#ferriswheelshipping

[butchjolyne]

my one my only rival

[sexysilverstrider]

[theserpentsnight]

I finally got around to sketching the met gala couple 🥰🎡

[lineycantdance]

I can't shake how the first time the player character meets N in Accumula town is such a y/n moment. He takes notice of you immediately and thinks you're uniquely special—meanwhile you're kinda just standing there like 🧍 Your starter, which you acquired not even 20 mins before that, takes a liking to you, and that's enough to leave him completely floored.

Ofc, growing up locked away in a tower only ever being exposed to pokemon who'd been abused means his perception of trainers is skewed, but still. Other characters instantly fawning over the MC is such a wish-fulfillment trope. N recalling the first time you two met at the end of the game just adds to the effect. That moment lives in his head rent-free!

After your meet-cute, he becomes so mystified by the player that he seeks out your opinion and wants to pick your brain at several points. N often mentions "envisioning the future," and his visions start to involve you! He muses about how you might be "an ideal trainer" to a random grunt (see the memory link flashback in chargestone cave in bw2). He deviates from ghetsis's plans by encouraging you to find the corresponding light/dark stone just so you'll challenge him in a final showdown. He goes out on quite a limb by insisting upon this.

I think my favorite moment of N being completely obsessed with the player is when he waits for you outside of the Mistralton gym for no other purpose than striking up a conversation and trying to understand you better. He doesn't battle you there, he's not accompanied by any plasma goons, and this encounter does very little to further the plot (the only plot-relevant info revealed is that there are two stones). My guy is a certified yapper, but he stops to take this moment to listen and learn about you from your pokemon.

This is also the first time when he drops his confident front, expresses uncertainty about his course of action, and sympathizes with your point of view. In a strange way, you're probably the only person he feels he can admit his self-doubts to—to everyone else in his life, he's supposed to Plasma's unwaveringly resolute King.

It's only when taking the player into consideration that N's conviction falters and his "heart wavers." Standing in front of you, the consequences of his plan suddenly become very real to him, and he's vulnerable enough to reveal his qualms about separating all Pokemon from their trainers. He even says it would break his heart to see that happen to you.

When you really examine his interactions with the player, it's clear that N's kind of besotted with the MC regardless of the gender you select. I don't even think it's a case of shipper's goggles or reading too much into things. This is just a basic reading of the text, without even even getting into the romantic subtext splattered everywhere (I could legitimately write an essay about that! Gamefreak absolutely made some choices, and it extends far beyond that moment in the ferris wheel!)

[jane-imes]

A lovely commission by a lovely patron QAQ I love them so much I welcome any excuse to draw them XD

[franstastic-ideas]

Does anyone else remember when Ferriswheelshipping (N x Touko) was THE pairing of core series-based fanworks?

Does anyone else remember not being at risk of receiving weird hate messages for shipping them?

Good times... Oh, how I miss them...

[curejune]

idk pokemon masters but the outfits are nice

[sweet-hearts-and-destiny-knots]

I love Touko being tall.

I love Touko being strong.

I love Touko being both so she can sweep N into her arms with ease and carry him off into the sunset.

[dnasplicers]

i can imagine anything

[butchjolyne]

waltz

[sexysilverstrider]

He looked at her, affection pouring shamelessly at the very sight of his beloved. A smile laced so sweetly, so lovingly, twitching ever so slightly at the sound of her laugh. His cheeks warmth, kissed by deep fondness that always bloomed every time she was around.

Her right hand positioned next to his left, both hands and fingers shaped in a way that a heart would form in the middle. She kept her other hand on his torso, subconsciously bringing him closer as if the distance between them wasn't close enough.

"Smile, N." Touko said, smile sincere and genuine in a vain attempt to hide the heat in her cheeks.

"I am." He merely replied, smooth, husky voice causing her heart to jump.

Finally, Touko looked at him. A pout ready. A tongue jutted out. "I meant at the camera."

Screw him and his charming laugh.

"Hmm..." was all he managed, smile still curled in place. He watched as she rolled her eyes, those gorgeous eyes that would always drown him. She then looked forward again, flashing the darling smile that unwarily made him breathless.

The cameraman counted to three.

Snap!

N never did look away from her.

Thank you for khaizusan for yet another amazing art commission! I may look calm but trust me I'm not ❤

[tonbane]

So I replayed Pokemon Black over a decade later and... I'ts just so good. Interesting story and the last battles are over lvl80... I miss 2D pokemon damn. And also can't stop thinking of Hilda and N, what are they up to now?

[jane-imes]

The idea of a yandere au with this ship was always fascinating to me idk XD

[biancatronic]

This guy wastes his time caring about fictional character's age, I also don't care if you care about a 2D doll of one and you complain about it crying

[franstastic-ideas]

I had this thought that, since N lived in the woods before he was found by Ghetsis, maybe Touko met him once when they were kids.

But nobody ever believed her when she would tell them about the boy with the long green hair that could talk to Pokémon. The adults came to the conclusion he was an imaginary friend she had created, and Cheren, Bianca, and Touya thought it was a joke, something that frustrated her immensely.

Maybe she met N more than once, but he would always conveniently disappear whenever she brought someone along.

Then one day, the boy disappeared from the woods, and life went on. Touko forgot about her secret friend.

But perhaps something on her journey will jog her memory.

[limp-macaroni-biscuit]

I’m losing it, where does it say in the manga or anime OR GAME N’s 20? Somebody please give me proof dawg. Because I really don’t think he has a canon age? Also why is Ferris wheel shipping better than Isshushipping bro like is there a difference besides the gender of the player??? Is there like a story or personality difference?