#I like shiny zygarde

[altriancloud]

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[bengal-tigers-on-petunias]

Pretty sure the zygarde might be the 'Lucius' 'Gibeon' was referring to maybe

Noticed 'Gibeon' was laying down in a chair, so I think he's got limited mobility or something along those lines, probably related to why he 'awakens' or can only interact for a short amount of time.

Some of the admins have shapes incorporated into their designs, and zygarde kinda has the hexagon shape as a leading role in its design.

[ticenchantedtoc]

I had a really hard time picking the last six favorites for this list because there are just so many pokemon I like! After seeing @haveyouusedthispokemon share a lot of these polls, I wanted to include more of my less popular favs like the Chikorita line and Klinklang, but most of the pokemon I ultimately chose made it in for sentimental reasons.

In no particular order, here are some honorable mentions for the pokemon that just barely didn't make the cut: Farigiraf, Mega Absol, Espeon, Dusknoir, Slither Wing, Alolan Ninetales, Sneasel, Xerneas

[kooldewd123]

i hope next pokemon game they come up with a raid system that actually stays fun past the honeymoon phase

[therantingsage]

A bit ago I redid Grillbz and Blu's refs. But since then I've actually redone them AGAIN and added the third member of their trio since I hadn't drawn her. Planning on retiring their dedicated blog and instead just incorporate them into later plot stuff for fugamsemidei instead.

[clannfearrunt]

i wish i had a way to retrieve any of my 360+ Anoriths I bred in Alpha Sapphire or the army of contrary + leaf storm + increasingly good IVs Fomantises from Moon but alas i did not remember to nab pokemon bank before the store died

[prismit]

indigo disk is coming out in just over a month and we still have very little information..... on the fence about how i feel about this!

on one hand i'm so on board with them actually leaving things secret until the dlc drops, but on the other hand... legendaries? shiny huntable legendaries? sw/sh + dlc legendaries and enamorus shiny real at the very least?

[hide-your-bugs-away]

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SHINY ZYGARDE I JUST FOUND IN POKÉMON SHIELD.

Lulu & Davy 

[adobe-outdesign]

Shiny Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde review, please.

Xerneas: Swapping out black for white is a classic move that makes a lot of sense, but after that the neutral mode kind of falls apart. For some reason it swaps the usual dark blue for turquoise, which A) isn't that noticeable and B) is painfully low-contrast when combined with the dark blue antlers. It could've been swapped to red or black to play off of Yvetal's palette, or used a purple rather than a similar hue of a pre-existing color. Alternatively, the ice blue and dark blue of the original could've just been swapped, which would've kept the contrast.

The active mode shiny is much better because, like normal Xerneas, it changes the tertiary accents to gold, thus restoring the contrast. This looks pretty good—but you'll still have to deal with the very mid neutral mode.

Yveltal: Yveltal looks like a slab of raw meat, which on any other Pokemon I'd find funny but here it kind of works. Once again, swapping white for black is always going to result in a distinct shiny, and it's a nice neutral color that still works well with the red.

My only issue with it is the dark grey areas; on the original, the dark gray was a play on the black accents, but here they changed the accents but still kept the dark gray. Basically, what I'm saying is that the dark gray should've been changed to a light grey to match the white and keep the same balance as the original design.

Zygarde: I appreciate the consistency with the black on all of these guys flipping to white. Zygarde is probably the best looking of the bunch, not only doing the white swap but also exchanging its lime green for a more minty fresh shade. Similarly, all of its forms keep the other colors the same and just slightly change the hues at most. The 50% form looks the best, but it also looks the best to begin with so that's not surprising.

My only nitpick here is that they swapped the white on the 100% form for a really light yellow which is barely noticeable—it could've just stayed white and nothing would've been lost. Otherwise, this one's the best of the three taking all forms into account.

[uglycarp]

Hello! Sorry if this is a lot, but for the Pokémon Hermits, could you do either Xisuma with a Dunsparce, Pearl with a Glimmora, TFC with a Drampa, or Joe Hills with a Shiny Eevee or Shiny Zygarde (Idk but I feel like Joe would end up accidentally encountering shinies or be one of the only ones who uses the scratch codes you used to be able to get at GameStop.)

he got a smoothie

[fever-project]

Four for the Pokémon AU! He has an X&Y inspired design. Gave him the hat with the feather pin that’s now a Minish Feather, and also gave him this kinda ponytail thingy that is covered by an Ezlo charm. It’s weird but I like it.

I didn’t put in all of his Pokémon because i just couldn’t make myself draw them(Swampert and Azumaril). I only recently noticed how short I made the tunic. The anatomy’s just kinda wonk, but I can’t really fix it now. I also tried a new rendering style. I don’t know how to feel about it. Anyways, Lore under the cut.

At the beginning of the Minish Cap, Link doesn’t get a starter. Instead, he gets his starter once he meets Ezlo, who suggests to get a Pokémon companion to help out, since he can’t really do much. Because at the moment, he was a hat. Link choose Mudkip because he thought it could help him get over the water easier. That did not work.

Link also transforms into an actual Minish, who are a Pokémon in the same vein that the Zora and Gorons are also Pokémon. Pokémon=species, more of less. Pokémon-Mystery-Dungeon-esk, but not as much as Twilight’s adventure was. Four’s adventure was more or less the exact same, and he didn’t really use Pokémon all that much, just the Pictori sword/Four sword. But he did catch a bunch of Pokémon, because he was really into collecting things back then(like how there were a bunch of figurines in the actual game).

He found a Maril near the beginning of his adventure and thought it was cute so he kept it. He specifically wanted a shiny Shedinja because no one in Castle Town had ever seen one up close. He did not that shiny after hours of hunting. So in the end, he just got a regular Nincada and named his Shedinja NotAShiny, because he was so annoyed. Link did come to love it tho, so he usually calls him Nota for short.

At the beginning of Four Swords(and let’s just combine fsa because who cares), Link became friends with an Eevee, right before the maidens got kidnapped. Stuff happened and both Link and his newfound Eevee end up at the Four Sword Sanctuary, where Link had stored the Four Sword after his first adventure. The sword had been accumulating more and more magic since Vaati’s imprisonment within it. I don’t know how the story works in LU canon, but that’s how it works here.

The 4Sword not only splits Link up into four, but Eevee as well, the sword reacting to the uniqueness of Eevee’s genes or something. Leafeon for Green, Flareon for Red, Vaporeon for Blue, and Espeon for Vio. Also because of Eevee’s wild genes, the 4Sword clings to it and its spilt eeveelutions, and can only be pulled out by the colors. I mainly came up with this because I couldn’t figure out where to put the sword on Four’s design.

Link found the Castform early on, his first shiny on this adventure(he found shinies before but he liked this one especially so he had it in his team at the moment he went through the portal). Link also found the Zygarde Core sometime during the adventure. His collecting instincts kicked in whenever he found the cells. He can make Zygarde become 100%, but he likes the Core form best.

Btw, Shadow never had any Pokémon of his own. He’d order around Pokémon provided by Ganon. He would befriend a Masquerain and would love it forever. He’d say he doesn’t but he does.

I don’t really have any ideas about LU specific stuff right now, but I can say that Four, Legend, Wind, and Hyrule are the only ones with Mega Stones. Four’s Swampert has a mega stone.

[average-submas-enthusiast]

Top 5 things I want from Legends Z-A:

5. Zygarde final fight- it's basically confirmed that Zygarde will play some part in the story, but I would really want a Origin Dialga/Palkia level fight against 100% Zygarde/Mega Zygarde

4. PLA Shiny Sound- god, ScarVio had a lot of flaws, but the lack of a shiny sound was really annoying to deal with. They got it right the first time with Overworld shinies and then regressed

3. New Mega Pokemon- I would love to see new Mega pokemon, especially considering the fact we were ROBBED of Mega Flygon because Game Freak “couldn’t think of a good idea”. Please, it's easy, just make Flygon a high speed jet, duh. Kalos starter Megas would also be nice

2. Emmet/Larry/someone else from the previous games- Is this just because I like seeing past characters in different environments… yes, but TELL ME EMMET IN THE FRENCH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WOULD NOT BE SICKKKK (If you can’t tell, i like Submas =] js a little). Or Larry, js vibing in some random building after getting sent to the past and js finding another office job.

ASH-GRENINJA BACK- WHY WOULD THEY REMOVE HIS FORM CHANGE, IT WAS SO GOOD AND COOL! THE LEAST THEY COULD DO IS HONOR ASH KETCHUM POST TO BE A MASTER IS BY LETTING ASH GRENINJA COMEBACK. GAME FREAK! BRING BACK ASH GRENINJA AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!

[warden-melli]

I remember how excited I was for X and Y to come out. I’d dreamed of a 3d pokemon game for as long as I could remember, and the hype leading up to those games being released was some of the best of any pokemon game ever. Fairy type, sylveon, character customisation and we all got to play it together for the first time. My favourite Pokémon of all time, Mewtwo, got TWO new forms via the most exciting feature I’d seen a Pokémon game add at that point, mega evolution! I couldn’t have been more excited

I saved for months and bought my 3ds (which I still have and use to this day. It’s pink a colour chosen specifically to be Sylveon themed) and went to the midnight launch. I picked my starter (A chespin I named Rook. Yes, I still have him too) and set off. X and Y was the game that got me into shiny hunting (chain fishing and the friend safari lol), and the meta. It was the first game I ever found pokerus, and it was so much fun relearning Pokémon types after the fairy shake up. Pokemon amie, the ghost girl, and whatever Sycamore and Lysandre had going on, I loved these games so much. They were even the first Pokemon games I got to use my new name in after coming out.

I played the game together with my friend, and as embarrassing as it is I actually cried at the end when Az was reunited with Floette. I remember feeling so overwhelmed (in a good way) during the end credits. I swear I’m the only pokemon fan who was glad that they never distributed Az’s Floette (even though it was found in the code) because I couldn’t stand the thought of the two being separated again

Tbh I even wonder if I’d have gotten so attached to Melli if not for X an Y and my fondness for Az. When I first saw him Melli’s hair reminded me a bit of Az’s, and with his height and flower theme I couldn’t help but think of Az more, and then I just kept finding more connections between the two. I may never have really paid much attention to him if not for Az, and that’s so funny to think about

I always felt like X and Y’s story wasn’t finished, and for years I’ve hoped they’d someday finish or expand on its story. There was so much left unexplained (ghost girl, letter, Zygarde) and I’ve spent a ton of time thinking about it over the years. I really hope that some of these questions finally get answers, and that just maybe we’ll get to spend some more time with King Az again. Up until now I thought it was me reaching or wishful thinking, but Kalos legends is real and it’s really happening and I’m so excited I haven’t stopped shaking since the announcement

[scraftyisthebest]

With the recent reveal of Gibeon owning a Shiny (White) Zygarde, many people have been trying to use this to insinuate that Horizons may take place in a separate continuity/timeline/universe from Ash's story.

However, I disagree, and I think that not only does Liko's show still take place in the same continuity as Ash's story, but that such sentiment is frankly something that goes without saying. If they truly wanted to create a new, separate continuity, why wouldn't they just use a new version of Ash to establish that? And in such a case, I believe they would be much more liberal about using legacy characters because such characters would be new versions of them, not the ones we know: the fact that they're largely avoiding acknowledging legacy characters for the most part implies they're still out there in the world Liko and Roy are travelling. It would also needlessly complicate things like potential meetings which have immense marketing value like an Ash and Liko meeting down the line. The world Anipoke has taken place in is so large and has gone through so much worldbuilding with still more potential for even more, that Ash and Liko can viably exist in the same world without crossing paths. There's no business or storytelling benefit to making Horizons a new continuity, as Liko and Roy are fundamentally different characters with a different space in the world from Ash to begin with, and it would be a total waste if they just dropped all the worldbuilding they had done over the past 26 years. Thus, it is most certainly in the same continuity as before.

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Now on to my main point, I think there is a much simpler explanation to the existence of Gibeon's Shiny Zygarde that can justify why it exists even with the existence of Squishy and Z2, and in that same world. And one that I think may raise very interesting implications for this story and where we may be headed. Also one that mirrors the games, particularly SV and its deal with Terapagos and the Paradoxes.

I believe that Gibeon's Zygarde, alongside the Black Rayquaza and the rest of the Six Heroes who were believed to be Lucius's companions, are honorary Paradox Pokemon who were magically willed into existence by the power of Terapagos.

It is easy to miss, especially if you don't stop to think about it, but Terapagos's power, aside from being the harbinger of the Terastal phenomenon, is the power to create paradoxical things. It can "create" things using its power, things that originate from human imagination to those who believe certain things about them, but when you stop to think about those things, it makes no logical sense for them to exist in the way they are explained.

This is especially evident in the actual Paradox Pokemon from the games. Sada and Turo willed them into existence using their "time machine" and believe them to be Pokemon from the ancient past and distant future, or the one we "see" in the Crystal Pool being from alternate timelines. But as their names imply, their existence is a paradox: their whole deal is that they're not supposed to actually exist, and yet somehow, they got willed into reality and given life and physical existence. The dubiousness of their existence is enforced by their drawings in the Scarlet/Violet books, created 200 years prior to the game's events by Heath and his expedition team, contradicting the fact that Sada/Turo only created the time machine 10 years prior to the game's story. The dubiousness of how they came to be is also reinforced by their only other mention being in the Occult magazines, which are questionably trustworthy at best. We know that their existence started in Area Zero, a place filled with Terastal energy thanks to Terapagos, thus the latter is the creator of them.

The paradoxical nature of Terapagos's power is also reflected in the Crystal Pool event at the end of Indigo Disk, a place where you can seemingly talk to the dead, and Terapagos summons a Sada or Turo who was alive, supposedly before they created the time machine. And you give them Briar's book in exchange for the Scarlet/Violet book. But the more you think about this event, the less it actually makes sense, and the only conclusion you can make is that if it were our own Sada/Turo, the entire game's timeline would implode upon itself.

Now on to the anime, Gibeon is now known to have been a companion of Lucius. Lucius and his friends have the stories of their adventures chronicled in books and legends. This incidentally also parallels how the Paradox Pokemon are chronicled in Scarlet and Violet the games. But when you stop to look at everything, aside from Terapagos, the nature of the Six Heroes' existence is incredibly dubious at best, to the point where it's questionable if those six ever actually existed, or if they did, how they came to be. The same would likely apply to Gibeon's Shiny Zygarde. The Black Rayquaza is the biggest example: aside from being a Rayquaza, it is always shown glowing and crystallized, likely surrounded by Terastal energy. It may have even been created by and willed into reality by Terapagos itself, literally formed by Terastal energy. This is sort of hinted at very early on, when Liko's pendant, which was Terapagos, and Roy's special Poke Ball, which unleashed the Black Rayquaza, resonated with one another, and the Black Rayquaza didn't emerge until it resonated with Terapagos, which may imply that it wasn't actually in there and Terapagos used its power to will it into existence, alongside the other five heroes. The other Heroes seem to have abnormal traits as well, such as a giant Arboliva and two of the heroes being legendaries, and they only "awakened" once the Black Rayquaza did. This may imply they weren't real, and the only one of Lucius's Pokemon who wasn't willed into existence was Terapagos itself, who used its power to "create" companions for Lucius and its friends.

The same may apply to Gibeon's White Zygarde as well, who may have been willed into existence by Terapagos. This Zygarde, along with Rayquaza, are the biggest anomalies not just in their different coloration, but that they were literally owned by someone, which in the anime world should not be possible as major legendaries like them are largely above being owned by Trainers. Them being Paradoxes willed into reality by Terapagos would explain this.

This is most certainly an interesting turning point, and may raise a lot of questions to the true tale of Lucius and his friends, and what Rakua truly is. One thing is certain though: Terapagos and its special powers surrounding Terastal energy and the creation of paradoxical things seem to be playing a major role here.

[cyberdragoninfinity]

You said Yuya should be a Pokemon Trainer, so I gotta ask what Pokemon you think he'd have on his team.

I think he'd have a Flygon bc its red and green and also has goggles

oh you KNOW i've been thinkin about Arc-V Pokemon teams BIGLY AND A LOT here's my personal spread for Yuya:

I LIKE FLYGON FOR HIM, I SEE IT but personally I think I'm gonna give a shiny one to Yugo (it reminds me a lot of clear wing lol) and I dont like to double up in the same series, so I wanted to give myself a challenge >:3c

reasonings:

Zygarde 20%: i think it's fun giving him one of the 'incomplete' Zygarde forms since he himself is an incomplete piece of Zarc

Tyrantrum: He needs a terrestrial Dragon type, huge, since Odd-Eyes is the only dimensional dragon who doesn't fly... Odd-Eyes is also very dinosaur like to me :^) Plus the king motif and it's even red too!!

Delphox: challenging myself to give at least all of the yuboys a fully evolved starter, and I really like delphox for Yuya...invokes stargazer and timegazer magician and all the other Spellcasters in his deck, the showmanship of fire, powerful supernatural abilities. also yuya with a fennekin is SOOO cute

Hippopotas: Hip Hippo, of course!

Gengar: he needs something smiley, and Gengars got that prankster mischief energy that I think could play nice on a Yuya team. Plus it being a spooky purple ghost for the purple Zarc Energy. Mega Gengar is even stated to be able to travel to other dimensions <3

Roaring Moon: for Awakened!Yuya and Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon, monstrous violent dragon that bares a striking similarity to another Pokemon from another region, another world...hmmmmm who does that sound like.....

[trelinha9]

Some thoughts on the last episode:

1 - Gibeon mentions something called Lacrium, which may be the Shiny Zygarde that appears behind him. It also says "once more in Rakua" which is confusing. Did he arrive in Rakua? Is he in Rakua? Has he ever been to Rakua? What's going on?

2 - Spinel 100% will betray the Explorers. His face at the end of the episode says it all. It is interesting that there is a possibility that both Amethio and Spinel would leave the group, but while Amethio would betray the Explorers to help Liko and the RVT, Spinel would betray them in favor of his own interests. It's interesting to wonder what Spinel's reason is for being on the Explorers, and what he's up to with Rayquaza and Terapagos. I prefer it to be something more interesting than "he's the villain and wants power to dominate the world" or something like that.

3 - It's super interesting to me that Amethio says "Follow your own path" when he terastalizes Ceruledge, because we know he's not in the Explorers for his own dreams and interests. Amethio doesn't have a dream, and he probably doesn't think he has a path outside of the Explorers. It's a very interesting choice of words.

4 - Conia and Zir were obviously worried about Amethio. Conia's tone of voice, and how Zir speaks first of Amethio's well-being before anything else, further shows how much they care about this troubled teenager.

5 - Floragato using the yo-yo to attack is so cool. Plus, she hugs Fuecoco and Liko (it was so cute). She was definitely super proud of herself for evolving.

6 - Liko thanking Amethio for his help! She seemed a little unsure of what to say, but it's nice that Amethio wasn't rude to her like he is to Friede. I think this may have been his way of apologizing for almost killing Liko in episode 1. Also, this is the second time Amethio has saved Liko or one of her Pokémon, and I think it would be cool to see Liko consider that at some point. He had nothing to gain by saving Sprigatito, and he did anyway, and that's cool.

7 - Am I the only one who thinks Charizard and Ceruledge fought way to well together to be the first time? Maybe we'll get a reference to what really happened in the mine with Moltres now that we finally saw Amethio and Friede working together.

This episode was really good, and I can't wait to start arc 3!