#just for organization's sake

[rcguish]

silver and his gyarados.

this relationship happened to be one of the more tumultuous ones amongst the metals team. the manner in which silver caught gyarados was innately disastrous, a thwarting attempt to the workings of team rocket forcing evolution via radio waves. subsequently, forcing the newly and unnaturally evolved gyarados to begin rampaging to the degree of causing severe inclement weather in the nearby area and town. silver and gold located the red and odd one out to be the source of amplification, possibly the alpha of the school, and silver had been successful in closing distance and capturing him.

they were both hurting and broken hearts that took that pain and hatred towards the world and made it their fuel to keep going. that want to rage, rage, and rage some more because surely that was the only thing there was to this life? only knowing destruction in the face of their wrath? a way to sort of say 'fuck the world,' seizing power at the first glimpse of it because that's the only way they thought they could change their lives.

and from that was where their interests became mutually aligned, motivation to fight from a place of deepset despair and to bring down those that had wronged them. gyarados had noticed silver's pain, and in a way he recognized his, even when he ignored his pokemon's hearts and thoughts to a detriment as a lost kid.

silver had a hard time in general in getting along with his pokemon in the beginning, a hard fought battle to recognize behaviors and change over the course of roughly seven to eight years. he'd only started having a perspective change when he'd found steven stone, and demanded a battle from him - only to end up losing miserably and him verbally confronting / making silver face the reality in which he forced his pokemon into. when steven had once reached into silver's heart, saw the deepest flaws and insecurities and spoke so matter-of-factly in brutal truths :

“ how in all the potential of this earth do you expect to accomplish anything when you very obviously do not give your team the gift of trust? " with the absolute lack of synergy you have, there's no way on this earth you even had half a chance of defeating me. even if your pokemon were all fully evolved, i still would have pummeled you. "

those words stuck with him until present day. a kindler of hatred when he was a kid and didn’t understand any better ; now borne as a reminder from whence he came.

since then, silver and his pokemon have truly contemplated and reflected on what it means to be a team.

and even further than that, when he was free from petrification and was able to still connect with feraligatr while in stasis -- it all points him down the road in that his pokemon were not merely a means to an end. when he was able to connect with them in this state between life and death, with feraligatr, and learn the ultimate move in a tangible trophy to their evolving bond.

when that had happened and the battle was over, he did end up seeking steven out again. there was progress still to be made, however much his mind started opening he did not put it into practice yet. and so silver turned to each and every single one of his pokemon after that, and made them a deep, heartfelt promise that he would do his best to let them help him. that he'd help them, rather than isolating himself physically and mentally. that he would see them as equals, rather than not-quite-tools.

and when he'd come to gyarados, they both stared for a long time at each other. a thousand things spoken in a mutual language only they seemed to understand, without any movement or any words. eventually, after a considerable amount of passing time with their stare, his pokemon grunted, closing mouth and eyes to bump silver in a newfound show of affection. he cried that night, for the first time in years ; wrapped arms around gyarados and profusely apologized until he'd calmed himself down enough to sleep.

and then, mega evolution had crossed his radar from green, blue, and steven.

it was a push. a push for him to finally settle what he thought he knew all for all these years, and learn a different way of existing. of thinking, and caring for, and working together. gyarados was able to mega evolve for the first time after he'd finally rested ungloved hands on red scales and renewed his promise to care for / work together / love.

they were able to master it as quickly as the ultimate move.

separate post on mega evolution + that journey will be written + linked here soon.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

class swap design masterpost for convenience (from top to bottom: bard!riz, cleric!gorgug, sorcerer!kristen, barbarian!fig, artificer!adaine, and rogue!fabian)

[pixlokita]

Oop I forgot I can mix my hyperfixations :v also wondered how a team Glamrock would look ^^

[the-dragon-girl-27]

Since im in a dino mood:

today on old art i never posted here's some conepts I made like a year or two ago

so like the 2 most fun things to draw are dinosaurs and anime girls so I had a galaxy brain moment and decided to design some dinosaur magical girls (plus evil T-rex villian lady)

so like hear me out so the girls would do magical girl transformations to fight evil dino girls and then it would be like power rangers where after they are defeated once they come back in their dinosaur form and then the girls have a second magical girl transformation where they would turn into their dinosaur forms (and like power rangers there's no reason they don't do this from the start other than just because)

I didn't actually do anything with this concept but like it is a banger concept still

bonus: concept art and more rambling

each girl was designed with a color in mind and i tried to get a variety of dinos (originally the Yi Qi girl was a microraptor hence the 4 wings in her hair but it felt to similar to velociraptor so i went for a different flying dino) velociraptor girl would be protag kun. The last 4 would be like characters who join the group later with the the pachycephalosaurs girl being an anti hero and the Gallimimus and Yutyrannus girl straight up starting as a villians

i wrote like 2 scenes in my head one where Yutyrannus girl betrays and fights evil T rex lady and its a cool tyrannosaur vs tyrannosaur fight and one where velociraptor girl and gallimimus girl talk about something and i ship them for it (so like gallimimus girl is self concious that gallimimus isnt a traditionally like cool dino but raptor girl cheers her up and then gallimimus girl joins the good guys)

also side note that Yutyrannus girl might be one of my best character designs ever lol (I also gave her the most clever name for an OC I've done so like her name would be Yukiko because it starts with a "yu" like Yutyrannus but also yuki = snow and Yutyrannus is accociated with snow)

for the record i forgot what i named the rest

anyway yeah i never did anything with this concept depite how galaxy brain it is lmfao

[thelemonsnek]

more from the malevolent au :) at one point arceus and tina take over rei and ingo's bodies and it's verrrry cool and fun (but not for them)

[image id: a sketch page showing designs of Arceus and Giratina possessing Rei and Ingo. "Ingo" now has sharp, long sideburns, mimicking Giratina's mask, and six black tendrils stretch from his back. He is colored in with pure black and red. "Rei" is ghostly and otherworldly, with a halo of light behind him and black outlining his body. His lineart is white, and he is not colored in. There are several sketches showing off the before and afters of both of them, as well as a small doodle of them standing next to each other, with text in all caps reading "pov: you are about to be rended from existence". End id]

[skrs-cats]

currently reading the new graphic novel and the tigerclaw, lionheart and whitestorm 'friendship' is making me T___T

[wickjump]

a formal thank you to jakei for not blocking me for talking about cross 174832898 times a day. i probably would block me i'm really annoying. any way i very much extremely appreciate you andyour au.hhave a good break your so cool

love wick

[dvhaime]

same same but different

[hollowsart]

What did Ferrol engorge on eat?

A little "family tree" (not really) for [the symbiotes] !!

Placebo is the exception here. nothing was eaten within the creation of Placebo lol

Matcha & Placebo belong to me, but all the rest belong to @bunny-j3st3r !! the art for Eros & Cupid & Crayon are kinda placeholders as no official designs have been made yet.

[unvexes]

— no time to mourn, i'm on the dance floor !!

[t-u-i-t-c]

Giftober 2024 │ Day 3: Gold

Kamen Rider Dooms Geats

+ bonus

[pensivebathtub]

evan and blue <3

[t1m0thy23]

Ahem cough ahem.

I love stupid puns.

[shkika]

The more I think about W1 and Gabriel the more I realize that unlike with V1 which (imo) doesn’t feel like it has much of a deep super strong opinion on Gabriel. Not resentment at least.

W1 does not like him. It in fact hates him. like a lot.

On a deep personal level it absolutely despises that angel. And it makes me think of just how cruel it would be to him in the second fight and I honestly wish I had drawn Gabriel even more injured in that one comic, than just his heart being torn out. I think W1 would want to make him into minced meat.

When you combine the most bloodthirsty over-confident hyperactive maniac with the pettiest cunt robot alive it makes for one sadistic little guy when it feels wronged.

There’s something very magical about Gabriel experiencing torture in hell and being brought down to the level of sinners that call out his name for help or for strength. In the same way he doesn’t hear them, God does not hear his calls.

In those moments he realizes this is not a fight for redemption. And that it really isn’t to be found in hell. When the entire idea behind Christianity should be to seek redemption and forgiveness, to better yourself. To know god is ever loving and forgiving, it feels like there’s no one to hear him out. Or anyone else.

And for what reason? And who does this senseless torture benefit.

And so the campfire scene in my au would probably be skipped.

[albino-parakeet]

Beware the Dark… Dragon?

[hidden-havven]

1 life left sure hope nothing bad happens to them..

plus more doodles (cw: blood (not very graphical))

g e g g i s l o v e g e g g i s l i f e