#decked out 2 fan art

[fieryraptorcreative]

Apparently I just forgot to post the finished version of this. Oops.

Well, here it is. I present “Stumble” in digital art.

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[murkying]

haiiii guys haiiiii

[jjuicejunior]

*in an ominous echoing voice* ember seeker

i've been watching h play a lot of decked out 2 recently and i was thinking that it'd be neat if each card/deck art was themed after it's player! so i made an ember seeker one for h's deck (obviously, looter boy needs his loot)

[niftukkun]

artifakes could make very pretty accessories i think

[lodest0ne]

DECKED OUT

[laddertek]

you're real for that post tbh we need more tangtho ppl out there.. how is it a rare pair.. in this day and age..

you're speaking my language!!! pspsps tango etho enjoyers come out of your shells! they're so good. love them sm they deserve all the love!

[crittercreations]

I’m obsessed!

This is probably my favorite Datamon so far. I adopted a Melanistic Eevee and immediately got inspired by Tangotek’s Decked Out for a Glaceon aesthetic. I even named him after the Warden as an added nod to the game, plus some subtle Loki influence because that man has an iron grip on me.

Expect more Ward in the future 💙❄️

[mcytblrsource]

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[idrawweirdstuffnominors]

If ur oki with it, girl dad Josh hc's

(I gotch you <3

Josh levy as a Girl Dad headcannons!

1. Hypervigilant Protector Mode:

Josh is an extremely protective dad—borderline helicopter parent at times. The idea of someone hurting his daughter sends him into overdrive. He'll grill a toddler at daycare if they so much as steal a crayon from her.

2. Sci-Fi Indoctrination:

By age three, his daughter has seen all the Star Trek movies (age-appropriately censored), has a tiny Starfleet uniform, and can name every crew member of the Enterprise. Her bedtime stories are plot summaries of obscure sci-fi shows Josh acts out with full dramatic flair.

3. Emotionally Attuned (Sometimes Too Much):

His BPD makes him hyperaware of his daughter's moods. He'll immediately notice if she's quiet or off and will spiral if he thinks she’s upset with him. “Did I ruin her childhood? What did I say??” he’ll whisper at 2 a.m.

4. Fiercely Encouraging, But Competitive:

Whatever his daughter likes—sports, art, science—he’s all in. He wants to be her #1 fan but might accidentally turn things into a competition, like, “Yeah, but my comic was better at your age. Still... this is... solid.”

5. Rants at PTA Meetings:

The teachers fear him. He will go on long-winded rants about educational standards, media literacy, and why The Magic School Bus is better than any modern kids show. If the curriculum skips over Carl Sagan, he loses it.

6. Clingy During Milestones:

First day of school? He’s crying in the car. First crush? He’s interrogating them with passive-aggressive jokes. When she moves out? He’s FaceTiming her every other day with “You forgot your Star Wars DVDs. You’ll be back. You’ll miss me. Right?”

7. Deep Talks & Meltdowns:

Late-night convos with his daughter are some of the best moments in his life. But if they fight, he can get emotionally intense, struggling with black-and-white thinking. He worries constantly: “What if she hates me now?”

8. Best At Cosplay:

Halloween is sacred. He goes all-out on her costumes, usually coordinating his own. Think matching Ripley and Power Loader, or Princess Leia and sad, overprotective Obi-Wan Dad.

9. Will Go Nuclear on Misogyny:

Despite his ego, Josh is violently defensive of his daughter’s right to be into science, comics, and math. If anyone belittles her because she's a girl? He erupts. No one tells his kid she can’t love “The Wrath of Khan.” (which is ironic)

10. Soft Spot, Big Heart:

At the core of it all, Josh just adores his daughter. She’s the only person who can break through his arrogance with a smile or eye roll. When she hugs him, he melts, all his bluster fading into this emotional puddle of “God, I love you, kid.”

Bonus fic

Scene: Josh's Apartment, Nighttime

Josh is sitting on the couch surrounded by empty takeout containers and action figures. He's rubbing his temples, clearly spiraling from work stress and something petty he argued about online. His daughter walks in, clutching her stuffed Spock.

Daughter:

“You said you’d read me the rest of Red Mars before bed.”

Josh:

“I know, I know, I just—God, I’m sorry, kiddo. Today was... dumb. People are dumb. The internet is a hellhole. Never join fandom forums, okay?”

Daughter: (climbs onto the couch and plops down beside him)

“You always say that, but you never quit them.”

Josh groans and covers his face

“Because I’m addicted to rage, apparently.”

She pulls his hand away gently and puts Spock in his lap.

Daughter:

“Spock says that’s illogical. He says you need sleep, and maybe some salad.”

Josh cracks a smile despite himself

“Okay, that’s... that’s actually not bad advice. God, you’re scary good at this.”

Daughter:

“Yeah. It’s because I’m smarter than you.”

Josh was mock offended

“Excuse me? You take that back. I built an entire diorama of the Babylon 5 command deck out of cardboard when I was your age.”

Daughter: (grinning)

“And I made a diorama of you having a meltdown over a fan fic.”

Josh staring, then snorting with laughter

“You little goblin. Fine. You win. Let’s read your damn Mars book.”

He pulls her into a half-hug and grabs the book off the coffee table, flipping it open with a dramatic voice.

Josh (reading):

“‘The dust was red. The wind screamed across the Martian plains like a fanboy denied entry to San Diego Comic-Con…’”

She giggles, snuggles closer, and he leans his head on hers—finally calm. Needless to say if Josh had a daughter she was be a total daddies girl

(Yo i lowkey got emotional writing this and listening to weezer 😭😭😭😭

[mysticwinterkit]

ETHO.

GET OFF VAULT HUNTERS AND FINISH DECKED OUT.

RIGHT MEOW😾

pls and ty.

Day 3 - Fortune (or lack of it) Yooo its finally October again!! And I'm using Hofferns (@ _InkGhoul on twt) prompt list this year, not sure I saw them here on tmblr so yes

[outerwilds-events]

CLOSING NOTES AND EVENT MUSEUM: PART 1

The mods want to thank everyone who participated in Campfire Fest. We had 36 participants and 136 submissions. That's over double the participation for last years Campfire Fest! It's also so many submissions that we surpassed Tumblr's link limit, meaning the Event Museum will have a Part 2 in this post.

Congratulations to @cactusjuic, @cosmicdandelidae, @craniumknight, @decks-writing-blog/ @deku-pipe-link (twice every day!) and @poisonhemloc for submitting something for every day of the fest week during fest! .

Links to each days works are below the cut. This event was a lot of fun and everyone made some really cool fan works including all kinds of art, fic, and even music! We appreciate everyone who took the time to participate and hope you had as much fun as we did!

Be on the look out for more information on on the Reverse Mini Bang soon! We're excited to go into planning mode for it. And don't worry, we see y'all wanting a history and science fair.

Day 1: Sap Wine, Festival, Rafting, Dance

A Bunch of Augites in Festival Dresses by @isopod-gender

Binary Stars by @straweepy

Campfire Fest #1 - Dance by @neflil

Campfire Fest 2025, Day 1: Sap Wine @swirlingflight

Campfire Fest Day One: Dance by deku-pipe-link

Campfire Fest Day One - Sap Wine by decks-writing-blog

Dance at the Edge of the Universe by @sarahedmontons

Glass Visions: Eternal Rafting by craniumknight

Gossan and Porphy by cactusjuic

I'd Argue This Is Closer To Mead by poisonhemloc

It's a Cooking Competition! by @hellaciouscrustacean

“Joy is who you share it with” 💫 by @kyanite-shards

looks like from here it, it only gets better by @dragon-madeline

Music for the Festival by @quartzitedeca

New Years Festival by cosmicdandelidae

Our Own Fate by @naryu-n

Pilots Can't Drink by @wilds-outer

Push It Back Down by @mercury-8083

Sailing the Great...River? by @artisticattic

Sap Wine by @thebreadiestofthemall

Sap Wine and Dance by @shiningsapph1re

Summer's Height by @sapwine-and-starcharts

The Joy of Flying by @lichbarry

Where the Sap Flows (One Day After Eternity) by A_Paper_Fish

Day 2: Explosion, Third Eye, Slide Reel, Vision

all my visions set me free by dragon-madeline

Campfire Fest #2 Third Eye/Vision by neflil

Campfire Fest 2025 Day 2: Explosion by deku-pipe-link

Campfire Fest 2025 Day 2: Explosion by mercury-8083

Campfire Fest Day 2: Third Eye, Vision by swirlingflight

Campfire Fest Day Two: Third Eye by decks-writing-blog

Crash Landing Aftermath by comicdandelidae

Explosion by thebreadiestofthemall

failure and futility by @frostgnawdraws

Glass Visions: Erasing History by craniumknight

However Infantesimal a Chance (it's still a chance) by A_Paper_Fish

I Always Want to Make Aliens a Little Weirder by poisonhemloc

It was their home by hellaciouscrustacean

It's brittle hollow by cactusjuic

Mayday by sapwine-and-starcharts

One thing in common by wilds-outer

Prompt: Vision by staweepy

Waking Nightmare by lichbarry

...You don't remember what she looks like? by artisticattic

Day 3: Radio, Eye Shrine, Artifact, Longing

And carry their curiosity onwards with you by artisticattic

Aphelion by @burning-basil

Campfire Fest Day 3: Longing by decks-writing-blog

Campfire Fest Day Three: Radio by deku-pipe-link

Campfire Fest late submission - Day 3 Longing by outersyourwilds

circle me and the needle moves gracefully by dragon-madeline

Eye Shrine by the breadiestofthemall

Glass Visions: Green Flame by craniumknight

Guide by cactusjuic

I Didn't Think This OC Wanted to Come Back by poisonhemloc

Longing for the Stars by quartitedeca

Maybe if I Write Two Fics One of Them Will Hit The Prompt by poisonhemloc

Musical Discord Chapter 1 by isopod-gender

No Place Like Home by hellaciouscrustacean

Oh to be at home by straweepy

Signals by cosmicdandelidae

Sing Me to Sleep by sapwine-and-starcharts

Thinking Aloud (Without Hearing The Sound) by lichbarry

This is Not What I Had Planned by mercury-8083

Void by 660percent

Wishing for an end by wilds-outer

Day 4: Scout, Projection Pool, Simulation, Discovery

Beep! by hellaciouscrustacean

Campfire Fest Day 4 by @snoozie-snooze

Campfire Fest Day 4 - Discovery by snoozie-snooze and @eucalyptmoth

Campfire Fest Day 4: Scout by deku-pipe-link

Campfire Fest Day 4: Simulation by decks-writing-blog

Discovery by lichbarry

Glass Visions: Not Quite the Same by craniumknight

Halcyon Dreams by quartzitedeca

learn all you need to know (this one day more) by A_Paper_Fish

Little Scout, Little Engineer by cosmicdandelidae

Musical Discord Chapter 2 by isopod-gender

Paralyzed by mercury-8083

*Plays the Ending Theme on Kazoo* by poisonhemloc

Projection Pool by thebreadiestofthemall

River by cactusjuic

The Horrors that Lie Beneath by sapwine-and-starcharts

[niftukkun]

DECKED ! OUT! TWO!!!!

[lodest0ne]

Decked out Etho is good Etho

[mysticwinterkit]

This is talent

this is art

this is a masterpiece

👏claps 👏all 👏around 👏

etho’s first encounter with rusty!!!!! :O

[pico-farad]

POKEMON x GX

tomfoolery

if you think i'm wrong educate urself ↓

JADEN / JUDAI

Eevee -> Umbreon - Brown fluffball = Winged Kuriboh. He's like the Let's Go Eevee who can learn signature moves of all types, evoking the Elemental part of Judai's Heroes. Stays unevolved for a long time (like how Judai stays in Osiris Red) but evolves into Umbreon to represent Judai coming into his powers over the Gentle Darkness

Palafin - Superheroes. That's Aqua Dolphin contact fused with Neos. And his ability is like Mask Change :)

Torracat -> Incineroar - Referenced in this art I made! 1) Cats because of Pharaoh, even has the same stripe pattern 2) Big buff wrestler guy fits with the Heroes 3) Fire and Dark-type representing Osiris Red and the Gentle Darkness 4) Incineroar is stupid and OP like Judai

Hawlucha - Masked Fighting-type also very Hero-like. The green and red evokes Featherman + Flame Wingman.

Zweilous -> Hydreigon - Yubel :) 3-stage Dark Dragon. Zweilous is more similar to Yubel's two-headed forms, but Hydreigon has the terror factor of Yubel's final form.

Buzzwole - Ultra Beasts are extraterrestrial like the Neospacians. Neos (BUFF Fighting-type) contact fused with Flare Scarab (Bug-type) contact fused with Air Hummingbird (red + long beak).

CHAZZ / MANJOUME

Luxray - Electric-type for Manjoume THUNDER. Luxray -> Luxury because he's rich. Also he looks like one lmao. Its ability is RIVALRY.

Haxorus - Armed Dragon. Its ability is ALSO RIVALRY. Deals less damage to Pokemon of the opposite gender and more to the same gender. Manjoume cannot be normal about women and neither can his Pokemon.

Dragapult - XYZ Dragon Cannon. Another pseudo-legendary that probably cost a lot of money.

Scraggy - OJAMA YELLOW.

Impidimp - OJAMA BLACK.

Trubbish - OJAMA GREEN. Stinky :)

ALEXIS / ASUKA

Kirlia -> Gallade - CYBER TUTU. Fairy-type like the Cyber Angels. The fork between evolving into Gardevoir or Gallade represents Asuka being pressured to conform to femininity, ultimately choosing to evolve into Gallade which is a Fighting-type like Asuka's Warrior-type Cyber Girls, and evokes Blade Skater with the arm blades. Has the ability Justified and protects others, like Asuka

Primarina - 1) Counterpart to Judai's Incineroar 2) a singer and performer like Asuka's dancer-themed deck 2.5) Cyber PRIMA, balleRINA 3) Fairy-type 4) blue, pretty 5) I think it originally belonged to Fubuki. They have the same personality.

Oricorio (Sensu) - Dancer. Sensu variant because of the coloration and holding fans like Cyber Angel Benten

Medicham - Fighting-type. Several of the Cyber Angels draw from South Asian mythology. Mega Medicham especially looks like Cyber Angel Vrash

Froslass - Scary female Ice-type evoking her Society of Light/manga decks.

Hisuian Lilligant - Cyber Blader! Female Fighting-type gymnast/ice skater who fights with bladed arms and skates. Also I just learned this, but the Moon entry for Lilligant is "As soon as it finds a male to be its partner, the beautiful flower on its head darkens, droops, and withers away" LMAO. That's Asuka with all the men trying to date her.

SYRUS / SHOU

Revavroom - Vehicroid. He's even got the Vehicroid googly eye. Mono-Steel specialist!

Magnezone - The Vehicroid googly eye :) That's UFOroid. Also evolves by combining like Shou's fusion monsters.

Corviknight - Vehicle (Corviknight taxi service in Galar). Gets bullied.

Excadrill - That's Drillroid (and Grand Mole. Judai traded it to him)

Orthworm - Supposed to look like a subway. Expressroid.

Archaludon - Steel/Dragon representing taking over the Cyber Dragon legacy. Has an urban aesthetic and turns into a bridge; Megaroid City.

ZANE / RYOU

Kommo-o - A dragon covered with metallic plates (learns Steel-type moves too despite not being Steel-type). It seeks out strong opponents, and "after completing its harsh training, returns to its birthplace to protect Jangmo-o. However, it only watches over them from a distance." <- his relationship with his brother.

Steelix - Looks the most like Cyber Dragon

Metagross - The Steel-type pseudo-legendary. I wanted him to have a lot of grossly powerful Pokemon to match his high ATK monsters. It's also a fusion of Beldums/Metangs like his Cyber Dragon fusions, and I think Mega Metagross looks like Cyber Eltanin from the manga.

Hisuian Samurott - I initially had Empoleon for being a Steel-type with an emperor theme (complementing Ryou being Kaiser) but... yeah, Hisuian Samurott is simply the truth. Cold-hearted Dark-type who will do anything to win, unlike OG Samurott who is noble and fair. cyberdragoninfinity got it in one and I have nothing to add.

Kingambit - King. Kaiser. Dark Steel-type. A battle-hungry Pokemon which evolves by standing above all others.

Iron Jugulis - THE CYBEREST DRAGON. From the future, made of LEDs, three heads like Cyber End, Dark like Cyberdark Dragon, described as having the ruthlessness of a machine.

ATTICUS / FUBUKI

Charizard (Shiny) - Black and red for Red-Eyes. Also Charizard and Red-Eyes are both nostalgia-bait. Fubuki is both a Yugiboomer and a genwunner.

Alolan Raichu - Surfer! Raichu is also Gen 1 nostalgia.

Lapras - More classic Gen 1 Pokemon. Pokemon AU Fubuki is probably a Red fanboy. Lapras is a singer (he wants to be an idol), and an Ice-type to match his name (which means blizzard)

Ludicolo - Musical dancing Pokemon. They have the same energy.

Jynx - Dancing, singing Ice-type, who has an association with kissing and love -> the Love Magician.

Darkrai - Darkness. Casting the world into eternal nightmares.

BASTIAN / MISAWA

Alakazam - High intelligence nerd Pokemon. Also he's yellow.

Gyarados - Water Dragon. Hydrogeddon (Water) + Oxygeddon (Flying)

Dartrix -> Decidueye - The final of the starter trio representing the three dorms. In my original Alolan starters GX art I gave Rowlet to Shou (glasses lmao) but since Shou is mono-Steel this time, Misawa can have it as the "yellow" starter. I used Dartrix because it's snooty like Bastian in the dub lol, but I think evolving into Decidueye (Ghost-type) kind of evokes his Yokai deck in the manga. Also is a counterpart to Incineroar (Tania)...

Probopass - Evokes his magnet deck used against Tania and Manjoume.

Reuniclus - Made from three cells/atoms, like a water molecule -> Misawa's chemistry deck.

Porygon-Z - Tri-Attack and wide elemental coverage representing Misawa's 6 attribute decks. Another classic nerd Pokemon. Also the Pokedex entries say that its evolution is spurred by a program that allows it to travel across dimensions, which represents Misawa's research and traveling the spirit worlds.

CHUMLEY / HAYATO

Komala, Kangaskhan, Smeargle - I have nothing to add. Normal Australian Artist. Has a half-size team because he's not much of a trainer and nothing else is as fitting.

ASTER / EDO

Gliscor - Destiny Hero Plasma. Purple, bat wings, a claw pincer, spiky tail, and vampirism (Plasma's other name is Bloo-D, attacks with blood, and drains opponents' ATK points for his own). Also Edo is Batman.

Lokix - It's based on the Kamen Rider superheroes, and is Dark-type reflecting all the anti-heroes in that series, just like how the Destiny Heroes are Dark-attribute anti-heroes. 

Hisuian Sneasel -> Sneasler - ...He looks like one. And acts like one. Its claws look like Plasma's left arm and the spikes behind his head. I used Sneasel in the image because Sneasler is too tall to be Edo lmao but yeah it fits too. A Fighting-type for his Warrior-type Heroes.

Absol - Able to fortell the future referencing his relationship with Saiou and belief in Destiny, but is followed by misfortune as a result because Edo's life is suffering

Ceruledge - Edgy sword guy fueled by resentment and revenge, aka Season 2.

Lunala - 1) Another bat because Edo is Batman, and many of the Destiny Heroes have bat wings and a night motif 2) it looks like Destiny Hero Celestial when it attacks 3) Its form when taken over by Necrozma represents Plasma being infected by the Light of Destruction

SARTORIUS / SAIOU

Malamar - Very Arcana Force-coded, chthonic tentacle being. Legitimately just looks like The Hanged Man and you literally turn your DS upside down to evolve Malamar. Has mind-controlling hypnotic powers -> Society of Light brainwashing (and Saiou himself)

Xatu - Able to see the FUTURE (Saiou) by staring into THE SUN (Light of Destruction).

Gothitelle - Creepy female design looks like the feminine Arcana Forces. It can also see the future from the movement of stars (light). Gothitelle attacks by projecting "dreams of the universe’s end. These dreams are apparently ethereal and beautiful." The Light of Destruction is described as being pure entropy and akin to the heat death of the universe.

Claydol - It looks kind of like The Chariot. It was brought to life from exposure to a "mysterious ray of light." HMM.

Deoxys - Arcana Force Pokemon of all time. The tentacles, the gem cores, the spikes. It's from space like the Light of Destruction. The defense form looks like The Moon. Mutated from exposure to "a laser beam." I'm half convinced the Light of Destruction just exists in Pokemon now, and it might be...

Necrozma (Ultra) - Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler has a dragon head. Necrozma being an extraterrestrial entity which can take over other Pokemon's bodies. Has a move called Light That Burns The Sky.

HASSLEBERRY / KENZAN

Tyrantrum, Rampardos, Bastiodon, Archeops - Dinosaur :) All chosen for looking like one of his monsters.

Arctozolt, Dracovish - Fossils made by mismatching bones, like the dino bone in his leg lol

BLAIR / REI

Mawile - Acts cute to lower the guard of foes, natural Fake Tears learner, wears yellow. Maiden in Love + Defense Maiden.

Luvdisc - Love. Hearts. Romance.

Plusle - A tag team Pokemon like the Tag Duel in Season 4, and another Fake Tears learner. Red for Osiris Red, and a positive Pokemon who cheers for others, like how she encourages Martin.

Volbeat - Sort of another tag team Pokemon! Volbeat and Illumise are also associated with mating/romance. I went with Volbeat because it's red, and Rei presents as a boy twice and uses masculine pronouns.

Blissey - Egg Pokemon like her Mystic Egg deck she used against Manjoume. Also loves taking care of others, like she does with Martin.

Dragonite - Mystic Dragon.

JESSE / JOHAN

Carbink - Carbuncle encrusted with gemstones. Ruby-sized. Rock and Fairy-type for the Crystal Beasts.

Espeon - Also based on a carbuncle with a ruby in its head, but with the coloration of Amethyst Cat! It's the counterpart to Judai's Umbreon (evolving with friendship representing his bond with spirits + sunlight like Rainbow Dragon)

Arcanine (Shiny) - Mr. Mary Sue needs a shiny Pokemon. Shiny Arcanine is yellow and striped for Topaz Tiger. It's also a mythological creature like many of Johan's cards.

Grotle - Emerald Turtle.

Dragonair - I thought Johan should still have a dragon, and this is the closest to Rainbow Dragon available. Long, decorated with crystals, wings on the head, and said to be able to alter the weather, which means rainbows. Adds blue to his team's color palette.

Ho-oh - The Rainbow Pokemon. Leader of the Legendary Beasts. A bird on the team to evoke Cobalt Eagle. And when Gale of Darkness is remade with a Shadow Ho-oh, that will be Rainbow Dark Dragon :)

ADRIAN / AMON

Altaria - Cloudian

Drifblim - Flying-type and has a cloud on its head. Ghost-types also reference how the Cloudians can't be destroyed in battle.

Cursola - Another Ghost-type. It's a Corsola that was killed by climate change (Amon) so that's Echo. Also kind of looks like a cloud.

Weezing - Because of the Cloudians based on pollution, acid rain, and smoke clouds. And his noxious personality :)

Politoed - Evolves with King's Rock and Amon is obsessed with becoming a king. Also has the ability Drizzle, which fits with his weather-based deck.

Landorus - That's Exodia on a cloud. I think all of the genie Legendaries fit super well with Amon, but I went with Landorus because it has Exodia's coloration and his signature move Sandsear Storm references Amon being from the desert.

JIM

Krookodile - Karen. Jim "Krookodile" Cook. It's a ground-type too to fit with his Earth-attribute Fossil Warriors. And it's a cool motherfucker like Jim.

Nidoking - A king for Fossil Warrior Skull King. Also looks like Fossil Dragon Skullgar.

Duskull - One red eye for the Eye of Orichalcum. The skull motif also reflects his Fossil deck (all of the fusions have "Skull" in the name) and Ghost-typing reflects how they are fused with materials from the graveyard.

Kabutops - Fossil. It just looks like a Fossil Warrior.

Marowak - More skull and bones and graveyard motif.

Rhyhorn - Rhyhorn is rideable (in X/Y) which represents the Fossil Machine fusions. He also looks like Fossil Machine Skull Buggy.

AXEL / O'BRIEN

Armarouge - Arm gun. Designed to look like a soldier (which O'Brien refers to himself as). Learns Destiny Bond too, which is like how he forces a tie against Haou Judai.

Skeledirge - A fire gator which matches Jim's Krookodile. The Volcanic monsters look vaguely reptilian too. Also I think spamming Torch Song is like the Blaze Accelerator cards. 

Turtonator - He explodes. Volcanic SHELL.

Centiskorch - I think it kind of looks like a clip of ammo. Bug-type also evokes the "ammo" Volcanics like Shell and Scattershot which have carapaces.

Alolan Marowak - Matches Jim's regular Marowak. Also a reference to his mom trauma in the duel with Trueman lmao

Magmortar - Arm cannon fire pew pew

CROWLER / CHRONOS

Klingklang - Gear.

Golurk - Ancient Golem.

Oranguru - The teacher Pokemon, signature move Instruct :)

Bronzong - Ancient Steel-type.

Copperajah - Big hulking Steel-type. I think its trunk looks like Ancient Gear Golem's fist. And elephants are maternal creatures and Chronos loves his kids <3

Meltan - I really wanted to give him Melmetal because it looks like an Ancient Gear (hulking Steel-type from ancient times made of nuts and bolts) but I avoid giving Legendaries to characters unless it fits narratively... It seems like Meltans just run around though, so Chronos can have a metal baby.

BANNER / DAITOKUJI

Skitty - Pharaoh <3 Has Pharaoh's and Daitokuji's eyes. I considered Galarian Meowth too though, for being made of metal like the Alchemy Beasts.

Cofagrigus - He's a mummy and the Helios cards are mummies and he explored ancient tombs. Cofagrigus is also made of gold (like Golden Homunculus) and evolves from Yamask (used to be human and has a kind of wimpy personality like Daitokuji, references his involvements with Fubuki and Fujiwara and the mask of Darkness)

Solrock - A sun rock for his Helios cards and the Alchemy Beasts being Rock-types.

Sigilyph - Found in the ruins of ancient civilizations.

Gholdengo - The boss of his deck, Golden Homunculus. The ultimate goal of alchemy to transmute metals into gold. Ghost-type because he's dead.

Necrozma (Dusk Mane) - 1) It's a cat 2) Solgaleo = Helios the Primordial Sun 3) Steel-type like the metal Alchemy Beasts 4) Taken over by Necrozma representing his role in the Darkness stuff with Fubuki and Fujiwara, and helping Kagemaru

FUJIWARA

Eternal Floette - HONEST. Fairy-type waiting for his master who has sunk into despair due to the death of his loved ones and brought about an entity that will absorb all life on Earth.

Yamask -> Runerigus - The Darkness mask. Yamask crying over the memories of its former life and searching for someone who remembers it -> Fujiwara's relationship with memories and fear of being forgotten. The Galarian version being a vengeful curse which takes possession of a Yamask. Runerigus matching Daitokuji's Cofagrigus in reference to his role in Fujiwara's disappearance.

Hisuian Zoroark - Normal-type representing the attribute-less Clear World cards. Persisted beyond death through its utter resentment for every living thing on Earth. Uses illusions to torment others to madness (the Darkness nightmares). Can change its form like Honest and Trueman.

Mega Sableye - Visually evokes the Clear World monsters, which are encased in that crystal.

Nihilego - Nihilism. A parasite which latches onto others to manipulate them (Darkness), feeding mostly on "those who feel intense worry or anxiety." Also white/transparent/a rock like the Clear World cards.

Necrozma - The black form of Necrozma to represent Darkness and how it latches onto and possesses others, siphoning their energy. Necrozma's relationship to Solgaleo and Lunala is a reference to eclipses, which is also how Darkness is given form.

I used this trainer card maker

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I dunno! I had a funny/bad feeling about the new life is strange pretty much from the jump. A new adventure starring Max about a decade later … and she has a new power, and finds herself in basically the same scenario as the first game. Someone close to her is murdered and she’s gotta get to the bottom of it. And now, thanks to previews from journalists, we are privy to what deck nine was afraid to mention in any of their trailers or tweets but was pretty obvious to anybody with a brain paying attention - Chloe is not involved. At least not in a major capacity. By the sound of it, the choice (to honor your decisions from the first season, of course!) is that Chloe either died or, following the destruction of Arcadia Bay, grew apart from Max and broke up with her, allowing her a blank slate for this new game to paint upon. New love interests, even. A new mystery, a new school, a new town. Isn’t that what you want from this series?!?!?!

DONTNOD is no friend of mine. If you followed me way back when, you probably remember plenty of posts and poorly put together rants and such about how they were my biggest enemy. Regardless, the team at DONTNOD - writers, artists, voice actors - created Life is Strange. They created these characters. And then, facing success, they decided to not create another game starring Max but instead chose to treat the series as an anthology - LIS 2 would follow two brothers in a road trip across America with little references to the first game, but it was largely its own thing. Max and Chloe’s story was done. Whatever the end, it was yours, and it was yours to decide whatever happened afterwards.

DONTNOD was no longer with their publisher Square Enix after this game, for one reason or another. The LIS brand stayed with Square, offloaded to a new developer, Deck Nine. It’s surprising how many people still don’t know this, but I’d say that’s probably intentional on Square’s part! So they release Before the Storm, a prequel with a different voice for Chloe (consequence of a VA strike) and a bit of a rushed ending. But it’s fine, largely. I found some of it pretty effective at the time and there was plenty I didn’t like, either. But it was fine. For whatever reason, it felt fine to have this other team play with these characters, because ultimately it wasn’t more than a fun little diversion.

True Colors. LIS 3. New town, new protagonist, new power - more closely following the structure of the original. I liked it well enough, though again.. bit of a rushed end. If this was the way the series was gonna continue, I didn’t mind much - DONTNOD was still out there releasing their own games, to mixed or muted positivity, but they’re all out there making their art. Did this game underperform? I dunno. Maybe to Square it did, because their next title..

Double Exposure. ‘Back to our roots’ with Max and all those other tired buzzwords. I can’t help but feel cynical towards it on a base level. Here are the new stewards of the series going back to formula, cracking the glass to get the fire ax, digging up the past for that sweet sweet brand recognition. Did you like Max? She’s back!! Is this how it should’ve gone down? Is this what the original artists and writers and such would’ve wanted? Who knows. The brand must continue.

And look.. maybe I’ll eat these words. Maybe the game will actually be quite good, touching, effective. Maybe Chloe and Max get back together and Santa comes down to give me a present and I wake up with a million dollars in my bank account. But it’s pretty rich to have these new developers, these beneficiaries of a hostile takeover and IP law and corporate nonsense, try and get us - the FANS - to buy their new shiny game while going “yeah, this is the ending to your old story. Deal with it. Try our new one!” .. I dunno. I feel childish for writing this out, for feeling this hurt, but I’m sure I can’t be the only one. Of all the romance stories in gaming, let alone all the gay ones, we can’t get one? This one - oh, but I’m sure it’s so BRAVE and TRUTHFUL and HEARTWRENCHING and PLEASE REVIEW OUR GAME WELL - I’m sure it just has to be this way. It’s whatever man!!!

Bae > bay > deck nine