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Galar Region Tourism
Jan. 7th, 2022 08:59 amI started writing a story about Sonia from Pokémon Sword and Shield. I just think she's neat.
I was doing some research, and a lot of people think that the town you start out in, Postwick, is based on the town of Keswick in the Lake District. It's halfway between Edinburgh and Manchester, and about forty minutes north of where Beatrix Potter lived.
The village where Potter's farm was, Near Sawrey, borders on a woodland area called Grizedale Forest, which apparently contains the stone ruins of an abandoned estate, as well as a few installations of contemporary megalithic art. I think it's probably more likely that the Slumbering Weald next to Postwick is based on Sherwood Forest, but that's four hours south and in a different climate zone. But then again, none of this is real (except in my heart, where pokémon will always be real), so it doesn't matter except in terms finding of cool photo references.
Anyway, I'm generally not a fan of cutesy and twee art, but I actually love Beatrix Potter. I never knew about her until I went to an exhibition of her watercolor botanical illustrations in Tokyo, and her biography was the first book I read from cover to cover in Japanese. Potter was an absolute feral queen, and I respect and admire her so much. I would love to visit the Lake District myself and like, idk. Appreciate the sheep and paint some mushrooms.
I was doing some research, and a lot of people think that the town you start out in, Postwick, is based on the town of Keswick in the Lake District. It's halfway between Edinburgh and Manchester, and about forty minutes north of where Beatrix Potter lived.
The village where Potter's farm was, Near Sawrey, borders on a woodland area called Grizedale Forest, which apparently contains the stone ruins of an abandoned estate, as well as a few installations of contemporary megalithic art. I think it's probably more likely that the Slumbering Weald next to Postwick is based on Sherwood Forest, but that's four hours south and in a different climate zone. But then again, none of this is real (except in my heart, where pokémon will always be real), so it doesn't matter except in terms finding of cool photo references.
Anyway, I'm generally not a fan of cutesy and twee art, but I actually love Beatrix Potter. I never knew about her until I went to an exhibition of her watercolor botanical illustrations in Tokyo, and her biography was the first book I read from cover to cover in Japanese. Potter was an absolute feral queen, and I respect and admire her so much. I would love to visit the Lake District myself and like, idk. Appreciate the sheep and paint some mushrooms.
