Thursday, May 22, 2025

Let's Talk About The Wild Yonder

Me: And then, there's this day.

Goh: Oh, yes - it's your "special day".

Ash: Happy "birthday" to me!

Pikachu: Pika chu! ["Happy day!"]

Me: As I remark on it every year, there may or may not be a truth in it, but you two are truth to me and other people.

Ash: Sure!

Goh: We'll accept that.

Me: That's great. As for the theme this year, I want to talk about "wild things over there". It's always a pertinent topic for us.

Goh: Of course! There are always wild Pokémon to be found, caught, and even connect with.

Ash: I'm with Goh on this one. Who knows? Some of them might even become new partners for me in the future.

Me: That is very true - even if I and others won't know about them. 

Goh: But even if we don't catch them, at least we can always help them out and do things with them - and they'll do the same for us in return.

Ash: I've always done that. And even after my time with Goh, that still happened.

Goh: Oh? Do tell!

Ash: Well, I helped out a Latias, and then the Latias helped me out with all kinds of things.

Pikachu: Pika pika. ["Sure enough."]

Me: That much I heard too.

Goh: That's impressive! It's like what happened with me and Suicune - but not as broadly.

Ash: Yeah. And you know, talking about wild things reminds me of the Wild Area in Galar.

Goh: That definitely counts as something wild. 

Me: And there was even a "live" edition of it recently.

Goh: Yup. We remember that too.

Me: Certainly, you don't have to go through the Wild Area to find wild Pokémon. 

Ash: You can find them even right here, right now!

Goh: If you look hard enough - but then you don't even have to do that either.

Me: It's a wild place we live in, and it's even a wild time too... for us.

Ash: I guess our journeys have been wild - but is your journey also being wild?

Pikachu: Pika pika? ["I wonder?"]

Me: Surely. A lot of things have changed - even in the process of us talking now - and it has been a wild ride, not necessarily for the better. You know, people, technology, the world...

Goh: I get what you mean. But you still have us and Pokémon - that seems wild enough.

Ash: And it's always wild, if you ask me. 

Goh: It's wild, but we take it in stride.

Ash: Hey, that's a good way of looking at it.

Me: I'll accept that. And it may just be that the future is also wild.

Ash: That might just be true too!

Goh: It can only get wilder with Pokémon.

Me: So it is. So, on the occasion of your "birthday", there are always good things and wild things to deal with here and over there, and... I guess it's wilder not to deal with them.

Ash: You got it. Don't be too blue about it too.

Pikachu: Chu... pika. ["So wild."]

Goh: All the wildness is for us to tame - for something bright.

Ash: I like the sound of that. 

Me: May your days be as wild as the Wild Area and the wild (blue) yonder.

Six years ago: After All These Years
Seven years ago: GiRL (Gyms in Real Life)
Eight years ago: To Japan and Beyond

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