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[opportunistic-chicanery]

Anonymous asked:

Do you consider Dr. Marbles a father in any way?

"I suppose in Earth terms he would be. But he never called himself such, nor did I voluntarily assign him the role."

"I think the best way to think of him is Motherboard's duncebucket." He sniggered. "Maybe that's what I'll start calling him."

[pinkpoweredpunk]

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[AUDIO: A recorded conversation. At the start there’s just the sound of the wind blowing and someone tapping away at their phone, but then you hear two sets of footsteps approach.

Cole: Wait a minute, what the- Blake?!

Blake: Huh-?!

Blake: Oh sh- Cheren! Cole!

Cole: Oh my god, you’re alive! Thank Arceus- dude, what the HELL happened?!

Cheren: Where’s the Professor?

Blake: Oh boy, uh, long story- but the Professor’s gone back to go tell Clay we got everyone out. How’d you two manage to get here? Where’s Bianca?

Cole: We took an alternate route over the mountains. As for Bianca, um…

Cheren: …She ran off to go look for Autumn, or whatever.

Blake: Oh, shit, I still need to make sure she’s safe- Bianca didn’t go by herself, did she?

Cole: No, she uh, went with a few others, I think.

Blake: Okay, okay, that’s good at least…

Blake: …Cheren, you okay?

Cheren: Perfectly fine, why?

Blake: You just seem kinda… I dunno, uptight? More than you usually are-

Cheren: It’s fine. Last thing I need right now is you fussing over me like I’m five.

Blake: Okay, okay, sheesh-

Cole: Cheren!

Cole: Ugh, sorry, it’s been a… couple rough last few days for us.

Blake: Yeah, I can tell… Sorry. I didn’t… I never meant to scare you all so much.

Cole: I mean, you didn’t know that cave was going to collapse, right?

Cheren: Or maybe you just could’ve never gone and fought N in the first place…

Blake: …Uh-

Cole: Um, uh, excuse us for a moment-

Cole: Dude, would you lay off? Seriously, first Bianca and now Blake?! What has gotten into you?

Cheren: I’ve had enough of this. I’m going to go train.

Cole: Cher-!

There’s silence from the other two trainers as you hear Cheren’s footsteps fading into the background. Once he’s gone, you hear Cole let out a disgruntled sigh and plop down on something.

Cole: God… I can’t figure out what his deal is. He snapped at Bianca the same way earlier, and now he's-

Blake: No, he’s… he’s right.

Cole: What?

Blake: M-Maybe if I hadn’t let myself get so worked up by N and didn’t go charging into that “test” by myself or whatever, none of this would’ve happened in the first place.

Cole: …What was Plasma trying to do back then, anyways?

Blake: I don’t know. Get a read on my battling techniques? See “what kind of trainer I really am”? Looking back, I probably shouldn’t have gone through with it. If they learn how I fight, they might figure out how to prepare for me.

Cole: Pfft, look Blake- if I’m being honest, I think learning your battling strategies would be like trying to memorize every single different pattern a Spinda can have.

Blake: What?

Cole: It’s impossible. In a good way, I mean. I’ve seen you come up with some pretty crazy, spur of the moment stuff to get yourself out of tight spots.

Victini: Viiii! Viiiictini!

Cole: Heh, looks like someone agrees.

Blake: Oh, uh, hey Victini- gods, totally forgot she was still traveling with you, haha.

Blake: …Still. Regardless of what they managed to learn about me, I still put everyone in that cave in danger. Autumn got trapped and is now missing, I worried everyone sick and forced them to work together with Plasma of all things, the Professor and the people who came to rescue me almost got killed by a giant spider, and- potentially worst of all, N got his stupid hands on the fucking Dark Stone! If he manages to-

Cole: Woah, woah, woah, wait- what’s the Dark Stone?

Blake: I don’t know, but according to Juniper, it’s some ancient artifact that’s used to summon Zekrom somehow.

Cole: Oh. Ohh, yeah, that’s… pretty bad, but uh… There’s no guarantee it actually works, right?

Blake: I guess not, but Juniper said there’s still a good chance it could. She told me there’s records of an event as recent as 200 years ago where someone succeeded in summoning both of the dragons with a pair of ancient artifacts called the Light Stone and Dark Stone. Didn't you tell me something similar, back in Driftveil?

Cole: Right... I guess it was true, then.

Cole: Wait, so if the Dark Stone can summon Zekrom, then that Light Stone must summon Reshiram, right? It's said that the only thing that can combat the power of one of the dragons is its counterpart!

Blake: She told me Lenora has it, but she really doesn’t want it to come to that. A-Apparently there’s some writings that say when the twin kings were at war, they both went insane, possibly because of the dragons’ power? Hold on, Prof. Juniper’s been sending me snippets of all the translated scriptures she knows off-

Blake: Here, this one. It’s thought to be from a diary that belonged to a soldier that fought in the war, I guess.

Blake: “When the kings fought beside with their respective beasts on the battlefield, I swear they both became unlike themselves. An insatiable drive to triumph over the other, to go to any length to see their counterpart fall… Lord Larkin ordered us to do things we never thought we were capable of, no matter how vile or dangerous it seemed… I'll spend the rest of my days wishing we never listened. No ounce of the suffering caused was worth winning the war.”

Cole: That... okay, yeah, I see why that could be a cause for concern, uh...

Cole: So if summoning Reshiram is a no-go, what is the plan?

Blake: Well... Juniper says that in that story about the summoning from 200 years ago, it was done on top of a spire. If I had to guess what it means by "spire"? Dragonspiral.

Cole: Just like we thought, then! I wonder how they plan to get inside, though... the entrance to that place was flooded by the lake that surrounds it now.

Blake: Guess that means Plasma has some kinda trick up their sleeve?

Cole: Whatever it is, I doubt it's a very smart one. I heard exploring that tower is forbidden, just because of how unstable the structure is.

Blake: Well, it's not like Plasma hasn't tried reckless shit like that before.

Cole: True...

Blake: Whether they succeed or not, we need to get that stone out of their hands. Right now the plan is still to try and meet them at Dragonspiral Tower, and stop them there, once and for all...

Blake: ..."Once and for all"... I feel like I've said that in regards to Plasma way too many time to count by now.

Cole: Well, this time we're gonna make it happen for sure, 'kay?

Blake: ...I hope so. I don't know how, though, if everything keeps falling apart the way it has been recently! Cheren is pissed at me, Bianca is gone- How are we supposed to stop Plasma if we can't even get our own shit together?

Cole: Yeah... I... guess that's true...

Cole: ...I haven't exactly patched things up with Cher and Bianca myself, either, for that matter. I just... don't know how to tell them how sorry I am. For not trusting them enough to not tell them what happened to Ashlynn, or what I was doing in Plasma, I- sigh...

Cole: ...We'll figure something out though, right? We always find a way. A weird, roundabout way, sure-

Blake: Do we, though? The only recent, actual win we had against Plasma that I can think of is getting Victini back. I thought everything was gonna start looking up from there, but no! They just spiraled out of control, like usual! It feels like we can never get our footing without something coming to knock us back down again-

Victini: Viiii...

Blake: Sigh, I'm sorry, I just... I'm tired, and it's making me all pessimistic, I guess. We'll stick to the plan and head over to Dragonspiral... and hope our luck starts to turn around there, I guess.

Cole: N-No, I get it. I mean... yeah, things look pretty bleak right now, and we're all running on empty, but... We just need to hang on a little bit longer. It's almost over, I'm sure of it.

Blake: ...I hope you're right.

There's a long silence between them, with nothing but the sound of the wind blowing by and the trees rustling overhead. And an occasional chitter from Victini, of course.

Cole: ...Hey, Blake?

Blake: Hm?

Cole: Look, whatever happens from here- promise me something. Promise we won't give up, okay? I know I asked a ton of you just by asking you to help me with- with ANY of this. I know you've been through things I can't- even begin to comprehend, I know you're unfathomably tired, but please-

Cole: I just can't... I can't go back to fighting them on my own again. I can't save Ashlynn by myself. If I- if I fail in this, I've let her down. I've let everyone that Plasma's ever hurt down!

Cole: You... You don't have to fight alongside me as a hero. I won't ask that of you. But- I-I hope you'll fight alongside me as... as a friend.

Blake: ...

Blake: Alright. I promise.

Cole: R-really?

Blake: Mhm. I know what it's like to be in your position. It feels like the world is falling apart all around you, and you're desperate to make sure everything and everyone you care about doesn't get crushed along with it...

Blake: That... that isn't something I'd ever want any kid to go through alone. There isn't anyone in the world that should.

Blake: Yeah, those things I went through messed me up pretty bad... there's no denyin' that. But I would've been way, way worse off if I hadn't had a couple of really great friends there to stick with me through it all.

Blake: Back when we first spoke, I said I didn't want you to end up like me... alone, ridden with all this pain you feel like you can't tell anyone about. So I'm going to make sure you don't. Maybe there's nothing we can do to stop the storm that's coming, but- you don't have to face it alone.

Blake: Even if it just ends up only being the two of us in the end to stand against whatever Plasma plans to throw at us...

Cole: ...

Cole: Thank you... really, thank you.

Cole: I'm- I'm so sorry for everything, I swear I'll find a way to thank you for all of this-

Blake: You don't have to. It's what friends are for, right?

Cole: sniff- Y-yeah.

Victini: Viiii! Victini ni!

Blake: Sorry, Victini. Three of us.

Cole: Haha!

FWSHHH!

Blake: Wha-?!

King: Serrrrr!

Phaedra: Krooookodile!

Cordelia: Pan! Pan pan pan pour!

Beau: Swoooobat!

Kilobyte: Tyyynam namo!

Blake: Gah, alright, alright! Four, five, six- seven, eight- of us!

Fwssh!

Beck: Deww dewott!

Cole: Pffft... Nine of us, right, buddy?

Blake: Oh my gods-

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[spindaonateaspoon]

Yo there! Oh all those spindas in the background are making me dizzy haha (one of my fave pokemon actually, love them). Okay, sooo that's pretty random ask but what are your top ten black clover characters? :D

Ah, a tumblr user of taste, I see. Glad you could get past the vertigo to send me an ask, I really appreciate it! Next time you can save your eyes a little stress and ask my interest blog @thespiralgrimoire instead!

Top 10 Favorite Black Clover Characters

1. Nozel Silva

There are a lot of reasons I absolutely adore this unhinged bedazzled train wreck of a man. I thought my love for him couldn’t swell any bigger when I watched the anime, and then I started reading the manga, and he only gets better.

First and foremost, he’s pretty. In an extremely conventional way, but hey, it’s conventional for a reason. Even with his stupid hair, he’s just nice to look at. This is despite the fact that he literally never smiles, which is usually an important feature to appearances to me. But coming back to the braid thing, he KNOWS it’s stupid, and you know  he knows it’s stupid, because he literally threatens the lives of people who criticize it. The boy made a bad aesthetic decision once when he was like 19 and said, “Oh shit. If I don’t own this, I will never live this down. It’s time to do or die.” And he owned it. He is doomed to look this stupid for the rest of his life or face an endless assault of naysayers. His pride will not allow it.

Which brings me to the next thing I love about him: He’s such an arrogant twat. Everything about Nozel screams “I’m better than you, and if you disagree with me, I will throw myself on the floor and cry.” He will not allow anyone to even entertain the idea that he’s not perfect. Even himself. Even when it’s glaringly obvious that he’s a hot mess. During the star festival, when he hears that the black bulls came in second, He Mcfreakin loses it. He gets so mad that when he can’t make Yami feel ashamed for being himself, he literally STOMPS OUT OF THE FESTIVAL.  It’s chapter 104. Look it up. I’m not exaggerating.

Finally, I’m a slut for siblings, and the Silva Squad is an endless goldmine. That dynamic is what gets me through the day. I could live off sibling dynamics. Nebra and Solid worship the ground he walks on, and Noelle can’t help but look up to him, even if he’s been a huge douchenozzel to her her entire life. At this point it’s all conjecture for how that relationship will develop, but got damn, I’m in this for the long hall.

2. Fuegoleon Vermillion

Again, this man is so pretty. They really got their royal aesthetics right in this show. I am a simple person, with simple desires, and pretty men that I can make fun of is about all I need to be happy.

That being said, Fuegoleon is a nice guy. Despite having every reason to have the Higher Than Thou attitude that Nozel has, he’s respectful of everyone. This, charmingly, extends to how he treats people for better or worse. My home boy ain’t walking around pretending everyone is deserving of hand holding and forgiveness. He’s beating everyone over the head when they do something stupid. NO ONE is immune to a Teachable Moment.

Which is probably the funniest thing about him. This man is incapable of not teaching. The entire city is being overrun by zombies and he stops in the middle of defending citizens to give Noelle a pep talk and magic lesson??? Bro. Time and place, my dude. I love you.

Actually the funniest thing about him is that despite obviously being the most reserved of the Vermillions, this guy has no chill. If he’s not screaming passionately about something that someone needs to learn, he’s squaring up. He has no off switch. Sure, he’s not running around with his fists up like Meoroleona and Leopold, but if you think he’s going to be any slower to throw a punch than they are then you and I are watching different anime. He may canonically be the most intelligent of the captains, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not a meathead. And I think that’s beautiful.

Okay the ranks get harder after this because these two are so easily my favorite LOL

3. Meoroleona Vermillion

I could say a lot of things about Meoroleona, but to save some space, I’m going to refer you to #2, and also show you my favorite character from Steven Universe. You do the math.

4. and 5. Nebra and Solid Silva

These two are such bitches. At this point in the series, they only exist to a) be Nozel’s hype men and b) be the bane of Noelle’s existence, and as a writer, I respect that. There’s not a lot to them in canon, but that hasn’t stopped me from designing their entire lives and backstory. I love them so much; not only for what I’ve made them out to be, but for where they could go as characters. We’ve already seen this a little bit with their asses being handed to them in fights, and I just hope that their asses continue to get handed to them until they come around to have some respect for anyone but each other and themselves. In the meantime I’ll continue developing their personalities on an interpersonal level.

Okay I’m not done. The REAL reason these guys made 4th and 5th is because, like I mentioned before, I am a slut for sibling relationships. Black Clover does them s o well. Even with the little we’ve seen, it’s so easy to tell that their love for Nozel and each other is so deep and sincere... even if it might be just a tad bit dysfunctional. There’s so much ground to cover with how the death of their mother affected them and pushed them closer together. But I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t have been super close had she stayed alive. You can just tell in everything they do that they live for each other. They’re EVERYTHING to each other. You get the impression that these two probably don’t really know how to be people separate from their siblings, because all they’ve ever had is each other. It’s such a great dynamic to grow and explore and if we don’t get more Silva interaction in the future I’m gonna throw a fit.

6. Ladros

Okay this is the point where this list starts getting a little wonky because I like almost everyone else in the series just about the same but---

I have feelings about Ladros Ladros. I don’t even know what it is about him. His design is impeccable. Every time I see him I want to scream. What emotion does he instill in me? Love? Hate? Lust? Disgust? I really don’t know. I just know that there’s a lot of it. Look at his little black eyes. Look at his smile. His hair. His barrel chest that doesn’t fit his twink face. What a man. I sure do feel about him.

Also, he’s my preferred brand of Little Shit.

7. Zora Ideale

Everything that applies to Ladros applies to Zora in exactly the same way. Priddy and meen. At least his face fits his body.

8. Finral Roulacase

He’s such a sweetheart, and I like his new haircut. I wish he was real so he could be my friend. And I cannot stress this enough: I feel that way about NO ONE else on this list. The rest of these assholes are better off fictional, but the world needs more Finrals.

9. Henry Legolant

Unlike every other character on this list, I actually don’t think that Henry’s design is all that pretty. What I love about Henry is that his whole personality is “My fragile heart is overflowing with love and care for all my friends... and if you so much as think about hurting them, I will pound your bones to dust.” And he follows through. King.

10. Dorothy Unsworth

There is no way that glitzy baby doll Dorothy wasn’t going to end up on this list BEFORE I found out that she and Nozel have feelings jams in Glamor World. Once we see more of her I’m sure she’ll fly up the list.

So, there you go! Thank you so much for the ask! This was really a struggle to put together after #5, but I had a great time doing it.

[askthepokemutants]

Reid: This black and blue coloration is my natural appearance!! If I tried transforming into a “Normal Pikachu” while my core was literally killing me, I’d be dead before I could’ve removed it! I’m not a freakin’ Ditto you bastard!!

Terry: S-sorry, I didn’t get that;;;!

Reid: SURE YOU DIDN’T!!

Alan: Reid... breathe.

Terry: I should really apologize though... I mean, I’ve been wondering and dreaming about being able to disguise myself, so... you know... I’m sorry about that, um, Reid...

Reid: Humph...

Pyre: Um... by the way-why do you look that way? I mean... I get the idea of ‘shiny’ Pokemon or just some slightly different colors but you’re SO different...

Terry: Oh, right, yeah.. supposedly my dad-a Spinda-was used as a test subject by Team Machine-very likely used in some sort of special breeding project where they let him have children while altered or whatever they did to him...

Pyre: So your dad was a Pre-Alpha Mutant...?

Terry: Um...

Alan: That’s the ones who were experimented on as eggs or had special injections into them...

Terry: M-maybe...?

Reid: Pfft...

Pyre: Oh!!

Terry: I’m just a Pikachu... born naturally, not full of any weird black sludge from a canyon in a now destroyed island...

Reid: So you say...

Pyre: I mean... it’s REALLY possible you’re a mutant-

Reid: I mean, your electricity is freakin’ PINK! Man, can’t wait until Hikari meets you, pffthah!

Terry: Mmmgh....

Alan: Stop. Let’s try and not antagonize each other...

Reid: Antagonize? Pssh, I’m having fun-I actually feel calm for once.

Pyre: But I’m not trying to antagonize;;

Terry: You get used to insults, and don’t worry about it Pyre, it’s fine! Besides, to be honest-Reid’s isn’t as harsh as ones I’ve dealt with back home...

Alan: Right... well, Reid is an asshole, so...

Reid: Hey-

Terry: More like a child-how old was he again? Like, are we older than him?

Reid: What-

Alan: Technically...? I’ve never thought about it that way... if Pyre’s sorta close to her mid 20s... then... would Reid be around the same-

Reid: Let’s pretend this-

Terry: So, technically I’m his senior? So he has to listen to me?

Alan: Maybe?

Reid: Hold on-

Terry: Awesome!

Reid: Fuck you!

Pyre: Hey guys... they’re here...

Reid: Oh... lovely...

Carla: I’ve gone through that book pretty thoroughly, and heard Alan made it?

Alan: Yep.

Carla: You’re very thorough... it’s well put together...

Alan: Great! Thank you!

Carla: As for you, Reid, um... I just wanted to say... I understand your situation a bit better and well...

---: ... ... ...

Pyre: H-h-huh...?

Alan: Pyre...?

Pyre: I’m okay... still feeling a bit off from that weird mist from earlier I think...!

Alan: ... Alright...

Carla: As a Shadow Pokemon, I want to help you because of my vow to help them-that includes Vris if she’s comfortable with that. Also, there’s the Rteddy situation that we’re struggling to figure out-we should focus on that, not on some old group of Pokemon who hasn’t done anything marginally bad to society in nearly a decade-until we antagonized them... a lot...

Reid: You sure did...

Alan: I have to admit, I couldn’t find too many Pokemon who saw the Trio as a bad thing when I was supposed to be hunting for them...

Terry: Seriously?

Alan: Yeah... I mean, technically they were fighting for Pokemon, so, you know... that wasn’t bad.

Terry: ... I guess so...

Carla: It’s just the Goldenrod incident and what happened with-um... you know...

Reid: Cherry?

Carla: Right...

Reid: Now, if she’s really alive and Rteddy has her; if you want to fight them for her, go for it-just know what’s going to happen if you overdo it...

Carla: From the book’s bit about their creation: it can turn living things into toys like itself...?

Reid: Essentially...

Carla: Eeh... maybe there’s a way we can negotiate this...

Reid: Also, if Cherry was a thing this whole time...

Carla: Would they have used her against you?

Reid: Exactly...

Pyre: I didn’t even know about her... maybe there’s a reason?

Clark: Do you think they don’t control her...?

Carla: It did seem that way-she was being controlled by some random Beheyem, who was apparently breaking the rules at the time, so...

Reid: Hmm...

Crysta: Maybe she has her own adventure going on...?

All: ...?

Crysta: ~

Reid: She won’t tell us, will she?

Carla: If my mom deems it detrimental to Celebi’s balance then...

Reid: No.

Carla: No...

Crysta: Trust me~

Reid: Well, we’ve done that so far... besides, I have a question for you, Carla-about Shadow Pokemon actually...

Carla: Yeah...?

Reid: I honestly only have one idea where Vris could be, but I don’t know if she’d be there based on some... things not included in that book for... personal reasons...

Carla: The story during the time after Kryona was destroyed was a bit off...

Reid: ...

Carla: There are a few places I can guess where Pokemon may hide in Orre: the old Poke-Spots strewn across Orre are one...

Pyre: Poke... Spots...?

Clark: Essentially places trainers used to use to lure the tiny amount of wild Pokemon out of hiding. They lost popularity when most trainers opted to leave Orre to begin their journeys.

Pyre: Oh...

Terry: Even then, I bet trainers use them still-it wouldn’t be super wise to go there without being cautious.

Alan: I agree...

Carla: Right, another spot would be Pyrite Town, within The Under-which is an old underground city that was run by miners... Pokemon eventually took it over when the Pyrite police decided to destroy the entry ways humans took... but it’s like... not the most ideal place to go there for a Strident Knight...

Reid: So that’s the best option to search?

Carla: Possibly...?

Reid: ... Are there any others?

Carla: ... You likely know about the last one...

Reid: Yeah...? Do I really?

Carla: Cipher’s lab...

Reid: Hmm...

Crysta: That’s a bit out of your way if you’re looking to venture to Pyrite, you know...

Reid: Yeah, it is...

Carla: I advise you avoid that place, Reid...

Clark: He’s going to end up going there, isn’t he?

Pyre: Um...?

Alan: I’ll bite: what’s there?

Clark: It’s the spot where Shadow Pokemon were created-no one knows what’s in there now... the only worth of going there is trying to understand Shadow Pokemon better, and if Reid wants that, he can learn from us.

Carla: And I don’t think any Shadow Pokemon would go there to hide... memories might be hindered, but I’m sure they remember their time there...

Reid: Hmm...

Terry: Do you think there’d be research there in regards to these ‘Natural Shadow Pokemon’ things?

Reid: Doubt it... just curious of every possible location...

Carla: Well... my advice is to avoid going there, just... don’t... sometimes there’s an unsettling aura coming from there... if there are Shadow Pokemon there, I get the feeling a massive one lurks down in that lab’s depths quite often...

Reid: Hmm...

Crysta: Giving him reasons to go, honey...

Carla: Eeegh... whatever... if he tries going there, I’ll leave it to you all to stop him... anyway-we need to get back before everyone realizes we’re gone... the meeting’ll be starting very soon...

Clark: You sure about that...?

Carla: Just a feeling...

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