"From Shell Tap to Aqua Jet Oshawott" ft. OshaGod | TRAINER'S EYE #167

What if the Pokémon that never got picked...ended up choosing you?

For Oshagod, the bond with Oshawott wasn’t just about a favorite, it became a reflection of his perseverance, personality, and purpose. We dive into his journey from a quiet childhood admiration to becoming a Twitch streamer who shares stories, shines light on autism, and reclaims confidence after losing his job during the pandemic. Through shiny hunting, in-game empathy, and lifelong connection to the anime, Oshagod reveals how Pokémon didn’t just shape his past, it helps him stay grounded in the present.

Listen now to explore a story full of nostalgia, resilience, and the kind of connection only Pokémon can spark.

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

Transcript

Oshagod: 0:00

My name is Oshagod, and this is my Pokemon story.

0:02

Um, uh, Umumph. Um, uh, Um, uh, umph uh uh uh uh.

David Hernandez: 0:45

Welcome to as the Pokemon Turns, where every voice, every journey, and every memory brings us closer to the world of Pokemon. I'm David Hernandez and I'm joined by a streamer who's favorite. Otter always makes us splash. And whose childhood bond with Pokemon still echoes through every story he shares. Oshagod, welcome to As The Pokeball Turns.

Oshagod: 1:04

Nice. Thank you for having me.

David Hernandez: 1:06

Absolutely. And I'm gonna assume that Oshawott your favorite Pokemon, you seem to have a very fondness to that Pokemon. I wanted to ask, like, can you share the story of how it became your favorite Pokemon, or what's the connection with it?

Oshagod: 1:17

Yeah, so, It was right around the time that they announced Pokemon Black and White. I wasn't like a little, little kid, I was probably like early preteen tween, they announced Oshawott and I was like, oh, this is a cute little character. You know, I wonder, you know, what his personality is gonna be. And so, when the anime, appeared on Cartoon Network. I was like, oh, cool, let's check it out, you know, and then Oshawott showed up and it was so cute it had a good personality. And then, as I've grown up, like I've kind of resonated with its personality just on screen. I don't know what it is, it's just for some reason it's just that Pokemon itself has just always resonated with me and just who I am, you know?

David Hernandez: 2:02

do you remember what parts of it you kind of enjoyed over other Pokemon?

Oshagod: 2:05

so in the anime, one thing is the kind of like how he, he. he had basically. gone to Professor Juniper's lab and no one had picked him and so he was just kind of following Ash around. then eventually, I believe it was an episode where I think Sandile, they were like at some Resort and Sandile was being a bully Oshawott kind of helped out or whatnot. But I think a lot of just what else resonated with me with Oshawott was there was this, I I guess was training and he was the. Aqua Jett, like he closes his eyes under the water and that whole story eventually his eyes or he navigates it, you know, so that this kind of resonates with me, my perseverance. Keep going, you know?

David Hernandez: 2:55

Yeah. I think I'm starting to remember now'cause I remember it would always close its eye'cause it would always lose control of its Aqua Jett. So it was very uncontrollable. And it was also the one that tapped its shell. Right. When it was proud of something.

Oshagod: 3:06

Yeah

David Hernandez: 3:07

Okay. So you resonated with the perseverance of Oshawott. The fact that it kept trying, even though I think it was scared, is the reason why it wouldn't open its eyes. Yeah. Right. Right. Awesome, man. Say that Oshawott was able to be like a co streamer on your Twitch channel. What kind of dynamic do you think y'all two would have? Oh man.

Oshagod: 3:25

I think, I I think would be getting into too many things. Be a cat, just too, be getting into too many things or he would want like you said probably. know?

David Hernandez: 3:36

right. That's fine.

Oshagod: 3:37

you

David Hernandez: 3:38

Well, let's go ahead and dive into your first experience. So you started with Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green. What was it like to start playing those games or to experience those games when you started getting into Pokemon?

Oshagod: 3:47

Uh, so I mean I watched the anime and I was like, oh, you know, I want Charmander. You know, I wanna be, I want Charizard So, when you're first playing your first Pokemon game, uh, most people what they do is they just solo it with the starter and have like little other Pokemon be like the HM designated Pokemon. So that was me. I don't think I ever beat the game, but I do remember, Beating, Gary or Blue, right before the, elite Four right outside, indigo Plateau. But Yeah. so that's what I remember from that basically.

David Hernandez: 4:20

I guess you went with the Charmander starter, I assume.'Cause you said, you said Char, so I'm assuming that's the one you went through.

Oshagod: 4:26

Yeah, because Charizard was was my favorite when I was like, when I was little, little, little and just kind of always, it's my second favorite, now, but like and it's always. like one of my top five or just top two. but yeah, and then also I remember, the game in the, in the grocery store too. That's another thing I remember Walking around with playing. grocery store,

David Hernandez: 4:48

okay. So you would just be walking with your parents while they get the groceries and you'd be focused on the, were you using like a Game Boy advance or an SP at the time?

Oshagod: 4:56

Oh man, I, yeah, I used the, was it, I think it was, I don't know if it was a Silver or was the blue, the pearl blue one, but I do remember having, I I don't have anymore. I wish, had it, but Oh man.

David Hernandez: 5:09

uh, the things we wish we kept when we were young. Right?

Oshagod: 5:12

Oh yeah, for sure.

David Hernandez: 5:14

I guess what kept you engaged with the game because you were looking forward to this game. So did it meet up to the expectations and what did you enjoy about it?

Oshagod: 5:22

I, I Yeah, I mean, yeah, it'd be up with the expectations. I mean, I, I I. it would play like the anime, so, you know, of course, you know how they, they play not out of turn, but they just kind of battle and there's no turns really. There's just. Going out at it, but I thought that's what it was. But then I kind of learned this is how it is and this is how it's structured and this is how it plays. It's different from the anime. I guess what kept me going, I mean, I don't, I mean, just discovering new Pokemon and seeing the ones I've saw on TV or the show, like, oh, I know that Pokemon, you know,

David Hernandez: 5:57

so you were watching both the anime and playing the games at that point to where you would watch the anime and then you would kind of. I don't wanna say reflect, but you would kind of model what you saw on the anime into the game show. Would you have like usually the favorites of the main cast usually?

Oshagod: 6:11

Yeah, Yeah, I definitely had Pikachu. I, I, I know it was some point, I always a butterfree. I always caught Caterpie every time. I'm Kanto with Caterpie every time. I don't know why. I think Caterpie is like one of my, one of my favorites. But yeah, having a Caterpie, always having a Pidgey, you know, one of those,

David Hernandez: 6:31

Did you feel like you were kind of Ash Ketchum whenever you would play the games?'cause you almost pretty much were copying word for word almost.

Oshagod: 6:38

Yeah, I,think I named myself Ash at one point, when I was a kid, you know, I don't wanna be me. I would go to Ash one day, you know, or like that, so,

David Hernandez: 6:47

I mean, I did the same thing with, the Hoen Games Sapphire specifically, um, because I usually always did Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip in that order. So they, because I chose Torchic, I try to get a team like May, so I would have, Torchic, I would have Beautifly, I would get a SKitty. And I think that was pretty much about it to what I could copy from her team, if I remember correctly. But I would try to kind of live out like how her adventure would've gone had she had played in those games, you know? Right, right. Now, you know, you kept playing with the game, so did you continue through going through all the generations afterwards? Like what was after gen three?

Oshagod: 7:24

So after gen three, it was Diamond and Pearl. and I remember those two. and then I kind of had like an affinity. It kind of, I liked Chimchar a lot, but it wasn't like a strong as like Charizard was or what Oshawott is now. But I remember playing those, I mean, I played every generation. I've played every one of them,

David Hernandez: 7:43

Oh, so you've been consistent since FireRed, LeafGreen till present day. Yeah. Ooh, wow. Hey, I like that. Some dedication. I love it.

Oshagod: 7:51

Oh yeah!

David Hernandez: 7:53

Well, let me ask you this question. What's your favorite, I'll say set of games or region that you enjoyed playing?

Oshagod: 7:59

man. Uh, Unova.

David Hernandez: 8:02

Unova, Why Unova??

Oshagod: 8:04

Other than Oshawott is starters, It's mainly modeled after that New York and New Jersey and that area. But even Driftveil City, like I know it's supposed to be, you know, somewhere like I said New York, New Jersey. But it resonated with me'cause I'm from Texas, you know, so I got clay, you know, and. Got the, the oil guy, you know, and the, yeah, so it was That the Pokemon are just is really good. Hydreigon is like the good one. High Galvantula, Krookodile, like there's so many Pokemon. The story is good, I think it's probably the closest. to maybe an evil team being really bad other than Team Flare in sixth Gen. But that gen is just, I don't know, top tier to me.

David Hernandez: 8:53

I guess you also stuck with the same Pokemon that ash pick. So you would do Levanny, Krookodile,, Roggenrola and stuff like that.

Oshagod: 9:01

Yeah, I I lot of Ash's Pokemon. But like thing that I noticed, when I got kind of older was the anime, like the English dub of it would wouldn't come out until after the games. We got the games. So my team would just be whatever I liked at the moment. And then when I played it again, yeah, of course I had some Ash's Pokemon, but a lot of my staples was the, bird, the Krookodile, Darmanitan, Oshawott, like some of those.

David Hernandez: 9:32

Now when it came to Pokemon, how did it kind of help you find friends? Because I think you said you found friends online because of Pokemon.

Oshagod: 9:40

Okay. Yeah, so I had a friend, named, Ian. And we would play Pokemon together, but we'd have the cards and, know, we'd play the game. We'd talk about what our team, and he would be like, oh, I have this mythical, and then I'll let him borrow my game so he could put like Darkrai and stuff on it. And Jirachi, I still have his Jirachi still, I.

David Hernandez: 10:00

Really? Okay. Uh,

Oshagod: 10:01

yeah. that, and then I think when HeartGold, Soul Silver came out, I think it kind of just died down for like making friends and I really, I. Didn't really make much friends, like meaningful friendships until like maybe college and then even then that kind of died down too. But, really just how I maybe had friends now is just kind of the commonality of who you grow up with. The same things, we experience the same things. We're, we're, you know, we're We're still in the Pokemon, we're we're not know, badmouthing people. Like, you know, the bullies would do while we were in school.

David Hernandez: 10:39

did you feel like you were alienated at some point because you liked Pokemon?'cause? You said like specifically around, I think you said platinum, is when you kind of felt like you didn't really have any friends to kind of go to, to have that Pokemon connection. If so, you will.

Oshagod: 10:51

yeah. Around like platinum time was, yeah. Really when it died down. And then you know, the boys was like, you know, they'd be interested in Call of Duty and, know, all the other shooter games. And I, you know, I was like, okay, yeah, cool, I'll play that. But at the same time, like I always was consistent with Pokemon, But you you know, sometimes game, I kind of didn't. I stopped playing it or I just restarted. but Yeah, so yeah, it was around those times.

David Hernandez: 11:17

that's pretty much similar to my way.'cause you know, I had friends and they were really good friends, don't get me wrong, but they were also into the, uh, shooting games.'cause Call of Duty was huge. halo was huge. But for me, you know, I was just so, I guess hyper. Infatuated with Pokemon. Like I would play the games over and over and over and it just was hard to find friends who would be that dedicated back in those days. So I, you know, they entertained me more so than they probably should have. But I kind of feel you to where I can feel alienating, where you don't have that friend to talk Pokemon with, you know, it's like a different language in a way.

Oshagod: 11:50

Right.

11:51

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David Hernandez: 12:25

I wanted to ask,'cause you said something about, so you said something interesting to me, how Pokemon taught you empathy, creativity, and friendship. And I was wondering, would you be willing to elaborate, like how Pokemon taught you that

Oshagod: 12:34

So kind of a little niche thing about me is I'm autistic. So kind of how I learn my social skills and kind of like I kind of learn how to talk to people and how to like be friendly and empathetic was through Pokemon, like, the anime and even the games teach you that Pokemon are our friends. You know, they're not tools, know, they love us. they like battling'cause it's kind of like a, a fast time for them. I I mean, I know the battling part kind of sounds bad obviously, but like, just kind of like how the characters interacted and how I kind of cared for my Pokemon when I was playing. Like, I would always treat them as like. royalty. Like, I would be like, oh, this is very this, you know, they'd get sad if I I wasn't there, kind of thing. So it gets kind of, I kind of treated them like as a pet, you know? But like with love, you know?

David Hernandez: 13:27

Do you have like specific examples on how you would treat them with that kinda love that you're talking about?

Oshagod: 13:32

So in the older games you really couldn't do anything with a six gen. You could like give them like, Bathe them and give them like, uh, what is it, macarons, or was it the P puffs? That's right.

David Hernandez: 13:44

Yeah. Pokey puffs. Yeah.

Oshagod: 13:45

That, and then like even now, and like Scarlet and Violet, you can give'em baths and the same thing, you know, sandwiches. And then even eighth gen, you know, with. Sword Shield curries. even even now, like been, it is, it's a lot more, like I, I'm a lot more expressive with the Pokemon and like when, how I took care of them mm-hmm. than it was back then. But back then, I mean, I would make sure they wouldn't faint or you know, I'd take'em to this Pokemon center, I'd heal twice. You know, everybody thinks that you heal twice, the friendship goes up, you know,

David Hernandez: 14:19

Yeah.

Oshagod: 14:19

kind of thing. So,

David Hernandez: 14:21

Yeah, I felt the same way.'cause whenever I would see my Pokemon, like almost about to faint or like in the or if they were already fainted, I would literally run to back to the Pokemon Center because I'm like, oh, they're hurt. I need to get'em healed. And just like you, I would treat'em like pets because to me they're fainted. I'm like, you gotta take care of'em in a way. So I really kind of resonate with that. I kind of relate for sure.

Oshagod: 14:41

Yeah,

David Hernandez: 14:43

You know, you mentioned how Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Sword and Shield, or I guess more of the recent games you mentioned, how more of the recent games have different ways to connect with Pokemon than we did back growing up. Do you enjoy those new ways to kind of engage with Pokemon, like with the campgrounds, with the, like spreading the status with the brushes and all that?

Oshagod: 15:01

Yeah, I mean, even back on Pokemon Yellow, I'm bring this like, even the Pokemon following you mechanic is just, we all want, like a lot of fans wanted it and you kind of have as crawling about it, but it's not the same. You know, they're not really following you, all the way they kind of like fall back. But even then, I I like it because it's accurate. to how like the Pokemon would move or their speed, you Mm-hmm. So I like that part. of it, you know, in the newer generations.

David Hernandez: 15:33

Is there a particular character that kind of reflects who you are? You think, like you kind of look at that person and you're like, I'm kind of dislike you as a person.

Oshagod: 15:41

Uh, like a Pokemon character probably, Oshawott obviously that him, but like, um, geez, like I, I mean, I see, I see myself a lot of Ash and Brock kind of with the breeding aspect.'cause I love Masuda method. That's my favorite Shiny method. And so the breeding part, like, I don't know if this is like later part but, like I always, wanted to either be like a gym leader or like a Pokemon Breeder. And, like in the Pokemon world, because I feel like one I can, you know, make a Pokemon with good stats or whatever for Pokemon Who or trainers who want a battle. And then, you know, gym leader, you know, everybody wants to be a gym leader, you know,

David Hernandez: 16:23

For me, I've always wanted to be a Pokemon breeder. I love like the idea of breeding moves to Pokemon. Um, back in gen three, I remember I tried so hard to get my Salamence to know hydro pump. Now you wouldn't want Salamence to know a special attack, but I just thought it was kind of cool to be able to, I think I had a chain breed or something like that. Can't remember. It was kind of complicated. Yeah, and it was just kind of cool to get that kind of move. It felt like it was something special. So for me, I definitely would be a breeder. But you said you'd be either a breeder or probably a breeder it sounds like as well. Right. Yeah.

Oshagod: 16:53

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

David Hernandez: 16:54

Are you primarily a Shiny Hunter through the Masuda Method that I take it?

Oshagod: 16:58

Yeah, Yeah, i do a lot of Masuda and uh, yeah, I do a lot of Masuta method. That's like my favorite method of all time. I don't know what it is. I mean, a lot of people hate it because it's so time consuming, but I I don't I just find it interesting. I don't know.

David Hernandez: 17:13

When it comes to just playing Pokemon in general, What's a moment, I guess, being part of the online community that kind of really stuck with you finding friends online?

Oshagod: 17:21

I, I think just like sharing sharing similar stories, and then people kind of having the, the similar. or having the same fondness for a Pokemon or having a special memory. I, I think the memories and just the fondness and the, and the shared experiences, I think is what makes it just the best part.

David Hernandez: 17:40

Do you have any other, uh, stories you wanna share? Something that we maybe have not touched on so far?

Oshagod: 17:45

I would say maybe like the first shiny I ever got, like the full, my first full odds shiny. Um, and it wasn't through go'cause like through go technically my first shiny was Caterpie I goes kind of a, I mean, I I would consider my ever and I count it and, you know, whatever in the record, books, whatever for myself, but, I had just got done doing like, um, like a wonder lock or a surprise tray, kinda lock kinda nuts, luck kind of so I'm kind of done with this and I'm not, you know, doing the. Thing anymore, so let me try shiny hunting. And so I went up into, I think it's the, the path to the peak area where Frostmoth was and I just ran into a bunch of frost moths And eventually some one point and I I was like, what if I just never find it? And then one day I got on my stream and I was like, I wanna go on early, you know, like it. Freaking, I don't even know, 8:00 AM And I got on and the first, Frostmoth ran into was shiny. And I'm like, okay, so I can do this. I can shiny hunt. So, and then I just, it kinda just kickstarted it all. And then I got, shiny, Nekkid, and then after that was Ponyta, Galarian Ponytal. And then, yeah, I just kind of sky rocketed from there,, you know, Mm-hmm. I just never stopped shiny hunting after that.

David Hernandez: 19:07

Now you seem to have a difference, I guess, in connection, between Pokemon Go Shinies and Real Game Shinies, do you kind of hold more value to the real, the in game Shinies compared to Pokemon Go?

Oshagod: 19:19

Uh, yeah, I do like with Pokemon Go, like if it's a community day, you know, let me, you know, it's, eh, but if it's like just a random one you find, like, you know, you click on, you go on the app, you open it up, you click on a Pokemon at shiny that I count, but like, what's a community today? I'm just like, eh,

David Hernandez: 19:35

It's'cause you get like so many of them, it's like they kind of lose meaning to it.

Oshagod: 19:39

Right. But I mean a shiny is a shiny, and I'm not gonna, I just don't count it myself, but I will congratulate someone for getting a shiny

David Hernandez: 19:48

Of, of course, of course. Yeah. You still celebrate with them, but it's just a personal, a personal I guess, choice for you in a way. Right?

Oshagod: 19:55

right.

David Hernandez: 19:56

Now you alluded to how you started streaming on Twitch, Why did you start streaming on Twitch?

Oshagod: 20:02

So, our age when, you know, YouTube was, I say it was. Just starting out. But it was like around the era of like, you know, PewDiePie coming out and a lot of other YouTubers that, you know, are no longer doing the platform anymore. And I always kind of wanted to do something like that, be in front of the camera, but just be so sort of an entertaining kind of person. And then, I watched a lot of, you know, a lot of cus before he. You know, went off the deep end and whatever. Uh, and so it was a lot of that. And then I, I watched a lot of Pokemon pokey tubers and I was like, I wanna do this. And I never had the means to do it, you know, when I was growing up and even in college, you know, I was in college and I wanted to do it too. And then, the pandemic happened and I was working, my, big boy college degree job, And just things happened happened there. and I got fired and I. Then the stimulus check came in'cause I got it late for some reason and the stimulus came in and I'm like, let me get a stream set up because let me try doing this and let me see if it works. And so in April of 2021, I started my first stream. It wasn't, I was supposed to have a face cam.'cause I was a face cam streamer for a while, and then I became a p and g YouTuber, v YouTuber. so I didn't have a cam and so I started doing the Wonder Lock with Pokemon and kind of did that and I had a little audience and then I finished that and I went to the Shining Hunting, and then I kept going, and then started doing, other variety content like Lego games and like, R RPGs, but just kind of other kind of games

David Hernandez: 21:48

Yeah, like,

Oshagod: 21:50

like a Plagues

David Hernandez: 21:50

uh,

Oshagod: 21:51

and, um, forgot what other games I played, but like a lot of those other games. And then I just kind of wanted to Pokemon, so I just stuck with Pokemon. And then ever since then it's been like, so it's been four years now, but Pokemon probably three years consistently.

David Hernandez: 22:09

I guess since, you know, you talked about how you got fired during the pandemic and you know, you didn't have a job, but you decided to kind of pursue this hobby or interest, whatever you wanna call it, Twitch. How did that kind of, I guess, help you reclaim maybe your sense of purpose during that kind of time when the world was kind of falling apart?

Oshagod: 22:26

Uh, you know, you, you mentioned you a self sense of purpose. You know, I, um, of course my, you know, my self-esteem was lowered. know, I getting fired. You know, even, and I, and I still think I live on the, still, live on the top of the hill. In saying that, it was a dumb reason. But even Anyway, I just, I, of felt like I kind of feel like I actually, and you know, because, you know, when I was my. job, like I. lot, I had like, I had a community kind of behind me somewhat, so they were kind of like, oh, you know, I can't wait to read this next thing or do, you know, see this next thing that I'm, this he's doing or whatever. so I like, I had a sense of trying to find the self myself. Sense of purpose is kind of just, you You know, meeting other people, and other people. Being like, Hey, you know, I think people and you know, let me stick around and watch you and follow you interact with you and stuff. So, and it kind of gave me a sense of being important again, I would say.

David Hernandez: 23:27

And how do you carry that sense of importance, I guess, or that sense of worth and validation to your streams? Now I.

Oshagod: 23:34

So in the beginning I kind of carried it as like in a strong sense, but now keeping, just even now, like that whole sense of worth. I mean, I still think that. People still wanna see me, even though, you know, even if it's one person, people still wanna see me and see what I'm doing and, you know, still wanna be there for me and cheer for me and support me. And so it I mean a lot just knowing that people wanna support me, despite me being being there not, you know?

David Hernandez: 24:04

well, I think that's a very noble way to approach it because even if you just say one person's watching you, They're family in a way because just like you treated your Pokemons, how you treat your audience, it sounds like, hey, it may just be one person that's there watching, but I wanna make sure they're included and they get some entertainment out of it. Is that fair to say?

Oshagod: 24:22

Right. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Like I want people to get some entertainment out of it and you know, a lot of things, what I gotta remember is that even though, you know, no one's talking, they may be like, mean when on stream.'cause when I'm on a stream, you know, I don't talk a lot because I feel like. wouldn't say like, I feel like I'm annoying, but I just feel like, let me just let the usuals, the regulars talk and let me just, you know, listen to what the streamers, so I do watch, I just don't say anything. And I have to remember that people, there could be people like that in my stream and you know, I got, don't let that just discourage me from, you know, keeping going. You know, that's a lot of like my thing. Even then, now, even now.

David Hernandez: 25:02

Now obviously you named yourself osha, God, you know, not osha. Why you're osha. God. How did that kind of fit into you wanting to bring yourself in outta comfort in the fun? Like why Name yourself, osha, God.

Oshagod: 25:14

So start of that was basically in college. Um, there was a Pokemon club and so we were doing a lot of like competitive and I wasn't, I'm kind of new to it, so I'm like, okay, let me bring my favorite Pokemon Oshawott and let me make him like. Beefy and busted. So I called him.

David Hernandez: 25:34

yeah. Um,

Oshagod: 25:35

Um, so that kind kind of with me. And then I kind of have always, then I started, that name, you know, like for my play throughs and like game gamer tags and things of that nature. I I think, I think, I kind of changed everything, my gamer tags and everything when I started streaming seriously. mm-hmm. Um, and so now everything's kind Oshagod, but, That's kind of how it came to be, was just that, just in college, just making that one Oshawott, you know?

David Hernandez: 26:02

In a way, it reminds me of you, you take an Oshawott on your new journey as a Twitch streamer and you just kind of taking it, y'all was like, we're gonna do this together and entertain people just with our own ansys, you know?

Oshagod: 26:13

right, right. Exactly.

David Hernandez: 26:16

Osha. God, before you go, I wanna ask this last question. Close out the interview, if somebody's gonna come battle you. what six Pokemon would you bring to the battle?

Oshagod: 26:24

Oh man. So there was this, this trend going around on TikTok, like my realistic Pokemon team. And so I guess it would probably be V six. So Oshawott, um, the reason for it is coming, you know, I live in America, the American Pokemon region.

David Hernandez: 26:41

Um, I.

Oshagod: 26:42

otters, um, but not as much as frogs, which I'll get into that. so, and then al's my favorite Pokemon, so it's a no brainer. And then, um, I would say Politoed. I love frogs. I love water. Pokemon Politoed was always just one of my favorite gin two Pokemon. And even on the, in the anime, you know. You know, it just itself was just had a good personality, you know, it's a frog again, you know. and then Umbreon because I have a black cat and I love Umbreon, I love dark type Pokemon. and then the rings kind of remind me of my cat's eyes'cause they're yellow.

David Hernandez: 27:17

Oh, I like that. Uh,

Oshagod: 27:18

uh, Charizard because it is my favorite and I can use it to fly around and go, you know, places and, things of that nature. Bellibolt, again, I love frogs, but you know, electric, you know, for my electricity and, you know, it's friend shaped, so, you know, Archeops because it's my my favorite. dinosaur. I like a Trics, the little bird dinosaur. I, I I, I've always liked that, and it's my favorite. other than Amara. Mm-hmm. yeah, I think that would be my team

David Hernandez: 27:50

Well, Oshagod, if people wanna check out your content, if they wanna connect with you, where can they go? By all means, please plug away.

Oshagod: 27:56

Yeah, so you You can. see me on a twitch, usually on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. But I've been kind of doing a little different, a mix Twitch TV slash asha, God, um, on YouTube you could find some of my, um. Clips and some other content. see, it's Asha, God, TTV and then TikTok, troga, T, TV as well. And then also catching on Blue sky, you know, um, Asha, God, blue sky, and

David Hernandez: 28:25

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