#And no I don't plan on doing much with Akoya's siblings

[loupy-mongoose]

Hi. I'm a little confused about how your Mews, Mewtwos and Randell are related to each other, after seeing the Randell holding momo and Midas comic.

What's their stories? I'm a bit new to your comics.

Hello, new viewer, now and future! I'll try my best to explain the relations here! There's also a bit of a rundown on my pinned post, but it may not be enough to help you. So here's a more detailed look!

To start, I'll say that Randall, Akoya, and Lavender all have a human and a Mew form. (Or Mewtwo, in Lav's case.)

The protagonist, Randall (Randy) Linden, is a human who had his memory taken in by his friend, a Mew named Mo. Now Mo, with his own memories erased, lives Randy's life in his place.

Before that happened, Randy met Akoya, a shiny Mew from an uninhabited island in Hoenn. She and him became friends--Borderline lovers, but Randy stopped the relationship short of that due to his own values. (He didn't want to have a human/Pokemon romance, nor force Akoya to permanently become human.)

With research help from Randy and the facility he was working at, Akoya was artificially impregnated. However, the people there experimented on her, resulting in the baby being born a Mewtwo, which Randy named Lavender. (She is biologically not related to him, and she knows that, but she fully sees him as her dad.)

Three weeks after Lav was born, Randy was "transferred" into Mo's body. Later, after learning and adjusting to this fact, Randy decides he wants to be Akoya's mate. She goes a step further and offers to marry him, hence why Randy (and Akoya's human form) is shown to have a wedding ring. Marriage isn't a thing in Mew culture, but she was devoted to him enough to act on his culture and values.

Once he was comfortable enough as a Mew, Randy was open to trying for a kid with her. But after Lav's birth, Akoya had a lot of fear having any more kids--Lav's birth was arduous and nearly killed Akoya.

Eventually, Akoya was ready to try, and they had the twins Monique and Midas--Monique also goes by Momo.

Persim, nicknamed Perzi, is Akoya's half-brother from her island colony. She has several half-siblings, with a shared father.

And that's where the present day is. I'll continue to tell the past stories, as well as moving forward.

To hopefully further explain, here's a little family tree.

I hope this helps people understand better! I know that this story, especially now that babies are involved, will be very bizarre if caught at the wrong time. If it's not for you, I completely understand! But I ask that you respect my artistic decisions and either look deeper into it or move on--there's a LOT of other great options out there!

[loupy-mongoose]

Out of curiosity, how much has your plot for the Linden’s story changed over time from when you first started this blog? (obviously you don’t have to go into spoilery details)

Let's see...

There's... a lot that's changed--It's hard to say exactly how much. A VAST majority of decisions I've made have come about since starting the blog, including the surname Linden--I didn't have a last name planned before starting the story. (I literally thought it up for a post so that I'd have something to call human Randy before revealing that the human had become the Mew.)

I had always hoped (but hardly expected) I'd get to a point of giving Randy and Akoya a baby/babies. But I had ZERO idea what direction I'd take that. So naturally, the twins and all that I have planned that come from them were all non-existent.

Jerry was a something I got from a surprise trade and immediately fell in love with, so he's a change that happened.

Akoya having siblings at all was something I didn't think about at first. As well as her father being the leader of her colony.

The WHOLE branch side was thought up after starting the blog

Most of Randy's family life and backstory was developed after starting the blog.

Persim and Rosemary.

The idea of Randy becoming a ghost type later.

As mentioned earlier, I recently started developing the spiritual aspect and the world of the Deity figures.

Mo had zero backstory when I started, so everything I've planned surrounding his backstory is new. :>

There are a few plot points that were going to be different when I started the blog, but I changed my mind about them.

-Randy was originally going to be the leader of the Mew research facility, instead of just a researcher. The scientists under him would've modified Lav behind his back. I don't remember if I had a plan for how the fire would've started. I think it was either going to be Randy's doing or a freak accident.

-Mo was originally mentally handicapped, unable to speak/use telepathy and generally just following Randy around. The other scientists would've looked down on him and seen him as worthless, but Randy cared a lot about him, so Mo would've given his own life to save the human who he knew cared.

I've had the Sinnoh story loosely planned since I started the game and notes for it in July of 2022. But a lot of that has been expanded since I started the blog.

There's SO much that's changed... I've likely missed some things, but just know that a good 98% probably came about after the blog started.

And I don't regret it. I like the direction the story's gone. Linden Roots has unexpectedly become a passion project of mine, and I'm very grateful! ^u^

[esmeralda-anistasia]

#For the record...#Lav's biological father is little more that a means to make her exist#So don't expect greatness from his “reveal”#And no I don't plan on doing much with Akoya's siblings

Hi. I'm a little confused about how your Mews, Mewtwos and Randell are related to each other, after seeing the Randell holding momo and Midas comic.

What's their stories? I'm a bit new to your comics.

Hello, new viewer, now and future! I'll try my best to explain the relations here! There's also a bit of a rundown on my pinned post, but it may not be enough to help you. (I'll probably link this in there as well.)

To start, I'll say that Randall, Akoya, and Lavender all have a human and a Mew form. (Or Mewtwo, in Lav's case.)

The protagonist, Randall (Randy) Linden, is a human who "became a Mew" about the time Lav was born. (I haven't yet told the story of how that happened.)

Before that happened, he met Akoya, a shiny Mew from an uninhabited island in Hoenn. She and him became friends--Borderline lovers, but Randy stopped the relationship short of that due to his own values. (He didn't want to have a human/Pokemon romance, nor force Akoya to permanently become human.)

With research help from Randy and the facility he was working at, Akoya was artificially impregnated. However, the people there experimented on her, resulting in the baby being born a Mewtwo, which Randy named Lavender. (She is biologically not related to him, and she knows that, but she fully sees him as her dad.)

Fast-forward, Randy is now a Mew and decides he wants to be Akoya's mate. She goes a step further and offers to marry him, hence why Randy (and Akoya's human form) is shown to have a wedding ring. Marriage isn't a thing in Mew culture, but she was devoted to him enough to act on his culture and values.

Once he was comfortable enough as a Mew, Randy was open to trying for a kid with her. But after Lav's birth, Akoya had a lot of fear having any more kids--Lav's birth was arduous and nearly killed Akoya.

Eventually, Akoya was ready to try, and they had the twins Monique and Midas--Monique also goes by Momo.

Persim, nicknamed Perzi, is Akoya's half-brother from her island colony. She has several half-siblings, with a shared father.

And that's where the present day is. I'll continue to tell the past stories, as well as moving forward.

To hopefully further explain, here's a little family tree.

(Momo's eye color is spoiled here, if you don't want to see it before the next comic. Silly little worry, I know, but just in case.)

I hope this helps people understand better! I know that this story, especially now that babies are involved, will be very bizarre if caught at the wrong time. If it's not for you, I completely understand! But I ask that you respect my artistic decisions and either look deeper into it or move on--there's a LOT of other great options out there!