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Pokemon Horizons characters summarised in a few points

(keep in mind that this isn’t a serious take on the characters and doesn’t genuinely reflect how I view them for the most part)

RVT:

Explorers:

Extras/couldn’t fit:

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i love knowing pokemon lore but just like choosing to ignore it half the time, especially regarding legendaries and mythicals.

type: null? the creature literally designed to hunt and kill interdimensional beasts? that’s just a little doggy.

urshifu? that martial arts master with two diverse, powerful styles? big ol’ teddy bear. we also never did figure out what “distant region” kubfu was from btw.

calyrex? the literal god of nature/farmland revered to a level of having his own temple? that’s just a funky rabbit guy with horsies (and glastrier and spectrier, the deceased and revived mounts in service to this minor god are just that: just horsies), but that one i can blame on his questline.

ogerpon? the ogre that single-handedly killed three brainwashed creatures and was the feared subject of a local legend? silly little girl. like. that’s an actual child.

terapagos? the thing that can turn into an eldritch horror and completely uproot the elemental type system all pokemon are centered around on a whim and can manipulate time and space and with the player causes a paradox that makes us technically responsible for the death of one of our companion’s parents who is then replaced by an AI made in their image and almost cause the absolute destruction of paldea’s ecosystem? i nicknamed mine “scrunkly”.

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Kieran’s story as a loner champion rival character who challenged the game narrative + parallels with the DLC legends - another character essay

Okay, so this is another long rambling of mine that is probably an overthought (and reflective of past analysis) but anyhow, I like to think that Ogerpon, Terapagos and Pecharunt represent certain aspects of Kieran’s arc (albeit not in order). Although Kieran says himself about how he wants to be like PC/us, to be strong like the hero of the story, he outshone others in terms of being a protagonist; not in terms of simply as a central focus of the story but his desire to acquire qualities of a protagonist, which is very evident in his dominant role in the story. Kieran was a protagonist (along with Carmine) but not the main character in terms of the conditions it came along of being one.

To start, Ogerpon being a social outcast due to a great misunderstanding of her display of strength and act of self-defense as a threat is ironically picked up Kieran through his projected image of a strong “oni”; he later becomes this feared champion whose standards pushes out and judges others based on strength. Consequently, other students view him as overly stern and restrictive. He adopts that oni image and its attributed value of strength in who he sees himself as and subconsciously shows to others. Obviously the context of these circumstances are different, but Kieran ends up with a poor reputation just like Ogerpon did (He also takes the "treasure" - in this case Terapagos - like the oni which stole treasures in the tale of Momotaro).

Secondly, terapagos and its too short arc represents the full extent of Kieran’s desire, his potential and who he is; a reclusive, small being who possess great power and status, which, with neglect, caused great changes when it came to the tipping point. Moreover, Terapagos is the "monarch" of area zero, as evident with the tera crown, just as Kieran was the Blueberry champion/king. On another note, his quote of "I don't need my old self anymore - I will show you that I can change again!" resonates with the idea of transforming - physically and mentally - in conjunction with the terastalization, ultimately becoming who you want to be (penny says this as well).

To add further on, Terapagos' berserk state paralleled with Kieran’s monomia of battling and power (demonstrated in his behaviour at the championship match) that long affected his own well-being and his surroundings. The funny thing I personally noticed is that, Kieran took over that role of “control” as opposed to his possesion under dokutaro theories by capturing Terapagos and using it as a final resort to achieve his goal.

Likewise with Pecharunt's motive, Kieran was someone who deeply wanted something that resulted in the harm of others and himself (also mentioned in the case with terapagos). Kieran wanted not just strength, but also honesty and appreciation (form of love) from others. As our miscommunication led him astray, it persuades him that his self-worth is only found in strength (physically and mentally as a trainer and person), and that battling is no longer fun but a measure of worth, a trial determining the strongest who would outlive the weakest. He worked so hard to fulfill his goals for his own sake yet simultaneously for you in that sense of being proven wrong.

He gave up so much of himself by devoting his time, energy and studies to bettering himself (which is very ironiccc). Similarily, Pecharunt gave so much in return for its desire to be loved more - it took as it gave. Both have a warped sense of the things they love (or love in general) in their own respective ways. For Kieran, battling was a test of worth and that the things he liked ought to be strong. He went through such a training arc just to prove himself to you (he outright says so). Again, I repeat, Kieran did this all to fight you, ultimately to prove to you and himself that he made the right choice, that the effort for going through all of this was worth it.

Pecharunt went through all the trouble in seeking out the masks just to appease the couple (I would admit this just ties to the theme of treasure and its consequence with obsession in general, but this analysis aims to focus on the connection between the characters on a specefic level). Its grasp of love comes off as materialistic, more so conditional (same way applied to Kieran = battling in which determines one's success that is only found in strength; that to be a friend/rival, he needed to prove himself).

I have no epic quote/ending for this, oh well (it came off better in my head). edit: grammar issues and revised idea phrasing

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223 Mini - XXL Combat Breed Tauros XXS - XXL Blaze Breed Tauros XXS - XXL Aqua Breed Tauros

XXS - XXL Kantonian Tauros

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Yolanda and her new Flygon are peas in a pod! One can’t smile with teeth and the other can’t take photos for shit. Thanks you two😑

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Was running around the Terrarium in my Yolanda Scarlet save file and suddenly found Pride Rock lol

bonus!

A fish on a platform

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update: I hate myself I am so happy and scared at the same time AINT IT GREAT TO HAVE ANXIETY FUCKING HELL uh

anyways

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dvkdlvdovkxnbx this fucking close to making a time loop AU and saying “fuck it here we go again” and getting back on discord I stg

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SPOILERS TEAL MASK KINDA

Some Kieran doodles because much brainrot over him.

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Teal Mask Spoilers

I JOKINGLY SAID “lol we got the tsundere now where’s the Yandere haha” I DIDN’T MEAN THAT I WAS SERIOUS?! ILEX BUDDY I AM SO SORRY YOU GONNA GO THROUGH IT IN THE BLUEBERRY ARC

also I did not expect for the happy group to devolve into a custody battle with Carmine being the awkward aunt distracting the kiddo💀

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So uh

Sorry for not being online much at all, I don’t really have the words right but shit’s been wack. Kinda had a moment of breaking and ended up deleting Discord, I’ll probably redownload it later— Uh. Life’s been a lot. But some good highlights are that all my pets are happy and healthy, and I got some help for some stuff that’s been happening since I got my cast off some months back. Though it also isn’t a fun time cuz the side effects have been kicking my ass haha. 

I don’t think I’m gonna be on all that often. And I dunno if I’ll mentally get back to the person I was before breaking my foot without feeling like a total fraud. But I’m gonna keep healing and try too. Cuz my gods I’m tired LMAO 

Thanks for listening to my nonsense :,)

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Rivals!

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pokemon bw protags (bw2 ver)

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Please memorize some "i desperately need out of this conversation because I cannot behave like a human any more" scripts. Please. I can even supply some. Let me get on my computer but, my god, there are formulaic ways to say 'i have no ppl juice rn and you speaking to me any more will cause me to conjure vivid, beautiful images of me THROTTLING YOU" without being a giant douchebag and it worries me that you don't know this

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im so small and tired 

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Show: LEGO Monkie Kid

Song: STOP! - UPSAHL

The Lady Bone Demon clips always go great with those funky beats

link to watch on youtube

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