Hi there! I’ve been reading your stuff here for a while now, and it’s been quite interesting. If you don’t mind, the obsessive Pokemon fan in me has a question for you: What are your views on the Spiky-eared Pichu, from an in-universe standpoint? Are there any particularly interesting implications to having this random Pichu who traveled through time at least once, and yet recognizes a shiny Pichu from the present? Why can it learn Pain Split while other Pichu cannot, and why can’t it evolve?

Ah, but you see, the thing about the Spiky-eared Pichu is that she is a character who is from the movie Arceus and the Jewel of Life.  And the thing about me and Arceus and the Jewel of Life, as you may find out if you’re reading through some of my older entries, is that we do not get along.  Specifically, I think it is a putrescent heap of hippo excrement that should ideally be placed in a hermetically sealed vault and shot into a black hole.  Unfortunately, if I were to give any thought at all to the in-universe implications of the Spiky-eared Pichu’s unusual status and powers, it would be tantamount to admitting 1) that Arceus and the Jewel of Life really happened, and 2) that some aspect of it might actually make sense.  

Thus, I must regretfully inform you that to answer your question would cause the very spark of my fundamental essence to extinguish itself and end my tormented existence on this harsh earth.