#adorable ghost pupper

[elliottkay]

You ever miss your hometown so much during a pandemic that you wrote a whole novel about it with magic and car chases and sexy immortal mercenaries and a sketchy secret FBI task force and adorable cats and the sweetest monster-chomping ghost dog ever? Or is it just me?

GRAND THEFT SORCERY is out now! You can read chapter one for free on my website!

The vampire lord of Los Angeles is dead, plunging the nightlife into chaos. His subjects fight over his title and his missing treasure hoard. The conflict brings werewolves, sorcerers, and djinn close to open war.

Repo man Evan Murphy knows nothing of the supernatural. He only wants a roof over his head and food for his cats. When a risky job lands him in the dungeon of a Hollywood Hills necromancer, a forgotten god offers him the power to escape—making him the target of a beautiful immortal mercenary and every monster within a hundred miles. Evan’s new magic may save the city from its shadows, but only if he can save himself.

WARNING: Grand Theft Sorcery contains explicit sex, explicit violence, explicit criticism of American law enforcement, bilingual profanity, a meet-cute that ends in homicide, conspicuous consumption, Los Angeles, demons, monsters, cops, vampires, talent agents, tautologies, street racing, attempted murder, successful murder, axe murder, motorcycle helmet murder, matching basketball hoodies, carjacking, kidnapping, brief torture, discovery of animal abuse (past/off-page), destruction of evidence, rampant traffic violations, premeditated hotel reservation with Only One Bed, desecration of the dead, awkward meetings with the ex, awkward meetings with the ex’s mom, deadly bisexuals, hypermasculine podcaster trash, acknowledgment of white privilege, false license plates, conspiracy, squatting, looting, mauling, home invasion, trespassing, witchcraft, abuse of authority, aggressive generosity, arguable cannibalism, destruction of private property, search warrant violations, outright lies, phone hacking, petty theft, grand larceny, vandalism, arson, defenestration, resisting arrest, driving under the influence of existential shock, appropriation of queer meme culture, shooting, punching, kicking, biting, couch surfing, bribery of wildlife, old timey Hollywood stereotypes, internet sexism and exploitation thereof, unflattering implications about Heaven and angels, two entirely normal cats, and the Black Dog of the Mojave.

GRAND THEFT SORCERY stands alone as a thrill ride unto itself, yet it shares a world and characters with the Good Intentions series. No prior reading required, but GI readers will recognize events and a few very familiar faces. Again, if you want a good preview, chapter one is here on my website!

Cover illustration by Julie Dillon, title design by Lee Moyer!

[dragonofthestone]

@lunaferrous

Dressing up Clawdius

What a scary ghost

(via)

[lxvvie]

On today's episode of Simps-R-Us: A Guy and his... pet(s), or You, Your Faves, and your fur/feathered/fin-babies:

Capt. John Price - Standing ten toes down on this: Price would have two small, cute dogs, one named Sir Peabody and the other named Lady Marie. You two spoil them something fierce and they have a pile of little doggy hats that match their beloved papa's... much to his chagrin.

Gaz - Gaz said he'd surprise you and surprise you he did. He came home with a cockatoo. A damn cockatoo. Jokes on him, though, because your bird baby absolutely loves to prank the shit out of Gaz, too, by mimicking your voice when you're away and making him jump. Jokes on both of you now, because Soap has taught him how to curse and that's all he does now, Scottish accent and all. You have a picture saved of the bird (named Buttercup) on top of Gaz's head.

Alex Keller - Has the most gremlin Donskoy (named Brunswick) to ever gremlin, complete with the wide stormy eyes, which is funny because Keller can sometimes make a face that's very much gremlin-esque and the two greatly resemble each other. Can usually be found making biscuits on Alex's head.

Soap - Has a Labrador named Whiskey that he absolutely adores. Whiskey has also put you two in the most adorable of love triangles where you don't know whose affection you're playfully fighting for on any given day. Also has a tendency to take Soap's socks and he has to chase him throughout the house. Well, he and Whiskey are chasing each other throughout the house just about constantly.

Ghost - You guys talked about it but he surprised you one day by bringing home a Belgian Mal puppers who didn't make the unit. His name? Pup. Pup Riley. And Pup Riley is a ball of energy. Bloody hell. He always assumes he's going for a walk whenever you two make ready to leave. He also won't let Simon leave without him and so Simon usually has to create a diversion just to walk out the front door. It's also not uncommon for Pup to jump on his Papa whenever he gets home, too. Oh, did we also talk about the fact that Simon has to fight with Pup for his side of the bed whenever he's home or that Pup wakes him up early in the damn morning to take him out for his first walk of the day?

Roach - Found a stray kitten and brought her home. Her name's Oatmeal. Oatmeal is now the chonkiest, cutest loaf (you send Roach various pictures of her Loafiness). You two also bought her a set of those pet buttons just for shits and giggles and Oatmeal's really caught on to them. She uses "Dad", "Mad", and "Food" a lot even though she stays fed lmao.

Keegan - To everyone's surprise (and his own), has a husky named Balto who ignores the concept of personal space, loves to put his paw right in the middle of Keegan's face, and has pissed on Keegan's boots more than once because Balto felt slighted (you had to go to the groomer's, buddy, you rolled in mud). You and Keegan have also lost count of the number of times you've had to carry Balto into the house because he refuses to come inside, especially when it’s cold.

Alejandro - You two adopted a senior dog named Mojo who is the most peaceful little angel. Can usually be found lying near yours or Alejo's feet as you're working or something of that nature.

Rudy - You two have this huge ass tank full of fish that run the gamut of the rainbow and you remember all their names. The brooding one is named Alejandro and his namesake was not amused lmao.

König - You two have a small but floofy cat. She's black with a grey undercoat that he calls his "little Prinzessin" and she always looks like she's in a constant state of surprise. Whenever she blinks or closes her eyes, she becomes a floofy void. Her Highness prefers to be carried like a baby, thank you very much.

Phillip Graves - You two are the proud parents of a Bulldog named Bubba who thinks he has his humans trained (spoiler alert: he kinda does). Bubba Graves makes your day with the way he silently judges his parents, throws a tantrum when he doesn't get more food or pets, and usually has Philip sigh facetiously and go, "Now, son, why can't you behave for your old man, huh?"

[callofdudes]

Hiya! How are you doing? Hope you doing okay. Btw, if you have time, can I request TF141 with Fem! Reader who is emotionless. The men’s went to visit Y/n place for her birthday but they heard loud bark in her house. When Y/n open the door the men’s are pin down by a lot of puppies. They though she has scary dog only to meet cute puppies. Imagine when the men’s see Y/n cuddle/hanging out with her puppies and she her smile a bit during her birthday they be like ‘Dammit! So cute!’ And almost faint seeing the light above of her like an angel.

Thank you for being so patient anon, I'm trying to get these done, ahh!

Simon "Ghost" Riley

Ghost is pretty used to how you act on base, and while he doesn't exactly trust the whole emotionless thing (that's his thing, back off his permanent emo phase) he does give you space and respect you.

So much so when you invited him to come over after a long mission needing a break from life, he just decided to except. To hell with it, at least he knew you wouldn't bother him.

And plus, it was your birthday in a couple days so what was the real harm in saying no??

So he shows up with his bags a couple days later, not expecting anything special until he rang the doorbell.

Now.

Simon.

Loves.

Dogs.

There are few things he loves more in this world than tea, arson, and dogs. So when he hears a bunch of barking he rightfully assumes you have a dog, unless you just have that playing to scars people, which he wouldn't put it past you.

You come to the door, struggling to open it before he's bombarded at the glass screen, seeing a bunch of tiny puppies jumping and wagging their little tails in excitement to meet a new person.

And Simon nearly dies of how utterly fucking cute that is. You open the door and their jumping at his legs, yipping as he comes in and puts down his bag, on their little legs rushing to sniff the new item in the home.

"Sorry about them." You apologize.

Simon shrugs, melting. "That's alright."

The puppies are pretty adorable, one of them even wants to sleep on his bed with him. And Simon gets used to them, pulling them into his lap and stroking them, cradling them, occasionally following you when you take them for walks.

But when you're both sitting in the living room, Simon scrolling through his phone and you on the TV. He can't help looking over and seeing two of them curled up on your lap and passed out. The others all snuggled close as you barely cling on to the TV remote.

He stares, lip turning up slightly under his mask, seeing how cute the scene was. It was pretty damn adorable.

And he's going to miss those puppies when he goes home. But now he has a nes perspective on you as well. He knows you're gentle.

You pretend not to have emotions, and in your line of work he understood, but he saw the gentle side of you. The nurturer, even if it was too a bunch of cute puppies.

Also.

Let him see your puppies again.

Please.

He's begging you.

John "Soap" MacTavish

Now, Johnny probably would have declined your offer to stay at your house if he knew you had dogs. Johnny hates dogs, and is not afraid to kick one on the spot.

But you wanted to throw a party for your birthday and he couldn't just.. decline to go to your birthday. That was horrible, he was invited, he had to go!

He doesn't want to be cruel to dogs or go out of his way, but they scare him. And he doesn't like being near them.

He grabbed his bag and knocked on your door, immediately tensing when he heard the sound of yips coming toward the door.

Please don't let it be a big dog, please don't let it be a big dog.

You rushed to the door, struggling to open it and Johnny was suddenly swarmed by tiny puppers.

He tensed a little and you apologized, herding them back inside and letting Johnny in. Luckily they were distracted by the scent on his bag long enough he could make it to the living room.

"Sorry about that, should have told you."

"Oh ah, no no that's alright..."

He chuckles softly as the puppies get excited from the new guest, some scrambling to hop into his lap when he sits down and you have to gently remove them from him so he can get settled.

You smile softly as you pull them off and gently, lovingly scold them on crawling all over him. He can't help a little smile when you pick one up, drawing the rest to follow you to the couch.

You flop down, tossing Johnny the remote as the puppies crawl up to you, yipping and snuggling up.

Johnny puts on some YouTube video for experimental slow motion capture explosions for a bit.

Eventually looking over to see if you're even interested, only to see you passed out on the couch with the puppies all curled up.

He watched, smiling softly seeing you so relaxed. You were gentle and kind and now you were soft, all curled up like the world was calm. He grabbed the throw blanket and gently laid it over you, turning off the TV.

One of the pups squirmed out from under your arm, yipping as he moved to the stairs. Johnny shushed the pup softly so you could continue to sleep and he headed down to his room.

You were pretty cute like that, all curled up with a bunch of puppies.

Just... It might not be as cute when they get bigger.

But for now, absolutely adorable.

And now he thinks he might try to get you to open up a little more. Because clearly you aren't simply what you want to be seen as. And he wants to know you. That gentleness he saw that day with your puppies.

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

Kyle doesn't feel any which way about either animal. He's slightly more of a cat person but would say he likes cats and dogs equally.

He didn't really have any particular thoughts about you either. You were on the team, you got the job done, and that was good. You were quiet, like Ghost, and that was something he could appreciate.

He might have declined the offer to stay over, but it was you'd birthday and you had offered. And what's a week in someone else's home he didn't have to worry about rent and resources? (Gaz math)

So he found himself at your doorstep with really not much idea of what to expect. He didn't think much of it when he rang the doorbell and heard a bunch of yips and little barks.

You must have dogs. Or puppies from the sounds of it.

And he was right, looking down as you opened the door, seeing puppies skittering around and wiggling excitedly. You opened the door, nodding to Kyle, who nodded back.

"Sorry about them, off." You commanded, helping Kyle to put his bag down on the kitchen chair. He watched the puppies dance around between and around his feet.

"That's a lot of puppies." He put his hands in his pockets.

"And I love them all." You smiled softly, cooing them over to the couch. Kyle watched all of them waddle over, yipping and scrambling to get up into the couch.

You curled up in a blanket with them all, one of them staying back to sniff Kyle's pantleg and nibble on it a little.

Kyle watched the little puppy, bending down to pick him up and felt his soft coat. He was very cute puppy, very light too.

"They are beautiful... What breed??" He looked up, noticing your eyes were closed. The light from your blinds casting on you in just a way he could tell it had been a long day.

He smiles softly, thinking how cute it was paired with your earlier words.

He attempted to put the one puppy down but it scrambled back, following him as he took your advice and also went to pass out for a nap.

Eventually waking up with that same pup curled up with him. He went upstairs to see you still sleeping, and he couldn't help thinking it cute s second time.

You were soft, gentle with the small animals. So comfortable with them. He couldn't stop s small smile. So this was the real y/n... He'd like to see more of you.

And he thinks your puppies are adorable.

John Price

Price is like Kyle in that he doesn't really prefer one species over the other, he vibes with both. Though he's leaning more dog person.

You on the other hand, your skill alone is what got you on the team. Price wishes you would be less 'emotionless' and try to open up even a smidge to the others. Even a little bit of teamwork can lead to a lot of success and smoothness.

But oh hell he picked you all...

That's what he couldn't help thinking as he drove down to your house for your birthday. It was mid leave and Price was headed over to celebrate the day with you and make sure you wouldn't be alone.

Showing up at your door, he didn't his little dad shoulder roll and knocked. When he got no response he rang the doorbell, immediately hearing loud barking and yipping.

His eyebrows raised slightly. He didn't take you for a dog person. Unless he's at the wrong house, in that case, fuck him.

But he's reassured it's you when you open the door, giving him a half a smile for effort. "Captain, sorry, I was trying to put them away."

Price chuckles when the small puppies jump up at his legs and run around him, smelling all the new smells on him.

"That's quite alright."

You open the door further and let him inside. Price steps in, the small puppies yipping and jumping. You try to gently scold them off but Price doesn't react, letting them do their thing.

"Sorry, I can make you tea, we can sit down??"

Price nodded. "That sounds lovely actually, thank you."

You nod, grabbing out two cups and getting the kettle ready.

You two pass time talking until you get to the couch, Price crossing a leg over, one of the pups hopping up into his lap, yipping at him and snuggling up to his stomach.

Price can't help chuckling again as you talk. The rest of the puppies curl up with you, you'd arms wrapping around them all, trying to squeeze your love gently into their tiny bodies.

The quietness somehow seeping in along the way until Price looks up from petting the small puppy to see you nodding off against the arm rest.

The sun through the window hits you nicely and Price sighs softly. Seeing how tired you looked, how gentle you were.

Price always knew it, he knew the soft soul under those faces. And now he saw it, seeing how utterly adorable you were curled up with your puppies.

He walks over, setting down the pup from his lap against you, having a feeling he'd feel better there.

He pulls the throw blanket over you, rubbing your arm gently. Guess he's making dinner to give back for making him tea.

He looked back into the living room, seeing you still passed out. Maybe, with some more work he can get you to open to him. He liked seeing you so cuddly up.

You were so gosh darn adorable, almost as adorable as the puppies themselves.

(sorry it's short, it's late and I wanted to at least get something out, blep.)

[wxnheart]

I LOVED „𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧“! Will you write something about what the guys will have as their wallpapers? I think it would be extremely cute

𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥

note: Your wish is my command, anon! Glad you loved the first one. Here's the prequel, folks!

Captain John Price - Funnily enough, his picture puts him in the doghouse. It's not a picture of you at ALL. It's a picture of you two's fur babies, Sir Peabody and Lady Marie. You can't help but admit it's an adorable photo but what the hell, Price?! There are plenty of photos of you and your adorable puppers.

Gaz - He... he doesn't have one. A force of habit or something like that. So you set it to the same picture you have on your lock screen so he can see that he does in fact scrunch his nose up.

Soap - Simply put, a picture of you being your cute, adorable self kissing Soap's cheek. Gah, it's as sickeningly vanilla as it gets. Some McLovin' definitely happened after that picture was taken.

Ghost - lmao. AGAIN. See, Ghost doesn't usually give a fuck because... it's a phone. But you do. So you set it to a picture of you, him once again glaring staring at the camera, and Soap. Three Musketeers or something like that. And now he's pissed because Johnny saw the photo and thinks Simon actually likes him and wants to take their relationship to the next level or whatever the fuck that means. Kick rocks, Johnny. ("What we have really is special after all, eh, Lt?" "Piss off.")

Alejandro Thee Stallion - He actually has a group photo of Los Vaqueros as his lock screen. That's so fucking cute. Too bad he forbids you from telling anybody... after you told Rudy lmao.

Rudy - It's a picture of you wrapped up comfortably in his favorite blanket. The favorite blanket that everyone in Los Vaqueros has a betting pool about. Good job, Rudy. You still don't know the story behind it and Rudy isn't saying shit.

König - You, uh... you surprised him with a rather, ahem, nice picture as his lock screen. His lock screen was subsequently cracked. Because he was so surprised that he dropped it. It wasn't even risque but it was enough to make him flustered.

Phillip Graves - Phillip managed to piss you off and you vowed revenge. As a result, it's either a dildo or a middle finger. Or another unflattering photo of him. Asshole.

Valeria Garza - Her lock screen is also quite vanilla. Just a picture of you two, her arm wrapped around your waist, donning a matching pair of aviator shades. The scenery in the background is rather eye-catching, too. She always had a knack for taking scenic pictures.

[rottenpumpkin13]

The SOLDIERs at a Carnival

this is inspired by/answering an ask sent by @decadentblazewolf, who asked what each 1st's favorite amusement park ride would be.

★ The Gold Saucer's traveling carnival has reached Midgar! It's a glimmering mass of hair-raising rides, mouthwatering food, and guaranteed to thrill even the coldest of hearts!

★ Sephiroth refuses to go.

★ Flat out refuses. They try in vain to placate him, telling him about the Saucer's fighting simulator, the cheesy-zolom pasta vendors, but nothing works. In his mind this is childish, immature, and there are much better ways to spend his off-day rather than milling about some mind-numbing park with too many crowds.

★ Zack won't go if Sephiroth doesn't go, and Angeal won't go if Zack doesn't go. Genesis has been looking forward to this all month and refuses to have his plans changed.

★ So he does was feisty redhead with pyromania does best and casts sleep on Sephiroth. After a lot of screaming and scolding on Angeal's part, they decide to just take the unconscious Sephiroth and deal with the fallout later.

★ The fallout in question comes halfway through the car ride⏤Angeal is driving⏤when Sephiroth wakes up angry and tries to commit Gen-icide then and there.

★ Anyway, they get there, Sephiroth begrudgingly has to stay, and they immediately decide to get on the swing carousel just as the sun is setting. This ends up being Angeal's favorite ride, just because of the cinematic air of it all. He sneaks his camera onto the ride and takes many pictures of the sun setting over Midgar in the distance.

★ Next up is the bumper cars! Zack adores them. The bumper car experience ends up being 1) Zack trying to be a show-off and pulling cool stunts; 2) Sephiroth misunderstanding the concept of the bumper cars and maneuvering his as neatly as he would a real car (he's very weary of the civillians around him); 3) Genesis shouting "STOP BEING SUCH A STICK IN THE MUD!" before ramming his bumper car at Sephiroth's, purposefully inciting a bumper car fight; 4) Angeal speeding after Genesis and Sephiroth before they kill each other.

★ Then comes what Genesis had been pining over for weeks, the Meteor Coaster, an imposing roller coaster standing at a whopping 200m, rivaling the infamous shooting coaster itself.

★ Something about being plunged into the ground, then up in loops through the air, then tossed around like a rag doll while shooting at targets thrills Sephiroth. He got a proper hit of adrenaline and now wants to check out all the gruesome rides.

★ Since Angeal now can't feel his legs, he's definitely had enough of joy rides for a while. Zack, being the good pupper he is decides to go check out the food with Angeal, meanwhile Angeal and Sephiroth ride the roller coaster again before moving onto the other rides.

★ Angeal is frankly appalled by all the greasy and utterly unhealthy food being sold. He watches in horror as Zack downs three churros, two pretzels, a corn dog and a bucket of fried chocobo in record time.

★ After this they check out the haunted house, where Angeal convinces Zack the ghosts and chainsaw-wielding maniacs are totally real.

★ Sephiroth and Genesis find the battle arena, then are promptly kicked out after Genesis blows a hole through one of the walls when he loses to Sephiroth.

★ The group meets back at the ferris wheel. Zack shows off all the cool stuffed animals he won and plans to gift Aerith and Cloud. Angeal caved and bought the sugary kettle corn, and spends the entire ride throwing bits of it at Genesis, all while Genesis fights back using his candy dumbapple as a shield.

★ Sephiroth ends up sitting back, watching the sky and tracing the faint constellations with his eyes. He Laughs when Zack joins the kettle corn fight and throws a fistful at Genesis's face. Genesis proceeds to use Sephiroth's arm as a shield. Sephiroth lets him.

★ He's glad he came. He would've missed small moments like these, when he realizes how lucky he is to have people in his life who care about him, and who he cares for. More than they will ever know.

★ It turns out the ferris wheel is Sephiroth's favorite ride.

[bloodhoundluke]

luke hemmings headcanons —❦ halloween

description: this is just a small collection of halloween things you’d do as a couple 🎃🧡

warnings: a few curse words, an illegal amount of fluff, a sexual hint. loosely written so might contain typos.

a/n: so this is my first headcanons post ever! hope you like it, and happy halloween to everyone who celebrates ❥ also, the cute little ghost dividers are by @silkholland & can be found here :)

decorating the house

i don't think you'd go overboard with the decorations, tbh. you'd decorate the house in some spider web and pumpkin decorations, some halloween lanterns on the patio. some orange and yellow candles across the house. you'd put up some pumpkin and ghost string lights in the entryway of your house, and a decorative skeleton leaning against the entryway wall. and you both would startle everytime you came home (losers ❥).

and you'd go to the florist to get some halloween-y colored flowers to put in your kitchen and the living room. you'd take forever choosing which bouquets are the best. "do you think this is better? what about this one? oh no, this is cute as well! luke??? are you listening?". his only concern would be that you'd be happy with the choice, even if he had a favorite of his own. but then you'd persist and you'd propose he'd pick one and you'd pick the other. you'd pick one for the kitchen with orange and red roses, orange asiatic lilies and dried leaves. luke'd go for different shade of orange with lilies, roses and carnations for the fireplace in your living room.

baking halloween treats

you’d bake something relatively easy or medium hard, not anything too complicated. you’d go for halloween cake pops, pumpkin cupcakes, caramel apples or spider web brownies for example. i don’t think gordon ramsay would be too impressed of your skills in the kitchen tbh (at least not luke’s, lmao). "luke you are not supposed to put that in yet! the dry ingredients are supposed to go in first". "are you serious?? oh my god have i ruined the whole thing? i definitely have, have i?". "we can fix it, lu. or at least i hope so". "i should not be allowed in the kitchen, jeez", he'd sigh dramatically and you'd giggle at his adorable reaction. "not if you can't read the instructions, baby", you'd kiss his cheek and later you'd offer some dough to him from your fingertips. "mmh, damn this is good though".

& you’d go to the nearest grocery store or bakery if you craved something you didn’t know how to make or were too scared to even attempt.

halloween movie night

yeah you've watched a few halloween movies on singular nights after work etc. together, but you both wanted to have a marathon night. you could go for harry potter, coraline, hocus pocus, nightmare before christmas, etc., the classics. and if you were feeling wild, you'd go for a scary movie first. "lu i'm scared", you'd hide behind a blanket. "c'mere", he'd offer you his embrace and kiss your forehead. he'd wrap his arms tightly around you, and your head would rest against his chest, your hand around his waist. "are you scared?", you'd ask him. "no". "then why's your leg shaking?". "...cause it's numb". "right...". you'd joke about possibly being plagued by nightmares the following night, and as an attempt to avoid that, you'd end the night with some sappy and cute halloween movie. you’d also eat the halloween treats you made earlier and drink apple cider etc., while watching the movies. your living room would be candle lit and the couch would be filled with blankets and pillows, so it’d be extra cozy and homey. and of course petunia would beg for food, and you'd give her the dog halloween treats you bought from the store. then the pupper would happily go to sleep and start snoring in her own bed 🥺

and at some point during the night you’d hear the doorbell ring. it’d be little kids trick or treating. you’d give them a lot of snacks and gush about how cute they were afterwards. you’d melt because you love seeing luke with children, he is so extra attentive and lovable. (maybe some day you’ll have a toddler of your own running around the house in the cutest costume ever 🥹💞).

carving pumpkins

you’d go to a pumpin patch together. you’d look for the perfect pumpkins, but they’d all be a bit off so you settle for some decent ones. (this would take at least 30 mins and then you both would get frustrated at the selection). you carve the pumpkins at home while listening to some halloween playlist. then you’d look at the final results. “this looks like shit”. “...look at mine” and somehow luke’s even worse. this would lead to a stupid amount of giggles. luke takes a picture of the carved pumpkins together and sends it to the boys whatsapp group. (they’d all think yours is better and luke would frown, following with a jokingful ”well fuckin’ obviously they think yours is better”.)

dressing up

there’s no way luke would not want to have matching costumes… yeah you’re that annoyingly cute couple at the party that arrives in painfully matching set of costumes. mike, cal and ash would totally make fun of you being clingy and predictable, but secretly think you two are adorable. you’d pick something you both like, ranging from cute to sexy to actually scary costumes. you could be dressed as each other too. you’d pick whatever you feel like that year. i feel like you could go for a barbie theme this year and you could help him with his makeup and apply glitter in his eyelids etc 🥹 "is this okay?", you'd confirm luke about the makeup and he'd take a look at himself in the mirror. "it's perfect, darling". "..do you know what else is perfect?". "huh?". "your incapability to know that you have a boner...". "well it's not my fault you are so sexy, is it?", he'd smirk and the comment would be followed by a hot make out session.

and of course petunia would be dressed up as something like a pokemon, pig or a ghost!! ”i don’t she likes it very much, luke”, you’d giggle. ”oh mama here thinks you don’t like your costume. don’t you like it tuney?”, luke babbles and petunia responds with a grunt and goes to her sleeping nook. you both giggle at her grumpy reaction and how cute she looks.

attending a halloween party

so first of all, you’d be super late. you don’t have the concept of time whatsoever. but all of your friends are used to it so they don’t really expect you two to be on time. you’d arrive to the party in your painfully matching costumes and mingle with people. then one halloween you’d win the prize for the best costume together. ”i told you we would win!”. ”luke….you told me we’d lose because our eyeliners weren’t matching enough…”. ”oh… did i? silly me!”.

© 2023 bloodhoundluke.

[hmshermitcraft]

!For theme with antihero polyboatem!

Now the guys don’t often wonder about Pearl’s past but they all know how they each other got their powers Impulse, and Mumbo got theirs via lab accidents and Grian was born with his but not a single one of them knows how Pearl got her ghost wolves, and it was honestly pretty weird because they’ve seen what she’s capable of and it’s both very hot but also a tad terrifying. Because while they love her they can never forget the time she unleashed a literal tidal wave of wolves onto the city because a rival CEO tried to frame Scar for cheating until the CEO apologized. Safe to say they don’t want a repeat of that any time soon…ok maybe Grian does but that’s besides the point.

So they start digging and digging until they hit a roadblock and start having to get…creative with their methods. Now Pearl loves her partners with a burning passion they treat her like a regular person instead of psychotic woman who has a army of ghost dogs at her beck and call but she’s noticing their starting to look into her past and she’s…scared. Every time this happens people leave her and she doesn’t want to be alone anymore so she does the only thing her twisted little mind can think of…she eats the evidence! Ok she doesn’t actually eat it she just feeds it to the ghost puppers until she’s caught by Mumbo in the middle of the night in the act…whoops.

So now all five of them are sitting in the middle of the living room and Pearl starts to explain her powers came from the fact she was born really weak to the point her parents were scared she wouldn’t last a day so they took her to a “doctor” that via weird magic and necromancy shenanigans she lived!…Kinda she’s basically stuck in a state of both being alive and undead that she can’t really figure out and one day she just started seeing ghosts of animals that she could touch and play with…and unfortunately for her that’s where things started to take a darker turn. And the more she tried to explain the more she just cried and sobbed until she went nonverbal only to find herself being hugged by her partners telling her if she doesn’t want to talk about it she doesn’t have to and apologizing over each other that they shouldn’t have tried to dig into it.

And for awhile Pearl stayed nonverbal. But she made sure they knew she still loved them the occasional wolf there the occasional wolf here keeping tabs on them making sure their ok. But when she started talking again the others made sure she was treated like a queen and told her whenever she’s ready she can talk to them…which might be sooner then later.

Rando anon

There's plenty of things they don't like to talk about either, so they know not to force Pearl to. It's nice to understand her a bit more, but not if it upsets her. They need to trust each other for this relationship - personal and 'professional' - to work. And as eccentric as Pearl can be, they trust her. No matter what strange power backstory she might have.

Plus, the wolves adore her, and by extension, all of them too. They know how dangerous and deadly they can be, but it's hard to equate that with the wolves constantly bugging them for belly rubs, sleeping under Mumbo's desk or trying to fit in Grian's lap. One acts as a service dog for Scar when he needs it, too!

So, if Pearl's animals are any indication, then Pearl is alright as well.

[ivykim]

ENHYPEN PUPPYTERVIEW

masterlist // wattpad

SUMMARY: ENHYPEN were invited by BuzzFeed to do an interview with puppies. it was anticipated and requested a lot and they finally did it!

ivy’s outfit: interview with puppers!

NOTE: italics is in english

*puppies were play fighting*

“yah yah. no, down. you can hurt your friend!" ivy says.

"don't you and ni-ki always play fight though, noona?" jungwon says.

"yeah and i nearly get crushed by him." ivy says.

"one, two. CONNECT. hello, we are ENHYPEN." the members greeted the camera.

"one, two. CONNECT. hello, we are ENHYPEN." the members greeted the camera.

"one, two. CONNECT. hello, we are ENHYPEN." the members greeted the camera.

each one of them introduces themselves.

"hi, i'm ivy."

"and we're here with BuzzFeed to answer some questions while playing with some puppies!" jake says.

"bring them in!" ivy says.

[IVY truly looked adorable while waiting for the puppies]

the puppies were brought in and ENHYPEN were happy to see them. each of them tried to get the puppies' attention.

— "what's your favourite personal track from your discography?"

"i like 'mixed up' a lot."

"oh? i thought you mentioned you like attention, please?" heeseung says.

"no, it has been mixed up."

— "which of your songs best describes ENHYPEN as a group?"

"i have to agree with heeseung and sunghoon. i think given-taken fits the best for ENHYPEN. not only was it our debut album but it best describes our start and what concept we've gone for."

"so philosophical." jake says. ivy snorts.

— "what do you want ENHYPEN to be remembered for?"

"this is a tough question." jungwon says

"it is a deep question." jake adds.

a puppy climbs ni-ki and he happily holds it. the other members were a little jealous.

"this question is a little hard to answer given the situation we are in now." jay says.

"oh, i think i want to set to a good example to others." jungwon says. everyone was in awe at jungwon's answer.

"as expected from enhypen's leader." ivy thumbs up.

— "when you first started living together, what surprised you the most?"

"oh i know, ivy noona's sleeping habits." sunghoon says.

"ah, is it the one that we know of." sunoo says.

"noona has this thing where she sleep talks and like it's not a normal sleep talk where you talk about something stupid or funny. ivy noona's sleep talk is terrifying."

"she sits up out of nowhere and starts pointing in random directions where there is no one and say 'you! you aren't supposed to be here!'. every time she does it, it scares me and i'm her roommate." heeseung says.

"oh, i remember one time when ivy noona was sleeping on the couch because she was tired. then out of nowhere, she walked over to the kitchen whilst sleeping. she pointed to the corner where we hanged our clothes and said 'who are you. why are you always here?'. i did not manage to sleep that night." jake explains.

"when did that happen though?"

"before we went tour..."

ivy shrugs, "hey man, i'm a psychic medium. i see and feel ghosts, it's not like i wanted this gift."

"tell your ghost friend to leave the house." jay says.

"sorry but casper likes staying at our house. he likes me." ivy winks.

"YOU NAMED HIM??" jake says.

— "what would you like to accomplish in the coming years?"

"best artist of the year." ivy nonchalantly says.

"oooo." the boys say in unison.

"you don't want to hold a concert for ENGENEs?" sunghoon asks.

"yah, don't assume things. i want to hold a concert for all ENGENEs around the world too!" ivy says.

a puppy comes up ivy and hands her a squeaky toy. ivy's heart melts, she squeezes the toy and plays with the puppy. sunoo slips in to pet the puppy in ivy's arms. ivy allows him to do so. she knew it must be a little hard for him to open up to puppies.

— "what do you do to motivate yourself?"

"i think it's pretty similar for all of us. for example, being able to perform in front of our fans and being cheered for. it is already a big motivation for us." jungwon says.

"noona, what about you?" jay says.

"well, just like what jungwon said. being in front of our ENGENEs, it gives us motivation. other than that, i think being around these boys. they give motivation and energy to keep going." ivy says.

"oh~ noona does it again." jake says.

— "what do you think you would be doing if you weren't a member of ENHYPEN?"

"i would probably be in school then since i'm a student." jungwon says.

"i'd be doing figure skating in an ice rink or a college student."

"same, i'd be in my 3rd year by now." ivy says.

"i think you mean 2nd year, noona. you started high school a little late like jay hyung." sunoo says.

"ah right, 2nd year. i'd probably be studying...fashion? interior designing? something to do with arts since it's what i've loved as a child."

— "what would you name these puppies?"

"this one is max."

"and that's chris." jay says.

"bob- ah wait boo." jungwon points to one of them.

"cute name. i guess we are never escaping the tayo universe, huh?" ivy says.

"but the brown one looks like a leader." sunghoon says.

"he does." sunoo adds.

"can we name him little jungwon?" sunghoon suggests.

"look at him. he has a lot of wrinkles because of the stress." jay points out. the members laughed.

— "if you could talk to you 10 year old self, what would you say?"

"stop messing around."

"be nice to your parents."

"study really hard."

"please take dancing lessons earlier. you struggled for 5 years worried that you wouldn't debut because of your dancing. also please, for the love of god improve your fashion skills. ENGENEs have seen your childhood photo and it was embarrassing." ivy says.

"but your childhood photos were legendary." jay says.

"yours were too, jay." jay goes to stand up and pretend to fight with ivy.

— "do you see any of the memes that ENGENEs post online?"

"we watch them a lot." jungwon says.

"ENGENEs make some cool edits of us on TikTok with cool background music." sunghoon says.

"i definitely see the edits and like they make me look so different then how usually am. then the songs are also so interesting." ivy says.

"did you see the one that got viral? the one with the f..r...uh what other letters were there?" sunghoon says.

"oh, that one! yeah i saw that. i can confirm, that is not me. i demon possessed me." ivy says.

— "exclusive question for ivy, have you ever had feelings for any of the boys?"

"ooo noona, got a special question!" ni-ki says.

ivy giggles, "to be very honest, i don't think it's hard to like any of them. they are all good looking boys but my heart for ENGENEs only."

"you didn't answer the question, noona."

"yeah, you just avoided it." heeseung says.

"you can go search for my interviews on I-LAND. i believe i've exposed myself on there."

"ENGENEs wanna know." sunghoon holds up an imaginary mic.

"yes, i've had a couple crushes but that was before ENHYPEN was formed. i think of them as my best friends now." ivy says.

— "if you were a dog, what breed would you be?"

"golden retriever." jungwon says as he points to jake. everyone agrees.

"i wanna be a samoyed. they are strong because they are sled dogs." sunghoon says.

"jay hyung would be a dachshund."

"i think jay would be of a shepherd."

"ah, like a military dog?"

"sunoo is like a bichon."

"he is more of a corgi." jake says.

"heeseung hyung is like one of those dogs that have long legs. the ones that stand like this." jungwon proceeds to demonstrate. "what was it called?"

"greyhound."

"i think n-ki fits hmm...the hokkaido dog." ivy says.

"is it cause he is japanese?"

"no! not at all, i've read that the hokkaido dog has a wide chest and i mean...do you see ni-ki?" ivy points out. ni-ki starts flexing.

"okay to be fair, yeah that's true." jake says.

"what breed is noona though?"

"she can be a black cat amongst us." heeseung says.

"i don't mind but i wanna see what you guys think about me as a dog."

"noona fits more of a smaller dog concept." jungwon says.

"how about a pomeranian?" jay suggests.

"oh she definitely fits it." heeseung says.

"cute and small." jay says. ivy glares at jay. "feisty too."

— "which K-pop group would you want to see do The Puppy Interview next?"

"ENHYPEN." jungwon suggests. they laughed.

"Tomorrow X Together?"

"no, they've done it before."

"oh? really?"

"Stray Kids? have they done it before?" jake says.

"i believe they have." ivy says.

"noona, do you have anybody you want to bring here?"

"has LE SSERAFIM does this yet?" the boys shook their head. "then LE SSERAFIM. if you want a boy group, ATEEZ sunbae? i think the kitten interview suits them more though."

"and as per usual, our K-Pop expert is back again." heeseung says. ivy playfully rolls her eyes.

— "what was your favourite part about this interview?"

"the puppies!" ivy says.

"i agree, dogs are a good stress relief!" jake says.

unfortunately, it was finally time to say goodbye to the puppies and the viewers. ENHYPEN waves to the camera.

"thank you BuzzFeed!!"

"all these puppies are available at North Shore Animal League America!"

[video ends]

[hellishgayliath]

If you were a pokemon trainer, what would be your main 6 pokemon you travel the world with? And who is your 'pikachu'?

And which region is your favorite?

<3

Do you know how hard it is to just choose 6!? I have so many pokemon I adore and cherish!! Dx But I did settle upon a few of my favs, and koraidon because I just love this big dopey sandwich obsessed pupper lizard that also doubles as transportation. Some runner ups tho would be giratina, lucario, dachsbun, aracanine, armarouge, primarina, and scorbunny. I'm a big sucker for dragon, grass, and ghost types lel

My lil pikachu substitute would have to be Joltik or Sableye

I'm an avid hater of bugs and arachnids but Pokemon has somehow gotten me so smitten with these lil critters. Like lookit them, they're just lil fellas, I even have a sableye plushie.

For the region I gotta go with Sinnoh. It stems alot from my nostalgia since the diamond and pearl games were my first ever pokemon games ( including pokemon ranger shadows of almia) I would play the heck out of those games. Loved doing the underground cavern exploration, the pokemon contests, the gen 4 pokemon overall, and definitely not crushing over my opponents/partners in the process coughcynthiarileymarniecough. AND PLATINUM TOO I LOVE THAT ONE. Even if they were like super slow at times >,> ( like yeah the remakes are faster but they just don't hit the same like they use to, I haven't even beaten it yet because it was that bad).

[innytoes]

For the headcanons things could I get more for the JatP Vampire!Reggie, Werewolf!Alex and Ghost! Willie AU?

-Okay so when they start getting serious about touring, they sit Alex down and are like: you need to get over your fear of hurting us when you're a wolf, we're basically your pack, you would never hurt us.

So Alex consents to like, Reggie stopping by during the moon, but only if Willie's there with like a taser or something to stop him before he murders Reggie.

-The video of Alex playing fetch with Reggie is adorable and Reggie has the best time of his life because IT'S A PUPPER. WHO IS ALSO HIS BEST FRIEND. IT'S THE BEST.

-Basically after that they slowly introduce the other people. Julie is last and Alex is like: okay Luke's human too but if I eat him he probably deserved it. (Luke: HEY.)

-Julie realising after a very awkward conversation that while yes, Reggie is always a gentleman and a really good boyfriend, he's not just naturally in tune with when she Seriously Needs Chocolate and a hot water bottle and possibly new pads. He's a vampire, Jules. He can... his nose... listen... He loves her very much please take these pain killers and tea and don't look at him for several hours.

-Luke makes Julie draw Willie so he finally knows if he's really as hot as everyone says he is.

-Julie finding out that like, four neighbours she regularly says hi to when she sees them around are ghosts. She and Luke develop a system like, if she suspects ghost she will squeeze his hand and if he can see the person he will squeeze back. If not... yep ghost.

-When Flynn learns Reggie is a vampire she immediately gets him the most glittery bath bomb ever so she can call him a sparklevampire.

-Reggie's revenge is to keep sending her pictures of snails with the caption 'effervescent'.

Send me an AU and I will give you 5 or more headcanons about it

[tierra-paldeana]

⠀“ there you are! ”

⠀his ever - energetic growlithe bounding beside him, the gym leader approaches with a wave.⠀his hand's in his pocket, audibly fiddling with plastic wrappers.

⠀“ I didn't see you yesterday, so I, uh . . . ”

⠀now he gets a tad sheepish, finding all of this just a little cheesy;⠀but he takes a couple candy bars out of his pocket, offering them her way.⠀full - size ones, by the look of it.

⠀“ I just . . .⠀thought I'd save you a couple.⠀I didn't want you to go without and all. ”

☠🌏– Naturally she's happy to see him, and happier that he didn't know that the Lycanroc in ghost costume that had knocked on his door last night had been her. Simply cause the idea of having to explain all that to him would've been really confusing (not like she understood why that had happened to begin with).

''Hey there Grush! Yea', I was jus'... busy goin' trick o' treatin' with Poppy yesterday 'round Mesagoza, ended up walkin' round super late n collapsed in bed the moment I got home, nahaha-''

She scratched the back of her head - she didn't have a good time lying but--

All the thoughts vanish the moment she saw the little pup and of course, the candy. She kindly takes it before kneeling down and ruffling the fire canine's fur as well as giving it scritches under the chin and behind the ears.

''Aww ya shouldn't have! -Who's a good pupper~- 'ere ya go, though, wouldn't want ya to not get anythin' from good ol' Rika, eh?''

She gives him a small bag full of a great variety of candy, some of which were safe for Pokémon to eat, that aren't too sweet. She's aware she ain't as much of a sweet lover as she was, after all. Once she's done petting the adorable doggy beside him, she stands up and gives his nose a gentle boop with her index.

''I'm happy ya thought o' me, though... Did ya miss me last night? Neheh.~''

[pugsandfrenchbulldogs]

SO SCARY!!!

[junoleggings]

Its below 80 degrees today. So bring me candy and a pumpkin spice latte. * * * * * * * * #cute #puppy #dog #doggo #pupper #boop #ghost #costume #halloween #fall #haha #adorable #pumpkin #spice #pumpkinspice #latte #candy #aww https://www.instagram.com/p/CE4cDVzAwpX/?igshid=1j5plyzyb0y9q

[lunamadrigal]

i miss auri and diego 🌈

Same same... Take this lil Auriego nonsense as an apology. An ode to my favorite season sneaking up on us, also bringing back the Modern AU and a cute puppers (from that one time Alice said Auri is an iguana guy and Diego a puppy lover ahaha double golden retriever energy for the win)

👻 Boo 👻 

"How is he supposed to see?" Auri grumbled over my shoulder, inspecting my handiwork.

A thump of agreement pounded the floor, three times louder than usual. From behind the bleach white sheet Boo's eyes glowed more honey colored, hypnotic in its own way.

"He can see just fine Auri. Look, he's staring at your popcorn right now."

Sure enough our golden furred pup's pupils widened and fixed on Auri's bag of butter smothered popcorn in his hands. Why he insists on drowning every vegetable he eats in butter I'll never understand.

"And you can't keep calling him Boo by the way. You'll confuse him." He added while fixing the cut out eye holes of the sheet.

"Boo."

"I'm serious. Look at his face." Auri forced back a smile as he looked at our dog in the most mid-level attempt at a ghost costume I could manage to create.

He looked adorable. Both of them were in fact, Auri in his Grim Reaper robe, arms crossed trying to be serious. After failing to convince him to dress as Hades, which would have been the more obvious choice in my opinion, he settled on Death so he could 'scare' the older kids with the one-liner he came up with.

"Boo." I whispered, standing to my feet and wrapping my arms around his waist.

"Nope." He grinned, wiggling into my chest, trying to not spill his popcorn over me.

"Boo." I let the words touch his skin with no sound, pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"I'll drag you to hell mi sol." His lips pulled up, clearly impressed with how he used his joke.

"For you, hell and back. My demons should be scared." I watched his face soften as I spoke the truth, where even he couldn't hide his flames reaction if he tried.

Boo.

[nerdy-sessions]

Pokemon of the Week! #841: Flapple!

Welcome, nerds, to Pokémon of the Week!

Where I, Sesh, generate a random Pokémon to highlight each week!

Last week, we highlighted the OG water pupper good boi Dewgong. That post can be found down below:

This week, we are highlighting a...very unique Pokémon. An adorable, yet powerful, apple-based Dragon-type, Flapple!

I mean, he's a flappin' apple! FLAPPLE!

HE'S A FLAPPIN' DAD JOKE, GUYS!

So let's dive in!

~ORIGINS~

Flapple debuted in 2019's Sword & Shield versions for the Nintendo Switch. Thus far, these are the only games Flapple has appeared in.

Besides a handful of Mega Evolutions (as far as I know), Flapple and it's other evolutions are the only Pokémon dual-typed at Dragon and Grass.

I feel like Flapple is overlooked quite a bit. I mean, Sword & Shield has another dragon type that kind of overshadows our appley friend here.

And it's Ghost and Dragon type.

But this is a Flapple highlight post, not a Dragapult post...

Flapple hasn't had much media attention in the anime, either, which might contribute to it taking a back seat to Dragauplt.

BUT DRAGAPULT DOESN'T HAVE A GIGANTAMAX FORM

For those out of the know, Dynamax and Gigantamax are gimmicks from Sword & Shield that allow Pokémon to grow to massive sizes for 3 turns in certain locations, changing their moves into HUGE DEATH MOVES THAT SWALLOW ENEMY POKEMON WHOLE.

Dynamax just increases size, but some Pokémon have Gigantamax forms, which increase size and change their appearance as well.

So Flapple appears to turn into a massive, gooey apple worm when it Gigantamaxes. Go figure. It's divergent evolution, Appletun, shares this G-Max form with Flapple, which is unique.

Which segues quite nicely into my next point...

Clearly, Flapple is inspired by worms that burrow into apples to feed on their cores. Geometer moth larvae in particular, according to Bulbapedia.

Why geometer moths? Well, according to the Pokedex in Sword version, Flapple keeps "an acid capable of causing chemical burns" in its cheeks. Geometer moth larvae feed on apple cores to ingest a chemical compound called 'amygdalin', which releases CYANIDE into the body when digested.

bruh

The fact it's a dragon may be a pun on the old English way of referring to dragons as "wyrms".

So...yeah. A flappin' apple wyrm.

Flapple may also be inspired by the tale of Ladon, a mythical Greek dragon that guards golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides, nymphs that supposedly controlled the sunsets. Below is a statue of Hercules fighting it:

In a more Biblical idea, Flapple may also be inspired by Satan, in the form of a serpent, persuading Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in the book of Genesis. That might be a bit of a stretch, but it still works.

This next idea of it's inspiration, though, is freakin' metal.

Flapple's signature move, Grav Apple (which causes giant apples of draconic death to fall on your opponent), may imply an inspiration from the discovery of gravity by Sir Isaac Newton in England when an apple supposedly fell on his head. As Galar is based on England, that isn't too much of a stretch at all.

SO MUCH FLAPPIN' APPLE-BASED LORE TO EXPLORE

One more fun apple fact for ya'll...

When it's in it's G-Max form, the Shield Pokedex entry states that when it stretches out it's neck, "the strong aroma of its nectar pours out. The scent is so sickeningly sweet that one whiff makes other Pokémon faint."

MOTHER OF

This flappin' dragon wants to make you faint with it's honey-smellin' neck farts.

Anyway...

~DESIGN~

Here's Flapple's official artwork:

Quoted from Flapple's biology section on Bulbapedia:

"Flapple is a green, worm-like dragon Pokémon with a light green underside and yellow eyes. It uses parts of an apple to form its body. The top part of the apple sits on the top of its head, with a single horn sticking out; the bottom of the apple is attached to its tail; and the sides are attached to its limbs, which have three-clawed hands, allowing them to act as wings.

Its cheeks store acid strong enough to induce chemical burns. It can attack by spitting this acid at its targets. It is also able to disguise itself as an apple by folding its wings."

Below is the official art for G-Max Flapple:

Next, the biology section on it's G-Max form:

"When exposed to Gigantamax energy, Flapple changes into the shape of a giant apple with a green dragon-like Pokémon inside. Its leaf-like eyestalks stand up straight and it has the top of the apple on its head with yellow carvings on the apple resembling nostrils. Its tail is elongated and wraps around the base of the apple. The Pokémon has rounded cheeks and hangs its mouth open letting a red tongue hang out of its mouth. Three red clouds float around the neck.

The sweet nectar that covers its body increases in thickness, allowing it to absorb more damage than normal. It can shoot out nectar, enough to be able drown its opponents in the blast of nectar. Flapple can produce significantly sweeter nectar in Gigantamax form. An intensely sweet aroma of nectar pours out when it stretches its neck, and this aroma is so sweet it can cause other Pokémon to faint by merely taking a sniff of the scent."

~ADVANTAGES~

Flapple is best fielded type-wise against Water-types, as it's grass typing makes for a huge advantage against them.

Flapple is highly resistant against Ground and Electric-types as well.

Flapple has an exceptionally high base Attack stat at 110. Teach it physical attacks that hit hard. It's Special Attack state is not that far behind at 95.

Your Flapple may have the signature ability "Ripen". If so, this doubles the effect of berries used on it in battle.

If your Flapple has the "Gluttony" ability, HP-restoring berries will take effect at 50% HP rather than 25% HP.

Further making Flapple a really heavy-hitter, if your Flapple has the hidden ability "Hustle", upon entering battle, your Flapple's Attack state will automatically skyrocket by 50%.

It's G-Max form HITS EVEN HARDER.

~DISADVANTAGES~

Dragon-types hate Ice-types normally. But DO NOT field Flapple against Ice-types AT ALL. It's added Grass-typing makes it QUADRUPPLY WEAK to Ice.

Like other Dragons, it is weak to other Dragon moves, as well as Ice.

It's Grass-typing makes this Dragon-type weak to more things than normal Dragon-types. Be cautious when fielding against Flying, Poison, and Bug-types.

It's kind of a glass cannon. It's lowest base state is Special Defense, and can't take hard hits very well.

Going back to the "Hustle" hidden ability; though your Attack skyrockets 50%, the accuracy of your physical moves goes down by 20%. Make sure to use moves with high base Accuracy if your Flapple has "Hustle", or you'll be missing your target a lot.

Flapple is capable of learning the hard-hitting move "Heavy Slam". However, it is the lightest Pokémon capable of doing so. As a result, the damage it deals out using "Heavy Slam" is actually quite low. I wouldn't recommend teaching it "Heavy Slam."

~HOW TO OBTAIN~

As stated earlier, the only games Flapple are obtainable in as of the writing of this post are the Sword & Shield versions, where it debuted.

Catch it's base form, Applin, and evolve it. Applin can be found it quite a bit of locations; Route 5, and in possible Max Raid battles in the Wild Area at Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror, Axew's Eye, Bridge Field, Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror, Rolling Fields, and the Stony Wilderness. It can also be found in multiple locations in the expansion pass zones which I won't list.

Evolve Applin into Flapple by giving it a Tart Apple. Tart Apples are only available in Sword version, and cannot be purchased or found in Shield, making Flapple somewhat of a version exclusive Pokémon. If you have Sword version, you can by a Tart Apple from the Pokemart in Hammerlocke. Otherwise, you'll have to try your luck finding a Tart Apple in the Wild Area at Axew's Eye.

If you'd rather skip the drama of tracking down a flappin' Tart Apple for evolution, you can obtain a Flapple directly exclusively in Sword version. You'll need to battle and capture it in possible Max Raid battles in Axew's Eye, Bridge Field, Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror, and Stony Wilderness. If you want to find one with the ability to G-Max, you'll need to narrow your search to the Dappled Grove.

~COOL FLAPPLE FANART~

Does Flapple have cool fanart, you may ask yourself? IT SURE AS FLAP DOES!

D'aww...it's cute. I get a Looney Tunes vibe from this design.

Getting ready to spew some hazardous apple-based cyanide at ya!

Hanging out with it's Shield exclusive brother/sister, Appletun!

The Pokémon Apple family!

Oh no! I don't think it knows it's also throwing anxiety-apples, too!

~CONCLUSION~

Maybe one day the Pokémon of the Week will be one I've actively had on my team. As much as I enjoyed learning all the flappin' apple-based lore about Flapple, I haven't ever used one. I do really like the idea behind it, even if it is a little silly. Overall, a solid Attack 'mon with a unique typing I like a lot!

Have you guys ever used a Flapple? What are your thoughts? Let me know!

Until next time! Join me next week for a real short-fused pre-evolution 'mon with a temper!