Every trainer has a choice,
To listen to that voice inside.
Though the battle may be long,
Winners may have come and gone,
But I will carry on
This dream will last forever,
This dream will never die,
We will rise to meet the challenge every time.
This dream keeps us together,
It shows than you and I
Will be the best that the world's ever seen,
Because we always will follow this dream.

That, the above, is the way I feel about Pokemon all around. Ten-plus years later, and for all the people who go against us, we still carry the Pokemon dream proudly. It unites us under a common banner; forms an alliance, however loose, of we brothers and sisters of the Pokemon World; and keeps alive that ultimate dream, to be the best. And as long as we hold it dear, it will be immortal. That is the Pokemon dream that inspired me years ago, and inspires me now.
LONG LIVE POKEMON!!!

Calling all true Pokeshippers: there is a petition on to Shogakugan (the Japanese company responsible for the Pokemon anime, in case anyone doesn't know) to make them have at least one full-out AshxMisty epsiode before the series is over. When I'm writing this, it currently has over 2000 signatures, but we need more! Please, if you're reading this, go to this link and sign the petition! Let the world know that it's pokeshipping all the way!
http:///nbgb/petition.html
If the link above doesn't work, go to the site and just search "ash and misty". We need as many signatures as we possibly can get!
5/16/2011 update: And, as of now, it's up to 2414 sigs. Yeah. That's a lot. But we always need more.

Ideas for Fics

LOVELESS: based loosely on a poem from Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, but it doesn't matter if you don't know it. Follows the story of Sir Aaron, leading up to his sacrifice at the Tree of Beginning. "Three men depart for the battlefield. One becomes a hero; one wanders the land; and the last is taken prisoner." Prepare for a reimagining of Aaron's tale - the full story.