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Off to get ice cream!

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Background Cameos!

Yua from @askwanderingdreamer!

and Chime from @askchimeknight!

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@novatheartist16 @poniquest @askchimeknight @ask-the-royal-absol @asksavel @theredvaporeon @askbohemiancompany @askmewntwo @askstormscall

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well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.

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just so we’re clear if you support trump in any capacity whatsoever you are not welcome here. frankly if you’re even so much as neutral towards him I have no desire to have you in my community or my life

I doubt I’ll run into the issue of having conservatives in my following on here as compared to Twitter but I wanted to make this openly known wherever I am able to do so

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Hey. If you voted for Trump, get the fuck away from me. Not even joking.

You are NOT welcome here.

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How to Write Engaging Anons

I’ve spoken to a lot of people behind close doors and we have all come to a realization: PKMN IRL as a community isn’t the greatest at sending engaging anons,,,

A lot of anons tend to get off track from what the blog runner is trying to do or will send completely unrelated anons during a plot moment on someones blog which can be incredibly frustrating for the blog runner.

So, I’ve decided to compile a little “guide” to help.

Look over the recent posts of a blog to see if they’re doing anything that could be considered plot relevant before sending an anon. Are they vague posting about something? Did they cut off a tangent too short? Did they mention they have stories to share if anyone wants them? Did they say something off or slightly concerning? ASK ABOUT IT! Ask them to elaborate! Ask for more detail!

Try and keep asks on task if a plot hook/point is currently happening. It is incredibly discouraging for a blog runner to see the notif for an anon only to open it and it have nothing to do with what they are currently trying to reveal/be engaged with. Do not latch onto a bit like your life depends on it because you are most likely just tiring out the blog runner who just wants to share interesting character/story info. Bits have a time and a place.

Don’t have a character that would realistically send that anon? Then don’t send it as that character, send it as yourself. The blog runner and character will not know the difference. This also has an added benefit of baiting a character into talking about something you know your character can then interact with. Anons are great for interaction in more ways than just asks.

Worried someone already sent the ask you’re about to send? SEND IT ANYWAYS! A blog runner would much prefer two of asks of generally the same question than zero asks! And it shows that people care enough to ask that question twice! It gives the blog runner something to think about when writing!

Don’t have any idea of what anon to send without an ask game? SEND THE SUPER “BASIC” ONES! I promise you that very basic questions like “how do feel about this”, “why do you say that”, “you mentioned [this], can you elaborate more” ARE LOVED BY BLOG RUNNERS!!! So much can be understood about a character’s mental state or attitude depending on how they choose to answer these questions. They’re “basic” and “overused” because they are really good questions to ask!

Try and engage critically with a character! Remember! This is an RP community! We are playing these characters as if they are real so you need to treat them like people! For example: Telling a very clearly mentally ill character that their thought process isn’t healthy and that they should just go to therapy isn’t the most helpful anon and it especially isn’t when that seems to be all the blog runner gets when they’re character gets like that. A good way to try and engage critically is to ask similar questions as above such as “why do you think that” along with some others like “can you walk me through your thought process”, “do you know when you started acting/thinking like this”, etc.

IC Hate Anons. These anons are fun and good! They can be very useful for story telling and showing off certain aspects of a character! They can also be super draining especially when that seems to be all that a character gets when trying to do plot hooks/points. It can make a blog runner’s motivation wane and deplete when all it ever seems like is that anons want to use their character as a punching bag. A good way to negate this is if you send an IC hate anon is to quickly follow it up with an anon that’s trying to engage critically and is asking questions and treating the character as a person. This allows for a blog runner to have choices on whether they want their character to be a punching bag right now and get beat down or would rather follow the anons line of questioning.

Ask games. I know I’m beating a dead horse here but SEND AN ASK TO THE PERSON YOU ARE REBLOGGING FROM. The blog runner will see you reblogging it from them and be waiting for an ask to come in and then it never does. Send an ask. They are literally pre-written most of the time. Okay that’s all I have to say here. 👍

Make sure the anon has some sort of substance. Even when sending anons outside of plot periods make sure the anon has something the character and blog runner can actually feasibly answer. One word anons that are just “yeah” or “okay” are incredibly difficult to respond to. So is randomly being sent quotes or things that just generally have nothing to do with the blog or pokemon in general. People have an easier time when being sent asks about their character’s pokemon, family, friends, most recent stupid post, etc. I have about 40 anons rotting in my inbox for @/espers-n-espurrs because they have nothing to respond to. And this isn’t to say silly/dumb anons shouldn’t be a thing. They should be but they should also be something someone could reasonably reply with besides just replying with “why the fuck did you send me this”.

In all, remember you are not only engaging with a character and their story but you are also engaging with a blog runner. You may never know their name or have a one on one conversation with them but the asks you send their characters do have an effect on the blog runner.

Show that you are engaging with their character, show that you care about the story they are trying to tell.

Reblogs are important for interaction but in my mind asks are the backbone of this community. A good ask and a good response allows for a good chance for others to be able to interact with the response IC.

But yeah, remember, the blog runner is still there behind that screen, you are still interacting with them when you interact with their character. Give them something to work with when you send an ask.

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I was asked so! Here are my silly lil prompts for my personal month challenge thing!!!

NOTE: This is not a official thing or what have you, I was just asked to share the prompts for my lil self challenge, so I am! This is my own personal little challenge because I've had these prompts since 2019 and I want to use them

I'll put under a readmore because it is... like. 30 things lmao

Day 1: First Askblog OC The first blog OC you made! Day 2: Most recent askblog OC Can be a side or main character, just the most recent OC you've made for a blog! Day 3: The Modsona Draw your modsona! Self love n all that Day 4: Redraw a silly/funny askblog panel Find a old silly/funny or shitpost panel from one of your blogs and redraw it! Day 5: Evolution scene Draw your OC evolving! Can be past event, future event or something that already happened for a silly redraw! Day 6: Blog Swap Draw one of your blog OCs as a character on one of your other blogs! If don't have more than one blog, switch up their role with someone else on your current blog! Day 7: Favoritism wins Draw your absolute favorite OC from your blog! Indulge a little Day 8: "Nothing bad happens" What would your OC look like if their plot had nothing bad happen Day 9: Redraw a sad panel Redraw a old sad panel! Last prompt was too cheery, redraw that angst with your updated abilities! Day 10: Favorite Magic Anon Blast from the past, relive that glorious magic anon Day 11: Easiest OC to draw Draw that easy fellow, relax a little! Day 12: Difficult OC to draw Back on that grind, draw that one guy who is the absolute most difficult for you!! Day 13: Redraw your least favorite panel We all have that one panel that just, didn't come out right. Try again! Maybe it'll be nice to see your improvement.. or maybe you'll hate it again. Anyways, chop chop Day 14: Injury Draw that dramatic/important injury your character went through. Past, present or future! Day 15: Beach episode What it says on the tin, we love a filler episode. Can be plot relevant but hey, they deserve to relax too Day 16: Favorite blog Draw some fan art for your favorite blogger! Whether they are a friend, inspiration or what have you! Extra challenge: redraw some old fan art you did for them Day 17: Plot Changer That one moment... the thing that made everything twist. That really hit a hard turn in your storyline! Can be past, present or possible future! Day 18: Scrapped Idea What was that scrapped concept again? Or was it a character.. or even something as silly as a slight design change? Day 19: What's a God to a Blogger Most of us have that one god. That one important guy in the sky... or the ocean.. or under a truck... man pokemon is weird. Day 20: Canon Compliant Stylization is so interesting and unique!... but strip that away. Be close to pokemon canon. Day 21: Shiny Beam A easy one... make that little guy shiny!!... Oh they are already shiny?... well then undo that. Silly. Day 22: Dream interaction What's a interaction with your characters that you would really love to see or are excited for? Can be within your own storyline or a interaction with someone else Day 23: Real World Sighting Draw your OC(s) in a real life photo! Bonus points if its a photo you took. Take this chance to go for a nice walk and take some pretty pictures!.... touch grass. Day 24: A spoiler that.. wouldn't make sense to others That's right. Be vague. Spoil a little bit in the most vague manner. It's always fun to see others speculate. Day 25: In blog ship Draw your favorite ship within your own blog! Friendship/romantic ship/hate ship... Just whatever one makes you smile Day 26: Out of blog ship Same prompt as 25.. But with your OC and someone ELSE'S! again, friendship/romantic ship/etc etc! Day 27: Different Art Medium! That's right. Draw/sculpt/etc your OC in a different art medium than normal. This will either be fun or horrifying for you Day 28: The Inspiration VS the OC Draw your OC with their inspiration! Can be the storyline that inspired them... or the character that desired them! Etc etc Day 29: Song drawing Yeah that's right. Draw your OC/Blog with the song that you associate them with! As a treat Day 30: Redraw first blog post / Thank you Cliche ending alert!! Redraw your first ever askblog panel you have ever made. Not the first post on a more recent blog.. no. THE FIRST ONE. EVER. Or be corny and draw a heartfelt thank you to all of your friends and followers you made Or hell.. maybe even both

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Recap video is in progress! :) it'll be covering all of the events so far from the beginning as well as throwing in some extra bits! (This will be including stuff from asks!)

Since I've finally cleared up my pile of projects (yay!) I'm gonna try and pick up here again. I'm thinking that, since it's been awhile, I might need to do a recap as a refresher but what do y'all think?

I'll leave this up for the week but I'll be updating before then with the decision based on your answers prob after a couple days. There's no middle ground with these polls sadly and one day is too short :/

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Since I've finally cleared up my pile of projects (yay!) I'm gonna try and pick up here again. I'm thinking that, since it's been awhile, I might need to do a recap as a refresher but what do y'all think?

I'll leave this up for the week but I'll be updating before then with the decision based on your answers prob after a couple days. There's no middle ground with these polls sadly and one day is too short :/

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This bonus will come with physical zine preorder bundles!

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Am 31 now

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may the force be with you

And to you as well! :P Chime would actually have no idea what this means but have this anyways lmfao

(I'll let y'all imagine what color his lightsaber would be...)

I actually got this on the 3rd so I waited to respond hahaha

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Thank you so so much for the adorable drawing!!!! ;; I know I haven't updated in awhile (due to life circumstances) but I hope to continue soon as I really wanna draw more of this current arc TT O TT

I'm so glad you enjoyed Secret Luvdisc!!! I very much enjoy hosting it every year and hope too do so again next year!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡

🪴? (askchimeknight)

;; Admitly I don't know all the much about your ask blog, I really wish I did know more. It looks so fun and unique, plus the type of characters you have AAAAA SOME OF MY FAV POKEMON

I absolutely LOVE your art, and I'm super excited to see more content from you, plus thank you for hosting that event. You really know how to bring people together for some fun ;; Hope you enjoy a lil doodle!

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Happy 7 years Mini Doodle party

sorry I couldn't do anything more spectacular this year. Maybe next year if I'm still kicking

enjoy your complementary Jazzy Party Hat

Characters belong to: Mod Kit @inaris-pokemon-world Gen @ask-team-searchlights Hermes @cloudinbottle / @infectois (sorry I had to cash in my yearly Hermes Art Card) Bella @ask-pokecats Topio @ask-a-shiny-jolteon / @sp-modblog Ramiel @ask-amaryllis-academy Serafina @ask-serafinas-harem Alli @curce Kainda @a-toxic-bounty Lunch @askvekpa Nikky @ask-casteliabounce Paprika @skoodledoodledoo Chime @askchimeknight Puppy @sometimesjoltik Gertie @askfossilfriends Aspen @therantingsage Dax the dewott from askaw-Oh wait. I mean @ask-dax

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AQUAPETS! Great personality, Cool originality! Give 'Em a snack! And they'll react! AQUAPETS! They respond to your voice! Make the right choice The ultimate pet anyday! AQUAPETS!

Aquapets! Each sold separately. You can collect them all!

Characters belong to @ask-mirage-mews | @askchimeknight | @ask-sarah-and-co @pokeaskzine | @thedailycampix

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Questionable choices were made...

(Pokeask community. I ask this from you. Please put this Destino face on your character’s bodies. I will draw the funniest ones. Destino will do an impression of your character. Let us become the Destino army.)