Month: May 2016
The Hopefully Eternal Catching of Mesprit, Love, and Life
“And if you hurt me, well that’s okay baby only words bleed. Here in these pages you just hold me. I won’t ever let you go.”
-Ed Sheeran, Photograph
Legendary Pokemon are a lot more difficult to catch than their non-legendary counterparts. It’s either because they simply have a low Pokeball catch rate, or they have gimmicks. It’s either their location is hard to access, or worse – they have no dungeon at all. Some of them can only be chanced upon in completely random circumstances, while others, despite having an official location, leave it, and make them chase you all over the region. Truth be told, it’s one of the annoying types, as they’re tiresome to capture. Mesprit, however, made me realize that the chase actually makes the pursuit worth the capture.
In the Sinnoh region, which is my favorite region because it’s the Pokemon World’s birthplace, there are the three lake guardians – Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit. When the world was created by Arceus, the three of them came into being and brought forth three metaphysical facets of the souls of humans and Pokemon; Uxie gave knowledge, Azelf gave willpower, and Mesprit, emotion. Of course, my favorite is Mesprit, because without fear, doubt, shame, guilt, anger, sadness, joy, and ultimately, love, then humans and Pokemon would merely be sentient yet cold beings who would not value the existences and experiences of their own as well as others. Yes, my favorite is Mesprit, even though she it’s the only one of the three who made me chase her it around Sinnoh. Because after going to Lake Verity cave to see and capture Mesprit, she it flew off to some random part of the map.
According to Professor Rowan, Mesprit wants to play with me. Not to be a self-proclaimed douche of a Pokemon expert, Professor, but your old ass has been sitting in the lab since Arceus created the damn world, so I have more firsthand Pokemon knowledge and experience. And you know what I think? Mesprit is conflicted.
Maybe she it doesn’t want to be captured because she it feels that even though being with a trainer would make her it happy, it would be wrong her it, a highly esteemed legendary Pokemon, to need a trainer. But oh, little does not-so-little Mesprit know that being with a Pokemon trainer is not a sign of weakness, but of strength, for without her it this trainer would be nothing. Sure, I got Torterra, Vaporeon, Staraptor, or even Giratina, but it’s just not the same without the life Mesprit evokes in my heart. Likewise, the trainer brings out the best in Pokemon. While there is no doubt that Pokemon and human beings can live strong and separate lives, but together they get to unlock their ultimate potential. On a separate but related note, it takes a considerable strength to handle a Pokemon like Mesprit, as well as the tenacity to go after her it.
Or maybe Mesprit is concerned about me. She It knows that wielding a Legendary brings pressure, both from the Pokemon itself and other trainers. But oh Mesprit, I’ve always known that a trainer’s life, especially capturing and sharing a life with a legendary Pokemon, will never be easy. I could’ve chosen to capture Azelf and Uxie – much easier targets – but you know me, Mesprit, always one for the challenge. But don’t think I’m doing this for the challenge alone; I’m doing this because I want what you represent and have given the world: emotion, and ultimately, life.
Then again, perhaps Mesprit only meant to run away once because of the weight of her its heart, but then she it felt guilty for having done so and have become embarrassed, making herself itself think that she it has no other choice but to continue getting away from me. But oh Mesprit, you need not feel the burden of your initial action, thus Ed Sheeran’s quote above. Besides, of all Pokemon, you, granter of emotions, should know that love this great and lasting is much greater than temporal pain.
Well, whatever the reason for her its seemingly ceaseless flight, I just have to go after her it, so I did. Every time I fly next to her it, she it would fly to a faraway in a completely different direction. It took me a while to understand that, but once I did, it was all downhill uphill from there, as I had to run, bike, surf, many miles just to get to where she it is. And every time we met, I am only given one turn before she it would spirit away to somewhere else, but still I persevered. It took me a total of around two hours to whittle her its HP down to red, go back and forth across Sinnoh, and throw Pokeballs at her it, until I finally caught her it in a rainy Route 210; how dramatic. Truth be told, I could’ve just used a Master Ball, but that would be a cop-out. I want her it to come with me not because her it has to – no 100% catch-rate shortcuts – but because her it wants to, and the Ultra Ball, the sign of my best and most hopeful convincement of it, the proof of my dedication, did the job.
It’s not an easy feat, and while I could’ve done something much easier, but you know what? I wouldn’t have it any other way. Because everything I went through made it my most memorable Pokemon capture and run ever. I’m not even kidding. So Mesprit, please, stay with me, forever. Let’s have a lifetime full of life and love. There will be many hard times, many currents to be crossed, grasslands to be treaded on, mountains to climb, and wild Pokemon to defend each other from, but all those things are only going to make our bond stronger. I love you, so much.
A Post For Our 5th Monthsary
Dear Tsundere-hime,
Happy 5th monthsary to us! I love you so much! I don’t mean to be presumptuous, and I don’t mean to take this milestone for granted either, but I’ve always known that it wouldn’t be hard for us to get to where we are and who we are as a couple now. What has become harder, however, is finding something to tell you. By the time I wrote this, I have already scrapped four open letters for you (and heavily edited this one), as most of them were too melodramatic and self-deprecating that it’s pathetic, not to mention unnecessary (yes, they had something to do with last Friday, which I believe has already been resolved). So instead of another pseudo-artparasites crap, I’ll thank you instead for so many things.
Thank you honey, for everything. Up to now, there are still times when I still find it hard to believe that you, a beautiful, sweet, and intelligent girl, fell in love genuinely with a guy like me. Yes, it’s been almost a year now, and yet there is still that sense of amazement in me, not to mention the fact that I’m just as clingy as I was before. Yeah, you told me that after three months, the honeymoon phase is going to end, but it doesn’t seem like it, because we’re two months past the whole three months BS and we’re still as lovey-dovey as before. I hope, pray, and will work hard to keep it this way, because I love how it feels, and I love you, so much.
Thank you for putting up with my shortcomings and insanity. I believe I’ve already told you this many times before, but I’ve always wanted a girl who understands me and would be patient with me. Amazingly and crazily enough, there is one, and she loves me just as much as I love her. Truth be told, I’m still scared that one day you might wake up and realize that I’m not worth putting up with, but I fight those pointless, baseless thoughts every day, and your love helps me do that. That is why every day I do my best to become self-assured in your love, as well as improve myself so you’ll no longer have to endure me that much. I guess there’ll always be the part where you’ll have to bear with me because I have a few loose screws and failing faculties (especially memory on practical things), but I’ll do my best so you’ll no longer have to as much as before.
Last but not least, thank you for making so many beautiful memories with me. We haven’t really left the nearby south much, but I’m already more than content with those things. And if that’s already the case, imagine how much an out-of-town trip, like what we did in Tagaytay, or at least a date in an out-of-the-ordinary place, would make me happy. Well, Tags was already one for the books, and I can’t wait for more of trips like that. But like I said, even if we sit on the corner and eat crappy food, it’s more than enough, because I’m with you.
So, that’s pretty much it. I still have so many other things to say, but I’m sure they can wait. What’s important is that this open letter would hopefully set your mood for the day, or even days to come.
I love you so much Tsundere-hime, so please stay with me, hopefully forever.
I put the I in the UNIVERSE. I hope I can put U too. 