#Pokémon dystopian au

[starrysilvalley]

I’m currently on my week long fall break from college and decided to try my hand at digital art after months of only traditional art! I just finished watching Arcane (in its entirety) for the first time, and I've really enjoyed it! One quote from the first season stood out to me, and it was the main inspiration for this little piece. I found Arcane dealt with a lot of the same themes I also have in my Spectrum story/universe, and one of the main ones is familial/father-daughter relationships. One of my favorite scenes was the one with the line “is there anything so undoing as a daughter?” And I thought that line fit very well within the context of Spectrum.

Spectrum mostly focuses on the main protagonist Una and her guardian Emmet, who both currently reside in the distant future of Unova, but I couldn't help including Ingo and Akari. There is roughly 300 years separating Emmet and Ingo, and both lost their memories and learned to adapt to entirely new worlds. Yet mostly in Emmet’s case, his desires to rediscover himself and go home were pushed to the side when being passed the responsibility of raising a young descendant of the Unovan Hero of Ideals. Yet despite this unplanned adoption, Una became the closest Emmet had to family in the distant future despite undoing his intentions. For Ingo, I honestly love the found-family relationship a lot of the fandom has made for Ingo and Akari. I could definitely see the two becoming more like family considering they both came from another world with no way to return. I think that relationship would've changed Ingo’s outlook and his solitary life for the better. Ultimately, despite the drastic change in environment and separation from each other, the twins were able to find some good in their individual situations.

This was very much more self indulgent but it was nice to finally do some digital art after so long!

[misswoozi]

nctzens are really weird because i remember one art from 2018 they draw ten, winwin, and taeyong with pussy and they were waiting for their daddies yuta, johnny and jaehyun. it felt so weird that day but i was 16 those days. some people still draw ww and ten as women and they stopped drawing winwin after he started his solo gigs in china because for those artists they can't draw him cuz winwin became more "manly" it's so weird. I'm happy to find someone who also finds this weird because those posts are getting thousands of likes.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I can't speak for other NCTzens. I'm just looking for some NCT discourse today.

[luumiinaa]

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⌞TROPES⌝ childhood friends ⋆ best friends ⋆ neighbours ⋆ brother’s best friend ⋆ best friends brother ⋆ roommates ⋆ fake dating

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⌞ACADEMIA⌝ highschool ⋆ college

⌞AUs⌝ spiderverse ⋆ avatar the last airbender ⋆ pokémon ⋆ genshin impact ⋆ star wars ⋆ hogwarts ⋆ winx club

⌞MAGICAL REALISM⌝ superpowers ⋆ soulmates ⋆ reincarnation ⋆ hanahaki ⋆ demigods

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[virusinfected-memes]

AU PROMPTS FOR AU AUGUST ;

It’s August, that means it’s time for more AUs. Send a number for an AU, dynamic, or trope that will be used to write either a drabble or starter. Send 💫 for a random number instead. You’re welcome to send multiple in one ask to combine them.

POPULAR PROMPTS.

001. aristocrat au  002. assassin au  003. bakery au  004. band / musician au 005. coffee shop au 006. college au 007. cyberpunk au 008. dark fantasy / grimdark au 009. dystopian au 010. high fantasy au 011. historical au 012. monster (vampire, werewolf, etc.) au 013. murder mystery au 014. paranormal au 015. pirate au 016. roommate au 017. royalty au 018. superhero / supervillain au 019. time travel au 020. zombie / undead apocalypse au

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021. alien invasion au 022. circus / performer au 023. deserted island au 024. host (alien, parasite, etc.) au 025. host club au 026. imaginary friend au 027. mad scientist au 028. mmorpg / virtual world au 029. no humans au 030. penpal au 031. podcaster au 032. private investigator au 033. role reversal au 034. influencer / streamer au 035. space opera au 036. street racing au 037. treasure hunter au 038. underground fighting au 039. urban fantasy au 040. writer au

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041. Alice in Wonderland 042. Among Us 043. Animal Crossing 044. Assassin’s Creed 045. Avatar: the Last Airbender 046. Battle Royale / Squid Game 047. Beauty and the Beast 048. Dead By Daylight 049. Dragon Age 050. Dungeons and Dragons 051. Mass Effect 052. Peter Pan 053. Phantom of the Opera 054. Pokémon 055. Scooby Doo 056. Silent Hill 057. Stardew Valley 058. Stranger Things 059. Studio Ghibli (any film) 060. The Lost Boys

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061. bad guy won’t die 062. break the cutie 063. conjuring evil 064. dead cell phone 065. deal with the devil 066. everything is a simulation 067. false friend 068. final boy / girl 069. fire-forged friends 070. found family 071. found footage 072. hidden in plain sight 073. idealist vs. pragmatist 074. library full of secret knowledge 075. nightmare on Halloween 076. secret heir to the throne 077. the chosen one 078. the powerful artifact 079. the reluctant hero 080. the world that never progresses

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081. aw, look! they really do love each other! 082. awesome, but impractical 083. bad guys doing good things 084. blessed with suck 085. condensation clue 086. dark is not always evil 087. dead all along 088. eviler than thou 089. false chosen one 090. genius bruiser 091. genius ditz 092. golden hero to anti-hero 093. good people with evil powers 094. light is not always good 095. mood whiplash 096. nature’s revenge 097. really 700 years old 098. villain is actually the hero 099. you are number six 100. you can’t fight fate

SHIP TROPES.

101. afraid to commit 102. bet / dared to date 103. dating app 104. drunk / Vegas wedding 105. enemies to lovers 106. fairytale retelling 107. fake relationship 108. fated mates / soulmates 109. forbidden love 110. friends to lovers 111. grumpy person with sunny person 112. holiday fling 113. love at first sight 114. marriage before romance 115. marriage pact 116. playboy / girl in love 117. right person, wrong time 118. secret admirer / unrequited love 119. there’s only one bed 120. work rivals

[waywardstation]

The Ghetis wins AU is funny to me in the same way that every dystopian novel that takes place exclusively in the US does. In that the entire time I'm reading it, I imagine the rest of the world being very much business as normal and just side-eying the country (region) like "what are they even DOING over there."

I imagine it becomes considerably scarier when the despot in charge controls a giant dragon that can freeze over entire regions. Every other region, if not publicly and officially acting against Ghetis, is for sure planning what to do once he decides that Unova isn't enough for him.

RIGHT ANON HAHA of course the place Ghetsis tries to freeze over is Pokémon New York, one of the two most stereotypical places for apocalypse stories (it seems to be both that and the California Los Angeles area honestly)

I’m sure Ghetsis will be working his way through things methodically, trying to take areas once at a time. Once he gets rid of all the Pokémon in an area, he can move on, he doesn’t care what people do after.

Because Ghetsis’ plans were always to try and take away everyone’s Pokémon, so he’d be the only one in the world with them, giving him power over everyone else.

Quite the dream there Ghetsis, seems a little impossible to achieve, (do you KNOW how many Pokémon are in the world? I’m sure a more mature rating would call for Pokémon extermination rather than capture) but the man was going through with it in the games, so he seems quite determined to try haha

[burned-enigma]

Roleplay Information

Hey y’all, since this is also an RP blog, simple information is down below.

Name’s Ghost. Pronouns are he/him, and I’m 21. I roleplay with no one under the age of 18 and am multifandom.

To get into the bread and butter of things, I do primarily cc x cc and sometimes oc x cc. Almost all of my rps have been ship-based, so that’s what I’m used to. I focus on m/m or m/f, rarely f/f. No incest, no pedophilia, no beastiality. I’ve got no triggers and am down for any genre of roleplay. I’ve been writing for ten years and absolutely enjoy angst and worldbuilding if it applies

I AM MULTIFANDOM, but also do OC / OC rps. Past the Keep Reading is a list of the fandoms I currently partake in/ocs I have so far (will be edited/updated periodically)

I rp on Discord and thru email! The best way to get in contact with me is my Tumblr DMs, my Discord is burnedfreedom. Discussion and rp can take place there. BELOW THE CUT: FANDOMS, CHARACTERS

Baldur's Gate 3 Canon Characters: Gale, Gortash, (to be added) Baldur's Gate 3 OCs: Sirilius Aendryr (Evil Durge), Amalica Torndar (Redeemed Durge), Rhys Cerellan (Tav), Elyeras Rilyndar (Tav) Dishonored: Corvo Attano, Lord Treavor Pendleton, Overseer Teague Martin

Dragon Age: Cullen Rutherford, Garrett Hawke, Three Inquisitors (M!Lavellan, F!Lavellan, M!Adaar)

Fire Emblem Awakening: M/F!Robin, Frederick, Virion, Sumia, Lon’qu, Ricken, Libra, Olivia, Say’ri, Priam, Inigo, Brady, Cynthia, M/F!Morgan, Severa, Laurent, Noir, Yarne Fire Emblem Fates:  M!Corrin, Jakob, Hinoka, Takumi, Saizo, Subaki, Xander, Laslow, Selena, Arthur, Benny, Shigure, Dwyer, Sophie, Shiro, Kiragi, Siegbert, Percy, Ignatius

Fire Emblem Three Houses: Dimitri, Edelgard, Ferdinand, Hubert, Seteth, M/F!Byleth, Felix, Mercedes, Annette, Lorenz, Balthus - Concerning FE, if you want someone specific, just ask me! Hetalia: England, France, Germany, Austria, Prussia, America, Scotland, Russia (this does include Nyo for all, 2P for some ; just ask). - If you want someone who is not listed, just ask me. I'm flexible.

Pokémon Series (Video Games): Maxie, Cyrus, Prof. Sycamore, Milo, Kabu, Piers, Cyllene, Melli, Iscan

Fandoms to be Added: ???

Universes/AUs: Vampires/Supernatural, Steampunk, Cyberpunk/Dystopian Future, Fallout/Post Nuclear War, Superpowers, 80s, etc.

[kitakashi]

Hi, I’m Val

✨ Basics 25+, USA, she/her, INTP, Leo, Slytherin...

✨ Husbands Kuroo Tetsurō, Kita Shinsuke, Suna Rintarō, Iwaizumi Hajime // Akashi Seijūrō, Kasamatsu Yukio // Takami Keigo, Bakugō Katsuki, Amajiki Tamaki // Mycroft Holmes, Sebastian Moran // Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Obito, Gaara, Yamato, Sasori, Hoshigaki Kisame, Senju Tobirama, Momochi Zabuza, Shiranui Genma // Gojō Satoru // Sanada Shunpei, Yūki Tetsuya, Hongō Masamune // Urahara Kisuke, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Ulquiora Cifer, Hisagi Shūhei, Kira Izuru, Hitsugaya Tōshirō // Aza Chōbei // Kunigami Rensuke, Michael Kaiser, Nagi Seishirō, Itoshi Sae // Sampo Koski, Jin Yuan, Gepard Landau // Zora Ideale, Sukehiro Yami, Zenon Zogratis, Mars // Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Fyodor Dostoyevsky // Kirishima Natsuya // Wriothesley, Dainsleif, Thoma, Kaveh, Xiao, Tartaglia, Al-Haitham, Zhongli // L Lawliet // Ban, Hendrickson // Alistair Theirin, Fenris, Cullen Rutherford // Bickslow, Erik, Mest, Dreyar Laxus // Kaiba Seto, Bakura, Yami Bakura, Bandit King Bakura // Tsunashi Ryunosuke, Yaotome Gaku…

✨ Thots when will Kita lemme smash…

✨ Currently reading manga - Moriarty the Patriot, Yona of the Dawn, Blue Lock, Loving Yamada at lvl999, Hell’s Paradise, My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen…

✨ Fav. AUs soulmates, Hogwarts, post-apocalyptic/dystopian, college, sci-fi, monsters/teratophilia, Omegaverse...

✨ Fav. Tropes best friends to lovers, allies to lovers, mutual pinning, roommates, neighbors, soulmates, childhood friends…

✨ Fav. Anime Haikyū!!, Kuroko’s Basketball, My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Naruto, Black Clover, Moriarty the Patriot, Rising of the Shield Hero, Ace of Diamond, Fairy Tail, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Yu-Gi-Oh! (og series), Bungou Stray Dogs, Free!, Death Note, Dragon Ball Z, Yona of the Dawn, Soul Eater, Fullmetal Alchemist, 7 Deadly Sins, Ouran High School Host Club, Avatar the Last Airbender, Legend of Kora, Noblesse, In/Spectre, Akame ga Kill!, My Next Life as a Villainess, Love Live!, The Ancient Magus Bride, Sword Art Online, The Misfit of Demon King Academy, Fruits Basket, Kakuriyo Bed and Breakfast for Spirits, Record of Grancrest War, Hellsing, Sengoku Night Blood, Hell’s Paradise, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Digimon (og series), Demon Slayer, Kenka Bancho Otome, Ao Ashi, Kamisama Hajimemashita, IDOLiSH7, The Black Summoner, Blue Lock, Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, A Returner’s Magic should be Special, The Faraway Paladin, The Great Cleric, Horimiya, Why Raeliana ended up at the Duke’s Mansion, Tomo-chan is a girl!, Classroom of the Elite, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, How a Realist Hero rebuilt a Kingdom, Psychic Princess…

✨ Fav. Games Dragon Age (1-2 + Inquisition), Diablo (1-3 + Immortal), World of Warcraft, Genshin Impact, Injustice (Gods Among Us), Final Fantasy (3 + 7-8 + X + X-2), Kingdom Hearts (1-3), Baldur’s Gate (+ Dark Alliance), SSX (Tricky + 3), Mario Kart, Pokémon, Honkai: Star Rail, Skylanders…

Genshin Impact [NA] 654887160

Honkai: Star Rail [NA] 600544385

[bup1957]

I believe I’ve come to a place where it is definitive that, in a world or universe that does not impose expectations of gender or sexual behavior on its populace or in situations that have either altered or altogether done away with his status as human, that Kent would be comfortable not only being openly bisexual but also settling into a gender identity that isn’t entirely rigid. I’ve touched on the idea before (mostly in jest because the idea is funny) mostly in relation to the future/sci-fi verse, where Kent would be less inclined to identify as strictly male and would likely place more emphasis on his identity as a bureaucrat or facet of the state. Even in societies that make this less of a dystopian idea as it sounds on the face of it (where the state is less an organization of oppression and more just a de facto result of said society needing some form of government to function, such as in the world of Pokémon), Kent is just a person who finds comfort and even affirmation in being seen as a figure of authority. If he doesn’t necessarily need to be perceived as a man to have that happen and won’t face social repercussions for not doing so (and has been raised in such an attitude that it’s internalized for him), then he won’t.

Long story short-- while I don’t think Kent would ever be the type to announce being non-binary (especially in a society where, perhaps, people tend to not think in terms of binaries to begin with) or even bisexual, in societies where he would be free to just be, without question, he would be. Masculine titles and dress would still take precedence for him, as with he/him pronouns, but he would not be opposed or afraid to veering more gender neutral or feminine in both address or fashion should he feel the urge to. Effectively it has very little impact-- Kent is still Kent, the power-hungry, cruel, and vindictive person he always is... Just with a healthier take on his gender and sexuality. The verses / AUs where this is applicable will be tagged below!

[pokemon-wasteland]

Welcome!

Welcome to Pokémon Wasteland, a Pokémon AU I have been mulling over since 2015 when I played my first full Nuzlocke challenge of Pokémon SoulSilver. This is based loosely around fan-theories of the Pokémon universe, as well as several of my own, and is not affiliated with the official franchise (owned by Nintendo and GameFreak) in any way.

Pokémon Wasteland is set several hundred years in the future after an all out nuclear war that obliterated life as we know it on the surface of the Earth and a dystopian, over-controlling government’s violent attempt at putting down a revolution. Divides among classes have reached all-time highs, everyone is fighting for survival; no one is certain what their future will be.

[flyiingpress]

TAGGED BY: @toeachfuture  and @humanitysavage (thanks a lot to the both of you !!! TAGGING: i wanted to tag a bunch of people but half of the tags aren’t working... so please steal this from me !!

ONE ( ALIAS / NAME ) Powerup! It comes from my personal blog’s URL  ^^

TWO ( BIRTHDAY ) January 8th ! Soon ! But I have a final on that day again ;_;

THREE ( ZODIAC SIGN ) Capricorn

FOUR ( HEIGHT )  5′1′‘ - 156cm ! Small \o/

FIVE ( HOBBIES ) many x)  Watching tv shows/anime, playing video games (mainly Sims 3, Pokémon, ACNL), reading, going on walks, occasionally drawing ...

SIX ( FAVORITE COLOR(S )  dark blue, dark red

SEVEN ( FAVORITE BOOKS ) Once again, too many to count :’)  One of my absolute favorites is The Shadow of the Wind by C. Zafon. I love all this author’s books, but this one is amazing. I also love some dystopian novels such as 1984 by Orwell, or series like the Hunger Games, but also most of Asimov’s books from the Robots saga, the Harry Potter saga ... I could go on for a while ^^

EIGHT ( LAST SONG LISTENED TO ) I’m listening to Muse right now ! They played their new album live for the first time yesterday, so I’m hunting down all the videos I can find :’) 

NINE ( LAST FILM WATCHED ) It was probably Megamind ! I feel like I watched something else since, but my memory is terrible ...

TEN ( INSPIRATION FOR MUSE ) I played too much Pokémon, and as always when I get a new obsession, I try to shove my favorite characters into the corresponding verse. That’s how the Pokémon!AU was born, and it got developed enough that it deserved its own blog ^^

The only actual OCs here are the Pokémon, whose inspiration come from very various sources. I first take a good look at each of the boys, and try to think of personalities that would be a good match, but not necessarily an obvious one. I like clashes and trouble, so I can’t have them all get along too easily :P

ELEVEN ( MEANING BEHIND YOUR URL )

[starrysilvalley]

So I ran through the fire and I held out my hand. I’m not here to save you, I don’t have a plan. You see, love isn’t rescue, it’s someone to lose. My feet burn, but dear, now I’m in this with you.

— Vincent Lima’s “The Fire”

✨⭐️✨

I’m still solidifying more character designs, so until then, here is one of the sketches I liked :)

I have playlists for a lot of the characters in this project, and I feel Emmet’s has the most variety of songs. Most fit his personality and story, but one that has always stood out is Vincent Lima’s “The Fire”. I think it best fits Emmet’s motivations within the Spectrum Project.

Part of Emmet’s journey is piecing together his life before New Unova and how he came to this place. As of right now, he has a faint idea that he left someone behind. Something is missing, and it’s a hole none neither Una or Fajra can fill. He doesn’t know where this person is or how to get to them, but he knows he has to try. This search for a missing half helps push him into following his young charge Una throughout New Unova.

However, Emmet’s motivations may not be solely his own. He may have a benefactor that benefits just as much— if not more —from his search for his missing half. A benefactor who understands the same loss.

[comical-genius]

AU of a dystopian Unova governed by Ghetsis who somehow got elected president or something after getting famous/a good rep thanks to his new brand/entreprise (Plasma Entreprise?) of toys and robots which, you’ve guessed are designed/invented by Colress and do (some) have a remote control system to them in case it’s necessary.

Those toys and robots got very popular and basically everyone had them. It all started with some sort of hyper-interactive Tamagotchi. They specialise in pet/pokémon combat simulations which gradually renders the possession on Pokémon less interesting. 

Once elected, Pokémon battles are highly regulated and Unova becomes the first region to forbid them out of specific situations. 

Obviously all of this would happen before them freezing people, having their cover blown etc.

N ran away to another region after being rendered useless thanks to Colress’ inventions (G and C met earlier than in canon) and wanting freedom. Ghetsis still plans on eliminating his son the day he finds him. Unova progressively shifts into an over-industrialized/”modernised region covered with Plasma Entreprises factories, stores and greenery is less present. It also has a Middle Age flair to it just because those factories and new buildings were designed alongside Ghetsis who wants to state Unova as his kingdom.

...

That’s it.

[thedappleddragon]

ugh im big stupid and haven't been posting my shit here for a while. I've still been typing it out in my notes, I just havent transferred them onto here lol. im putting it all under the cut, don't worry

Today was pretty dang nice! I spent a little time outside because it was nice and warm out, I drew a little in my sketchbook and digitally rendered a picture of Anna’s new princess outfit, ran an errand with my mom to pick up a graphing calculator and a pack of soda, ate some Wendy’s, and did a lot of sewing for my dress! I joined the bodice lining and exterior, and did a little over half of the sewing for the skirt. I’m doing French seams so there’s no raw edges on the inside, so I still have to iron it and go over the second round of stitches. My machine malfunctioned for a moment with the thread tangling up in the lower bobbin thingy, so I left it alone for like an hour and it fixed itself lol. I’m very happy with how the bodice came out after clipping all the extra fabric in the corners and test fitting it. I think it’ll be great when it’s done!! Although I may or may not need to seam rip a little bit of the skirt to extend the zipper down so I can get it over my fuckin DUMPTRUCK when putting it on. Right now there’s enough stretch to put it on, but Idk how well that’ll stay after attaching the 2 pieces. Also it might end up making me look fat/preggo in the end with how the skirt lays lmao. I also did a really quick test fit with the sleeves, and I might actually like it better sleeveless? I’ll put one on anyway and go from there to see which I like better. HOORAY this dress has pockets!! But I may have put them a little low lol. I wanted to do a big dress debut at prom, but turns out graduates aren’t allowed due to covid restrictions :( so that really sucks. But we’re still gonna hang out a little bit beforehand, and I can still do a debut. I made a little bow out of some scrap dress fabric, which I want to put in my hair for pre-prom. I think I’ll braid my hair, maybe get some fake flowers from dollar tree and ribbon to add somehow, and put the ribbon either at the bottom or the top, wherever the hair tie eventually goes. I’m so exited to work on it more. I’m kinda running out of white thread tho so I’ll have to get more. Later in the evening i got hungry and made ramen while my dad and I watched a documentary on some of the horrible shit that went on all around the world during 2020, some of which I had forgotten about, some that was really surreal and out of a dystopian movie, and some stuff that was just upsetting to watch. It was still pretty good tho. I got work tomorrow and I’m really sleepy even tho it’s only 12:30 so I think I’m gonna grab a snack and go to sleep soon. Gnight mwah

Yesterday I worked and sewed until I ran out of thread and drew a little bit. Spent most of my shift watering flowers, then I went home and ate for a moment, then watered more and picked dead flowers and talked about avatar and other animated shows with the highschool girl I work with. Came home and hung out for a while, that evening made some good pasta. 

Today I justly hung out, then went with mom to pick up a bookshelf and went through strawtown which I thought was a very funny name for a town. There was a cute antique shop in there tho. On the way back we stopped in a sewing shop called Always in stitches. I expected it to be a very small shop, but it was SO much bigger than I thought it would be. They had tons of fabric and quilting supplies, and lots of old ladies working and talking. I picked up a cone of white thread and a fabric sample pack. Then I sewed my dress a little bit. I still have lots to do, and only like 2.5 days to do it. I’ll get there tho. All I have to do is add the skirt hem, add the pockets back in (I took them out so I could see them in normally), add sleeves and hem them, and add the zipper. And attach the skirt to the bodice. I think I’ll be able to do it. I had yogurt for the first time in forever today. Tbh I used just enough to hold together the strawberry and granola bits kgelgskgs. It was pretty good tho. I drew ELEVEN pages in my sketchbook, about 8 of them being a comic about the pony au of our royalty au. I could have done the comic with human characters but ponies are so much easier to draw aggsssdh. I spent 40 minutes typing out the dialogue and editing it on top of the rest of the comic so my friend could read it, but she still hasn’t read my text :( oh well that’s fine lol. The original plot was supposed to be Sam talking to an accidental illusion of me being mean about her blight, but then I accidentally made it something different. I might just draw the alternate ending instead. Update I just did

Yesterday I sewed and went to Menards to buy tile for moms bathroom.

Today was VERY productive, I feel like. I woke up and immediately took a shower and did laundry. I spent some one just sitting on my bed scrolling and researching while listening to medieval remixes of songs lol. At some point I went out to buy subway for everyone and stopped at dollar tree for nail polish and satin ribbon. I made the ribbon into a little choker and wanted to use it for the hem of the skirt, but I was too short. In total I spent HOURS hemming and pinning and seam ripping and ironing and sewing today, but it’s still not done. I gotta kick my ass into high gear if it’s gone be done by Sunday afternoon. I started sewing the bottom hem, but my machine has been doing this weird thing where the fabric scrunches up right past the sewing foot and leaves wrinkles and gathers so loose I can move it around with my hands easily. I think it’s just my tension being too tight or something, I adjusted it a bit and I’ll test it in the morning. I’m too tired and it’s too late at night to be doing that much sewing. I seam ripped the entire back skirt seam so I could extend the zipper a little further down, and I’ll sew it back up once the hem is done. After that all I need to donis connect the skirt to the bocice, fix the zipper, and hem the arm holes. I don’t want to use the sleeves I made because the edges don’t line up at all and I don’t think I would be able to lift my arms, the way it’s built. The nail polish I picked up works way better than I thought it would, leaving a pretty good metallic sheen after just one coat. Way better than I thought for a dollar. I helped mom lay down tile a little bit, ripping up one old tile and helping a bit at a time throughout the day. I kept asking if she wanted help with the actual tiling part but she said no. We also couldn’t get the fuckin box cutter I bought to work. It’s supposed to be easy to replace the blade, but we couldn’t figure it out lol. I’m falling asleep fun. Washed my face twice, trying to take good care of myself before prom so I look good in photos. Gotta wash hair tomorrow. Made hamburger meat

Spent all day sewing and listening to bardcore remixes. Dress is as done as I bother to make it rn

Tbh I was hoping for a little more for today. I’ve spent the last like week or longer working towards this, and going especially in depth the past 3 days. I got all silky smooth, worked for hours on my dress, thought about pretty much nothing except prom day. I was late because my dad had my neighbor come over to take pictures of me in my dress. I thought it was just going to be her holding my dad’s phone to get a picture of us together, but she brought her whole ass professional camera and spent several minutes taking pictures. Then I took the weirdest way possible to get to my friend’s house on accident because google maps said it was the fastest way to get there. But HEY when I did get there I enjoyed hanging out with my friends. We ate some dinner AND??? Sammie I’m sorry if you’re reading this but THE MASHED POTATOES?? WERE S O BLAND????? AFAJSTSTHJST ily but girl. Just a little salt could have gone a long way <3 the steak and especially the green bean casserole were good tho :) dinner was good with the sparkling juice and little desert. Overall everything was just very loud, but that’s to be expected when this is everyone’s first time seeing each other in a goddamn while: actually I think they’ve all seen each other at school without me but hey whatever. I think I fucked up my phone screen on accident by sitting on it while it was in my pocket with my keys, leaving a spiderweb crack in it. I checked and yeah it’s not just the screen protector :( eh I don’t care that much, It didn’t fuck up the lcd screen or anything. We went up to Sam’s room and hung out and talked while she did Liz’s makeup and took pictures, and I borrowed a little of her concealer before photos. There was a little photo shoot in their front yard, and looking at the photos I look a little fat in them but I LOVE all the photos taken in Sam’s room where we were all just hanging out. Idk why but whenever you have to do photos and they say to do a silly one, it never turns out good, but the fun ones you casually take always turn out way better. They’re more genuine :) but then it was time for everyone to go to prom and for me to go home 😔 we only hung out for like an hour and a half. I didn’t want to take off my dress, seeing as I put in so much effort to sew the whole dress and shave and look pretty, so I wore it around the house for a bit until I got tired and went to lay in bed. I watched the mitchels vs the machines, which is a fuckin DELIGHTFUL movie!! Everybody go watch it it’s so cute <3 I also played some Pokémon and watched a little YouTube in bed, but feeling unfulfilled and wanting to do something different, I just didn’t know what. So instead I started typing this up as my sister brought me a cupcake from prom :) I had a bite and put the rest in the fridge, since it was so big and in a plastic container. I texted a friend over Snapchat asking if they had fun at prom, and they said it was kinda ass. I tried relating and saying yeah all school dances are a little ass, and my friend group once had anti prom and played dnd instead, but they just said ‘that’s nice’ back and idk if that means they’re annoyed at me or they’re just tired and didn’t wanna text or what but :( idk. Either way it’s fine, right now all I care about is going to bed. Gnight I guess. Also I keep thinking about that textpost that’s like “diary of icarly” and she talks in these simple-ass sentences and now I feel self conscious about how I write these snafnfs. I already know I write like a child in these, but that’s just because I don’t wanna go through the effort of making this sound nice and professional every day lmao. So child writing it is. Also painted my nails really horribly and it took forever to clean up which made me late

Woke up, went to work, spent a little time stocking, watered indoor plants, then attempting to work the register, and organized plants the rest of the time. I stood behind one of my coworkers as she checked people out, kind of understanding what she was doing but not that much, and read the manual in down periods. She had me check out a couple people, and it was NERVE WRACKING AS HELL. Thankfully everyone was very nice, and my coworker stood by and helped, and right as I was getting my foothold, my boss called for me to work outside and bring in the new shipment of plants. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS REALLY NICE?? I was actually able to help some people today!! :D I’m slowly getting better at my job which is nice :) originally I was only gonna work 4 hours, but there were more plants to get and I felt like I could keep going, so I ended up working 6 instead. Every time I come home from the end of my shift I feel bad for not working more and like I should have stayed longer. Tbh I think I could do it if I had a proper break! I’ve been doing 4 hour shifts with maybe a water break in the middle because i don’t know how to ask to go on break ;-; Ike my secondary boss in the garden center is super nice and approachable and friendly but the main boss is like. Terrifying. I never know when he’s joking or being serious and I don’t understand him and assffsfamms it SUCKS. But whatever, I went home and ate some Mac n cheese and laid in bed because my back hurt and played on my ds for the rest of the night. I tried a couple new games, none of which I spent very long on. I tried okami den where you’re the wolf puppy child of the precious games protagonist I think, and idk maybe I’ll give it a better try in the future, but I wasn’t feelin it. I spent like 30 minutes on a pro bass fishing simulator and couldn’t clear the first level because the fish wouldn’t get close enough to my boat lmao. Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games was fun until I lost at table tennis to Mario. I’d play it again. But I have work again tomorrow so I gotta go to bed good night. Having to blast my fan and play drawfee on my phone to drown out moms tv again >:(

Ate a pbj for breakfast? Went to work, moved plants around, took my lunch break, went to subway with an expired coupon, ate at home and times it perfectly so I could watch one section of the new drawfee episode, went back to work, made myself sad thinking about the god girl homunculus from fullmetal alchemist, picked dead flowers off the petunias, left a little early, hung out at home, left to go get mom’s medicine, found my dad at the store, followed him around and shopped for a bit, can home to unload everything, talked with him about buying one of the cars from him so it would be under mom’s insurance after the divorce, talked about being able to hang out at dads apparent after we help him move, ate some of the stuff we bought, and now I’m hanging out in bed again. I picked up my Pokémon black save and played a while today which was nice. I think I’m gonna work more in the next few days, be really busy with shit for like a week, and finally have a breather after the 15th. I really need to switch brain gears back into college stuff soon so I can sign up for orientation and figure out finances and shit, but for now it’s midnight and I don’t have to think about it lol

Today was pretty good, but also pretty boring. I played Pokémon all day since I didn’t have work, cooked some hamburger meat, and went on an errand for mom but got the wrong thing so I went out later to buy the right thing. I got spicy chicharrones instead of regular ones oops. On my drive back from getting the right thing, I rolled all my windows down and loved the feeling of driving around right after sunset when the weather was nice but cool, especially after standing in mom’s loud-ass room trying to ask about her bank card. I thought about going back out to aimlessly drive around the park and back, but instead hung out in my kitchen as my cat fell asleep on my lap. I think I’m gonna get paid tomorrow, so that’s exciting :D I probably made a solid couple hundred dollars if I had to guess. Idk what I’m getting paid per hour, but it’s probably ~$10 and I COULD go through my texts again to see how much I’ve worked, but I don’t really wanna lmao. I should just start putting that in my notes app instead...

Just had probably the most involved, longest dream ever?? It was a mix of infinity train and dangenrompa, we were mostly stuck inside my house, one boy left for years to search for supplies, I tried biking along a tail that disappeared into tree roots and a ditch with grass, cried because we had been in the same car for so long I was afraid they were gonna make us kill someone to get past, and at the end we escaped or something and had to fuck up security cameras and get past loopholes and lots of cereal boxes were involved? Idk there’s just so much I don’t remember. I wasn't sure if I had to go to work today, so I sent my boss a text and just kinda hung out. was making  hamburger meat for my mom when my boss called asking me to come in, so I took a shower and worked from 1-5. spent some time at the register, and got way better at checking stuff out :) I learned a couple things, and there was one old lady in particular who was very patient and nice to me while my coworker went to go find a smaller bag of birdseed. when it stopped being busy inside, I went ut to the garden center to help price plants and spent the rest of my shift out there. I got paid too! $9 an hour, 22 hours, $200 in total. hell yeah. not bad, although I literally have no frame of reference on if this Is good or not. after work I went home for a second, then got Hardee’s (or carls jr in the western states). I used a coupon for chicken tenders for me and my sister :) and while I was driving around today, I found myself wishing that everything in life could be as smooth and easy as driving my car through my neighborhood. and then I kinda laughed thinking about how I cried my first time driving on a major road asdjfasjdhf. but seriously I love driving my dad’s silver Volvo!! its so comfy with 4 wheel drive and good petal control, its like always driving on freshly paved roads <3 unfortunately that's the car my dad is taking when he moves into his apartment to use as his full time car instead of his shit-ass blue Volvo, and we’re gonna be stuck with the red Volvo with a really touchy gas pedal and slow break pedal. (idk if you've noticed but we really love old Volvos in this family. they’re all old and boxy as hell and I love em <3 ) then I played Pokemon black and beat the elite 4 and champion in one try with a lot of revives lmao. I was kinda underleveled, right at 48-50 range, same as them. I was angry about stuff and in pain earlier in the shower as I washed my hair, but I dont remember exactly what it was. now I have my soft Spotify playlist going so I can maybe go to sleep soon. oh wait I remember being angry that all I could thin about all day was work, even tho it only takes up a few hours of my day, and then I do nothing all day afterwards. idk it’s just weird.

[starrysilvalley]

Time for the secondary protagonist of this tale, Emmet! He may have a familiar face— if only he had the same understanding of himself. He occupies more of a Virgil/mentor archetype, and within the Pokémon games universe he would be the closest to a Professor role.

To emphasize again, this project takes place in distant future of the Pokémon in-game universe. The plotlines of previous games are all considered canon up until Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Anything past that is considered non-canon within the context of Spectrum. Emmet’s place in particular was based on the context of PLA and my own interpretations/theories on the subject of the twins when playing it (mostly answering questions like “where is Emmet”, “is he in present-day Unova or another time/place entirely”, “what happened to cause the separation”, etc.)

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Emmet is an amnesiac and fugitive against the New Unova League, as well as a surrogate father to Una. Despite being a verrry blunt and open book, Emmet remains a bit of a mystery. His earliest memory is waking up in the custody of the Pokémon League with nothing but his ratty coat and hat that just so happened to have his name stitched inside. Interregators told him he was found with illegal possessions (what type of possessions, he still doesn't know) and had been conspiring to eliminate the Champion. It was only through an intervention that he was able to escape with a mysterious little girl in tow. To this day, he still has no idea where he came from before his captivity or if he has any roots somewhere in New Unova. Although there will always remain the desire to know his true self, under the current circumstances, Emmet is focused more on his found family in Una and his business partner Fajra.

Due to his experiences, Emmet has a tendency to be more reserved… at least, sometimes. He is more mischievous than he first appears and typically uses this to his advantage when faced with more sketchy characters. He is very observant, but learned that his commentary can get him into trouble. It also may just be that he has become more restrained with his trickster side in order to show a good example to the young rascal in his charge. If he wants her to follow his safety guidelines, he should probably learn to follow them himself, right?

Emmet currently only has one Pokémon— a Neo Variant Liepard. If he had any other Pokémon prior to his amnesia, he has no way of knowing where they are or what they were. He acquired Liepard during his incarceration, but he’s never spoken on the specifics of how he acquired her. Regardless, their experiences together led to a strong comradery between them. Liepard is almost always out of her pokéball and flanking his side. For whatever reason, Emmet never pursued acquiring more Pokémon and seems to avoid Pokémon battles altogether. He’s never made it clear why this is the case. However, on the rare occasion where he and Liepard do battle, they are notoriously ruthless and almost perfectly in-sync. At the very least, he has shown to have a strong knowledge of battling, even if he doesn't seek it out.

I currently do not have as many sketches of Emmet as I do Una since I'm building Una from the ground u, and I struggle to find a design/style I like for him. This sketch of the pair and their Pokémon is one of my favorites.

My one other drawing I liked was an even chibi-er version of him (I don't usually draw in chibi style, but its proven to be the easiest to use), including some character notes from the time.

I've gone back and forth on a LOT of his character since I wanted to have his character explore a twist in the themes originally given to him by the creators. I know there are theories that Emmet is meant to embody truth while his brother embodies ideals, so its been an interesting challenge to work with this character in the dystopian context where truth is oppressed and often requires characters to abandon honesty. Its also difficult because Emmet is known for his optimism and I don't want to take that from him, even in a dystopian context. I believe his upbeat/mischievous nature helps him stand out from his brother, and quite frankly, I think even dystopian worlds could use some hope. I'm just more use to writing Ingo characters rather than Emmets. I'm hoping I can do this little guy justice :’)

[starrysilvalley]

I wanted to reshare the art I made for Spectrum’s banner. This was based on a sketch I did when first forming the idea of the series, and I decided to keep it as a “promotional” banner. Since Una and Emmet are the primary characters throughout the series and the story is told between each of their perspectives, I wanted a banner featuring both characters and their Pokémon (which as of right now is only Una’s Purrloin and Emmet’s Liepard).

For those who randomly found this on their feed, this was made for my recently released fanfic on Ao3, Spectrum Book 1: Onward. I’m hoping for it to be a trilogy revolving around a budding trainer who learns she can talk to Pokémon and her time-displaced guardian Emmet as they go on a divine-comedy-style journey through future/dystopian Unova. More information can be found on my other most recent post :)

Sketches and alternative images of this drawing can be found below🔻

This is the original sketch it was based on, as well as the “flat colors”. I messed around with the gradient tool in Procreate and I ended up liking the neon gradient to the OG colors. I felt it fit more with the futuristic/cyberpunk genre. I did make some small changes since some designs have been altered, specficually Sliver the Purrloin and Emmet.

[starrysilvalley]

🌟(Ideal) Update Day: Wednesday🌟

I've finally started releasing the chapters of Spectrum: Book 1 on Ao3! It is currently only viewable for Ao3 members, but I will post the chapters in their own separate post on Tumblr. That way people have the option to view it on either or if they so desire.

✨Heads Up✨

I am a full time college student and am currently in my junior year. While I’d like to remain consistent in posting, I have a life outside of my projects. My school ultimately takes priority while this is more of a fun passion project to keep me in the practice of writing fiction alongside my academic papers. I don't want to spoil my enjoyment of this project by putting extra pressure on myself. Art will come when I make it, as will the updates, although my goal is to update on Wednesdays.

🔻Ao3 Details below 🔻

🌟Archive of Our Own: Current Tags and Summary🌟

Chapters: 1/?

Fandom: Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters: Scarlet & Violet | Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Black 2 & White 2 | Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 Versions

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Kudari | Emmet, Original Characters, Original Child Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Reshiram (Pokemon), Zekrom (Pokemon), Lepardas | Liepard, Choroneko | Purrloin, Chillarmy | Minccino, Original Non-Human Character(s)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Dystopia, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberpunk, Alternate Universe - Future, Future Fic, Fluff and Angst, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Spoilers, Pokemon Black & White Spoilers, Pokemon Legends: Arceus Spoilers, Found Family, Inspired by 1984 - George Orwell, Inspired by I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison, Rating: PG13

Summary:

Despite its name, New Unova is a mere shadow of the glory it once had— the problem is, no one can see it. No one can unless they experienced the idle conspiracies and injustices firsthand. When the kick-off of the annual Pokémon League Gym Tournament is disrupted by a resistance group sworn to return Unova to its foundation of truth and idealism, thirteen-year-old Una learns two truths: she is apart of a much greater plan for New Unova, and her guardian is not invincible.

Shaken by the discovery of a newfound gift and the near loss of her guardian, Emmet, Una decides the time has come to see all that New Unova has to offer with her own eyes and seek out the answers her guardians can’t provide. Yet her re-entrance into the society of New Unova comes with those who wish to use or abuse her gift for their own ends. The world is not as black and white as it once seemed, and Una must learn to navigate the darker shades of gray before they swallow her and what she holds dear whole.