There are only a few days left in the year, and I want to take one of those days - today - to deliver my views on Pokémon things, blogging things, and other relevant things throughout this year. Fittingly, earlier this year, I had outlined a specific "theme" (as I've done in past years) that might just be representative of how all of those things might proceed. Now that it's the end of the year, I thought I'd still "run with it" and see how it becomes applicable - and it is: this year, it seems that other Pokémon fans and I have had to "get down on all fours".
When someone does the action I've described, it's usually to get low to the ground to search for something. That might represent some fans' search for news about the new Legends game announced earlier this year, which could be said to be still minimal. Else, it might be the search for cards they don't have in the recently released (and expanded) TCG Pocket, something that has been realized since that time. The low search might just continue for now, along with searches that take place way above the ground.
Of course, when one gets too low, one could fall flat on one's face and be lying face down on the floor; though not exactly being on "all fours", it is only vaguely similar. The introduction of Gigantamax (and to a lesser extent, Dynamax) in Pokémon Go may have been a fall-flat experience for some and may continue to be that way until Trainers can find out ways to even out their calibers in this regard. Not to mention, Niantic itself has still managed to find ways of occasionally falling flat on their faces this year.
Personally, this year in my Pokémon blogging experience has been a bit of a "fall-flat" experience itself, especially on the latter end of it, for reasons that may or may not have something to do with the continued fallout of a certain circumstance I detailed also earlier this year. Its solution is not necessarily easy, and yet I think I have found a way. Regardless, it seems necessary to take it up so that my Pokémon affairs, including this blog, as well as other pertinent ones can proceed in a more reliable manner - and not "flat on the floor".
(Interestingly, I did take up the theme in a literal manner with my "four fours" series that remarkably was also designated from the fourth month of this year; whether that's by (my) prompt or by chance might be up to readers to determine.)
An interpretation of my "yearly themes" always seems to be in order, and this year's "four on the floor" theme is no different for a lot of things - which for this blog means Pokémon and things that touch on that. The interpretation of "getting down on all fours" is somewhat of a tangent, but it seems be quite useful as a perspective for the end of the year. After having four things on the floor - or wherever they might end up - moving on from there is not only necessary but also possibly pleasant for Pokémon and all.
One year ago: Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 12/28/2023
Two years ago: Pokémon Problem, My Problem
Three years ago: Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 12/28/2021
Four years ago: Road to 25th Anniversary: Life Goes On
Five years ago: Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 12/28/2019
Six years ago: Soul-Searching and Pokémon
Seven years ago: From Journal to Blog
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