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[ratking-pkmn]

Hi, I found out about the blog from Quin from Mirage Mews and I have a question regarding the timeline. You say that the story would be set 40 years after the events of red and green in generation 7 but here is my question, in what timeline? There are three timelines in the main games: the Gameboy universe, the Gameboy advance universe and the mega universe This image was made by a Spanish-speaking youtuber that I follow shows it better

so in what timeline? although the Pokémon origins miniseries would be located in the mega universe

firstly I love you good sir for being the first ask. smooch for you.

this is gonna be a long one so buckle in. putting it under the cut so some poor guy doesn't have to see my eight billion word novel about how I'm ignoring Pokémon canon and dancing atop it's grave.

So let's start with your question. What of the three timelines is it in? None fuckit I'm doing all if it call it the Dean Timeline (/j do not do that plz.)

I guess the most obvious indicator of timeline to most people is Mega Evolution. At the moment that kind of hangs up in the air for me, but for now I'm going to say yes, it does exist, though it isn't particularly story relevant so kind of put it into the limbo area of 'probably exists.'

"so if there's mega evolution it's in that timeline-" NOPE GET EXPLODED. all the other battle gimmicks? z-crystals, dynamax, terastallizaton? we riding it with all of it babie!!!! Although some are region locked.

And as for the "40 years after" comment I made honestly that was like a vague approximation. What I really meant was more 'it's been a hot minute all your faves are old now.' While again these characters aren't super relevant to the story I'm aiming to tell, Red and Blue/Green/Gary ("SMELL YA LATER" guy, you know who I mean) are in their mid fifties by now.

prof oak dead fr by now

While the story does absolutely focus on the cast of Gen 7, it does not take place during the events of Gen 7. They're all older too now. Lillie, Hau, Gladion, all our little guys are in their early-mid thirties now. Also, I'm mixing together the events of SM and USUM to make the story more interesting. The games offered a lot of cool concepts and I'm going to push them to their furthest extent by picking and choosing what I use and what I don't.

I have my lore preplanned, so worry not! There will be more consistency than somebody making stuff up on the fly. I even have a whole notebook assigned to this verse! >:3

OOPS as a side note try not to assign human earth real life years to events that take place in my content. While the games were first released in 1996, the history of humanity on the Pokemon world earth is drastically different than our own. Basically everything is different, from the shape of the land, to the very basics of biology, and how technology has developed are all different. So what's the current year in my verse? Well it's [REDACTED] duh. When's [REDACTED] exactly? Approximately 55-ish years after Red was born. yea.

[arosnowflake]

My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

[cowboysmp3]

there’s something sooo sickening about how dunmeshis whole energy is like sometimes something terrible and awful happens to you and it changes you forever and nothing can make you the person you were before but there’s still love and there’s still sharing a meal together and there’s still living

[eosofspades]

i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

[magentasnail]

hey guys new diagnosis just dropped: EVIL AUTISM

[chiptrillino-art]

(ID in ALT Text) Happy very, very late Mother's Day!

I am not saying that zuko is sokkas substitute for kya. or they look in any way similar! The whole concept here is that something was happening at the moment, be it how they were laying in bed, how the hair pooled over the pillow, or how sokka was able to hold onto it. It just brought sokka back. It triggered a memory, and suddenly he relived a brief memory. Making him suddenly miss his mother again. hope you enjoy!

[kartsstuffig]

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[hellyeahsickaf]

I found an extremely dope disability survival guide for those who are homebound, bedbound, in need of disability accommodations, or would otherwise like resources for how to manage your life as a disabled person. (Link is safe)

It has some great articles and resources and while written by people with ME/CFS, it keeps all disabilities in mind. A lot of it is specific to the USA but even if you're from somewhere else, there are many guides that can still help you. Some really good ones are:

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[mountainshroom]

They deserve to have a quiet moment for themselves (and Zuko is seriously questioning his taste in men)

[flagellant]

yeah we might be brothers in christ but so were cain and abel so shut the fuck up before i decide to find a rock about it

[tired-and-swaggy]

[ink-ghoul]

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[starfishinthedistance]

I talk to many people who say things like "oh I have trauma but I don't have PTSD", but then when I talk to them a little more I realize that they most likely do, they just can't recognize it as such due to how lacking PTSD awareness is, even beyond the whole "it's not just a veteran's disorder" thing.

The main reason they think they don't have PTSD usually has to do with flashbacks and nightmares, either they have one but not the other or have neither. But here's the thing, those are only two symptoms out of the 23-odd recognized symptoms. Flashbacks and nightmares are two of the five symptoms under Criterion B (Intrusion), which you only need one of for a diagnosis. The other three symptoms are unwanted upsetting memories, emotional distress after being reminded of trauma and physical reactivity after being reminded of trauma (i.e. shaking, sweating, heart racing, feeling sick, nauseous or faint, etc). Therefore you can have both flashbacks and nightmares, one but not the other, or neither and still have PTSD.

In fact, a lot of the reasons people give me for why they don't think they have PTSD are literally a part of the diagnostic criteria.

"Oh, I can barely remember most parts of my trauma anyway." Criterion D (Negative Alterations in Cognition and Mood) includes inability to recall key features of the trauma.

"Oh but I don't get upset about my trauma that often because I avoid thinking of it or being around things that remind me of it most of the time." Criterion C (Avoidance) includes avoiding trauma-related thoughts or feelings and avoiding trauma-related external reminders, and you literally cannot get diagnosed if you don't have at least one of those two symptoms.

"Oh I just have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, but I don't have nightmares." Criterion E (Alterations in Arousal and Reactivity) includes difficulting sleeping outside of nightmares.

"But I didn't have many/any trauma symptoms until a long time after the trauma happened." There's literally an entire specification for that.

Really it just shows how despite being one of the most well-known mental illnesses, people really don't know much about PTSD. If you have trauma, I ask you to at least look at the criteria before you decide you don't have PTSD. Hell, even if you don't have trauma, look at the criteria anyway because there are so many symptoms in there that just are not talked about.

PTSD awareness is not just about flashbacks and nightmares.

[lightning-system]

As a medium/lower support needs autistic who works with young higher support needs autistic:

We all matter. We all have the same diagnosis. We all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

But we are not the same.

I can mask and might be seen as 'odd' or 'weird' in public. The students I work with are seen as 'dangerous' and 'practically little kids'.

I can go to university and work with accommodations. The students I work with likely will never live independently and a few might find jobs that support them but still pay them less than an abled worker.

I have full control of my finances. The students I work with aren't allowed to make independent financial decisions, even if capable.

If I say 'no,' I'm making a choice. The students I work with can't say 'no' without being labeled as defiant and difficult.

I can feed myself, bathe myself, and take care of myself with extreme challenges. The students I work with are unable to take care of themselves without high levels of support/one on one support.

I had an IEP in high school but was mainstreamed in classes. The students I work with take separate classes and some rarely get to interact with their abled peers.

Our experiences are fundamentally different. Higher support needs autistics will experience a specific type of ableism I never will, and can never fully understand.

Lower support needs autistics need to stop saying we understand what higher support needs autistics are going through and then present autism as only being disabling because of society/lack of acceptance because that is dangerous. We need to stop saying every autistic person is capable of everything if given the right support because that leaves out huge parts of our community who will never be able to do certain things, regardless of support.

We are worthy of existence regardless of our abilities.

Autism is a spectrum. It is not the same for every autistic person. Autism acceptance and advocacy has to come with accepting, acknowledging, and listening to our higher support needs peers.

[bunnieswithknives]

As much as I love angst I think it would be funny if he just didnt give af