I like Pokรฉmon VGC and comic books (love Wiccan and Hulkling). 24. UMich Alum. 2024 Los Angeles Regional Champion! Game Engine Programmer. ๐
@profshroomish
Just wanted to say thanks again to everybody who helped me achieve becoming the 2024 LA Regional Champion, and to all the kind people who have reached out since. I was just so happy to get to play on stream for the first time, and luckily it went pretty well!๐
I have to rush to catch my flight but I will catch up to all of the messages later by spending my prize money on Alaska In Air WiFi thank you so much everybody ๐ still hasnโt set in that I won LA
@MoxieBoosted
I played them earlier... they are already at over 400 reg e battles and the ladders been up for what, 3-4 days? This person ladders like they're a shonen protagonist
Made top 32 at Toronto! Feels nice after finishing 35th at Sacramento. Shout out to my boyfriend
@profshroomish
, as well as
@ChuppaVGC
and
@SanvyVGC
for help and practice with the team, as well as all of the chicken nuggets ๐
Comic book media fans -- just under a year ago I wrote about how Young Avengers creator Allan Heinberg (writer of The O.C., Sex and the City, and all-around gay icon) should be the one to pen their arrival to the big or small screen. Feels relevant again:
Made my fourth Day 2 of this season and qualified for worlds at Vancouver! GGs to lots of amazing opponents, and thank you to my friends and boyfriend
@profshroomish
๐ for all the support!
Young Avengers omnibus arrived today. Been doing *another* reread of all of this awesomeness. Peak comic book writing, artistry, and editing throughout this many year saga, from Heinberg, Cheung,
@TomBrevoort
, so many moreโฆ (1/3)
@meakoopa
I canโt believe Wiccan and Hulkling are a couple, it really retcons the original vision Heinberg had of them just being straight friends/best buds/pals!!!๐ค
Found this neat clip of Allan Heinberg discussing how proud he is of creating the Young Avengers ๐ฅฒ (and every fan is so grateful for it! Especially so many of the queer comic book readers it resonated with โค๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐)
And yes, it really is the same Tornadus that
@profshroomish
caught at worlds and
@ChuppaVGC
used to win Toronto! He is so good at hitting Bleakwind Storm.
@MARVELSNAP
@MartinGarrix
@jvkesongs
This is awesome! Great animation and loved seeing the iconic couples. However, this also just makes me realize how much Wiccan and Hulkling need to be added to the game :) They've been going strong since 2005! C'mon
@MARVELSNAP
@bbrode
, please make it happen!
@scarletwnews
@GraceRandolph
That is fundamentally different from the comics and has very odd implications. In the comics, the souls retro-reincarnate back in time so Billy has always been a son to Rebecca and Jeff Kaplan, and to Wanda, and grew up normally. No body stealing/anything of that nature.
Young Avengers fans! I know many share this sentiment. I've gathered some interesting details to explain why I think if the MCU is doing a YA project, I'd love to see them hire Allan Heinberg to create it. Read here and feel free to retweet/share:
For anybody who watched that latest Secret Invasion episodeโฆ I wonder if a certain Teddy Altman AKA Hulkling tactic from New Avengers (2015)
#17
might be relevant!
@LucianoVecchio
Yes! Huge Young Avengers fan and just finished watching Heartstopper with my boyfriend. Definitely see the similarities! Also, this is *official* art by Alice Oseman for a reason!
@JimmyDrkCrouton
@LoganMaxim0ff
Hulkling and Wiccan have existed as characters since 2005, with the exception of appearing as babies briefly before. They were revealed to be gay officially in Young Avengers
#6
, released in 2005. So 16 out of 16 years of their existence theyโve been gay.
@_JulianHilliard
*minor spoiler warning* do you think the statues on the wall in the castle that Wanda looks at are supposed to be Billy/Tommy? I think there are two identical-looking boy statues, so it would make sense for them to represent her two sons.
Had a fun weekend playing Pokemon in San Antonio! Made day 2 for my 3rd time in a row, and finished 23rd. Improving each time. Shout to my wonderful bf
@profshroomish
for all of the help, as well as to all of my friends who helped practice and prepare!
@CanWeGetToast
Iโm guessing heโll learn some more traditional magic, but I do hope at some point he switches to using his classic, iconic verbalized reality warping heโs been doing since 2005!
Had a great time at the Orlando Regional (one of the largest Pokรฉmon tournaments ever!). Ultimately went 6-4, I aim to improve for next time. Baby palafin is the MVP! Shoutout to my wonderful and amazing boyfriend
@profshroomish
and the rest of the squad for practice help ๐๐จโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐จ
@superboysbestie
@NebsGoodTakes
I feel bad that the above post of all things got so many likes lmao, here are Billy and Teddy together as they should be to cleanse your feed:
Made day 2 for the fifth time this season! Hope I can top cut this one, thanks to everybody for all the prep and help! And shoutout to
@profshroomish
for all the loving support and much appreciated Charlie video calls during the tournament ๐
What are yโall hoping for from the Pokรฉmon presents? I think weโll get:
-Scarlet/Violet DLC announcement
-Old games coming to NSO
Iโm hoping for:
-New Mystery Dungeon (or port of explorers of Sky tbh)
-New Pokรฉmon Colosseum/XD style game
-Incineroar being removed forever
*straight person talking to gay couple*
โSo uhโฆ. Which one of you is the Maushold wearing the shirt and which one of you is the Maushold wearing the pants?โ
@CanWeGetToast
A reminder that Marvel needs to hire Allan Heinberg for this! The creator of the Young Avengers has decades of very good TV and movie writing experience!!! (He made Sandman and Wonder Woman and The O.C.)
@NebsGoodTakes
Thank you! Some people seem to think that Billyโs character would never use any gay slang ever as a married adult in 2021 because he didnโt in the 2000s as a high schooler? Like come on. Calling it reducing him to a stereotype is an over-exaggeration.
@WolfeyGlick
Thanks Wolfe, your early result with clefairy on this archetype convinced me of its strengths (prior to that I was on Amoonguss in that slot). Pippi is so good!
5-1 at the Pokรฉmon Sacramento regional! Just a couple more. Iโm usually sitting at 3 losses by now so Iโm happy my practice seems to be paying off.
Bonus thread fact: in 2019, the kiss between Wiccan and Hulkling in Allan Heinbergโs Childrenโs Crusade made its way into Brazilian politics regarding LGBTQ+ media censorship! The court ultimately ruled banning LGBTQ+ books is illegal ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
This looks so good! Everybody go buy and pre-order so we can get more Carol and Wiccan and Hulkling written amazingly by Anthony Oliveira (he never misses)! ๐
@DaWoblefet
I didn't fully understand this until I had a fun conversation with
@nerd_of_now
*after* I took Helping Hand + Fairy Kiss Horse to LA ๐
Also relevant for Helping Hand + Tera Fire Flame Charge!
Adi has a slightly different take on CSR (but a lot of similar stuff) that is super cool. I think this has a better Terapagos MU than my version! Clefairy + CSR are too good. Give it a watch!
My top 4 LA Regionals team report is out! I do an in depth explanation of my team choice, building and prep process, EV spreads, gameplans, and the strengths and weaknesses of my choices compared to the winning versions. Check it out!
@Marvel
Love to see it! Canโt wait! And speaking of, many of us would love to see a Wiccan and Hulkling ongoing! Or, bring the OG Young Avengers back? ๐๐ We want more of this awesomeness!
@Marvel
Wanna know more about the comic lore behind what happened in that Ms. Marvel finale post-credits scene?
Go read The Last Annihilation: Wiccan & Hulkling!
@marklmaooo_
Also I think inherently if you're going to write conflict/tension between Billy and Teddy, it's risky, that kind of conflict is so rare you need to write it *perfectly*... but the writing felt like a romance plot/slightly contrived which did not land well with a core audience.
@PokemonShowdown
Being able to construct battles at arbitrary game states, either for demonstrations or to resume game state from a certain point, would be very nice for practicing and also probably other things.
After this, Allan Heinberg worked on.... Sex and the City! Like I said, gay icon. And on top of that he was a writer on Grey's Anatomy. Ever wonder why Dr. Teddy Altman shares the same name as Hulkling? She was named after him!
Do the writers/editors/hirers at Marvel (I don't pretend to know how any of it works) not just see how like stupidly amazing the writing of this Voices comic is? Only three issues in and I think it is easily the best Young Avengers content since Vol 1.
@rk9labs
@rk9labs
Will you address scalpers who bought these to sell them, not knowing they have to be in Japan? As someone who did not get a pass this is frustrating to see, and I already see folks selling two, I'm sure not realizing that won't work but taking up slots nonetheless ๐
This comic is amazing. One thing I havenโt seen called out yet is that the Mephisto dialogue and design in this issue was absolutely incredible/top-notch. So good.
Was fun to play in San Diego and see everybody! Not shown here but Annihilape is named Monkalculus, his true name, as he had to add up the numbers for several rage fists and do complex Final Gambit HP math.