Facts from a cardboard box
is a small-name blog about... all sorts of things. Its focus appears to be Pokémon. Right now at least.
Tropes
- Captain Obvious: "Acid is hazardous for life."
- The Emperor: As some of his minions are kings in their own right, it's suggested that Bowser might be this.
- Epic Fail: The Tale of Eeveelutions. A combined case of (self-admitted)
Didn't Think This Through and What an Idiot! moment."I don't always make errors of judgement, but when I do, I absolutely, utterly, totally blow it." - Didn't Think This Through: The only excuse for the aforementioned Epic Fail.
- Fantastic Racism: Apparently, this trope is why Toads are so homogeneous.
- Gratuitous German: Lebensraum? Really?
- Hollywood Psych: Discussed in the second blog post.
- Magic and Powers: Different Powers explains some of these:
- Functional Magic
- Ki Manipulation: Deconstructed. "Never mind how stupid literally throwing away your own life in the middle of a battle would be."
- Psychic Powers
- Superpower Lottery: It's suggested that ESP is a natural gift, while magic and controlling ki are something one has to learn or work for.
- Metal Slime: The author found a Shiny Graveler in Pokémon X. It exploded.
- Socialization Bonus: Deconstructed. The author lives in Grim Up North, so he doesn't get StreetPass notes very often.
- Spell My Name with an "S": According to the author, Nami's adoptive mother is named Bellemeré.
- Squee!: The reaction to the revelation in One Piece Dressrosa arc that Sabo is alive.
- Symbol Swearing: "Right next to the @#€&% Moss Rock."
- Rather jarring, since the prevoius post ended with the words "Fuck StreetPass."
- Rather jarring, since the prevoius post ended with the words "Fuck
- What Were You Thinking?: Inverted. The author isn't sure what he was thinking with the whole "train three Eevees simultaneously at the site of Moss Rock" plan.
