#E.E.

[cringe--and--unhinged]

Felt like trying to play around with the marker I've found once. Turns out I don't really like chisel tipped ones, but I'd love to try again with a brush tip!

Also I feel so bad for the Emmerich kids. I'd drown Huey myself if I only could.

[monarchetype]

Okay here it is

Otacon:

Porygon-Z: In an MGS setting with Pokemon I like to think that AI expert Strangelove would’ve invented Porygon. Hal, either through his mother’s inheritance or just by being his own hacker self, got his own Porygon... but accidentally made it a Porygon-Z. He feels terrible about screwing it up but actually his Porygon-Z is very happy with itself!

Rotom: once again, a technological Pokemon.

Oricorio (Sensu Style): I have a long-running headcanon that Otacon inherited a bit of Strangelove’s digital necromancy and has a bit of psychic/medium sensitivity that never came up in the games. Oricorio is only ghost-type some of the time, when engaging in a specific dance- namely, the Japanese one. (Just like one of my Japanese animes!) Also, Hal needs a bird to match his sister. :)

Klink: It's a gear and it's metal.

Absol: Mistaken for bringers of destruction, Absol are actually excellent predictors of disasters. Perfect for a character who seems to bring death to everyone he loves...

Suicune: Okay, okay, so in an actual MGS/Pokemon setting crossover I don’t think Otacon would have a legendary, but here’s my reasoning anyway: Hal, and the whole Emmerich family, has a lot of water symbolism going on. Huey is cast to sea by Venom Snake, and later drowns in a pool. E.E.’s body is left behind to sink into the Hudson. (Hell, Strangelove even suffocates.) But! It’s not all bad. Hal himself saves the man he loves from a river. (Compare/contrast that to the river sequence from MGS3.) Hal takes his family’s legacy and purifies it into a force for good, just as Suicune purifies water with its steps. It fits perfectly!

Snake:

Houndoom: Snavid has dogs, Houndoom's a dog, it's perfect. OK, OK, there's a little more. Houndoom's Pokedex entries state, quite infamously, that the flames it breaths are mixed with poison, and that wounds caused by said flames never stop hurting. Basically, this represents Snake's scary ass super soldier side! (Also, keep an eye on that Fire typing, it will be relevant later)

Mightyena: Another doggo Pokemon. This one's a bit more straightforward in that it mostly represents Snake's 50 dogs. Mightyena are probably the most vanilla wolf/dog Pokemon, so it works.

Ekans: yeah okay it's Snake backwards that's it

Alolan Ninetails: "The reason it guides people all the way down to the mountain's base is that it wants them to hurry up and leave." This represents Snake's loner nature and retirement in Alaska.

Silvally: Okay, this one's the biggie. Silvally is the evolution of Type: Null, an artificial Pokemon. Type: Null was thrown away because it didn't live up to expectations, but if treated with love and care, it can evolve into Silvally, breaking through its restrictive headgear and flourishing as well as activating its RKS ability (inspired by Arceus aka PokeGod). So, yeah, it's like Solid Snake, the "inferior" product of Les Enfants Terribles, who nevertheless came out on top of his "superior" brother(s) due to his human connections... and also maybe being a Christ figure...

Entei: The legendary fire-type counterpart of Suicune that causes volcanic eruptions with every roar. If the Emmerichs have water symbolism, then of course the Snakes have fire symbolism. Big Boss associates himself with bombs and is haunted by a Man On Fire, and is eventually burned alive by Solid Snake. Solid Snake in turn has his face burned when trying to retrive Big Boss's body. His blood is literally unfreezable! So yeah, Entei compliments Otacon’s Suicune.

Raiden:

Bisharp: It’s a metal samurai what more do you need. (Also I came up with this before Kingambit existed; I still think Bisharp fits better since Raiden isn’t really a leader.)

Corviknight: Another Steel-type inspired by a historical warrior clad in metal; Raiden may have the power of God and anime on his side but he is a pasty ass white boy too, so he can have a medieval knight bird as well.

Luxray: This is the Pokemon embodiment of Snake’s line to Raiden, “you were the lightning in the rain.” I envision this as starting as a Shinx that might have been a parting gift to Raiden after the events of MGS2

Greninja: Raiden may have a samurai sword but he is, technically speaking, a cyborg ninja. Hence, ninja Pokemon.

Weavile: This was pure vibes. (And totally not Raiden’s fursona.)

Raikou: The logical choice to compliment Otacon’s Suicune and Snake’s Entei. Raikou doesn’t have the interesting flavor that the other two Legendary Beasts have- the most interesting thing it gets to do is knock out a communications tower in Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs. Which vaguely connects to MGS2′s themes of digital information and communication, but it’s kind of a stretch.

Emma:

Drifloon: Traditionally known for kidnapping children, there’s nonetheless a sidequest in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon where a Drifloon protects a child from an ill-intentioned Drowzee. It’s a bit childish- it’s a balloon after all- but it’s a protector, and one that Emma sorely needs.

Decidueye: Not my idea; I can’t find it right now but there’s a brilliant piece of fanart floating around of a younger Emma with a Decidueye, clearly meant to represent her pet parrot.

Banette: The evolved form of Shuppett, a Pokemon formed from toys that are cast aside by children who grew up. I like to think that Hal had some anime plushie he left behind when he left home, that became a Shuppett that Emma took in. 

Porygon-2: A little sibling to Hal’s Porygon-Z. Emma was able to upgrade it once, but didn’t “screw it up” like Hal did his. Unless maybe it wants to adopt the form its older sibling did...?

Emma doesn’t have a complete team because she’s still relatively young, and far too focused on catching up to her brother to train up a full team.

I came up with these teams over a year ago. Feel free to ask about these picks or suggest your own!!!

combine your first real fandom with your current one to create a terrible, terrible au

[petaltexturedskies]

E.E. Cummings, The Complete Poems: 1904-1962

[soracities]

e.e. cummings, from “in time of daffodils(who know” (in 95 Poems), Complete Poems: 1904-1962

[Text ID: “In time of daffodils(who know the goal of living is to grow)”]

[apoemaday]

"i like my body"

by E.E. Cummings

i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your body. i like what it does, i like its hows. i like to feel the spine of your body and its bones, and the trembling -firm-smooth ness and which i will again and again and again kiss, i like kissing this and that of you, i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes over parting flesh… And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill of under me you so quite new

[quotefeeling]

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

E.E. Cummings

[diioonysus]

creatures in art: mermaids & sirens

[odeandiewut]

in 2022 i watched pacific rim and i got a bit obsessed with it

[havingapoemwithyou]

i love you much(most beautiful darling) by e.e. cummings

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Have you ever made love to a poet?

Maybe, maybe not. I'm not certain that Henry was a poet, but he sure shot quite a Wadsworth with his Longfellow.

[perfectfeelings]

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

E.E. Cummings

[thehopefulquotes]

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

E.E. Cummings

[glennk56]

E.E. Bell in the 2020s.

E.E. Bell portrait

E.E. Bell in AJ and the Queen with RuPaul in 2020.

E.E. Bell in The Swing of Things in 2020.

E.E. Bell portrait

E.E Bell in Babylon in 2020.

[petaltexturedskies]

E.E. Cummings, from The Complete Poems: 1904-1962

[soracities]

e.e. cummings, from "(listen)”, in 73 Poems, Complete Poems: 1904-1962

[thoughtkick]

Someone asked me what home was and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.

E.E. Cummings