#master of mirage pokemon

[dr-yung]

His Japanese voice notably changes before and after the twist, which I find cool. His initial inflection is very soothing to hear - while his second tone gives a sense of maddening, intense focus on his work, and his work alone. I think he tried to make his voice sound softer - but lost restraint, once his goal was in reach.

[sioma709iie]

Obscure Pokémon trainer challenge.

[quinjao]

Misty - Pokémon fanart

[fallershipping]

Trainer Titles and Meaning?

Pokemon League Officials: These are the official titles recognized by the International Pokemon League Association (IPLA). They are the "global standard" of trainer battles and has been adopted in many countries. Usually, these are the trainers that go to the Pokeworld version of the "Olympics" or the official Pokemon World Tournament (PWT)

Rules: No Legendary or Mythical class Pokemon are permitted due to the Mirage Species Clause, even if the trainer has a permit. One of the many reasons for this clause is that League battles are broadcasted and heavily advertised... However, this can often get ignored due to special circumstances.

Gym Leader - Usually specializes in one type. Type generalists exist with Justy in Orre, but they are the exception and not the rule. Specialization comes from knowledge due to career, ease of breeding and husbandry, or out of personal preference. They usually have a large amount of Pokemon that are perfect for beginner challengers or expert challengers.

Elite Four - Usually specializes in one type, but has a wider range of dual types or even wild cards. Still, the type focus seems to be almost an unspoken rule or League tradition. Type Specialization is often criticized as being too restrictive, but it is the easiest form of Pokemon training that people often gravitate towards.

Champion - A random draw between Type Focus and Type Generalists, usually taken by the ladder. Being a master of many typed Pokemon makes for strong trainers not because of type advantage, but because it's a visual showcase of being able to master different advantages and weaknesses. Type Focus trainers can be still just as strong, however.

League Defectors: These are trainer titles unrecognized by official standardization, and are often the go-to for various trainers that do not like the criteria set by the IPLA or simply enjoy different forms of battling. They are sometimes colloquial known as "Battle Facilities." Frontier Brains are often mistaken to be type specialists like the league ordinance, but are actually quite in opposition of such.

Rules: Silver Legendary Class Pokemon such as Raikou and Articuno are permitted, but Mythicals remain banned. Golden Legendary Class Pokemon like Lugia and Groudon remain banned.

Frontier Brain - (Non-Tower) A title developed by Scott Enishida for Battle Frontiers. Frontier Brains are scouted out of a wide variety of trainers that are not type specialists and often have a unique forms of battle, intense knowledge of all species, or a flashy gimmick.

Tower Tycoon - A very specific Frontier Brain title. It is in the same ranking as other Frontier Brains, but is unofficially deemed as the spiritual Champion title for their specific Battle Frontier.

Subway Boss and Battle Chatelaine - Titles regarded as unofficial Tower Tycoons of other regions. Though unaffiliated, they often hold similar meaning if a region has only one main Battle Facility.

Cultural Ambassadors: These are trainer titles not affiliated by the Pokemon League and are historical in nature. Often, regions or entire countries will reject modern league bureaucracy to keep their cultural traditions intact.

Trial Captains - Alola based trainers that care for Totem Pokemon. They are often mischaracterized as Alola's Gym Leaders.

Kahuna - Alola based trainers that are chosen by a patron island spirit known as the Tapu. They are the final challenge for an islands set of Trial Captains before a challenger can move forward to the next. In modern times, some act in the official Alola Elite Four, though it is not necessary.

Warden - Historically Sinnoh based trainers that used to care for what was referred to as Noble Pokemon. This practice was last seen in the early 1950s as the IPLA began to rise in popularity, though some much smaller form of it remains today.

[shanxpennywise]

My Favourite Villains Part 1 - 7 Art Dump (Old Art.)

Villains~

Pennywise (1990)

Pennywise (2017)

Slappy (Goosebumps)

Dr Kamikazi (Robotboy)

Chucky (Child's Play)

Fats (Magic)

Billy (Dead Silence)

N-Gin (Crash Bandicoot)

Hypno (Creepypasta)

King Dice (Cuphead)

Baldi (Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning.)

Zander (Dinosaur King)

Gideon (Gravity Falls)

Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)

Penguin (The Batman: Animated Series)

Dr Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Mad Mod (Teen Titans)

Defoe (Huntik: Seekers and Secrets)

Little Ogre (Soul Eater)

Dr Phineus Phibes (Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue)

Dr Calico (Bolt)

Purple Guy (Five Nights At Freddy's)

Mandark (Dexter's Laboratory)

Evil Rick (Rick and Morty)

Mad Hatter (Batman: Animated Series)

The Major (Hellsing Ultimate)

Danzo (Naruto Shippuden)

Vector (Despicable Me)

Archibald Snatcher (The Boxtrolls)

Frollo (Hunchback of Notredame)

Cedric (Sofia the First)

King Candy (Wreck it Ralph)

Gallaxhar (Monsters VS Aliens)

Jack Spicer (Xaolin Showdown)

Jeffery Hawk (Dead by Daylight)

Akainu (One Piece)

Dr.Maniac (Goosebumps.)

Unwanted House Guest (Creepypasta/Meme.)

Jareth the Goblin King (Labyrinth.)

Dr Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs.)

Syndrome (The Incredibles.)

Dr Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog.)

Maxie (Pokemon.)

Captain (Armando) Salazzar (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tells No Tales.)

The Look-See (Crypt TV's The Look-See.)

Kureo Mado (Tokyo Ghoul.)

Drei (Hiiro No Kakera.)

W.D. Gaster (Undertale.)

Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street.)

Drago Bludvist (How to Train Your Dragon.)

Claude Faustus (Black Butler.)

Stefano Valentini (Evil Within 2.)

John Bacchus (Future Diary.)

Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto Shippuden.)

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach.)

Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter.)

Tighten (Megamind.)

2nd Dimension Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb: The Movie.)

Dr.Octopus (Spiderman 2.)

Squilliam (Spongebob Squarepants.)

Mr.Chuckle Teeth (The X-Files.)

Laughing Jack (Creepypasta.)

Weevil Underwood (YU-GI-OH!)

Dr.Herman Carter (Dead By Daylight.)

Babadook (The Babadook.)

The Child Catcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.)

Colonel Muska (Studio Ghibli's Laputa Castle.)

Ghetsis (Pokemon.)

The Crooked Man (The Conjuring 2.)

Crocodile (One Piece.)

Danny Dickens (Angels Of Death.)

Kabuto (Naruto Shippuden.)

Yami Marik (YU-GI-OH!)

Byakuran Katekyo (Hitman Reborn.)

Jason The Toymaker (Creepypasta.)

Slenderman (Slenderman: The Movie.)

Igor Neuhaus (Blue Exorcist.)

Captain Kuro (One Piece.)

Guzma (Pokemon.)

Mr.Wood (Goosebumps.)

Professor Venomous (OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes.)

Lyle Tiberius Rourke (Atlantis.)

Faba (Pokemon.)

Petrel (Pokemon.)

Cyrus (Pokemon.)

Lysandre (Pokemon.)

Arlo (Pokemon.)

Evil Dr Phibes (Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue.)

Papillon (Buso Renkin.)

The Joker (Batman: Animated Series.)

Mr X (Resident Evil.)

Foolscap (Dinosaur King.)

Giovanni (Pokemon.)

Tamatoa (Moana.)

The Toymaker (Harmony & Horror.)

Jean-Louise Bonaparte (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.)

Benson (Toy Story 4.)

Ed (Dinosaur King.)

Mr Burns (The Simpsons.)

Victor (Boruto.)

Beppi The Clown (Cuphead.)

Scud (Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid Of Light.)

Sordward (Pokemon SWSH.)

Sheildbert (Pokemon SWSH.)

Sakutaro Morishige (Corpse Party.)

Mr Hook (MAR.)

Malvolio (Twelfth Night Manga.)

Captain Hook (Peter Pan.)

John Ratcliffe (Pocahontas.)

Fagin (BBC's Oliver Twist.)

Jack Randall (Outlander.)

Waluigi (Mario.)

The Toad (Flushed Away.)

Gnauss Wisden (NiNoKuni.)

Orochimaru (Naruto.)

Braz D. Blood (Blood Lad.)

Douman Ashiya (Tokyo Ravens.)

Shidou Dairenji (Tokyo Ravens.)

Dr. Yung (Pokemon: The Mastermind Of The Mirage Pokemon.)

Mr Big (Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.)

Grings Kodai (Pokemon: Zoroark: Master Of Illusions.)

Dick Dastardly (Scooby Doo Movie.)

Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist.)

Hidan (Naruto Shippuden.)

Mandrake (Earwig And The Witch.)

Murder The Clown (Goosebumps.)

Kai Chisaki (My Hero Academia.)

The Grabber (The Black Phone.)

The Gold Watcher (Dark Deception.)

Miroku Yukihiko (Get Backers.)

Sartorius Kumar (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.)

Schneizel El Britannia (Code Geass.)

Chairman Rose (Pokemon SWSH.)

Koichi Shidou (Highschool Of The Dead.)

The Riddler (Assault On Arkham.)

Sugou Nobuyuki (Sword Art Online.)

The Handsome Young Man (A Tale Dark & Grimm.)

The Pied Piper (Shrek 4.)

Aizen Sosuke (Bleach.)

Demiurge (Overlord.)

I plan on drawing more of my favourite villains at some point.

[pelipper-billy]

BILLY'S FIRST EVER ASK GAME!!!

MAIL THEMED HYPOTHETICALS!!!

BLUESKY - IF you could fly, where would YOU go? IF you CAN fly, where would you GO that you HAVE NOT been to?

EON - IF you could travel ANYWHERE in TIME where would you TRAVEL?

FLOWER - IF you could grow anything on ONE TREE, what would YOU grow?

LITEBLUE - IF you could DYE your hair ANY color OR colors what would you PICK? IF you have FEATHERS, what FEATHERS would you like?

LOVELY - IF you could have a ONE HOUR chat with ANY person DEAD or ALIVE WHO WOULD YOU PICK??

MIRAGE - IF you COULD make your IDEAL TV SHOW, WHAT would it be?

MORPH - IF you could SHAPESHIFT into ONE Pokemon AND turn back, what would it be? NO DITTOS OR LEGENDARIES!

MUSIC - IF you could master ANY instrument WHICH instrument would you CHOOSE?

PORTRAIT - IF you could master any ART FORM what would you CHOOSE?

SURF: IF you could BREATHE UNDERWATER and handle EXTREME HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE where would you GO in the OCEAN?

[sundove88]

The Incredibles (Sundove88’s Version) Casting

In loving memory of Matthew Perry- you’ll always be our friend!

In this animated adventure, married superheroes Ainz Ooal Gown and Albedo are forced to assume mundane lives as Tatsu and Miku Kuroda after all super-powered activities have been banned by the government. While Ainz loves his wife and kids, he longs to return to a life of adventure, and he gets a chance when summoned to an island to battle an out-of-control robot. Soon, Bone Daddy is in trouble, and it's up to his family to save him.

Telecommunications guru Dan Heng enlists Albedo to fight crime and make the public fall in love with superheroes once again. That leaves Ainz Ooal Gown with one of his greatest challenges ever -- staying home and taking care of three rambunctious children. As Lovely, Sonic and Kirby offer him a new set of headaches, a cybercriminal named The Overlord launches his dastardly plan -- hypnotizing the world through computer screens.

Tatsu Kuroda as Robert Parr (The Way of The House Husband)

Ainz Ooal Gown as Mr. Incredible (Overlord)

Miku Kuroda as Helen Parr (The Way of The House Husband)

Albedo as Mrs. Incredible (Overlord)

Megumi Aino/Cure Lovely as Violet Parr (Happiness Charge PreCure)

Sonic as Dashiell Parr (Sonic The Hedgehog)

Kirby as Jack Jack Parr (Kirby)

Rarity as Edna Mode (My Little Pony)

Kid!Omegon as Kid!Buddy Pine (Poptropica)

Omegon as Syndrome (Poptropica)

Loid Forger as Lucius Best (Spy X Family)

Zane as Frozone (Ninjago)

Longclaw as Rick Dicker (Sonic The Hedgehog)

Nightmare Enterprises Customer Service as Gilbert Huph (Kirby)

Mr. Krupp as Bernie Kropp (Captain Underpants)

Shadow Pokemon as The Omnidroids (Pokemon)

Tessa Turncoat as Mirage (Poptropica)

Master Chen as The Underminer (Ninjago)

Seiji Sagara as Tony Rydinger (Happiness Charge PreCure)

Cure Princess, Cure Honey, and Cure Fortune as Themselves/Violet’s Friends (Happiness Charge PreCure)

Yor Forger as Honey Best (Spy X Family)

Anya Forger as Herself/Lucius and Honey’s Daughter (Spy X Family)

Jasper as Brick (Steven Universe)

Lemon Cookie as He-Lectrix (Cookie Run)

Macaque as Krushauer (Lego Monkie Kid)

Kabu as Reflux (Pokemon)

Hawks as Screech (My Hero Academia)

Croissant Cookie as Voyd (Cookie Run)

Dan Heng as Winston Deavor (Honkai Star Rail)

Harumi as Evelyn Deavor (Ninjago)

The Overlord as The Screenslaver (Ninjago)

Various Characters as The Supers’ Friends

Here’s your hint to the next casting (It’s a remake):

🦚🏝️👑

[saline-coelacanth]

List of my Ninjago Aus

I figured I should make a list of my Ninjago Aus that I can link to my pinned post since sometimes the Ninjago hyperfixation comes back. I'm only including aus that I still have interest in working on, so if an au isn't on the list, it's probably safe to assume that I don't have interest in working on that au (so you shouldn't send asks about it)

Bad Endings Au: An au based on evil versions of the ninja from different timelines, usually referred to as the BE!Ninja. Each ninja has their own origin story explaining their downfall before they all get transported into the main timeline where they team up to take out the normal versions of the ninja

Next Gen Au: Follows a timeline separate from Dragons Rising (since I made it way before that came out) that follows the future ninja, Shayla, (bruise kid and master of lightning) Tara, (other bruise kid and master of earth) Fallon, (oppo kid and master of ice) an Trixie (daughter of Pythor and my oc Asashi)

Purified Au: An au where instead of being destroyed at the end of Rebooted, the Overlord is just left in a weakened, child-like state with amnesia who the ninja find and decide to raise. The Overlord gets named Oliver by the ninja and it mainly follows Oliver as the ninja try to hide the truth from him, fearing that he'll revert to his evil self if he finds out who he truly is. (I ended up making full on timeline posts for this au which you can go look at here for S5-10 and here for S11-15)

Weresnake Au: An au where instead of being fully cured from the fangpyre venom, Jay instead becomes a 'weresnake', turning into a feral serpentine form when he gets too cold.

Anacondrai Curse Au: Initially taking place during the Tournament of Elements, Chen experiments on Cole to try and use an alternate spell which ends up 'cursing' Cole and making him appear partially like an anacondrai, and causing him to turn into a full anacondrai at random moments.

Fangdroid Au: An au where Zane gets bit by a fangpyre during Rise of the Snakes where he runs away and ends up teaming up with the serpentine after they manipulate him.

Dragonblood Au: An au where the elemental masters are knows as Dragonbloods and can turn into giant, rampaging dragons. This has caused people to fear them and hunt them down. The ninja form a team and fight against the dragon hunters, their main enemy being Garmadon and his army of dragon hunters. There's a lot to this one that I don't really have time to explain further, so if you really want to know more you can probably find more info about it on my blog.

Pokemon Au: Pretty self explanatory, it's Ninjago characters but in the world of Pokemon. Lloyd is the champion and the other ninja are gym leaders (alone with Pixal, Skylor and Morro to make it 8).

Black Knight Au: It's the plot of Sonic and the Black Knight but with Ninjago characters. Kai takes Sonic's role and get transported to this other world where he meets people who look like his friends but aren't quite the same. He also needs to learn how to become a knight in order to defeat the evil and corrupt King Arthur.

Storm Vessel Au: Taking place during the events of The Island, when Jay gets 'sacrificed', the storm energy around the island ends up corrupting him and turning him into a chaotic and destructive entity that is basically the embodiment of the storm. It's very similar to Nya turning into the ocean as it's basically Jay turning into his element. He occasionally has moments of clarity where he turns blue and is in control of himself, but for the most part he's chaotic and doesn't listen to reason.

Mirage Memory Au: The ninja find a strange artifact that creates a new fake reality where they all have fake memories and don't remember ever being ninja and they don't remember each other. The only one without fake memories is Lloyd and he has to try and get the ninja back together so they can get their memories back and fix their reality.

Scorched Au: An Au about Kai where he never unlocks his True Potential and gets left behind by the others at the volcano. Filled with his desire to be the Green Ninja and a need to prove his worth, Kai goes down a dark path to try and show that he is the Green Ninja. Basically a villain Kai au where he becomes another Morro.

If I end up making more aus, I'll edit this list with them

[torchickentacos]

AG Watchthrough Episode 1: Get the Show on the Road! AG001. Long Post, I promise they won't all be this long, this is AG commentary georg, outlier.

Well. Outlier until contest episodes. I won't apologize for who I become once we hit those. Anyways, RE: above. There's usually not TOO MUCH of a plot in AG eps to even comment on, hence this post as an outlier for the pilot episode. So! Starting a full AG watch. I have never fully watched all of AG by sitting down with the intent of watching all of it. I have seen all of it, but not in a directed, intentional, in-order way. Changing that today to really see how it holds up as a whole outside of the episodes I tend to gravitate towards! I don't think I'll realistically follow through with this for more than a week. Going to be honest. BUT I HOPE TO! We'll see. The plan is to watch episodes in bulk but schedule posts once a day. Posts will likely get pretty long for some episodes, short for others, because AG is wildly varying in 'things to talk about' episode to episode. Anyways, episode 1: Get the Show on the Road! AG001.

Side note. I think I will put this in relevant character tags if I have any commentary on specific characters. One, so I can find my own posts. But two, I know as someone who likes characters who don't always get a whole lot, it's SO EXCITING to see people talking about them, so on the off chance there's, like, a Morrison fan out there, I think I should put it there??? Like, I'll read Hoenn Coordinator commentary from 2013 to feel something, so I want to be able to provide that on my end, too. I'd be heartbroken if someone did an in depth ep-by-ep analysis on them but didn't tag it so nobody could see it. ANYWAYS!!! I'll play it by ear and do it when it feels relevant and not just 'yeah this person showed up, I guess'. I don't want to be annoying but also you can just block the #ag watchthrough tag. Or just block me, I guess lmao.

So, the episode opens where the last episode of Master Quest left off (OS274, Hoenn Alone). Basically, Pikachu has electric rabies and May is getting her first pokemon.

The episode opens with May giving her internal monologue/narration about starting her journey. She hits her head on a tree, which may explain some of her decisions later in the series (/joke), but she's on her way to Birch Lab to get her first pokemon. Does she want to? Not really, but she DOES want to travel and this is a way to accomplish that. This is instance one of what I'm dubbing 'Early AG Girlboss May'. (Basically, in Early AG May was more of a go-getter. Or rather, she had more agency and opportunities to get her own way. Early AG May is far more... frankly, shown to be intelligent, which drops off rather quickly in favor of big of heart, dumb of ass May [whom I do love dearly]. I think it's largely done to emphasize Ash's mentor role and her student role, but I digress). I can and will make a separate post on this if anyone wants my thoughts on her character inconsistencies. But for now, just know she's not a fan of pokemon but will deal with it to have a chance to travel the world. She has a goal, she will get it done and use what's at her disposal. Anyways, behold. A girlboss in her natural habitat.

Now, we switch to Ash and Pikachu, alone and Brock and Misty-less (well, until the mirage special. I'll... get to that when the time comes, I guess...sigh).

We also find out Jessie's been to Littleroot before. I, uh, don't know if that was ever expanded upon??????? WAIT same thing after iirc spontaneous combusken where she makes some comment about young love and heartache and stuff. Jessie has some weird backstory in Hoenn (well, SC is Kanto but yk) that I don't remember ever hearing more about? Huh. Anyways. You'll notice a pattern of this in AG, of random interesting details being brought up and immediately forgotten.

Back to Ash. No pokemon center in the town, so he's headed to the Lab, where May's headed too. Birch is 'out conducting an experiment', so Ash just hangs around until he can go to the lab.

IN COMES BIRCH WITH THE JEEP!!! Ash's uber is here.

After giving Pikachu a quick look-over, Birch explains that Pikachu can't release its electricity regularly so it's all building up and getting a bit explodey. Apparently it's due to magnetic field exposure, and I won't question the science or lack thereof. Birch, fascinatingly, doesn't question when Ash explains that Pikachu was strapped to a magnet. Anyways, Birch's driving remains amusing to me.

Look at him go. This is fine and normal. Average Maryland driver.

Anyways, they get to the lab and hook Pikachu up to, quote, 'A device that will rid Pikachu of all its trapped electricity'. It goes bad. Another pattern you'll notice in AG- lots of explosions. Not just Team Rocket blasting off (solarbeam, go), either, just... lots of general, everyday explosions.

So, Pikachu quite literally blows a hole in the side of the lab and escapes in a frenzied state. Ash runs after Pikachu with no other pokemon, Birch follows Ash with the three Hoenn starters, and Joshua the lab assistant is like "WAIT what about that girl we're going to give her first pokemon to- oh, okay bye I'll figure that out myself then".

Team Rocket's... here, I guess. Another AG pattern we'll notice. They show up. they blast off. they leave. rinse and repeat. Jessie is depressed this time around I guess.

Anyways, says Pikachu could explode at any sudden disturbance, so that's a hell of a way to start off here. New season with the beloved mascot? Yeah, he's about to explode. Sorry about that. So, Ash and Birch split up to look for the imminently detonative rodent.

Switching over to May now, who shows up at the lab. Joshua explains that Birch has an emergency in the mountains to deal with and asks May to wait there.

May does not wait there ("I've never been much good at waiting! Bye!"). Joshua uses one of his, like, four lines to complain about kids these days. Instance two of Early AG Girlboss May, having, uh, an actual choice that she can make that isn't just travelling with the group in the back until a contest episode and then going back to travelling with the group in the back. Brock and Max get this FAR worse, though, a topic for a few episodes later.

SO. Birch and Ash are split up looking for Pikachu still. Birch slips and falls and we get a reference to the opening of RS(E, but E has Zigzagoon iirc), with Birch being bullied by puppies. Take note of May's bike in the back. Last we'll be seeing of it. I wonder if she got a new one in the johto arc that we never got to see. Sigh.

We aren't quite halfway done with the episode yet.

Anyways, Birch asks her to help him out and to choose a pokeball. She chooses Mudkip, who promptly water guns her in the face. I guess Mudkip is like a horse or something, it can sense fear. Or rather, it can sense dry apathy and mild dislike. Birch directs Mudkip to use watergun on the Poochyena, which it does.

Ash finds Pikachu and is promptly electrocuted. Badly. But he's fine.

...He's fine, right?

Birch and May see the thunderbolt and rush on over. We get this line from Birch, which admittedly did make me laugh.

"Pikachu. It might explode."

LIKE. OKAY THEN! Way to tell it like it is, bud. Then, seeing Ash, he yells, "PIKACHU COULD EXPLODE AT ANY MOMENT!" So, things are going absolutely perfectly great here. Pikachu panics at the noises and runs right off of a cliff, and Ash dives right after it.

We are interrupted by who's that pokemon.

It's Lanturn. 👍

Ash is falling, he catches Pikachu and a branch and is dangling. Birch and May get a rope and pull him up. Pikachu bites Ash and feels bad about it. Ash doesn't really acknowledge the random person there (May) but to be fair, he's got other stuff going on.

Team Rocket shows up. Pikachu blasts them off and releases electricity that way. Get REALLY USED to the team rocket portions being blown through like this. Just trust me on this, I'm doing us all a favor here. AG TR is REALLY FUNNY when they're funny!!! But... all the great one liners can't make up for the repetition of AG TR. Moving on. Pikachu feels better now (well, he passed out but isn't sick anymore), and....

Yep. Bike barbecue'd. 2 for 2 now, we all saw it coming, there it is!!!

They go back to the lab. May eavesdrops on Birch, Ash, and Joshua, and knocks over a flowerpot, alerting them to her presence. She introduces herself and Birch asks May to choose her first pokemon. Ash asks if Treecko is a water type. It is not. May chooses Torchic!!!!! Birch tells May that if she works hard, she can be an even better trainer than her father. I'm sure we all know who that is but it's meant to be a mystery at this point so let's all act intrigued.

I'm going to expedite the end of the episode. May inspects her bike, it's dead, she goes in and sees Ash asleep next to Pikachu and seems to think their bond is nice, even if she herself doesn't care for pokemon. She just watches them through the cracked door, slightly weird but go off queen, and she attempts to bond with Torchic.

NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A RECURRING THEME. MAY IS TALLER THAN ASH IN THIS EPISODE. ALL THROUGHOUT AG, THE HEIGHTS ARE HILARIOUSLY DIFFERENT. I will be pointing out amusing examples of this. AG001: May is tallest. I am making a spreadsheet and keeping track. This gets far funnier when Morrison and Drew come into the picture and we get to just watch it wildly vary every single episode.

Now, Ash AND May are sent off to register for the Hoenn League in Oldale.

SO, this is interesting and another instance of Early AG Girlboss May. May doesn't want to go alone on foot, and her bike is ruined. So, she plays this pretensive game of "oh, my bike is ruined (thanks to you), and I don't want to travel alone on foot, if only there was some solution- OH I KNOW! Let's go together, I happen to know the way, it's no trouble at all, shall we?". This interests me because it shows... manipulation is the wrong word here, but again, like, it shows pretense?? that May generally lacks once her characterization firms up a bit. They're still figuring out writing her at this point, I guess, and we see her be more calculated and thinking and using things and situations and people to achieve her goals. Again, this does drop off into dumbass territory before too long, but it is interesting to see and to think about. When writing May I try to strike a balance- more emotionally intuitive and more of a go-getter like early ag, but not in that premeditated sort of way. She's interesting with the amount of wiggle room you have in her personality, because it simply isn't the most consistent. You get to pick and choose a bit more.

But the episode ends, and May and Ash head on over to Oldale town to register for the league.

End of episode metrics:

Height ranking: May > Ash.

More metrics will be added as we go on. I considered an explosion counter but I would lose track. We're already at like, six /not joking, deadass.

[ask-the-royal-absol]

Would the pokemon you're seeking happen to be a zoroark? I hear they're masters of disguise.

*You see Destino jump out of their skin at the voice of their spooky friend. They turn to face Felix, frustration in their voice.*

Destino: Damn it, Felix! You need to stop f*cking doing that! I swear if you do it again, I will have you publicly executed. Don’t test me!

Felix: Whoa whoa whoa. Someone needs to calm down. Ya don’t usually act this on edge around me. Perhaps a bit of annoyance but not anything like this. What’s gotten ya all grumpy?

Destino: Oh right, you have no idea. Well, sit back as I go through the hell I’ve been through today. Turns out I’m a part of some prophecy to save the world, there’s a Pokémon from the surface world down in our dungeon who’s gonna take me to the surface and my parents have got a tunnel to the surface in their room. Any questions?

*Felix floats backwards, like their taking a step back. His eyes widen more and more at each revelation. He looks at Destino with a bit of uncertainty. He takes a moment before speaking.*

Felix: Let me just process this real quick in order. So, ya a part of some sort of prophecy to save the world?

Destino: Yep.

Felix: And how are ya feelin’ about that, pal?

Destino: How do you think?

*Destino’s face definitely shows a slight tiredness to it.*

Felix: Yeah, that’s a whole lotta responsibility, which I know ya love. Are ya sure it’s you that needs to do this though? I mean, ya not really the ‘saviour of the world’ type.

Destino: Well, I’ve been having those weird future dreams which show me and five others destroying something and the Pokémon from the surface world is saying for me to go up there with her because of this prophecy thing.

Felix: Oh it’s a future dream thing. And ya actually gonna respond to this one?

Destino: I’m gonna have to, as much as I don’t want to. Urgh, why did fate have to choose me??? Why couldn’t it have chosen somebody else instead???

Felix: Sometimes, we’ve got things we all have to do and holding it off can make things so much worse in the end. Heh, I’m almost proud of ya for actually going through with this. You’ve never shown that initiative before. Just imagine all the glory and attention ya would get from saving the world!

Destino: Whatever. Let’s just head over to “Mistress Mirage”. How pretentious. I’ll explain the rest along the way.

*The faintest smile can be seen on Destino’s face. Destino and Felix begin to make their way to the Underdark’s forest. Destino tells Felix all about everything they’ve been told or found out.*

[chososhoeso2]

Saw another one of those Strawhat Pokemon type posts and I feel like nobody ever gets it quite right (according to me). So here's my take on what type(s) each strawhat would be and why:

Note: Some teams are built more for fighting only, whereas others have companion pokemon or Pokemon that have practical uses (like helping Sanji cook or helping Nami find treasure)

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LUFFY:

-Pre Timeskip: Normal

-Post Timeskip: Fighting/Fire

-I know you would expect him to have a fighting type in Pre TS, but he was just a normal dude with a devil fruit back then

-He gained the fighting type after training with Rayleigh and becoming a master fighter and haki user

-The fire typing is because of moves like Red Hawk in which there is fire.

-The fire typing also has a weakness to water, just like all DF users (I know Luffy had this weakness pre TS, but he hadn't used fire type moves at that point)

Pokemon that I feel are similar to Luffy or would be on his team:

-Aipom (it's literally Luffy in Pokemon form)

-Lickitung (bc it can stretch its tongue)

-Staraptor with Fire tera type

-Pinsir (Luffy loves stag beetles)

-Monferno

-Litleo

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ZORO: Steel/Dark

-Steel for swords

-Dark for his demonic aura when he uses moves like "Santoryu" and "Nine Sword Style: Ashura"

Zoro's team:

-Slaking (always napping like Zoro)

-Doublade

-Kingambit

-Ceruledge

-Lucario

-Scyther

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SANJI: Fire/Fighting

-Fire for all of his fire moves

-Fighting for his kicking

Sanji's team:

-Blaziken (it's literally Sanji)

-Hitmontop

-Munchlax (it'd be a perfect taste tester)

-Bounsweet (sweat is used as a syrupy sweetener)

-Arboliva

-Inteleon (for stealth black)

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NAMI: Electric/Water

-Both electric and water because of weather abilities with the batons and weather eggs

Nami's team:

-Chinchou

-Castform

-Sableye (loves gems, just like Nami)

-Meowth (Nami loves payday)

-Kecleon (blends in like her mirage)

-Toxel (I think she'd love her angry little baby)

-Bonus: Gimmighoul

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USOPP:

-Pre Timeskip: Normal

-Post Timeskip: Grass/Poison

-Pre TS usopp was a great sharpshooter, but that was pretty much it

-After training with Heracles, he became proficient in using plants and poisons in his weapons

Usopp's team:

-Breloom

-Heracross (reminiscent of Heracles)

-Venusaur

-Scovillain

-Victreebel

-Smeargle (he's creative and made the jolly roger)

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CHOPPER:

-Types: Fairy/Poison

-Mega Chopper: Fairy/Fighting

-Chopper is a fairy type because he's an adorable, good, little guy

-Base form chopper has poison type because of his proficiency with medicines

-Mega Chopper is just monster point. The poison type changes to fighting, because monster point is meant to be used for fighting, not healing.

Chopper's team:

-Swirlix (the cotton candy pokemon)

-Rotom (can change forms like w/rumble balls)

-Parasect (spores can be used for medicine)

-Stufful

-Pawmot

-Hoopa (confined=base; unbound=monster point)

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ROBIN: Dark/Psychic

-Dark type because she's the Devil Child and has her demon form. She also has some pretty dark thoughts/comments and a very dark past.

-Psychic type because she's brilliant, has a ton of background knowledge, and is great at using that knowledge for planning or trickery

Robin's team:

-Absol (the disaster Pokemon)

-Sneasel

-Morgrem

-Umbreon

-Mega Medicham

-Morpeko (reflects her cheerful/spooky demeanors)

-Bonus: Kangaskhan (it's her and chopper)

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FRANKY: Steel/Electric

-He's a cyborg shipwright. Half his body is made of metal and runs on electricity fueled by cola.

Franky's team:

-Timburr (loves to help with construction projects)

-Magnemite

-Tinkaton

-Revavroom

-Meltan

-Klang

-Bonus: Nosepass (it has Franky's nose lmao)

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BROOK: Ghost/Ice

-Ghost type because he's dead (yohoho)

-Ice type because he has ice type moves like "Chill of the Underworld"

Brook's team:

-Loudred (the big voice pokemon)

-Spiritomb (108 spirits? More like Soul King)

-Haunter

-Sinistea (Brook drinks tea during his debut)

-Skeledirge

-Mr. Rime

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JINBE: Water/Fighting

-Water because he's a fishman

-Fighting because he's a master of fishman karate

Jinbe's team:

-Hariyama

-Dhelmise (Jinbe is the helmsman)

-Basculegion

-Urshifu: Rapid Strike Style (water variant)

-Grapploct

-Poliwrath

[dr-yung]

He's scolding Mirage Mew for interrupting his reading.......... time 3 hours </3 a bit nervous since its ehhh but shush

[mushroom-for-art]

Thinky thoughters cause I'm not immune to propaganda

Dammit fuck I want to make Mirage ocs cause I've been seeing a lot of computer boys and girls and I am just 👀👀 and I know it's just copying I know it's just seeing something doing well and going me wan do that too and I know it'll crash and flop but God dammit I'm getting attached to two little idiots in my head. As of yet not canon I just need to scream about them, they might only be canon due to like obviously that Mirage pokemon episode but that's it.

A. L. F. I. E - Articifically. Learning. Functional. Intelligence. Equipment. Probably the mewtwo identifying and looking program (tho likely mewtwo but wrong due to subpar images downloaded and used for referencing appearance because dang that be blurry as fuck(idk probably won't commit to this as I am had at that kinda thing)). Obviously ai but with extra letters and steps, due to the use of equipment I'm inclined to believe A.L.F.I.E's entire program consciousness is stored in some type of device thing that can be removed from systems and moved about as necessary. Likely goes by She/it's, Alfie is a boys name but A.L.F.I.E is an acronym stop being gendered about names. <her words not mine XD. Probably in charge of scheduled appointments information management and traffic, eg emails and stuff, overglorified underutilised program assistant basically. But she's probably very clever knew everybody's schedules preferences and such to a T amongst other things

A. L. I. C. E - Articifically. Learning. Intelligence. Computer. Equipment. The mew looking program of the two, (now I know they're very similar shush I've stolen the acronyms from an old oc who would just flip flop between them depending on gender) A.L.I.C.E is actually just a straight up huge computer, hence the C. Going by They/It's, they are just a huge ass computer system of wires and monitors and a screen that is their physical body and their screen manifestation sprite is that of a mew as they feel they are so powerful and capable of so very much that it only makes sense they would be a mew. Probably a little egotistical because they're the most complicated fast intelligent program to date. Very oh I know I know I'm excellent brilliant a marvel.

The A.L.F.I.E device is currently connected to A.L.I.C.E's physical form meaning they are both physically connected in their metallic physical forms but they also are both existing inside of A.L.I.C.E's systems so they both appear on A.L.I.C.E's display screen. Yes there is a lot of intimacy involved with the fact they are connected and with A.L.F.I.E currently being side of A.L.I.C.E. Yes they make jokes about it, A.L.F.I.E is flustered cause plz don't be vulgar.

Current status? I'm not sure, originally it was just gonna be a little mew computer program with jobs like A.L.F.I.E and also being a personal alarm ect just another glorified personal help ai tasked with obeying and helping a human master but now it's become both of them because they need friend dammit. I don't know if they're in use in a facility somewhere or if they're abandoned. I'm thinking the facility is currently in use but after the Mirage episode events where probably a duplicated A.L.F.I.E coding becomes corrupted and goes berserk upon getting a semi solid holograph form the facility is abandoned and they're both left to rot because the humans just figured turning off the machine was enough. Leaving them really at the mercy of whoever found them.

[kozykricket]

alright my current brainrot is apparently pokemon scarvio so

ill be discussing various leaks past the read more line, so this is your chance to scroll on by! its my prediction for the DLC(s) for sv!

Alright, so before we get into the leaks lets just make it clear - we know the whole mystery of the disk pokemon. we know heath talked to it, we know the paradox of the past/future pokemon appearing in heaths time, before the time machine was made. for most of this, ill be talking about violet/turo/future mons, for convenience. we know that the third legendary or mythical or something *spoke* to heath, in some way, and made him scribble things in his book. i believe those are instructions for making "the time machine" but he couldnt quite figure it out. some have pointed out discrepancies in the sketches and photos of paradox donphans, and i actually think that might be significant. maybe heath, in his curiosity for the unknown, and creative imagination... thought he saw something unlike anything he had ever seen before... but was it just his imagination? perhaps. maybe it was actually there already, formed from his desires, or maybe it was just a normal donphan that they got a bad picture of. either way, this sparked his curiosity about... what mysterious creatures lie in this dangerous crater. surely something of a treasure (finding your treasure IS a big theme in sv, and we know that researchers went there to find a treasure) perhaps this third legendary relies on your desires, of what you WANT to see... and makes them real. i really do believe it! i mean, with unova being the next in the remake lineup assumedly, is a dream world that crazy of an idea? so then we have the young turo, with his childlike wonder... loving the violet book so much, and imagining what pokemon from the future could be like. imagining such exaggerated features - though the exaggerated features are more noteworthy in the ancient paradox forms (billion year old jigglypuff with fangs? really?) but back to the experience heath had, oftentimes, things that can enter your freaking dreams tend to be all about granting wishes of impossible stuff becoming real, but for a price. i think this legendary has lost its power in some way, and needed the machine that it simply referred to as a time machine to turo... to make his dreams reality. it must be in control of the terastal phenomenon too, no doubt - which is a reality-altering effect. it darkens everything around the pokemon, gives it a hat with a weird little face around the bottom of it... and... agh, this is incomprehensible isnt it? my writing is SO unorganized i need to work on that listen, im gonna leap forward a bit -its a desire based legendary, it brings what you want to be real to the world, but needs human intervention to truly harness its power. theres some great videos ill link at the bottom of the post going further into some speculation on the third legendary - i also think tyranitartube has some alright videos on the whole mystery of it but i said id be talking about the DLCs well, a certain fake leak inspired me. "The Magenta Mirage DLC" It's confirmed fake, but like- scarlet and violet are the ends of the light spectrum, and magenta is unique for not being on the light spectrum. its a color that our minds "make up" if you will. an imaginary color but what about riddler khus golden/amber heart? didnt he say the dlcs "color" would be yellow? well, theres 2 datamined item sprites with no names or code attached to them in SV. one is a golden, spiky rock of sorts, and the other is a strange runic stone with a *magenta* swirl. could this be the armorite and dynite ore of this generation? we have a golden land DLC first, sparking more mysteries about terastallization, and then we have the magenta dlc that gives us closure with the mythical tera-type master pokemon? perhaps ALSO THE PARADISE PROTECTION PROTOCOL IS TOTALLY THE MYTHICAL POKEMON FIGHTING US THROUGH AI TURO I MEAN COME ON ITS LITERALLY JGHTRJUHFJUHJ ITS . IT TERASTALLIZES. oh right, i didnt even mention that people datamined that signature moves for paradox suicune/virizion exist. pokemon that... were sketched as hypotheticals. existing well then

now time for photo/link dump The Truth Behind the Disk Pokemon

The cut item sprites

an interesting video by tyranitartube, covers some fun speculation honestly tldr its all about your wildest dreams... your treasure.. becoming real

[towg]

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[popgoesthesneaselreturns]

Dancing With The Devil

Music

"So, back here again are you? Are you ready to accept me yet?"

Sal said nothing to Salvador as the two Sneasels were dancing in one another's arms. It was an odd dream not so much a nightmare like the others. As there were other people and pokemon dancing around with the pair. Salvador still wearing the fancy clothes Equinox made him wear. His teacher always grew enraged if Sal set one foot out of line when it came to dancing. He had to be perfect as he danced. He was the symbol of Equinox, anything less that peftection wasn't allowed. Sal himself was wearing a contrasting outfit to Salvador. Salvador wore blue while Sal wore red the same color as Mirage's red.

"Why do you keep doing this to me? I never asked for this!"

Dancing was one of the few things Sal had loved about his old life back then and now it felt like Salvador was trying to trample on that. He suspected he knew what the reflection of his past self would do. Make him purposefully fail so he would see everyone look at him. The social pressure was something Sal had hated with all of his being.

"Oh? What are you afraid of? Was there something about the parties that you are trying to forget? Was it simply dancing? Was it simply talking? Was it simply spying? You know what you did!"

The music playing too felt like it was laughing at Sal. A perfect song of a villain that lurked in the shadows speaking falsehoods to make others suffer. That was was what Equinox was! The most evil of beings! And this other him was just the same! An evil being!

"You remember the steps don't you? Remember them so well that you could do it in your sleep. What makes you think you aren't dancing still even now? Dancing to the tune of our beloved master. Come on, really think about it. Remember how much you wanted them to love you, and what you were willing to do to make that love show itself. The people in the parties were never your friends. They were pawns the same as you. Playing the parts given to them like you. You go on and on about how terrible your life was. But, what about the other pokemon you danced with in those parties? Did you ever see them as real? Or did you cut yourself off so much they were simply window dressing? Did you not see their suffering??"

Sal shut his eyes, he could tell what game Salvador was playing now. He wasn't going to fall for it! He didn't need to see! He knew what to do, the poses, the dips, all in time with the song he could do it.

"Oh yes, do what you always do! Shut your eyes! Bury your head the sand! Pretend everything was a bright wonderful fairytale! You know what happened at these parties! You know! It wasn't simply a pride project for our master. Oh, that was part of it...people did so love our beloved master's works. They were out of this world! A perfect blend of beauty and ugly as all things should be! But, there was more! You know there was more! Something else you never told anyone! You are no pure kind person! You are just as vile! You are just as evil as our master was! How can you bare living in such lies?"

"Stop it! I don't need you to say it like this! I know ok?! You don't need to frame it like this! I wasn't blind to it! Of course I knew! But, what could I say?! How could I ever say this?! What could I have done?!"

Sal started daggers at his other half, Salvador relished in this despair. He loved it! He loved every moment of it! A smile so alike to the person who turned them into this. It was like looking into a dark mirror, this was what his master had likely always wanted him to become. This person, embodied all of his teacher's lessons to their core. Beauty and ugly perfectly in balance, a true expression of art. The perfection that sounded like a madman's desire. Something no sane person would ever understand in a million years.

"The pokemon they were offerings! The monsters who acted as humans were there to buy and sell them with the party as a backdrop! They were being tested! Compared! Valued! Put on display! And if they weren't good enough they were thrown away! You could see their terror, you could see their misery, and you couldn't bare it. You turned a blind eye to it! You pretended it wasn't happening! How would your beloved Mirage see you now if he knew that about you? Knew you hid such a terrible truth? You never told him that did you?! Because you were disgusted with yourself! You hated yourself for doing nothing for them! You still do now!"

The dance stopped now as Salvador held Sal in a tight grip. The dancers still went on like they saw nothing but Salvador's voice grew more filled with malice the more he talked. Each word growing it.

"They say those who do nothing in the face of evil are themselves evil too! Or are they worse? Because they see something and know its evil yet do nothing! How much did you refuse to look at? We know you did that enough to yourself already. You blocked out your own suffering, what makes you think you didn't block out more? Well, I will do as Mirage did...I will force you to see it all...then you will accept me! Accept what you truly are! Accept that you are me! That you were always me! That I was always you! I won't let you turn a blind eye to your crimes any longer...""

Salvador then went back to the dance saying nothing more. His eyes bore deep into Sal's and Sal never looked away from Salvador. Despite it all, Sal couldn't deny there was some truth to Salvador's words. He realised now he had done more than simply lie to himself. He had willfully looked away from other pokemon's suffering too. All to save his own psyche from becoming worse. He wouldn't let Salvador label him as evil though, he wasn't and he knew it. Mirage held secrets from him too, despite how well you come to know someone there can still be something more to hide.

So, Sal intended to play Salvador's game. He would dance with his own devil for as long as it took to defeat him for good.