#Meredith Hart

[natteryaktoad]

Hartland, Day 86, Part 2

Meredith has an active want to go to college, so that means homework time!

I think you're supposed to look at the ball, Junior...

Mary's enjoying the view from Rocky and River's balcony.

Maddox: Daddy, when you were at school, did your teacher play music whilst you were writing? Mr Gutenberg says it helps us concentrate, but he only plays silly stuff without words and so I keep thinking about what the words should be, so I don't think it really helps me concentrate.

Meredith spends her evening painting.

Leo: How's Junior feeling about Candy?

Mary: He hasn't said much, but I think he's okay. More upset for his girls than himself - he and Candy haven't been together for twenty-five years.

Leo: Morgan, it's your birthday tomorrow!

Mary guesses when the plumbing in this house is as old as it is, you have to expect an exploding sink from time to time.

The family spent the evening at home, enjoying the new facilities.

[disneytva]

Variety Interviews Ayo Davis, Meredith Roberts And Emily Hart On Disney Television Animation's 40th Anniversary And What To Expect On From The Past, Present And Future

40 years ago, Disney TVA was founded on the heels of challenging outcomes with features “The Fox and the Hound” and “The Black Cauldron.”

Initially, Disney TVA was restricted from using established Disney legacy characters, but nevertheless had huge successes with new shows like “The Wuzzles” and “Adventures of the Gummi Bears,” both of which became popular in syndication. As time went on, DTVA was able to use its limited rights to create shows like “DuckTales” and “TaleSpin,” which featured Disney characters. Today, the slate has evolved to include shows that travel across Disney’s streaming, linear and digital platforms, including Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and the Disney Parks

Over the 40 years of the studio has collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering to bring beloved Disney Afternoon characters to the parks as well Mickey And Minnie's Runaway Railway and AquaMouse for the Disney Wish and Disney Treasure cruises from the Disney Cruise & Ships Line as well collaborating with Disney Yellow Two Shoes Team to redesing some heritage characters for the WDW Passholder Magnets.

Disney TVA characters also have gone to the realm of live action. In 2019 Disney Channel brought Kim Possible to the live action world as a Disney Channel Original Movie in 2019. In Spring 2022, Walt Disney Studios brought Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers to a new generation of fans trought a meta-driven live action/animated hybrid film which won an Primetime Emmy Award for Best Feature Film.

In April 2024, it was announced that Kiara from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride created at Disney TVA will make her live action debut on the motion capture/computer animated film "Mufasa The Lion King" with the character being voiced by Blue Ivy Carter. In Fall 2023, it was announced that Blumhouse Television and Atomic Monster where developing a live action reboot of Gargoyles for Disney+.

The future of the studio looks bright as the studio is slated to debut it's 100th show overall "StuGo" in 2025, as well new interations of beloved classics like The Proud Family, Phineas And Ferb, Sofia The First and Darkwing Duck trought revivals,reboots and spin-offs in the coming years with early talks of new interations of TaleSpin, Kim Possible and Recess since Early 2023.

“We have a wildly diverse development slate because we don’t have a house style,” says Meredith Roberts, executive vice president, television animation, Disney Branded Television and CEO of Disney Television Animation “Our styles are creator-driven, so that allows for real support of the artist or creator to fulfill his or her vision. Anything is possible, whether it's CGI. (“Monsters at Work”), hand-drawn 2D (“Big City Greens”,"Primos","Hailey's On It!"), rig-based 2D (“Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur”,"Kiff") and stop-motion (“Mickey Saves Christmas”,"Rhona Who Lives By The River".). Roberts continues, “We really try and solve all the problems and develop it. We look at the scripts and the story arcs. Every project has to have a strategy behind it that will complement the slate and separate it from other things. Each project has a distinct swim lane to attract an audience. And we’ve learned to meet the kids where they are, in terms of streaming and YouTube.”

Co-viewing, the viewership that happens when adults sit down to watch a DTVA show with the kids in their lives, is part of the studio’s secret sauce and long-term strategy. Many of the shows are written with jokes and plot points for both audiences so both groups will return.

“We double down on the kids and family space,” says Roberts. “We’re not just dipping a toe in the water. We’re diving in. I think we’ve seen a lot of churn with the competition, who just don’t have the patience to develop and are for this audience, which is a very specialized kid audience and co-view audience.” ("The Witchverse", "Rhona Who Lives By The River","InterCats","Fantasy Sports") Roberts reflects: “I think one of the things I’m most proud of is how stable Disney TVA has been for the last 40 years despite a lot of outside churn of the animation industry. Many of our crews feel that Disney is their forever home. I think the excitement they have to illustrate and create with this brand has been terrific because it’s harder to be funny and clean. And nowhere are we tearing down people to get that laugh. I think that’s the beauty of a Disney animated show.”

DTVA also sought to meet kids where they are by making their audience — which is made up of the most diverse generation in history — feel seen, with series such as “Elena of Avalor,” which featured Disney’s first Latina princess, and “The Proud Family,” franchise focused on the life of a teenage Black girl.

“We do have an amazing insights team that are constantly in the field, giving us general information about how kids are watching content, what they’re into,” Emily Hart (VP of Current and Development - Disney Junior) says. “Some of those things are evolving, as we know the ways kids consume content is changing. But there are some universal truths about kids, and it’s great to have that reinforced. Kids still like a lot of the same things that we like. So, there’s a combination that we’re always tracking with every new idea, and we do pilot testing. We get to sit down and talk about the content, and we invite our creators in so they can see the kids talking about it because they’re the audience and they’re the truest test of if the story is going to work.”

Ayo Davis, president of the Disney Branded Television and VP of Current and Development at Disney Television Animation says the division is a “driving force” for memorable kids and family entertainment.

“All of us at Disney Branded Television are so proud of the studio’s 40-year legacy as it continues to entertain future generations with shows like ‘Kiff,’ ‘Big City Greens’ and ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0" --- Davis says.

Those creators who come to DTVA often stay for a long time, partnering with the studio on a variety of different projects or expanding on a hit and reimagining it for the next generation of viewers. “The Proud Family” was a standout in 2001 on Disney Channel. Creator and executive producer Bruce W. Smith is now working on the Emmy-winning “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” which is based on the original series. The show follows Penny Proud as she navigates family life and her own childhood.

“Being at Disney TVA has allowed me to realize all my artistic dreams,” says Bruce W. Smith. “As a kid, you always have hopes, thoughts, dreams, ideas and characters that can help lay out those ideas in your head. Disney has allowed me to really tap into my creative instinct, at the end of the day, you have to learn how to trust yourself. Meredith Roberts has been a true shepherd for me in all of this, allowing me to stretch my wings. Because of her belief in me and my ideas, she’s really allowed me to blossom as an artist. All that happened at DTVA.”

“They really seem to be a place that welcomes your ideas,” Dan Povenmire says of Disney TVA. “They want to find people with real strong ideas of the stories they want to tell, and then they let them tell those stories for the most part. They seem to put storytelling and characters over anything. With [‘Phineas and Ferb’], we would write jokes for the kids and the adults in the room because we knew the adults would be there too. We were just careful not to do any double entendres.”

[gone-to-oregone]

Some of my favorite pics from across various SK/adjacent instagrams from Lauren and Joey’s wedding

[hawkfurze]

My animation professors newest assignment for us was to give us a PNG of a toilet she drew and have us create a background for that toilet, as well as animate fire, goo, smoke, and sparkles coming out of it. We had the option to redraw her toilet, so I decided to do funny scenes with them instead

[weirdlookindog]

Dark Intruder (1965)

[useragarfield]

9K MAKE ME CHOOSE:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ@terrainofheartfelt ASKED: The Yeehaw Six (Zoe Hart, Wade Kinsella, Lavon Hayes, Annabeth Nass, George Tucker, & Lemon Breeland) or The Seattle Grace Five (Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd, Cristina Yang, Arizona Robbins, Mark Sloan?

We have so many more brunches ahead of us! And dinners and picnics and football games and birthday parties, and our kids playing together in the sandboxes. It's gonna be so awesome! To the future.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

IWTV Season 2 Sources & References

(The 1st 4 were cited by the Writer’s Room)

The Ethnic Avante-Garde: Minority Cultures and World Revolution by Steven S. Lee

Paris Journal 1944-1955 by Janet Flanner (Genet)

The Vampire: A Casebook by Alan Dundes

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles: An Alphabettery

The Fly cited by Jacob Anderson

King Lear by Shakespeare cited by Rolin Jones

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin

Sebastien Melmoth by Oscar Wilde

Amadeus (1984)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Gaslight (1944)

Batman

Casablanca (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

The Third Man (1949) cited by Levan Akin

An American in Paris by George Gershwin (1928) cited by Daniel Hart

Moulin Rouge (2001)

The Phantom of the Opera

Les Vampires (1915)

Dracula (1931) credit to @vampchronicles_ on twt

Le Triomphe de L’amour by Pierre de Marivaux

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin cited by Jacob Anderson

Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean Paul Sartre

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Vampire’s Kiss (1988) credit to @talesfromthecrypts

Les Morts ont tous le Meme Peau by Boris Vian credit to @greedandenby

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Barclay Beckett credit to @rorscachisgay on twt

An Enemy of the People by Ibsen

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Vie de Voltaire by Marquis Condorcet

Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction by Edward Fullbrook and Kate Fullbrook credit to @iwtvfanevents

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes credit to @iwtvfanevents

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Artists and Salons Referenced:

R-26

Palma Vecchio

Andre Fougeron

Elsa Triollet

Fred Stein

Lisette Model

Gordon Parks

Miguel Barcelo

Taxidermied Javelina by Chris Roberts-Antieau

Ai WeiWei (wallpaper)

David Hockney (Lemons)

Wols 

The Kiss of Judas by Jakob Smits

Salome by Louis Icart

Ophelia by John Everett Millais

Shelter by Peter Macon

The Kiss by Edvard Munch

The Vampire or Love and Pain by Edvard Munch credit @iwtvasart

Ruiter on Horse by Reiger Stolk credit @ iwtvasart

Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland by Modigliani credit @iwtvasart

Self-Seers II (Death and Man) by Egon Schiele credit to @90sgreggaraki

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Goya

Movie & Play Posters on set (in chronological order by year):

Tarzan and his Mate (1934)

Avec le Sourire (1936)

Les Deux Gosses (1936)

Le Jour Se Leve (1939) about a man who commits murder as a result of a love triangle and locks himself in his apartment recounting the details as the police attempt to arrest him. Credit to @laisofhyccara

Nuit de Décembre (1940)

Mademoiselle Swing (1942) about a girl who follows a troupe of swing musicians to Paris.

Les Enfents du Paradis (1945) about a woman with many suitors including an actor and an aristocrat.

Fantomas (1946) about a sadistic criminal mastermind. This version includes a hideout in the catacombs where he traps people.

Quai des Orfevres (1947) watch here

Monsieur Vincent (1947)

Le Cafe du Cadran (1947) about a wife’s affair with a violinist.

La Kermesse Rouge (1947) film about a jealous artist who locks up his younger wife and a fire breaks out while she’s trapped.

Morts Sans Sepulture by Jean-Paul Sartre (play) also published in English translations as “The Victors” or “Men Without Shadows” about resistance fighters captured by Vichy soldiers struggling not to give up information.

Mon Faust by Paul Valery (play)

Musical Influences:: @greedandenby collected all music used in Season 2 here.

Henry Cowell

Meredith Monk

Howling’ Wolf

Shirley Temple

Jason Lindner Big Band

The Teeth

Carlos Salzedo

Alice Coltrane

Thelonius Monk

David Lang

Caroline Shaw

Gadfly by Shostakovich (for Raglan James)

musical career of Martha Argerich

Season 1 here (these lists are updated regularly)

Season 3 here

[doctornerdington]

Daniel Hart, composer for the IWTV score, did an AMA on Reddit. Posting some interesting bits I want to remember.

Oftentimes, instrumentation is dictated by the scenes themselves: things like the dialogue, the timbre of people's voices when they speak, the lighting, the set design, how fast actors are moving, how fast the camera is moving...certain instruments behave better in certain situations. BUT, that being said, a lot of Lestat's scenes revolve around piano, a lot of Louis revolves around strings in S1 AND we specifically made tenor saxophone his instrument for S2. Armand gets the cor anglais playing the melody under his monologue about the "Amadeo" painting in the museum in S2, and I think Claudia gets the whole orchestra! But we did often incorporate celesta when it made sense for Claudia themes.

It did not occur to me that the timbre of the actors' speaking voices would impact instrumentation. Or how integrated all the various technical elements are. Wowwwww this team is on fire.

Also! Armand! Gets! The! Cor! Anglais! If you don't think I could write an entire meta about Armand being represented by a transposing instrument (and for that monologue), hahaha you don't know meeeeee.

More under the cut.

How much historical research do I do? As much as possible, given the information available, and the time constraints of a project. I spent a lot of time with Gershwin and Ravel before and during IWTV S2. I spent a lot of time with their music (which I would do anyway, because I loooooove it), but I also spent time learning more about those composers, and yes, analyzing some of their musical structures more fully than I had before.

S2 influences: Henry Cowell, Meredith Monk, Howlin' Wolf, Shirley Temple, Jason Lindner Big Band, The Teeth, Carlos Salzedo and Alice Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, David Lang, Caroline Shaw.

Because there's a lot of piano in the score for S1 and S2, I'm moving things around on the piano all the time, to find the right register both for the piece itself, and for the voice in the scene, which can be a very tricky balance. There's a piece of piano music which goes for quite some time under Lestat's longest monologue during the trial in S2. Almost all of it is pretty high on the keyboard, leaving all that lower space for Sam's baritone to shine through. I think that was one of our most successful balances of dialogue and score.

Re: "The Whole World was Ready to Return" It's a very difficult piece to perform, and both the version I made at home (with me on violins and violas) and the version we recorded with the orchestra in Vienna took a long time to make. That kind of minimalism - short, repetitive phrases - can be hard to maintain over time. Thank you all for listening to it and enjoying it.

[It's on Spotify btw, and it's gorrrrgeous.]

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WIP MICHAEL PLAYLIST

Werewolf, Baby! - Rob zombie

Ready to Die - Andrew W.K

Alien Blues -  Vundabar

The Cry - Bat Nouveau

Demon - London After Midnight

Dark Entries - bauhaus

In Darkness You Will Feel Alright - Horror Vacui

Alfadhirhaiti - Heilung

Pain - Boy Harsher

Christmas Kids - Roar

A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck

Little Dark Age - MGMT

I Love You Like An Alcoholic - The Taxpayers

Providence - Poor Man's Poison

Epoch - Savlonic (The Living Tombstones remix)

Shadowlord - SQUARE ENIX MUSIC

Fallen Grandeur - Midnight Syndicate

Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Killer - Mareux

Nowhere To Run - Stegosaurus Rex

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears

The Eagle has Landed - Avatar

Dragula - Rob Zombie

Crucified - Army Of Lovers

Another Way Out - Hollywood Undead

Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Engelbert Humperdinck

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

Francis Forever - Mitski

Jealous - Eyedress

California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

Werewolf - Motionless in white

Bad Bad Things - AJJ

Animal - The Living Tombstone

She's My Collar - Gorillaz

Teeth - Lady gaga

Mechawolf - Monster Wolf

Destroy Me - Mr.Kitty

Never Wanted to Dance - Mindless Self Indulgence

Faggot - Mindless Self Indulgence

The Wolf Among Us - Vasaria Project

Dragostea Din Tei - Feuerschwanz

Amen & Attack - Powerwolf

Christ & Combat - Powerwolf

Last Man Standing - Hammerfall

The Pyre - Kronowski

Death March - Motionless In White

Drum Bun - Santinela

Im So Sorry - Imagine Dragons

Slave Knight Gael - Dark souls 3

Soul of Cinder - Yuka Kitamura

Sister Friede and father Ariandrel - Dark souls 3

Drum Bun - Mangalf

Monster (Whats That Coming Over The Hill) - Alixandrea Corvyn

Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge

Angeleyes - Abba

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Killer Queen - Queen

Bad Boy Good Man - Tape Five, Henrik Wager

(You're The) Devil in Disguise - Elcis Presely 

Don't Try Suicide - Queen

Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart

Jacks Lament - Johnathon Young (Singing voice claim)

Oogie Boogies Song - Johnathon Young

[japrilsanatomy]

Current Top 10 Ships:

Honorable Mention: Linstead (Erin Lindsay and Jay Halstead)- Chicago P.D.

10. Lucaya (Lucas Friar and Maya Hart)- Girl Meets World

9. Calzona (Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins)- Grey’s Anatomy

8. MerDer (Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd)- Grey’s Anatomy

7. Dawsey (Gabby Dawson and Matt Casey)- Chicago Fire

6. Slexie (Mark Sloan and Lexie Grey)- Grey’s Anatomy

5. Skyeward (Daisy “Skye” Johnson and Grant Ward)- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

4. Jolex (Jo Wilson and Alex Karev)- Grey’s Anatomy

3. Delena (Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert)- The Vampire Diaries

2. Romanogers (Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers)- MCU

Japril (Jackson Avery and April Kepner)- Grey’s Anatomy

[natteryaktoad]

Hartland, Day 86, Part 6

Everyone's enjoying the summer afternoon.

I don't recall inviting Sapphira but she appears to have appointed herself bartender.

Morgan grew up wanting to make a friend, so he honed in on Gaby.

Meredith: I can't believe Morgan's about to start school. It seems like only yesterday he was born!

Leo: Now you know how I feel about you!

Gaby: I'm muerto!

Morgan: You're what? I don't know that word.

Gaby: Oh sorry. It must be Spanish. I don't remember which words are English or Spanish sometimes. I don't know the English word... not alive.

Malachi: Can I play?

Maddox: In a bit.

What a dreamboat!

The party was too big for me to keep much of an eye on so I just let everyone run wild. It scored well, so I guess things went okay. Morgan spent most of it befriending Gaby, whilst his siblings went up for naps at various points.

[fantasmasims]

Meredith Hart

Вот такая бубочка родилась у них 1 января! Наследница главной ветки. Вторая девочка в основной ветке и я пипец этому рада.

Мередит - имя моей любимой героини из сериала и я неосознанно поняла что Келли на нее похожа поэтому так решила назвать их дочку.

Черта характера выпала - спокойная и это правда.

[gunzlotzofgunz]

BAT MACHINE CO 308 SNIPER

26.5'' barrel, Custom .308 Snipers Rifle. Bat Machine Company receiver with optic ready 20 MOA integral picatinny rail. R.W. Hart & Son heavy stainless steel barrel with 1:12 twist rate. Cerakote finish. McMillan M40 camo fiberglass stock with soft recoil pad, inletted and bedded by Tom Meredith. Trigger Tech adjustable trigger. H.S. Precision Inc trigger guard, with HS Precision Gen II detachable 10 round magazine. Includes extra HS Precision 10 round and 5 round magazines.Shipped in a Boyt H Series hard case.

[lxstreign]

Howdy !m 24 and welcome to my blog! I have gone back and forth on using this or not but decided I needed to finally let it go. anyways I overwhelm myself a lot so i’ve decided this time around Im only going to have four muses, some with alt fc but for the most part this will be it. 

anyways! I’d love to write with you and please don’t hesitate to reach out! Im looking for all types of partners, open to nsfw  , but I also love world building and lovey dovey plots too ! I also do Cannon and non Cannon characters! 

blog will contain a mixture of nsfw and none. Most nsfw will be discord however im kind of picky about discord so just ask!! never hurts to try

wanted| plots| inspo| open starters

*OC MUSE LIST UNDER CONSTRUCTION*

checklist:

Replies redoing muse page

highly mused&inspo queued for a while

Rules:

I really don't have many

Don't be a dick

no god modding

MINORS DNI!! i am a grown ass bitch and do not need the problems, Im sorry 9/10 things will be left untagged.

remember this is for fun, activity sometimes in and out.

Don’t use me for all males . I love my male muses and always want to play them however don’t use me .

Muses: 

Ricki Monroe fc- Francia raisa

Jayden Hart fc- main fc Madison Bailey alt fc: Zendaya

Jude Harkness fc- Michael Evans Behling

Tucker ‘TC” Callahan fc- Sebastian Stan/ Timothee Chalamet

Special Muses *only used when High muse*

Sybil Callahan fc:Aubrey Plaza

Fritz Stark fc:Mason Gooding

Artie Mori-Darren Barnett

Cannon Universes I do

Marvel

Stranger Things

Greys Anatomy/Station 19

9-1-1/9-1-1 Lone Star

Vampire Diaries/orginals

Chicago Med/Fire/PD1

Twilight

degrassi

One Tree Hill.

and many more!

CANNON CHARACTER LIST

Kate Bishop

Yelena  Belova

Tony Stark

Natasha Romanoff

Steve Rogers

Wanda Maximoff

Carol Danvers, 

Loki(selective)

Gamarora 

Wanda maximoff

Mary jane Watson fc switches.

Groot (fc:thomas Doherty)

Bucky Banes

Peter Parker 

Lydia Stark (oc, Olivia Orbien)

Greys:

Andy Herra 

Maya Bishop

Travis Montgomery

Theo Ruiz

Ben Warren (Michael B Jordan fc)

Victoria Hughes

Jo Wilson

Sloan Riley (sydney Sweeney)

April Kepner

Atticus Lincoln

Derek Sheppard

Amelia Sheppard

Meredith Grey

Alex Karev

Mark Sloan

Jackson Avery

Lexi Grey

Levi Schmidt 

Carina Deluca

Andrew Deluca 

[weirdlookindog]

Dark Intruder (1965)

[grokebaby]

TAGBACK !!! HAI ELVIS :33 since you asked me about Pokémon recently, I wanted to ask you something back as a nicey exchange !!! What Pokémon would the judges of hell have in their team ? I'm especially curious to hear about Delilah's because she seems like an elite 5 girl <3

HAIII MAELL!! NICEY EXCHANGE :3

You're so right tho I feel like they'd all be elite gym members but I. Don't know enough about Pokémons actual story to say for sure enough. But I'm sure Hart is barely just in it anymore just for the sake of having SOMEONE on the role cough just like it's actual job cough. And basically like. Hands out badges on a whim. But anywaysies Judgement time!!

DELILAH - Favors generally loyal and intelligent Pokémon but keeps her team small and close. Likely has given some of her Pokémon to Deirdre and her nieces/nephews<3 (And. Lassi)

•Persian (alolan) - inherited from her foregone mentor Stevious. It's a mean old bitch who acts like an evil advisor to her, and though it's a nasty fighter, prefers not to participate that often. Named Tourmaline, and it was spoiled rotten by Stevious back in the day, acting brattish towards Delilah initially but warming up to her surprisingly quick (at least what's considered quick for a creature like this). It's quite possessive protective of Delilah these days and does not receive most people kindly. Lassi can pet dear old Tourmaline only with treats. He'll get there.. At least it doesn't hiss at him anymore.

•Raticate - Now you might not have expected something like this from Delilah, but she and Deirdre caught it back when they were youngins living on the streets of the neutral district. It's an old and stubborn thing and a ferocious fighter, though getting slow with age. It's known these two since being a rattata and would literally die and kill for both. You'd think it doesn't get along with Tourmaline but those two have earned each other's mutual respect. Delilah keeps them both in her office. This old bastard is named Raggy, and is family bonded to Deirdres personal Rattata, Shaggy. Both Raggy and Shaggy are nicer to Lassi, but ol Rag tends to chew his pens..

•Scolipede and Centiskorch - mentioning simultaneously bc they belong to Delilah's "battle team", and usually spend time only to fight or do other important tasks. They've been trained well, but aren't on the same emotional level as Tourmaline and Raggy, where she'd keep them close by at all times. During earlier times, one or both accompanied Lassi around the Pride district to keep him safe, but Delilah has now dispensed them to watch over two of Deirdres kids, Meredith and Mihail. They take their job extremely seriously and do it well.

•Gothitelle - was given to her by Hart when it was a Gothorita, as a sort of Welcome to your new job as the Pride Judge kinda thing. It's diligent and switches between accompanying Delilah and paroling the Pride district. It's independent, smart and efficient, and keeps track of things for her. That's certainly enough enrichment for it, however due to being just a powerhouse, it also participates in the Battle Team. At least when shit gets serious.

XERXES - This man is ALL about that grind he probably trains his Pokémon hardcore (but also cherishes them super hard they're his biggest warriors). He's the one out of the three still actually invested in battling as a concept and not just means to an end.

•Sunflora - Yes, really. First Pokémon he ever caught, possibly by accident. It's his childhood friend and he loves sunflowers so it's important to him but he probably was bullied alot for having a "stupid little flower Pokémon" so he used to be really hesitant to let it battle. It eventually became really skilled though but got badly wounded when Xerxes was training for his current position (likely in a battle against his mentor's Pokémon - she was ruthless), and so it's retired. He waters it lovingly and keeps it safe in his home. Man's best friend still.

•Bastiodon - big, tough, and is literally compared to being an immovable object one time. Absolutely. Hardass. It's lazy and cozy off hours but very eager to get up and fight, and Xerxes himself has to try restraining it every so often so it doesn't level yet another wall. Means well but is too easy to rile up and plays too rough. Likes scratchies

•Rampardos - (gestures to the previous section) Yes. Again fits the vibe to a T. It's playful and also eager to fight, as well as very intelligent and well trained. However off hours it likes fiending up Bastiodon to try and make it rampage all over, for shits and giggles. This is the catalyst for all the troubles bc these two Pokémon usually fight in a duo. They're besties. And also like bothering each other. Likes scratchies too.

•Emboar - probably the friendliest next to Bastiodon but unlike that one it's actually among the least rowdy. It's one of the newest additions and was taken in as a Pignite and is very fond of Xerxes<3 it tries to act as the mediator and quote on quote second in command to the rest of the team but the success of that is debatable.

•Pheromosa - Was traded with Ngah, either as a challenge or some weird nemesis bond thing. As opposed to Xerxes, Ngah views her Pokémon more as assets than an equal team, so she wasn't too torn up about it emotionally. This one regularly refuses to interact with the rest of the team except minimally, and though it obeys Xerxes and fights superbly (Ngahs training), the bond is professional. It doesn't exactly miss Ngah, but has trouble adjusting to the atmosphere. Xerxes treats it kindly and allows it time to itself outside the pokeball (again, contrary to Ngah)

HART - Probably has a million Pokémon adopted and hoarded saved from everywhere but I'll focus on the ones that are considered "The Main Team".

They're all dittos.

Now, there is strategy to this. What everyone else thinks Hart's team is, goes:

Claydol, Cofagrigus, Sigilyph, Banette and Tentacruel. But in truth, each ditto plays one of these during all battles and official occasions where they'd need show face. However the secret might spill sometimes, seeing as how when Hart battles other high judgements (angel or demon), it makes it's dittos copy whichever Pokémon the opponent has. Hart loves to be annoying and weird, it's the only motivation to still stay on the job.

According to Hart's coworkers, such as Delilah, some if not all of these shapeshifting choices are influenced by past and foregone team members. Of course, when you've been around for as long as Hart has, you're bound to loose some Pokémon one way or another.. It's apparently a way to honor their memory. But, who knows..