#ask lati

[phlurrii]

so Unrelated but is Circe's future partner a shiny Latias?? :0 if so, can i have a tid bit of lore if that doesnt involve any spoilers? :D

Been working on this like a mad man to condense it, the first draft was way too long XD

Okay for for context, Citrine is a shiny Latias that will eventually become Circe’s partner down the road. This was based off the fact when I was shiny hunting Mewtwo, I couldn’t find it in the wormholes in USUM, but I did find Latias! So I took a break to shiny hunt her instead. I found her 7000 encounters in and then found Circe 2-3k encounters later after finally tracking her down X3

The two girlies are a sapphic couple, they won’t adopt or have any kidlets, but will be the type of aunts that show up to family events, spoil the niece’s and nephew’s, then dip after hyping them up on sugar.

Some old art I made of them a while back for visual enjoyment, but onto to explaining for how Lati’s work in this world and where Citrine and Circe come into play amongst it!

Lati’s are a companion based species, requiring a partner to survive whether platonic or romantic. Otherwise they are known to decline both physically and mentally, eventually perishing from loneliness. They also require a partner to reproduce, however both genders can lay egg making the sex of the Lati companions irrelevant. Due to being hunted by humans and predators alike, as well as Latias’s bright red colouring making it easier to spot has greatly reduced the number of their population. Causing even more to die from being unable to locate a partner, resulting in their very culturally strict mating/breeding habits.

Lati’s often pair up into larger pods in order to ensure survival of their chicks, of which are always guaranteed to be twins! However, if a Lati couple fails to produce two living, healthy kits they will be ejected from the pod. This is because:

1) They fear the miscarry was a genetic flaw and will be carried down by the chicks.

2) It causes an uneven of Lati’s, guaranteeing it or another will struggle to find a companion.

Ejecting the family removes the threat of tainting the gene pool and prevents a guaranteed uneven spread of Lati’s! As while more chicks can still die from illness, hunting, or accidents, it’s not a guarantee. The pods do everything in their power to prevent it, given to reproduce its required to have 2 Lati’s of which can only produce 2 chicks in their entire lifetime. Making uneven numbers very dangerous! Since every pair can only reproduce once.

Ejecting a family is treated as a death sentence, as often without the assistance of the pod it becomes difficult to raise and care for the chicks. The parents splitting up as one cares for the babies and the other provides. However if one parent is ever picked off by predators, it forces the remaining parent to risk leaving the chicks alone. All accumulating to a higher chance of the family perishing all together.

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So how does this all affect the gals? Well, Citrine is shiny, that’s a problem for Lati’s.

Shiny’s in my story, by admittedly accident, usually spell a bad omen or follow up a tradegy, a death, or a life altering event. Citrine continues this trend.

She was born alongside her twin brother we’ll just call Latios for now. Latios was a normal, non shiny Lati, while Citrine was bright gold/yellow. Upon their pod seeing this, her family was ejected from the pod and forced to live on their own. Her parents did not abandon her and happily, albeit struggling, raised her and her twin brother despite the HEAVY judgement from other pods. Given Shinys were ejected not because of any inherent defects, but rather because they were infertile.

Shiny Lati’s cannot produce offspring, and given it takes two Lati’s to make a kiddo, if one can’t contribute their side of the equation, their partner can’t have the chicks either. They are not asexual reducers and require the both partners to be fertile!

So upon seeing Citrine was a shiny Latias, her family was ejected due to the guaranteed inability for her to pair up. And whilst her family did successfully raise both her and her brother to adulthood. Even in lone Lati’s search for companions, no one will take a shiny. Which is a shame, give shinies are often larger, bulkier, more powerful, and their colors help them blend in BETTER then normal Latias’s especially. Latios’s stay generally the same with colour camp shiny or otherwise. So despite this, Citrine has a very good chance at surviving on her own!

If dying slowly from loneliness and depression was a thing.

Cue Circe.

Circe finds Citrine very much on her last legs, the will to move or find food is all, but gone. So she’s wasting away on a cliff face near an ocean. Circe, a shiny herself and having 0 concept of Lati’s or most Pokémon for that matter, helps her and slowly nurses her back to health. Her disregard for shinies, their status in the general population, and genuinely caring for Citrine as she is and not what she is ends up being the first time she ever has someone really look beyond her colours. Breaking out of a toxic mindset her species imprinted on her due to fear and desperation to keep their species alive in the first place.

From there it’s a very classic lesbian love story. No one confesses for 8 years and eventually they realize their “friendship” is very, very, very, very much not a friendship anymore and hasn’t been for a while ;]

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Anyways YAY INFODUMP!!! I’ve sat on this info for months and developing An entire Lati side story for ages. I love those goofy jet plane birds.

[may-maple-blog]

Can we see Comet sketches? Please and thank you?

here he is! plus some anatomy notes

[salon-maiden-anabel]

If I may, follow up to Roark as a Lati: Byron as a Lati?

SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO RESPOND TO but hands you an old man

[hime-bee]

hey bee! sorry i'm getting to you so late, but i really hope you're doing good!! if you're not feeling okay, that's fine! it's okay to have bad days sometimes, and while i obviously don't know what you're going through, just know i'm wishing for your well-being and happiness. don't feel bad about not finishing your fics/comms bc i'm legit the same and your life comes first! (ㅅ´ ˘ `) also i wanted to send you another arknights thirst but only if you're feeling okie dokie

hab some pics of my aunties double stuffed oreo, a.k.a mittens to make you feel better <33 he's chonky boi, he's pure evil, he bites my ankles if i stop scratching and giving him attention. he's a little shit and i would die for him <33

You have nothing to apologize for, Lati!! Thank you for checking in on me and always sending me such scrumptious meals 🥺 You have no idea how much I appreciate you, seriously!! I always get a goofy little smile on my face whenever I see you in my inbox or on my feed 😌💞 I'm just so grateful to have supportive people around me like you that are willing to reach out when they hear I'm not doing so hot. I'm doing much better now, for what its worth!!! I had some good food, got some amazing well wishes and just tried to relax myself- it helped a lot 💜

You can send me whatever you want and whenever you feel like it, Lati!! As I said, I'm always down to read peak, and you never fail to deliver the best thirst 😩💦💦

ALSO??? I LOVE MITTENS!!!!??? Even if he is a little evil man 😭💗 Give him lots and lots of kisses for me!! The chonky bois always have the best cuddles!

[orchidyoonkook]

no cause yoon i cried like… 6 times yesterday because of taekook and the whole post in general and then taekook AGAIN on suchwita?????? what the fuckdjjsjsjsjs 😭😭 imagine i was in the middle of writing my taekook fic and then boom; this happened.

The gods have blessed your Taekook fic. I don't make the rules. It is so.

So it is said, so it shall be done.

[spell-cleaver]

🌹

"No one is only one thing. No one.” Hondo looked at Luke. “Something to remember.” When Luke gave him a flat stare, he cleared his throat. “Anyway. We can do it. We are an excellent team—Dakellan hired us for a reason!”

For every 🌹I receive in my inbox I’ll post one sentence from a current WIP of mine!

[morningdraws]

Can't help but share this thing I drew a few weeks ago (when I could still draw) for a Latin thing.

[ggukiepie]

now i’m curious what you wanna say to the video of jungkook getting tickled while blindfolded—

speak into the mic babe 🎤

jungkook blindfolded and all tied up and then you— 😋😋😋

[theharrowing]

23, 26 & 30 for the ask game clare 🥹🥹🫶🏽🫶🏽

Latiiii!!! thank you for playing! 💖

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

i REALLY wanna do pistilverse. like SO BADLY. but i don't even have a single idea in mind for a story yet lmaoooo.

26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue?

i feel like, if i had to choose, i would go with no dialogue. i don't know that i could convey the same kind of story that i like to write with only dialogue. might be a fun challenge, though.

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

i have not, yet. i'm not certain i have a comfort zone, to be honest. like, straight up fluff is tricky for me and i feel like i always sprinkle in at least a little angst. but even then, i find it really fun to create the tension and build up of a fluffy scene.

send me some fanfic writing questions!

[joheunsaram]

30, 37 & 59 for the ask game 💆🏽‍♀️

ooo lati good choices lol

30: What’s irritating you right now? this man that im trying to reject but won't take a single hint. i dont usually ghost people but i might cause ive said multiple times i just want to be friends. he tried to kiss me and I TURNED MY FACE SO HE GOT THE CHEEK IS THAT NOT ENOUGH OF A HINT??? sorry im getting heated again lol (for those following my dating post, he's bachelor number 4 😬)

37: Is it easier to forgive or forget? for me it's forgive... i dont give my trust easily so if someone is genuine i will forgive but my brain will still remember what they did and it will inevitably make me wary of them even if their record otherwise is stella. i dont know what that says about me

59: Do you like the snow? its so pretty but with a snow storm happening outside right now... i hate it! i just hate wearing a million layers and slipping and sliding on the sidewalk. but just looking at it from my apartment window its beautiful and magnificent!

there you go now you know more about me hahaha

ask me one of these 70 horrible questions HAHAHA

[angelwonie]

hi baby, i know you love me stop with the bullshit

i only love jaehyun pls leave

[latimeria-fell-from-heaven]

LMAOOOO I got my religious mother into liking the Sankta characters bc I told her "Yeah they're basically just angels with shotguns and will shoot demons at point-blank range. It's like if the Pope killed demons or whatever with a .22-magnum pistol and the Vatican is just full of humanoid angels who love guns more than they love their moms."

[may-maple-blog]

Are lati feathers used in arts and crafts? Do they have any weird properties?

so, they're not used in human crafts for a number of reasons, but as far as i can tell latis themselves use them in crafts? at least i've seen feathers attached to bags and such before when i'm with a lati flock.

latis molt, like birds, so they do shed feathers regularly--i'm sure there's plenty for them to work with.

[latimeria-fell-from-heaven]

omg flamey my wifey we can sit together <33

[latis-ali]

If you get this, answer w three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! Anon or not, doesn’t matter !

1. I like blue

2. I don't like pickles

3. I have two dogs and two cats

[orchidyoonkook]

hi honey i’m really happy to see you’re still writing 🥺✨

(p.s. this is lati hi)

LATI MY LOVE OH MY GOSSSHHHHHH

I'D WONDERED WHERE YOU'D GONE <333

I'm not online as chronically so i just thought you were doing the same. I miss you terribly <3. I hope you're well and doing all kinds of amazing things and living life to the fullest <3

I'm still kicking it around here, yep! Got a series to finish eventually along with a handful of other ideas I'm still playing around with. I'll make sure to stop by your AO3 <3