#( abi writes things )

[ghostradiodylan]

[abib918]

Terapagos, the Ultimate Weapon, and a 9am Crack Theory.

hi pokémon tumblr community. i need to know if this is something or if i've just absolutely gone insane. I wrote this at 9am after consuming nothing but coffee so it's a real possibility.

may i present my case:

See this thing? The Ultimate Weapon from Pokémon XY. Weird material for it to be made out of! I wonder if we'll see anything like it again -- a white, crystalline material -- perhaps in a nearby region--

Oh. Huh!

Well that's weird! Could just be a similar asset, though. Gamefreak and Pokémon aren't known for their forward thinking, so, alright.

But hang on. Wasn't there something that Xerosic said, after you push the button, and watch the Weapon open up?

Xerosic: “Did you see? The ultimate weapon is reborn! The poisonous flower has bloomed!”

Y'know that's a funny thing to say because in Scarlet and Violet, I just feel like there was a Pokémon, tied to the Terastal Phenomenon and Area Zero, that also happened to look like a poisonous flower. What an oddly specific thing to say-

“…It can latch onto walls to disguise itself as a plant. Should Glimmora sense danger, it will open all its petals to unleash a beam attack in retaliation. Glimmora's petals are filled with crystallized poison.” ( Bulbapedia, Glimmora Biology )

HUH!

But how could AZ possibly get his hands on crystals, from the bottom of a crater no one was able to reach until the 19th century?

Oh buddy boy do I have something for you.

Terapago’s dex entry says that it used to be quite plentiful before tectonic plate shifts. While this was even before AZ’s time ( shocker, i know ) – this means that more existed around Paldea before they went “extinct” – and could have even extended out into the neighboring landmass that is Kalos! You think those little guys cared about BORDERS? HELL NO.

“Terapagos inhabited the Paldea region in a bygone era. It was thought that this species went extinct, with it said to have been caught up in seismic shifts that occurred about 2,000,000 years ago.” ( Bulbapedia, Terapagos Biology )

Kalos and Paldea aren't that far from each other, if we're going off of real world France and Iberian Peninsula.

SO THIS MEANS: If there were Tera Crystals still in the ground from past Terapagos(es?) inhabiting what would become Kalos, their natural habitat extending Beyond Paldea--

AZ could've used Tera Crystals to build the Weapon, explaining the similarities in crystals and all the funny little coincidences.

( Also it would tie 'Pagos to Mega Evos and Deoxys, as if the little fucker needs to cause more shenanigans )

Anyway. Idk if this is even anything but take it for what it's worth lmao. I had fun with it.

[paigemathews]

Me: *responding to next gen asks* I'm gonna be succinct and straight to the point and not accidentally do a fucking seven season rewrite of the show. Ask: *gets over 1500 words long and only one kid is born at this point* Me: FUCK

[seedlessmuffins]

writing (sending snippets & my thoughts to the discord friends) it's going well (i have a blank google doc in front of me) ft. the voices in my head when i write things

courtesy of @ianwrighty @stargarland @mebiselfandi @swaggypsyduck thank you for your support friends 🫶

[gorillaxyz]

i wonder if any nixon rpf writers have ever described him "fluttering his eyelashes"

[gideonisms]

I think I actually just need to be insane about something and then it will be fine. Y'all should see the fic I have planned AFTER the ballet au finishes because it goes so hard

[wiressmiled]

i turn 21 in half an hour ....

[wiredsmi1e]

might be . . . plotting a new promo for the girl

[laevndrs]

goals :

add new tags , update affiliates list

work on inbox/drafts

type up verses

[jasmancer]

my darling followers today I give u a snippet of Kendra/Drusilla homoerotic tension. tomorrow, who knows?

[m4rchellas]

sorry about the radio silence today so far but i've been working on my comms & hanging out with my mom ( my aunt is going through a really bad separation rn as well so we've been off & on the phone with her all day ) but i'm around on discord & would LOVE to chat/plot/write with anyone interested whilst i'm not able to be here <33

[thepandalion]

devastating: the good fic that ends on a cliffhanger and will never update

[abib918]

Olivier Roldán never wanted to move to Paldea. It was far away from everything he knew, full of unfamiliar people and uncertainty. But when he does move there, he finds a lot more than he bargained for, and, just maybe, something worth treasuring in this strange place.

Or, a novelization of Pokémon Violet.

[paigemathews]

So, I normally kind of just daydream next gen plots when listening to music and pacing, but the same plot keeps featuring lately and it's all multiverse shit, so I'm kind of tempted to just say fuck it and write it to make my brain come up with something else. But this plot is so fricking plot ffs that I don't wanna rn.

[mazeinthemiroh]

this means everything to me you don't understand. thank you so much. i feel so honoured that you come back to this fic, especially since this is one of my top favourite fics.

ughhh you're gonna make me cry. i needed to hear this today, thank you 😭💕

the one thing i want to be able to do as a writer is make people come back to something ive written. i want that piece of text to haunt them, i want their thoughts to be briefly consumed by this. i want this to be something they remember long after its time. thats the one thing i want to do

[writers-potion]

List of Interesting Latin Phrases

A list I made just to satisfy my vain cravings for resonating mottos for a secret society I'm working on. Enjoy!

abi in malam crucem: to the devil with you!

ad astra per ardua: to the star by steep paths

ad augusta per angusta: to honors through difficulties

aegis fortissima virtus: virue is the strongest shield

amor vincit amnia: love conquers all things

animo et fide: by courage and faith

arbitrium est judicium: an award is a judgement

aut mors aut victoria: either death or victory

aut vincere aut mori: either victory or death

bello ac pace paratus: prepared in war and peace

bibamus, moriendum est: let us drink, death is certain (Seneca and Elder)

bonis omnia bona: all things are good to the good

cede nullis: yield to no one

cito maturum, cito putridum: soon ripe, soon rotten

consensus facit legem: consent makes law

data fata secutus: following what is decreed by fate (Virgil)

durum telum necessitas: necessity is a hrad weapson

dux vitae ratio: reason is the guide of life

e fungis nati homines: men born of mushrooms

ego sum, ergo omnia sunt: I am, therefore all things are

pulvis et umbra sumus: we are but dust and shadow

quae amissa salva: things lost are safe

timor mortis morte pejor: the fear of death is worse than death

triumpho morte tam vita: I triumph in death as in life

tu vincula frange: break your chains

vel prece vel pretio: for either love or for money

verbera, sed audi: whip me, but hear me

veritas temporis filia: truth is the daughter of time

vero nihil verius: nothing is truer than the truth

vestigia nulla restrorsum: foosteps do not go backward

victus vincimus: conquered, we conquer (Plautus)

sica inimicis: a gger to his enemies

sic vita humana: thus is human life

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Reference: <Latin for the Illiterati: a modern guide to an ancient language> by Jon R. Stone, second edition, 2009