#-H

[the-masquerade-council]

Calico Tom pride flag.

This can be used by any man or similar gender with XX* chromosomes. Whether they are intersex, trans, part of a system in a body that has XX chromosomes, or some combination.

*also including chromosomes variations such triple(or more) X and XXY

The flag design is based off the bear flag. The black, brown, orange, and off white are common colors of calico cats. With the lighter blue-green representing non-binary and multi-gender men, and the darker blue representing binary men

[masquerade-flags]

Ipsoultergender/Ulteripsogender, Ipsotergender, Ultersogender

Ipsoultergender/Ulteripsogender - Being both ipsogender and ultergender for any reason. This term is meant to be analogous to cistrans/transcis(tris).

Ipsotergender - Being ipsoultergender/ulteripsogender and being more ipsogender than ultergender

Ultersogender - Being ipsoultergender/ulteripsogender and being more ultergender than ipsogender

[These labels are intersex exclusive!]

[pokemon-academy-official]

Welcome to the Pokémon Academy!

Originally operating in Viridian City in West Kanto and Violet City in Central Johto, the Pokémon Academy has grown to teach individuals of any age across regions about Pokémon. Whether it be breeding, care, training, battling, or competing in contests, Pokémon can be surprising! We strive to reach all of our students at their level, teaching concepts from the very basics of type effectiveness to how to properly care for a specific Pokémon, to what exactly the numbers in your Pokédex actually mean.

In this Rotomblr blog, we will occasionally share information on a specific topic, such as what a Pokémon's "level" is, or the unusual occurrences near Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town in East Kanto.

Feel free to send an ask for us to cover a specific topic!

We ask that you please keep discussion civil and appropriate for all ages. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to be able to teach each and every one of you something new!

OOC in orange.

This blog is a work of fiction.

I can't promise I will post regularly, or for very long, but it seems like a bit of fun.

Different Rotomblr blogs have different rules about how Pokémon work, so please don't take any posts here too strongly as gospel. I'm just a guy that likes Pokémon.

This blog's canon sticks very closely to the mainline games' logic, lore, and history. Others games that closely line up (such as the Colosseum and Ranger games) and the anime are also considered. Additionally:

Events of the games have occurred, but may not be public knowledge.

Pokémon and animals both coexist.

Pokémon are generally slightly more intelligent than smart animals (such as cats dogs and birds)

The Pokémon Academy is a worldwide organization, but Naranja-Uva and Blueberry Academies are separate entities. They all consider each other "sister institutions."

The Pokémon Leagues of different regions are different organizations, but very closely affiliated. The Pokémon Academy works closely with many of them.

Tags, apart from `#rotomblr`, `#pokemon irl`, and `-h` (used in posts with updates from me), are in-universe.

INTERACTION RULES

DO:

Send (anon or non-anon!) asks about topics you'd like me to cover! May not respond if it isn't related to Pokémon, but I'll try to make a connection wherever I can!

Reblog! Interact! This blog isn't a story based one so I won't be going through arcs or anything but Absol-utely (sorry...) interact IC!

Disagree! This blog will be open to discussion so long as it remains civil. That said I personally won't be hurt if your character gets mad and says something hurtful. I just won't respond :shrug:

DON'T:

Any NSFW, particularly "Pokephilia" or anything adjacent. This blog will treat Pokémon as more intelligent than animals but that does not imply ability to consent. I'm not debating you on this.

Bigotry. At all. I'm not cool with it, the in-universe runner of the blog isn't cool with it. You'll get blocked, for real.

Thanks for reading!

<3 -h

[canalave-anon]

sup

im mod gg, im the one that set up this account. imma just leave it logged in on the computer at canalave library. anyone can use it. reblog stuff, make jokes, whatever. dont uh, dont do stuff kids shouldnt see, and dont be an ass. that's about it

oh and dont use pink! only i use pink. i'll edit your message (i have access to this account on my rotom-phone)

OOC in orange.

This blog is an excuse for me to interact with other blogs! Same mun (and same universe, not that it should ever matter) as @pokemon-academy-official

-h

[theminecraftgay]

I S E E A N G E L S

[baldinar]

Kyle Deserved Better (An Unhinged Essay I Just Spent All Day On)

I have too many thoughts about Kyle and neither the heart nor energy to put them into a fic/art, so I'm just going to grumble a little bit about his missed potential for a bit under the cut here lmao.

God help us.

GCDC's plot robbed that boy.

Spoilers for, like, all of GCDC under the cut. I'm also going to talk about how Kyle has plural swag and both him and his sister desperately need some fucking therapy.

This is REALLY long, and I am only kind of sorry.

Images mostly to help break the text up for ease of reading. They are all sourced from the wiki (or in a single case, fabi_nim on Twitter because the wiki doesn't have W12 cutscenes yet lol).

Specifically, I've spent all day at work just thinking about the setup and payoff of the Dark Kyle plotline.

Pretty early on, the seed that there is some weird shit going on with Kyle is sown. Grandiel is always cagey about Kyle's well being, in large part because he's afraid of being trapped by fate (something that is reinforced and repeated throughout the narrative of his written thoughts).

When Kyle finally gets "healed" in Forest of Life (GCDC), Grandiel even mentions Baldinar by name, drawing their relationship closer as the reveal draws nearer in World 3 about the nature of the two kids. This reveal is, of course, that both Kyle and Cindy have Baldinar's prana (aka: parts of his soul). They were both part of the machinations he underwent trying to revive the person he loved.

The narrative doesn't explicitly say why the facilities created the siblings, but while I was at work today, it kind of struck me that it's possible they were intentionally made to look the way they did, not because they were intended to be proxies of Baldinar and the Town Girl, but possibly because they were intended to be the children Baldinar and her would have had. Essentially, they are the personified grief for a life that was lost to tragedy.

With the information we get during the Underworld arc, I was thinking about how Cindy never got stricken by memories from Baldinar, while Kyle seems to have inherited them all (so much so that looking at his sister reminds him of Baldinar's dead lover). Kyle takes after Baldinar's personality more explicitly than Cindy, being prideful and headstrong, and, as Baldinar himself states in the epilogue for the World 3 raid: "You were a part of me, but became so different... Even when you are in pain, you never say it. You just joke your way out of it."

(As an aside, it's worth noting that Cindy's growing obsession with her concern for Kyle following his descent and kidnapping may be intended to parallel Baldinar's own fervor for reviving his dead lover. In Baldinar's case, he was willing to destroy anything to bring her back. In Cindy's case, she's willing to destroy herself to bring Kyle back. Both are self-destructive, inevitably, because of how much they love someone else more than they can reason. This is also noticeable in her prologue story for her SR healer unit: notice how she is surrounded by books in a dark, ominous lighting, a lot like Baldinar was in the arc leading up to his villainization.)

I think it would even be fair to call Kyle a personification of Baldinar's trauma, or a desire for simpler times. He inherited Baldinar's trauma, after all, when the Tower of Memories released its light. It's a large part of what allowed Heitaros to take hold of him and send him spiraling into the darkness. It's also worth noting that all this is on top of Kyle being both a teenager (though, also note that both Kyle and Cindy age very fast due to being homonculi, so his actual age is very young) and having lived his own personal traumas through nearly dying multiple times, alongside the rest of the plot.

(Again, obviously Cindy goes through all of this as well, but Cindy at least gets some of her trauma response highlighted by the narrative beyond "manipulated plot device screaming in agony a few times while the plot laser keeps them from being a character." Cindy spends the whole adventure also seeing Kyle nearly die because of how reckless he is.)

We see Kyle get tricked in the lead-up to his kidnapping, and during that, Kyle keeps hearing the voice of Baldinar and his memories; his faint recollection or hearing of Baldinar's voice is a constant throughout the story, though it's moreso implied than explicitly stated. Consider how he heard the voice of someone calling out to Baldinar in Act 11.1 (the first stage of Kounat), explicitly tying Kyle to Baldinar's memories. The line quoted here, if I had to make a guess, is potentially a reference to Grandiel's dialogue in Kounat's Collapse (a notoriously badly-translated dungeon from GCC): "Let's start over, Baldinar" (GCDC) vs "Let's go back to the way it was..." (GCC).

All this is to say, Kyle is connected to Baldinar's prana in a way that Cindy is not drawn out to be.

This difference in the siblings is most noticeable when Kyle receives the weight of Baldinar's memories, but it's also noticeable in the way Heitaros is able to communicate with Kyle. In Act 16.8, Kyle begins to hear someone calling out to him, which is implied to be Heitaros. He finds himself alone, only hearing the voice for a moment before being snapped back to the world around him. Eventually, this ends up with Kyle alone in the Tower of Memories, being confronted by who he thinks to be Baldinar. Heitaros, disguised as Baldinar, encourages Kyle to stop resisting the taint in his prana (his "instinct," as the English translation puts it), making it easier for Kyle to slip into darkness.

We don't see Kyle for a long time after this, but every time he shows up henceforth, he appears to be in a lot of pain-- enough so that he's difficult to keep hold of (passing from Heitaros's hands, to Jupiter's Angels, back to Nelia's). He's also in a constant vulnerable state, easily manipulated through his pain and fear of weakness, which we see through Amal'thea's manipulation of Kyle during the Terre Gate arc.

Actually, the Terre Gate arc and what little we do get developing Kyle during his pain is a large part of why it hit me today just how pissed I am about the missed potential of his story.

Throughout the Terre Gate arc, we see Kyle emoting more in his dark form than he's ever been allowed to thus far, which is how we can tell that he is not simply a mindless creature of violence in his state. Despite the fact he's getting passed around so much, he seems hyper-aware of the mistakes he's made that caused him to unleash his trauma in such a way. Amal'thea takes full advantage of this with her suggestion for Kyle, who seems to blame himself for Heitaros's own plans; where Kyle wants to flee when finally freed of the restraints that have kept him in check, and is content enough to run for the rest of his life, Amal'thea instead tells him to face Heitaros.

This is, of course, what leads to Kyle getting his body possessed by Heitaros.

Kyle puts up a fight, which perhaps has some influence on Heitaros's decision not to immediately kill the Grand Chase. It's a little hard to tell, especially in the translation, but it is interesting to note how quick Heitaros is to turn from determining to kill everyone right where his resurrection is complete to allowing them to witness the birth of a new world.

There's a lot of weird shit that goes on in this last chapter, but inevitably it ends up that Sieghart is able to run into both Heitaros and Kyle (Myst also shows up because of course he does) in what is supposed to be the Astral Plane or some shit like that, but considering how many times Heitaros has dragged Kyle into private conversations, it's really reminiscent of the billion other times that's happened. Kyle notes that Sieghart "can't escape" that place, implying that people inside of it are inextricably linked through the place. It's only when Kyle makes the sacrifice of his own soul, breaking the link he has with Heitaros, that the space fizzles out and frees both him and Sieghart.

And then the next time we see Kyle, aside from a shot of his near-dead corpse a few times (with him falling onto Cindy and lamenting that she gave up everything to revive him), is...

When he's months into recovery. In the epilogue for the world.

BITES KOG BITES KOG BITES KOG

Ugh, anyways.

Kyle has plural swag in large part because of the burden of Baldinar's soul on him, but also because that whole weird ass sequence with Heitaros and the astral plane, idk? It gives me plural vibes, the idea that they're inseparable so long as they're alive, especially thanks to Cindy's mending. Considering the way Heitaros speaks about Baldinar when occupying his body, it seems to me it's also possible that at some point there was a Baldinar soul construct he "digested;" look at Grandiel's likeability, where Baldinar is taken from the Wizard's Labyrinth with the confidence he goes towards Heitaros, then how Heitaros talks about Baldinar's soul in Tower of Memories. This idea of the succession of memories and the burden they put on you, whether you remember them or not, is such a distinctly plural storyline to us as a plural trauma survivor.

And KOG just like, dropped the ball like a hot coal once Kyle went dark. Kyle deserved so much better, damn it. He got put in the Freezer of Evil while half the plot resolved itself.

Some other loose notes, mostly about Kyle vs. Decanee and why it pisses us off so much Kyle wasn't allowed to be around for plot reasons during her arc:

It always struck me that Kyle and Decanee were meant to be foils to one another, if not simply parallels.

This is mostly because both of them are homunculi of some sorts; Kyle of Baldinar, Decanee of Kaze'aze. Both also struggle with their identity due to the acquisition of memories that aren't their own.

The biggest difference is that Decanee was created with and had the expectation of her performance of "Kaze'aze" imposed on her, while Kyle only really got that expectation laid on him after he had already begun to develop as a person.

More specifically, Kyle notes his hesitance to repeat Baldinar's mistakes after discovering the history of his soul. He fears repeating evil, and becoming another part of the cycle of violence that operates on all people in the dimensions.

Meanwhile, Decanee has no qualms with acting like Kaze'aze or Karina, but expresses explicit discomfort with being actually seen as either of them, highlighting the performance of self as it relates to constructs such as herself (and thus, by extension, Kyle and Cindy).

In that sense, both Kyle and Decanee are characters deeply interrogating the nature of the world of Grand Chase, and the cycles of violence that are perpetuated by its many structures of fate, ambition, and vengeance.

-H

[big-tits-alchemy]

sneezes on you 78

AHHH IM SNOZED ON

@normal-pup

[lyriakisser]

PRIN DON'T SAY THAT!!!!!!!! i'm so glad we got to meet, u've been one of my besties ever since then :c and i'm sure lots of people here think the same as me! ur literally amazing and i'm so happy u decided to join tumblr :] hugs u super tight and never lets go <333

W

[lazuryte]

keep the nightlight on inside the birdhouse in your soul

[the-masquerade-council]

general Teneo orientation flag

Teneosexual, Teneoromantic, Teneorose

Teneo(Latin for 'to hold') orientations refer to attraction heavily affected by  neurodivergence, specifically;

-Personality disorders, especially Borderline Personality Disorder and Dependent Personality Disorder,

-Separation Anxiety Disorder,

-Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and related disorders,

-some manifestations of (Complex) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,

-some types of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,

-Obsessive Love Disorder, or having many traits of one of the above disorders.

Teneo orientations are experienced as being dependent on an attachment figure or figures, someone who is teneosexual would experience no or very little sexual attraction to anyone else while they have an attachment figure or figures. If the an attachment figure or figures was someone they did not experience attraction to(e.g. genders they aren't attracted to, people who are just not their type, family members, paid caregivers) they would be functionally asexual, until they either lost that attachment, or became attached to someone they experience attraction to.

People who use the label may or may not experience attraction while they have no attachment figure or figures, though if they do it is often more infrequent and/of less intense than attraction to an attachment figure or figures. It can also be combined with other labels such as teneobi, teneogay, teneoaro, teneohet, etc. This label could be considered aspec, however the one who made it doesn't consider it to inherently be.

Color and symbol meanings:

The overlapping lines on the symbols is to represent connection and one's orientation being link to their attachment figure or figures

the light gray to black is to represent the spectrum of diminished to complete lack of attraction.

the gold/golden yellow is to represent attachment, attachment figures, and value both the of the person and how they experience relationships.

on the general Teneo orientation flag the red and pinkish purple were most just chosen because they went well with the gold. The flower/star symbol was chosen to not tie the flag to one specific types of attraction

Orange and red, as well as the flame, were chosen for teneosexual to represent sexual attraction. The light purple on the top of the flag the overlap teneosexuals may experience with asexuality

Pink and purple, as well as the heart, were chosen for teneoromantic to represent sexual attraction. The light green on the top of the flag the overlap teneoromantics may experience with aromanticism.

Teneorose flag takes color from both the teneosexual and teneoromantic flags.

Feel free to make alternative versions of the flags, or version for different types of attraction, if you want to

[masquerade-flags]

Forgive me if this is an odd request, but could you please design an addict regressor flag? For regressors who struggle with addiction, regress to cope with addiction, regress while partaking in their addiction, etc?

Addict Regressor(left), Addict Age Regressor(middle) and Addict Animal Regressor(right)

the colors are loosely in inspired by these flags 1 2 3

Tag list @bunnelbaby

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[fuckingshutup]

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[baldinar]

For updates and other fic-related content, check our #tiots tag!

"As the Sword Saint, I pledge that I will protect Cindy and Grandiel…"

Recovery is not linear, when it comes to most things. In Kyle's case, especially, recovery fails to be as fast as he wishes it could be. Every night it seems he still has nightmares about blue eyes, being hunted, and ultimately being used as a means to the Demonic God's end.

At least, that's what they all thought.

Kyle's soul had always been special. Some things are inexorable, when you are torn in more than one direction with your identity. Kyle discovers that he's not as alone as he thought with his trauma.

A fic exploring Kyle's recovery from the events of Grand Chase: Dimensional Chaser, in which the dead are not quite dead, and everyone wants to move on but the bindings of fate.

Our fic, "Useless Memories," is functionally canon to this fic, but should be supplemental at most (unnecessary to read, but check it out if you want to!). Also, please note that I haven't been able to read Cindy's likeability, so if this fic contradicts with anything in that, that absolutely was not intended.

Character Tags: Kyle (Grand Chase), Cindy (Grand Chase), Grandiel (Grand Chase), Heitaros (Grand Chase), Baldinar (Grand Chase), Mandragora (Grand Chase)

Relationship Tags: Kyle & Cindy, Kyle & Grandiel, Kyle & Baldinar, Kyle & Heitaros, Heitaros & Baldinar, Kyle & Mandragora, Heitaros & Mandragora

Others: Kyle has PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Kyle Has DID, Kyle Has Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociation, Kyle is Plural, Plurality/Multiplicity, Possession to Plurality, Reincarnation to Plurality, Canon Compliant if You Squint, Post World 13 (Demon World - Terre), Mandragora Has a Heart, Enemies to Begrudging Headmates, Volatile Amounts of Headcanons, Plural Author Writing Plural Characters, Kyle is Irrevocably Changed by the Plot in Ways Both Physical and Mental

[princesscas]

"edit images with AI-- search with AI-- control your life with AI--"