#and draw mind maps

[depressedtheatrekiddo]

WHO THE FUCK DECIDED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT MY FINALS THE WEEK THAT COMES AFTER ARCANE ACT 3 COMES OUT 😭😭😭😭😭

[icys-junkyard]

Unova Battle Subway maps

My personal preferred map of the railways (one with blue markers, one with color coded markers)

An alternate map, taking the in-game subway map slightly more literally. (Bonus map with a few non-canon markers I added purely to help myself make sense of the seemingly pointless shapes of some of the routes)

Bonus extra map of the routes taken by Ingo, Emmet, or both of them, for those who want a more specific visual of those routes on their own. (Of course Emmet's line goes through the Pokémon World Tournament lmao)

Misc notes/thoughts under the cut

I'm not a train person, take all these musings with a grain of salt lol

Canon map note: I imagine this map only shows the large, intercity railways. Cities like Nimbasa, Castelia, etc likely have smaller, more complex subway lines all over the city like we tend to see IRL.

Canon map note 2: In an IRL setting, these rail lines are likely far less straight and angular than on these maps and could probably make a lot more sense if drawn with a freer hand and consideration for the landscape, but I tried sticking somewhat close to how it's presented in the game.

International (wi-fi) line: In the game it's the wi-fi line. In a non-game context I imagine this line is one that actually leaves Unova and goes to a neighboring region.

Subwayness: While not all of these lines are 100% underground like they might be in the cities, I like to think quite a few of them are partially or primarily in tunnels. Many lines go across water without a major bridge* on the map, or straight through harsh environments like mountains or deserts, some of which may be more convenient long term to go under rather than through. With the technology of the Pokémon universe, I imagine large stretches of underground train tunnels are entirely possible. (*Maybe there's smaller unshown bridges for the trains, but at least the line that goes right through Castelia's port to an island I'd like to believe could be underground under water)

Battle Subway: The Battle Subway itself likely only runs on these intercity lines.Assuming IRL distances rather than in game walking distances, depending on the length of the line, a lap or two could be a full days work for the bosses. Non-battle trains likely use these same tracks.

Anville Town: The branching path on the Anville line is strange, as it doesn't seem to point toward any known location. It could be pointing toward some unlabelled town or landmark, though I've seen some people posit that it stops at the Celestial or Dragonspiral towers (though they seem too far away for me to agree). My personal headcanon is that rather than the large branch shown on the original map, it's actually two branches going to Anville Town; a large alternate rail to help with rotating/moving trains going in and out of the rail yard there.

Pokémon World Tournament: Located in or very near Driftveil City, it was added in BW2 by Driftveil gym leader Clay. Considering Driftveil is a city, it could have multiple subway stations, one of which just happens to be close to the PWT. Alternatively, it could be a bit of a distance away and thus have it's own station.

PokéStar Studios: Located in or very near Virbank City. As the major intercity lines don't quite hit Virbank itself, I imagine Virbank only has one intercity station near the studio if it's within Virbank itself. That, or it has no intercity stations and one must travel the distance between Virbank and the studio to travel further.

Unity Tower: Literally this train goes through a port and right into the ocean to reach an island. This island is only accessible by boat. I'm convinced this train goes under the seafloor. That or it has a super cool Marine Tube situation where it's a subway tunnel, but the tunnel is transparent and the ocean and water pokémon can be seen out the train windows.

[puffycinnabunny]

Yeah man ofc u can borrow my notes (if u can read them)

[teamunee]

bingmaid

[fraternum-momentum]

hguyughhghghhhhhhhhggggghhhhhghhhhuhhehghdhehgghhghdhdhhhgtydhghdhghhhhhuughghygghjy

bonus:

ik pc was wearing legwarmers in the other drawings just ignore it i got lazy

[lunarharp]

shirahama-sensei reminded me she has a thing for the teacher from pokemon s/v so i randomly went off on an au where qifrey is the professor. etc

[starriluneart]

Jane Doe ✧

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[rexwrendraws]

his father never even tried to look back.

[bigkickguy]

daanmarcoh doodle - they're sleeping in shifts and keeping watch

[cerealmonster15]

cheneige moment aka me trying to learn how 2 draw rsa students

[mbat]

i heard these lyrics in a song from my trans playlist and it screamed this au to me, i keep thinking about it lol. i also just generally recommend the song as a trans song despite it not being written with that intent at all ahghdg the lyrics are pasted below the cut

(song is 'wondering' by julia lester and olivia rodrigo, from hsmtmts)

Seems like a part of me will always have to lose Every single time I have to choose Swore that it felt right, but was I wrong? Is this where I'm supposed to be at all? I don't have the answers, not today It's like nothing makes the questions go away What I'd give to see if the grass was greener

On the other side of all I've had and lost Would it be enough, or would I still be wondering?

If I could go back and change the past Be a little braver than I had And bet against the odds Would I still be lost? Even if I woke up in my dreams Would there still be something I'm missing If I had everything, would it mean anything To me?

Feels like I might have broke the best thing that I had I said too much to ever take it back Scared I'll never find something as good And would I even know it if I could?

From the other side of all I've had and lost Would it be enough, or would I still be wondering? (Or would I still be wondering, oh)

If I could go back and change the past Be a little brave than I had And bet against the odds Would I still be lost? Even if I woke up in my dreams Would there still be something I'm missing If I had everything, would it mean anything

Maybe I should turn around and take the other road Or maybe I'm just looking for what I already know

I'm just wondering

If I could go back and change the past Be a little brave than I had And bet against the odds Would I still be lost? Even if I woke up in my dreams Would there still be something I'm missing If I had everything, would it mean anything To me?

Would it be enough Or would I still be wondering?

[recurring-polynya]

is that...a white board?? i mean, if any squad is going to have a white board, it's squad 10 but also: how does squad 10 have a white board???

[pixeldinostorytelling]

It is done! Drew my 5 for the first time, awesome background by @crownleys (everyone draw your runners on it, it’s so good)

I’m still very much a beginner (and not about to get in the habit of posting all my art) but there should be more runners five on this internet. I’m just doing my part.

Rambling about little details in the tags…

Stay safe out there!

EDIT: I hadn't actually started season 6 yet, but I have finished 5. So please no spoilers <3

[querido-eh-dump]

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[austinkleon]

Drawing Eno - Austin Kleon

[heartorbit]

NICCORI CORI CORI CORI CORIANDER