Finally finished my post. I'll hopefully be faster next time. We'll see.

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone does with their characters as well. Things are very interesting at the moment. Poor Elena. I didn't think I'd end up liking Gyarados so much. Heh. It's not one of my quick go to go to Pokémon myself. My husband just recently used one in his run through Shining Pearl. Starting up a Pokémon role-play has revived interest in Pokémon in general in our house and all of us except the youngest has been playing. I've also started watching the anime with the boys and my two year-old can reliably recognize the Kanto starters along with several others. He gets excited when they come up.