christmas, we got him all of the Eeveelutions, and now they are the characters in every single game. they're currently downstairs, fighting a fire in Car City that was caused by a helicopter crash. So, you know, that's just how, how their thing goes. But, They do play the games plenty. Oh, when I was going through, Legends Arceus, they were pretty young at the time, but it was like, you know what's gonna be cute? I'm gonna name, this one after my one son and this one after my other son. And I learned very quickly that was a bad idea because whenever one would faint, they would lose their mind. And it's just like, buddy hit me with a, Super effective. There's nothing I could have done about that.

David Hernandez: 23:24

you're still alive. It's not meant to be you. It's

StandardizedBogey: 23:26

Yeah. Oh, I mean they were they were little little and they It was just like okay, we're gonna find a new name for these guys.

David Hernandez: 23:33

Did you have a particular favorite game that you enjoyed playing or maybe series of games? I know you grew up on Canto and cows is not your favorite.

StandardizedBogey: 23:40

Oh, yeah I think oris is my favorite of the series. Archie and maxi are good as a concept, but they had the same writing maxi was brain dead in the original RWBY and they turned them into much better characters and much more interesting characters and then the flying mechanic around Hoenn was one of the most magical experiences. and then I, I honestly do have a very big soft spot for the Let's Go games because that was the first time that Pokemon felt as alive as it did in my head when I was 10. just seeing the Pokemon for the first time just crawling around in the grass and flying through the air And you're not being you know, this isn't a cut scene. This is just how the world is and it actually felt vibrant And, that they also just took this character who had, I think he had maybe four lines in the original game, and turned him into a person. It's just like, yeah, okay. I, I love it.

David Hernandez: 24:47

I think that, you know, Let's Go definitely and ORAS are kind of the crawling before we see what we now with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and Pokemon Sword and Shield. I agree with ORAS. Um, with Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, that was my biggest gripe is that I never understood Team Aqua's motivation. It didn't make much sense to me, especially based on how it was laid out. And it was Cookie Cutter. They both said the same thing. There wasn't really anything that Separated the two, but then you have R. A. S. and they really put a lot more depth into separating and making their more distinct characters. You've got Maxis kind of like the, I don't want to say smart snob, but that's what the vibe he gave me. And then you got Archie, who's the very aggressive, like you could just see the differences compared to Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. But then, like you said, the flying mechanic, the Latias or Latias, Mega Latias, you get to fly through. That's what we do now with,

StandardizedBogey: 25:32

It was, it was crazy, and, I was, man, I, I have to say I was deeply disappoint the one thing that I was disappointed with, with, Scarlet Violet, and I love the, I mean, I maxed out the decks, I have 100 percent of them, I love them, was that Turo and Sata have the same dialogue. And it's just like, when it was coming out, it's like, please don't pull an Archie and Maxie, and they sure did. what I was really hoping was that, when they presented us with Turo and Sada, that you have two very diametrically opposed viewpoints. Give us Oris Archie and Maxie, not Ruby Sapphire. Emerald, Archie and Maxie, and they give us Ruby Sapphire and Emerald, Archie and Maxie with the two of them. I was so disappointed with that. but otherwise I love, I really genuinely love Scarlet Violet. It's, it's a great cast, but that, that really ate at me. It's like they're the same dialogue. Why are they doing that

David Hernandez: 26:33

Oh, it's, yeah. Well, it's Pokemon, unfortunately. We gotta have It

StandardizedBogey: 26:36

Unfortunately,

David Hernandez: 26:37

but some They do good, though. That's the hard part. That's what makes it

StandardizedBogey: 26:39

oh yeah.

David Hernandez: 26:40

such good work, and then they just take it back sometimes. But I agree with you. Scarlet and Violet, the same stuff we have with Ruby and Sapphire. Just same dialogue. There really wasn't much difference. You just know that they're both the

StandardizedBogey: 26:51

Yeah.

David Hernandez: 26:52

Yeah, same motivations.

StandardizedBogey: 26:53

Yeah, unfortunately. At least it didn't, you know, at least it wasn't a Lysander situation where it's like, well, it doesn't make sense, this dialogue. But,

David Hernandez: 27:01

Well, standardized bogey, thank you for coming on the podcast before you go I want to ask

StandardizedBogey: 27:06

Uh huh.

David Hernandez: 27:07

Pokemon question If somebody was gonna come battle you six on six, what six Pokemon would you bring?

StandardizedBogey: 27:13

Oh my God. Um, I, I don't, I, that is a hard one. I, I have bonded so hard with my Scarlet Violet team and they have a deep, which I found out of course at the Elite four. They have a deep problem with ground. So the team that I wanna come fight with, uh, you come at me with Claude Zi. Even though I have a Cloudsire, it's gonna die. I love, I love my Gengar. I love my Gyarados. I love, I miss my Talonflame. Yes. Uh, my tinton was exceptional. And, uh, okay, let's see. Where are we at? I know now I'm trying to think. Uh, you know what, I'm throwing in a wimple just to be the team mascot.'cause I can't think of anyone right now. And I love Worm Bowl. Mm-hmm

David Hernandez: 28:05

all right. We're getting some love. I love it.

StandardizedBogey: 28:07

Yep. He's a great little guy. I love that. I love the party he has.

David Hernandez: 28:12

Standardized bogey. Thank you for coming on the podcast. Before you go, people want to check out your writing. If they want to connect with you, where can they go? By all means, please plug away

StandardizedBogey: 28:20

Yes, I am standardized bogey over on AO3. I am, AcreTwins over on Twitter, and I'm also standardized bogey over on Tumblr, and that's where I am the most of the time. I