#hoo boy this is gonna be a long one with all the pokemon

[wintry--mix]

So I thought it’d be a fun idea to draw my 6 most iconic DnD characters with Pokemon they’d have :>

These took a while but I’m happy with how they turned out! (Mostly. Don’t look too closely at some of em) Plus, it was fun drawing some pokemon lol

Character names under the cut:

In order from top left to bottom right:

Odyssey (she/her)

Acantha (she/her)

Roman (he/him)

Pallas (he/him)

Tyche (she/her)

Hyacinth (he/they)

[themissingnumbers]

Y'know what- That's fair. Glitch City wouldn't be a very comfortable place to be in, would it?

But now I'm kinda curious... If you're in Gen 1 Viridian City like you said, then how is the Pokemon Center not all broken and corrupted? Is Glitch City like- I don't really know how to phrase this- Contained??

I've always had this idea in my head that Glitch City wasn't just one corrupted city but like a Kanto-wide thing. But, if you're safe in Viridian, then maybe it's not as widespread as I think it is... Sorry Green, I know I'm making a lot of assumptions, but could you tell me how the Gen 1 world works? If you want to, of course.

"Hoo boy, well, I'll try to explain all I can, Also, Don't worry 'bout it, make as many assumptions as you want, hell you can even be assumptive about me if ya want, I'm just here to entertain you after all, Aren't I?"

"Anyways, Lets take these in chunks!"

"No, no, you're right, The Gen-One Kanto was broken into rotting pixels and bits.

Buuuuut, as ya know, there's more than one cartridge- more than one game for the first gen too. Did'ja think every version of Kanto was like that buggy mess?"

"Nah.."

"Just two!"

"Though, technically I would say yes to this, it is at least somewhat contained. Hell every god's gotta have a couple handfuls of eternity prisons where it keeps its least favored. Some get mountain, some get graves, some get depressed, Some get Bitrot."

"If ya want more info on the world though, you're gonna have t' ask fer more specifics, can't just dump a mile-long history lecture."

"Yes, I'm referring to Reddo, though you're right, there are many rejects 'round here."

"I disagree though I think he is little. Sure he may be tall but he's practically a skeleton. I can break him like a twig. And have broken him like a twig."

"Nah, as I said, not gonna spend my time in a bitrot hell prison if I don't gotta.

My Kanto's just empty and abandoned for a different reason. Last time I saw a person here was.."

"It was...er..."

"hm. Maybe it was when I..."

"Yeah.. Yeah, it was...."

He shrugs.

"Oh nah they're just some part of me or somethin or other. I don't think I got the like. carving-painting-other skill bull to do that anyways. I just take the textures and my sprite does its work for me."

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[medicatedmenace]

you. give me your ninjago headcanons

i know who you are you ain't slick, HOWEVER COMMA. let's do it (this is about to be way too long-)

first of all, cole! (RAAAAAGH WE LOVE COLE)

- blasian. blasian. bl

- BISEXUAL DEMIROMANTIC!!! he gives bi but at the same time that boy does not crush and when he does he is down so bad

- watches gordon ramsay shows RELIGIOUSLY (it does nothing for his cooking skills)

- probably also really skilled in interior decoration for some reason

ZANE!!! ZANE ZANE ZANE ZANE

- they/them user. they/them user and no i will not budge

- aroallo omnisexual! look at them and tell me i'm wrong

- blew everyone's tetris scores out of the water the first time they played and was never allowed to play again

- plays animal crossing, makes absolutely insane double reacharound attempts to get all the robot villagers

....kai. hoo boy. (/aff)

- panromantic demisexual you can fight me on this

- got told his hair looked like a gmod error once and almost got legal charges against him

- got his tetris score knocked off the board and banned zane from playing

- probably has multiple sets of neopronouns

- favourite pokemon is like, tepig or something

jay aka The Blahaj Owner

- transmasc he/they user

- owns a blahaj. blahaj is love blahaj is life

- REALLLLLY loves pokemon. i'm just sayin he has to play at least one tcg

- everybody masc till the roach starts flyin

OH AND HOW COULD WE FORGET NYA

- she/they girlboss, possibly girlflux

- would go on a rampage if anyone ever saw that bowl cut of hers from the first few seasons

- polyam lesbian

- can quote every single oceans movie

LLOYYYYYYYYYDDDDDDDD THE HIM

- BISEXUAL. DISASTER.

- golden retriever boyfriend vibes

- sent anon hate when he was younger, made an apology post about it years later

- has the most gotdamn fluffy hair ever

- he/they user he/they user he/th

yeah idk that's all my brain can churn out right now (i stopped in the middle of a drawing for this ask) but i'm gonna be thinking about this all day ✌️

[creylune]

i just finished the story of pokemon scarlet.... bro that last chapter is no joke........ i’m in shambles....

it feels very conflicting though because on one hand i don’t think a pokemon game has made me feel this way since black/white and that is saying a LOT, black was one of my first pokemon games that i played during summer break as a 14 year old and it changed my life. altered the trajectory of my life if you will.

with previous more “recent” titles like sun/moon, oras, sword/shield, of course i got caught up in them and enjoyed them, but i didn’t get super emotionally attached to any characters. lillie is an exception but in comparison to what b/w made me feel, s/m was only like, 60% the way there, and sw/sh would be like 20% (as fun as the game was, it was over fast and i didn’t feel like i was savoring it as much). also i don’t knock on sw/sh for its length, as short as it is, pokemon chiefly is a kids’ video game and usually the bulk of the hours you put in is for completing the dex lol. but yeah, the writing in sw/sh didn’t feel that memorable nor did it have much emotional impact on me.

spoilers for scarvio below

with scarlet, aside from nemona (lol, but i do like her), the subplots for the rivals really tugged at my heartstrings... i didn’t really care for team star when i started their missions, after all i don’t care about getting LP or extra TMs when my team is already good, but as i continued with it i was like... ah... bonds of friendship is the true power... *tear running down my face*.

AND THEN ARVEN. HOO BOY.

i cannot believe game freak has managed to make me feel for a boy what i did for n. this is saying so much if you know me and how insane i can be about n. game freak said here is a boy you will react to in a way that parallels how you reacted to n a full 10 years ago. both the 🥰 and 😭 emotions. THE ABANDONMENT ISSUES... AND THEN HE’S DEDICATING HIMSELF TO HELPING HIS DOG RECOVER?????!!! i was specifically targeted...

i also lost my childhood dog at the beginning of 2022, who in a way mirrors what mabosstiff is to arven for me... my dog was the only one in the house i could feel understood and loved by while i dealt with childhood trauma. so you know of course that would do me in emotionally T_T

there is also the whole gap moe and kinda grumpy but sincere senpai but he’s relying on you thing that makes me *clenches fist* but that’s besides the point

i was already enjoying myself taking my time with the gyms, team star, titans, exploring everywhere to get pokeballs/items, trying to complete the pokedex, shiny hunting and what not, so the final chapter really took me by surprise since i didn’t fully know what to expect...? i already liked the main cast but i didn’t feel a deep connection to all of them as a group because the subplots are all standalone/focused on each individual character. i did see all my friends sobbing over the last chapter (censored for spoilers obv) but man... they were right... i was surprised by how in-depth the section was. i’d say if you don’t explore too much (which is what i did on foot regrettably, takes 10x longer) the chapter is maybe 3ish hours long? which isn’t super long, but the dialogue sprinkled in really fleshes out the characters and establishes a bond between them that feels incredibly real and believable, even in the context of just a pokemon game. that’s what really took me by surprise.

i’m gonna be honest for the majority of the chapter my mouth was just open and i was like

and that’s even WITH seeing vague spoilers/hints and some screenshots out of context. so i had some vague idea about what was going on but i was STILL surprised by the turn of events and how ... like... everything fit together in a very believable way. and another thing, with most pokemon games all stakes depend on you as the player for whatever plot there is (stopping team aqua/magma, saving the world, stopping some capitalist dude, etc.) but the stakes in scarvio felt so much higher. obviously you know you’re going to save the day etc. but in the midst of it i was like 😳 hello???? bruh?

i joked to a friend last week about this being game freak’s answer to botw (he hasn’t played scarvio) but i’m ngl this takes it beyond what botw did for me... botw’s magic lies in the beauty of its world and fucking around, and maybe some of the npcs (like, yeah, i did get very into the bits of lore and link characterization of it, i won’t downplay that) but i feel like the plot and characters in scarvio are just so... polished? of course the games are different and have different purposes. but it managed to make me experience a hint of the youthful wonder and hope i felt as a 14 year old playing emerald and b/w all day and night long during summer vacation again... it’s that essence that really stands out. IT’S THE FOUND FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ESSENCE OF YOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINDING YOUR TREASURE/WHAT YOU CHERISH MOST IN LIFE AND HOLDING ON TO THAT AS YOU FACE THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but all this just makes me incredibly sad because you know this game was rushed to hell to meet a deadline. and that’s disrespectful to the amount of love and thought put into this game’s worldbuilding, characters, and story. they deserved the time needed to ship the game in its best form, not the buggy state it’s in. all the fantastic aspects of the game are marred by bugs, glitches, and the fact that the switch is constantly struggling to run the game--my game crashed at least two times, and i feel like that’s lower than others’ experiences (luckily i didn’t lose any significant progress both times, but the fear of the game crashing did hang over me anytime i ran around or even talked to the pokemon center person 😭). even the credits lagged for me and i was like ... this doesn’t ruin the immersion but i’m smiling wryly to myself rn.

i 100% don’t regret buying and playing the game but i do wish i’d been able to buy and play the game in better circumstances... i was vehemently in the “i refuse to buy it right now in the state it’s in and contribute to the message to the pokemon company that this speed of putting out subpar quality games for faster buck is ok” but i caved because i saw my friend playing it (she caved because her boyfriend got it). 😔

anyways expect arven fanart eventually lol

[moonvalecrossing]

Alright, to cap off my "Favorite and Least Favorite" series of questions for Pokemon S/V, let's do one for the Team Star admins (well, Bulbapedia calls them "Bosses", but tbh I don't really care lmao). Since there's only five of them, I think it makes sense to go through them from worst-to-best (or best-to-worst, whichever you prefer).

As you said 'five' I shall not mention my thoughts of Team Star's big boss. The short answer to THAT is 'meh'. I don't even know if anything in here can be counted as spoilers? But just in case TEAM STAR SPOILERS.

I don't hate any of these guys so we'll go least to most favorite. Getting my info on background from Bulbapedia since it's been a hot minute since I played and my brain can only retain information for SO LONG.

5. Eri. The big muscle of the group is a girl and is actually really sweet. The team mom. Pretty yawn. Coolest base location though. Props for that. Why's she bullied? Too great. People jealous. So tough! So good at pokemon! PRETTY LADY. If everyone liked her so much I fail to see how a few jealous mean girls could make any bullying towards her a big enough problem she'd be on the same level as the others.

4. Mela. Meh. Mehhhhh. Another female character in the group with a bully backstory that is amazingly stupid. Someone picked on her because they thought she acted and dressed too cute and got jealous. Hee hoo girls can only be bullied because others are jealous of them. Now she dresses like she fell into a paint bucket at hot topic. Couldn't stop laughing at her goose step walking animation though. If she had an actual shirt of some kind I'd actually like her outfit a lot.

3. Ortega. Okay Bulbapedia has absolutely nothing on this guy's backstory. I'm gonna assume he got bullied because he's clearly a rich baby. Precious rich baby fairy boy I love him and will protect the child WITH MY LIFE. Now if only I could fix that weird ass bowl cut over mostly shaved rest of the hairline thing. Is that a popular look now or something? If it is, kids goddamn I do not want to be cool.

2. Atticus. Bulbapedia's no help here either but dang son if this kid was not bullied because he LARPs like he's gonna die if he doesn't I'd be surprised. Kid is pretty but even I want to gently put him inside a locker and close the door. If he got bullied because he supposedly decended from ninjas and that's somehow weird for him to act and dress like this then ATTENTION DUMBASS CHILDREN OF PALDEA I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO KOGA AND HIS DAUGHTER

1.Giacomo. How do I pronounce this name? I've been calling him Guac-omo this whole time. Anyways. The Dark type boss of Scarlet/Violet! Yet another favorite. 10/10 in my school days I would have watched him quietly from a distance like the introverted shy girl I am. This poor fool got bullied because he got to be Class President and made a bunch of hilariously stupid strict rules so they tossed him out and replaced him with Nemona. It's okay Guacboy. I still like you better than female Ash Ketchum over there. NO NEMONA I WAS NOT MAKING EYE CONTACT TO BATTLE PLEASE GO FAR AWAY FROM ME YOU NUT JOB. Also I have no idea what exactly is going on with Giacomo's hair but I like it. Also his name is basically from pinapple. In every language. Hee hoo pineapple boy~

I love Team Star. I would 100% have joined them because I too was bullied as all heck. ...And not just because I would have tried to get near Giacomo. No, no. ...Kinda. Damnit. I'm gonna be making an OC because of this later aren't I. Oh well. ONE MORE ONTO THE PILE!

[moon--toon]

Been a while, huh?

So... a lot has happened since my last “update post.” I got a new full-time job that leaves little free time for me to relax, my laptop’s hard drive crashed and I lost all my writing progress, and to the people who read my BatIM fics: I’ve just kinda... lost interest in Bendy in general, to be honest. I thought that maybe once the new game released, my interest would be sparked again, but I guess for me, It’s too little too late.

Basically, this is me saying that all my ongoing fics will have very few updates, if any at all.

Under the cut is a bit more in-depth summaries of my thoughts on each fic I haven’t finished yet, plus a bit more info regarding requests and such. Besides all that, I do hope to post a few more one-shots between fic updates (specifically pokemon fics because I have fallen deep into that game), but given how little free time I have and with the holidays right around the corner, even short fics like these will be sparse.

Lost to Time: I’ve mentioned briefly above that I’ve lost interest in Bendy, and I honestly think it really shows in my writing. I went and re-read my fic from the start, and I think my boredom with writing Bendy really shows in the later chapters, which isn’t fair for you, the readers. You deserve better than short, “post it for the sake of posting” chapters. I still want to finish this fic though, so I’ll update it when I can. It’s just that chapters may take anywhere from months to years, due to my lack of interest or motivation.

Into Shadows: I mentioned before that this work was always a “back burner” project, and that still stands. Especially now that I haven’t played DS or DST in a long while, apparently they completely changed the farming mechanics? Needless to say, I’m very behind on canonical lore and content, which isn’t something I wanted to happen, because I was hoping I could weave the canon in with my own personal ideas. Chapters for this one will likely take a year or more, and there will be a lot more canon-divergence than initially planned.

Half Moon: This one... hoo boy, this one sure was me biting off more than I could chew. If I remember my now-deleted notes correctly, the Main Character wasn’t meant to actually meet Aaravos until many chapters in. I had several chapters planned that would better flesh out our MC’s life, and what I thought it would be like living among humans as a half-elf. This is the one I lost a LOT of progress for, and it’s definitely gonna take a lot of time to work back to where I was. On top of that, I’d also like to wait for more seasons of The Dragon Prince to drop so I get a better understanding of everyone’s characters and how they’ll develop in the show, and how things would change given the events I have planned for this fic. Updates will most likely take years, unfortunately.

I’ll also be deleting all requests I have in my inbox still - if you sent one and I didn’t get to it, I’m sorry, but I just don’t have the time nor energy for requests, nor do I have any plans to open requests again in the near future.

Sorry to everyone who was expecting more from me - honestly, I was too, but this past year was a lot harder on me than I’d hoped. But I’d like to thank everyone who stuck around, because it really means a lot more to me than you’d think, and you’re all why I haven’t just completely thrown in the towel just yet. I still have every single comment and compliment in my inbox that I’ve gotten over the years, and I don’t plan on deleting those. Seeing them really helped motivate me to keep working on the projects I love instead of giving up, and I hope that I’ll be able to write more works worthy of your praise :]

Anyway, you probably won’t see a lot of me for some time after this. I’ll try and write more now that I have a new laptop, but I unfortunately can’t make any promises. Wishing you all the best, though!

[phoenix-manga]

This is gonna be quite a long post but what are the Twst boy’s families opinion on their Pokemons after they had reached their final evolution stages.

Hoo boy... here's a long answer!

Those with already fully evolved Pokemon won't be included.

*Cracks knuckles*

Heartslabyul

Riddle's Roserade - Ms. Rosehearts thinks that the familiar looks more fitting of their family name now. Except this is where the meme, "If you don't love me at my worst then you don't deserve me at my best" comes in.

She gave Budew a load of BS saying how small she is and asking if Riddle wanted, she could find a way better familiar for him. Though she is proud that her son has a regal familiar, she isn't given the chance to flaunt when Roserade just ignores her.

Ace's Arcanine - Ace's brother thinks that his lil bro's familiar is super badass! He was almost jealous of Ace and wished he didn't graduate if it meant he could be the one getting a familiar as well.

His mother feels worried now that a bigger pet means bigger everything. But Ace said he'll be responsible so she hopes he keeps him promise! She does adore Arcanine though, the absolutely luxurious fur and the good boy guarding the house is a benefit for the household.

Deuce's Togekiss - His mom thinks that Togekiss is such a sweetheart. Deuce couldn't stop crying when his familiar went through the final stage of evolving. Ms. Spade likes to fawn over her son and his familiar when they try to help out around the house. Absolute sweeties.

Cater's Wobbuffet - His sisters were disappointed in the evolution and thought it looked derpy now, to which Cater actually tells them to take those words back. His parents think his familiar was quite attached to Cater. Always popping up selfies and says its name before he takes the picture.

Savanaclaw

Leona's Alolan Persian - Cheka absolutely loved the round face Persian has. so squishy to hold! Farena and his wife admit they thought the familiar ate a bee. No it just looks like that. Still regal and fine though.

Ruggie's Honchkrow - His grandmother thought it was a stranger at first when she saw the Pokemon from a distance. But she realized that it was just Ruggie's familiar who just grew up? Looks shady as heck though.

The kids in his neighborhood all think that the Pokemon looks more of a boss and they will absolutely follow him like how mafia underlings are to the boss.

Octavinelle

Azul's Grapploct - his mother and step father thought the familiar was very tough-like yet they can't help but chuckle when it tries to protect Azul from anyone who comes near that wasn't familiar. It was cute to see how the familiar is like a third parent to their son.

Jade's Amoongus - Ms. Leech just loves the cute mushroom for hands, she'll grab them to squish gently because the texture is just so alien to her. Mr. Leech is trying to wrap his head around the appearance. The expression it wears kinda resembles Jade's the more he looks at it.

Floyd's Quagsire - Ms. Leech absolutely adores the beady eyes. But she can't help but worry hoe the poor thing sometimes bumps into things. Mr. Leech is even more confused about this one, how does something with no hands grow hands!?

Scarabia

Kalim's Sunflora - His family just adores how lovely Sunflora is, always bringing smiles wherever it goes. His siblings love how it goes along with almost any game they want to play when big bro Kalim gives them permission to play with his familiar.

Jamil's Xatu - The excitement kinda dies down a few days after relizng that it barely moves and ketp staring. Najma admits it was kinda unerving. The parents are wondering if it ever eats... or does it even need to?

Pomefiore

Vil's Frosmoth - Mr. Schoenheit thinks that his guts on the familiar were correct. He always had a feeling that Snom was going to be something incredible.

Epel's Flapple - His grandma absolutely adored the little thing, she just finds it odd how a little worm grew legs though. His family thinks that now that the familiar has little hands, they take the opportunity to give Flapple little bits of food and coo how the Pokemon nibbles on them with the itty bitty hands, awww!

Ignihyde

They're all fully evolved so there's no need...

Diasomnia

Malleus' Vanilluxe - His grandmother thought that at some point this familir would be a triple scoop sundae. But this was the final evolution. She was strolling through the halls when she sees her grandson and his familiar training together. Just looking at those happy faces as it completely obliterates the training dummies means that the familiar may be just as ferocious as a dragon even if it resembles a sweet treat.

Lilia's Swalot - Everyone in the dorm is very happy for Lilia, he doesn't know that half of them are congratulating him on his familiar but also they will no longer be forced to eat his cooking. His food will now go to Swalot all the time.

Silver's Ursaring - Lilia admits that he was caught off guard that the little bear just becomes this big furry beast with a grumpy face instead of those beady little eyes that likes to beg for food. But all in all, he is proud of them both for getting very strong.

[rawbin69]

*Slowly walks up to you, cradling this*

*Gently sets it down in fromt of you*

*SPRIN TS THE FUCK AEWAY IN PANIC*

Okay anyways hi I’m back after like, months lol, sorry about that (but I’m not actually back because I’m busy trying not to die because of school-work and trying to work on some MAP parts. I literally said five days ago on my yt channel “Hi I’m back now!! :-D” and school just said “no <3″ which, um, rude. So yeah I might come on and occasionally come post something but I’m really not gonna be coming on here to be active

OKAY OKAY but I need to explain these sketches because they will be suuuper confusing without context, I am very aware, yes, so there’s an explanation (+ some extra art and a non-shaded version of the stuff above) under the cut :-)

BASICALLY, @lulzyrobot​ made this AU of Pokémon Sword and Shield and now I have brain rot because of it. Also this AU will indeed be confusing to those who have no knowledge about sword and shield so here’s a skippable paragraph about the game:

(OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS BELOW)

Basically, SwSh is just a Pokémon game (no surprise there) and its gimmick or whatever is Dynamax, which turns Pokémon like. Really fucking large. (Some of them can also Gigantamax which changes their appearance as well as size, but we don’t care about that here bc it really isn’t relevant). In all gyms (except one, Spikemouth) there are power spots, which are needed for a Pokémon to Dynamax. If they’re not close to a power spot, they can’t do it. There are also power spots in the Wild Area (which is, you guessed it, an area in the game). At one point in the game, the villain -- Chairman Rose -- starts up something called “the Darkest Day”, which happened before in the Galarian region (which is where everything takes place), in hopes of getting infinite energy for them or something like that (really makes no sense but like ok pop off ig). To do this, he basically uses these things called Wishing Stars -- which are what allows Pokémon to Dynamax -- to summon a Pokémon called Eternatus. In-game, you basically just summon two other legendaries (Zacian and Zamazenta -- they’re on the cover of the games) and fight Eternatus and then catch the fucker. That’s all context you need for this AU so let’s move on to that now:

The AU is basically that Eternatus sends out a powerful blast which fuses trainers with Pokémon, to varying degrees. The closer to a power spot you are, the more likely you are to get it bad. If you’re far enough from one you won’t be affected at all. A person can merge with multiple Pokémon, but the more of them, the harder it is to not go wild. If you merge with a wild Pokémon, you’ll become a Wild Trainer (and those basically act like, well, wild Pokémon).

If you want more info (which you do want, trust me on this), here’s a post made by the creator themself!! https://lulzyrobot.tumblr.com/post/610890677032747008/pokemon-dynamorph-au-masterpost

OKAY ANYWAY, back onto this specific sketch (wow I really went on a rampage there lol)

I decided to Dynamorph my trainersona(??????) (btw, both the Dynamorph version AND the “human” version are WIPs, I’m not completely happy with either of them) and this was the resuulltttt

- Their name is Robin (because I’m a bastard that does self-insert ships with no shame)

- They merged with their Arcanine (and I’m considering also adding a wild Lycanroc, both so I can give them Epic Claws™ and so that their whole extremely volatile nature makes any sense)

- They have some REAL trouble keeping themself in check. Like. They’re constantly on the edge between becoming a Wild Trainer and being “normal”

- Because I am, like I said, a bastard who does self-ships without any shame they are together with Piers. yes I am a simp for him. 

- Robin has their select group of friends (made up of all gym leaders minus Opal because they have no idea what the fuck is up with her, as well as Marnie, Hop and Leon. No they don’t give a shit about Bede) which they are super protective of. They have to be reminded that they can all handle themselves, because they might otherwise become a bit possessive.

- While they are a raging storm you do NOT want to get involved with in any way to anybody outside their friend group, they are really nice to be around when they really care about you. They may be pretty stubborn, but they always do what they think is best for their loved ones. On multiple occasions, they’ve gone out to collect any sorts of gifts they can find that they think their friends will enjoy. They are super gentle and kind with Hop and Marnie (which, by the way, they’d literally die for either of them) and they’re overall a good friend/partner. Their main flaw here is their temperament and somewhat possessive nature.

- If anybody did something to even moderately hurt any of their friends... hoo boy, you do NOT want to do that. They’ve nearly killed people for leaving so much as a scratch on their loved ones, and have to be physically dragged away so they won’t really kill somebody. 

- However. Despite really, truly believing they'd never, under ANY circumstances, hurt ANY of their friends... they’re wrong about that. The only ones they could truly never purposely cause harm to would be Piers, Marnie and Hop. Yes, it would take A LOT for them to hurt any of the others (like, they’d only hurt the others if they tried to, idk, kill them or something. Or if they tried or actually did kill somebody else in their close circle) but it could hypothetically happen.

- If they ever were to see Rose, he’d probably be torn to shreds on sight. Literally nothing would be able to stop them. 

- While it’s near impossible for anybody they don’t care about to calm them down, it’s pretty easy for especially Hop, Marnie, Piers, Raihan, Leon and Milo (and the others, but less so for them lol). 

- They were right by a power spot, like they were about to step into a den, when the blast happened so they were. Really fucking affected by it. They stayed in the Wild Area for a while after that, searching for their Arcanine who had “mysteriously vanished”, before they transformed. They were basically a Wild Trainer for at least a month before Piers found them and managed to get them to remember who they actually were over the course of two days. It was,, really concerning when they’d at first been texting him pretty much non-stop to update him on what was going on with them just to then go radio silent for a few days, especially since people had begun transforming at that point. Haha angst go brrr

- You must ignore how their clothes still kind of fit despite them growing to be both more ~muscular~ and tall and how it’s not dirty for the sake of my convenience ok

Ok I think that’s all? woah that was a long post lmao

Anyways, here’s the promised extra art (first one is the same sketch without any shading and that stuff (buT I MISSED ONE, I DIDN’T REMOVE THE SHADING FROM ONE I AM SORRY LOL), second is Robin as just a regular trainer)

Oh also some context for some of the sketches:

Bottom one where they’re screaming “yOU mOthErFuCKeR” is what their reaction would be to one of their loved ones being killed

The one with Milo is Robin just. Being near him. After probably having some sort of panic or anxiety attack because they’re worried about everyone. Because Milo is a really calming person to be around.

Top one in the middle is Robin just patting the red eye-lens-things Raihan got from his Flygon because they find it to be Very Entertaining to just pat them for no reason at all.

The ones where they’re hugging Marnie would take place right after they come back to Spikemouth after their month(s) as a Wild Trainer. They still weren’t used to being around people (and much less BEHAVING like a PERSON) so they were pretty awkward about Marnie hugging them.

The one where they’re surrounded by darkness to the right and kneeling forward is them in the middle of their “transformation” after the blast happened.

Fiery ones at the top right are just Robin being pissed as fuck lol

(Still haven’t decided if this will be the “official” team of Pokemon I have, but it’s cool for now. Also yes, I added an extra Pokemon to my “team” who isn't actually a battle-Pokémon or whatever. I NEED APPLETUNS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OKAY)

[animebw]

Binge-Watching: Pokemon Johto Journeys, Episodes 37-41

In which one episode really sucks, Team Rocket team-ups are always fun, and we reach the end of our first leg of Johto.

Loveless

I tend not to talk too much about Pokemon’s bad episodes during this binge-watch, because, well, they’re usually not that interesting. Bad episodes of Pokemon are mostly bad because nothing interesting happens in them. They’re flavorless time-fillers where the characters repeat their character quirks at a base level, with no innovation or imagination, and we move on without anything of value being gained. And it’s no real surprise whenever they show up. This is a show designed to run forever with an endlessly recycling formula, playing to the lowest common denominator; by law of averages, it’s gonna have off days. No story running this long can be at the top of its game 100% of the time; even Gintama had a few episodes here and there that missed the mark. So there’s not really anything I can talk about with these episodes. They’re little more than dead air devoid of meaningful discussion topics, like styrofoam packing peanuts scattered throughout a bowl of trail mix. Best just to chomp them down and move on to the pretzels and M&Ms without sparing them any thought. Yes, this metaphor has gotten away from me, but I think you get my point. Pokemon’s off episodes aren’t interesting to talk about most of the time, so I don’t talk about them.

But then there’s the rare episode that actually sucks. Not because it lacks meaningful content, but because the content itself is bad. Those episodes, I can talk about, because bad content is still content and we’re all about content here. And hoo boy, does Love, Totodile Style suck. It’s the worst kind of stock plot: Totodile falls in love with an Azumarill and proceeds to embarrass the living fuck out of himself trying to woo her until we reach the obvious twist that she’s in love with her owner’s Golduck and he never stood a chance. Yes, they’re just Pokemon, but I still cannot stand romantic subplots that deal in secondhand embarrassment. It is agony watching Totodile not get the hint for twenty straight minutes. The moment where he interrupts Marill’s performance on stage and inserts himself into the spotlight? Christ, I could feel my soul leaving my body. And I hate how these subplots rely on dumbing everyone else down so they’re blindly egging Totodile on without taking a second to think, “Hey, maybe pressuring a girl into dating you isn’t a recipe for a healthy relationship.” It’s a pain to sit through, and I breathed the biggest sigh of relief when it was over. Let’s move on from that disaster and move on to greener pastures.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

And thank god there were greener pastures waiting just over that hill, because WE GOT MORE TWERP/ROCKET TEAM-UPS, BABY! God, I love it whenever Ash and company are forced to work with their eternal pursuers. As I’ve always said, whenever they stop chasing each other’s tails and work toward a common cause, it becomes abundantly clear just how well Team Rocket would work as good guys. In this case, splitting everyone up in two mixed teams ends up being a great opportunity for Team Rocket to realize how good Ash and his friends have it compared to them. Jessie ends up having a bit of an existential crisis over it; compared to her squabbling pals, Ash and his friends genuinely care for each other, worry for each other’s safety, eat lovely food every day, and train strong Pokemon thanks to the trust between them. She’s even struck by their kindness when they give her a warm blanket from the night. But, of course, James’s absolute trust in Jessie to handle whatever lunacy comes her way is proof that Rocket’s just as much a family as the twerp squad. And when they all come together to save each other from the Ursaring, their teamwork is something to behold. Just look at all of them cheering together when they come out safe! Just goes to show they should have each other’s backs more often.

And that’s not even the only time they almost work together in this set of episodes! The final episode of Johto Journeys brings back two familiar faces I’ve been missing for a while: Butch and Cassidy. It’s always fun when they show up, because they’re our in-universe reminder that outside our usual bumbling trio, Team Rocket is actually a competent criminal organization that can pose an actual threat. But even they’re nothing compared to the majesty of MOLTRES JAMES! Good fucking lord, the sight of this goober swinging into battle wearing a Moltres costume laid me right out on the floor. Turns out, he can actually b cool when he just has enough misplaced confidence to consider himself a king. Even Victreebell listens to him for a change! Someone should give him astrology placebos more often, he could become a real force to be reckoned with.

Best of Team Rocket

-”Make it double, we’re in the big owl!”

-”Right after this next commercial!”

-”But the box didn’t include instructions on how to be ashamed of anything!”

-”Isn’t there a rule about thieves not stealing from other thieves?”

-”It must stick in your craw that Noctowl’s stuck in our claw!”

-That little “Wobuffet!” as Team Rocket goes blasting off cracks me up.

-”I always have trouble going straight!” Meowth bisexual icon confirmed.

-”Heroic sub maritime sandwiches” oh my god Meowth

-”We’ve gone from one redhead bossing us around to another!”

-”Don’t even think!” “That should be easy!”

-”I said psychic, not psychotic.” Poor Wobuffet.

-”Dominate the world? I thought we were going to use them to entertain on cruise ships!”

-”Prepare for trouble, we got you this time!” “Now make it double, that’s easy to rhyme!”

-”I love the Apollo 11 look!” alskdjaskdj but why tho

-”Where do you get the nerve and where did you get the muscles?”

-skdjhsdfh Wobuffet with the shoulder pat of support

-”My blue blob isn’t so bungling!” I love Wobuffet so much, you guys.

-”You were much better without a personality.”

Odds and Ends

-He literally just sounds like Donald Duck, I cannot unhear that now.

-”It’s almost as good as the kind in a can!” Brock, don’t shortchange yourself.

-”That’s B as is brave Blastoise!” ...I take that back, do shortchange yourself, Brock.

-Lmao, hypnosis is always fun.

-”I have a rare and unusual Pokemon!” ffs why you gotta drag Psyduck like that

-Daaamn, Ash putting in work again!

-Everyone underestimates the normal-types until they break out the Hyper Beam.

-”Get over here, you’re on our side!” oh my god I didn’t even notice Psyduck there sdkfhskfhskdf

-OH SURE NOW YOU JUMP BACK IN YOUR POKEBALL

-Is... is this Girafferig saying “kirin”? Wakarimasu.

-I like the idea of a town full of psychic pokemon owners where everyday life includes Abras teleporting all over the place. It’s the little touches that make this world come alive.

-”I just made it up as I went along!” *applause* skdjfhskjdfhksdhf

-”Hey, only I get to jump in front of dangerous psychic beam attacks!” -Ash, probably

-Today on Pokemon, we learn that astrology is bunk.

-Misty is a Gyarados through and through, and we love her for it.

And that’s Johto Journeys complete! Next up is Johto League Champions, but first I think I have a movie to get to. See you then!

[derpyflowergarden]

A Bede/Hop Fic Idea I will never write.

I have come to the realization that I can comeup with MILLIONS of fic ideas but never have the motivation or energy to write them, at least properly. I am willing and able to write them out as a synopsis but actual detail writing? No. (This does not mean I don’t plan to write more fanfics, but most of the time it’ll just be synopsis’s and ya know what? Fuck it, I’m gonna write them down!)

Alright so we start off with the fact this is Post-Canon, so if y’all haven’t finished the game yet do so before reading further kthx. So once upon a glorious Galar day Hop has been assigned by Sonia to go investigate further into the Glimmer Tangle to check up on different type of fairy type pokemon. He invites Gloria to go with him, and Bede has to go because not only would it benefit him as the Ballonea gym leader, but it would also get him used to his new stomping grounds. Marnie and Victor also wind up joining in, because only two of the three that are in that group are reliable enough NOT to get killed, and they don’t want to risk Bede letting Hop and Gloria do their own thing without a voice of reason.

Opal, being the badass regal fae that she is, also oversees this, and since there has been...a weird distress going on in the fae realm, calls in a favor of two twin fae that owe her (We’ll call them Fawn and Faye, no they don’t have genders shut up). She doesn’t want to butt into Bede’s affairs too much, after all, he’s grown enough to handle himself, but she wants them to at least bring him a protective charm, so at least he has a back up just in case. (At this point the ragtag group of five have already gone off into the Tangle, so she has to have them send it to them.) This should be an easy job, give Bede the charm, and shadow them just in case.

Of course it isn’t.

While the group is travelling, the twin fae manage to catch Bede off guard (probably inspecting a random impidimp or something), and whisk him into a small space that just has the three of them in it. Fawn tries to explain in a grandish manner why they have come, but Bede is having NONE of it, throwing accusations that he’s being spirited away and that he’s not one to be trifled with. While the two of them are arguing, Faye realizes that this is taking a little bit too long, and that Bede’s friends are wondering where he had gone. Unable to cut in and point this out, Faye grumbles and decides to do the only thing they can think of: They take Bede’s place. Hooray!(Not)

So now Fawn has Bede in a hidden bubble, who is pissed at what is happening but unable to leave, and Faye is now playing the role of Bede, which is going somewhat well, the others don’t have a clue...well, Victor does, but he figures it’s Bede growing to be a little nicer, and Hop.

So things are good, grand even, and then Hop has a brilliant idea. Getting the pep talk from Gloria, and Marnie to an extent, he goes to seek out Bede while they are taking a rest in the Tangle. (It’s been a few days by this point, they’re still getting research done, also why are there so many detours?) He finds him leaning against a tree and tapping away at his phone.

Faye is typing responses to Bede’s angry questioning, and also just giving snide remarks. He understands now what has been happening, but of course he isn’t happy about it, and is willing to go to great lengths to bother the twins, since he’d rather be DOING HIS JOB and not trapped in a bubble. Faye just chimes back that they’d rather be at home with their Haunter and not here. That is when Hop pops in. Faye goes quickly back into character, throwing a quip at Hop, and he just bristles and shoots one back, before he starts to stammer and start to get the words he’s been wanting to say for awhile out.

It takes a minute before Faye realizes what’s going on, as well as Bede, and hoo boy this was not Faye signed up for.

Hop is trying to confess his feelings for Bede.

Hop is trying to confess his feelings for Bede, in the middle of the deep parts of Glimmer Tangle, while they are on a research mission and there are different fae trying to sabotage their progress.

Before Hop can get the actual words out, Faye puts their fingers to Hop’s lips, looking down, before glancing up at him. “Stop. Now is NOT the time for this confession, so what you’re going to do is this: Wait until we’re out of the Tangle, and then redo this entire thing, but not as the stuttery mess it is currently.” Then they lean up to whisper in his ear. “Who knows, maybe you’ll even get the answer you’re hoping for.” Before quickly sauntering off to go bash their skull into a tree because THEY DID NOT SIGN UP FOR TEENAGE LOVE CONFESSIONS.

All the while, Bede is also screaming, but not because of Hop, but because GOSH DANGIT HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG FOR THAT CONFESSION AND HE COULDN’T EVEN DO ANYTHING ABOUT BECAUSE HE IS STUCK IN A GOSH DANG BUBBLE!

So a little while after that, Hop comes to realization that, no, this person is NOT Bede (he realizes this by little things) and after a confrontation and an explanation, is okay with this not Bede, but is still hesitant. Well, throw in some more drama, research, and an angry rivalry between another old Fae and Opal, which came to a plot of trying to whisk Bede off by making him their bride, which winds up being foiled, and the kiddos are out of there! Finally!

At that point, Hop is just like “Alright, we are out, now can we please have the real Bede back?” Which Marnie agrees, although it confuses the heck out of Victor and Gloria who are both like “the real Bede?” (Marnie is observant, she ain’t a fool, she knew that wasn’t Bede the second that Hop said he didn’t actually accept his confession because she knew Bede also had a giant crush on Hop so something was up.)

Faye is extremely happy to oblige, and allows Bede to return to their sight, and he is relieved but still pissed, and Faye just gloats that they all got along better with them instead of him, and the two get into a bit of a fight that has them spinning around a bit, before they both look at Hop and say “You know which one of us is the real Bede, right??” Poor Hop is just like “Uhhhh” but then notices that Faye is giving him an eye signal towards the real Bede, and Hop just laughs before rushing to lift Bede up and twirl him around happily as he squawks in embarrassment, as Faye goes to the other three to apologize. That is when Fawn and Opal appear, happy that they have all returned safe and sound. Faye just is relieved it’s all over with, but tells the rest of the group that “hey, if you guys ever want to hang out, I’m down for that, and no I won’t try and trick you guys into doin some weird shite, lest I wanna deal with the wrath of Madam Opal.”

Before they leave, however, Hop intervenes and is like “I actually have a favor to ask of you.” And whispers quickly into Faye’s ear. A sly grin spreads across their face and are totally down for it, before quickly looking at Bede, who just stares in confusion and dread.

Cut to Hammerlocke, where Leon is currently hanging out with Raihan and Piers (who was dragged by both men in question because he’d rather be workin on his not love songs for the pair at home). Hop calls out to Leon, who turns around, happy to see his little brother, before his eyes widen. There stands Hop, with not one, but TWO Bede’s in his arms, and Hop is waving happily. “Just wanted to say hi bro, before I head off on my date. Told ya I could snag two partners just as badass and gorgeous as you did!” Before quickly placing a kiss on both Bede’s faces, and then the trio leave. Leon and Raihan are floored, and Piers is just wondering if they had smoked something before they left Spikemuth because what the fuck just happened.

Anddddd that’s it. This was long, but here we are. The whole idea as a synopsis. This could have been a multichaptered fic, but I would never be able to write it out without stopping halfway through. (I have only ever finished one multichaptered fanfiction, and that was over a decade ago, so yeah...) Enjoy this thing I guess guys. I might post more ideas at some point, not just for this pairing but for other pairings I have as well. Laters!

[mothgender]

17 Questions Tag Meme

I was tagged by the lovely @displacerghost ! (Honestly so delighted that one of my favorite fanfic authors wants to know about me)

1. What’s the story behind your username? It’s actually my girlfriend’s fault. We were going through some playbooks from a ttrpg and there’s a section called Look. There’s 3 different things to fill out, with some generic options. One for your eyes (ex. skittish or kind), your hands (scarred, busy), and your gender expression. Now some of the gender expression options were pretty normal i.e. soft butch,  androgynous, conforming. But there were also some really fun ones like transgressing and gargoyle. Athena was reading them out to me and said goth, and I misheard her. And I love moths. So this is my brand now.

2. Zodiac sign? Aries

3. What are you currently reading (and/or watching)? (hoo boy that’s gonna be a long answer) So currently I’m reading Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (and watching the show with Athena), Wastelands: The New Apocalypse by John Joseph Addams (an anthology of apocalypse stories and so far 90% of them have been gay woop), and in a few days my very specific book club will begin reading all of the Alien movie novelizations. Alien is probably my favorite franchise ever.

4. Last thing you googled? The lyrics for Matt and Kim’s On My Own

5. Song stuck in your head? It’s been going back and forth between This Is Love by Air Traffic Controller and death bed (coffee for your head) by Powfu

6. What’s your favorite instrumental/non-lyrical song? Asleep on a Train by Radical Face

7. What was the last dream that you had (that you remember)? A nightmare involving shrimp and a bug that I kept calling Corphish, like the pokemon?

8. What’s the weirdest food you love? I don’t know? I don’t think any food is really weird? But I’m a huge fan of that one time I had snail pizza.

9. What superpower do you wish you had? Let me control fire baybeee. It wouldn’t help me in any way in my life but it’d be cool as hell.

10. What’s your favorite holiday? I really love the vibes of Halloween but Christmas is great because I get to see the half of my family that I love.

11. What did you want to be when you grew up? Despite my fear of needles, a veterinarian. 

12. What's your dream job now? I switch between wanting to continue on with groundskeeping but not where I am now, or maybe something in publishing.

13. What stories were most influential on you? A Series of Unfortunate Events really kickstarted my adoration of reading and stories, and Twilight is what really got me into fandom when I was in middle school. Recently, everything I’ve ever read by Seanan McGuire has helped me realize I don’t have to have a perfect story for people to love it.

14. What are some of your favorite animals? Cats, dogs, foxes, FRUIT BATS

15. If you could be an animal, what would you want to be? Fruit bat!

16. What’s your favorite poem? I don’t necessarily have a favorite poem but my favorite poet is Upile Chisala. Her poetry is really uplifting and beautiful.

17. Did you have a best thing today? The beautiful anticipation of going to see Athena tomorrow!

I’m not going to tag anyone but thank you so much again for tagging me!

[mamawolfblood]

Though he didn't know it yet Chris Mclean was in for a shocking revelation. One of the campers is not exactly just some rando kid. This camper is his kid and she is out to expose it.

Name : Iris  Escalona

Age 16

Eye color green

Caramel skin

Black hair that she keeps in a high ponytail. A Cherokee rose on the left side of the hair tie.

Iris is 5ft 8",135lb

Out fit-White tanktop with the alchemists symbol blue acid washed jean shorts black converses

Iris has a dark sense of humor. She loves horror,pranks,is resourceful. Iris is not above smashing some skulls together. She is not quick to anger but Heather pushes a lot of her buttons.

All her life she just wanted Chris to know she was alive. Her mother never gave the reason why she left. She is the oldest of seven children.

____chapter5pt1____

Chris: Last time on Total Drama Island… The Killer Bass finally dodged their pathetic losing streak against The Screaming Gophers. There were bruises, tears, risky moves, and dangerous alliances. And in the end, it was Noah the know-it-all who didn’t see it coming. This week, another challenge will send one more camper on a cruise to Loserville. Population: Four. Who will sink? And who will stay afloat? Find out right now on Total. Drama. Island!

Iris walked back into the cabin after a shower. "Oh no this is bad. Im out of fake tan already." Lindsay said concerned. "Then go ger a real tan." Iris said putting her stuff away. "Oh its so tragic" Gwen said sarcastically looking a little more alive today. "Now I have to actually, like, suntan. In the sun! Do you realize how shriveled and wrinkly that can make your skin? Oh, you totally do." Lindsay said now by Gwen. I roll my eyes placing my hair in a ponytail. "See you ladies in the mess hall." Iris said leaving the crazy. "Oh off to find your delinquent boy toy. " Heather tried to get under my skin. "He at least I have a joystick. You should find one maybe you wouldn't be a stuck up bitch all the time." The girls laughed as I left. "That white girl is alright in my book." Leshawna said.

 [over loudspeaker]: "All right, campers! Enough beauty sleep! Time to show us what you’re made of!" Chris said

The campers made it to a make shift out door theater.

(Confessionals)

Iris

"I actually have a good feeling about this. Ever since I was little Dad and mom would take me to see musical and plays. I grew up a theater kid just something about it made it so magical."

*static*

(End of Confessionals)

Lindsay: Are we gonna see a musical? I love musicals. Especially the ones with singing and dancing. Heh." She asked amazed. I had to chuckle at this poor girl.

Trent: Gwen! Saved you a seat." He said moving aside for her. That is adorable I'm happy for them.

Gwen: "Thanks." She said sitting down next to him.

Cody: "W-W-Whoa! Uh, heh." Oh Cody you poor soul. She wont go for you give up already.

*Lindsay blows kiss *

Uhoh someone is braking the rules hahaha poor girl can't see the bitch she is helping.

*Heather turns and waves her ponytail in Lindsay's face. *

As I said bitch.

Lindsay: Oh! [spits out a wave of Heather's hair] "Hey Lindsay come sit with Me and Duncan." I said she got up and sat with us.

Chris: Welcome to our brand new deluxe state-of-the-art outdoor amphitheater! Okay, this week’s challenge is a summer camp favorite. A talent contest!" This made me happy.

Owen: Yes! Awesome!

Chris: Each team has eight hours to pick their three most talented campers.[Katie and Sadie squeal.] These three will represent them in the show tonight. Sing, dance, juggle. Anything goes, as long as it’s legal.[Duncan snaps his fingers.] You’ll be judged by our resident talent scout, former DJ, VJ, and rap legend, Grand Master Chef, who will show his approval via the Chef-o-Meter.[ding ding ding ding ding ding] The team that loses will send one camper home tonight. Good luck.

[whistle blows]

Heather started saying she was the captain. "Who said this Chika" I asked Gwen second it. "Beth and Lindsay"She said crossing her arms. "Fear is not the way to go Heather." I said and everyone backed me. "We shall see halfbreed." She said as I sat down .

It was Trent,Heather and Iris in the talent show for the Gophers.

For the Bass it was Courtney, DJ, Geoff.

Why we were killing time watching the other talents. Heather got ahold of some secrets that she was about to spill.

Cody: What you got there, a journal?

Gwen: Beat it.

Cody: Oh, I get it. Yeah, it’s private, huh? I’m down with that, yeah. It’s cool, brah.

Gwen: What part of beat it don’t you understand?

Cody: [sniffs]

Gwen: What are you, some kind of freak?

Cody: Y-you just… smell… really… pretty.

Gwen: It’s just… soap.

[guitar playing]

Gwen: I won’t even ask.

[guitar playing resumes]

Heather: Look! The first hook up of the season.

Gwen [sarcasticaly]: Oh yeah. We’re going at it big time. I need a swim just to cool off.

[door slams]

[door slams]

Cody groans

Trent: Gwen, wait up! I’ll come with you.

Gwen: Sure. I mean… whatever.

Chris [loudly]: It’s the TDI Talent Extravaganza! [normal voice] Welcome to the very first Camp Wawanakwa… Talent Contest. Where six campers will showcase their mad skills and desperately try not to humiliate themselves. First up for the Screaming Gophers… is Iris.

Iris walks out (a outfit that looks like Melanie from pokemon 2000. The Island maiden.) She started to play on her Ocarina my heart will go on.

It got a seven on the Chef-o-Meter.

Chris: First up for the Killer Bass… make some noise for the big guy! DJ!

[clapping]

Tyler: Woo-hoo!

Katie and Sadie: Yaaaay! Wooo!

[spiritual music]

[swirls]

[whips]

[thud]

Duncan: Ooh-hoo-hoo…

Katie: Gah!

[stretching]

[snaps]

Chris: Dainty and yet masculine. Let’s see what Grand Master Chef thinks.

[ding ding ding]

Chris: Not much.

Chris: So, with two down and four acts to go, it’s the Screaming Gophers… screaming ahead. Next on deck… Trent. Take it away, my bro.

Trent: This one goes out to someone special here at camp.

[guitar playing]

[Trent]

They say that we’ve only got summer

And I say that’s really a bummer.

But we’ll swim in the sun and have lots of fun…

It’ll just be the two of us…

Nothing to do… just hang…

So let me say only this…

Stick around… for just one kiss…

[clapping]

[ding ding ding]

Chris: Nice work! I’m liking your style, dude. And so does Grand Master Chef!

[clapping]

Chris: All right, quit hogging my light, buddy.

[objects tumbling]

Chris: Three down and three to go and the Killer Bass are totally sucking so far. Let’s hear it for Bridgette!

[clapping]

Courtney: Are you sure you can do this?

[stomach rumbling]

Bridgette[with her stomach rumbling]: Ooh. Definitely. No, uh, I’m great. Really. [She burps a few times]

[splash]

Screaming Gophers gasp and moan

Bridgette moans and projectile vomits loudly

Courtney and Heather gasp

Owen: I’m hit! I’m hit!

Bridgette projectile vomits loudly

Katie screams and vomits

Bridgette projectile vomits loudly

Lindsay [loudly] :Hey, puke on your own boyfriend!

Heather: On your own what, Lindsay?

Lindsay [quickly]: I didn’t say, boyfriend.

Chris [nasally] :Clean up in aisle three, four, five, and six! [normally] In the meantime, we’ll take a short break to hose the joint down.

[elevator music]

(Confessional: Bridgette)

Bridgette: Going home won’t be so bad… I-I can always work at the surf shack.

(Confessional Off)

Chris [loudly] : Welcome back to the TDI Talent Extravaganza! [normally] Welcome back. Okay. So in a strange turn of events, Bridgette’s chunk-blowing fest registered two thumbs up by Grand Master Chef. But, it’s not enough to pull ahead the Screaming Gophers, who held the lead with Trent’s love song. So, without further delay, here she is for the leaders… Heather!

[clapping]

Heather: Originally, I was going to dance for you. But instead, I want to celebrate team spirit, with a collaboration.

Iris saw what was in her hand. She started sweating.

Heather: So, with words by Gwen, performance by me, enjoy. [clears throat] Originally I thought he would be different. Even though mom says that my father and I are alike I don't see it. He said I remind him of someone her knew long ago but she left. I found that odd because I was alwats told he left. It doesn't matter either way because I know that Chris Mclean is 100% my biological father. " she said then handing my birth certificate to Chris who looked at me shocked. I got up and ran. Thats not how I wanted him to find out.

Heather: Thank you.

Courtney: [to Bridgette] That was so mean.

Bridgette: Seriously.

Chris: Well then, it’s down to the final act of the night. Can Geoff and his rad stunts turn it around? I seriously doubt it. Let’s find out.

[crashes]

Geoff: Whoa… that kinda wrecks the ride.

Bridgette [nervously] : Now what?! We have to send someone out there or we’re going to lose this!

[spudmcloughlin]

hey!! i hope you don’t mind me bothering about this-i’m new to watching jacksepticeye videos and was wondering if you had any recs of any good videos or stuff i can’t miss? lately i’ve only been watching the videos he puts out everyday :)

oh my goodness strap yourself in bc this is gonna get Long

first of all, welcome to the community!! most of the time it’s super friendly here and everyone is very welcoming. i’ve made so many friends here over the years and it’s just a fantastic place to be! i hope you enjoy it as much as i do, and feel free to come off anon to chat any time!

nostalgia week is a great place to start, it kinda gives you an idea of the most iconic series in the entire 7 years of the channel!

so a lot of my favorite series are the classics: subnautica, the sims (when he was still doing it), undertale is still up there! i rewatch it all the time! papers please, reading your comments, the escapists (which became one of my favorite games ever), those are all old series that i loved at the time and hold a very special place in my heart.

then we’ve got some silly games: the surgery games, happy wheels (you HAVE to watch happy wheels, that’s where about 90% of the well known channel memes came from. this is arguably the most popular series on the entire channel), skate 3 (that’s quite the blast from the past but it’s still fun to watch now and then!), EVIE!!!, akinator, bio inc redemption, would you rather, those are all good series that don’t really have a chronological order, you can put them on in the background and not pay attention or just watch one video from the middle of the playlist and it wouldn’t really matter

some of my favorite long series are: life is strange, shadow of the colossus (which is his favorite game EVER so watch that if you wanna hear him be happy for 10 hours straight), doki doki literature club (huge trigger warnings tho, depression, mentions of abuse, self harm and suicide, all that good stuff), the boss (developed by @sarcastic-pasta-games go check em out!), detroit: become human, MINECRAFT, inside, spyro 3, ori and the blind forest

next up we’ve got the egos. HOO. FUCKING. BOY. i’m just gonna link my own playlist of every video they’ve shown up in as well as their individual playlists bc explaining these would Literally take 90 minutes and i don’t have 90 minutes! we’ve got antisepticeye, who appeared for the first time in october 2016, dr henrik von schneeplestein, chase brody, jameson jackson, marvin the magnificent magician, and jackieboy man. i would die for every single one of them (and if it interests you, you better catch up quick bc we’re getting more of them soon!!)

up next are non gaming series: funniest home videos, meme time, flamingo shorts (a short story), pokemon go, bloopers and outtakes, try not to cringe, guessing phrases in other languages, drumming videos (his cover of "unholy confessions” by avenged sevenfold is so fucking good but it’s not in the playlist ;-;) and he’s also got a lot that don’t belong in a series like “the jacksepticeye roast” (not to be confused with pewdiepie’s jacksepticeye roast, or jack’s pewdiepie roast), reacting to weird/scary videos, there’s a lot of videos he gets from twitter i just can’t think of any more

i also feel the need to mention, a lot of these are from a long time ago so he’s changed so so much since a lot of these series. most of these are from the green hair days, but that’s when the channel was booming and it was kinda at its peak. so please don’t fall into the trap a lot of people do where they fall in love with that version of sean, and then become disappointed when he’s not like that anymore and want him to change back. also for the love of fuck do NOT ask him to dye his hair again lmfao he will smite you (not really he’s just annoyed by people asking all the time)

so TL;DR there is so much you’ve missed lmao but it’s all there on the channel just waiting for you to watch, the best/most iconic series are happy wheels, reading comments, undertale, subnautica, papers please, detroit: become human, and all the original anti stuff (even if you don’t get super into the egos, that whole month was extremely iconic and EVERYONE knows about it)

thank you so much for asking and i hope you love it!!! if you’d like i could also make a post about all the community memes over the years and explanations lmfao but i feel like that could take a long time and i’d miss a lot idk lmk haha

[shikai-the-storyteller]

CYBERVERSE WATCH: S3 Episode 13, 14, 15, 16

Episode 13

MACCADAM IS MY GRANDPA NOW

Jetfire!!! And Skybite!!! Skybite’s got a great laugh

Oh wow the cloaking still protects them? Nice!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE FIX PERCY’S EYES, WHERE THE FRICK IS RATCHET

A MULTIVERSE DRIVE???

PLEASE...PLEASE LET US SEE OTHER UNIVERSES??? OTHER UNIVERSES PLEASE????

SPARE SOME MULTIVERSE STUFF FOR A POOR SOUL???

I mean as it stands, the fact that Cyberverse is talking about this stuff is more than satisfying, man I frickin love this show

“We can launch those squiggly things into a whole ‘nother universe!” his delivery of that line was so good and also Wheeljack pls, then it’ll be another version of you’s problem

MEGATRON REALLY *IS* POUTING, MEGATRON YOU BIG BABY

Maccadam fondly but watching them talk about their battle plans makes me feel so bad for him...

AW MAN IS MEGATRON GONNA CHUCK OPTIMUS INTO A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE

About time you showed up you big pouting pansy

Man these two totally were ex boyfriends

LMAO ARCEE AND SHADOW-STRIKER’S EVIL LAUGHS, THAT”S SO DELIGHTFUL

That Titan should just smack them out of the sky tbh

SKULLCRUNCHER THE CROC...NICE

I love that Soundwave and Roddy are manning the controls

“Commanders command. And you forget, we have backup” CUTE...CUTE....CUTE!!!

I’M SO PROUD OF MY BOYS!!!!!!

BEE!!!It’s been so long since I’ve seen you! I love my little yellow boy!!! Please take care of your dad Bee

OH NO IT”S CREEPY TENTACLE DOCTOR

GOTH GIRL AND PREP GIRL!!! 

MAN I JUST KNOW SOMETHING’S GOING TO GO HORRIFICALLY WRONG HERE

FRICK NOT THIS DUDE AGAIN

AW MAN NOT A WHOLE BUNCH AT ONCE

YEAAAHHHHH WHEELJACK AND MEGATRON WORKING TOGETHER!!! NICE

Two Decepticons and one Autobot...not a good sign

Oh shoot it’s the DECEPTICONS who wanna universe-jump, MEGATRON COME ON DUDE YOU DIDN’T EVEN TAKE YOUR ARMY WITH YOU DUMMY

OH NO!!!!!!

“It’s time for the commanders to join the battle” MAN YOU’RE SO COOL RODDY (YOU TOO SOUNDWAVE)

OH SHOOT THERE GOES THE TOWER

WELL FRICK

DON”T “WE DID IT” HOT ROD YOUR DAD IS IN THAT WRECKAGE

“Quintessons: Inferior. Cybertronians: Superior” MAN I”LL NEVER GET TIRED OF THAT

HE”S SO COOL!!!!! FIST BUMP BUDDIES!!! Man I’m so over the moon that these two wound up getting along

You know I’m suddenly having a revelation: I wonder if they could somehow re-activate all those other Soundwaves to help them against the (inevitable) final battle I’m sure they’re gonna have

WHAT THE FRICK

ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME

Starscream: CANCELED, CANCELED, YOU”RE ALL CANCELED

Well, Megatron certainly got the heck out of dodge at the right time lmao

Episode 14

I legit thought they were going to do an ATLA ref for half a second

Oh my gosh is this an Autobot recruitment video???

“The universe. You ever thought about it?” GOSH THIS VIDEO....

I’m frickin cackling, the Quintessons were like “Hmm, what’s the worst thing we could possibly inflict on this planet?” then went “Oh, of course, Starscream”

WHY DIDN”T YOU JUST LET GO STARSCREAM

Wow Starscream really did just sell out his entire planet huh

SOUNDWAVE NO!!!!! JEEZ HE GOT EVERYONE

Jeez and Starscream has to share with two other faces, that sucks

Lmao Starscream is just like “Nah judging people is what I was born for”

UNSPACE??? UH OK

WAIT isn’t that what Wheeljack made a few episodes ago????

LMAO HE’S GONNA WAIT TIL HE CAN GET OPTIMUS AND MEGATRON TOO bless Starscream and his pettiness

“First I must witness their humiliation!” STARSCREAM PLEASE the Quintessons really got the worst Judge

OHHH WHAT’S HE GONNA DO

SOUNDWAVE YOU’RE SO POWERFUL!!!!!

OH NO HE GOT THEM AGAIN....

GOSH I ACTUALLY GASPED WHEN THEY BROKE SOUNDWAVE’S AUDIO THING, NO!!!

“Well, it did for one of us, and it only takes one Autobot to make a difference” Bee? Whirl??? Wheeljack???

WINDBLADE!!! EVEN BETTER!!! The person with the braincell!!!

I love that Rodimus doesn’t even look worried, he just sighs like “aw man not this loser again”

On the one hand: Worried about my boys On the other: Man I love these two being buds

Also: Not To Be That Guy But it looks like Soundwave’s wearing white thigh-highs with little orange hearts on them and it’s VERY distracting

“You two work so well together!!!” OH NO OH NO OH NO ARE THEY GONNA FUSE THEM TOGETHER OR SOMETHING

THOSE HEAD MASKS ARE SO DISTURBING

uh oh what kind of loop is this

THE PLAGUE OF RUST OH NO

oh my gosh STARSCREAM’S MAKING THEM DO A BUFFING LOOP...THAT’S REALLY THE WORST THING YOU COULD THINK OF STARSCREAM....

“WHERE ARE MEGATRON AND OPTIMUS PRIME” well Optimus is under a pile of concrete, so

Lmao thank you for your peanut-gallery commentary Kup

OH SHOOT THEY DID JUMP THROUGH THE MULTIVERSE BRIDGE

MAN THAT LOOKS SO FRICKIN COOL???? YO SHOUTOUT TO THE BACKGROUND ARTISTS WHO WORKED ON THIS SHOW, YOU ROCK

SERIOUSLY IM IN LOVE WITH THAT I hope whoever did the background art shares their work online sometime, I’ll be ALL over that

AHH I ALWAYS FORGET HOW SHORT THESE EPISODES ARE

Excuse me, Jeremy Levy as WHO???

Episode 15

Kup you are an...interesting commentator choice lmao

MACCADAM..... :(

Windblade please save our favorite Grandpa

wINDBLADE!

HOW’S IT FEEL BEING THE COOLEST KID ON THE BLOCK WINDBLADE

Wait I *JUST* noticed the title calls this “Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures” ???? IS THAT NEW

CALL ME A SUCKER BUT WINDBLADE CRACKING HER NECK AND TELLING THE LITTLE SHARK DUDES TO BRING IT ON WAS QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF THE SERIES SO FAR

Windblade: *does anything* Me: IM GAY

“I don’t do fear” GOSH I LOVE MY TALENTED GIRL

OH NO!!! OH NO!!!! WINDBLADE NO!!!!!

AND HER WINGS TOO??? WHY!!!!

MACCADAM HELP HER OUT COME ON DUDE WHAT HAPPENED TO NO FIGHTING

lmao rip at the dude crushed by the juke box

Wait I thought they already woke up Iaconus??

YEAH!!!!!!!! MACCADAM AND WINDBLADE TEAMING UP

“UNFORGIVABLE CRIMES AGAINST ME!” LMAO I LOVE THAT LITERALLY EVERYONE IS TUNING OUT STARSCREAM get rekt Starscream.

Not to rag on people who like Starscream because I like him too but me @ Starscream stans tbh 

You guys just need to hold hands! I mean seriously, come on you guys!

STARSCREAM QUINTESSONS OMG I just noticed they’re all wearing Starscream’s colors pffft

AW.....MACCADAM’S FIRST HIGH-FIVE....:’) I bet Windblade and Maccadam both give the best hugs and best high-fives 

They’re so cute MAN I love Cyberverse!!!! I love how sweet these characters are!!!

A psychic trap??? Hoo boy

Windblade: How do I defeat this psychic trap? Maccadam: Well, it would help if you had any bug or dark-type Pokemon on you.

“Or you could just tell me!” I JUST SAID THAT TOO LMAO gosh I love the writing on this show

OHHH I LOVE THE CONTRAST OF IACONUS’ BRAIN WITH BEE’S BRAIN IN SEASON ONE, THAT”S SO GOOD

OH LMAO HE MEANT HER SWORD I thought he meant like “your inner-strength” or “your wisdom” NO HE MEANT “USE YOUR SWORD WINDBLADE” LOL

OHHH SPOOKY VOICE, I DIG IT

Wow Starscream’s really reading out his 1000 page long call-out post to a captive audience

LMAO THEY”RE JUST LISTING OUT DATE LOCATIONS

CHROMIA IS SO CUTE!!!!!!!! AHHH

OH NO ARCEE!!!!

I LOVE ARCEE, “HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT YOU BASTARD”

OH SHOOT JK I GUESS THEY REALLY DIDN”T TOTALLY WAKE HIM  UP LAST TIME I was wondering why he was just an arm

TITAN TIME!!!

Episode 16

To toast the flares off a neutron star....cute....

Wouldn’t it be cute if Kup was telling this story to a bunch of baby Cybertronians

Awh....Maccadam I’m sorry your old Titan had to re-awaken :(

“Too bad I won’t know how it ends” OH NO ARE YOU GUYS GONNA KILL OFF MACCADAM???? NO!!!!

Iaconus looks frickin RAD I’m sure Hasbro will make a killing off his toys

Speaking of I really hope they release Cyberverse on DVD in a bundle-pack

“War Titan, do NOT ignore me!” YEAH USE YOUR MOM VOICE ON HIM WINDBLADE!!!

LOVE THAT ROCK MUSIC

“This has never happened before” now THERE’S an interesting tidbit

OH NO....ITS THE OTHER TITAN....CROATON....

on the one hand, I’m SO glad we’re getting the Titan battle I crave, but on the other, CROATON NO!!!

TRIFORCE BEAM!!!

I love that Windblade is Jaeger-ing this frickin Titan solo

WHOOPS THERE GOES THE STADIUM

“Optimus had a fight of his own...with gravity!” oh how the mighty have fallen Optimus lmao

I wonder how this wonky universe would handle a flier

JUST THROW A BUILDING AT A TITAN, NBD

SOMEONE PLEASE CATCH ARCEE

THANKS GRIMLOCK

THERE’S RATCHET Finally, I was wondering where he was

“Well it’s not my fault this won’t be a fair fight” OH SHOOT THERE IT IS!!! THERE IT IS

I can’t believe Starscream is trying to back-seat drive this fight lmao

SOUNDWAVE NO!!!! Oh thank goodness they’re ok

OH NO OH NO

IS THIS IT IS HE GONNA DIE?? MAC DONT GIVE IN TO FATE!!!  NO!!!

MAC NO!!!!!!!!!! MAC YOU DIDN”T HAVE TO DIE NO!!! YOU LITERALLY DID NOT HAVE TO STAND THERE AND GET BLASTED WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!!!!!!

“My last citizen...he is gone” FRICK IM GONNA START CRYING

Quints > Murdered Croaton's citizens most likely > Enslave Croaton > Inadvertently kill Iaconus' last citizen (WHICH HURT BECAUSE WE'RE MADE TO ASSUME IACONUS ONLY CARES ABOUT WAR BUT NO, HE LOVES HIS CITIZENS DEEP DOWN) > BEHEAD IACONUS LIKE, WHY YOU GOTTA STAB ME IN THE HEART LIKE THIS

Wheeljack you’re so smart but ALSO IM STILL CRYING OVER MACCADAM

“Hehe, you’re a nasty little fella” NICE JOB COWBOY

OH NO ALL THE SOUNDWAVES DANGIT I KNEW IT

AND HE”S A BIG LIAR HE DID HAVE SOME BLUE SOUNDWAVES

OH NO WHAT ABOUT WINDBLADE

HECK THAT”S SUCH A BAD PLACE TO STOP BUT I CANT WATCH ANY MORE EPISODES RN I GOTTA STAGGER THIS SERIES

[risesonthecourt]

👀 Asahi×Makki for ship meme 🔍👀

I’m doing this specifically for our Asahi and Makki, but anything not verse related goes for them in general anyway so it’s fine XD

General:

Rate the Ship -   Awful | Ew | No pics pls | I’m not comfortable | Alright | I like it! | Got Pics? | Let’s do it! | Why is this not getting more attention?! | The OTP to rule all other OTPs --- they’re so good together.

How long will they last? - Try splitting them up, I dare you. Once they get together that’s pretty much it, they just stay together. It’s not even an issue. Rough patch? Who’s she?

How quickly did/will they fall in love? -It was pretty quick actually. Not like love at first sight but crushing very quickly and it paid off and once they got together they went from ‘I like you a lot’ to ‘wow I think is it’ before long.

How was their first kiss? - Really cute! Makki took the lead because Asahi got nervous but he knew what he was doing and it wasn’t the best kiss ever but it was still sweet and nice.

Wedding:

Who proposed? - Probably Makki, but it really depends on the verse, in some verses Asahi gets there first.

Who is the best man/men? - Well, Asahi couldn’t decide between Suga or Daichi and wound up picking Noya. Makki could have Mattsun or Iwa or both if he wanted.

Who is the braid’s maid(s)? - I don’t think they’d have one. 

Who did the most planning? - That also depends on the verse. Asahi takes care of their outfits, and they’d probably share the rest and consult each other a lot.

Who stressed the most? -Actually, maybe Makki, if he’s doing more of the planning. If Asahi’s just doing the outfits and not much else, he knows he can do well and he’s oddly calm.

How fancy was the ceremony? - In the cheerleader verse, hoo boy it’s fancy XD They go all out. Almost any other verse though, they go understated. Back of a pickup truck | 2 | 3 | 4 | Normal Church Wedding | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Kate and William wish they were this big.

Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? -ummmm I don’t think they would have

Sex:

Who is on top? - It really depends on the verse. Sometimes it’s almost always Makki, sometimes it’s almost always Asahi, but usually they switch fairly often.

Who is the one to instigate things? - They’re pretty even about this as well. But put werewolf Makki fresh from a change in front of Asahi and that boi’s gonna get jumped XD

How healthy is their sex life? - Barely touch themselves let alone each other | 2 | 3 | 4 | Once a couple weeks, nothing overboard | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They are humping each other on the couch right now

How kinky are they? - I’m calling harpy Asahi out a second time here XD also both of them. On a bus. Come on guys, get it together XD Straight missionary with the lights off | 2 | 3 | 4 | Might try some butt stuff and toys | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Don’t go into the sex dungeon without a horse’s head

How long do they normally last? -They usually go for a while actually. Depends what they’re doing, but think like 20 minutes to almost an hour.

Do they make sure each person gets an equal amount of orgasms? -It’s not so much an effort to make sure they’re equal, but it usually winds up being equal anyway.

How rough are they in bed? - Again, depends on the verse. Softer than a butterfly on the back of a bunny | 2 | 3 | 4 | The bed’s shaking and squeaking every time | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Their dirty talk is so vulgar it’d make Dwayne Johnson blush. Also, the wall’s so weak it could collapse the next time they do it.

How much cuddling/snuggling do they do? - No touching after sex | 2 | 3 | 4 | A little spooning at night, or on the couch, but not in public | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They snuggle and kiss more often than a teen couple on their fifth date to a pillow factory.

Children:

How many children will they have naturally? - So many supernatural things happening XD 3 in that verse, harpy and human twins and a lil woof.

How many children will they adopt? - Maybe also 3, I guess.

Who gets stuck with the most diapers? -At first, Asahi. But then after a while he decides Makki can’t keep avoiding it and gives him the baby right when they need a nappy change XD

Who is the stricter parent? - If we use the Pokemon au as a guide, Makki XD

Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? - They both would.

Who remembers to pack the lunch(es)? - Again, they probably both do. Whichever one made the lunches usually does it but if they forget the other one steps in and does it.

Who is the more loved parent? - Uhhhhh they’re both the favourites of different kids. So, neither one is really more loved overall.

Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? - They both do.

Who cried the most at graduation? -Asahi, but Makki cries a little too.

Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? -Makki.

Cooking:

Who does the most cooking? - Makki. It’s definitely Makki.

Who is the most picky in their food choice? -Asahi, he doesn’t like trying new things or spending too much on food.

Who does the grocery shopping? - Makki, since he cooks and knows better what he needs, but Asahi likes to help him.

How often do they bake desserts? - Asahi tries every year for Makki’s birthday. Makki can do it whenever he wants XD

Are they more of a meat lover or a salad eater? -I actually don’t know XD They might eat meat a lot but have salad with it.

Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? - Asahi tries to but Makki succeeds.

Who is more likely to suggest going out? - Makki.

Who is more likely to burn the house down accidently while cooking? -Asahi.

Chores:

Who cleans the room? - They both do.

Who is really against chores? -If one gets lazy the other one does too and they just cuddle on the sofa and do nothing. 

Who cleans up after the pets? - If they each chose a pet they mostly clean up after the ones they chose, but they’ll both do it.

Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? - They so both do this.

Who stresses the most when guests are coming over? - Uhhhhh you know what? I don’t know. I guess maybe it would depend on who it was and whether they’d been lazy about their chores.

Who found a dollar between the couch cushions while cleaning? - Asahi and if it’s the football au Makki put it there just so Asahi would find it.

Misc:

Who takes the longer showers/baths? - Asahi but if they’re in there together they’ll be chilling for hours if they can.

Who takes the dog out for a walk? - They go together!

How often do they decorate the room/house for the holidays? - They will decorate for most holidays, and also for birthdays.

What are their goals for the relationship? - They don’t need goals they are goals.

Who is most likely to sleep till noon? - If they’re all cuddled up and have nowhere to be, both of them. But usually it’s Asahi XD he does not like getting up early.

Who plays the most pranks? -Probably Makki.

[ghostmartyr]

Pokémon Black 2 Randomized Nuzlocke Run [Part 5]

Half the badges means halfway finished, right?

No. No, it never means that.

The squad:

Caspet (Haunter)

Puff (Dratini)

Nessy (Milotic)

Boruto (Ninjask)

Omchomp (Eelektrik)

I’m rooting for you, team.

Hello Pirate Plasma.

One of them has a Watchdog.

Caspet, kill.

Good Caspet.

And so the day is saved! Thanks to... Me and Russell!

Oh, wait, hold off on the exclamation points. Russell is giving the sad backstory talk about how his little sister was given a Purrloin as a gift, then Team Plasma stole it. Cue Russell feeling so sad and helpless, and now he wants to be strong and not helpless, and believes in the power of friendship backing him up.

It’s like Nintendo took every single villain code it could get its hands on and threw it on a good big bro who depends on his buddies.

Aw heck I think I need to have a Rotation Battle with Hearbreaker Charles before the bridge opens up. Also known as that battle type that takes three pokemon. Hoo boy. Okay. Let’s. Let’s try this.

It could and has been worse.

Hey, success. Nice work, Caspet. Sorry Puff gets all the exp from it. He’s smol. He needs it.

Bridge opened up, so that means... new friend time!

Duuuuuuude!

Want.

Hey hey hey hey I caught him!

Now what’re we naming you... Vertex!

Say what you will, Pokemon mook villains are charming as heck with some of their dialogue. You kids would have so much fun larping. Stop bringing real theft into it and have a grand ol’ time.

The Knight Plasma promises to tell me a story about the conflict if I visit their house. I shall do that momentarily. For now, the Pokemon Center calleth.

Okay it’s been a lot of weeks since that last sentence, so I really need to read up a bit and see where I’m at.

Hm.

I’m gonna wander around training stuff. Boruto needs a move that isn’t Leech Life.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT’S WINTER! THE GAME SAYS IT’S WINTER!

SNOW!

SNOW.

Oh, and I guess I should check that I have Poke Balls.

Yeah, okay, good.

Exploring time.

There’s this hotel on this block that I have zero memory of.

Exploration indicates that’s because there’s nothing of value in it.

We ended up fighting Charles again and now Caspet knows Shadow Ball. I might cry. Thank you, Caspet. Thank you for being alive.

Hope. It beckons.

But that means it’s time for Boruto to have the Exp. Share.

Cool, I don’t care.

Oh, in a battle.

Hoo boy. Fingers crossed.

Sure, let’s do this.

Level 27 Herdier. Not too bad, then.

...It knows Crunch.

That takes Caspet down to almost half, so Vertex can start earning his keep against the Swoobat. Good boy, Vertex, you didn’t die. Yay.

Russell appears and sad talks about former Team Plasma folks trying to do right happen. They are sad and Russell is sad and it’s all very sad.

Aw dang it. Rood offers us a Zorua. We don’t get to take it because it isn’t randomized. So much sadness all in this one building. In a weird way I’m sort of happy to see more of Knight Team Plasma. Some of them really were on N’s side, and some of them really did realize that pokemon could be their friends. It’s an oversimplification, but it’s really sweet.

I can’t go south until I have the town badge, which I can’t get because Clay’s off doing Clay things somewhere.

Gimme something that won’t die, game.

My team is going to be nothing but Electric types by the end. Also lol I forgot to heal I am suddenly much happier that this is a Pikachu.

Pikachu’s new name is Rynalds. Bye forever, Rynalds.

Cofagrigus was also an option.

Welp.

There’s also Exploud. And Alakazam.

Cool, I have a Moon Stone now.

...How the heck am I supposed to train my party. Exp. Share and letting the big kids handle it is the surest path to insanity I can come up with, but I seriously need my team to be useful beyond its top two.

Boruto still doesn’t know anything useful.

You know what he does know now?

Swords Dance.

You are a disappointment to Boruto’s Dad, Boruto. Which I guess is me, in this universe.

I’ve reached the dark grass, so let’s see if there are easier training opportunities here.

Dusknoir! Hey, I had one of you! Flaffy, Bastiodon, Tirtouga, Volcarona

Puff’s going to take the lead and Dragon Rage things to death while I’m next to a healing house. He’s going to need a ton of exp anyway, he might as well contribute to the cause of his friends.

None of you have good moves. Caspet better not die.

...Okay, five minutes into this, do I have any good TMs...?

No. I do not.

We enter the cave for hope of a change in fortune.

!

And it’s a male Ralts!

...Wait. Do I have a Dawn Stone?

I see this theoretically ending very sadly for me.

Caught, though. His new name is Diego and he will be very loved.

. . . . . . . .

-stumbles through the door several months later-

Ultra Sun possessed all my interest and my Nuzlocke ways got put on hold for flying through wormholes. So it’s been way too long, but since this is done over text that’s not too obvious, right?

Oh, and during my off-time, it wasn’t something I looked up thanks to that being against the rules, but I remembered that it’s Caspet’s Poison typing that’s a problem against Psychic. Yay for that brief mystery concluding.

Now where the heck am I.

Right. Grinding and caves and not quite ready to talk to Bianca.

And it’s Summer now, according to the game’s clock. I wish that were true in the outside world as well. It’s cold.

If I had a Dawn Stone, I think I would add Diego to the squad. Omchomp is beloved and etc., but I won’t claim to be horribly attached, and Ralts’ every evolution has a spot in my heart that Pokemon Go can’t fill because I’m not wasting 100 candy on anything less than 93% perfection.

Only as much as I love Gardevoir, Gallade is so cool and I only get to pick one, aaaand... Yeah, okay, nothing’s being swapped out yet. Back to grinding. Back to hoping that Boruto learns literally any STAB attack.

Why does this keep happening. Ah, and this is not something Puff should be anywhere near. Arguably nothing on my team should be anywhere near it. #grinding_problems.

You know, I’m beginning to remember why I wasn’t in a hurry to pick this run back up.

Boruto learns Slash.

Heck, I’ll take it.

Uh oh.

Oooooooh I am become error.

The logic behind this was that Puff’s been in front against Kyurem constantly before Nessy gets switched in, and all it ever uses is Ancient Power. If it had anti-Dragon stuff, it’d be using it, right?

Hoo boy.

Sorry, Puff.

Like. It’s been a while, so I don’t remember much of you, and I’m kind of relieved I’m not stuck with something that takes so long to gain levels anymore, but ow.

K, Vertex goes in and we are running now.

All the way back to a Pokemon Center.

Really, really sorry, Puff.

What am I going to do without Dragon Rage... the one true grind power.

Rynalds, Frill, or Diego. Those are my choices.

In you go, Diego. I would prefer a Gallade, but that doesn’t much matter at this point.

It could be much, much worse. This run started with way worse. This is fine. It’s fine. Absolutely fine. Does not make me dream of Exp. Share that affects the entire team at all.

These are my happy tears. Obviously.

...

See. I thought to myself, “It probably knows Fire Blast.” Then I thought to myself, “Sure it can learn it, but it’s a low level legendary. Speaking from experience, those things have jack for moves. Boruto will be fine.”

Then Boruto was not fine.

Lava Plume.

Oh, and a critical hit for good measure.

I have nothing to say.

But Omchomp is going in the designated survivor box, and I’m not replacing anyone in the current lineup. I’m just. I’m gonna train these four. And. Make that work somehow. It’s too early to get caught up in everything dying during grinding.

Neat, Diego’s cave has Charizard. And Seviper. Bayleef. Probopass.

Vertex could maybe handle being Diego’s training partner... let’s give that a try instead of bloating Nessy’s level even further.

And the first thing a Charizard does is Dragon Rage the 84 health thing.

This continues to be a very long trial.

Back to Autumn.

My son. You shall be the most beautiful ballerina.

Okay, things starting to feel a bit more positive? A bit more like it might all be okay? Yeah! Let’s go! Grind them feet into the field!

Did I know there was Alakazam in the normal grass outside Chargestone? Because there is. And I have a Gardevoir in need of tutelage. Well great, at least now I know where I’m grinding.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DID THE RANDOMIZER SETTINGS RIGHT!

GENGAR GET!

No more Eviolite for Caspet, which. Well, sure, it stresses me out to only have as much Defense as Caspet really has, but maybe I’ll pick something up along the line that helps with that. You never know.

Back to the grind.

...With the stray thought that this is much less necessary with the four I have. I’d like Vertex over 30, but realistically, Caspet and Nessy are enough to deal with a lot, and Diego’s getting there.

I’ll get Vertex over 30 and hit go on the plot button.

Oh wait. Diego’s only offensive move is Magical Leaf.

Aaaaah, ghosts of Boruto’s past...

Eh, let’s just talk to Bianca.

She says nothing of interest to those who already know you can push Chargestone Cave’s rocks around.

So, I’ve just realized that I can fight Clay now, probably, and because I’m largely making myself sad doing non-plot activities, I’m going to give that a go. Nessy is overleveled and suited for it. I’ll give her a Mystic Water. Vertex can carry the Exp. Share for a bit.

And down we go.

I have no memory of this place. It is dark.

Better, but I think I like the previous games’ setup of this gym more. Aesthetically. I hated moving around it, but it was all very pretty. This has too much dark to roll with the pretty much.

Okay, first fight! Let’s see if I should actually be trying this.

First and only pokemon is a level 31 Baltoy. I think we’re good.

Geez. There are too many platforms here. Gym, I am disappoint.

Nessy.

Carry.

First out is a level 31 Krokorok. One Water Pulse downs it. Following that up is a level 31 Sandslash, and in the spirit of optimism and needing exp, Diego’s going to try to Magical Leaf it into submission. One isn’t enough, and Clay uses a Hyper Potion on his next turn. Next Magical Leaf after undoing that does the trick, and I think we’re bringing out Nessy next to contend with the Excadrill.

The level 33 Excadrill.

Nessy’s 38, if I haven’t mentioned it this post.

...Wow. One Water Pulse later, and we’re done with Clay.

Yaaaaay.