So track practice started last week. As most of you should know, spring track is a lot more serious than winter track. I just wish that my coach would've at least PRETENDED to care about witner track.
So anyway, during that surprisingly hard practice, we ended with bleachers. In bleachers, you run up, down, and all around the bleachers at the track. It's a very tiring process. So anyway, I got tired about half way through, and couldn't find myself to carry on.
BUT THEN THE MOST AMAZING THING HAPPENED
This image of...of...of a
appeared in my head! The treecko was doing the bleachers write beside me, sweating all over, a painful look on its face, but still going on! If I had seen it outside of my head I'd count it as the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. But quickly, he got ahead of me. Why? Because I'd stopped believing in myself. I'd stopped believing that I could make it to the end. But then I realized that I can be just like that treecko. From that point on, I pretended that I was the treecko in my imagination, and I tried even harder than he did, until I finally reached the end, doing the last little bit in a sprint.
gave me the power to believe in myself.
And in that moment I realized why I don't just like pokemon so much, but cartoon characters in general. Y'see, I see humans every day, so if I see a human character I like a lot in a book, a movie, or something like that, the image of their face isn't going to stick in my mind because it's not unique. However, faces like Luigi, Mr. Game & Watch, Marth, Captain Falcon, and Treecko do because they're cartoons. And whenever I see a character I like, human or not, I always shine light on the quality I like most about them, whether it be Chucke Finster's courage, Sonic the Hedgehog's carefree attitude, Vector the Crocodile's ability to juggle playfulness and responsibility, or Mime Jr.'s limitless. So because the image of the human characters don't stick in my mind as easily, I use the cartoon characters. And boy does it help.
A couple of days later, (Friday to be exact) we had time trials. As a sprinted down the track, trying to get the best time I could, I remembered those bleachers...and I searched through my mind for a memorable face of a character who would have done those trials in the best way possible. My mind zoomed out to the bleachers, and I watched myself run down the track...as Sonic the Hedgehog!
So I guess what I'm trying to say is...what makes me like a pokemon depends on what character trait they embody, if they do at all. Here's a list of some cartoon characters that embody certain traits that I admire:
Mr. Game & Watch - Perserverance, Strive for greatness
- Unconditional/Limitless love, Optomism
- Creativity, Solidarity
Chucke Finster - Loyalty, Courage
Sonic the Hedgehog - Carefree, A good role model
Ice Climbers - No matter what the situation always having one person by your side who will always stick with you and gives you that confidence you need to be great
Luigi - A need to be loved, A need to be accepted, Common courtesy,
Ness - Responsibility
- Cuteness, Love
- The ability to keep your head up even in the worst of situations, Good saxophone playing
- Caring even if you don't want to show it all the time
- Even if it does cause problems it only once to help, Infancy
- "I only want what's best for you"
Tommy Pickles - I'm looking out for ya, bud
Stu Pickles - Perserverance
And that's just a handful mind you. Also, there are some pokemon that I dislike because they embody negative characteristics
- Underhanded bichiness
Shadow the Hedgehog - Constant angstiness
- Ability to inflict fear, Killing
Kamek - Pure evil
King DeDeDe - Egotism, Pride, Fearfulness (I don't feel this way anymore)
Now, it may seem nerdy and like I'm a loser, so don't worry--I feel this way whenever I think about it. But it's what gives me confidence and the strength to continue and the strength to love, which therefore makes it one of the greatest things I have.