#Archaludon EX

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[nervocat]

Hey guys do you wanna see the pokemon cards I got later >_<

[bee-tone]

Headcanons about how the SV kids nickname their Pokémon:

Juliana: Has no naming scheme whatsoever. Goes purely off of vibes. Her Quaquaval is named Crackers. Her Gholdengo is named Tintan. It's short for Tintannabulate. Her Clodsire is Sir Tweedle. There are no laws here.

Nemona: People names. Juan the Tauros. Guiseppe the Pawmot. Dave the Skeledirge. Whatever feels right.

Arven: "Doesn't nickname his Pokémon" (He does, but it's just shortened versions of the species. Mabostiff is Massy. Greedent is Greedy. Toedscruel is Toedy. No one must know.)

Penny: Doesn't change much, but she does substitute the "-eon" of the Pokémon's name for "-vee". Ex. Flarevee, Sylvevee. Umbrevee, etc

Kieran: All of his Pokémon are named after fruit. His Furret is Strawberry. Hydrapple is Appy. Yanmega is Razz. He didn't nickname his Champion team until Mochi Mayhem, though. And it ended up being a group thing when Juliana, Arven, Penny, and Nemona were there. Carmine was also helpful but she did not stay on theme so all of her suggestions were vetoed.

Carmine: Goes to nameberry.com and looks at the Top 10 Prettiest Girl Names.

Giacomo: Music nerd who named all of his Pokémon along the solfège scale. Going up in the order he caught them.

Mela: Bad puns off of real names. Charlos the Charcadet. Colelossal the Coalossal. Houndan the Houndoom. For some reason the rest of Team Star is okay with this.

Atticus: All named after Shakespeare characters because he's a theater nerd.

Ortega: Also insists he doesn't name his Pokémon but everyone knows it's a lie because he has his Pokémon's names engraved into the handles of his tools. He doesn't have a specific theme though. His Dachsbun is named Doughy and Azumarill is William.

Eri: Very traditionally girly names. Her Annihilape is Cupcake. Her Lucario is Prince. Her Toxicroak is Sprinkles. She loves them all.

Crispin: Different types of peppers. Three of his Magmortor are unfortunately named "Green Bell Pepper", "Yellow Bell Pepper", and "Red Bell Pepper". His Talonflame is Jalapeño. In an attempt at irony, his Rotom is Ghost.

Amarys: Doesn't. Or maybe names them after metal elements on the periodic table

Lacey: All after sweets or pastries. Her Alcremie is Lollipop. Her Whimsicott is Candyfloss. Her Excadrill is Key Lime Pie. They're are sweeties and deserve names accordingly.

Drayton: All after bridges. Archaludon is Skyarrow. Dragonite is Driftveil. Flygon is Cycling Road. (Or just Cycle for short)

[masterqwertster]

Was looking at my AUs and decided to get on this:

Braius for the Bells Hells Pokémon AU

Base Team

Smeargle (shiny)- the painter obviously needs the painting pokémon. And shiny because it's base tail paint is red, like Braius's favorite medium of blood

Hakamo-o- received as a Jangmo-o upon his entry to some position of power within the worship of the Platinum Dragon (because metallic and silver-ish dragon pokémon). He doesn't use it much now given his excommunication. But it may yet evolve into Kommo-o if he returns to the Platinum Dragon

Tauros (Paldean Blaze Breed, Shiny)- a bull for the (half-)minotaur. Shiny Paldean for a fully black coat, Blaze Breed for the sharp horns and (hell) fire motif

Vivillon (Icy Snow Pattern)- it's pretty and pure black and white. Great for an artist who likes black and white

Shroodle/Grafaiai- more paint pokémon, and a little bit of poison like his flail

Kyurem (Shiny)- kind of Platinum Dragon-ish, but also combines with black and white pokémon. Shiny because that's more black and white in the combined forms

Other Pokémon

Houndour/Hondoom- hell dog for the "Herald" of the Lord of the Hells

Corviknight (Shiny)- knights are sort-of paladins? And shiny for more black

Grimmsnarl (×2, one Shiny)- continuing Braius's black and white theme, he gets two Grimmsnarl: one shiny, one normal. Also they have fabulous hair like him and are little shits

Milcery (Shiny)- milk blob pokémon for the cow man. Shiny because black and white

Miltank- healing cow for the cow man with Lay on Hands

Weezing- poison balls like his poison flail

Zigzagoon/Linoone(/Obstagoon?)- black and white pokémon

Aggron- metal armor, horns, kind of fits Braius's vibe?

Lovdisc- because Braius is looking for love

Woobat/Swoobat- because Braius is looking for love

Duraludon/Archaludon- steel dragon pokémon for ex-Platinum Dragon worship?

Legendary Pokémon

Registeel- he's got heavy armor?

Coballion- has paladin vibes

Kyurem (Shiny)- kind of Platinum Dragon-ish, but also combines with black and white pokémon. Shiny because that's more black and white in the combined forms

Reshiram- pure white pokémon to be combined with Kyurem

Zekrom- pure black pokémon to be combined with Kyurem

Necrozma- pure black pokémon

[cheemken]

NAW THAT'S SO CUTE storing this away for later. Just so fond of these dragon sibs fr

YEAH but when you look at what the Academy Special consists of, there's like ramen and french fries and jellybeans to name a few. Don't know what about it that barely needs chewing so shooting him with my self projection beams, it's more of a texture thing for him. Need a variety of textures and flavours in one meal or else he won't finish it

OUGH just the image of Iris giving Drayton a piggyback ride is so precious. How she's realizing the small, good changes and grateful for his friends that's helping. Maybe it'll reach a point where she'll struggle a little but it's worth it. What's the use of all that training if she can't carry her precious lil bro you know?

Also I just love the idea of the E4 looking out for one another. Like that guy's a slacker but he's their slacker y'know? I know in my heart that if anyone tried to mess with any of the other E4, suddenly there's an arm slung over their shoulder, a deceptively laidback voice suggesting they 'knock it off if you know what's good for you'

Genuinely nothing's scarier than seeing Drayton angry about something cause with how much he let slide off his back and be chill about it, you know you messed up big time if you manage to be the target of his anger

Oughgh your honour dragon siblings real

But oh real shit that's the academy special?? Tbf,,, you can eat fries without chewing them,,, don't ask, I just know lmfaooo but yeah, w the texture and taste oh god anon I can vouch for that. But augh,,,,, Drayton w that too, how there's really certain food he refuses to eat, and like, maybe he really is just lazy to chew lmfao, I picture him being fond of smoothies and ice cream bc yeah, those really don't need chewing, he can legit just gulp it down hahaha

But right the dragon sibs are just so soft your honour listen chxmbx listen imagine if they always did that back then too, when they were younger Iris always gives him piggyback rides bc he loves it and he gets all happy and it fills her heart to see her lil bro so happy, but goddamn did he carry that into his teen years lmfaooo well it's okay, y'know, not like he really weights much to her, she's used to stuff like that given her training w their grandfather, plus it's nice y'know that through that she found out he became heavier, which means he's really eating well, so it lessened her worries a lil bit

And yeah omf protective Drayton is so real it's real to me your honour, it's canon in my heart. I know I said back then that maybe Iris and Drayton's dynamic would be similar to Sans and Papyrus undertale, cause yeah I thought that maybe they're the same age or Drayton is older, but now imagine him having the Sans vibes when it comes to his friends

Like yeah, he's pretty lazy, he's laid back, his friends always call him a slacker but you're right, he's their slacker, they started calling him the local slakoth lmfao, but still y'know, I imagine when he's pissed off he doesn't even look pissed. More like, he still has that lazy smile on his face, but there's this aura surrounding him y'know, the atmosphere is tense, and they can just tell that no, he's not playing around anymore, he legit won't hesitate to call out Archaludon if they press on while Drayton is pissed

Y'know despite his dynamic w Kieran now, I always picture him kinda going on to the kids who are scared of Kieran or like make fun of him now to knock it off. If I remember right, Carmine asked one of the BB E4 how Kieran was doing, I think it was Crispin, and he said that Kieran was doing well y'know, some kids are just scared of him. I wanna say that despite Drayton also kinda pissing off Kieran w the whole ex champion and payback thing, he still sees him as a friend, and doesn't want people to mess w him. After all, why would they even go against Drayton? He's the second strongest in their school, once the Champion of their league, and was trained by a Champion, if they go against him they know they'd instantly lose

[evening-winds]

(for context: the design on archaludon's front is giving massive hammerlocke gym uniform vibes....... which, obviously, got me daydreaming about raihan's surprise appearance in the sv dlc with his new evolved ace......... which resulted in this)

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the kitchen table was scattered with travel brochures, each of them advertising a different location with bold colors and excessive superlatives. beach resorts, nature trails and tourist attractions from all over the world were vying for their potential readers' attention.

instead of comparing possible travel destinations like he was supposed to, raihan found himself transfixed by only one brochure, wistfully gazing at the page with the picture of the paldean evolution of duraludon.

"pining for archaludon again?" his husband chuckled, peeking over his shoulder.

raihan sighed, not bothering to deny the obvious. "i kinda want one," he admitted and accepted the hot mug of tea leon was offering him.

leon sat down on the chair next to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "there's only one thing you can do, then," he said. "you have to go to paldea." he neatly stacked some of the brochures to make room for his own mug and a plate of scones with jam. "take on the gyms and become a champion while you're at it."

raihan groaned into his tea. the joke was old, and he had never found it particularly funny. he had never wanted to take on another region's league, even though he had all the skill needed to become champion anywhere else, because of leon. because why would he give a hoot about a championship if his one true rival, the love of his life, wasn't there? if anyone knew his stance on the matter, it was leon. "oh, come off it, you - -"

"i'm coming with you," leon interrupted him matter-of-factly. "naturally."

the paldean system, with the possibility of multiple people being able to hold the champion title simultaneously, was like the polar opposite of what the galar league had been during leon's at the time unbeatable reign. he had gained more self-awareness since his loss; the stagnation had been unhealthy, for both galar and himself. so maybe the paldeans were onto something with that system of theirs. whatever the case, we wanted to see and experience it for himself. he wasn't all that interested in being a champion in two regions (well, ex-champion in the other, to be precise), but everything that came before the so-called champion assessment appealed to him – for obvious reasons. despite enjoying the gym challenge, he had never had the chance to do it again, having won the first championship cup he had participated in and now having his hands full running the battle tower.

all of this leon explained to raihan in between mouthfuls of scone. "and don't try to pretend you're not interested, too," he concluded with a knowing grin. "i know you, darling. you live to compete, and you love a good challenge."

again, raihan had no room for argument. he couldn't help the smile breaking out on his face. "you're right." he gave the brochure one more once-over. "so you'd be okay with it?" he asked, turning his eyes back to leon. "going to paldea?"

leon's grin only widened. "i'll catch you a third applin once we're there," he announced blithely, slipping his arm around raihan's middle, "so you can get its paldean evolution, too."

raihan's heart swelled with affection. how could he say no to that?

and so, on their next wedding anniversary, instead of the usual week-long holiday, they took a longer leave of absence and went to paldea to take on the league, just like they had done back home as kids some twenty years ago...

[lunararoace]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

IM OPENING THE STELLAR CROWN PACKS I GOT AT THE SC PRERELEASE

ive gotten nothing much but a greninja ex and a full art meditite (which i traded for a full art archaludon)

im on my last booster (of like 8)

its this one

im like

please give me something good, galvantua?

i open it

fighting energy nymble slowpoke ledyba this medicham is holo, is it the rare? no, azumarill behind it is also holofoil

last card, bouffalant. i have like 6. slip it out to back and

hydrapple ex

FUCKING ALT ART HYDRAPPLE

FUCKING ALT ART HYDRAPPLE

FUCKING. ALT. ART. HYDRAPPLE. EX.

THIS.

(why the fuck did tumblr sideways it?)