The Magikarp Conundrum

Sitting in Mass Media today with no work to do we all paired up into our usual chatting groups. My good friend, and pokemon expert Alex Brown, started talking about my blog and my new header. Then the question was brought up "Why did you get a Magikarp on it?" Which brings us to todays blog post. THE MAGIKARP CONUNDRUM!

Lets give a little background on me. I'm a person who appeals to those.... OTHER..... pokemon. If I could have any pokemon in real life my first couple choices would be a Snorlax, Magikarp and Psyduck. I see a great potential in the pokemon that others pass by in hopes of getting something that they don't have to work hard to train. I feel that the Pokemon games should be like the Pokemon series. You raise nurture and love your Pokemon so that when you battle they are the strongest they can be and you actually feel bad when they faint.

Back to the argument. He says that a Magikarp is a crap pokemon and its always been portrayed that way. When you come upon the trainer who has like, 6 Magikarps. Its basically a question of which pokemon do you want to farm. I always fight the argument (because this isn't the first time I've had to defend my little Karpe Diem) that you look past the Pokemon in your party, and look at the pokemon he will become. In this case he will become a totally awesome Gyarados. My friends always play the argument, just go out and catch yourself a Gyarados in the wild. NO! Those are wild mean Gyarados and the one i raise will love me and be so much better than those. I may just be assuming this but in my own head I believe it to be true.

At the end of the argument they were alls till left with indifference for this creature who, in my own opinion, is one of the coolest Pokemon ever. It doesn't matter if we win every battle, it's the journey and the friendship I gain from these magical creatures that everyone else casts aside.....