So I haven't gotten too deep into Gen 5, but a lot of you seem to really like Hilda, and not just because of her "assets."
So tell me, what are the various things you like about Hilda? I guess this can function as a Hilda thread too more generally.
>>32086370
Her design is top tier
Simple design, not bogged down with shit like May and Rosa (though both of those designs are still nice, don't get me wrong).
Also has the most attractive canon art.
I like the very slight "punky" (?) elements of her design, plus I love ponytails. Fits the New York City look a lot.
>>32086370
>tomboy
>sleeveless
>armpits
>cute butt
>dem legs
what's not to like?
>>32086468
I don't know. Looks more like suburban Chicago to me.
She probably likes to wear girly stuff from time to time
I love her desu
>>32086496
Hilbert pls
What about the manga? How does her equivalent there come off?
>>32086507
Whatever happened to the theory that they were twins and one of them died in the womb?
>>32086523
I don't know, what happened to it?
Heil Hilda!
It's her design, since all Pokémon protagonists have zero personality to speak of and have roughly the same level of success in canon.
>First older female protagonist in the series, which means waifu fanservice
>"Punky"/"tomboyish"/"cool" choice of clothes that show off her figure well, but look like everyday wear and aren't too outlandish
>I'm a sucker for high ponytails, and her hair in general is super thick and long
>Great legs and they're super long too
I love her design so much that I cosplay her regularly (and have the legs for it) but will only post pics, with this tripcode, if it seems appropriate
>>32086522
she's a lil bitch
>>32086587
Sorry here's the trip, just in case
>>32086597
IIRC a lot of people were disappointed that she wasn't an assertive tomboy.
We need an animated Hilda that acts boisterous (by female character standards) but with enough cuteness and feminity to be lovable, and has a "tough" Pokémon team
>>32086686
Newfag here, is this a copypasta or some shit? Pretty sure I saw the same like a week ago but with gardevoir instead.
>>32086370
spunky tomboyish gal rocking jean shorts.
what's not to like?
>>32086686
Wow, I didn't know that JustinRPG suddenly moved on to humans
>patiently awaiting his "My Wife Reshiram's Trainer Hilda Sharts in my Mouth" song that will subsequently be endlessly mocked by SiIvaGunner
>>32086721
>>32086686
Hi Yoshizilla
>>32086711
>>32086721
*cue crappy instrumental backing*
I was walking along with my wife Reshiraaaaaaaym
But then a girl came along
She said "My name is Hilda and this Reshiraaaaaaym is mine and belongs to me"
And I said "But Reshiraaaaaaym and I are married and lubby chudder"
But Hilda said "You're a bad boy for marrying my Reshiraaaaaaaym"
"SO I HAVE TO PU-NISH YOU"
AND SHE SHAAAAAARTS
IN MY MOUTH
OH YES
QUITE PUNGENT
AND THE SHART
TASTES SO GOOD
AND THEN SHE SHARTS
IN RESHIRAAAAAAYM'S MOUTH
AND RESHIRAAAAAAYM SHARTS
IN MY MOUTH
AND IT'S ON FIRE
>>32086753
Knock it off with this autism, just post Hilda
And ditch the tripcode and name already
>>32086696
If you saw it in previous threads like that, then that should tell you yes, it's pasta
>>32086766
I was making fun of someone's (literal) shitposts that sounded like a JustinRPG fantasy
>>32086370
She dresses hot. That's mostly it. Her face is shit, only fixed by fanarts. Her hair is okay at BEST.
>>32086768
I can't into moonrunes...translation?
>>32086779
Her face is pretty much the same stock face used for every girl's design though, all they usually do is tweak the eye color and skin color, the rest comes down to hair and such
>>32086779
Her face is adorable! But Serena's is better in the end.
She looks better with bangs, and her manga version (when shown without her hat) clearly has them. I have prominent bangs when cosplaying her.
>>32086806
I'd never call it "adorable". I'd never call it anything but retarded. The only Pokegirls with worse faces would be Leaf and Kris, due to being outdated as fuck.
>>32086789
>he can't tell the difference between 2D faces
hownew.ru
>>32086806
Mah nigga
>>32086815
Bangs = cute
>>32086869
No bangs = not quite as cute
>>32086912
TOO
PERFECTNow you're making me consider whether I should cosplay Sasha since I can use my Hilda wig for her
>>32086522
In the manga she's a useless bitch totally dependent on Black to makes him look more of a Gary Stu.
>>32086977
Reminds me of glasses Asuka
>>32086999
All right, time to chance things.
>>32087070
Wait is that you or do you just collect cosplay photos?
>>32087121
It's me
>>32086815
Prrrt prrrt prrrrrrt!
>>32087141
Wow, so you really go all out
Which Pokemon, cosplay and animu conventions do you go to
>>32087149
no
don't ruin her the way fartfags ruined Palutena
>>32087201
Toronto ComiCon this weekend
Anime North in May
Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions (Toronto stop)
Fan Expo in Aug-Sep
And lots of smaller events/gatherings
>>32087070
10/10 for master ball accessory
>>32086999
Give her a little more credit, she's an enterprising talent agent who personally negotiates business deals, sets up showbiz appointments, handles her own finances, and has to watch and care for Pokemon actors. I'd say she's quite responsible and would make a real world badass.
But from a plot perspective she's pretty useless I'll agree. After N causes her to BSOD she reboots as a pretty beta character who is way too dependent on Black.
>>32087212
Were you at Otakuthon Montreal, by chance? I might have seen you there.
Cute thread, but the fartfags need to get a fucking life
>>32087259
What year?
>>32087470
Either last year or the year before.
>>32087488
Ohh, haven't been since 2012
>>32087070
>>32087141
not bad, not bad at all
>tfw I want to mass download past Hilda threads from nyafuu in order to save the cute art
>but some of them are overrun with poop/fart images, porn and other garbage that I don't feel like taking the time to delete one by one after downloading
Fug
>>32087555
Thanks anon!
>>32087141
can you sit on my face?
>>32087632
Would Hilda (or most girls) sit on anyone's face?
>>32087692
I don't know, you tell me.
>>32087718
So is that a yes, or...?
>>32087824
I don't support sexual objectification in cosplay because it's a very real issue that affects my friends
>>32087903
please just show me your butt, that is all I need
>>32087141
I like your costume, especially the leather vest, but I don't really care for all the make up.
Keep it up.
>>32087928
FerrisWheelShipping is better
>>32087955
That's worse unless you're just joking/trolling, but even so people are offended by that kind of comment
But hey, everyone offends everyone and everything else on 4chan so it's no surprise
>>32087966
Thanks so much! To be honest, I feel that the makeup does help a lot to get Hilda's kawaii/cartoony look.
>>32087981
I've always pictured Hilda as more of a cool looking female Red, but to each his own.
Don't respond to the lewd/fart posters.
>>32088026
In my headcanon, she is that way, and if she has a personality, she's max tsundere but has a kind and strong heart
>>32086999
I don't mind a character being weak or depending on others. But her personality is as bland as they fucking get. Even after reading it all, I failed to give a single shit about her. The author expected people to care about her loss, but why the fuck would anyone? There's zero reason to care about her.
>>32088051
That's pretty close to my headcanon.
>>32087824
No means no, faget, even for cartoon girls.
>>32088106
Thank you based anon
>>32087070
>>32087141
Is that a dude?
>>32086370
I like her hair a lot.
Ponytails are my weakness.
>another "grill pretending every woman doesn't born to please the D" episode
>>32088484
What?
Is that a heckin' Hildawg thread? And you didn't invite me, her husband? I don't appreciate this.
>>32088592
But her husband is N
>>32088613
That's not true at all.
>>32088613
Too bad Touko never met N
>>32088784
Neither have you.
>>32088784
She did depending on the universe
>>32088801
Now that angle makes you look really cool, should've posted it in the first place.
>>32088705
BTW thanks for posting that! It's a brilliant pose and I'll be doing a shoot as Hilda this weekend so will try it out for sure :)
>>32088829
Thanks! The location (a mall) was great and it was fun to shoot there. I'm looking to shoot near another Toronto-area mall in April since there are a lot of open spaces and places with nice architecture.
>>32088857
>>32088880
No prob, I've never been to Canada, been years since I made a costume too, good luck with the shoot.
>>32088955
Thanks anon!!
>>32087212
Guess I'll be seeing you at AN, working on a Skull grunt cosplay with a friend. Although, there'll probably be tons of those.
>>32089696
Awesome, a friend in my cosplay club also cosplayed a Skull Grunt.
Well even though manga White kind of sucks a lot of the time, at least Hilda wasn't ruined by the ashnime.
Though maybe she could have saved that godforsaken Best Wishes season which I often hear is considered the worst one along with the Johto one.
Of all fucking names, why Hilbert and Hilda? The BW protagonists have my favorite designs in the series, I even have difficulty picking which to use when I play, but holy fuck why such terrible names for the US version?
Another cool battle scene with her.
>>32090084
She would have been butchered like Serena
>>32090124
They are very bad and dorky names, I just got used to them over time, just like other lame English names like "Conkeldurr". What was wrong with the demo names of Blair and Whitlea?
At least you get to rename them (my BW girl protagonist is named SiIva).
>>32090084
Here's how she could've looked like.
>>32090206
What's she saying? That'd have been an acceptable design/personality for her, but considering how horribly Best Wishes was handled, she'd show good potential as a character and then get derailed into a shallow non-entity 24-40 episodes in.
>>32090206
Also this.
>>32090242
Damn I would have loved a cocky tsundere (and properly teenaged) anime Hilda, but Best Wishes was allegedly terrible. They should save her for the BW remake arc once it comes around.
HildaN is tumblr tier shipping. Everyone knows she's in a dom/sub relationship with Hilbert.
>>32090165
>What was wrong with the demo names of Blair and Whitlea?
They sound extremely horrible for me, meanwhile I honestly don't see anything wrong with Hilda or Hilbert. I'm not American, though.
>>32090342
I think the main issue at the time was that "Hilbert" and "Hilda" sound too foreign and old-timey, in a hyper-modern region based on one of the most civilized places in the world.
>>32090369
Hilda certainly seems that way. It invokes a picture in my head of a short, fat, old woman churning butter in rural 1800's Germany.
Hilbert on the other hand sounds kind of normal, but it's an unsettlingly weak choice of phonetics that make the name feel very soft, unimposing, and derpish. Really unfortunate because the name's etymology means something along the lines of "tough fighter".
Also their names are just too similar. It would feel less strange if the male and female counterparts all had r63 genderbent names, but they don't. They're unique. They're individuals. But Hilbert and Hilda aren't in that regard. It makes the two of them stand less apart than the other pairs of protagonist and thus makes them stand out in a distasteful way.
>>32091607
If ALBW came out in 2011 then Hilda's name would have gone over a lot better.
When I think "Hilda", I think of one of Sabrina the Teenage Witch's two aunts. Not quite as rural and unhip but still very much part of the "too old and foreign and eccentric" vibe.
And here's an example of a teen video game waifu character - much like our Hilda - where the name "Hilde" actually fits. But why? Because she's a medieval knightly princess from a pseudo-Germanic region, not a modern kid from a pseudo-American region.
I like her because she has a hard life.
>>32090281
>BW remake arc
Nah doubt that will happen, though I admit a BW anime would probably rake in lots of dosh because of it's premise.
>>32088484
This ain't the 18th century buddy. Go back in your capsule and rot there.
>>32087141
Not bad, 9/10. Good luck with that.
>>32095575
Thanks!! I'll be cosplaying her again tomorrow for a con/shoot.
>>32093512
>not a hard rock
One job
>>32086822
I was iffy too but the way how you cropped it made her top tier somehow.
Requesting more Hilda in cute dresses please
>>32097265
Hilda was made for shwowing her ass in tight denim shorts. Putting her in a dress is a crime.
Best girl.
>>32098037
>>32100722
16 nigga oldest protag
>>32100722
The fuck