#leaf trace

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Instead, he discovered that the leaf vascular bundles, arising from vascular precursor cells called the procambium, were initiated discontinuously in association with the emerging leaf primordia in the SAM (Figure 19.17A). (...) The portion of the vascular bundle that enters the leaf was later called the leaf trace (Figure 19.17B).

"Plant Physiology and Development" int'l 6e - Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Møller, I.M., Murphy, A.

[zecoritheweirdone]

wanna preface this by saying that i am. So normal. anyway i just spent the last week redrawing scenes from mystery skulls animated but as that hermitcraft au i posted about a couple times. you guys should watch msa it is. so so good.

[marblerose-rue]

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it's this way! / squirrelpaw and leafpaw

[significant-narratives]

william can keep his little lowkey cellys but i will never forget when he used to leap into auston’s arms with joy. you can’t fool me pretty boy i saw you yearning!!

[lorekeeper-backset]

Alright. All that's missing is I think Lyra. Not including spinoff game protags (technically Lets Go is a spinoff game I guess but I love Elaine).

[copaline]

BEHOLD! A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE LEAF!

Or if she's too scary, you can hire only three of her infinite dimensions for your business needs!

Many thanks to the wonderful @stephofromcabin12 who took my descriptions and ran with it! Commission her here!

[andi-dromeda]

So this an edit for my combat child au. Basically I asked myself how many Pokémon protagonists could I squish into each other and ended up with Combat Child (Leaf, Lyra, Rosa, Gloria, Juliana), Ethan (who is also Cheren, Lucas, Elio, Calem), Hero (Hilbert, Trace, Victor, Florian), Moon (Selene, May, Serena), and then Dawn is just Akari. She’s the most normal. Other protagonists also are important like Hilda, Nate, Elaine, Chase and Kris. Rip to Brendan ig.

The basics of Combat Child is that she grew up in a simulation, woke up in the future but to her that was her present, then got dumped by Celebi into the past and realised she aged way slower than other humans. She was ten for one hundred years but she was still physically and mentally ten so she was running around committing crimes and beating up people twice her size as Combat Child. Then she ran into Ethan who through shenanigans got her to age normally and from there she ends up having to come to terms with mortality and finally having to grow up.

Another part is the protagonists with multiple names all have time/space powers. Combat’s is she can slow down time, Ethan’s is he can rewind time like reloading a video game, Hero’s is he can speed time up which he mostly uses to give himself super speed, Dawn’s is she can travel through time and space so when she met the pearl and diamond clans she had a hard time choosing between them, Moon’s is she can manipulate space but specifically only her and the other timey-wimey kids aka she can shapeshift and then there is one more timey-wimey kid but they’re a secret for now.

To sum up their personalities in a few words:

⭐️ Combat is a freak gremlin child who’s favourite hobbies are martial arts, vigilantism, helping other kids and fighting rich guys. Her main motivation in life is running from all her problems and destroying anyone who reminds her of Lysandre.

⭐️ Ethan is a child of divorce with severe identity issues who goes to literally space and back for his friends. He’s one of the more responsible ones of the group but just bc he’s normal compared to them, doesn’t mean he’s actually normal. He became a teacher when he was 14, a lab assistant when he was 15 and then an Interpol agent when he was 16. Him and Combat are ride or die for each other but also disagree a lot as I’m sure you could guess.

⭐️ Hero was dumped from the past into the present so he’s the opposite of Combat. Unlike Combat who gave up on getting back to the future, Hero desperately wants to go home. He’s fairly chill and likes to go with the flow but since all his friends’ flows are nuts, he ends up acting nuts too. To be fair tho, before he met any of them he fought eternatus on the original darkest day so it’s not like he’s not reckless too. For the most part he’s content to do whatever Combat’s up to whenever he isn’t looking for a way home. He likes pranks and mischief but equally enjoys slacking off. His favourite hobby tho is cooking/baking. Which is great bc the other two people he lives with are Combat who cooks like Yor from Spy x family and Watcher (Looker’s sister I made up) who only eats healthy. If she could survive purely off of protein powder and kale she would.

⭐️ Moon is chaotic too but her brand of chaos is different to Combat’s. She’s known about her powers all her life and mostly uses them to run off and explore as much as she can. She loves to prank people with her powers but most of all loves exploring and Pokémon. She’s a dare devil and going to ultra space which was basically a dream come true for her. The main thing that sets her apart from Combat is that whilst Combat has absolute blind confidence in herself for the most part and it takes a lot for her to realise she was wrong, Moon’s a bit insecure. She likes to play characters instead of herself because she’s scared that when she isn’t performing she’s boring or annoying.

⭐️ Dawn was a normal girl, living a normal life until she became champion of the Sinnoh region. Then Arceus dropped her into the past to go fix things and she’s forced to learn her powers and save the world… again. She’s more of a reluctant hero than the others. If the worlds in danger, of course she’s going to save it. She’s a good person. She’s just more likely to complain about constantly having to save the world. Like in a Percy Jackson way. Her main motivation is she wants to live a normal life however, she can’t live a normal life if the world’ destroyed so she’ll do what she has to to be a normal girl who just so happens to be a contest star, the Sinnoh champion and Arceus’ chosen.

[a-tale-of-legends]

Green, on a fun day out with Red and Blue, is approached by a child. Said child has a piece of paper and pen. Looking behind them Green can see what she assumes is the kids mom, giving an encouraging smile. The kid wants an autograph, clearly. Green has been in these situations before though. They don't want an autograph from her. They want one from Red or Blue. Green has long since accepted that fact, so she gives the kid a smile before they can open their mouth.

" Hey there kiddo! Blue and Red are a bit busy at the moment, but they'll be back soon. Wanna wait with me?" A practiced line that she hopes doesn't leak any of the small bitterness she feels. That wouldn't be fair to the kid. Hell, that wouldn't be fair to Red and Blue. The child looks up at her in confusion, shifting awkwardly and fiddling with their pen and paper.

" U-um. I...I actually wanted your autograph, Miss Green!"

Eh?

The child continues, getting braver with each word, " I-I just think you're really cool! I like watching your battles a lot, a-and I wanna be as cool as you are someday!" Bowing slightly, thrusting the pen and paper forward, " C-can I please have your autograph?!"

Well. Damn. Fuck. She wasn't expecting this. Since when did she get fans?! Was her head too stuck in her ass to notice? Well now she feels like shit. Now she....now she feels like she's gonna cry. Fuck.

" You're really sweet, kid..." Green tries to keep her voice steady, a new reality settling in. She has a fan. Said fan wants her autograph. Holy shit, " Of course, I'll give you an autograph! Lemme see..."

She gingerly takes the pen and paper from the kid, and signs it. She winces at her work. She really needs to work on her signature. Kinda sloppy, and the kid doesn't deserve that. Still, not wanting to hold up the kid and their mom up any longer, she gives the pen and paper back, giving them a wide smile and a wink.

" Here ya go! One autograph for a very special fan, right here!" The kid eyes practically sparkle, excitedly taking both items and staring at it as if it's the entire world. Arceus, Green can feel the tears starting to swell, fuck.

" Thank you, Miss Green! I'll cherish it forever! " The kid quickly bows and runs off to their mom,cheering as they do. The mom happily looks at the autograph her kid is showing off, looking up when her kid isn't looking. She smiles at Green, mouthing a quick 'thank you' before taking her kids hand and walking off, the kid rambling excitedly as they go. Green waves them off, a swell of emotion in her chest.

Cherish it forever.

Green chuckles- it's wet and coarse,no longer able to keep it in. Was someone really going to remember her? Cherish her name,forever? The bitterness in her laughs at the thought. The sweetness from that encounter shoves it to the side, and she relishes in it. She is crying fully now, smiling to herself as the kid and their mom are long gone.

" Hey, sorry for the wait. That line was terrible - what the fuck happened to you?" Blue's voice catches her attention. She turns, eyes full of tears, to Red and Blue, who's looking at her with concern.

" I have a fan!" she croaked, raising her hands to gesture writing, " They wanted an autograph!"

Blue blinks, then shakes his head and sighs, " Green..." He says, though the affection was not lost of her.

Red's worry melts away with a smile, signing to his best friend, ' I told you so'

"Yeah, yeah," she waves him off, sniffing and wiping away her tears, " Pass me some food before I start bawling,you dorks".

" Dorks-"

The day goes on as usual after that. Blue and Green's banter, Red following along half-paying attention, half in his own world. Pikachu and Eevee playing with each other through it all. Green repeats the words the kid said to her throughout the day, a big goofy smile on her face that not even Blue's assholery can wipe off.

Cherish it forever.

[unfriendly--blvck--hottie]

Tracee taught me

[leaf4e]

the fisherrrr

[sixtymillionoverdueideas]

"Naruto... what did you think about those flowers... that I got you..." A flustered Kyosuke stood in the hokages office. He told himself he should go and apologize for his mistake, but the minute he saw the blonde again, his mind went blank. "I know you're busy, sorry if I'm just bothering you." //twinuchiha >:3c

Naruto shook his head rapidly, displacing sun-yellow strands that were slowly growing to add an even stronger resemblance to Minato as he gestured for Kyosuke to sit-down;;;.

"You're never a bother!!" He said cheerfully,,-- "Ahhh,, sorry,, I didn't mean to make it weigh on your mind that much,,,. Don't worry,, your hanakotoba is perfectly fine-- I was just teasing you."

Naruto propped his chin on his palms,, looking a lot cuter than a grown shinobi should warrant without a genjutsu as he winked at Kyosuke.

"You make it too easy, sunshine~..." He ribbed,, tone light and soft as a genuine spark lit in his Uzushio blue eyes. "Feel free to bring me more,, I'll plant them next to your other ones in my garden..."

[pkmnprideflags]

Random Pokémon Headcanons

Any sexuality headcanons apply to adult versions of these characters. Please do not sexualize children :)

Red is a demiboy and uses he/it. When he grows up he also comes to identify as asexual and aromantic

Blue is bisexual but with a preference towards men. He can be a bit of a flirt but strikes out 90% of the time due to his cocky vibe

Kris is the daughter of that random woman who's in your kitchen talking to your mom at the beginning of GSC. Ethan and Kris's moms have always been friends & neighbors; Kris's dad is one of Professor Elm's aides. When she's young Kris wants to work alongside Elm, but as she gets older she becomes interested in Pokémon psychology - ways their brains are similar and different to those of humans, and how that knowledge can be used to help Trainers and Pokémon better understand each other.

Silver is demiheterosexual. I like to imagine that he and Kris strike up a relationship. In his adult years he works on-and-off with the International Police when incidents with Team Rocket spring up, but he refuses to join them because he doesn't always want to play by their rules.

May is pansexual, and either aromantic or just not strongly interested in relationships. She definitely dated Lisia at some point, even if only briefly

Leaf is a trans girl! I used to hc that her other name (Green in English, Blue in Japanese) was her deadname, but I know there's controversy around having trans/nb characters' deadnames revealed, and as someone who is not trans myself I want to be careful. Anyway, I imagine her exploring the Kanto we see in Pokémon GSC; in that game you first land in Vermillion City, so I imagine her being from there.

Both Lucas and Barry have very juvenile crushes on Dawn (with her in the "friend" role and Lucas as the protag). However, Dawn makes it clear that she isn't interested in that kind of relationship, and they get over it pretty quickly.

Would it be way too stereotypical to say that Barry has ADHD

Lyra caught her Marill as an Azurill in Mt. Mortar (yes I know Azurill isn't found there wild, but let's say someone snuck an incense in there or something). She didn't have any other Pokémon so she "borrowed" a bunch of Poké balls from her grandparents and just hucked them at the mon over and over until eventually she caught it

Hilbert and Hilda are twins! Hilbert is older by just thirty seconds, which irritates Hilda to no end.

Bianca and Cheren are both trans and when they get older they start dating. Their Neo Champion event was just giving t4t sorry i don't make the rules

Hilda & Nate are the two Unova protags; after B2W2, Nate stays in Unova to lead the Pokémon League, Rosa has a moderately successful career at Pokéstar Studios, Hilda goes searching abroad for N, and Hilbert becomes a frequent visitor on the Battle Subway, second in rank only to Emmet & Ingo.

Calem is a trans boy!!!

Shauna is a lesbian with a crush on Serena, Serena is straight with a crush on Calem, and Calem is completely oblivious to everything

Everyone just kind of assumes that Tierno and Trevor are gay and dating but actually they're both straight but queerplatonic

Hau is ace but girls usually assume he's flirting with them and then get sad when they find out he's not

Gladion probably uses he/they and maybe also some neopronouns

Chase, Elaine, and Trace are all painfully straight I'm sorry. Elaine becomes the Champion, Chase travels the world to become the very best like no one ever was, and idk Trace works at viridian city gym or something

Victor is nonbinary!!!! Based off my own experience of playing the game with Victor as my protag but feeling uncomfortable with my character using he/him. They can be a little awkward and apologetic about their identity, but Hop has been supporting them in their transition for years and will fight anyone who misgenders them. The downside of this is that Hop can be a little too overzealous as an ally and sometimes he makes a scene when Victor would rather just go incognito.

Rei (as protag) is the little brother of Lucas from DPP :) Idk Johanna got remarried or something

Juliana is genderfluid but identifies more with the female end of the spectrum. Depending on the day, they use she/her, they/them, it/its, or xe/xem.

Penny is a demigirl and uses she/they/he

[ether-gearhead]

I know exactly none of this is going to happen, but here’s my predictions until anniversary:

End of July:

Brassius and Arboliva (Fair)

Hassel and Baxcalibur (Fair)

Kofu and Veluza (Spotlight)

one of Klara and Slowking or Avery and Slowbro (Lodge)

Middle of August:

Florian and Miraidon (Fair),

Juliana and Koraidon (Legendary Adventures)

Arven and Mabosstiff (Fair)

End of August:

Lucas (Champion) and Uxie (Master Fair)

Dawn (Champion) and Mesprit (Master Fair)

Barry (Champion) and Azelf (Master Fair)

Lucas and Infernape (Lodge)

Cyrus and Rotom (Sync Pair Event)

Leaf and Dynamax Blastoise (Mix)

Middle of September:

Red (Let’s Go/Alt.) and Gigantamax Machamp (Fair)

Blue (Let’s Go/Alt.) and Dynamax Tauros (Fair)

Green and Mega Blastoise (Fair)

Maybe Trace and Marowak (Spotlight)

I’m thinking they’ll throw us a bone with at least one Paldea Spotlight, and I picked Kofu, because I imagine Hassel and Brassius’s event to be art-centric, so by adding Kofu, I can also incorporate Siebold. Even better, we get a F2P Paldea pair in Juliana (I remember seeing that Florian was more popular in Japan, so that’s why I made him the Fair banner as opposed to Juliana. Throw in Arven, and that’s some damn fine pre-anniversary bait!

As for the anniversary itself, anniversaries mean Master Fairs, and Master Fairs mean Neo Champions! And now it’s Sinnoh’s turn! Not sure what this means for Rei and Akari down the line, but what would their Neo Champion alts even BE? Manaphy and Shaymin, I guess?

And every anniversary update has at least one Kanto-centric event tied to it, so I figured with Sinnoh Neo Champions taking priority this anniversary, make a Let’s Go-centric event for the B-story!

And no, I’m not even gonna TRY to predict the BP pairs beyond Morgan finally showing up! And even then, Bianca just sniped Virizion from her, so… Terrakion, I guess?

[californiaquail]

i may have lied i might actually get a ginkgo leaf tattoo

[talkfastcal]

Alright everyone moral support me: I need to make 21 leaves

[aestheticitii]

concept: blue tries to propose to his girlfriend and be romantic for once but she asks a hundred relevant questions while they're dress shopping so he pretends his sister is getting married

the dress? well you need something to wear. this is my sister's wedding we're talking about

the ring? he doesn't need to make an excuse for that. she just goes in because shiny things and he tries his best to pretend this isn't going to be an engagement ring

she also calls up his sister to "congratulate" her but he's already told her about it so that's cool

they go to their two-story house that leaf's parents left for her when they decided to move to alola and he convinces her to go upstairs and try the outfit on.

except he left the flowers upstairs

"hey, babe? did you by any chance misplace some flowers?"

when she comes downstairs, he kind of gives up because those flowers actually had a note that said "please marry me" and he just starts leading her to the backyard but she's like wait, no, let's do this again properly

so she goes upstairs, then comes back down and acts all surprised when he stands there half-bemused, half-annoyed with a bouquet

(he is this close to just shoving it in her hands, but he can tell that's what she's hoping for so he plays it cool)

it's based off of what she said she wanted when she was a kid plus off-handed comments she's made to him over the years

so fairy lights, all their pokemon are there, the flowers are red roses, he calls her a princess but in that teasing way where it just makes her want to smack him and kiss him at the same time (she sticks to the first one)

she's very embarrassed to learn that daisy was not actually getting married. daisy, for her part, thinks it's hilarious that blue went to all these lengths to propose and she brings it up at family reunions

(once, blue says to his kid that lead was dying to marry him so he took pity on her, and then never again, because someone told his kid about the time she beat his strongest team and he became really quiet, not because he was mad but because he was thinking the entire time "oh my god, you're so pretty"

and the kid is like, "i don't know, dad. you seem like the desperate one to me. i mean, what kind of loser thinks the person that beat them is pretty? you even decorated the backyard."

the kid does eat their words. it's the oak family curse)