#ash fucking ketchum to be honest

[glitchedcosmos]

I love characters with the innate ability to just fucking survive

Like bestie you should be dead but you’re not fucking how ???

[elgascreamslikehell]

So, as long as i have insomnia (it's hard to find a mental issue I don't have rn, i mean I'm fucking Ash Ketchum but with mental issues instead of Pokemon's, catch them all, bitch)

I started a new story!

To basically scratch every itch i still have. I know basically all the main events in this story, i still can't decide if i want a happy ending or DEATH ANGST SUFFERING cause i love me some angst but i kinda want it to be nice in the very end? Somebody should be happy it's definitely not me then at least it should be my favourite fictional characters.

Anyway.

WIP WEDNESDAY!

‘Hey, Eddie!’, - Buck is smiling like today is not Monday. Buck really has this sweet smile which Eddie used to like… in the past. He remembers vividly the exact moment he decided he doesn't like this smile anymore. ‘She sees me’.  The exact moment his heart collapsed. Apparently though, ‘she saw him’ for not too long. For an even shorter period than Eddie himself tried - and hell he did try hard - to build something with Marisol which was obviously just a desperate attempt to distract himself from the sad truth. Where the truth was - he loved Evan fucking Buckley. His path to accept his queerness was hard enough. His path to accept that he is close to fail his friendship was brutal. He, anyhow, managed to deal with all of this. At least he was pretty sure he did. And now Buck just smiles at him. Like nothing even happened. Like he didn't smash Eddie's heart with three words. ‘Are you going with us to the bar after work? I want you all to meet someone!’. Eddie grins: ‘Of course. I hope it's nice someone this time’ To be honest, Eddie doesn't give a damn, who this person is. But he can play pretend perfectly. Even with Buck. Okay, especially with Buck. And where did 'you shouldn't pretend with me' go? *** ‘So, who do you think Buck would introduce?’, - Hen is pouring beer but she looks directly at Eddie. He doesn't like it though. ‘I have no idea…’, - and not that he wants to know. And why does Hen think he knows? ‘We haven't discussed his adventures much, so I'm in the same position as you are’ Hen's face is unimpressed: ‘Well, I hardly doubt it. I mean you and Buck…’, - Eddie interrupts her: ‘Are friends. Lately not even close ones i think… Why don't you ask Chim? He's his brother-in-law, he should know’ Hen stares at Eddie's face for a minute searching for something with no success: ‘Ok, if you say so’, - she's definitely not convinced but at least she stopped questioning him, switched to Chim. Apparently, he also doesn't know anything.  When Buck's entering the bar and Eddie sees him - his heart collapses again. It's getting annoying but he can't do anything with it. Because there's Buck, looking damn gorgeous, and… there's this guy, having his hand on Buck's waist. And Buck smiles. ‘So, guys… meet Sam!’ And here goes this specific pause when everything just stopps and all the sound go down, this pause needs to be broken immediately. And Eddie is the one who breaks it with: 'Well, better than I expected. Nice to meet you ', - and he is the first to shake this guy's hand. Right under the sympathetic glances of Hen and Chimney. Very sympathetic. Very uncomfortable.  He can manage this, right? He just has to.

I won't tag anyone cause today I feel like everyone hate me cause i hate myself but I'll be creating a taglist from interaction to this post.

I still write mostly because my mind needs to be away from reality, so I'll be writing anyway and spamming your feed so if it bothers you (i mean i mostly post writings and memes so i have some questions) you can ignore my writing tag.

[palettes-and-prompts]

The Other Therian I Met Was Weird Too. Made Out with Them in Their Truck. Honest To God, the Weirdest Kiss I’ve Ever Had in My Fucking Life. I’ll Never Forget Tt Too. It Was the Day I Received My Copy of Howl’s Moving Castle. I Can’t Even Watch That Movie Without Picturing Them Turning Their Snapback Around Like Ash Ketchum Before a Battle To Kiss Me. Their Mouth Was So Open Too. And When I Said, “Wow, Your Mouth Was VERY Open” I’ll Never Forget the Way They Shrugged with the Most Confident Look on Their Face and Said “That’s How We Therians Kiss” It Was an Unerasable Memory for Sure.

[shima-draws]

Shima please tell me about your galaxy brain human Lucario AU I wanna know how it all pans out

NDASKMADMLASMKSA OMG ANON I am more than happy to share :'D This got really REALLY long, I hope you enjoy a good read lmao

So we have. Lucario. As a human. Possibly named after an actual Pokemon Lucario, idk. He's still Aaron's apprentice—trains under him at the castle to become an aura user. However, human Lucario is like. 15, making his connection to Aaron that much more powerful bc he's pretty much baby and Aaron's in his mid twenties practically raising this kid by himself. Lucario views Aaron as kind of a father/guardian figure? He's still so uptight at this point tho;; and he views Lady Rin as a mother (which. Is. SOFT). Rin and Aaron might be in love, it's hard for Lucario to tell, he doesn't Romance. He just focuses on his aura training. Pssh.

Fast forward to the time of the Big Pokemon War. Aaron realizes the only way to stop the fighting is to go find Mew at the Tree of Beginning. However he knows that this is a huge sacrifice—and knowing how loyal Lucario is to him, Aaron knows he'll follow him and be subjected to the same fate. And Aaron's like—Lucario is just a kid, you know? He still has so much more to experience and live for. So while it fucking breaks his heart to shatter Lucario's trust in him (for the time being) and totally ruin his father figure status, Aaron "betrays" Lucario and traps him inside the staff. It's some crazy magic aura crystal thing that seals something inside of it, whether it be a Pokemon, human, spirit, or whatever else. At this point it's also for Lucario's safety—bc nothing can really touch him while he's in there, and they're in the middle of a war, so yeah it's just really good timing and planning to protect his kid. However Aaron, being the adorable himbo dumbass he is, kinda forgets that this is an aura crystal, and therefore needs aura to "unseal" it essentially, which would set Lucario free. Unfortunately after Aaron goes to the Tree and gives up his life to stop the war (cue Titanic music) there's not really any other aura user around. They're pretty rare, even way back then;; so Lucario falls into a deep slumber, being sealed, and is kept there for about 1000 years.

And then!! Ash fucking Ketchum enters the picture!!

Lucario is suddenly woken because he senses Aaron's aura nearby. Absolutely pissed at Dad for leaving him behind, Lucario escapes from the staff and goes to attack, but stops when he realizes Dad is actually not Dad, it is adorable 14 year-old boy who has a similar aura to Aaron. Cue a very disgruntled teenager running through the palace, totally out of place and confused. Eventually he's stopped by Lady Ilene, who explains what's going on. Naturally Lucario's heartbroken—not only is his master/dad/guardian dead, but so is his mother figure, and everybody else he'd once known in the castle. Bc Ilene looks so similar to Rin, Lucario takes comfort from her. Ilene does her best to console him and asks if he'll do her a favor. He leaps at the chance to make her happy—apparently he's a sucker for getting good Parent Figures to like him—and agrees to go help Ash and co. find Pikachu at the Tree of Beginning.

Instead of Lucario doing the Naruto run ahead of the group (which like. How the fuck is he so fast...) he actually sits in the car in the passenger's seat with Kidd doing the driving for him, bc hell if a human can run for that long and not be totally wiped out afterward (also he just woke up from a 1000 year nap. Yeahhh. Not gonna happen.) Also baby has no idea what the fuck a car even is so he's a bit nervous around it, and Kidd's like "Um yeah no I'm not letting you drive. Just tell me where to go" so Lucario uses his aura to lead her. Things progress p much the same way, with Lucario getting strangely attached to Ash despite not wanting to, at all, but it's hard because Ash is just Perfect and a Good Boy and pretty much gives Lucario the sort of attention he craves. Eventually tho that all comes to a head when Ash brings up his friendship with Pikachu. Lucario's still bitter about Aaron and honestly can't bring himself to trust any of them—and is pissed at himself for having taken a liking to Ash despite that—so that leads into their giant fight in the first step of their enemies to lovers trope. Ha. Even so, he still gets consoled by Max (and is given CHOCOLATE!! Which is the most fucking heavenly thing he's ever tasted), and witnesses Ash unable to sleep bc of his honest worry for Pikachu. Lucario does some Deep Thinking to himself about his relations to the group.

The next day, the group activates the Time Flower that recorded Aaron's entire abandonment of Lucario. Believe it or not being a young kid in training for a war tends to give you a bit of trauma, so Lucario freaks out a little and starts attacking the hollow projections of the enemy Pokemon. Ash manages to calm him down. Lucario collapses and asks why Aaron had abandoned him. What did he do wrong? Why would Aaron turn against the kingdom? Why did Aaron trap him in the staff? He doesn't know shit and it's frustrating. Ash comes up to him and apologizes, and as soon as the waterworks turn on Lucario's like oh nooo. Oh NOOOO. Here's this boy laying his heart out on his sleeve and is so honest and open and sincere that he can't help but feel awful for how he treated him. Lucario immediately forgives Ash and is like "I will now protect you with my life" bc Ash is baby and Lucario realizes for the first time!! He's made an actual friend with somebody that isn't his dad or the queen! And if he's friends with Ash that means he can be friends with Brock and May and Max and Kidd too. The prospect is EXCITING. He can trust these people now, he knows, because they saw what happened and they believed him about Aaron. They're choosing to side with him over the "kingdom's hero" and that honestly means a lot—it's a huge commitment and Lucario's just. Super grateful that he has a group of people backing him up. Lucario promises himself that he'll reunite Ash and Pikachu, bc if he were given the chance he'd reunite with the people he once held dear too. Ash and Pikachu really care about each other and Lucario admires and respects that a lot and he wants to make Ash happy so!! He's like. It is my personal mission to see that we find Pikachu successfully. And Ash is just like :'D !!! And it's that moment when Lucario realizes that he might like Ash a biiit more than he originally thought he did. Huh.

Literally not even 30 seconds after that revelation Regirock attacks and Lucario almost has a fucking aneurysm because he JUST made friends with these people!! And now they're going to get killed if he's not careful! Story of his life. He immediately shifts into Protect Ash Mode™ and hurries everyone to safety. Things are crazy. Lucario has too much of a burden on his shoulders. He's stressed. But Ash is with him and that makes things a little bit better so he focuses on getting them to where they need to go and protecting them along the way. Big job for such a young kid. Whew!!

Traveling through the Tree of Beginning, weird antibodies keep voring people, and it's not fun. At one point Lucario takes the bullet for Kidd, but is mysteriously released (probably bc of his aura and his connection to Aaron, who gave up his life, which gave energy to the tree and to Mew. So there's a connection there. The tree kinda sees Lucario as one of its own.) Finally, finally! Ash and Pikachu are reunited! Lucario can immediately sense how close they are and how much of a bond they have. Seeing someone with so much history with Ash makes Lucario a bit shy around Pikachu, but it’s cool, they warm up to each other eventually!

Right after this, Ash and the others find out that May, Brock and Max were devoured by the antibodies. Lucario barely has any time to grieve for them before the Regis burst in and essentially trap him as Ash and Kidd are attacked by the cells next. Lucario watches in absolute horror as Ash is swallowed up. It’s like Aaron all over again—and this time it’s worse because Ash hadn’t done anything wrong, and Lucario had really come to trust him and admire him as a person. It’s absolutely fucking heartbreaking. He watches in hollow-eyed despair as Pikachu and Ash’s other Pokemon cry over him. Everything sucks. The world is a nightmare. Lucario almost wishes he’d gotten swallowed too. Why is it always him that’s the last one standing, the only one left, the remainder to deal with the carnage and the loss by himself? Then Mew performs its voodoo magic and lo and behold!! Ash and the others are miraculously revived! Lucario is absolutely overjoyed and relieved. It’s then that he realizes he’d be absolutely devastated if he lost Ash for good—even more so than Aaron. At this point he’s kinda come to terms about Aaron’s death, though it still hurts because there’s so many questions left unanswered.

Of course right after this Mew collapses and everything goes to shit again. Great. (Can he get like five seconds to maybe just breathe?? Idk.) At the center of the Tree of Beginning, Lucario finds Aaron’s gloves and things start to click into place. Maybe...the stories were true? Lucario activates the Time Flower there and realizes what Aaron had done, his noble sacrifice, and why he couldn’t bear to get Lucario involved. Lucario breaks down in tears bc he’s so relieved and yet so unbearably sad. Aaron was like his father. Someone who cared for him so immensely and deeply. Aaron urged Lucario to continue on and live his life to the fullest—that’s what he wanted for him, after all. But at this point Lucario isn’t sure if he can. Mew needs saving, after all.

Lucario decides he’ll follow in Aaron’s footsteps and save Mew, no matter how sad it makes him to have to leave his new friends so early. Ash immediately protests, along with Kidd, and Lucario tells them that it’s a risk he has to take, just like Aaron. Mew and the Tree need his power more than ever now, and he can’t just abandon them. He starts to pour all of his aura into Mew, but it’s not enough. Ash puts on Aaron’s gloves and jumps in, deciding to help out. Lucario is grateful but also very panicked because Ash literally just came back to life—he couldn’t bear losing him a second time, especially since he already lost Aaron. Lucario tries to bump him out of the way but Ash absolutely won’t let him!! If they’re going down they’re going down together. Ash tells him that he can’t watch Lucario take on the burden by himself over and over—that he wants to split the weight and make things even. Cue a very emotional tense moment between two boys about to sacrifice their lives together. Neither of them want the other to die, but they don’t really have a choice. Mew absorbs their power and then…

Lucario wakes up.

And he’s alive. Holy fuck!! (There’s no fucking way I’d kill him nope not happening not this time bitches)

Apparently splitting the burden of giving one’s life energy to another with a second person eases the consequences—leaving both Ash and Lucario alive (which makes him realize that if he’d gone with Aaron all those years ago and split the burden, both of them would have lived. But strangely Lucario wouldn’t trade that opportunity for what he has now.) Ash literally jumps on him and hugs him so tight he nearly dies a second time, but it’s fine. It’s a good way to go.

The tree is safe, and so is Mew. Ash rejoins the others, bringing Lucario with him. They all have a merry little reunion, and then head back to the castle together.

At this point, Ilene thanks Lucario for all he’d done—for Ash and co. and for the tree and Mew. She then sets Lucario free—saying he can do whatever he wishes, he can follow any path in life he wants to now! Suddenly there’s a whole world full of possibilities, and that world is there for him to explore. He can practically hear Aaron encouraging him to take a step into the unknown, journey to his heart’s content, make tons of friends, and master his aura. Except Lucario isn’t really sure he wants to take the trip by himself. He bashfully asks Ash if they’d be alright with him joining them. Ash is absolutely fucking ecstatic, of course. He asks Lucario to teach him how to properly use his aura, and Lucario has a big self revelation moment like “The student has become the master” and it’s magical. So we hit off a brand new adventure with Lucario traveling with Ash, Brock, May, and Max, and teaching Ash how to hone his aura! Which gives us more aura Ash moments, which everybody craves! And it’s kinda gay and lovely!!

And that is my rewrite happy ending for Lucario and the Mystery of Mew thank you goodnight ✌️

[alolanrain]

Arceus’s Mothman!AU Part. 1

The wonderful @hiddenbyfaeries helped me with this as it’s only part 1 and I’m getting to the point where my body’s shutting down for the night. So here’s me and Tori’s take on this AU I’ve created on a whim!

- Where everything’s somewhat the same but Ash is a little more unhinged and is like a college student that’s absolutely reach the max LIMIT of putting up with Arceus shit

- More like: “Arceus you damn slut! Stop dropping other Legendary Problems on me and let me have a noRMALE VACATION”

- Ash vlogging all his Legendary BD

- and at first, everyone thinks it's a damn hoax

- he’s just so more open with all the legendary shit and everyone is so amazed but he’s like: “they eat and shit like every other living being!?”

- but then, he's 16 and just posts a pic of "I lived bitch"

- and he's just, lying next to which ever Legendary who killed him then revived him

- He just starts putting a little camera in his hat

- And so he just posts what ever happens

- Pikachu ends up wearing one

- no editing just, "that looks good"

- HE WEARS A CUTE OCEAN BANDANA AROUND HIS NECK THAT MISTY GOT HIM

- the whole world: "IS THAT FUCKING ARCEUS?!"

- Ash: "Arceus, stop trying to steal my shit!"

- "no arceus, my pot pie"

- Baking with Victini

- he’s an actual capable adultTM in this

- Which means he can bake, clean, do his own laundry, etc.

- Adult thingsTM

- "today, we're gonna see if weed can affect a pokemon"

- .... S o m e what

- he just shitposts

- he just doesn’t sleep and everyone’s now sure his blood is 87% coffee

- Like, no one has E V E R seen Ash without his gigantic traveling size mug that holds more creamer and sugar that actually coffee

- He complains about everything and Drake wheezes as Lance tries to negate the PR damage until he gives up and slowly joins with Ash and Drake

- also! he totally calls the League out on their bs and such

- he totally mocks most champions

- And they pay more attention to him now since his is the fated Chosen OneTM and in their folds now

- He has a YouTube

- And it’s just him complaining about Champions dress style

- Along with certain gym leaders

- He humanizes the Champion role a lot, but everyone else still fears him because he can call Arceus a Mew-fearing slut and not get kicked into hell on the spot

- "giratina, who is just a babey y'all, would like to be let out of their punishment realm"

- "god, I wish I could be Yvetal. Century long naps? only to wake up to wreck some shit and put the fear of God back into people? then go back to napping? Living the D R E A M"

- also, then he goes to alola

- kukui wasn't prepares

- rip kukui

- guzma, on the other hand, is a fucking F A N

- the alola kids are kinda sheltered, compared to his other friends

- except for Gladion and Hau

- who both have traveled around (even if it's just around alola for Gladion)

- Hau and Gladion have seen his videos

- Ash is a M E M E

- And he’s also not afraid to give his honest opinion about people and things

- Guzma soon becomes one of his favorite people in Alola next to Kukui, Acerola, Plumeria, and Nanu

- Because their all dead inside to some extent but Acerola

- They just speak he’ll speak at each other and cause Nanu even more pain

- Nanu is suffering

- No but that also means that Ash can actually read all the social cues people would send his way

- And Kukui is fucked because when Ash saw the Mask Royal in TV he was just like:

- “Yep that’s my Guardian, who the fuck does he think he’s fooling? They have the same fucking abs!”

- "same beard!" "same beard!"

- He’s also S O fucking tired all the time

- Like he’s literally seconds away from blacking out if it weren’t for his heightened ability and the pure caffeine pills he crushed into his traveling mug

- Because he takes on more league work from Drake and Lance so the two won’t be so swamped

- And also dealing with legendaries bs 24/7 365 days a year

- God but just imagine this 19-20 y/o fucker stumbles a little behind the Professor and is introduced as Ash Ketchum; Orange Islands Champion and the greater of the most loved shitpost the internet/world has ever seen

- And Ash just starts raining answer on questions when he looks up from other paper work

- He just creams Lillie and Sophocles. And ends up getting the top spot in the class, which also equals the top spot in the school because Ash is SMART

- He’s basically an OP human god

- But the only thing holding him back from using his whole potential is his spite for Arceus and he’s just d o e s n ‘ t want to.

- Like he caught on pretty fast to all the evil guys plots

- He totally fucks their shit up early enough to where he has time to actually focus more on helping his team grow instead of worrying about another ‘end of the world’ scenario

- I also feel like he would be VERY unnatural strong in this AU, but he’s just to tired/lazy/doesn’t give enough of a single shit

- like, no one expects him be so powerful or smart

- then he just, pulls shit outta the air all lazy like

- All that’s stopping him is the will to just

- Not Do It(Tm)

- He has no fucks left to give

- I don’t think he even had any to begin with

- In this AU he was able to repay Misty with a brand new bike

- But he was a hyper little shit until Johto with the Entie and his kidnapped mom situation

- Lance ranted about him to his colleges when Ash was younger, and the man still does. But when everyone finally meets him they’re all like: “is This the kid you were talking about?” And Lance is all excited and happy and says “Yep!”

- And Ash is just dressed in comfort clothes with a bulging backpack and coffee that you could smell the creamer a couple miles away

- Ash is just like all the Champions except Leon and Wallace mashed together into one very, very tired young adult with a coffee addiction that’s 100,000x worse than Lances

[sshoujo-ais]

Movie tag game

tagged by @lolita-self-ships! normally i don’t do tag games on here but this one looks interesting

Top 3 faves:

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

this is hands down the best animated movie of all time, and dethroned wreck it ralph as my favorite animated movie of all time when it came out. the story, dialogue, humor, soundtrack, characters are all EXCELLENT, but that’s all nothing compared to the movie’s unique and inventive use of its medium. so many CGI animated movies try so hard to emulate realism, but they’ve all forgotten the kind of magic that 2D animation used to be able to capture. not spiderverse. spiderverse not only does that, but so much more that could only be achieved by a 3D CGI movie that’s explicitly emulating a 2D style. the whole thing genuinely looks like a comic book leaping to life in front of your very eyes and it’s BRILLIANT. i’d give this movie an 11 out of a possible 5.

2. Thor: Ragnarok

okay, so two marvel movies are in my faves. but honestly even if i weren’t into the MCU as much as i am, i’d still love ragnarok, just because it’s... i’m gonna be honest here, it far outclasses all the other MCU movies thanks to its unique tone and cinematography that taika waititi brought to the table with it. it’s a farce of the MCU, and i mean that in the best way possible. with that said, the lighthearted tone present throughout and the fact that it throws jokes at you a mile a minute does nothing to detract from the more serious moments, including a couple genuinely heartfelt exchanges between thor and loki that did more for their relationship than both of the previous thor movies combined.

also, jeff goldblum is there and you can’t go wrong with that.

3. Pokémon Movie 3: Spell of the Unown

on its own, spell of the unown is an excellent movie that delves into the psyche of a little girl ridden with PTSD after the disappearance of the sole parent figure in her life, which just happens to be told through the lens of the pokemon series. IN THE CONTEXT OF THE POKEMON SERIES, spell of the unown blows all other pokemon movies out of the water. combine what i just said about dealing with serious issues that could genuinely be affecting any viewer, which are handled respectfully and accurately by the by, with the fact that resident pokemon non-master ash ketchum ends up saving the day not because he’s the chosen one, or because of some deus ex machina the plot decides to throw at us at the last second, but thanks to his own ingenuity and set of skills he’s acquired over the years as a trainer. there are no world-ending stakes or some rich evil bastard hellbent on capturing legendary pokemon, the closest thing we have to a villain is a lost and confused little girl grappling with loss, and her desire for her father to be brought back given the form of a majestic fucking lion. oh, and the visuals in this movie are gorgeous af too. hands down the best movie the pokemon franchise has produced to this day. yes, better than detective pikachu. don’t @ me.

Top 3 movies I hated: (if you like these movies that’s all well and good, this is just my personal opinion. but probably don’t read what i have to say about them because i’m about to come down on them with some venom and you’d just get upset lol)

1. Neverending Story 3

fucking inexcusable. i loved the neverending story as a kid, and i still do. the meta narrative blew my goddamn mind when i was little. the second movie was okay, it didn’t live up to the first movie but it still had a similar level of charm and wonder (and also happened to be a pretty good isekai). the third installment in the series... hurts me. none of the characters act like they did in the previous 2 films, the writing suffers from the “cool radical” trends of the 90s, and the visuals are fucking atrocious. look at that image (which i put there because this site doesn’t even have a gif of this garbage thank god). that doesn’t look like any falcor i know. get that shit out of here.

2. Mars Needs Moms

couldn’t find a gif of this one either, but i think that’s for the best. the uncanny valley-ness of the motion capture animated movie style that thankfully i’m pretty sure has disappeared after this movie killed it, speaks for itself. but unlike polar express which at least is an interesting kind of bizarre throughout, or christmas carol which uses the uncanny valley to its benefit and is genuinely haunting in its retelling of the classic tale, mars needs moms just has nothing going for it, visually or in terms of story. i saw this movie as part of a “bad animated movie bingo” that me and my irl partner were doing, and it was by far the worst of all of them. i think the biggest insult is that one of the other movies on that bingo was ant bully. fucking ANT BULLY. which is a movie i actually like for the record. how dare they compare ant bully to this hunk of garbage. let’s just move on.

3. The Last Airbender

hey remember when m night shyamalan completely shat on the best animated series of the last decade? cause i do! not much to say about this one that hasn’t already been said honestly. you’d genuinely have a much better experience reading the show’s summary on wikipedia than watching the movie. or, like, just watch the show itself, it’s fucking excellent. the last airbender movie isn’t just a bad adaptation though, it’s also a cinematic dumpster fire on its own merits, again thanks to none other than m night shyamamalama-sama-kun. the only good thing about this movie is that it got my mom and brother to actually check out the show. could have easily just cut out the middle man if you ask me.

tagging @husband-of-lucoa @duchess-aegir @lovewithinthedarkness​ @sosoftandsweet​ and @dokiquents​ :3

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

It makes me happy knowing there’s a billion people in the world who have no idea who LittleKuriboh was.

3 notes • Posted 2021-03-07 04:25:35 GMT

#4

3 notes • Posted 2021-01-28 19:01:54 GMT

#3

As an obsessive Doctor Who fan who went out and just... Devoured all the media I could get my hands on and who now lives under a teetering pile of Doctor Who merchandise and who... Absolutely despises what Chris Chibnall has done with the series... It does things to me when I’m reminded of that cancer scene.

See the thing is.

I hate everything people seem to love about Chibbers’ Doctor Who, and about Jodie’s Doctor.

Except the one thing everyone else hates.

The Doctor’s frank and honest answer to Graham when he talked to her about cancer. I loved that. Because that was real. That is what its like. I’ve lived that. There’s nothing you can say. There is no right response. And the Doctor’s response was so relatable to me as someone who has been there multiple times. 

That is the one thing that Chris Chibnall did right, and the one time I feel like Jodie’s acting fit the image of the Doctor. 

And of course all the normies fucking hate it.

7 notes • Posted 2021-05-14 16:27:00 GMT

#2

Looks like @neil-gaiman wrote the next episode of Pokémon and Ash Ketchum has been tricked by the Other Mother. 

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[drdone]

1, 3, 6, 7, 15, 19

1. If you’re an author, how many WIPs do you currently have? (Be honest!)

Are we talking fics or original? Because fic wise, if we’re talking things that are published and remain unfinished, I have four (sort of five) of them. If we’re talking fics that I’m working on that haven’t been published, well. Yikes. And as for original stuff. That’s a big yikes right there, too.

3. Do you prefer canonverse or AUs?

AUs. They’re so much goddamn fun.

6.What’s the last thing you read that made you laugh?

Is it cheating if I say some of my old stuff? Because it’s true. I was rereading a work of mine that I’m sort of half-working on and came up on a line that I remember being delighted by and laughed again. God, I’m hilarious.

7.What’s the last thing you read that made you cry?

A trans!Ash pokemon fic. Fight me. 

15.Post the last line you wrote without context.

“Shit, that hurt,” Tegan said, shaking out her right hand.

19.What’s your favorite character headcanon?

I have a fuckton of them, but right now it’s trans!Ash Ketchum who did gymnastics when he was younger. That fucker is way too good at parkour and shit, what the fuck.

[x-xkingofgamesx-x]

Watched 'Pokémon: I Choose You!' recently.

This movie was just too much in so many ways.

You are warned, spoilers ahead, but this movie is from 2017 so if you haven't watched it so far then you're probably not going to.

The animation was cute. Totally. It definitely has that going for it.

Essentially, this movie is the Greatest Hits of the Indigo League first season, but in hyper drive and sans Misty and Brock, inserting instead Verity and Sorrel as his companions, and a douchebag named Cross as his rival in the place of Gary Oak.

The movie isn't entirely rehashing the first season of Indigo though. There is a plot point focusing on Ash's sighting of Ho-Oh upon leaving Pallet Town and getting the living shit kicked out of him and his reluctant sparky companion by a swarm of Spearow.

In this version, Ho-Oh gifts Ash with a Rainbow Wing, which makes him the Chosen One, meant to be the Rainbow Warrior (Ash Ketchum and Ho-Oh say Gay Rights). He is supposed to, essentially, find the source of the rainbow which is where Ho-Oh lives, and he wants to fight the gay bird.

So, we have our plot, yes?

Oh no.

This is more of a loose and vague goal at the end of the tunnel rather than a driving force for the plot.

What we do get is:

A retelling of 'Charmander- The Stray Pokémon', in which Ash finds Charmander dying in the rain after being abandoned by his trainer for being too weak.(Cross was the douchebag owner that abandoned Charmander). Instead of being taken to a PokéCenter, they just hole up in a cave and Sorrel mixes a medicine for him.

In this scene we also delve into a bit of the history of the supporting characters that we know nothing about up until this movie. This includes one of the most traumatic backstories that I've heard in Pokemon. And you get to watch a Pokemon literally freeze to death it was super fucked up.

The appearance of not one but FOUR legendary Pokémon (Ho-Oh, as well as all three Legendary beast Pokémon, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. {The legendary beasts don't... Do any of their legendary stuff. They mostly just show up to look impressive, and not a damn thing in the plot would change if they were not there.})

Ash getting STOMPED by Cross in a fight with his now evolved Charmeleon. Cross feeds him all this vitriol about the strength of a Pokémon being more important than the bond with said Pokémon. Ash has *a moment* and gets real problematic for a few minutes, saying that his Charmeleon is weak and that Pikachu would have won that fight. When Pikachu gets upset at Ash for this, he says that he wishes he had gotten a Squirtle or Bulbasaur instead of Pikachu and Charmeleon. (I actually gasped at that. It was so mean and so out of character for Ash Ketchum.)

Pikachu runs away and Ho-Oh's magic straight up does some Ghost of Christmas Past shit to Ash and he gets thrown into a world where Pokémon do not exist and he has to learn some life lessons and find renewed appreciation for his Pokémon before he is brought back to Pokémon World.

Retelling of 'Bye Bye Butterfree!' because gotta get in at least one of the episodes that makes kids cry, yeah?

Then ah, they end up finding the mountain where Ho-Oh lives and Ash has a fight with Cross there, who thinks that HE should be the one to fight Ho-Oh. In that fight we have another Evolution, enter Charizard. Anywho, Cross steals Ash's Rainbow Wing which goes all... Evil. And OH! turns out there has been a fucked up Pokémon named Marshadow living inside Ash's shadow the whole show, who was waiting for this moment and steals the corrupted wing and turns all the Pokémon into sleeper agents.

At this point Ash is fighting all of these Pokemon and they are losing this fight pretty splendidly. So, he asks Pikachu to get into the Pokéball to keep him safe. But Pikachu hates pokeballs refuses, as one can expect. What happened at this point weirded me out a little bit if we're being perfectly honest. So Ash asks Pikachu why he won't get into the Pokéball and Pikachu responds to him. In human words. Which really freaks me out.

But Pikachu says, 'Because I always want to be with you,' which is sweet and tender and very heartwarming.

So then at this point Ash forces his little tiny electric rat into the Pokéball to keep him safe and precedes to get hit by six Hyper Beams directly in the back.

This, as you can probably guess, made Ash disintegrate entirely.

Like dead. Super super dead.

But, in true Pokemon fashion, pulling from the end scene of Pokemon: The First Movie- Mewtwo Strikes Back-- of course he doesn't stay dead very long. We end up seeing Ash in the afterlife. He hears Pikachu crying for him and ends up following his voice back into the world of the living and Pikachu's love ends up creating a new body for this kid.

Then at this point Cross learns his lesson, Ash has learned some valuable life lessons, and they are able to get the Rainbow Wing back from Marshadow. This, of course, brings in Ho-Oh who decides to oblige Ash with a Pokémon battle.

Now, this is the moment that we've all waited for right? The entire movie has been about getting this Pokémon battle with Ho-Oh. This should be a really epic battle scene that would be a really great way to end this movie right?

That is where you would be wrong, however. We get to see the first two or three moves in this battle and then it cuts out and the next scene is Ash walking a fucked up Pikachu into the Pokemon Center, and they insinuate that this was a really amazing battle but they did not actually draw out the battle for us to watch.

I know this may sound like quite a bit of plot to go into a movie.

It's a good chunk of the information from the first season of the Indigo League.

And I do want to remind you that there are 82 episodes in the first season of the Indigo League for Pokémon.

They shoved all of this nonsense into a single hour and a half of content.

By the end of this movie I was just baffled and confused and did not know how to feel about it.

Anyway there's all my thoughts about this movie and none of it really matters. Just like this movie.

[micvhisms]

✆✉☎⁇✿ø✘#@&%ツ$♀

send “✆” for a MORNING text. 

micah » ash not ketchum ( 06:24am ) : i’ve never woken up this early in my life, and i want to die. want donuts?

send “✉” for a text that WASN’T SENT. 

micah » ash not ketchum ( unsent ) : i tried so hard not to like you.

send “☎” for a RUSHED text. 

micah » ash not ketchum ( 05:21pm ) : where are you rn? stay there, i’ll pick you up

send “⁇” for a DRUNK text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 01:34am ) : havoe you ever tohought about droppnig out to be a stripepr? i’d make a pretty fucking good one.

send “✿” for a SUGGESTIVE text. 

micah » ash not ketchum ( 07:12pm ) : you’re gorgeous no matter what, ashley. i don’t think the color of the shirt is going to make a difference.

send “ø” for a LATE NIGHT text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 01:15am ) : i’ve been listening to that song for six hours, and it makes me miss the girlfriend i don’t have who’s traveling half way across the world for a business that doesn’t exit. the fuck.

send “✘” for a HATEFUL text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 09:15pm ) : i know you’re about as smart as a piece of lint, but even you know it’s not that simple.

send “#” for a RANDOM text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 10:32am ) : remember that time we got drunk and i convinced you to let me light my wardrobe on fire? i regret that.

send “@” for a SCARED text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 03:14am ) : can you do me a favor?micah » ash not ketchum ( 03:16am ) : if you don’t hear anything form me by tomorrow night, can you justmicah » ash not ketchum ( 03:18am ) : call the cops.micah » ash not ketchum ( 06:14am ) : this number is no longer in service.

send “&” for a LOVING text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 02:19pm ) : not that my opinion means shit, but i like you. it’s weird, and unplanned, and i wish i didn’t, sometimes. but you’re kind, and you don’t deserve that shit.

send “%” for a CURIOUS text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 12:09pm ) : what does that even mean.

send “ツ” for an EXCITED text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 03:00pm ) : I HAVE A NEW CAT.micah » ash not ketchum ( 03:02pm ) : i’m naming him sir num num, and i’m leaving everything to him when i die.

send “$” for an ACCIDENTAL text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 12:19pm ) : his dick wasn’t even the best one i had that day, i don’t know or care what his problem is.micah » ash not ketchum ( 12:21pm ) : wait, that wasn’t for you.

send “♀” for a HEARTBREAKING text.

micah » ash not ketchum ( 07:14am ) : i don’t know why i’m like this. why it’s so hard to be honest, or let people in. but every time i try, i get so fucking scared. and i know i’m fucked up. i’m not getting better, and maybe i won’t. sometimes, i think everyone’s right, and i’m justmicah » ash not ketchum ( 07:15am ) : shit. i don’t know. forget it.

[spiritkeepcr]

ofpalletown

My Opinion on;

Character in general: confession of the century: i know next to nothing about pokemon except for the theme song. i knOW i know it’s blasphemy and an utter shock to one’s system BUT UM. ASH KETCHUM IS......AIGHT. i like his hat and i call bullshit abt him beating misty in that tournament thing ( something i only know bc of ash ).How they play them: YOU’RE DOING AMAZING, SWEETIEThe Mun: she’s p great, i just wouldn’t fucks w/her when she’s in the middle of playing a video game bc all you’ll get out of her is angry screaming.

Do I:

RP with them: NOT ON ASH....talk about a crossover though fjfklsaWant to RP with them: do i. do i wanna rp with ash? ( the character, not the mun. ) I WANNA RP MORE W/THIS GIRL THOUGH, SO i can deal with ash, too. i guESS. ( fyi, answering this is mad confusing when the character and the mun share the same name oh my go d )

What is my;

Overall Opinion: ASHLEIGH ASHLEIGH ASHLEIGh. i love her and as much as i make fun of ash the character and his eternal 10 yr old self, she’s an amazing roleplayer and i cherish our wicken and also the 4839890 other blogs she’s got xo

**Note: Mun’s answer are all to be completely honest. Don’t send url if you don’t want brutal honesty

                                    send me a url! // @ofpalletown

[sage-nebula]

Ash is never going to win a game League. He just won’t. He won’t, because when he becomes Champion he will fulfill his goal of being a Pokémon Master, and at that point the show will end because they can’t replace Ash as the protagonist (because doing so would mean replacing Pikachu, and they can’t do that because Pikachu---and specifically Ash’s Pikachu---is vital). Years ago there was an interview with one of the producers of the anime, and he actually started laughing when asked if Ash would ever become a Pokémon Master, because he can’t. He won’t. Not until it’s time for the anime to end, and let’s face it: This is probably going to continue on until the sun burns out.

So the fact that some people (not everyone, of course, but certain people) continue to hate on any character who dares to defeat Ash in the League is beyond fucking ridiculous. Gladion has appeared in one episode thus far. One. Yet the mere possibility that he could defeat Ash in the Alolan League---a league that, as of right now, doesn’t even exist yet in the anime---is enough to make some people declare him “fucking garbage.” People are still, as you can see, leveling hate at Alan because Alan defeated Ash in the League finals. Never mind that Ash made it farther than he ever has before, never mind that it was a battle that was down to the wire---no, what Alan did was sinful, enough for him to be hated even now, months and months later, despite the fact that he had one of the most compelling stories in the anime to date. (Well, that’s subjective, but the fact remains that The Strongest Mega Evolution was written specifically to tell his story, and that the idea of adding mega evolution as an element came later. The producers have specifically said that TSME was not written to market mega evolutions, but rather was written to tell a story. That played a huge part in how goddamn good it was, that it broke from the PokéAni tradition of existing to be a commercial.) In the eyes of people like this, anyone who dares to defeat Ash in Leagues (or probably in general, to be honest, but especially in the League) is automatically garbage. It doesn’t matter that Ash can’t win a game League without the show ending, or how well-written the other character is. No, none of that matters, because if they dare to commit the unforgivable sin of defeating the Chosen One, they’re irredeemable trash.

It’s honestly rather angering to me, particularly since I’ve loved Ash Ketchum since I was eight years old (so about nineteen years now), and I don’t want to feel anything remotely negative toward him, particularly since he has received a lot of nasty, unwarranted, factually inaccurate hate from people over the years as a result of hype backlash and a need to hate on anything remotely “childish” in an effort to seem cool. But in all honesty, Ash’s stans are just as bad as his ardent haters, just in a different way. They don’t even really see Ash as Ash, as a character, but rather just seem him as a vessel whom they want to live vicariously through. Thus, when he loses, they take it personally and slam hate on whatever character defeated him, regardless of how the battle went or how the story developed as a result, and regardless of how Ash himself might feel about the battle or result. It isn’t about Ash, not really; it’s about the glorified version of him they’ve built up in their heads to project on and live through, and therefore their own personal feelings of ire toward whoever stands in the way of his glory.

Regardless, I guess we can prepare for Gladion to get the same amount of backlash and hate should he defeat Ash later on as some people are already thinking he will. He won’t be “redeemed” unless he loses to Ash in their final match like Paul did. It’s sad af, but that seems to be the true pattern nonetheless.

[sage-nebula]

Top 10 pokeani characters

Alan --- Surprising absolutely no one, especially since he’s my favorite character from anything ever, Alan tops the list. I cry and cry and ride and die for how much I love him. I’ll scream it from the rooftops, I’ll write it with a plane, I will find a way to design it in fireworks and I will love him ten times more fiercely for every ounce of ridiculous hate he gets. Alan is my light, my life, my love, my everything. I adore every part of this boy and probably always will.[deep breath]More specifically, I love so, so, so much of what Alan is. I love how absolutely determined (and he is, he’s a DETERMINATOR and that’s a big part of why Lysandre “liked” him so much!) he is, how his sheer determination to carry on and keep walking the path toward his goals is a big part of his character. I love how brave and courageous he is, how although that can easily slide into recklessness when people (especially those he loves) are in danger, he will still face the destruction of the world head on because it is the Right Thing to do. Alan is a Gryffindor, undoubtedly and absolutely, and his bravery and chivalry (as in knight code---I explain it in the linked essay) absolutely shine. Alan cares not just for his precious people, but for everyone. He cares about and wants to protect the whole damn world if possible, it’s just that sometimes he gets in over his head in his attempts. But oh, does he try. He tries so very, very hard. (To the point where, honestly, this conversation could take place:Person: “Alan, what are you doing?”Alan: “My best.”And tbh it would be 100% believable.)He’s incredibly intelligent, incorporating real-world strategies into his pokémon’s movesets and into his battles, and is shown to be pretty adept at thinking on his feet and coming up with solutions on the fly. He’s compassionate and kind, and just can’t let it go if someone needs assistance. Although he’s very intelligent and very strong, he’s not arrogant, and in fact we see on multiple occasions that pretentious, arrogant behavior actually annoys him and makes him quick to dislike people. And all of these things make him a very relatable character to me, because honestly, same, but I also find him to be extremely relatable because he is a character who has been abused, shows clear symptoms of C-PTSD as a result of that abuse, and who exhibits C-PTSD in very much the same fashion I do. I’ve never related to a fictional character the way I relate to Alan and I’m honestly so, so very grateful that he exists. Light of my life, quite honestly.I could on for like . . . twelve more paragraphs, but I’ll stop there. Alan is my favorite for everything ever, and definitely tops this list. My love for him is ineffable. I’ll leave it at that.

Ash Ketchum --- However, Ashy-boy is still at number two! And while I do love all versions of Ash forever, I think I should probably specify here that the Ash I really mean, the Ash in my heart, will always be the Ash from the OS. See, the thing is . . . as the seasons went on, I feel like they’ve taken the Ash that we had in the OS, and hyper-focused on certain characteristics there for entire sagas, ignoring everything else. In the XY&Z series they focused on his heroism, his idealism, and his bravery; the one time we were allowed to see him feel down and sulky about his recent loss-streak, he was punished for it and readily adopted a smile back in place by the end of the episode. In the SunMoon series, meanwhile, it seems like they’re focusing on his exuberance and his childlike awe and wonder for the world. And those traits, just like his heroism and bravery, are great traits! And he is ten and should be allowed to act like it (he didn’t in the XY&Z series, tbh---he acted more like he was 13/14). But again, there’s more to him than just that. He is, or at least he used to be, more well-rounded than that.People complain about OS!Ash losing battles or flailing his way through life, and let’s be honest: He did a lot of flailing back then. But I also feel that we saw so many more dimensions to Ash’s character back then. I mean, looking at the first episode alone:- He was idealistic and optimistic and excitable and full of awe and wonder when it came to the mere idea of starting his journey, but similarly when he met Pikachu for the first time (“Oh he’s so cute! He’s the best one of them all!”), and when he saw wild pokémon such as pidgey and rattata. - He was heroic and brave when he shielded Pikachu with his own body and faced down each and every spearow without flinching.- He was feisty and ready to fight both when Gary pissed him off, and when the spearow flock attacked once again.- He was aggravated and a snarky little sassmouth right back at Pikachu when Pikachu was, well, being a brat as well. - His eyes shined he was so happy when Pikachu finally licked his chin.And I could go on. Ash---the Ash I know and love---has so many dimensions to him. He can be excitable and cheerful sometimes, petulant and surly at others, righteous and determined at still others, uncertain and afraid at others, optimistic and confident at others, and depressed and broody at others. Part of Ash’s characterization is that his temperament was somewhat mercurial; he could go through a range of emotions throughout an episode depending on the situation. He was compassionate and all-loving toward pokémon from day one, but he also had his moments of screwing up, such as when he insulted practically everyone in Celadon City by insulting perfume and then refused to apologize about it (and then decided to cross-dress to sneak into the Celadon Gym . . . oh Ash). He didn’t flinch once as he led the originals back out to face Mewtwo in the first movie, but when faced with the pressure of being the Chosen One to save the world in the second, he was noticeably afraid. (“Right now I wish my mom had named me Bob.” Oh Ash. That’s a dub only line, I’m sure of it, but so good.) I still think that this Ash is in the Ashes we see nowadays---I still consider this to be his characterization regardless of what the show says, tbh, just more mature as time goes on---but either way, he’ll always be my Ash. The Ash who makes silly puns (“Maybe it’s a cowterpie!”), who can be absolutely savage with his insults (“Aside from you, what are the other two most disgusting things?”), who loves all pokémon but still doesn’t get why Misty thinks tentacool and tentacruel are cute. And by the way, fuck the haters, because he’s an excellent trainer, and I’ll stand by that.Alan may be my favorite, but Ash is still a close second and always will be. I love him. 

Lizardon --- Of course I cannot mention one of my dragon sons without mentioning the other. I love Lizardon (and it should be obvious, but just in case---I’m speaking specifically about Alan’s charizard, here). I love Lizardon for who he is as well as what he has done to reshape the image of charizard that fandom (and Nintendo themselves!) have held onto for so long. Because while Lizardon is proud of his power, while he is just as determined as his platonic soulmate, and while he likes battling just as much as Alan does, he also loves to be petted, loves to be cuddled, gets really happy and croons when he is praised (or outright cheers when he gets his medal at the end of the series). Lizardon is generally very friendly and open. He loves battling and is confident in his abilities, sure, but off the battlefield he’s a complete sweetheart and he’s not afraid to show it. (And I love the heavy implication that he is male, too, due to the language Alan uses to address him, because boys can be sweethearts! Boys can love cuddles! Boys can like snuggling! Just because he’s a big boy dragon doesn’t mean he can’t appreciate these things---look at Toothless from Dreamworks Dragons! Toothless is once called “big baby boo” by Hiccup, and you know that Lizardon can sometimes be a big baby boo sometimes, too. I love it and I love him.) Lizardon is a sweetheart, but he’s also fiercely protective of his boy (don’t even think he isn’t---there’s a reason Alan moves closer to Lizardon when he feels wary or anxious, as seen in XYZ036). He is a dragon, and a fierce one at that. He just also happens to be friendly and nice most of the time, and considering how charizard have been characterized for the bulk of the past twenty years (mostly thanks to Ash’s charizard), I appreciate it.

Pikachu --- And I can’t forget Pikachu, either. Like Ash, most of the Pikachu characterization I love is in the OS (and early OS, at that) thanks to how sassy and bratty he used to be back then, but also like Ash, I love Pikachu throughout the years as well. Pikachu has his moments of being spunky and sassy (especially earlier on, when he would electrocute someone for accidentally insulting him), but he also is protective and sweet to those he loves, has a hilarious fondness for ketchup (which was one of the very, very, very few bits of continuity referenced in XY&Z!), is brave, clever, and his relationship with Ash is one of the most iconic and most precious in animated history. Pikachu has received so much hate over the years, so much of it undeserved. I love him. He’s a Pikapal.

Misty Waterflower --- My girl Misty has to make the list. I already talked a lot about her last night, so I won’t go into it all again, but essentially what I love about Misty is that she was such a well-rounded character---she was allowed to be so much, in that she was a tomboy, sure, but she was also allowed to be feminine at times and this wasn’t disparaged, nor was she ashamed of showing those parts of herself. There were parts surrounding the writing around her that could have been better, but Misty herself was a great character and she, too, doesn’t deserve the hate she gets.

Jessie & James --- This is cheating, technically, but honestly they’re so inseparable in my mind that I can’t have them here any other way. Like, it doesn’t matter how they’re together, they just have to be together. I refuse to consider them separated. Jessie and James are soulmates, absolutely, and what I love most about them (aside from their individual backstories and the like) is the role they fulfill in the show---how they are, despite the times when they actually do terrible things (as they do sometimes) so very much like Ash’s weird big brother and big sister. Like, they’re frienemies, but at this point Jessie and James have been there with him the longest (aside from Pikachu, of course). They’ll continue to be with him the longest. And while I can understand criticisms that some people are tired of them, for me it’s hard to imagine the show without them. I love Jessie and James and, personally, I’m glad they’re here.

Professor Sycamore --- I was honestly surprised with how much I came to absolutely love Professor Sycamore considering the fact that I was not wild about him in the games, but here we are. Sycamore is great for a lot of reasons, but I would be lying if I said that the reason why he makes this list is any reason other than the fact that he is, without doubt, Best Dad™. I absolutely love how perfect of a father he is for Alan, how understanding and compassionate and encouraging he is, how you know that Alan’s life would have been very different without Sycamore’s presence in it, but how Sycamore himself obviously doesn’t feel like Alan owes him anything. (Alan’s feelings on the matter are a different story.) But at the same time, Sycamore’s still great with all the other kids, too. He readily picks Bonnie up so she can pet Gabrielle. He’s protective of all the other kids (Bonnie and Serena in the kidnapping episode, Manon when that Flare grunt tried to start some shit at the start of the Flare crisis), and he’s so openly encouraging of everyone finding their own path and their own thing to do. Sycamore is great. He is Best Dad™, and I’m so happy that he can be right there at the head of this dragon hugging family. (Well, almost everyone in the family has hugged dragons. //pointed look @ Meyer and Clemont)

Tracey Sketchitt --- HATERS WILL HATE, BUT I LOVE TRACEY. Tracey is so passionate and enthusiastic and knowledgeable. He’s Best Navigator™ and it is a crime that he was not brought along for Johto, honestly, I’m going to forever be salty about this. Pretty much all of the Tracey backlash was just because he wasn’t Brock (and I mean, Brock’s great too, but come on), and it was completely undeserved. Tracey is observant, smart, dedicated, and kind, and I love him, and he deserves more appreciation. TRACEY 4 ALOLA 2K17. (This is a joke, but if anyone was going to make a comeback . . .)

Iris --- Iris doesn’t deserve all the hate she gets, either, but like Misty, I talked a bit about Iris yesterday. Iris is adorable, sassy, brave, and smart; she has a well-written and interesting character arc, and to this day I have yet to see one legitimate reason for hating her (since most of it is outright senseless bashing). I’m still salty she never got her cameo in the Kalos series, and istg Serena better stay tf away until Iris gets her proper cameo. Iris 4 Alola 2k17. (Again, a joke, however . . .)

Bonnie --- Finally, I have to mention Bonnie, because I love this little girl. I love how Bonnie was allowed to act her age, how she doesn’t always know how to handle new pokémon, but how she is so enthusiastic about it, so full of excitement and awe and love for the world around her. This is a girl who found a Zygarde core, didn’t know it was a Zygarde core, named it Squishy, made up a song for it, and then used that song to get through to the rampaging dragon. She is the third member of the family to hug a dragon (and so far last---come on, Meyer and Clemont, snap to it!), and my god that was one of the most powerful moments in the series. That scene (in Japanese at least) still makes me tear up. Bonnie is amazing, and I still think she’ll make a fantastic Top Ranger one day, reaching pokémon the world over through the power of her feelings and friendship (rather than monster balls), and being an international superheroine while she’s at it. Rock the fuck on, Bonnie.

[sage-nebula]

Ash/Misty shippers in fandom like to make a lot of comparisons to The Little Mermaid for the ship, and like, they’re not wrong and I 100% understand why, but I was roped into the Disney music side of YouTube (a.k.a. The Vortex���) tonight, and I just . . . let’s be honest. Ash Ketchum---particularly the Ash Ketchum of the OS---does have a Disney equivalent, but it’s not Prince Eric. No, his feisty, immature, irresponsible ass is, without a doubt, 100%, Simba.

He’s Simba. That boy is goddamn Simba. From his dreams of grandeur, to his eagerness to fight anyone at any time of the day or night, to the fact that he is prone to sulking at times when things go terribly wrong (usually not for too long, but it happens), to the way he basically never thinks anything through, but also the way he’s actually really sensitive and easily hurt (emotionally), to the way he’s protective of his friends . . . he’s Simba. He’s fucking Simba. And you know what else? Misty actually makes a really good Nala! I mean, think about it: we have multiple instances of the two of them roughhousing as children, and whenever they wrestle Nala always ends up pinning Simba with a cheerful, “Pinned ya!” Simba then bucks her off and wrestles with her again, but he inevitably gets pinned a second time, at which point she smugly tells him, “Pinned ya again.” And can’t you see that with Ash and Misty? I can. I so can. 

There’s also that bit at the start of the “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” sequence (more on that in a second) where Zazu tells them both that they’re betrothed, and they express disgust, with Simba claiming, “I can’t marry her, she’s my friend,” and Nala agreeing, “Yeah, it’d be too weird!” Again, pretty much Ash and Misty in a nutshell (though they’re usually a bit more vehement in their denials, eheheh). Particularly given that Simba and Nala recognize their attraction when they’re older, well . . .

And, speaking of when they’re older! So, we all know the story of The Lion King by now. Scar orchestrates Mufasa’s death, chases Simba out of the Pride Lands, the hyenas fail to kill him, Simba is saved by Timon and Pumbaa, Nala finds him years later . . . and that’s where we pick this up, because while Simba has been running away from his problems out in the middle of goddamn nowhere, the Pride Lands have gone to complete Hell. Nala is thrilled to have found him at first, but then Simba tells her adamantly that he has no intention of returning (because he still thinks he killed Mufasa). Nala is appalled and basically tells him to get his fucking ass back to Pride Rock. Simba says no. So Nala says, “fine, whatever, you’re not who I thought you were” and storms off, and Simba is pissed and sulky, and then Rafiki finds him and etc etc, you know the rest.

And the thing is, that works really well for Ash and Misty, too! Because there are multiple times in the OS when Ash loses or something goes wrong and he ends up falling into a sulk, and Misty is always the one to seek him out, and very often the one to tell him off and get him back in the game (even it takes an extra push). So in an AU like this, where Ash has left because, say, Giovanni orchestrated Delia’s murder (Delia nooo D:) and made Ash think it was his fault, Misty would be the one to tell him to get his ass back to Kanto ASAP because everything has gone to fucking hell and he’s the rightful Champion (or however this works). And they’d fight about it, because that’s what they do, but ultimately Ash would go back. (Might take a visit from a hallucination of his mom first, but hey.)

Oh, but back to “I Just Can’t Wait to be King.” Come on. It’s perfect. That song is so Ash. If we give the role of Zazu to Professor Oak, and tweak the lyrics just a bit . . .

ASH: “I’m gonna be a Champion, so enemies, beware!”

OAK: “Well, I’ve never seen a Champion with quite such scruffy hair!”

ASH: “I’m gonna be the mane event, like no Master was before! I’m aimin’ to catch ‘em all---I’m teachin’ Pikachu to Roar!”

OAK: “Thus far it sounds like a complete disaster.”

ASH: “I will be the best Pokémon Master!”

(I know it might not seem like some of the lyrics fit, but the way I sing it, they do. Trust me.)

You get the idea. I mean, come on, it’s perfect!

That said, I do dislike the idea of killing off Delia (</3), but given that Shudo never gave Ash a father, there aren’t many other options, here. :/ Giovanni does make a pretty great Scar, though. The TRio can be the hyenas. ... James can be Ed.

GIOVANNI: “I know that your powers of retention are as wet as a dewgong’s backside. But thick as you are, pay attention! My words are a matter of pride. It’s clear from your vacant expressions the lights are not all on upstairs. But we’re talking thrones, and successions! Even you can’t be caught unawares! So prepare for chance of a lifetime. Be prepared for sensational news! A shining new era is tiptoeing nearer---”

JESSIE: “And where do we feature?”

GIOVANNI: “Just listen to teacher. I know it sounds sordid, but you’ll be rewarded, when at last I am given my dues. An injustice deliciously squared---be prepared!”

MEOWTH: “Yeah, be prepared! Heheh, we’ll be prepared, haha---for what?”

GIOVANNI: “For the death of the queen!”

MEOWTH: “Why, is she sick?”

GIOVANNI: “No, fool, we’re gonna to kill her. And little Ash, too.”

JESSIE: “Great idea! Who needs a queen?!”

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: “No queen, no queen! La, la, la, la, laa-la!”

GIOVANNI: “IDIOTS! There will be a king!”

MEOWTH: “But you said, uh---”

GIOVANNI: “I will be king! Stick with me, and you’ll never go hungry again!”

JESSIE: “Yeah, all right! Long live the king!”

ALL OF TEAM ROCKET: “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

I mean, admittedly, the closest Scar equivalent in all of Pokémon is easily Ghetsis, but for this, Giovanni works well/better . . . especially since he tends to be the de facto villain for OS-era fics. =P (And speaking of de facto things . . . Brock and Tracey for Timon and Pumbaa? Y/y?)

This whole thing is pretty silly, but I just . . . got the idea of Ash singing “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” in my head, and it just . . . wouldn’t leave. Especially for OS!Ash, it’s just so perfect. (And also, Ash and Misty roughhousing and the whole “pinned ya! [. . .] pinned ya again” thing---it’s just too perfect.) Come to think of it, I feel like I have seen a couple similar things around, but usually it’s The Little Mermaid (again, completely understandably!), so I just wanted to toss this out there.

To be honest, I almost kind of want to write a fic now, haha.