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Published: 2015-05-31 17:49:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 5949; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 19
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Special cameo by 's OC Jay! There's also another small cameo, can you find and tell from what nuzlocke it is?
*deep breath* Finally. I finally got to the point where one of my favorite parts of story begins. And yes, I'm talking about what happened at the end of this update. The next couple updates will focus on this and the aftereffects of this event.
Aaaand...battle against Lenora. Oh dear.
I've heard how some nuzlockers have had hard time with her thanks to that Retaliate, so when I played this game I had a plan - use Rogue, a rock type Pokémon with high defences. I had once seen a nuzlocke comic where somebody used Roggenrola against Watchog as well, and it worked really well, so I thought I will be fine.
Well, things can go really differently from what you plan in Pokémon games.
Instead of using Retaliate, Watchog started with Leer. I kept using Rock Blast for five turns (it missed once and Lenora used Super Potion) and after two leers the Crunching started. With her defences down, Rogue was only able to survive thanks to her ability Sturdy, and all I could do was using potions on her. At this point I started to panic a little since my plan clearly didn't work at all, so I switched my Pokémon to Samir. It was then when Watchog suddenly decided to use Retaliate instead of Crunch.
That took over half of Samir's HP, so I knew immediately that I made a huge mistake. I had to calm myself down and think more rationally. I looked up my Pokémon. Using Rogue again was out of question, since she was still hanging with single HP left. Who had the highest defence from my team aside from her? Well. It was the only evolved member of team: Cody. So I send him in, and Watchog used another Retaliate. Took a bit less than half of Cody's HP. Making quick calculations and realizing that Cody most likely will survive from second Retaliate (unless it's a crit) and with having little HP left his Razor Shell should take Watchog down since it's health was in yellow after earlier Rock Blasts. Well, it was worth of shot. So I used Razor Shell.
Watchog was faster, and of course used Retaliate. Cody was hanging in with 6 HP left. Razor Shell hit. Watchog was out.
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Can't wait to start drawing the next update.
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Cody's situation is explained later in the story, but he is a trans man.
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What does that mean?
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_…
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Poor YTWC... Someone needs to discipline that damn Cody!
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I think they both need to rethink what they've done. While what Cody did was bad, Theo also said very bad things about him.
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Yes but violence is never the answer. Can I get an amen?
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I never said violence is the answer, be it physical or mental. Both are equally bad.
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Seems Plasma is getting dangerously genre savvy....I smell trouble.
N, I'm aware that 75% of humans don't give that much of a damn about history. But I don't think whatever you're gonna do would be positive about that reputation.
Cody's a girl? That's....clever girl.
o.O YTWC, are you ok?
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Cody's not a girl, he's a trans man.
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So Cody identifies as a guy, even though that wasn't his birth gender?
*shrugs*
To me, that isn't a big deal. I personally go for "to each person their own" school of thought.
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I scrolled through the comments but i didn't see the answer for the secret cameo,
It's Mimi and Jordan from Ky-nim's Nuzlocke in the 4th Panel
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There was an answer already, I think it was, like, the second comment.
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Knew it! OMG you, her and Locke's Nuzlockes are my favorite!
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I have to ask, is Cody a girl in-game and you named him not noticing what his gender was until later on, or is he a boy in-game and you just threw the whole transgender thing in there for plot purposes?
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I already had the idea for Cody's character back in 2011 when I started planning this nuzlocke. This nuzlocke was played in 2013.
I did soft reset for a female Oshawott just to make Cody's character work in a way I wanted.
You guys are seriously underestimating how long and well I've planned this story and it's characters. In fact, I've had this story written and all character development set for a really good while before I even started drawing this comic.
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Sorry. I'm not trying to underestimate you in anyway. I actually respect you a lot. You tie with ky-nim and YinDragon in terms of Nuzlocke awesomeness. The plot in this story is so original and you put a lot of thought into your characters. I also love that you've been able to keep Samir alive so far. I've noticed that in a lot of Black and White Nuzlockes, the elemental monkey is often killed off at this point. I've seen it happen so much, I've started calling it "The Curse of Pan."
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Ikd about "The Curse of Pan", while I don't follow much nuzlockes anymore I remember seeing a Simisage after Elesa's gym in a BW nuzlocke once.
Samir was one of my best 'mons at this point (3 of my team weak against grass, so fire was good) and it would've been shame to lose him...too early.
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And there's the foreshadowing. I just hope that he's just boxed or something. Will the comic still make use of the box? I hope so. I really like that homosexual monkey. I mean, some people seem to have the idea that just because Pokemon are animals, they can't be gay, and yet in many comics they're shown to have a lot of intelligence. I'm not gay myself, but I do feel that it is an honor that, as sentient beings, we have grown to be such an intelligent race that we can ignore instincts and be attracted to members of the same sex or gender. Basically, I'm glad that we can say "Screw you" to Mother Nature. XD
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There will be use of the box system at some degree. Not that I'm specifically going to show how it works (I didn't do that in my previous nuzlocke and I don't think it's necessary anyway), but there will be some Pokémon boxed at some point.
As a random note I boxed every Pokémon who died during this run instead of releasing them like in SoulSilver.
For me Pokémon are more like animals, but most of them have pretty much same level of understanding as humans and are capable for complex feelings like us (their sexuality can vary and then there's cases like Cody etc.). They're just a bit more primitive.
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I'm glad. By the way, I was wondering about something, and I hoped you could help me with this. If someone's a transgender, how do you define their sexuality? What I mean is if they're born a male, feel like a female, and like boys, then does that mean they're a homosexual or heterosexual?
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I see it as pretty simple: since I recognize myself as a boy, being attracted to females is heterosexuality for me. Tho I'm asexual/demi, not quite sure which one yet
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Okay, I see. I'm not going to ask how you interpret genderless Pokemon though, cause that's just too weird to me. XD
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Judging by how I handled Mark the Electrode, they can identify themselves as any gender as they feel like while they really don't have actually gender. Mark was clearly male (name, used male pronouns etc. plus the brotp with Thor)
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Still I always found breeding genderless Pokemon weird. I still don't really understand how that works. Mostly because I never really tried breeding genderless Pokemon in the games.
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Oh, I've breed some Beldum, Rotom and Porygon for competitive play. It's harder than breeding Pokémon with a gender since you're stuck with using only single kind of Pokémon + Ditto: no egg moves or such.
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I guess so, but what I meant was what that I was wondering what came out of say breeding a Magnezone with a Metagross, and what comes out of breeding a genderless Pokemon with a male or female Pokemon.
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I'm actually surprised Samir survived the Retaliate, that Watchdog K.Oed half of my team with that damn move.
Just wondering, is Cody trans by any chance? 
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Some people who even aren't trans realised it by Cody's debut.
Yeah, he is trans because I am a one.
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Eh, I just didn't want to make random assumptions about Cody.
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I am happy Samir haven't died, because retaiate is highly dangerous on normal types. Good Watchog haven't spammed hypnosis...another curse of this Lenora's Pokemon.
Also, Cody. What a briliant OC dude. I feel bad I considered her as a boy, seems I overooked right page because your developed story and diaogues turns as bad thing when I lack time visiting DA and trying to do as much as possible here.
I appreciate your artwork and admire one of the best Nuzocke stories I've seen
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"I feel bad I considered her as a boy"
That...that's...
Cody is a trans man, and as a one myself I can tell that what you just said is the very last thing you should say to a trans man. Cody is a boy. And so am I.
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For me it's wonderful thing. Samurott in many people eyes having no gender differences is stupid, but for animal females having moustache and whiskers is normal thing
I can totally see that, I love your concept for tHIS Pokemon so much
Don't feel bad. It's great you don't hide with it, but can pour yourself into an OC. That makes it an art, wooo~ 
Geez, I was thinking about OC Chatot female considering herself as male...can I talk with you if I'll ever decide to do so and get some reliable knowledge to show the troubles of trans? Making people awarness about how some people react to such ones would be something I would love to do someday
erm...pardon if I went too excited. It's just the way I am and how I go with my OCs
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Female mammals having whiskers is totally normal. Have you ever seen a cat without whiskers?
Uh...yeah, sure, I'd love to help if you truly want my personal views over any trans stuff you wanna know. One of the biggest reasons of Cody being a trans is that I could spread the awareness of it.
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Damn Burgh, olet silminnäkijä etkä sanonut mitään aikaisemmin! 
Onneksi kaikki selvisi elossa.
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Voin nähdä sieluni silmin Burghin popsimassa lihapiirrakkaa tuumien "jaa, syön tämän kaikessa rauhassa loppuu n ja menen sitten vasta puhumaan Lenoralle"
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Ei hitsi, illan naurut :'DD Burghin lihapiirakkapaussi...
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Panel 4. Eugine's tie is very historically important.
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Thanks goodness nobody died. Retalite is a real pain in the ass.
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I'm guessing that cody's a girl who considers herself a boy or something. If thats the case I can be respectful of his situation.
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If you're implying that he's a trans , you're right.
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I have a feeling that you didn't notice that cody was a female when you nicknamed him/her and your now trying to incorporate that into the story. your doing it really well by the way.
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...this piece from my notes I wrote right after getting Cody in game shows that I was really aware of his gender.
Cody's a trans man. I actually did soft reset for a female Osgawott just to make it work in a way I wanted.
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wait, i am really confused. is cody really a boy or girl. i haven't really understand that part?
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He's a trans man.
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Aha yeah that Retaliate is a pain. I didn't have such a hard time with it because I got lucky crits and all my Pokemon were faster, but I've seen plenty of people losing to it.
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Mmmf... Always tough if you don't identify with the gender everyone sees... I have a few friends who have that problem. Poor Cody.
But... ummm... Unless you have something different or I'm missing something, I don't think the Oshawott family is one that shows gender differences (or at least, not in the game sprite) sooooo...?
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You're right, Oshawott and it's evolutions doesn't have any visible gender difference in the games yet you can somehow should be able to tell what gender it is. In this comic Pokémon trainers can pretty easily tell the gender of mammal based Pokémon (as you can in real world), but then there's cases like Rogue where they can't (it's a piece of rock, how you can tell what gender it is?)
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