#ask hints updated!

[breed-station]

(asktheisle) Nat approaches Lock with a quizzical head tilt, but none the less curious and amicable.

"I know communication between humans and pokemon can vary, sometimes even on a case by case type of thing. How do you and Francis do so?"

Lock: "As long as they stay in my radius or not blocking my telepathy, I am able to transmit messages to others and between pokemon."

Lock: Indigo is the only one that learned the human language by himself, so he doesnt rely on me like the others.

Lock: But of course, even i need some breaks and sleep so there are short spans of time where i dont use my ability. Depending on the situation, I can communicate for weeks if its necessary.

@asktheisle @aro-pokeverse

[lairmadness]

What's that Orb you two got there?

"Someone might hear you..."

[inaris-pokemon-world]

(@ask-the-rimiverse) RiMew slowly approaches Mochi. She really excited to see another Mewtwo who is fan of games and music.

"Hey hey! Nice moves, buddy! Anyways, how did ya ended up in this cave? I mean...I did kinda overheard that...someone worried about you."

”We found it while we were traveling, and it just felt… right.. So I made it my home base!” He smiles. “Ma says different Mew like different types of areas, and I guess Mewtwo like caves? My sister also lives in a cave, but it’s not as big.”

The second part of RimMew’s statement then finally sunk in.

”What? Someone worried about me?” Mochi laughed. “That’s fair, I do get into trouble sometimes. But you shouldn’t worry so much, after all…”

[moonymelly]

Sneakpeek from something.

[genericpuff]

Wait and see? Who do think you are? Neil Gaiman?

LMAO ??? This just in, apparently you have to be Neil Gaiman to not want to spoil your ongoing longform works with your audience, wtf 😆

[glenthemes]

an update to Some Minor Thing is coming tomorrow

[ask-imaginary-dreamers]

Flicker, Fade, Casey, and Begonia sit under a tree, a picnic basket just out of view. They’re all chatting happily.

Ask them something?

[alichiraku]

When did Iruka become a teacher?

I was making an Iruka timeline and realized we don’t have a clear answer, but rather multiple conflicting ones. So I tried to compile the informations somewhere! Here are some different indications as to when Iruka may have become a teacher at the Academy.

The first basic fact we have is this: Iruka would very probably not have become a teacher before he became a Chūnin, which happened when he was 16 years old (birthday May 26th).

IN THE ANIME/MOVIES :

The Childhood episodes show Iruka teaching Naruto’s generation while they are at a very young age, possibly 5 to 7 (see the “Naruto” and “Shikamaru” episodes). This would make Iruka 15 to 17.

In the movie The Last, Iruka is already a teacher in the Academy flashback. The children in this scene are all 7, making Iruka 17.

In the Rookie Instructor Iruka filler arc, a flashback shows Iruka asking to become an instructor. Kakashi is present in this scene and is already back in the field and in jōnin uniform, meaning this is after he left ANBU, which happened when he was 22-23 years old. Kakashi and Iruka have a 4 years age difference, making Iruka at least 18-19. This is already conflicting with the previous anime appearances.

IN THE MANGA :

There are even less indications in the manga than there are in the anime. At the very least, Iruka was not Sasuke’s first teacher (Sasuke entered the Academy at age 6), although nothing indicates whether he was already a teacher or not.

To me, the only reliable clue is in the flashback of Naruto and Sasuke’s fight at the Academy, supervised by Iruka (which spans over multiple chapters, beginning with Chapter 538 and ending with Chapter 697). The flashback is set post-Uchiha massacre, making the Naruto’s generation at least 7 and Iruka at least 17. I’d say that Naruto’s generation looks around 9-10? (compared to their Naruto Part I selves)

(There is also the fact that in Chapter 1, Iruka seems to have been around for Naruto’s two previous attempts at passing the Genin test, which would suggest he’s been teaching Naruto for at least 2 years. But since that’s already an entire problem in itself -Naruto would be 2 years older than his comrades, unless the exam happens multiple times a year like the Chūnin exam-, I’m not gonna use it.)

IN THE DATABOOKS :

Now okay, this is where I’m gonna sound a little crazy, but I’ve tried to calculate a likely age for Iruka to have become a teacher based on his number of Databook missions. Having become a Chūnin at 16, Iruka couldn’t have done A-rank and B-rank missions before this moment (or only on accident, I guess). Given that he doesn’t take missions during his teacher years (at least up to the Konoha Crush), Iruka’s 74 B-rank and 12 A-rank missions must have mostly been completed in the timeframe between his becoming a Chūnin and his taking up a teaching job. Shikamaru, who we see becoming a Chūnin, completes 9 B-rank and 19 A-rank missions in around 2 and a half years. If we assume A-rank missions take longer to complete (which isn’t at all a given but I’m desperate for clues), this gives Iruka around 3 to 3 and a half years to complete his own total, making him 19-20 when he becomes a teacher. 

CONCLUSIONS :

My personal preference would be for Iruka to have been 19 when he became a teacher at the Academy. The first two anime indications can be easily discarded: the Childhood episodes are simply cute filler episodes to end the anime, and the Last movie has more than one inconsistency. Iruka being 19 allows for the Rookie Instructor arc to be partly canon, as well as the manga indications: the Naruto vs Sasuke flashback would happen only 2 years or less after the Uchiha massacre, and Iruka would have been Naruto’s teacher for a total of 3/3 and half years (enough to have an initially strained relationship, then a more understanding one, and for Naruto’s memories from the Academy to be mainly associated with Iruka). This gives Iruka around 3 years on active duty as a Chūnin before retiring, and thus enough time for his ‘empathy’ for the enemy to become a worrying trend, if we take the Rookie Instructor arc as canon. 

(Also given that Naruto is 18-19 in The Last when he teaches at the Academy, this seems to be not too weird of an age for someone to start teaching.)

So there you have it! Obviously there is still some weird stuff anime-wise ; Iruka progressively becomes more of a Teacher Archetype throughout Naruto’s story, which explains why he’s often put in anime episodes despite being a literal teenager (yeah Konoha is fucked up about age anyway but even them probably don’t want a 15yo with anger issues to teach their knife-yielding middle schoolers).

[ask-carmenpondiego]

I wonder if anyone has picked up any clues I have left in my entire story so far…

It would be a shame if something tragically drastic should happen.. without warning… like a fatal flaw of some sort..

But that would be just silly! Who could imagine such piffle! I mean, things are just getting good! Who would dare rain on this parade?!

Probably Acme. I dunno. Well, I better get back to writing the next chapter!!

Toodles!

[book-of-legends]

LoUsleepover Event - Asks Masterpost

Event Pre-intro

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[Asks - Hope]

Hope's Children - From: Ask-the-shiny-pokemons → Rp Reply: Malasadas → Asker's Rp Reply: Malasadas Final

A Gift for a Goddess - Sent: Ask-noonescity

What are you the Queen of? - From: Ask-the-royal-absol

Are you related to the night? - From: Lustrous-dawn

Her role in her world - From: The-feral-one

I do not know what this is :D - From: Mimikyufan000

A compliment - From: Ask-sarah-and-co

[Asks - Sirius]

What's with the crown? - From: Ask-team-misfit → Asker's Rp Reply: Lief's reply → Reaction: Sirius gets upset → Asker's Rp Reply: Lief's reply → Reaction: Sirius' reaction

Aftermath Ask - From: Ask-the-lywelles

What do you do for fun? - From: Ask-guardian-gallade

Sirius being Concerned - Sent: Ask-team-misfit → Rp Reply: Sassy Cat

[Asks - Earendel]

Are you royalty? - From: Ask-noonescity → Asker's Rp Reply: Flittle?? → Reaction: Hope casually embarrassing Earendel

[officialfurbyposts]

Posted on the 4th of August, 2015 by the official Furby VK group

Description

Ты-дыщ, а вот и я как всегда с новыми затеями и творческими идеями. Как ты думаешь, какими будут Фёрби БУМ будущего? Нарисуй картинку «Фёрби БУМ через 100 лет» и выложи ее в комментариях! Кто знает, может именно твои идеи станут явью.

[lairmadness]

(blueespeon) Toshi @ Sprite & Caspar

[The white espeon chuckles a bit] What is going on at your guild anyway? Did some ledgendary sword and shield got stolen or something? Should you not get some help from some of the elites? Where are the elites of your guild anyway?

Going off topic for a bit. Caspar, was it? Your fur reminds me of a zamazenta.

No one seemed too happy with that question.

[@blueespeon]

[asktheahogesandblondes]

It's spooky time!!!!

M!a Werebeast Protags. Makoto-Cat, Shuichi-Wolf, and Hajime-Bear

10 Asks

Miu:Tough shit buddy, transformation doesn't work on us anymore thanks to my invention.

Shuichi:People keep forgetting that...

[ask-a-wooper-n-mew]

Lief @Mystery Mew: Thinking them to be a Ditto, he'd come up to the Mew, looking impressed. "Honestly, that's the best disguise I've seen yet. You look just like a full-blood Mew."

The strange mew is confused by what Lief had said... "Look LIKE a mew-" That is what confused them the most..

"Look like?? Look like a mew?? No no- I AM a mew- Though I get the misconception cause.. I look so slimy- But this is just a phase while I'm.. In an 'expecting' process.. If ya get the hint, heh.. But to clarify my slimy appearance- I am not a typical purbread mew- My DNA has some distortion- Blah blah blah~ And so that means sometimes during dramatic changes with hormones and 'special' processes like what I'm going through- It can make my powers a bit goofy..."

(@ask-team-misfit)

[ask-diane]

(@polteashop) "Oh! You have a Togepi for a child too!" Hibiscus remarks, looking at Selene. "What's it like caring for them? Have you had any trouble so far....and, I do want to thank you again for stopping by at my shop a few weeks ago to comfort me. I really needed it..."

Selena: "Oh, uh Eva, why don't you go play for a bit."

Eva: "Okay Mommy."

Eva would have run off towards the play area.

Selena: "Yes, Eva is as Togepi as well. She can be rather a handful, but that's just, she doesn't have anybody in the Village to play with. All the other children are afraid of humans. Because of the incident... Though she really does behave often. She only really has troubles when she wants to go outside and play. And as for the other day. It was nothing at all. I know what it's like to be misjudged in such ways. Such misjudgemwmts are why I do not really show my real form anymore. Sure I may look out of place in my current state, but I honestly would rather be in this form... rather than the other..."

[Ask Hints Have Been Updated]

[@polteashop] / [@lunchbirthdaybash]

[ask-byul]

may i join you?

hrmph.

[severus takes that as confirmation and takes a seat next to gabriel on the cliff looking out across the canyons. sighing, gabriel sits up so he can look at severus properly.]

what is it? just say it.

hm... why don’t we let icarus take the ceremony? would he not leave us alone then?

tch! he is no longer part of the covenant, so why should he have one? he doesn’t deserve such power for his own selfish desires.

he’s different, though. he is-- was chosen to lead. he is as he is named; ‘closest to the sun.’ if he can’t learn to control his inherent abilities, it could destroy him. what if that damages our connection with the sun god?

[gabriel bristles. the implication that he is not good enough of a leader to take over byul’s role is not lost on him, but there is truth to what severus says. he breathes slowly and purposefully as he thinks of what to do about it. in the distance, the light from the spire shines faintly.]

i... i will reconsider it. icarus must earn the right to have the ceremony first, though.

as you wish.