#gen 8

[nerdpokemonheadcanons]

There's an old joke on the internet that if you're sad in Galar, you have a 50/50 chance of a Blissey or a Hatterene finding you first, and either trying to help you or beating you up.

This made it onto an episode of Dex Busters, which had to be cut short after Hatterene attacked the camera man.

[rock-bomber]

I can finally post what I made for the @fairysteelzine! I was given Hatterene and Scizor to work with, so I wound up doing this little fairytale scene.

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[verdantmeadows]

So, in case you haven't heard...

Penny, from Scarlet and Violet is officially related to both Peony and Peonia (and, well, Rose too, since he'd be her uncle)! Peony is her father, and Peonia is her sister.

For those unaware, this is Peony.

And this is Peonia!

The woman in this image is (presumably) their mother (unless Penny is a half-sibling or adopted, which I don't think is the case).

And let me just say, this makes me so, so happy, seeing this visual/genetic diversity in a family.

So many people are completely ignorant to how genetics and biracial people can exist and have their genes expressed. Two siblings from a biracial couple, such as a black and white person, can look totally different. One could have curly hair and one could have straight! One could be super light-skinned and the other dark-skinned! Two kids from two parents doesn't mean that they necessarily just get a "mix" of how they both look.

Seeing this represented makes me so happy. I really hope more people realize just how different siblings from interracial couples can look. I really hope people don't erase this aspect of Penny's character, or think that she doesn't look Black enough or enough like a POC.

For a real life example, here are a pair of biracial twins!

(Lucy and Maria Aylmer)

So, basically, the point of this post is this:

Penny is Peonia's sister and Peony's daughter! This was my headcanon for a while, considering her name is Penny and based on Peony, but seeing it confirmed makes me so happy. I want this post to end on the note to inform people that biracial people can look like this. Biracial people can pass completely as white. White-passing biracial people can have dark-skinned parents and family members. Biracial people don't owe you passing as their ethnicity and the ethnicity/race of their family.

Please embrace this aspect of Penny and learn what being biracial can look like! Understand, acknowledge, and accept how biracial people can look! I've already seen people frustrated that Penny doesn't look "Black enough" or saying that her design makes no sense, or that she couldn't possibly be Peony's daughter, which is already a huge issue for REAL LIFE BLACK PEOPLE, who are told this!!! Even if you don't realize it, these thoughts and ideas ARE racist to have. How you view people when they're not real can often be indicative of how you treat them when they ARE real!

I hope that if you didn't already know these things, that you don't feel bad about it, and instead come away with new knowledge and understanding!

Edit: Also she could just be adopted? I meant to say that in this post and forgot. Like, adoption is a thing. Like, we know that Bede was an orphan and all... (I however don't think she was adopted based on her visual similarities)

Additional edit: I'm not trying to imply that their family is Black, either—I mentioned Black biracial families as an example, and also mentioned it at the end because I specifically made this post in response to people saying Penny "isn't black enough" and directing their racism towards Black biracial families. In all likelihood, their family is probably implied to be the Pokémon equivalent of Indian.

Other additional edit: Dialogue in game

Penny also frequently refers to her dad's behaviors that align with how Peony behaves

[which-is-the-very-best]

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Congratulations to The Very Best!!

✨❄️Snom❄️✨

Snom dominated in almost every poll! Getting well over 50% of the vote against opponents like Wooloo and Dragapult! They barely managed to beat out Luxray in the finale rounds and managed to eek out on top against two eeveelutions!

Well done and well deserved you funky little bug!!

(the rest of the winner announcements and our 2nd and 3rd place announcements coming soon!)

[simscici]

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[chamaesotis]

ily bede

[cupcakedex]

A spooky spread for Pokeween!

Every October, I love making a variety of ghostly Pokemon Halloween treats, and here's what we made in 2024!

Our centrepiece is a Haunter lavender (Town) cake, with Gengar Pokemon Center lantern cookie, Froakie costume cookie, ghost Pokemon cookie brownie, and Gastly lindzer cookies.

[ultimatepokemontournament]

I may not have gotten any volunteers, but this DID happen to coincide with me trying to learn how to use Illustrator, so I gift to you: I Voted badges.

These, of course, feature our 9 Generational winners, and since those tournaments are technically done, I think these apply! Thank you so much to everyone's who's participated so far, and I hope you all enjoy the Inter-Generational Tournament!

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9 round badges with the faces of Bulbasaur, Umbreon, Mudkip, Leafeon, Chandelure, Sylveon, Mimikyu, Snom, and Clodsire. Each face is done in a simplified style and captures the design of the face only. The badges have a black border and in red, upper-case text, read "I VOTED. ULTIMATE POKEMON TOURNAMENT". Below the cut are the same badges but the text has been changed to be yellow and light blue.

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[actual-haise]

Despite being mentioned in legends that date back 3000 years ago as the "Darkest Day", the first actual sighting of the legendary Pokémon Eternatus occured on a flight in 2019.

[extensionallydefined]

And another one! Ability forms for Cursola!

This is another one of my favorite mons, best gen 8 one for sure!

For Weak Armor the idea was to evoke the Corsola-Galar kind of coral as if it was still partly on it, like... Weak Armor (peak fiction)

And for Perish Body, I went full spooky-vibes, giving it swirls and a more intimidating ghost-face.

I feel like these are a bit subtler than my previous ones, but I like them all the same! I hope you guys like them too - Cursola deserves more love.

And sorry @n0rtist, I feel like I'm spamming you with these but the ability forms concepts is just too good lol

[artistmitchy]

My entries for the Pokemon trading card game art contest for 2024. I didn't get into the top 300. Oh well, maybe next time...

[billfrancois]

Gloria is one of my fav protag designs!

[mdshh]

Adult Ariel 🥲

[turning-n-into-random-pokemon]

Mayhaps a BasculegioN?

[skull-pun]

Oh Cinderace, they could never make me hate you.