#I like mega absol for them

[seaquestions]

i wish pokemon kept going with mega evolutions… its just way cooler imo than dynamax or freakin.. terastalize or whatever like. oh cool my pokemon has balloons on its head. exactly what i always wanted.

[ferahntics]

Scarlet's paradox pokemon are so good!! Have you ever tried making your own fakemon? Any paradox fakemon?

I have, actually! I thought about several Eeveelutions (Fighting, Ghost, Dragon, Steel specifically!) but, as my Kirby headcanons would suggest, I am Quite The Overthinker. So I haven't shown anything cause I tend to go really into detail with things (as in getting into their learnset through levelling up and TMs). And also cause I am unsure if people would even be interested cause again, I go quite in depth and I hesitate if people would even want to see my block of text. 🙈

So as I said before - you are giving me too much power with this JDHFNCB

I did wonder how other paradox mons would look like, both historical and futuristic, and this ask did give me the inspo of actually drawing out two, from some of my fav mons! I ended up going with one for Scarlet and one for Violet cause I love the past/future dynamic these games display.

So for Scarlet, I thought of Frost Breaker, a 'prehistoric' version of Lapras. They tend to be in very small groups, and fights between males happen frequently. Its nothing unusual to see one battered or covered in scars or missing chunks of its armor. If anything, those are worn with pride and symbolize experience and strength.

And for Violet, I thought of Absol's future version, Iron Omen. Just like Absol, it can predict disasters and does appear as a warning - but far more specifically. Its jagged blade is capable to slicing through any obstacle, should it be threatened. It sharpens it along tough rocks and boulders.

Thank you so much for this ask!! I will most likely think of more paradox mons, and I may revamp these into cleaner refs. But let me know if you'd like me to go crazy with Fakemons, I have quite a few 💖

[untitledducklett]

Hello my name is Cael Adair [kale ah-dare], he/they, I'm a bodyguard living in Kalos with my Vanitian Absol Berior [Bear-ee-or]. I am a faller from a version of Tolkien's Legendarium though pokemon don't exist there. I do miss home a lot but I try to remember that I have a life here too.

Edit: my rotom finally deigned to teach me how to post photos here so have best boy doing his most regal pose

^ this is a picture I took of Berior a couple weeks before all distortion broke out. He is a Vanitian Absol, a critically endangered, variant that I'm working to help preserve. My mother sent me some of Professor Chestnut's notes on two of the more common extant variants (by comparison at least) which can be found here: x x.

Update: I got a bunch of new Pokémon

Momma the Vanitian Ariados: She ended up in my backyard during the Shadow Sky incident having taken it upon herself to rescue as many Pokémon as she could. Unfortunately she irreversibly damaged her exoskeleton so now she wears a prosthetic whenever she's out of the ball.

Lucretia the Vanitian Leavanny: A long time resident of the VPPS sanctuary she was immediately adopted by Momma and the pair became inseparable so I adopted them both.

Étienne the Vanitian Abra (Pronounced Et-tee-un): We were really close when he was alive. I guess now that Yves is dead he decided he wanted to stick around to keep my dumb ass safe. I really missed him.

Galadbain [Gal-ahd-bane] the fucked up Meowth Raikou: He was hatched from an egg that was left on my doorstep by Arc only knows what. He is naught but a stinky babey man who does gay baby crimes.

Bob the UD Absol: Anxiety thy name is Bob. I adopted him during the Kill 'em With Kindness fundraiser. Originally I hadn't planned on taking any of the UD Pokemon in but we all know my weakness for Absols. It'll take time but I know he'll flourish here.

<bzzt: he forgot to add a picture of himself so I decided to go through his portfolio and found this. Hopefully he doesn't notice.>

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Cael has deer-like ears which are kept hidden underneath beanies whenever he's somewhere with cameras. If there aren't he usually uses illusions to hide them but beanie is his go-to. His sense of style and appearance are based on Magnus Bane from the Shadowhunters TV show. Berior is missing his left front leg and there is a scar there.

Cael (link takes you over to his bio over on themerrymutants) is a muse over on my main themerrymutants and this blog is based on his 'for queen and country' verse in which he was a guard for Queen Pascale of my friend's fan region Vanitas (a kingdom which eventually merged with greater Kalos about 2k years ago)

Cael keeps his backstory as a dimension-hopping elven menace but here he hides it well. Eventually, his lies will catch up to him but, for now, he's trying not to rouse too much suspicion. I haven't decided whether he keeps his wood elf magic or not yet as I've been told that people aren't as keen on interdimensional weirdness as I am.

[tired-needs-sleep]

the downside of having sara bonded with absol is that i don't have much information on the nature of the pokemon outside of them appearing to warn people of disaster, being outcasted because of that, and generally not liking conflict

like, are they catlike? doglike? do they purr or bark?

i guess that's up to headcannon. but it would be... super helpful so i could let them have some behavior to mimic hasumi while not straying too far from pokemon lore. you could say that the gaps can vary between the pokemon so i get more freedom though

[alish-artie]

Hihi! What's your favorite pokemon from the new/old games?

Hello ! My favorite pokemon ever is Absol !

Of course its design is very cool, but I also love Absol's story ! It’s a kind pokemon that tries to warn others of upcoming disasters that Absol know will come, and even if people hate it because they think Absol is the one bringing the disasters, it will never stop warning them !

Such a kind and cool pokemon !

[indecisive-v]

there's some alternate timeline where i got really into pokemon tcg as a kid and it became my main thing growing up

[theomaru]

[throws everything i was doing to the ground] TRANSFORMERS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON AU.

[faynke]

Kaitos and Shinichis teams for the PKMN AU!!

ramblings below:

Shinichi, as Conan, is gathering a band of misfits and trouble makers. He originally only had Absol, uninterested in catching other Pokémon. But after getting Scorbunny from Agase a bunch of other Pokémon have been adopting him as their trainer.

⁃ Absol: he’s very protective and always on the watch for disaster, something that follows his trainer everywhere. He’s in charge of keeping the rowdy newbies in check and is stressed about it. Can mega evolve, but it’s something they rarely do since Shinichi is technically supposed to not be around. I imagine he's kept in his Pokeball most of the time so as to not give Shinichi away. ⁃ Scorbunny: she’s given to him so he has a Pokémon to call on as Conan. She’s high energy and childish, always getting herself into trouble and poking her nose where it doesn’t belong. ⁃ Joltik: she doesn’t have much interest in battle, but she can put people to sleep with a bite and has very strong string. She can also sneak tracking devices onto people/things, as well as act as hidden eye during cases. She doesn’t get into much trouble herself, but will gladly encourage Scorbunny to do something dumb in her stead. ⁃ Charcadet: He saw Absol absolutely wreck a dangerous criminal and simply had to join Conan’s team. Idolizes Absol and does his best not to cause him more stress. ⁃ Zorua: she’s connected to a BO case and was saved by Shinichi. She’s incredibly nervous and only seems comfortable around Shinichi. Ends up getting pretty close to Kaitos Zorua who helps her get out of her shell. Trouble magnet, if something can go wrong for her it probably will.

Kaito has very talented Pokémon, all trained to be just as good as he is with his tricks. He originally only had Meowscarada and his Pidoves, but his team had gotten larger since becoming KID.

⁃ Meowscarada: Kaitos reliable partner! He loves magic tricks just as much as his trainer and has a scheming personality to match. ⁃ Gardevoir: She was originally Toichis Pokemon and was left to Kaito with the KID outfit. Doesn’t trust Kaito to begin with, but eventually bonds with him enough that they can mega evolve. She’s talented, but somewhat standoffish. ⁃ Pidove: Kaito has a lot of Pidoves, but his shiny one is the leader of the flock. She’s friendly and happens to be the one Pidove that Shinichi saves, leading to her adoring him. She plays favorites and Kaito is low key offended. ⁃ Zorua: he was caught during a heist. Zoruas main job is to transform into the partner Pokemon of anyone that Kaito is disguising himself as. He’s mischievous and will often wander off. Likes Shinichis Zorua and tries to get her to work on her confidence.

I think both of them would still be so good at their jobs they wouldn’t really rely on Pokemon to get them done. So while they could both totally fill out their teams with helpful ‘mons they don’t need to.

I do think that Kaito would have a Klefki following him around and causing problems by stealing keys and such, but would also be helpful at times as well. He really attracts the mischievous types lmao

It would be funny if no one has seen his Zorua and they just assume KID is some crazy trainer with all sorts of Pokémon to help with his heists. His Zorua would be a master at getaways and not being seen when he doesn’t want to be.

I also played around with giving Kaito a Togekiss! I think it would fit the rumor that no murders happen when KID is doing a heist XD Maybe he eventually can get one, it would be cute to see him raise it from an egg. Kaishin finds the egg together and co-parents it

For Shinichi I don’t have another Pokémon in mind to fill out his team :0 I’d definitely love to hear what you guys think! Maybe a Luxray? Though I also feel that could be better used for a different character. Also definitely considering a Rotom. Could stick it in his voice changer or phone or smth.

Shinichi would be a little new to the whole trainer thing as before he only ever had Absol. Because he’s only ever trained Absol, a super smart and loyal Pokémon that doesn’t cause problems, he’d definitely struggle a bit with his new high energy Scorbunny. They’d bond through playing soccer :]

As for inter-team dynamics, I think their Zoruas would get along. Kaitos Pidove loves Shinichi and would likely get along with his Pokémon as well. Gardevoir and Meowscarada are the two with personality issues and probably are either hesitant to befriend a Detectives Pokemon or actively consider them a rival.

I can see Meowscarada and Absol having a crazy rivalry.

I have a few team ideas for other characters, if you guys wanna hear my take on anyone specific please feel free to send me an ask and I may draw them!! Heiji and Hakuba are two I wanna draw for sure. As well as Sera. I think I’d like to give them all Megas since they’re the main high school detectives and they deserve it lol.

If you have any thoughts on the PKMN AU please also send an ask, I could talk about Pokémon for ages!!

[yanderes-galore]

Could you make Yandere Absol(Pet-Like)?

Sure! Here you go, more overprotective Pokemon content! This is a bit short as I wasn't sure what direction to take it but I hope you like it!

Overprotective! Absol Concept

Pairing: Platonic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Overprotective behavior, Paranoia, Isolation, Violence, Brief murder mention, Blood mention, Forced companionship.

Absol is known as the disaster Pokemon.

The Dark Type is seen as a harbinger of disaster since they warn others about incoming natural disasters.

If you think about it they're like the Pokemon world's version of the Oarfish, a type of sea creature associated with earthquakes.

In reality Absol do not make natural disasters.

They simply warn others of them.

Pulling from an upcoming Absol scenario, this trait would probably make an Absol more paranoid than most Pokemon with their trainers.

In fact, I argue they are one of the most paranoid overprotective Pokemon.

Their nature to sense upcoming danger makes them very skittish and defensive.

I imagine they would become violent to things around their trainer due to this fear.

This would explain an Absol's violent nature around other Pokemon and trainers.

You could either catch or hatch you Absol, the way you get them doesn't entirely matter.

These Pokemon are very perceptive and keep a look out when it comes to anything around you.

After all, anything could be a threat.

As a result I feel this would make the Pokemon very volatile at times.

They are easily set off at the idea of any harm coming to you, natural disaster or not.

If only you had another Absol to warn you of the danger of this one.

Due to the Dark Type and the superstition surrounding this Pokemon, people may already stay away.

However, if they don't, your Absol will make sure they will.

Absol seems like another case of a Pokemon who would get rid of the people and Pokemon around you.

They refuse to let you leave your home and are aggressive towards anything that comes near you building.

Friends, family, and other Pokemon are scared off the moment your Absol stands by the door.

The Dark Type would slowly stalk towards them, a red glare in its eyes as it prepares to attack.

Absol normally hate fighting, but yours feels it has a duty to protect its trainer... no matter the cost.

It would probably also be worse if they were Mega Evolved.

I feel Mega Evolution takes time to wear off, like it does in Pokemon Go, so if they are still Mega they act like a guardian angel by your home.

Absol prefers not to be too violent, but due to the added paranoia your Absol may just over do it for you.

Any murder they do is an accident.

They mean well... they just want to protect you from all harm.

So, in this case, Absol is indeed a harbinger of disaster.

That becomes blatantly obvious to you when your Absol walks up to you with red staining their pristine fur.

[p1nkc4lyps0]

ISAT PKMN trainer assignments

i've been having brainrot recently and i havent really seen people doing pokemon trainer aus, just a lot of pokemon mystery dungeon aus which i think require different perspectives for so i figured i may as well give it a shot.

with my assignments i was making sure to think about actual symbolism and tried avoiding the canon pokemon assignments for a] more of a challenge and b] i havent really seen all of them so if i have picked some of the same pokemon my bad.

SIFFRIN

gimmighoul: tried taking siffrin's coin once, failed, now just hangs around with him and has gotten quite attatched.

minior: a pokemon he's had as long as he can remember. gets a lot of weird looks about it though and has never seen anyone else with one.

chingling: the only pokemon caught in the castle. ding ding!

popplio: what a little clown! a fool! just a litter jester doing a preformance!

hisuian sneasel: basically siffren's dagger. i picked the hisuian one over the johtonian one because it's white.

absol: not a pokemon he had before the loops and has a sneaking suspicion those two facts are related since it seems to remember them to an extent.

MIRABELLE

morpeko: i think mirabelle would like form changing pokemon and also. near the end of floor 3 mirabelle gets like, really annoyed and then eats and is fine. thats what morpeko does.

furfrou: a pokemon with plenty of styles to choose from! she hasn't been able to get it styled recently and while she is getting nervous of it not changing, she has noticed it's happier staying as it is.

indeedee: indeedees are helpful pokemon! often used as servants, i feel mirabelle would relate with this

palafin: a hero capable of change! and paladins tend to fight for a cause, often a religious one like who mirabelle is fighting as a maiden of change.

escavalier: we don't have a fencing pokemon but we do have a lancing pokemon! also the fact a shelmet has to be traded with a karrablast is something

ISABEAU

mimikyu: isabeau is constantly putting up a facade of being a bit air headed, disguisigng himself. i also think with mimkyu wearing a cloak with him being a fashion designer would make this the most stylish mimikyu the world has ever seen

leavanny: this pokemon is known for making clothes from it's silk and any leaves it finds, making it into a clothing maker of sorts, they're also super protective.

bewear: what a big sweetie! aw it loves hugging people, it can also snap your back in two... i feel like this the most fitting attacking pokemon isa with it's bulk, cuteness and hidden scariness [something we see from isabeau when he gets... very protective of the sif nickname]

ODILE

carbink: this was my first thought for an odile pokemon, it's a little rock! and with it's links to diancie, a perfect red herring for what she's studying, they're just native to ka bue. she hardly uses it in battle.

steelix: now this is her attacking pokemon! i know it doesn't cover her primary paper type technically but it does cover her use of rock and scissors type by being steel/ground. i also think she mega evolves it from time to time, for the gems theming.

relicanth: i tried to go with the theme of old pokemon for odile, not generations wise but in the way that relicanth hasn't changed in a millenia. it's also a map, which could be interesting with the island siffrin is from.

bronzong: i can't really explain this one i just think it fits with her character? maybe it's the shape language but it is another old pokemon, showing up in the ruins in arceus so once again, more red herrings for her research.

sinistcha: ka bue is very implied to be japan or at the barest of minimums asia. odile is absolutely a tea drinker to me, this might have been one of her earlier pokemon that came with her when she left ka bue. they also have similar hair

drampa: hahahahah funny grandpa dragon joke~ drampa is reported to burn down the houses of any bullies the child they've befriended, odile has said that she would do horrible things for the party. im not fucking with you. think is not just a odile is the grandma of the party joke. i am dead fucking serious when i say this is her most in character pokemon.

BONNIE

applin: i think bonnie tried to gather apples at somepoint and it turned out to be an applin, they kept it. they seem like the type of kid to enjoy bugs [im counting the none apple bit of applin a bug cause it is to me fuck off]

alcremie: a pokemon evolved completely by accident. their milcery took a strawberry from them while cooking and in an attempt to get it back, span around enough to where it evolved. just some complete loony toons bullshit

yungoose: their first pokemon! caught back in Bambouche and their main defence between themselves and sadnesses when they left. i picked yungoose over some of the other early route mammals because a] tropical and b] i fully believe that bonnie bites people.

unovian darumaka: potentially a gift from the party, more specifically odile who was curious of darmanitan's zen form. it's obviously not a darmanitan yet but it is very useful for lighting fires to cook with.

kantonian farfetch'd: it's basically THE food pokemon being a duck carrying a leek and i opted for the kantonian form over the galarian form since the galarian form is far too cool, bonnie is cringe [/pos]

smolive: cooking oil is a crutial part of cooking are you insane and olive oil is some of them best! very useful pokemon to have on hand and it's slightly more emotionally and nervous natural creates and almost parrallel to bonnie where both end in the same outcome of tears since both are young and not yet capable of fully handling their emotions.

LOOP

gimmighoul: somehow the only pokemon they kept when they gave up on the loops, unsure if it actually remembers the loops or is just a clone...

natu [multiple]: loop can't actually catch any pokemon since, no pokeballs and they'd lose it at the end of the loop. so they've been slowly learning how to befriend all the local natu in dormont, secretly on the hunt for the roundest one. they've found shinies before and would usually be more snappy and blunt after all of those loops due to loosing them. they've gotten good at befriending them all too, being able to tell them apart and what they like. they would never admit any of this though.

[norts-trolls]

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[minced-mangoes]

Pokemon AU with the Demon Brothers would be pretty cool, with partner pokemon based off of their sin animals,,, Lucifer - A Male Unphezant. It's always out of it's pokeball and tends to perch on his shoulder.

Mammon - Honchkrow (and a large murder of murkrow) who are constantly chattering and picking up shinies

Levi - Wishiwashi, can summon a lot of them. Lotan is a Gyrados

Satan - Rapidash. Also has a Purrloin he's very attached to.

Asmo - Gligar and Scorupi, both of them are used in Pokemon contests, and are spoiled silly by Asmo

Beel - While he of course has a Snorlax (which makes keeping food in the house near impossible) he also has a Ninjask. He didn't have an extra pokeball on hand at it's evolution, so no Shedinja.

Belphie - No duo more iconic than Belphie and his very eepy Tauros. Belphegor is often found asleep atop the Tauros, snuggled into it's mane.

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Other characters.

Diavolo - I'm straight up just handing him a Haxorus. I know it should be a tyrunt or a garchomp. but the idea of baby Diavolo running about the death forest with a scared out of it's mind Axew is adorable

Barbatos - Two Indeedee, one male and one female. They're often found assisting Barbatos in the kitchen.

Simeon - Togekiss,,, A friendly friend who also caries some very deeply hidden anger.

Luke - He has a Fidough, who he's trying desperately to get to evolve. It has yet to work.

Solomon - Alakazam, plain and simple, which he can mega evolve.

Mephisto - Skuntank. I'm not explaining I just feel like it fits.

Thirteen - Absol. A very very sassy Absol. It's only nice to Thirteen and MC.

Raphael - This angel has a unit of Pawniard, led by a Bisharp. While he technically has only caught the Bisharp, the Pawniard follow wherever it goes.

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And finally! While of course, each MC would have their own unique starter (I would have a Joltik, most likely)

I'd say the default MC starter is a shiny Mareep, for obvious reasons (pink sheep pink sheep)

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

Okay, but Houndoom can mega evolve. So now I think Vaggie should get a pokemon that can also mega evolve, as a treat.

Basically I just think Vaggie having an Absol would really fit her. Not sure what second pokemon Charlie would have to even the numbers though.

No even numbers- Absol is THEIR shared custody pokemon child, started out as Charlie's ends up more firmly bonded to Vaggie but gods it took a while and

Ah. I've made this angsty with fluff somehow. and loooooong

tldr: AU where the absol is both the reason chaggie meet AND the forewarning of one of the worst days of their lives. It's also kinda the living representation of them and their dream of saving people who no one thinks can be saved, no matter how much ppl hate and put Chaggie down for it

Absol's disaster-sensing power horns and urge to warn ppl mean whenever a portal to hell opens up at least ONE of these usually flash-steps through while it's open. They end up gravitating to whatever lonely mountain-like places they can find in the rings of hell, BUT, each year they all try slipping in to Pride right before or during Extermination start so they can try warning the Sinner's there that something terrible is about to go down

Hellborn see them as guardians bc any hellborn still in Pride right before Extermination can catch an emergency ride out of there on any Absol who finds them-

buuuuuut Sinners, the ones the Absols are TRYING to help, hate them. The warning is useless since Sinners can't leave and they only ever see the mountain dwelling Absols in Pentagram city right before the worst day of anyone's lives start. Some Sinners take this anger out on the Absols if they can catch them- Lucifer's found the results a few times scattered along streets right before Extermination and every time he'd cry and rage and send what's left of the Absols to the Ars Goetia for burial somewhere nice while begging the Sins to guard the ways between the rings better so this doesn't happen. Some Absols still get through tho. Mainly the older and more experienced ones, wary ones who never tried helping directly and so never got grabbed and torn apart by furious, terrified Sinners

Charlie's always taken the hellborn view on Absols (cool protectors!) and loved seeing them in the city (so PRETTY and FLUFFY) even though she feels guilty about it, knowing what it means and how scared it makes her people in Pride (she's found the... remnants of some Absols too but... they came here to help, even though a city is a terrible place for them, and THAT'S what Chralie focuses on) (she does also try to shoo them out of Pride if she can though) (Sinners not letting her patch them up after surviving Extermination is bad enough, ending up bringing home a broken grey horn or scrap of bloody white fur on top of that...)

She gets it though. The whole thing is tragic but she gets why Sinners aren't happy seeing the Absols, she walks around seeing all the dead Sinners who maybe saw an Absol moments before getting killed and yeah, she gets it, if things were different... just another reason to figure out how to stop the Exterminations. Even if it means no more Absols have a reason to make the trip to Pride afterwards- she's rather never see another one again, no matter how beautiful they are or how seeing them come back year after year helps her grit her fangs and make her own trip onto hells streets too, picking up where they left off trying helping people.

Maybe she identifies with the Absols just a liiiiiiiiiittle bit and wishes one would stick around someday.

She was REALLY confused seeing one still in the city AFTER an extermination one year. Extra confused when it just stood there staring at her from the entrance of a random alleyway.

It looked old and grizzled, scarred horn and patches missing from it's fur probably from past attacks on it from Sinners, so it SHOULD have been really wary and run from her the moment Charlie got closer, but it didn't, it just stepped back (out of reach) and looked down into the alleyway and when Charlie looked too that's when SHE saw-

Charlie assumes Vaggie was on the point of dying or getting killed there in that alleyway and THAT'S why the Absol was hanging around. It's gone by the time Charlie comes back out supporting the injured Sinner dumpster lady, and Charlie doesn't think to mention it until a full year into knowing and living with Vaggie- not until the next extermination, when Charlie gets excited seeing the Absols (SHE OWES THEM SO MUCH NOW) (she has a FRIEND. and Vaggie is safe and healing and) (oh Charlie wishes she could meet that one scarred up Absol again and thank it)

Vaggie does NOT share Charlie's enthusiasm for the "disaster" pokemon

Which Charlie understands! Vaggie is a SINNER right? She says she saw an Absol right before her eye got cut out on Extermination day. It makes sense she wouldn't have good feelings for them! Charlie understands that!!!

Charlie has no idea. And Vaggie can't bring herself to explain

Exorcist usually never notice the Absols. Partly because most of the Absols are already out of Pride before Extermination starts, mostly bc the Exorcists are fully focused on gleefully exterminating as many Sinners as they can before time runs out, vying to top each other's kill counts and cut down the endless rising tide of hell to keep heaven safe for another year

But Vaggie noticed

Maybe she wouldn't if she was having more fun admiring her piles of dead, sinful souls, but she spent her time between kills looking for the next one and the next clean shot to take the Sinner out in one hit- Dragging things out was pointless and wasteful, it would just cut into her own kill count numbers and that's the only reason why she didn't main her prey first, she was just being Efficient- she felt like the damn Absols were always staring at her. Their white fur jumped out against the gory trash strewn dingy streets of hell and they didn't make sense next to all the city dwelling pokemon, the ones made or trash or feeding on electronic, ghost pokemon born from or haunting the Sinners in their afterlife, fighting types brought in as protection or to hunt other Sinners with, fire types that let an Exorcist know they were getting too close to residents of the rulers of hell and the threat of hellfire that settled around the Morningstars like mantling cloaks of danger and death- the odd normal urban pokemon, drawn to the most densely populated place in hell and a sign of the reason the Exorcist had to come down and soil their wings and blades here year after year

Vaggie had the time to spot the Absols and feel how WRONG it was seeing them there

The wrongness got even worse once she broke down and trying leaning about the pokemon back up in heaven- Because even though it's HEAVEN and every pokemon in creation can technically be found there, the Absols are RARE. Every time a portal to Earth opens up, a few of them slip through and escape to the mortal world. Why?

Finding out why made Vaggie's insides squirm. Absols sensed changes in the world around them- weather usually or earthquakes- and they didn't cause disasters but they felt compelled to WARN people of them, they left their mountain homes (or even the eternal perfection of heaven) to go where people were in danger (like Earth) and tried to give everyone there a chance to RUN, to escape, to save themselves

and what did it mean, then, that Vaggie was seeing them down in hell during Extermination?

Wiping out terrible evil souls wasn't... it wasn't the same thing as a storm or an earthquake or tsunami or flood. What Exorcists did was GOOD and RIGHT and JUST, they were protecting the souls up in heaven, they weren't, causing a disaster

The souls down in hell didn't count as people anymore. They didn't deserve mercy or a chance to save themselves from that one final death. So wHY were the Absols down there. Why were they watching her kill-

Vaggie does see an Absol right before her eye is cut out, but more honestly, she sees it right before she almost kills a crying cannibal child

She blames the damn scarred up Absol for that for a while. Her losing her eye and her wings and her halo and her spot up in heaven is all because that one stupid pokemon unsettled her and set her up to lose her nerve and everything else

If that's true tho, then it's also why she ended up meeting Charlie, and...

The Absol shows up again the day Vaggie decides to stay with Charlie for good, they day they really start planning the hotel together, the day so many things finally get set in motion and a little shiver runs through the crooked, off kilter foundations of creation

Charlie doesn't know she's got an Exorcist at her side, working to stop the Exterminations what used to be Vaggie's whole reason for being

All Charlie knows is that the scarred Absol who shows up looks SO much like Vaggie it makes Charlie SQUEAK while taking pictures, and the Absol doesn't run when she inches in closer (Vaggie talking her through it from a distance, just barely keeping Charlie's urge to rush in and hug the pokemon in check) (Vaggie who's helping her get close to the Absol even tho Vaggie still doesn't like them) (Vaggie, who Charlie's already had practice learning how to be patient and careful for, scarred up Vaggie who won't go into details about what she's been through but never stops showing just how much happier she is now with Charlie)

For the first time in her long long life Charlie gets to reach out and TOUCH an Absol. Carefully. Veeery slowly. The poor thing has clearly been through a lot but it looks at Charlie and holds still and Charlie tears up staring at this creature who's never stopped trying to help Charlie's people, no matter how much they hated it or hurt it

She gives the Absol a hug, and it's just as much for herself as for the Absol who stands there and let's her give it

When the Absol nuzzles Charlie's teary face Vaggie knows she's doomed. It's over. That damn pokemon who haunts her nightmares is gonna get led into Charlie's home and Charlie's life just like Vaggie was and Vaggie's gonna help with every step- from a DISTANCE- because anything that makes Charlie smile like that is worth every inch of pain it brings along the way

and okay yeah, maybe having an Absol around is soothing and satisfying to a woman like Vaggie who's always on the look out for problems BEFORE they happen and likes getting a heads up instead of blissfully running along until the problems smack them in the face (re: Charlie)

and alright FINE Vaggie and the stupid Absol DO look kinda alike now her hair is growing out, and Charlie getting an eyepatch matching Vaggie's for the Absol's also scarred and missing left eye is KINDA cute

and yes sure the Absol joins Vaggie on patrols of Charlie's home and then the hotel and is pretty much always sitting at her feet and Sinners shy away from her partly bc of it which she doesn't mind at all and she SHOULD bc Charlie sweetie this is the WORST pokemon to have hanging around if we're trying to get Sinners to come stay at the hotel the Absol makes it look like the hotel thing is DOOMED doesn't that bother you doesn't it ever both you having something (someone) around who keeps reminding you of how things will probably go bad (Vaggie at least tries to find ways to counter it but she has to say the bad out loud first) doesn't that wear you down or annoy you wouldn't this be easier without (Vaggie) a disaster pokemon looming over everything-

Whenever Vaggie brings these points up tho, Charlie just clings to her Absol and gets watery eyed and says it's NOT the Absol's FAULT if ppl don't understand it's way of trying to help them!! Pointing out disasters before they happen isn't the same as causing them!!!!

And Vaggie sighs (in relief) and reluctantly agrees (she's trying so hard the only way she can right now maybe that's good enough for now) and when the Absol sits next to her on the crows nest keeping watch over the hotel that night (keeping a watchful wary eye on heaven's light) maybe Vaggie reaches down to give the Absol some head and neck scratches and rub the old scars in a way Vaggie knows (from personal experience) helps them relax and feel a bit better for a while

They don't figure out WHY the Absol came to stay with them in the first place until years later.

They come back from that disaster meeting up in heaven and find out everyone at the hotel ALREADY knows something bad is coming, they've known since the moment Chaggie's Absol threw back it's head and started to mournfully sing, a sound even worse than the howling of Charlie's usually cheerful Houndoom who ends up shivering in a corner huddled under the protective tiny wings of its Pidove protector who keeps looking around frantically for The Danger and pecking frantically at everything else it can reach

(the hazbins know it's BAd when Charlie's Houndoom won't respond to Razzle and Dazzle smothering it with loving pets and Vaggie's Pidove ignores Razzle and Dazzle's desperately offered donut treats)

and.....

....in the rush to fortify the hotel and prepare for battle with heaven... with Vaggie busy doing weapon drills and Charlie beating hopeful songs of not dying into everyone's heads all hours of the day... no one notices the Absol follow Pentious and the Egg Bois around

(not until After, anyway)

[summercosmos]

Fablehaven Pokemon AU; Pt 2 (Seth)

Seth as a pokemon ranger!

Seth would be bored out of his MIND tending to the daycare all day; running showers for and grooming cutesy pokemon is fun for about the first four times you do it only.

it doesn't help that there are more interesting (read: unsafe) pokemon available right at the fablehaven daycare! it's just that grandpa sorenson will not budge in letting his grandkids interact with those. something about lacking "experience" and "expertise".

Seth: alright then. bet ←(gets himself into a ranger school Like A Boss)

there's really nothing anyone can do about the school sign up— I'm thinking kids in the pokemon universe are considered their own legal representation around the time they graduate trainer school (13-14 yrs old)

and after the initial scare, everyone concedes it's kind of a good idea, really. Seth gets to explore and interact with wild pokemon while still in a somewhat controlled environment, minimizing the amount of trouble to be stirred.

Kendra is happy to be the one to inform Seth that Ranger School does, too, involve actual textbook studying. he forgor💀

Seth would do the bare minimum for the theory aspects — what he really excels at is practical demonstrations!!!

don't let anyone tell you otherwise; pokemon absolutely interact with people based on Vibes. if you show that misdreavus even the smallest of hesitation you're getting Astonished into your next life dawg.

obviously this is not a problem for Seth. in fact i think he'd be at his very best when approaching wild Dark & Ghost types; those are the most likely to feed from fear and distress!

if you have no fear to feed the little creepers with then theyll be like Well. Hmm. What Now. (top tier strategy)

while on that the rangers here are a bit of mix from the spin offs and from the trainer class from the og games. they have one partner pokemon that will accompany them in their main rescue missions, but their job also involves protecting certain areas from poachers &/or criminals— that means there's also a lot of pokemon battling!

I'll be honest i think Seth's main criteria for his pokemon team is Does It Look Cool? Catch

when his eevee evolved into a sylveon he had to pause to cry throw up bang fists on the wall roll around for a bit. imagine having your team astethics ruined by the sparkly fairy type. Kendra makes fun of it at least once

still comes back to the daycare even while on the training stage; when he graduates as an actual ranger the first place Seth will suggest to send rescued pokemon to is fablehaven

Partner Pokemon

Absol: look at me in the eyes a dark type pokemon which is frequently labeled as a chaos bringer & malicious when it in fact only has intentions to help warn people beforehand so they can escape disaster. who else could i even give this to. it literally gets wings in its mega form LOOOOK AT ME

okay so anyways Absol are pokemon which are frequently abused bc of superstition so it isn't a stretch to say one would have eventually found its way to fablehaven daycare as a rescue. this is still in the early days of Kendra and Seth being there to help out so obvs they wouldn't be allowed to handle this one bc of the dark typing and its general bad rep. do you think seth gaf though he does NOT his ass would absolutely sneak out at night to the enclosure they kept absol at and try to make friends with it. the secret lasts about a week (Kendra snitches) but grandparents end up letting him actually catch absol bc they bonded. aw

(rest of the) Team!

Meowth: first pokemon, a gift from his parents! Seth isn't much interested in it bc it's so very normal and boring and not very Cool until he finds out this cat can basically sniff out shiny things (coins & jewels included) and it quickly becomes a Get Rich scheme. which only works on paper for about 2 minutes until he realizes the meowth will absolutely NOT allow anyone (owner or otherwise) to get their hands on its loot. it kind of becomes a srungly family pet though like in a drowned ugly rat kind of way so its still loved regardless. isn't much used in battles so it hasn't quite had the chance to evolve.

Spiritomb: sorry but how can you tempt a child mentioning there's a antique keystone that contains a cool ghost pokemon inside of it and expect him to not do anything about it like thats on YOU. anyhow Seth frees the spiritomb out of the odd keystone and finds out its just a little guy that got locked away for playing too many pranks. come on there's not even a good reasoning to take it away from him

Braviary: caught as a rufflet! pokedex entry from black & white 2→ "It stands up to massive opponents, not out of courage, but out of recklessness. But that is how it gets stronger." it probably tried to pick a fight with Hugo the Golurk and Seth thought it was the funniest thing ever and immediately caught it.

Golurk (Hugo): actually more attached to the fablehaven daycare than anything; it has its orders to protect the people and pokemon inside of the property. still Seth bonds with it more than anyone else and maybe actually brings the guy outside so it can see the world. cuties

Sylveon: okay now bear with me. LISTEN! Seth wouldn't have used any evolution stones on his (graduation gift) eevee bc he was hoping for a high friendship evolution, either espeon or umbreon. well. can you even imagine the look on his face when the evolution process finished and the first thing he saw was a pink ribbon. oh hed lose it. anyways sylveon are actually very combative pokemon — it lures foes in with the cute face and then pounces. they go out of their way to actively fight dragon pokemon likeee can you see the vision. Seth feels immediately better abt the whole thing when sylveon whoops a whole ass hydreigon with one singular Moonblast.

oh i had a Time making this. i love you pokemon au i really do. ill probably do either ronodin or bracken next

[azurityarts]

hewwo >:) 5, 6, and/or 7 for the pmd ask game? if another asker hasn’t requested them already :3c

Heyoo! :D

5. Which Pokemon from Gen 7-8 would you consider potential hero/partner options, outside of the regular Starter Pokemon?

I know this question is about Gen 7-8, but quick mention to Zorua! Would LOVE to see that little fucker as a hero/partner option in the future.

I think some good ones from Alola (excluding regional forms/variants) would be Rockruff, Mudbray and Fomantis? Rockruff is a pretty obvious answer, but I feel as if the latter two could have potential?

Galar's difficult; to me, I feel like I'd prefer most Gen 8 Pokemon as NPCs 😭 Going with Rookidee and Chewtle for now though!

6. Favourite Special Episode?

Special Episode 5 is an easy sweep for being just excellent in so many different aspects: narrative, overall place in the grand plot, focus on characters, setting, music, the quotes, Grovyle and Dusknoir just being Normal Enemies I Swear—the list goes on!

But I gotta give a mention to Here Comes Team Charm! It's not the most significant SE by any means and doesn't have any major implications for the main plot and its characters, but I need you to understand that hearing their theme for the first time had me do a double take to remember what game I was even playing??? LIKE WHY DOES IT ACTUALLY GO SO HARD THOUGH???

Spike Chunsoft where's the return of Team Charm because oh yeah they ALL have megas now LMAO

7. Favourite dungeon(s)?

Gonna rattle off one of my favourites from each of the games! (I think a large part of my decision-making was the dungeon's theme whoops)

Great Canyon was absolutely one of my highlights from Rescue Team! Nice place in the narrative, captured the feeling of the trek to Xatu really well. But it's definitely up in my rankings just for that theme alone- LIKE LISTEN TO THIS REMIX BY DRAZORLEAF

Okay this one may not be necessarily a favourite dungeon, but story time! When I was playing through Explorers for the first time (idk how I was able to go in blind in retrospect lol), I noticed that Crystal Crossing had Absol as a potential recruit! So I spent like a solid hour or more running through floors, trying to recruit one (because well. you know me.), and that was my very first experience and encounter with:

Something's stirring...

So yeah, thanks Crystal Crossing for letting me get an Absol, and also thanks for giving me Realization of the Horrors

Glacier Palace: Great Spire is absolutely CRIMINAL for having that godsend of a musical score and only lasting FIVE FLOORS. Makes sense that they didn't want to drag it out, and I think the overall impact of the track would have been lessened if they made the dungeon fighting itself a slog, but MAN what a fucking banger.

The Tree of Life dungeons are also both great; perfect OST for the moment, but also really darn nice visuals—the crackles/streaks of life energy in the environment were super pretty omg

[darrowfire15]

My Pokemon Team (as of 2024)

@palettepainter and I are making our ideal Pokemon teams. This is mine.

Houndoom - I have always liked the dog Pokemon and when I got my first Manectric card in middle school, I fell in love. But once mega forms were introduced, Houndoom just became 200% cooler. And who could say no to a face like that?

Besides looks, Houndoom can be a pretty strong Pokemon, being a fire/dark type who mostly live in packs. The Pokédex entry suggests that if you get hit by its fire, the pain will never go away. Creepy, but effective.

Absol - This is also a Pokemon that I fell in love with their mega form before their original form. Also, Absol is just very mysterious in general. Being known as the "Disaster Pokemon" doesn't help its reputation, but it still deserves love for a unique design.

Absol is a dark type Pokemon with a calm disposition and a humanoid face. It also dislikes fighting, so it doesn't like changing into its mega form, which I would be fine with.

Hydreigon - I cannot make my team without a dragon type (says the person obsessed with dragons), and what's more dragon than Hydreigon? Since the Pokemon Anime had a Black and White episode dedicated to Iris taming one, I thought it was the coolest thing.

Hydreigon is a very destructive dark/dragon type Pokemon with only the middle head having a brain and just attacking/biting everything it comes across, but I'm sure with a lot of patience (and bandages), it could be trained.

Gliscor - No Pokemon team is complete without a Pokemon who can fly (in my opinion), and that goes to Gliscor with an interesting design for both stages. I have the Gligar Pokemon card and was on the hunt for the Gliscor card before I stopped collecting them.

Gliscor is a ground/flying type that looks to be a mix between a bat and a scorpion. Also, IT CAN GROW TO 6'07". That is insane when compared to its first stage, where it's half that height.

Decidueye - In terms of Pokemon name memorization goes, I stopped after we hit the Alola region, but I remember loving the Owl starter that was an archer (during my small archer phase). The glow up from a small owl to a Robin Hood-esque vibe is really cool.

Decidueye is a grass/dark type who fires arrow quills from its wings with precise aiming that it never misses. It also pulls on the vines of its hood to aid in focus. I also think he's just so badass.

Glaceon - Somehow, I never escape the Eeveelutions, so let's go with one of my favorites: Glaceon. I had a Glaceon action figure that I brought everywhere along with my other Pokemon figures.

Glaceon is an ice type who can freeze the air around itself to make small ice crystals. It does this by controlling its own body heat so that it drops to a freezing level.

The whole team, with their types put into thought, are very strong against Ghost and Fairy type Pokemon, but weak to Fighting type. I put my team in this website to see the strengths, weaknesses, etc. https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/plan/#home

My previous team consisted of Houndoom, Absol, Hydreigon, Gengar, Chandelure, and a shiny Sylveon, and the team before that was basically Manectric, Hawlucha, and Lucario (a mix of Pokemon figurines and cards).