#and put her right next to my pokesona

[sylphrene]

coupla misfits

[chunkydusknoir]

Today is my 6 year anniversary of when I asked my beautiful girlfriend @themanicnami to be more than friends. It's been a long six years and very hard. We've had ups, downs, lefts, rights, crazy spirals and all the wonders that come with a Long distance relationship. But we've made it work so far and I hope we can continue to make it work so that distance is no longer what keeps us apart.

What I'm going to share is a story I base a lot of our love on. A type of bond weve developed in our time together and holds special in both our hearts.

In 2012 I met Nami in a Original character tournament (OCT) called Sixfold league. It was pokemon based and a lot of fun. We became real close and even the community knew that. One day this image below circulated and became known as us.

(I dont have the artist to credit. If you do please message me.) (Namipoke and Dezduck)

We adopted the idea pretty quickly and soon made the derpy pokemon our Pokesonas. Had we made our own I could only guess she would pick chandelure or a fairy type pokemom. As for me I'd choose Dusknoir.

As we grew close we developed inside jokes on our Pokesonas. Like they were in a daycare together and had their own corner of doom. We had endless scenarios and ideas for this. I loved every moment. One day we decided to collaborate a scenario. We both know that eventually their trainers would have to come and get them. The following images show our work of that collaboration.

It was a bittersweet scenario. The trainers taking away two pokemon who have become great friends and fallen in love. We didnt do much for this afterwards. But I always imagined a few scenarios after. Like Dezduck breaking free from his trainer and chasing Namipoke. In doing so uniting the trainers together and bringing them into the special bond their pokemon have. A bond similar to the one I formed with my friend Nami.

We have lots of things in common, art, pokemon, food. Weve grown up in similar situations and relate very well to one another. But we are also very different and unique. I dont think we ever stop learning about each other from one another. And that's why these next commissions are meant to represent. I went and asked for these artists to show a world of this bond. Each and every work is something I adore and feel my love for Nami in each one. I can't wait to be able to print these and give them to her in person.

Nami if you are reading this, I love you and I hope that I will continue to grow alongside you. I hope one day we are no longer seperated by distance.

Artist credit: 1. @candybaggins 2. @ sophiescribbles (IG) 3. @fa-magikal 4. @ ramvur (IG) 5.@fcrest-nymph 6.@talas-amaze-blog 7.@quilahva

Thank you all for the hard work and effort you have all put into this. I appreciate it so much and love all these works.