#but Pokemon gave me whiplash

[gummywyrmtrainer]

I, for one, welcome the new Suicune design, and I can't wait to have it... Plus I kinda want Tanis to get it, too.

It's just a feral little raptor dog, what's not to love?

[shakingparadigm]

that one time I drew a whole pyroar for literally no reason. no preparation no urges no pre-existing thoughts no nothing I just woke up and the spirit of the pyroar possessed me. this was years ago

[camping-with-monsters]

Enough of this “OMG A HIT TWEET” shit just start posting this screenshot when your post gets more traction than you bargained for

[sagittarianpocky]

New Pokemon fans playing older Pokémon games will never not be funny. You think HGSS is difficult? Boy do I have news for you about something called Gen 5

[bi-octavius]

avengers endgame WHO

[underground-boss-clay]

🙊

Dad, I'm callin' dibs on this one. The Pokémon technically ain't really rare, but it still kinda counts.

Eh, go ahead.

Awright, so years back I worked in Kanto with, uh... Well it's complicated but we were movin' a lotta Pokémon back an' forth. I noticed that this crate of Caterpie was suspiciously quiet, so I went somewhere quiet an' private and opened it up. Turns out some dumbasses found a shiny fuckin' Ekans and put it in a crate fulla one of its favorite foods. I didn't want it to get used fer... Certain purposes, so I caught it and kept it fer myself.

I named him Merald 'cause "emerald," but uh... Turns out they don't stay green when they evolve.

[lilium-dell]

RANDOM MOUTHWASHING HEADCANNONS

This is going to be a long post...I apologise in advance.

And english isn't my first language, I apologise for any mistakes! (´；ω；`)

Captain Curly (pre-crash)

Used to be a rebel as a teen, have bad grades, drink, all the stuff. Because of that, he gave himself piercings and some hand poked tattoos.

He still has some scars from said piercings and hides the badly done tattoos he did at the ripe age of 16.

Hates science fiction movies. He thinks that they are super unrealistic and will spend the entire time criticizing them.

Loves romcoms tho.

Secretly loves punk music, the only thing left from his rebellious phase.

Works out as much as he can. He's sad? Goes to the gym. He's happy? Gym. He's stressed? Gym.

When he goes to the Tulpar, he always brings some weights so he can lift before bed/after he wakes up.

Gives the best hugs. You can't tell me this man will not bear hug you until you feel better.

Wanted to be a psychologist before studying to be a pilot, yet he gave up because he was too much of a people pleaser.

His favorite animal is bears, grizzly ones to be exact.

Captain Curly (after crash)

Spends the days thinking on what he could've done to make things different.

After he gets rescued from the cryogenic pod, he can't help but feel survivors guilt. All his crew was dead, except for the captain that should've gone down with the ship first.

After he gets his prosthetics, it takes him a while to get used to them and feels some phantom pain on the stumps of his arms and legs once in a while.

He regularly writes to his fallen crew members as if they are still alive. It helps him cope.

He also stayed in touch with the families of his fallen crew. Curly always apologizes for their death.

Anya

Left her cat on earth and the last words she said to him was "When I come back, I'll buy you wet food", as she would always buy treats for her cat after every excursion.

Her favorite thing to do on earth was to read with her cat on her lap and some tea.

Is a only child but always had pets throught her childhood.

Is a bad loser, everytime she loses at the game nights on board of the Tulpar she goes on a raging fit. Doesn't really hide it.

The only time the crew have seen her mad is when she loses at games.

Used to do combat sports as a teenager. Seeing the wounds of the people she trained with made her want to pursue medicine.

Is a really good driver. Just road rages a bit.

Wears contacts.

Her last thought on the medical bay was about her cat and how much he would miss her.

Daisuke

Loves shooting and RPG games.

Fluent in English and Japanese. Speaks mostly in japanese at home with his parents.

Has a younger sister. He used to let her do makeup on him when they were both younger.

Used to be a popular kid but never really had a girlfriend.

HUGE fantasy nerd.

He's actually a very smart kid, used to be an honor student.

Tried to teach Swansea about Pokemon and Kingdom Hearts lore on their lunch breaks. Swansea tried to understand.

Helps Anya take care of Curly, even if he doesn't have any medical experience.

Tried smoking once, started wheezing and gave up immediatelly.

Ties his hair when he needs to be super focused.

His playlist goes from Tyler the Creator to Lady Gaga to Bach in a click. The playlist is called Whiplash.

Swansea

Dog person. He definitely loves big dogs.

Sees the entire crew almost like family and takes care of them like family.

Listens to dad rock/country while reading the newspaper to relax.

He has a picture of his kids next to his bed. Unfortunately, everything got destroyed in the crash.

Was the one who brought the tabletop games for the crew. He's a huge tabletop games fan.

Girldad. He definitely spoiled his kids as much as he could.

Huge sports fan. Specially soccer.

Jimbabwe (I'm sorry)

Smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. Rothmans to be more specific.

He has a narcissistic disorder.

When he was a kid he used to torment his siblings.

Met Curry when training to be a pilot and got extremely jealous and spiteful when Curry got promoted instead of him.

Hates when Daisuke calls him every name under the sun except his. (Ex. Jimbo, Ji-man, Jimin, Jin).

Had an obsession with American Psycho as a teenager.

He was an edgy teenager.

I have so many headcannons but if I put them all here, the post would be gigantic...

[sexysilverstrider]

thinking right now and the switch pokemon games really gave me great pokemon ship dynamics

hop/gloria - childhood friends but best friend snatches the other's dreams and bff cant bring to blame her coz hes his bestie and he has his own issues and weakness to blame

bede/gloria - bratty rival gets beaten and has his life hit him in the face by protag is always a win for me

raihan/gloria - ill always love the 'i see you as a lil sister i never had :) *proceeds to accidentally falls for the said rhetorical sister figure* type lol its cute. kousuke toriumis characters are just like that

leon/sonia - childhood friends too!!! but this time theyre the reverse of hpyu

trace/elaine - childhood friends but the less angstier version compared to gurileaf/gurired

arven/juliana - arven being CANONICALLY jealous n clingy at everyone who is close to juliana is just top tier for me. that is a big big puppy dog craving for love and attention

kieran/juliana - i would like to thank pokemon for giving me a whiplash of a character LMAOOOO a rival who becomes bastardized by protags actions??????? kieran heavily implying that he likes juliana too before juliana accidenatlly ruins his life????? oh im EATING

volo/akari - enemies to lovers but this time it breached containment and actually reached fame because the amount of fanarts/fanfics ive seen of this otp is fascinating. in a span of a year pixiv managed to have 100+ arts of them. maybe even more. i mean what do you expect? yandere? angst? drama? pining??? hosoyan and hondo kaede??? in MY pokemon game?

[cardinalmecha]

I was playing a Pokemon Fan Game called Pokemon Unbound and the name of this character that just walked in gave me whiplash

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (11/02/24)

very sad weeks back to back, losing two good manga in cipher and mma, while other worse series continue along but oh well

green - new series/new to me blue - finale/completed

Anime

Undead Unluck Ep18

it's a shame these past few eps have been so heavy on recapping past stuff, to the point where most of the footage in the ep is reused. hope it isn't a sign there's underlying production issues. considering the nature of the next episode there's prob also gonna be a lot recaps but after we get into the autumn arc proper I hope it goes back to normal or it'll be worrying

Pokemon Horizons Ep39

the last few have been p weak so this one was pretty good in comparison. I haven't played scarvi yet but I've always liked tinktaton's design and this made me like it even more. it's a cute little creature, looking forward to see it being part of the cast in the future

Manga

Super Psychic Policeman Chojo Ch1

hey for a gag manga that was pretty decent, much better than ichigoki at least, not like that's hard. reminded me a lot of saiki but that's for obvious reasons. the author had a manga some years ago, samon the summoner, tho I never read it myself I knew it existed and saw it around sometimes. anyway like I said, this first chap was p decent, suffered a bit from pacing and repeating gags, but when it's the normal lenght it'll probably be fine. I'm not usually the biggest fan of gag manga like this, but this chap alone was a lot more tolerable than ichigoki so I'll be looking forward to maybe being surprised by it

Martial Master Asumi Ch32 (Finale)

it's a real shame mma got axed like this. kawada is a jump veteran and it really shows, everything about the series was a lot more polished and well executed than the other newcomers but it got axed while something like nue, shockingly, continues to truck along. it's a shame jp readers seem to have such bad taste in recent years with good series getting canceled too early while others stick around for way too long. anyway, it's a good manga. art's really good and the fights are cool and easy to follow. the cast, including the rivals, is all likeable. the cameos from hinomaru sumo characters was also cool (the author's previous work). it also portrayed dementia really well and respectfully so that was a nice thing to see. I was originally gonna give it an 8, then decided to bump it down to 7 cause it got cut short and felt like it didn't do everything it could've, but after looking at my scores for some other canceled series I decided to bump it up to 8 after all. looking forward to kawada's next manga. hopefully shueisha puts him in another magazine, doing a seinen or something, where a more mature audience can appreciate him

Two on Ice Ch19

only commenting on this cause the chapter's title was "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" which made me lose my mind cause there's no way it's a reference to that song right? and then I read the chap and it actually is, this shit hit me so outta nowhere it gave me whiplash. I know the author referenced a justin bieber song in an early chap but he's mainstream so while weird to see in a manga I didn't think much of it, unlike this which took me completely by surprise anyway this series should be getting axed for the next serialization series so I'll talk about it again then probably

[verysmolnerd]

Smol’s Fanfic Masterlist

Holy moly I've been writing for four years in a row 

Hey! I've been a writer since 2020 and I'm heavily committed to the fandoms I'm in! If you want me to write about a character in HC's or a Drabble don't be afraid to ask! I’m more of an A03 Writer than I am on Tumblr; please keep that in mind. 

Professor Sycamore (Pokémon X & Y)

You're not from around here, are you?

Making summer camp memories 

Through the Firey flames of passion!

Stuck in the middle of chaos and rebirth (Poly with Lysandre)

The only tea shop in lumiose

I’d free up my schedule for you

Finding the missing piece in Alola

Speeding down the ski slopes (Poly with Lysandre)

Snowed in!

Running through a lucid dream

A couple of nerds on a roller coaster

Musician in the making

Experiencing the life of the city and forests

A couple on a empty campus

See you at the softball field!

How the mighty fall

Lie with me in a bed of daisies 

The finest dish in Kalos!

The Balance on Paiso

I’m not just your average mechanic

Fix your grammar 

Breaking the 4th wall!

I’m not much a bug person

A deity in human clothing

A well needed trip to the masseuse

Road Trip 

Harmonic Memories 

Holiday lab Parties

Lysandre (Pokémon X & Y)

Getting the lion’s attention

Speeding down the ski slopes (Poly with Professor Sycamore)  

Stuck in the middle of chaos and rebirth (Poly with Professor Sycamore)

Alfred Molina Characters

You’re rarer than the Medal of Honor Randall Pepperidge (Pink Panther 2) 

Playing Doctor Sir Jeremy Burtom (The imposters) 

Corpse of the Mine Reverend Leland Drury (White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf) 

Under the Algae Jim Bussey (The Water Man) 

Monster in the Lecture Hall Derek Knight (Monsters University)

Electrifying Love Hugh Weldon (Pete’s Meteor)

Costume Mishap Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

Dessert of a Lifetime Comte de Reynaud (Chocolat) 

Beyond Curfew Sgt. Steven Dunlop (The Little Traitor)  

Campus escapade Frank Burton (Abduction) 

Lap Space? Free Real Estate. Jim Bussey (The Water Man) 

Christmas. A Year later.  Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

Soft Spells and Sweatpants Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) 

Way Back When Snidely Whiplash (Dudley Do-Right) 

Mentally buried by Snow Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

I do love a working man Paul Weller (Breakable You)

Whiskey on The Rocks Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

The Villain I Appear to Be Snidely Whiplash (Dudley Do-Right)

Diving Too Deep Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

A Magical Masterpiece (Maybe a Catastrophe) Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

Painting the Past Diego Rivera (Frida) 

He’s Just a Guppy and I’m a Killer Whale Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

A Friend on The Other Side Derek Knight (Monsters University)(Sequel to Monster in The Lecture Hall) 

My Little Soldier Konstantin “Kostya” Dmitrievich Levin (Anna Karenina 1997)

Peering Through a Shattered Looking Glass King of Hearts (Alfred Molina Fancast)

Your Body is My Canvas Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

To Transform... To Lose Oneself.. Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) 

Drabbles on Tumblr

Professor Sycamore date hcs (Pokemon X & Y)

Lysandre date hcs (Pokemon X & Y)

Mayday’s Playdate  Otto Octavius, Peter Parker, and Mayday Parker (Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, NWH, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) 

Double-shift Drowsiness Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH) 

Once Upon A Dream Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH) 

KoH HeadCannons King of Hearts (Alfred Molina Fancast)

You gave my heart a jumpstart (literally) Professor Sycamore (Pokémon X & Y)

Sick!Reader Drabble Professor Sycamore (Pokémon X & Y)

Courted by Aurthian Times! Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) 

Dating Pre accident!Otto (Spider-Man 2 & NWH) 

Maxim with a magical child (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) 

Meeting Otto in college (Spider-Man 2 & NWH) 

Meeting the Comte on holiday Comte de Reynaud (Chocolat) 

Being the Spouse of a Supervillain Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH) 

Boop reaction hc (variety) Otto Octavius, Maxim Horvath, Hugh Weldon,Snidely Whiplash, Kostya, Comte de Reynaud, and Armand Gamache

Vacationing with Otto (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

Dating Post NWH Otto (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

Yandere Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

Alien! Steven Arden (Species)

Doc Ock Visits a Doctor (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

What a drag..Queen. Robert Aldrich (Feud)

This is why we can’t have nice things Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2 & NWH)

The mysterious medallion Ares (Wonder Woman 2009)

Tailor of the dark side Kylo Ren (Star Wars sequel trilogy)

[a-tale-of-legends]

So like I started to write yet another long 12 am ramble about a pokemon character based on their dialogue. It was Emerald Anabel this time, as I wanted to try and understand her character better since I felt like I was really writing her ooc. And like. I have some revelations.

1) I am begrudgingly starting to see why the anime did what they did with Anabel in regards to her crush on Ash. I never liked it personally, even as a kid, but when reading her dialogue I started to see why they could potentially try than angle with Anabel. It sounded very....."romantic". Air quotes bc I don't think that was the intent? And it only really appeared twice. Saying that the player didn't appear that attractive ( which I am taking as her generally not seeing the hype of this so called strong trainer, but again, it can be taken in a semi romantic light), and how her rematch dialogue almost seems....wistful. " You really came back to see me...." <- it seems so much more personal to her compared to literally every other Frontier Brain in Hoenn. " You really came back to see me" ( Edit: I do want to add that whole yrs, this does seem more personal to me, it could also be a " hm, so you really came back for anlther battle" type deal. I just didn't see it that way, but it's totally plausible) Now my personal interpretation of this is that Anabel is a lonely girl, even with the battle frontier, she probably didn't have a lot of people around her age to get attached too. In my drafted ramble, I kinda noted how she's so polite in her first battle, but loses that as things go on. I do think Anabel is a genuinely polite person ( we see that with her in SM), but I can also see it as her kinda....wanting to be seen as someone mature. And she's kinda shocked that someone else around her age actually decided to come back to her, even if it's for a battle. That's just me of course. The other side of this interpretation that's actually the focus of this one point, is that you could see this as romantic, which. Okay. The anime writers probably did( assuming they read Anabel's game dialogue-). So. Yeah. I don't like that I'm starting to see why the anime did what they did, but okay!

2) Kinda related to the above: I am just fucking connecting the maiden in the tower thing. Like holy fucking shit. I made jokes about Anabel bring princely. I made posts about how Wally takes over the Battle Tower, and how his brand is him being a prince. Prince in a tower. So why the fuck did I not connect that with Anabel. She's the maiden in the tower. It kinda explains her behavior in a way? She starts off very polite, but gradually sheds that shell. She gives off the vibe of someone who's honestly lonely ( again, I think back to the " you really came back for me" line), until someone else comes into her life. And this isn't to say that she's not close with the rest of the frontier brains. Imo, I think she's pretty close with them! But they're still older than her, at least I get the impression that they are. So in a way, she's still alone, just in a different way, in her tower. Of course, I'm really looking into it. And this prooooooobably wasn't what was intended. It's still interesting to think about. A lovely tomboy, gnc maiden in a tower.

Tbh, I think I won't even post that analysis/ ramble bc I got my point of Anabel's loneliness ( at least to me) across here. Also it's not nearly as long. Though I do suggest reading Anabel's emerald quotes. They gave me whiplash. She goes "fufufu". I'm not joking.

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

FINALLY. CREEPY BLACK 💥💥💥 THIS IS THE BEST THING EVERRRRR 💥💥💥💥💥💥 AUGHHHHHHH. SECOND FAVORITE SONG THATS FINAL. (but then again all the songs are so likeable and repeat-worthy i cant rank these all mf)

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SONG. AAAUHHHHH I love it so so much. I'm so glad I tried to read about creepy black before this came out so at least I'm informed - this is probably one of my favorite stories (as a pokepasta) as well mostly because it doesnt try to scare you with jumpscares but through the storytelling, and you actually have to play through the entire game to really understand wtf is happening. it's uncomfortable and unsettling and that's why I love it

okay but I do love how they interpret the characters here, it's a bit different from the original but it adds more charm to it if you will 💥i'm sure i said a lot of things in the rhys post that may repeat itself here but, im really fascinated by the idea of how ghost treats its innocent victims because in the game, we never really got to know what happens because it just cuts to black and its left to interpretation on how ghost "curses" the victims. red - or redwood now, as stated before is now an elderly pokemon professor, not a champion anymore. and he's currently trying to understand the incidents across kanto that has something to do with ghost - i like to think the incident is still ongoing but it has definitely affected the people with massive impact. he's now fortunate to come across the perpetrator, but has to bear witness to how it likes to play around with its victims. part of me thinks that carmine the victim is struggling to get out free, possessed (i cant see his pupils, which tells me he's PROOOBABLY possessed.) he's being treated like a toy so all he can do is just, panic really. be hopeless

the ending of the song is interesting to me because i personally dont know what does the ending mean. it's a jumpscare of carmine and ghost, but what does that entail? did redwood lose - and ghost is ready to take its next victim and use carmine to do it? who knows. i adore it a lot anyways

the song is so good. (listened to the instrumental so many times) i'm not very good at complimenting music but the faint whistle that i hear when the music gets at the meaty part is so fun because it sounds so OOooOoO spooky (ghosts DUH) i love it mwawma. chromatics are very good (however for the longest of time i assumed the deeper voice was for redwood and the raspy voice was for ghost bruhhh so it gave me a funny whiplash while i was playing JDSAKJFKGHSJ)

gameplay wise, i wasn't able to grab any leaks except for just a few seconds of the song so everything from here on out was new to me - the way they introduce ghost and carmine in the black background was so chilling, and i was playing in the dark first time. can you imagine seeing this poor kid float aimlessly in the air? in such a dragged manner and you see the horrifyingly overjoyed ghost just playing... and then red appears. i dont have much to say here i just loved it through and through :DD this song doesnt have much gimmicks but i really like how the arrows occasionally turn transparent which makes it harder for me to notice the arrows (combined with the habit of me wanting to stare at the opponent and the animations so i wouldn't notice the arrows appearing LMAO) i managed to beat this on first try! sure there were a lot of arrow spams but it was super fun nonetheless.

while i was recording my gameplay, i paused and came across rock carmine heeheheh look at him!!!!

[askbohemiancompany]

Party Trick: (to Delasol) “GHOST. YOU WERE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WITNESS MY MORTAL ANGST. YOU WILL DO ME ONE FAVOUR, AND IN EXCHANGE I WILL RETURN THE DEBT IN TIME.” (The Hatterene pauses, his featureless eyes scanning the Dusknoir.) “…YOU, GHOST, WHO DESIRES THE COURTSHIP OF OTHER WOMEN. TELL ME WHAT ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS… COMPLICATED FEELINGS ON THE SUBJECT. SOMEONE WHO IS ATTEMPTING THEIR OWN SELF-DISCOVERY.”

(Continued from here)

Geeze. The way this pokemon talked made it hard for Dela to respond. He still had the booming voice, but it was somewhat hard to gauge the psychic's emotions.

The question he posed next gave the dusknoir whiplash. Then again given the psychic type, it likely would know. It was how Keenan figured this out back in the day.

"Uh...advice for helping someone who is queer. That's a tough one on the spot. I can only speak for my own preferences, but I think one universal thing, regardless of your identity, is this."

"Be prepared to cut people out of your life."

As horrible as this sounded. This was a safety mechanism that helped the former human before she became the specter she was now.

"There will be people that will not support who you are, so be prepared to cut ties with those people. Then you need to form friendships with others. It is important to have a friend group, just know even that can be fickle. Multiple points can cause a friend group to fall apart."

Delasol felt bad with how harsh that advice sounded. But she always felt it was something queer people needed to know, and tended to be ignored by the overly optimistic.

Some kind of favor down the road? There was one thing the dusknoir could consider but…no it would be preposterous. It involved a paranoia Dela had.

“I will take you up on that favor. I’m just not sure what that will be for now. But I’m sure I will think of something. Thank you. I hope what I said helps."

@ask-meowscarada

[l0velybugg0]

top 5 flowers! aaand maybe... top 5 towns in pkmn!

Ough you're giving me the good stuff here, thanks!! 1. Hibisus are my most fave, something about it just makes me happy to see them. I guess since it has the vibe of summer/spring to it which are my fave 2. Sunflowers! They're yellow, bright, and lovely (I guess just like me lol) 3. Bluebells, they're just flowers that look like cute bells, I love them ;w; 4.Cherry blossoms. Are they flowers, do they count as one? idk but I love the calm and pink style to them. 5.Dasies, they're simple yet very cute and wish I could see them more here. Okay now for pkmn towns 1. Nimbasa City. You...you already know why (Submas and Elesa) but other then that, I love the theme, the ferris wheel, subway battles, and one of my faves, the musical!! I missed it all ;w; 2. Lavender Town. Overrated, I know but I'm just a sucker for horror/dark themes in games (especially with pokemon oops) I really have nothing to say other then it's creepy and scary atmosphere, is nice. 3. Ballonlea. I really wish we have more towns like this one. It's forest and mushroom theme fits so well for fairy types. Also gives me a bit of an alice in wonderland vibe, I love it <333 4. Treasure Town (I know this is PMD but..) Something about the town gives me a 'welcome home!/home sweet home' vibe that makes me smile and makes my heart warm. I also love seeing the shopkeepers and how different they are from one another. (Kangaskhan is best mum) 5. Jubilife Village. I never played the Sinnoh gens but this gave me a nostagla feeling regardless of that. I really loved how the theme changes each time you finished a day, bringing that whiplash of nostagla hitting you. ;w; It looks so lively and peaceful.

[flamingswordofdoom]

ive read this several times now looking for some common thread, and the only two i can find are a VERY generic "child danger" and "older man lures someone into his lair"

and even THAT is kind of a stretch and doesnt encompass all of these.

also i think this is the first time in my life ive seen pokemon next to wuthering heights. it's giving me the same kind of whiplash that brian david gilbert's "jesus next to garfield" speech gave me in the pokemon unraveled

"dni if you engage with irredeemable media! dni to kill a mockingbird stans" ok well CLEARLY you have never read to kill a mockingbird if you think it's irredeemable media and also having a book that was published in 1960 on your dni stan list is kinda ridiculous actually