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There is a tendency for western Pokemon fans from Christian majority countries (and I suppose in fandoms in general?) to view even fictional world's fictional religions through a Christian lens and that's pretty natural, even Japanese writers (who are not Christian!) write Christianity oddly with Buddhist or Shintoist influence due to upbringing, but regarding the Pokemon anime specifically… Real world religions also simply exist, alongside all the Pokemon world-specific pantheons. Brock literally references Noah's Ark when they're at sea, sending a bird to bring back a sign of land.

James also copies the tragic ending of a very old (but very popular in Japan) children's novel (also adapted to anime as a TV series, then a movie), A Dog of Flanders, when he tries to deflect from telling everyone about his past, so mimics poor Nello's death in the snow, in front of a church, while his loyal dog Patrasche stays by his side as he freezes, as cherubic angels descend to take him...

It wasn't only when they didn't have mythology unique to the world (so, not "first installment weirdness"). You can also just find garden variety Christians and Buddhists in the Pokemon world. I'm serious! It's not just the early episodes (like Misty bringing out a cross to try and defeat a ghost because, well, if sacred/holy symbols scares off vampires, right…?), but even in the final episode the original head writer of the Pokemon series, Takeshi Shudo, wrote… Yadon's Enlightenment, Satoshi's Enlightenment!/Enlighten Up! It's inspired by Zen Buddhism, with an enlightened Yadon/Slowpoke woven in, there's a nun (I think the dub snipped out Brock's fantasy while the kids were all distracted from meditation [and got smacked with paddles for it] because his wasn't about Pokemon, but, uh, chasing the nun..……….. yeah), and that's in the final season of the original series! I have it in one of my Master Quest DVD box sets!

It wasn't the only example either, an earlier Johto episode I always loved, about a disillusioned, elderly painter, for whom colours have lost their vibrancy and who cannot paint anymore... finds beauty and inspiration to paint once again upon seeing a beautiful sunrise... we can clearly see a church with a cross there, too! This is in the episode The Miracle of Doble!! Shining in the Morning Sun!/The Art of Pokemon.

Moreover, even in later series, like Diamond & Pearl, an imagined fantasy wedding takes place at a church (Brock and Nurse Joy, ffff)... as it does seem that churches are popular as wedding venues in Japan even if most people aren't Christian (I remember hearing it's common to blend in aspects from different religions in Japan, encapsulated in phrases like "Born Shinto, married Christian, died Buddhist.")

Best Wishes! has a little fantasy sequence which maaaay be literal (remember that in the Japanese version of DPPt, humans did frankly marry Pokemon in the ancient past! The modern events of the anime also show plenty of Pokemon crushing on humans, Ash has been the object of affection for Latias, Chikorita, Meloetta, etc.) where Pinot Noir/Ricard Nouveau looks back on his successes as a Pokemon Sommelier (Pokemon Connoisseur--as they're based on sommeliers AKA wine experts in the original, they refer to Pokemon and human relationships as marriages and liken them to food and wine marriages, hence why I said this example could be metaphorical)

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Rest in love Pope Francis

Thank you for your visit to ASEAN

May our prayers for peace in Myanmar, Ukraine, Sudan, and Gaza come true (sorry if I miss any region/country)

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I miss your drawings!

OMG HI ME TOO🥺 Right now I'm busy with domestic and office works but it's going to be the first thing I do when I get free time!

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Accidentally made 5 posts of local celeb crush list

International celeb crush list next?

Or fictional celeb crush list? (Tapi paling isinya cuma dua... Neon HxH & Gary Pokeani)

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Anotherworldash's local celeb crush #5 (and her self-proclaimed celeb twin)

"Who is your celebrity twin?" might be one of the most popular question people asked themselves. For fun, people would take some quizzes or use a Tiktok filter to decide.

Fortunately for me, I've never had the need to take some magazine quizzes because I have Nikita Mirzani!

Yes! Ga salah baca! Sama2 pisces, sama2 ada turunan betawi yang ceplas ceplos, sama2 pernah main di daerah BSD, sama2 suka mie dan bakso, sama2 punya mantan seabrek abrek, dan sama2 ga suka kalah kalo debate sama orang.

Buat yang follow blog aku daridulu mungkin udah ga asing lihat aku suka ribut ato debate sama orang. (you're welcome btw) . Buat yang pernah satu sekolah ato satu kampus bahkan satu kantor, juga ga asing lihat aku ribut sama orang. Memang ini salah satu trait yang aku share sama ami, ya itu suka jadi pembela kebenaran dan keadilan🫰(walau kadang ribut karna ego atau belain temen aja sih wkwk)

Physically Nikmir juga panutan aku banget dalam beauty, in term of perawatan, Nikmir salah satu artis yang semakin bertambah umur malah tambah cantik dan hot. Bahkan aku bilang di umur dia yg mau 40 skrg ini prime dia.

Kalau di tanya apakah aku beneran mirip ama Nikmir ato engga? Yah sikit lah 🤭 Bedanya aku ga ada turunan Padang aja.

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Full images of a tiktok I made a while back!

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Some Neon and Machi merch that I bought!

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neon because i like her 😢😢 please ignore the bad colouring i was sleepy 💔

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ughhhhh I just love neon’s kinda aesthetic…

I hope this isn’t considered eye strain (my eyes are kinda blind after staring at this for so long)

pic quality is a bit low in tumblr haha 😜

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ughhhhh I just love neon’s kinda aesthetic…

I hope this isn’t considered eye strain (my eyes are kinda blind after staring at this for so long)

pic quality is a bit low in tumblr haha 😜

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AlaGeru Headcanons Pt. 1

To begin, I like to think that every year the professor's have a gathering. Every time is different, as in the location, people and theme. They are very busy people, so sometimes they'd send assistants in their place.

At a time when teen Alain was still Prof. Sycamore's assistant, he was asked to attend in his place as the professor had a filled schedule (and honestly wanted Alain to go out, meet people).

That year, it was hosted by Prof. Kukui and Burnet in Alola. They would learn about the pokémon, z-moves, the culture, and a short tour to Aether Paradise. He wasn't expecting anything else. That was until he saw a boy around his age that had "Prof. Oak" on his name tag. But Alain knew that he was not the professor and did not know why he was glaring at him.

Gary Oak, on the other hand, was asked by Tracey to go instead. As it turned out, Prof. Oak needed him to stay in the lab. Reluctantly, he went. Getting there, he met his grandfather's cousin, learned things about the region, and made some connections.

He 100% did not mean to be caught staring by the handsome guy Professor Sycamore's assistant (according to Burnet), trust. Gary didn't realize he was staring until the guy walked up to him!

They ended up staying together for the rest of the gathering, and exchanging contact information afterwards. When asked how the trip went, the professors there would say that it was nostalgic seeing two young people laughing and arguing about research, living in the moment.

Could be love at first sight/meeting, but friends to lovers. (Though, for everyone it's different. And I don't stick to one thing.)

<- Pt. 0 - Pt. 2 ->

(insert "Puppy Princess" - Hot Freaks)

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It's what I have for now, maybe I'll update it or make a new one every year.

The real question is, have you guys ever thought of RebornResearchShipping?

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I WANT TO PRINT MISS NEON 1:1 AND KISS HER 24 HOURS 💋💋💋💋❤️

Neon looks so pretty!!

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EVERYTHING ABOUT NEON NOSTRADE EXCITE ME AAAAAH 🥹🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️THANK YOU FOR DOING HER LORE JUSTICE💗💗💗💗

i write kuroneon/kuraneon because i love these ships (it's an excuse to write 30000 words of neon's backstory).

seriously, creating neon's lore is literally my favorite way to spend time, i just know that her childhood was fucking insane.

the way togashi gave me the perfect amount of canon details, and left everything else BLANK. thank you! especially for neon being a nen genius (no one taught her nen, she's just made a wish and it came true #builtdifferent).

imagine being so good at shit you don't even know exists that you make grown-ass mafia men take your little poems seriously (and also light is a fucking papager that advertised the hell out of her predictions, but it's a topic for another post).

anyway, if there's one thing i would like to see in canon is her starting her flesh collection because what would prompt a teenage girl to see a baby's head in a jar and go OH I WANT IT IN MY ROOM! (her head is actually a dark-dark place).

isn't she adorable?

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Sex is good and all, but have you guys ever had a fic update while you were re-reading it?

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Idk there's something really sweet to me about fix-it writers. Like, me and you- maybe we couldnt make it this time, but in another universe, a million people saw the pain of our story and are writing us a happy ending, giving us the chance we never had

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Reblogging because masih relevant. Next adit sopo jarwo post

Dontol when I catch you dontol

sumber meme: meme anime comic indonesia

sebenernya sama sih

gua ngerasa Pokemon juga kek gini

Ash (Satoshi) dari bocah kocag, suka ngelawak , suka ngeledekin temennya, suka ngebacot, kadang2 jadi badut, sekarang jadi bocah yang cuman hore hore kalo ada Pokemon doang (personality kocag dia balik pas S&M ada misty brock sih)

Si Gary (Shigeru) lebih parah lagi, dari bocah tukang bully, bocah rewel, bocah germo yang suka main jablay, kadang2 dapet jatah kena karma, sekarang jadi cowo cool yang suka nasehatin temennya(walau tetep sambil ngebully, tapi dijelasin niatnya sama narator)(btw masih suka main lonte kah gery??).

Dah kayak sinetron islam. Dua bocah ini kena azab terus tobat kah?

Misty(Kasumi) juga dari temen cewe galak jadi temen cewe genit anjir.

Brock(Takeshi) jadi kurang mesum(abis sunat ?)

Sebenernya emang ada progress storynya sih dan gue nonton, tapi kangen aja sama jokes jaman dulu yang brutal2