#kappa mewtwo

[mew-sanctuary]

So about a year ago, I started this Mewtwo style study, drawing some of the babytwos from members of the amazing commewnity, as well as some other characters from artists I greatly enjoy. Kappa, as a kangaskhan fusion, has natural motherly instincts and attracts children.

I tried to keep the proportions and shapes as accurate as possible to study as many designs and details as possible.

Featuring in approximately left to right order:

Pigment from @xxtc-96xx

Marshmallow from @polteashop

Copper from @absolutedream-art

Nana from @dxzziie

Momo from @loupy-mongoose

Chilli from @penumbramewtwos

Twotwo from @whatifmw

Blu from @mewtwoandme

Dot from @oddestoddish

Novus from @mew-dump

Oddy from @phlurrii

Red from @pokemon-ash-aus

Pip from @blues-sues

Contrast from @paradoxiusblack

Mizuki from @secret-mewtwo

Matcha from @inaris-pokemon-world

Bingo from @askvekpa

[mew-sanctuary]

Aww Dutchess is so cute!

DUCHESS DOODLES!

Featuring:

@mezuni-and-willow @crazytiger6

@pokemon-ash-aus @mewtwoevolution

@mew-dump @dingbat-things

@mew-sanctuary @distortionmewtwo

[ptgigi]

Art fight attack against a lot of @psychic-nature/@mew-sanctuary's Mews! I couldn't pick just one

[sparkylurkdragon]

top 5 fictional dragons

Ridley (Metroid): I love his lanky, skeletal design and Long Snout, and he's such a glorious asshole. His boss fights are always a highlight of any Metroid game, and his theme song kicks ass.

Paarthurnax (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim): On the other side of the spectrum from Ridley, Grandpa Paarthurnax is a joy to actually be around. I still think about his "What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" line a lot.

Charizard (Pokémon): One of my three tied-for-favourite mons alongside Pikachu and Mewtwo. Seeing a dragon on the cover of Red was what prompted me to ask Dad to buy it, and Charmander was my very first Pokémon. Again I like the Long Snout design and the little flame on the tail - very cool!

Dragon Frye (Alisia Dragoon): The fact that his name is a fire-based pun on "dragonfly" is just the beginning! I don't actually use him much in gameplay, but he's vital for the speedrun, and it's a treat to see a skilled player use him well. Plus, more Long Snout.

Queen Wyzásukitán (The Firebringer Trilogy, Meredith Ann Pierce): The Firebringer Trilogy has a couple of interesting takes on dragons, but I think Wyzásukitán and her people are my favourite. They sleep for hundreds of years in their mountain caves, only an unmated Queen and her mate can fly, and they have kappa-like pools of dragonwater on their heads that other species can use to see into dragon dreams and can drink to temporarily become extremely powerful physically. She can also fly as fast as a jet liner.

[mew-sanctuary]

Kangatwo!

I love that! If I’m allowed, I want to use that term!!

Though at this rate, we’ll have an army of kangatwos and kangamews!

We have 3 kangamews, but what about a kangatwo… I’ve been inking too much and have ideas I need to digitize gosh darn it X3

I mean, have you seen @mew-sanctuary's recent 'two post? A literal Kangatwo! :3

[starman-waiting-in-the-sky07]

donezo

Mr. Game And Watch Donkey Kong Diddy Kong Dixie Kong Cranky Kong King K. Rool Little Mac Balloon Fighter R.O.B Ice Climbers Mario Luigi Wario Waluigi Yoshi Birdo Princess Peach Princess Daisy Toad Koopa Bowser Jr. Bowser Paper Mario Vivian Dimentio Dr. Mario Fawful Cackletta Mallow Geno Link Young Link Princess Zelda Mipha Navi Midna Tingle Morshu Skullkid Ganondorf Samus Aran Dark Samus Ridley Mother Brain Pit Dark Pit Palutena Viridi Marth Roy Byleth Captain Falcon Kirby Bandana Dee Gooey King Dedede Meta Knight Magalor Marx Fox McCloud Falco Lombardi Wolf Ness Jeff Lucas Porky Giygas Ash Pikachu Brock Misty Cynthia Jigglypuff Greninja Incineroar Hitmontop Charizard Mewtwo Team Rocket Galeem Master Hand Crazy Hand Tabuu Villager Tom Nook Isabelle Olimar Louie Ashley Chibi-Robo Mii Wii Fit Trainer Shulk Pyra And Mythra Inkling Min-Min Noob Bacon Hair Quincy Dart Monkey Red Bloon M.O.A.B Red Chuck Crazy Dave Peashooter Sunflower Conehead Dr. Zomboss Barbarian King Archer Queen Barbarian Wall Breaker Builder Royale King Mega Knight Shelly El Primo Crow Imposter Will Smith Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson LeBron James Jack Black RuPaul Hirohiko Araki Shigeru Miyamoto Toby Fox Gordon Ramsey Joe Sparrow Charles Darwin Albert Einstien Nikola Tesla Freddie Mercury Weezer David Bowie Micheal Jackson "Weird Al" Yankovic Ludwig Van Beethoven Taylor Swift Hbomberguy DougDoug Markiplier Matpat Jaiden Animations DougDoug Dream Donald Trump Barack Obama Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Karl Marx Bernie Sanders You Your Mother God Satan Jesus Judas Noah Adam And Eve Buddha Zeus Poseidon Hades Hercules Medusa Kappa The Grim Reaper Headless Horseman Santa Claus The Easter Bunny Sandman The Tooth Fairy Thor Odin Loki

Desperate Dan Cuddles And Dimples Dennis The Menace Gnasher Minnie The Minx Roger The Dodger Calamity James Les Pretend Billy Whizz Bananaman Baby Face Finlayson Walter The Softy Spiderman Captain America Iron Man The Hulk Deadpool Doc Ock Thanos Superman Batman Wonder Woman The Flash The Joker Garfield Jon Arbuckle Odie Nermal Captain Underpants George And Harold Ranger Rogue Sorceror Necromancer Beholder Mind Flayer Lich Olly Gaytor Mr. Monopoly Stonks Guy Big Chungus Pepe Wojack Chad Loss Jeff The Killer Slenderman Ilikemenderman Pepsi-Man Ronald McDonald The Kool Aid Man Emmet Brickowski Juno Ruler Of Everything Sonichu Jouta Kujo Jerma France Akinator

[monstersandmaw]

Future Monster Suggestions

I asked for your suggestions for ‘new’ monsters that I’ve not written, and you didn’t disappoint! I’m not going to take any more suggestions for now because I THINK THAT’S ENOUGH TO BE GOING ON WITH! *screeches with excitement*

We’ve got:

Mindflayer/illithid

Bugs/insects other than driders

Nekomata - catlike shifter-monster/yokai from Asian mythology

Tikbalang - long-limbed, horse-headed, forest monster from the Philippines

Ghosts & poltergeists (and ghosts of monsters: fluffy translucent drider ghost )

Finfolk from Orkney lore (yes! A cheer for the UK mythology!)

Ent

Siren

Sangheili 

huldra/hulder 

rokurokubi 

perchten/Krampus

gremlin

Mewtwo pokemon

sasquatch

Banshee (done already but only on Patreon I think)

Cyclops

Boogeyman

Kappa

Tengu

Bugbear

owl demon             

scarecrows 

Fallout and Destiny style monsters

nokken 

kraken mermaid 

golem (please note that I will not use the word ‘golem’ because I’m not Jewish and feel that it’s disrespectful, so I’ll use another term for a sculpture brought to life, maybe ‘atronach’ from TES).

android/robot

troll

yeti

aqrabuamelu (scorpion ‘drider’) (I did a drawing of one but Tumblr has vanished it from my search)

djinn

Harpy (I have Merilla, my female harpy, but I want to do a male one too)

frogman

ghoul

shapeshifter

ogre

Unrelated to monsters, I’ve also had a request for more mlm and more wlw content. :)

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Michael in the Mainstream: Pokemon Generation I & II

Pokemon is one of the biggest media franchises on the planet since 1996, and while it’s never exactly hit the same highs as it did back in the 90s, the franchise has been going strong for over two decades regardless. So, in honor of the latest entries in the franchise, I decided to take a look back at the old generations and look at what worked and what didn’t about them, though obviously in my own style. And what better place to start than the original two generations, Generations I and II?

Let’s start with Generation I, which includes the three games that started it all – Red, Blue, and Yellow, though back in the franchise’s homeland of Japan they had Green instead of Blue (hence why we got FireRed and LeafGreen, but no WaterBlue). These are the games that launched the franchise into the stratosphere of popularity, and for a long time they were held up as the gold standard of Pokemon games, attracting a die-hard base of “fans” known as Genwunners, who would bash anything outside of the first 151 Pokemon. Lately that sort of opinion has declined, though you still get the odd person here and there whining about how newer Pokemon designs look like Digimon, which indicates that the person saying that is unfamiliar with either franchise.

But what of the games themselves? What are they like? I have long expressed distaste for the Gen I games, mostly because of my hatred of Genwunners, but ultimately my opinions on the games are a lot more mixed. I do believe that Yellow is a genuinely good game and probably how the first generation should be experienced if you really want to go back to the old games, but my opinions on Red and Blue are a bit more mixed – but, shockingly, mostly positive.

You see, here’s the thing with Pokemon games – even at their worst, they’re still fun, and Red and Blue prove that. These are impressive games for their time that had the misfortune of aging far worse than a lot of their contemporaries, mostly due to the nature of the games themselves – any sort of franchise based on collecting and battling among groups of friends is going to need a lot of polish between releases, which will inevitably leave older games in the dust, especially when each generation after would add more and more Pokemon with each new generation. But even if they haven’t aged all too well, there’s still plenty of fun to be had here, though a lot of it is not in ways the creators intended.

Let’s get the bad stuff out of the way first – the balance in this game is absolutely atrocious. There are some types that are just objectively better than others, some types are so scarce as to be utterly useless, some moves don’t work like they’re supposed to, some of the computers use moves they shouldn’t know… the game is a hot mess, to put it lightly. At points the games feel frustratingly unplayable, especially when you come up against Sabrina, the gym leader wielding the all-powerful type of Gen I, Psychic.

The more mixed parts of the game are the story and the beloved, exploitable glitches. The story here… well, there isn’t one. There’s sort of an excuse plot in place - you have to beat all the gyms, challenge the Elite Four, and battle your rival (who you can name whatever, but I’ll be referring to him by his canon name, Blue). Other than that, though? There’s not really any sort of overarching plot. You kind of just wander into situation after situation on your way to the next gym. Even the whole Team Rocket plot here is mostly just you beating them up because they prove to slightly inconvenience you at every turn. Unlike in later entries, where the player is roped into saving the world from destruction at the hands of all-powerful PokeGods. Here the plot is basically “Young boy accidentally foils the Mafia while on a walk with their pet.” It’s so hilariously simple it’s hard to totally hate it, and to be perfectly fair a lot of early RPGs had rather simplistic plots, and this was one of the first handheld RPGs, so I cut them a bit of slack here, especially seeing as we at least got Giovanni out of this.

The glitches are infamous and iconic, but even them I’m a bit mixed on. Like, I love Missingno as much as everyone else, but I think tat if you need to break a game this hard to have fun, it kind of ruins things. I feel the same way about the glitches as I do the Crissaegrim in Symphony of the Night sure, they’re cool, flashy, and powerful, but they make the game so pathetically easy from that point onwards it just isn’t that entertaining anymore.

Still, this game does excel in one area: character. There are a lot of great characters in this game, human and Pokemon. A lot of the gym leaders are absolutely iconic, and the Elite Four is mostly interesting, though I will say that they lack a lot of character compared to later Elite Fours (though he Gen III remakes ameliorated this problem). It’s pretty impressive how so much character was able to be crammed into these characters even though they are ostensibly just roadblocks on your way to the next gym.

Then there are the Pokemon. The designs in this generation are pretty simple, occasionally to a fault, but there is a reason for this: a lot of Pokemon are based on yokai or tsukumogami, both of which are pretty essential in Japanese folklore. Tsukumogami in particular are something the franchise seems to absolutely love, with the Voltorb and Magnemite lines being notable examples from this generation. Other Japanese folklore represented in this Generation include kitsune, which the Vulpix line is explicitly based on, kappas, which Golduck is inspired by, baku, which the Drowzee line represents, and so in. In fact, the entire concept of Pokemon is so entrenched in the concepts of yokai and Japanese spirits that it is endlessly amusing to see Westerners nitpicking the designs, ignoring the cultural meaning behind them. Pokemon have a variety of inspirations obviously, but the weirder you think a design is the more likely it is to have been based off of some sort of yokai.

I think the definitive Gen I experience is Yellow, which is inspired by the anime. You start off with Pikachu who follows behind you at all times, you can acquire all of the starters, the game overall feels more polished (but not overly so), and you get to fight Jessie and James. It’s a lot of fun, and it doesn’t heavily alter the story, instead adding a few neat little additions, something that would become common with third versions in the franchise. The Kanto games are a solid start to a franchise, but they definitely could have used a bit more work…

That’s where Generation II comes in.

Generation II honestly feels like what Generation I should have been like, leaving Red and Blue as the unpolished alpha, Yellow as the beta, and Gold and Silver as the full release. In fact, it kind of leaves the  second gen feeling a lot more like an expansion pack than anything else, but not in an obnoxious or bad way like a certain other game (COUGHOverwatch 2COUGH). These games are so much better in just about every conceivable way, it’s not even funny.

A lot of important series mainstays made their debut here. The biggest and best is probably the introduction of the Dark and Steel types, the latter of which really feels like it should have been in Generation 1 to begin with. Steel quickly established itself as a very defensive type, and Pokemon of that type are just naturally tough due to Steel resisting nearly every other type in the game, with it only being nerfed slightly once the games jumped to 3D. Dark on the other hand was extremely cool in concept, but a lot of the Pokemon of the type were not able to properly utilize their impressive movepools due to Dark being classified as a Special type and a lot of early Dark-types running with high physical stats.

Let me clarify real quick: prior to Generation IV, the type of the move determined whether it ran off of Physical or Special Attack, no matter how ludicrous it seemed. That means Dark moves like Bite and Fire moves like Blaze Kick ran off of the Special Attack stat despite almost always appearing on Pokemon that had much higher Physical Attack, leaving a lot of Dark-types in the dust until the Sinnoh games rolled along and balanced things. Still, this bump in usability did not stop Dark-types from being popular and beloved, with Pokemon like Umbreon, Sneasel, and Houndoom all debuting here in the land of Johto.

Speaking of new Pokemon, fewer were added this time around, only about 100, sort of fitting in with this game feeling like an expansion pack. A lot of the new Pokemon are odd and gimmicky, with strange creatures like Unown, Delibird, and Shuckle making their debut here, as well as the almighty Dunsparce. While time would be kind to some of these (Dunsparce and Shuckle in particular have gained niche uses and cult fandoms), other gimmicky Pokemon got left in the dust. Still, I do think having weird, gimmicky Pokemon adds some flavor to the world. If there’s one thing I am upset about, it’s some of the Pokemon that were cut from the game, revealed to the world in the prototype version of Gold and Silver that leaked online. We almst got a new Shellder evo that looked like Slowbro’s tail, as well as Pokemon like Lickilicky debuting two generations earlier (and with a far better design). Still, what we got is pretty impressive, and though I find Johto a tad bit vanilla, there are a lot of Pokemon I love in this generation.

Another great addition to the franchise is lore behind the Legendary Pokemon. Gen I did have a bit of lore in regards to Mew and Mewtwo if you chose to read all of the journals in Cinnabar Mansion, but the bird trio got nothing and sort of just felt like random bonus bosses than Pokemon really deserving the title of legends. In this game, every legend introduced feels legendary. Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Ho-Oh, and Lugia all have fascinating lore behind them, and while they don’t play a major part in the story or factor in to Team Rocket’s plans (save for Suicune in Crystal, who has its own subplot), it showed that even this early on they were working on making the legendaries feel bigger and more impressive to the point they deserved their title as legends.

Then of course there are the new additions to gameplay and collecting that helped really make the franchise shine. The introduction of held items is one of the most significant; now there were even more ways to improve your standing in a battle! Give your mon a berry, they’ll eat it when their health gets low! This feature would be expanded on in later games, but its start here introduced a whole new world of possibilities. There was also the splitting of the Special stat into Special Attack and Special Defense a choice that helped balance the games and not completely overpower the Psychic type. And speaking of, Type distribution was quite a bit better in these games, though the new types Steel and Dark as well as Ghost and Dragon were still fairly underutilized and rare.

 Then there is the introduction of gender and breeding, which allowed players to get new Pokemon by leaving two Pokemon in the same egg group in a day care together. This not only allowed for the introduction of new baby Pokemon (which are largely useless and Pokedex filler if I’m being honest), but it gave the transforming blob of jello Ditto a new lease on life, as it could breed with absolutely ANYTHING, even some genderless Pokemon. Finally, we have the introduction of shiny Pokemon, Pokemon that had a different coloration than normal Pokemon and that almost surely existed to show off the power of the Game Boy Color. Back in Generation II, shinies were guaranteed to have perfect IVs of some sort or another to make their rarity more worthwhile, but this was scrapped after this gen. Still, there is nothing cooler than having that fabulous Pokemon with its incredible sparkle pop up while you’re roaming the wild, and nothing sadder than realizing you don’t have any balls to catch it.

The story here is also improved, which is a plus. A rarity for Pokemon games going forward, these games were true sequels to the originals, taking place a few years after the events of the Gen I games, and so the plot concerns the player getting roped in to not only stopping the remnants of Team Rocket trying to rise to power yet again, but also fighting off a mysterious rival named Silver, all while trying to complete the gym challenge. The stakes are a bit higher this time, but not overly so, and the plot definitely feels bigger and more important, with their being a sense of “I have to stop Team Rocket or something bad could happen” rather than “Ugh, these guys are blocking the way to the next gym, guess I better get rid of them.” And if that’s not enough, this has one of the more impressive post-games for the series… for its time. Much has been made of the late, great Satoru Iwata’s impressive cramming of the entirety of Kanto into the game, and you won’t hear me say that for the time these games came out what he did was impressive. 

The thing is, this accomplishment has aged about as well as the games the Kanto region debuted in. Gen II’s version of Kanto has a very poor level curve, meaning you can basically steamroll through most of the gyms, and a lot of areas are blocked off, gone, or cut down. While it is cool to see all these places two years after the original games, it’s not nearly as fun when you’re crushing underleveled Pokemon and you can’t access Cerulean Cave or the legendary birds. When you finally acquire all the badges though, you get to head to Mt. Silver and make your way up to one of the definitive bonus bosses of the franchise – Red, the player character of the original games. He’s a pretty tough opponent, and the game seems to lean towards making Yellow the true canon game as Red has all three starters plus Pikachu,

There’s not much else to say, as there isn’t too much negative to say about the Johto region or the games. The definitive version is, of course, Crystal, as it has a bit of extra story and polish to it and even let you play as a girl for the first time, and though there are aspects that the remakes of these games would improve on, the Generation II games are actually extremely solid and a lot of fun to play to this day, even if they haven’t yet achieved optimal balance for Pokemon. At the very least, they’re a lot more fun and playable than the Gen I games.

It’s pretty undeniable that the first two generations put Pokemon on a pretty solid path of progression and started the franchise off with a bang. There was really nowhere to go from here but up, and boy oh boy did they ever go up from here.

[thatonerandomshipper]

Unpopular Opinions (Don’t unfollow please)

Whoo, here we go. 1. I’m a girl in a world where my onl- whoops wrong thing 1. Fox mains suck tbh, I mean no disrespect to you, if you’re good, you’re good, but don’t use fox to just tryhard us plebs pls. Same to you falco. 2. Pikachu is basically top 5. I mean, look at the trailers for smUsh. A MEWTWO NAIR? Jesus Christ. I swear you’re gonna find Pikachu tryhards all over for glory complaining when sakurai nerfs him. 3. Bayonetta isn’t good anymore. I mean sure, she was top tier in 4, and Leo did that sick bayo juggle in the invitational, but what will Sakurai do now? Will bayo be nerfed again? Remember, Sakurai has until the end of the year to release smUsh, and I don’t see bayo being top tier then. 4. Fizzy drinks aren’t good at all. It literally tastes like pins and needys *slap* needles in your mouth, and I don’t really need that. Please rb telling me why fizzy drinks actually taste good for you. 5. BFDI S1 is probably my least favourite season. I guess it’s to be expected, and I do still like it, but I don’t feel like anyone other than firey and leafy was really fleshed out fully in season 1, it was too juvenile for me, I didn’t think the humour was as funny as the later seasons and overall, I just prefer the others. Thanks for reading, see you soon for another rant on people who don’t ship coinpin Kappa

[mew-sanctuary]

I made Mega Kappa and Zed using @mewtwoandme ‘s amazing bases! I changed them a little, such as to add Kappa’s spikes and pouch, and I think it came out super cool!

Filled with mega energy, Zed comes out of Kappa’s pouch to aid in battle!! He’s still blind, but uses the excess psychic energy flowing through him to see.

But that doesn’t mean Kappa is any less protective of Zed.

Their ability would be Parental Bond!

[ask-duchess]

DUCHESS DOODLES!

Featuring:

@mezuni-and-willow @crazytiger6

@pokemon-ash-aus @mewtwoevolution

@mew-dump @dingbat-things

@mew-sanctuary @distortionmewtwo

[loupy-mongoose]

We have 3 kangamews, but what about a kangatwo… I’ve been inking too much and have ideas I need to digitize gosh darn it X3

I mean, have you seen @mew-sanctuary's recent 'two post? A literal Kangatwo! :3