#not gonna add it to my team but i'm gonna evolve it anyway :]

[t4tbedehopmar]

I CAUGHT AN INKAY!!!!!!!

[gureumz]

project aphrodite

rating: explicit

member: jungwon

premise: in a post-apocalyptic world, you and jungwon are excellent scientists and are at the relative top of the list of people who are ideal parents for the next generation of this dying world. it's now your job to repopulate this earth so you ask your co-worker to pretty please knock you up.

notes: sci-fi elements, dystopian au, scientist!reader, scientist!jungwon, fem-bodied reader, reader is referred to as a woman, dom!jungwon, breeding, impreg kink (like heavily), dirty talk, platonic (?) breeding, co-workers with benefits (?), idk this is kinda speculative fiction but also suspend your disbelief a bit lol

a/n: first of my 1k follower special! not quite sure what order i'm following here but i hope you stay for the ride nonetheless! enjoy!

it's a strange feeling.

in your line of work, 'strange' is hardly any cause for concern. as a biologist with a concentration in genetics, you've seen all the ways nature does its job. from the familiar concepts almost all people learn about in science class like the basic 'mom-meets-dad-equals-baby' to the eerie methods organisms in the deep sea evolve to survive.

you've learned about it all, pored over each punnett square, stressed over the formulas. so, this shouldn't be anything to worry about.

and yet, you're still worried.

"i mean...what did we expect?" jay speaks up from beside you, eyeing the phone in his hand.

"we're presently some of the world's most brilliant minds so...," he adds, locking his phone before hunching over his desk. to your ears, it sounds as if he's trying to convince himself rather than you.

you scan over the document flashed on your own laptop screen. the harsh fluorescent lights overhead buzz nonstop, going on and on, a background hum all of you in the bunker have grown used to. at this moment, it lulls you into a daydream, vision swimming as you repeat the words in your head.

all government personnel with a status level 7 and higher are recommended to partake in project aphrodite. those falling under level 10 are strictly required. participation at this level is compulsory.

common citizens with a status of 9 to 10 are also required to participate. ample compensation for those successful will be provided.

"you're a level 8. it's not as if you have to," you mutter, fingers digging into your temples.

jay snickers. "how many level 10 government personnel are there in this ruined world? a few hundred or so doctors, another few hundred scientists, even fewer world leaders. that's not taking into account the difference in sex. my information's not up to date but last time i checked, there is a hell of a lot more men than there are women. it's a shitshow waiting to happen."

you turn to meet jay's eyes, not meaning to convey any certain emotion, but the way jay's expression falls leads you to believe that you look way more upset than you're letting on.

"oh shit, yeah," jay curses. "you're a level 10. i forgot."

you sigh, tilting your head back against the headrest of your seat.

"i'm sure they'll release more regulation soon," you begin. "this is just the initial memo. with our world hanging in the balance as it is, no one's gonna let this devolve into some patriarchal anarchy, i hope."

"yeah, of course," you hear jay agree. "most of the proponents of project aphrodite are women, anyway, so i'm sure they'll take extra measures to keep you safe."

you sit up straight, looking at jay once more. "this is the world, huh?"

you and jay pause before sharing a quick chuckle.

"'go make babies, or else,'" you say in a mock radio announcer voice. jay lets out a laugh, his voice echoing off the empty office walls.

the two of you fall into silence, as if retreating to your respective thoughts. all that's in your mind at this moment is your current project, the very thing the few people more powerful than you had assigned for you to do: leading your team in stopping that godforsaken virus ravaging the outside. you've been making steady progress so far, but with the weight of this new responsibility, you're not sure if you could keep the momentum up.

you realize with a passing thought that most of the scientists on your team are level 9s and 10s.

"well," you begin before you could stop yourself. you're suddenly overcome with a feeling of suffocation, the office space seemingly too small and continuously growing even smaller.

"i hope you find someone you'd like to procreate with," you say lightly, pushing yourself off your chair. you quickly gather your things: folders and binders and other loose papers in your arms.

you catch jay looking at you, a pensive look on his face. you stop as you're grabbing your reusable coffee jug.

"no," you deadpan. "not me."

jay's eyes widen, as if realizing he'd said something without really saying anything.

"i—no, wait—i mean...," jay stutters, ears quickly turning red.

you smile, patting jay's shoulder reassuringly. "in case you were thinking about it."

jay's mouth opens and closes like a fish out of water and you can't help but laugh.

"these are desperate times, but i'm hoping it's not too desperate," you add. without waiting for a response, you turn towards the door, already making your way to it.

"besides, dr. isa lee seems more your type," you say over your shoulder one last time before pushing the door open and stepping out into the hallway.

---

"hey."

you look up from the microscope, tearing your attention away from the specimen you were examining. your eyes readjust to their normal focal length as a tall figure enters the lab, perfectly crisp white coat hanging off his broad shoulders, thin-wired spectacles resting on the bridge of his tall, straight nose. your lips feel strangely parched as he makes direct eye contact with you and you're left with no choice but to moisten them with your tongue.

"oh hi, dr. yang."

the other scientist chuckles, setting down a stack of papers on a desk in the corner. "i've been here for three weeks. please, call me jungwon."

you swallow. "right. jungwon."

dr. jungwon yang was a new import from the seoul bunker, having come to your own area's bunker merely a few weeks prior. he was immediately put under your supervision, an addition to your already elite team of biologists, geneticists, and virologists. off the bat, you could tell he was a man of many talents, coming up with unconventional solutions and arriving at answers quicker than anyone else.

his presence in your lab made your heart swell. in pride, adoration, or desire, you're not quite sure.

"uh, yesterday's results are in that binder over there, in case you want to go over them," you begin. jungwon walks over to your side of the long table, peering over the slide loaded into the microscope.

ignoring the way he brushes ever so slightly against you, you continue. "the director's dropping by later this afternoon, but i wouldn't be too bothered with that. he's just looking for someone to blame for the slow progress at this point. if only they could get us those materials we asked for..."

"have you read the memo?" jungwon asks abruptly, straightening up. he towers over you, his eyes downcast as he stares at your face.

"of course, you've read the memo," jungwon corrects himself, chuckling. "what i meant was...what do you think of it?"

"it's a government-issued memo, it hardly matters what i think," you respond, focusing back on your work in front of you, although all you do is stare blankly at the moving microorganisms, mind unfocused with how much of jungwon's perfume you can smell.

"it's your reproductive health that's on the line. i'm pretty sure your opinion counts for something," jungwon says with a pinch in between his eyebrows.

oh, a feminist. that's even hotter.

"okay, yeah. i appreciate the new guidelines they put out," you admit, looking back up at jungwon. "though it's the bare minimum, i'm glad they're letting us keep the autonomy of choosing who to...boink."

jungwon laughs at that.

"and free fertility drugs for anyone who wants or needs it. oh, also, thank god they didn't have the brilliant idea of putting a time limit on it. having read some crazy speculative fiction myself, the things people are willing to do in fiction are crazy. who's to say they can't do the same in real life?" you continue.

you don't notice the way jungwon's smirk grows as he listens.

"kind of makes the whole thing unsexy, don't you think?" jungwon cuts in, raising an eyebrow. you blink, unsure of what he's talking about.

"i'm surprised they're not monitoring us with cameras and hooking us up to EKGs and shit," he adds.

"oh," you say with a soft giggle, finally catching on. "i'm sure some people are into being watched."

"are you?" jungwon asks.

"am i what?" you answer.

"into being watched."

a pause.

you shake your head. "how about you?"

"oh no," jungwon says. "i prefer to keep what's mine for my eyes only."

"hm. possessive. that's kind of sexy," you mumble under your breath, a sudden surge of confidence coursing through you.

jungwon just stares at you, but you can see his pupils dance in amusement, taking in your whole face and all your features. you might have imagined it but he seemed to have peeked down at your chest for a second.

"do you think it's attractive for someone to be into lego-building? or at least, used to be into it. i'd give an arm and a leg for a complete lego set nowadays," jungwon asks, leaning against the table, and only now do you notice the veins running over the back of his hands.

you think about whether his arms are just as veiny.

"do you think it's a good trait to pass on an offspring? lego-building, i mean," he presses on.

"uh, yeah. good problem-solving skills," you answer, humoring his question.

jungwon nods. "do you think leadership skills are important?"

you smile, leaning against the cabinet opposite jungwon. you nudge his foot lightly. "i lead a team of scientists myself. of course, i think leadership skills are important."

"you and i both," jungwon agrees.

jungwon shifts, placing his hands in the pockets of his lab coat.

"how about dimples? do you think dimples are cute?" jungwon asks once more, one corner of his mouth upturned. a deep crease on his cheek appears.

a dimple.

"very," you admit.

"i see."

there's a silence that stretches over the two of you, and the weight of uncertainty is daunting as you stare at a spot on jungwon's tie. finally, after a few seconds, you heave a sigh, unable to take the tension any longer.

"this is the weirdest way anyone has ever flirted with me," you declare, looking up at jungwon through your lashes. he's grinning and you nearly shiver at how utterly attractive you're finding him at this moment.

"but it's effective," jungwon says. that was a statement, not a question.

you tilt your head to the side. "how do you know?"

"because you would have blown me off two minutes ago if it wasn't," jungwon reasons, crossing his arms. by doing this, he just made himself appear even wider than he is.

"always so calculated," you say, impressed.

you stretch your neck, easing your head from side to side, watching as jungwon fixes his gaze on the taut tendons of your neck. "are you also this precise in bed, dr. yang?"

jungwon approaches, a large hand resting on your hip. "that's for you to find out."

your breath hitches as you feel his thumb rub through the fabric of your skirt.

"later?" he asks.

"my place or yours?" you reply, fingertips grazing the front of his polo. you can just about feel the slope and ridges of his toned muscles.

"i'd like to be a gentleman, so mine," jungwon offers. "i'll walk you back to your room after."

"i was kind of hoping i wouldn't need to walk back after," you say, a hint of teasing in your voice.

"is that a challenge?" jungwon says, his other hand pressing firmly on your lower back. he pulls you to him and your hands involuntarily reach out towards his shoulders to steady yourself.

a few seconds pass before any of you speak again.

"that's for you to find out," you say.

---

"kind of weird, isn't it?" jungwon asks, panting against your neck.

your back is pressed firmly against one wall of his sleeping quarters, a wide, loft-like room, similar to yours. a luxury offered only to level 10 government personnel, the room gives its occupants enough space and enough privacy.

and boy, did you need privacy.

"what's weird?" you say breathily, fingers threading through jungwon's hair as he kisses down the column of your neck. his fingers nimbly undo the buttons of your blouse and you whimper when you feel him lick at the valley between your breasts.

"coming up to coworkers or friends then asking them to reproduce with you," jungwon responds, tugging your blouse off of your shoulders.

(you both held enough respect for the institution that employed you both, so your work lab coats were neatly thrown over the back of jungwon's couch before anything got too frisky.)

"see, it's the way you say it that makes it weird," you giggle. you pull jungwon back up to your face, kissing him fervently, tongue licking into his mouth.

"oh yeah? how would you say it?" jungwon challenges as he pulls away slightly, his nose grazing your cheek. he licks a stripe on the underside of your jaw.

"please, jungwon," you whimper, playing up the whine in your voice just a little bit. "need you to knock me up. make me pregnant, please."

jungwon grunts in your ear, reaching behind you to rip the zipper of your skirt down. you let the fabric fall to the floor, stepping out of it quickly, revealing the matching red lace panties you had in tandem with your bra.

"yeah? want me to cum inside you so many times that there won't even be the tiniest chance that you're not pregnant?" jungwon says lowly, kneading one of your boobs in his hands.

you nod, hooking a leg around jungwon's hip, pushing your core right up against the bulge in his pants.

"yes," you breathe out, dragging your clothed pussy over his straining cock. "let's be good citizens and have a whole bunch of kids, yeah?"

jungwon chuckles, hands hurriedly working on his belt. you take this time to kiss up his neck, still rutting against him, desperate for any contact.

"come here," jungwon says through gritted teeth as his pants and boxers fall to the floor. he kicks them off unceremoniously, yanking you towards the couch. your eyes briefly catch the flash of white that were your lab coats.

the two of you fall onto the cushiony surface, with jungwon sitting up and you falling a little less gracefully on him. the two of you laugh as you adjust yourself, righting your posture so you could look at jungwon.

"take this off," jungwon commands, pulling at your panties. you swing off jungwon for a moment, pulling off the garment in record time. you reposition yourself over jungwon, his cock standing tall, hard, and painfully red.

"come on, show me how bad you want those kids," jungwon teases, tucking your hair behind your ear.

you roll your eyes. "you gotta help with the diapers."

a second later, you sink down on jungwon, moaning wantonly at how much he stretches you out, filling you up effortlessly. jungwon throws his head back, his bottom lip pinched between his teeth.

"i'll quit my fucking job at the lab if this is how good it feels to make babies with you," jungwon groans, his fingers digging into the flesh of your hips.

you whimper at his words, rocking back and forth on his lap. you angle your hips a certain way, the tip of his cock kissing at just the perfect spot inside you. you shudder, repeating your movement.

"god, you feel amazing," jungwon praises. "so warm, so tight."

"yeah," you respond. you're gliding up and down his cock, swiveling your hips as fast as you can. you clench down around him, the thought of jungwon cumming inside you your only motivation.

"filling me up so good," you add, watching as jungwon screws his eyes shut, neck shiny with sweat.

you move forward, attaching your lips just below jungwon's ear. you suckle on the salty skin, running your tongue over the spot, savoring the way jungwon lets a moan rip out of him.

"gotta let the whole bunker know this one's mine," you whisper as you let up on jungwon's neck. a faint red spot is left in the wake of your lips on his skin.

in a blink of an eye, your whole world tumbles upside down, jungwon's hands forcing you down on the couch by your waist. in a daze, you realize that jungwon has you pinned under him, his eyes wild with a hungry look in them. he pushes your legs right up against your chest, lining himself up with your entrance.

"the moment you start showing, no one in this goddamn bunker will have a single doubt who gave you that baby," jungwon counters, thrusting into you. he gives you no time to adjust, picking up where you left off.

you cry out, trying to anchor yourself on anything your hands can find. eventually, you find purchase in jungwon's shoulders. he feels your nails digging in, and he mutters a soft 'fuck', speeding up his movements, the wet sounds of his skin slapping against yours so incredibly obscene in the confined space of his room.

"give it to me, please," you say, meeting jungwon's eyes as he continues to fuck into you. his forehead is creased, a look of concentration washing over his face.

"cum inside, fill me up as many times as you want, fuck it deep in me," you continue, cradling jungwon's face in your hands, the tender gesture a contrast to how rough he's bein.

"god," jungwon groans, voice breaking at the end as he speeds up, but then he halts abruptly, his mouth hanging open in a silent moan. you feel him twitch inside you and you gasp, clenching down as hard as you can.

"fuck, yes, milk it all out," jungwon says. he starts to thrust up into you again, watching as his cock is slowly coated with his cum spreading all over your cushy walls.

you whine, your fingers finding their way down to your cunt, your middle and ring finger pressing onto your clit. you rub at it ferociously, the idea of jungwon's sticky release inside of you turning you on impossibly.

"i'm getting hard again, jesus christ," jungwon complains but his movements don't cease. he's shaking from the overstimulation but he wraps his arms around you, pulling your limp form up against him.

"rub that pretty pussy for me, babe," jungwon requests, thrusting up into you shallowly.

"make yourself cum while i fill you up for a second time."

---

"so?"

you jump a little at the sudden intrusion. you look up at jungwon through both of your reflections in your bathroom mirror. three pregnancy tests lie in a neat line on the edge of the sink.

"i just started the timer, jungwon," you reply with a laugh. jungwon turns you around to face him, kissing you briefly.

"hm," you say, looking up at jungwon questioningly. "you never kiss me unless you want something."

"well," jungwon begins, hands slipping under your sweater. "we can always kill time while we wait for the results."

you shake your head, but you're already pressing yourself up against jungwon. "you're insatiable, dr. yang."

jungwon winks at you, undoing your bra under your shirt. "you know it."

"plus, you just look too good in this damn lab coat."

[applestorms]

i was just gonna leave this as a comment, but my response started spiraling sooooo. guess i'm makin' this a full on post lol =3=" uhh anyways, responding to @skyborneveggie's tags on this post:

#really good analysis #always here for high-functioning depression light takes #i want to add; while Light is better at reading & manipulating people in the moment he also tends to overlook some things in the long run #because of his superiority complex #like his father volunteering for the eyes in matsuda's place #and matsuda in the ending. As much as i like to think of matsuda as wholesome- #-i do think if light played his cards right he could have manipulated him over to kira's side #but he didn't because he didn't think matsuda was important in the grand scheme of things

very good points!! about matsuda in particular— it’s interesting in retrospect how consistently he’s set up as a side character, particularly with how he is almost always immediately pushed off to the side despite that. like, alongside soichiro, he’s really the first member of the JTF we see pre-lind l. tailor (in the anime, anyway. in the manga it’s a bit more ambiguous, though matsuda definitely shows up to mention KIRA bringing the crime rate down in ch.3, still quite early).

he’s always the one counterpoint within the group, playing devil's advocate in a way with how he brings up the pro-KIRA side of things, yet as you say light underestimates him So consistently that he even ends up evolving into a full on joke/shakespearean fool character by yotsuba, which is really what makes his actions in the end so incredibly significant.

i distinctly remember reading that section where aizawa & mogi are getting more deeply involved with near and, in the case of aizawa in particular, are starting to genuinely consider the possibility that light might be KIRA, and just getting sooooooo so SO goddamn suspicious of what matsuda was doing. this was in part because i already had some spoilers about the ending, specifically about matsuda shooting him, but goddamn do his actions start looking suspicious when you begin taking him seriously as a threat. like, while aizawa is starting to live through his own psychological horror novel come to life, realizing that the innocent kid & strong leader he's been taking care of & following all this time might actually have been the fucking serial murderer they've been after for literal Years, here's what matsuda is up to in the background:

(light's face here. fuckin freak LMFAO)

(this one is particularly notable to me as it shows that even aizawa underestimates him— it's not just light, it's the whole damn team. even ryuk joined in earlier.)

(and of course, my absolute favorite example. the contrast between their expressions alone here is absolutely golden all on its own, but matsuda's heartfelt "don't worry, light!! i'll never betray you!!!" in comparison to THIS only makes it all the more juicy:

like, light doesn't even bother responding to him until he's got a goddamn bullet in his hand. he just sits there confident in the expectation that matsuda will lick his soles like a dog. jesus fucking christ.)

anyways, as i was saying: he's mostly just doing a bunch of dumb shit, making silly jokes in the background, fucking around with ryuk and being written off as an idiot by most characters, especially light but again also aizawa and ryuk. AND YET. he is Always hanging around over light's shoulder, lurking somewhere behind him in almost ever panel he shows up in, perfectly innocent to the point where it's can almost be more off-putting than if he were outwardly, actively questionable. like, this panel in particular, and i mean goddamn, just look at it again:

it hits So Hard in retrospect, not just because matusda is the one to shoot light in the end, possibly being his cause of death had ryuk not stepped in when he did, but also because it's true. as incredibly fucking suspicious as this panel may seem if you are armed with the knowledge that matsuda does, eventually, end up being the one to shoot light, it's equally easy to write it off as normal dumbass matsuda behavior because that is Exactly What It Is. and you would be right!! matsuda is trusting of light to a fault— when he eventually breaks, it is Not due to his own betrayal. it's the evidence of light's. and not just of his manipulation of the task force, for years and years and years on end— it's soichiro's death specifically that finally makes matsuda lose his faith in him.

the idea that light could've manipulated matsuda over to KIRA's side had he just tried a little harder is fascinating, but i think i can also understand why he didn't exert any more effort— it was kinda unnecessary. for basically the entire story, from the moment matsuda is formally introduced, to the minute light breaks and admits he's actually KIRA, matsuda is one particularly dedicated conversation away from being a full-on KIRA supporter— or so light believes, anyway. and he's probably not that far off.

really, i'm of the opinion that it's matsuda's existence as this KIRA-sympathetic figure in the task force in the first place that causes light to believe so strongly that he could eventually convert the entire JTF over to the side of KIRA— possibly even saving all of them their lives in the process. like, as i've said before, for all that light monologues about how he's Definitely Going To Kill The Task Force, Don't Worry, I Can And Will Do It When I Have To, he. never actually does it. instead, light goes through all the trouble of keeping the JTF strung along behind him for more than half a decade following L's death, holding on to all of these strings of his former life even when they are almost undoubtedly more of a pain than they're worth. unable to kill his father, unable to kill misa, unable to kill matsuda— even when he directly tries to.

i forget which post this was on, but i believe someone pointed out before that potentially a major part of light's grief following soichiro's death comes from the fact that he springs a shock on him at the last minute before passing: soichiro never stopped suspecting his son. when he sees light's lifespan above his head his first thought is to be relieved, because the question he's held at the back of his mind for Years has finally been undoubtedly assuaged. light is desperate to believe up until the end that he can make the world truly and genuinely pro-KIRA; his final actions in the moments of clarity before he starts begging at ryuk's feet for his life involve an enthusiastic speech as he makes one final bid at converting the JTF and SPK to join him and believe in his vision of Justice.

and yet. he never quite gets mastuda.

never bothered? or never could? perhaps a bit of both, but it's a fascinating character progression nonetheless, and easily one of the most interesting arcs in the series. poor, poor mastuda, indeed.

sidenote: this is a somewhat half baked thought, but i can't help but make a somewhat minor connection between light's treatment of matsuda and his treatment of misa, as well as his relationship with takada. like, let's think through the list of his main (human) supporters throughout the series, the ones who end up taking on the title of KIRA themselves: in the first half, misa, in the second, takada & mikami. if we add matsuda to this list, we get two mirroring pairs: misa & matsuda for the front half of the series, takada & mikami for the latter.

light's treatment of each of these pairs is quite different, despite the fact that they all essentially fulfill the same purpose to him: misa & mikami act as KIRA's eyes, killing those light is unable/unwilling to himself, while takada & matsuda fill the role of KIRA's spokesperson, albeit to very different audiences. thus each half of each pair executes a different side of KIRA's ideology: misa & mikami the practical side, becoming killers themselves, and takada & matsuda the persuasive side, pointing out the positive influences KIRA's actions have had on the population to The People and the rest of the task force respectively.

it's not quite as simple as i've laid out here, of course— tadaka eventually ends up killing before she dies at light's hand herself, misa lives as light's partner until she loses her memories and never quite recovers, mikami becomes quite static, just playing at a killer for Appearances, until his actions eventually end up accidentally betraying light and leading to his downfall. yet it still seems notable to me that despite light treating takada & mikami noticeably better for the majority of the time that he's working with them, those two are the ones who eventually end up dead, betrayed and betrayer respectively. yet, in the case of misa & matsuda... for all that light degrades them and treats them like shit, those two are the ones that get to live on past him while remaining stubbornly loyal until the end, until light's own actions twist back and smack him in the head.

i think perhaps part of the reason why light never ends up converting matsuda is not just his own ego blowing Shit outta proportion and assuming that matsuda will either very easily convert/is too much of a dumb liability to even bother with, but also light's own discomfort with having followers at all. like, it really takes him that full time skip to get fully on board with the idea that people will Submit to KIRA, despite the fact that he logically must know how necessary that is. light wants the recognition and love and commitment of other people, but he doesn't necessarily want the responsibility of their own stupid actions— a sentiment perhaps reflected in how easily he kills criminals, seeing their "evil" as something to be Purged, an annoyance just as much as a liability for the happiness of the Good, Pure People of the world.

as i've outlined before, misa is the main person who's enthusiastic submission consistently gets on light's nerves and icks him the fuck out, but i can't help but wonder if this same reaction applies at least in part to his distaste of matsuda. it's easier to get away from matsuda at least, considering he doesn't have to play the Good, Heterosexual Boyfriend around him, but that doesn't mean it isn't still somewhat present either. this also gets interesting if you start considering lawlight dynamics during yotsuba as well, and L's similar (if somewhat more overt, even) dislike of matsuda during that era BUT. that'll perhaps have to wait until another essay lolol =3=

[generouskittentidalwave]

There are two things on my mind right now about heaven's design team that I really want to get out there so I am back again!

Now hear me out on this, I think the members of the design team are simply humans who god may have sought out to be specially chosen to be on the design team. I don't think they are dead, because if they were none of them would be afraid of dying like they are usually seen as when put into mortal danger. Aside from Jupiter but honestly he is an enigma onto himself. And it via Saturn and his family that they do indeed of lives on earth.

So they clearly are humans, and this is further shown in the time malfunction chapters they all age like normal humans do. Now before you all throw in the fact that Jupiter supposedly died when getting crushed, he didn't actually die as shown later on. His body withstood it. And as shown by all of them testing different things on even themselves sometimes, it's clear that when they are in heaven's territory they are unable to die. It's not saying that they aren't human, but rather being already in heaven prevents them from dying.

Does this mean they are immortal? I think being apart of heaven gives them abilities they wouldn't normally have, and prevents them from other things killing them. But from aging? That I honestly don't know, as Saturn explained to Shimoda about Immortality, and how life and death balances everything out, however he may not have been referring to himself and the design team. And even if they died they are going right back to heaven to do the things they normally do anyway so either way it wouldn't matter.

So yeah I do believe they are just normal humans that have simply just been affected a bit due to now being a part of heaven.

Now onto the second thing which everyone tries to avoid as it seems to hurt their heads a bit. How time works in heaven's design team.

Now hold on don't move on just yet, as I have a simple explanation for you.

Some members of different design departments are humans who grew up in heaven, most likely Saturn's case, to create their own animals and plants and other things. Those animals evolve and create more animals, over time more animals are needed so they hire more designers. These designers, coming from times where said animals did not exist (because just because an animal does not exist doesn't mean humans don't still evolve to what we currently have now), and created their own animals to add onto this. Angels would use the doors to place a design in a time period where they can thrive in, thus making the minor change to humans making them believe this animal has always just existed. Therefore no one notices the difference. This would also explain why there are supposedly ufo sightings throughout history as those are the transportations that angels use.

Boom mic drop 🎤

(And before you ask yes that took hours of painful brain thinking in order to figure it out and yes my brain is sore now)

Now with that now off my plate, I'm gonna go get myself some icecream and I hope you all have a wonderful day and night. I'll see you all next time! ^^

[the-wandering-rock-collector]

Fairy

Send me a Pokémon Type that isn't my muse's main, and I'll design a team as if that was their main type!

Ok explaining these all in massive detail is starting to drive me bonkers so I'm just gonna do these a bit quicker

MAWILE is Fairy AND Steel AND Hoenn. Mega Evolves. Perfect.

Clefairy are a rare find in Meteor Falls, and considering that's Steven's favourite place and they come from riding on meteors in space it just all adds up.

Listen I think Steven loves Carbink he thinks it's so cute and if he ever met a Diancie he'd be in AWE.

Klefki can carry the five thousands keys he needs for the League and Devon and his work it would save his pocket space.

Tinkaton is a menace and drives Steven bonkers but he loves them anyway.

Togekiss just makes sense to me because Steven is all about bonds between Pokemon and trainer. Also Fly hurray!

[dmanemone]

I think I finally realized why SoKai bothers me so hecking much

I saw a gifset of Noctis and Lunafreya from ffxv and something just clicked in my head

For the record, I like Luna and Kairi a lot and wish both of them got way more screen time and development. I'm still salty we didn't get a Luna DLC

Anyway, it feels like people think they can shove these two characters of opposite sex together and SAY they're in a relationship and we just have to accept it because cishet relationships are the default and just OBVIOUS, they don't have to develop them at all or make them compelling and it's lazy and annoying

Granted Noct and Luna get a lot of off-screen development, especially if you watch the anime, you get the feeling that they really care for each other and Promto and it's sweet and lovely but it's not enough. I need more. Especially if I'm expected to ship them together. Quite frankly, I don't ship anyone in ffxv because none of them are compelling, except Prompto and Aranea but that's a crack ship more than anything

But Sora and Kairi don't even get the benefit of off-screen development. What? They were friends for ten years? Yeah, so were Sora and Riku, or Riku and Kairi. What is it that makes them like each other? What is it that makes their romantic relationship believable? Nothing

People are so into SoRiku because the development is there, they put a lot of work into that relationship and we love to see it. We've seen it evolve and develop and we're attached to it.

Heck, Kairi has more development with Riku and Lea than she does with Sora. Honestly, I'm still salty about Kairi and Lea not being canon but that's beside the point. Riku fighting so hard to save Kairi in KH1 is far more compelling than anything Kairi has going on with Sora

It legit feels like they made SoKai official as a fuck you to SoRiku shippers and people who ship Kairi with literally anyone else. Like someone at SE or Disney noticed that Sora and Riku seemed a little TOO gay and forced the KH team to add in a het couple so that no one could say they were making a queer game. That's how hamfisted and forced the relationship feels

I'm not against het couples in media but you gotta do more than smoosh them together like Barbie dolls to get me to buy into it. Put as much work into the romantic relationships as you do the friendships, or the antagonistic relationships. Like how is the protagonist gonna have a more fleshed out and compelling relationship with their literal enemies than the person we're supposed to believe they want to spend the rest of their life with?

It's just lazy writing

[lord-radish]

My current Pokemon Emerald team! Posted the same screenshot twice because the Tumblr image viewer is BROKEN and I wanted to make the picture legible!

I'm gonna boot the Staryu in exchange for a Dragonite I think. I could also go for a Flygon though, because I think a Dragonite on top of everyone else is too on the nose. But with Dragonite there'd be an equal amount of Kanto, Johto and Hoenn Pokemon on my team...

Also this is from an Emerald romhack that adds all 382 Pokemon to the wild.

In order of appearance:

SHUH!!! the Staryu: as previously stated, kind of a placeholder. I've already moved back to using a Lotad named BONCH to use Surf.

ZATTSETZ the Scizor: I was thinking of Scyther as like a samurai, so the name is like a dumb corruption of Zantetsuken. Apparently it means Iron Cutting Blade, and it's most well-known in the west as a Final Fantasy term? which is like 98% absolutely the place I got the name. Kind of worked out considering that Scizor is a steel type. Anyway Scizor kicks ass and is one of my physically strongest Pokemon.

SCRAB the Gardevoir: I was thinking of Ratchet and Clank 3 when I named this one. Mr Snrub from The Simpsons probably got in there too. Gardevoir is a Hoenn mainstay. Gardevoir owns.

BUTTCHUG the Blaziken: okay this one has kind of a funny history? I booted up an old PC recently and found a barely used Pokemon Emerald save, and the only Pokemon I had was a Torchic named BUTTCHUG. I died laughing, and then I went about finding this romhack to make a new game. BUTTCHUG was the clear choice. Almost certainly inspired by the John Cena vehicle Blockers, where he chugs a beer with his ass and then clenches when the cops show up, spraying it in his friend's face. Corporate-ass movie, but I liked it. Better than Superbad, worse than Booksmart.

FUCKMURDER the Nidoking: I tend to name my Nidokings something vulgar and stupid. He's a giant dinosaur Godzilla thing with my favorite gen 1 cry. FUCKMURDER owns. I need to remove Rock Smash so he can learn Surf.

CRUNGLER the Pupitar: man idk where CRUNGLER came from. Found him in the desert though. Catching him was the second longest grind in the game so far, next to hatching a baby Scyther and training it up from scratch. Very low encounter rate. When he evolves, CRUNGLER is gonna fucking sweep.

[thestorytellersapprentice]

Why Do-yeok

I cannot believe I'm writing another one of this "Why" post. I thought it's a one-time thing with Love Alarm... But, here I am. Maybe because just like the previously mentioned Netflix series, Nevertheless causes huge discourse among its viewers. Team Potato and Team Butterfly. Jae-eon and Do-hyeok. Sanctuary or the gravitational pull.

And first off, an important note: my intention by writing this is not to seek any debate with anyone. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, so here's mine. Feel free to read it or definitely not to read it if you're firmly on Jae-eon's corner and you can't imagine Na-bi with anyone else but him. I just want to sort out my thoughts simultaneously through writing this. And this is gonna be a bit long, I suppose.

So, as the title already declares, I'm Team Potato all the way. And, yep, this means I'm thoroughly on Do-hyeok's side and I want him to be happy because he deserves it. (Still need to see what's in store in the final episode, but I'm perfectly okay with an open ending: Na-bi ends up not choosing anyone but herself, as long as her friendship with Do-hyeok remains intact.)

And this comes down simply because of who Yang Do-hyeok is as a person.

If Do-hyeok is real, then you can bet that I'll date him myself too. At the very least, I'd definitely like to be friends with him.

Why?

Because....

One. His whole vibe is just so....warm and comfortable. We often see Do-hyeok's cheerful sides. He smiles a lot (and boy, Chae Jong-hyeop's smiles are just so endearing, but we're talking about the character here. Ahem.) He's attentive, thoughtful, and open. And he's not only like this with Na-bi. He, by nature, is a very friendly person, as you can see from his interaction with Do-yeon, his cousin, also with Na-bi's friends and the hyeongs in the noodle restaurant that he works at.

And I like it a lot that even just after Do-hyeok confesses to Na-bi and she turns him down, the very next day, they're able to speak with each other normally and just talk about his videos and how she'll watch them and give him feedback. That night, Na-bi also answers his call with a smile on her face. They joke around and not even stopping after Do-hyeok throws her some arguably-cringey-lines (if uttered by other guys and not handled properly). Clearly, Na-bi's very on ease and comfortable with and around him despite everything that has happened.

She even says this on her own: "And most of all, I feel comfortable when I'm with him."

Two. With Do-hyeok, the communication is sterling. Honesty and communication is also very important in a healthy relationship. Your partner isn't a mind reader, so you gotta tell her/him what you feel and think about, especially when you're having a hard time, so you both can work on it together. And our potato guy is the perfect example of openness and honesty.

Even when he's having a hard time, he doesn't lash out (unlike a certain someone), but he communicates it clearly to Na-bi: "I saw you and Park Jae-eon going into your house together. I know I said that I could wait for you as long as it takes. But I felt so jealous."

Do-hyeok also casually throwing lines like: "It's nice to hear your voice. The whole neighborhood seems empty without you." which can be really cringey, but hearing these with Chae Jong-hyeop's delivery = it's just Do-hyeok openly sharing his thoughts. And, again, he's not just like this with Na-bi. That's just the way he is. He openly states his concerns and thoughts to people close to him.

After her first disaster relationship and Jae-eon (who's a master deflector on all personal questions and is truly opaque), IMO someone like Do-hyeok is what Na-bi needs. With Do-hyeok, she never has to guess where she stands. And Na-bi responds to his openness accordingly. She shares her worries and not-so-good moments ("I was spacing out because the critique went badly. I got scolded. This semester is really the worst. I didn't get accepted to the exchange program as well.") And of course, Do-hyeok responds by reassuring and encouraging her.

Three. They begin as friends. Childhood friends, even. And while some may point out that she friend-zones him, I beg to differ. The expression on Na-bi's face when she first sees Do-yeon and hasn't recognizes her is not the expression of someone who sees her just-platonic-friend conversing with a girl. You can practically see the gears in her head turning and she suddenly looks unsure: "Who is that girl talking to Do-hyeok?"

But anyway, iIluminatedquill has written here and here what I want to say and more, so I won't add any more here, other than this: it's my own personal preference as well. I'm just more drawn to romantic relationships which also evolve from friendship. I feel that lust will only get you so far, and the companionship aspect is what makes it long-lasting. (Even in my personal life, my boyfriend is not only my boyfie, he's my friend and partner in crime also.)

Four. Do-hyeok has good and normal relationships with his family. He obviously has good relationship with his Grandpa (judging from the way he's reviving his Grandpa's noodle place until his Grandpa feels better) and is close with his cousin, Do-yeon. While this is based on what's been shown and even though we never see or hear about his parents, I think it's safe to say that Do-hyeok most probably grows up in a loving family and he carries their values with him as he approaches his relationships with people as an adult.

Again, this is mostly personal preference, but as someone who highly value family, for me this is another point for Do-hyeok. I'm not saying that someone with dysfunctional family cannot form loving relationships, but it's what one aspires for.

Do-hyeok cares for people. He takes care of them (e.g. voicing concerns over Do-yeon's plastered hand, preparing umbrella and coffee for Na-bi, etc etc). And, sadly, Jae-eon's distant family background just makes him even more detached and non-committal towards people.

As for Na-bi, she wants to learn from her mother and not following in her footsteps. "I promise myself I would never date while watching my mom." It's heavily implied (and is practically confirmed by her aunt) that her mother dates around as well, and from the one scene we're shown during her birthday weekend, she always feels like her mother neglects her and she's upset about it. So, yeah, Na-bi wants to live differently, and it's clear who's a natural at it already.

Five. I can see them growing together. Yeah, Na-bi's mostly the one who needs to sort out her life, but she also can be a good influence to Do-hyeok. She gives him feedback on his videos (as an example) and he builds upon that.

From Na-bi herself: "I don't want to ever disappoint Do-hyeok." She sees him as such a good guy and always receives things from him. I interpret her line here as her desire to improve herself, to be better. And that's how a good relationship should be, right? It brings out the best out of each other.

That's it from me for now.

I guess some of the points up there can be different priorities for different people, and that's okay. As I've said at the beginning of this post, this is all mine, so feel free to disagree.

To me, Jae-eon is like this very strong gravitational pull: he's sexy, mysterious and very alluring, yet he displays oh-so-many red flags. It's all such a rollercoaster ride with him: very fun and thrilling, yet can also cause you extreme dread.

While Do-hyeok is like a sanctuary. He represents safety, stability and ease. With him, it's like strolling on a park somewhere under the sunshine: things feel warm, pleasant, and cozy.

Na-bi probably still feels the gravitational force of Jae-eon. It's hard to shake off completely on such a short span of time, but I hope she remembers that just like her namesake, she always have her own strength to fly and defy gravity.

[gible-love-nibles-archive]

OOH OOH‼️ Spill the beans, Clare! What do you have in mind?? Tell us some more abt your PMD AU, I'm curious =}

(Please know I was delaying answering this because I was drawing the pictures in this post for it. Anyway, heh heh, love Pokemon :])

When I say PMD AU, I'm talking about. All of the games, they're confirmed to all share a single timeline (sorta?). With that said, spoilers?? I'm not gonna be sharing any major story details, so you should be fine.

I'm kinda basing this off a headcanon I saw circulating around that the Hero and Partner in the Mystery Dungeon games are always the same two souls, reunited through reincarnation to save the world. (For the life of me, I can't remember where I first saw it.)

There's not too much to say about the Rescue Team or Explorers. Those two's stories are basically the same besides:

some PMD characters getting swapped for other characters, or other characters getting added in for the funsies (F/antoccio's going to replace the three Mankey that upgrade your base in Rescue Team for one example.)

Rescue Team mainly following Blue Rescue Team with some DX additions thrown in (I've never played DX but I know it adds some cutscenes)

And some personal wishes of mine that these games did, especially in Explorers lol (Team Skull {not the Alola guys} gets CLAPPED by a new evil duo {won't say who yet ;)} because as a kid, I HATED that you could only fight them at the very beginning of the game, and that wasn't even with Skuntank. You couldn't beat them up at their last appearance, what was that about)

I haven't finished Gates to Infinity yet, so no story changes except Clare (Fraxure) and Elec (Jolteon) are evolved.

(I guess it's my way of trying to make more sense of why the Partner can buy property in this game, but then in the next one, the same species has to go to school and is repeatedly said to be a kid. I dunno, it's weird to me, and it's probably just a me thing.)

OK SO. Super Mystery Dungeon probably gets the most story changes out all of the games, but this post is already getting long.

To try and summarize it quickly: instead of being kids, living in Serene Village, and having to go to school, the Hero and Partner live with this goofy group of adventurers (not the Expedition Society... not yet anyway) stationed by Serene Village. Instead of having to learn at school, they're like substitute teachers there that help with lessons! They meet the Expedition Society a lot faster than in the original game, get acquainted with the members of it quicker, and go on more missions with them.

My main gripe with Super is the pacing with the story: this game has 22 chapters. To get to Lively Town-- the hub of the Expedition Society, your Partner's dream team to join-- doesn't happen until Chapter 10 or 11 (I don't remember-). In theory, that's half the game's main story spent in Serene Village!

I could go on about this, but the main problem is that I remember my classmates at the beginning of the game way better than the Expedition Society members. With this, I'm hoping to try and give the Expedition members more time to shine and make the overall story spread more evenly across the whole game instead of in theory, just the second half.

[hikarumkns]

Uh oh

So it has come to my attention that we'll be getting a manga adaptation of Best Games Fuji Syuusuke vs Kirihara Akaya and to be quite honest I'm shocked.

First of all, when it was announced all the way in..... Whenever it was announced, it was heavily discussed about how they'd go about it. Would they remake the already 3 episode almost match from 2004 or would they follow the manga where at an earlier stage Fuji had showed his maturity?

Let's track back on that. (Solely my opinion so disagreement is understandable given I STILL have yet to even finish the original manga 😭😭)

Anyway....

There were many things that the anime version did not show. For one, they didn't use Echizen but rather Tachibana; which I don't get why but hey, they wanted to change things. Understandable. However, the development Fuji goes through right before going through this match is detrimental to the series itself. I had mentioned this before and will mention it again, this growth that is seen here is only seen when Fuji faces Tezuka in the intra ranking tournament event which is almost 60 episodes later and no where to be seen in the manga.... Yet I think. And it's really important because throughout most of the series you don't see Fuji with the drive that we see here. Even in the anime version, you hardly get to see what goes through his mind. There's one thing that drives him in the anime and it was Tachibana's injury and assault by his opponent which is also important to note that he has an adjective. A motive,a reason to fight with all he's got.

Just the fact that he knew without confirmation prior just Ugggggghhh. Honestly, y'all. Get yourself a boi like Fuji xD

Fuji could've used this fact as a motive but he didn't. It wasn't his reason to defeat Akaya it was a objective he had in mind and that was getting Seigaku past this opponent. Maybe his objective became more pronounced once he realized that it was him that injured Echizen but it's not his main focus and that's very important to his character. In the anime we're mostly forced to believe he needs one to become serious but that's not really case. And although he became somewhat serious with Jirou that wasn't because he wanted to, I feel like he just wanted to not be taken lightly by Echizen which is what I got from that match. BUT EVEN THEN. He still asked to play against the guy that beat his brother so it's still a motive. Haha...I actually forgot he had done that haha haha haha 😐

In the manga, before he knew of Echizen's injury (correct me if I'm wrong because it's been a while since I read it) he had already wanted to become stronger on his own. It was seen that he was with Tachibana solely to practice. Another aspect we NEVER see in the anime. This showed us that he wanted to become stronger on his own, he wanted to be there for his team and above all else, grow.

There's also weakness.

This disadvantage isn't solely a manga thing but I would like to add that I feel this was more impactful than his knee in the anime. Idk about you guys but imagine being in that situation? Fucking terrifying.

I feel like this disadvantage showed another side of him rather than the side we see in the anime. It's aggressive, it's strategic and it's well played. In the anime yes, he is all that but it takes a while. To see THIS within a few chapters and before hitting Nationals is just whoa. I feel like the readers gain a sort of respect when coming to this particular part because well aside from it ever being possible, or who knows, it's pretty valiant that he still keeps pushing.

Then there's just.

This.

Like. Wtf. Why is he remembering Tezuka? Obviously because they're toge- *ahem* 🤣

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No but for real. The fact that in the middle of perhaps the toughest match he's had, he's remembering this moment. This moment where his best friend gives him that push. The fact that he thought they were similar only to find out differently I feel was another icing on the cake. The fact that he remembers Tezuka's grueling match with Atobe is what drove him to push himself, evolve and it's beautiful the change we get. Tezuka plays an important part to Fuji's growth here and I think most of it is due to his absence but it's just interesting to note that this is something he thinks back to. The fact that people have overcome his triple counters is what pushes him to really think on what he could do to change and it's something I wish we would've definitely seen in the anime.

I'm sure he's like 50 people in one now in shinteni and I wouldn't be surprised but his early evolution is just wonderful.

AND WE GET TO SEE IT IN ACTION AND I'M GONNA CRY AND I'M GONNA SCREAM AND LOSE EVERY SHIT KNOWN TO MANKIND. WHAT WAS IT THAT I SAID? I'D HATE AKAYA ALL OVER AGAIN? YEAH SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT BECAUSE HOLY FUCK GUYS. IT'S HAPPENING.

Fuji being all cute is what I live for.

[a-tale-of-legends]

Since I'm in the rival mood, this is Wakky's team in the Legendverse.

I'll be honest, I'm still torn on whether I should have Gallade or Gardevoir be his ace. Like, he has both in my au, but which one is his original partner and which one comes after that? I have no clue cause I can see merits to both.

Anyway, I wanted to add some pokemon he still has but aren't present in the team builder

As I mentioned before, he has a Gardevoir,taking inspo from pokemon masters. Probably a shiny, cause he deserves it.

Altaria is another dragon of his ( two dragons wally? Sheesh). Can also mega evolve.

Wally continuity is weird but I do see him as a traveler, since he always wanted to......maybe I should have Lisia replace Anabel them. Hmmmm. Anyway, I mention that cause he caught a Fletching during his trip in Alola. It's a Talonflame now.

And yeah. Just wanted to add that. I'm definitely gonna rework Cheren and Hugh's teams cause I'm realizing that just because a pokemon is " bad" doesn't mean it's not worth being put on a team. I remember changing Cheren 's team to match this ideal of strong pokemon only, and that.... totally goes against his character arc, so I'm changing it.

[septicbro1005]

Long addition ahead! We're going over the Wild Area! Be prepared!

I'm in the Rolling Fields, and I ran into a Pidove! Which hit me right in the nostalgia bone, since when I used to collect pokemon cards, I had twelve fucking cards of just a damn Pidove.

Let's hope to add this lovely lad to the team! I'm fighting him in the hail, so I'm not gonna bother taking too many shots on him.

First pokeball, and it seems like I've added another member to my team!

His name will be... hm.

I'm not good with nicknaming pokemon.

I'll name him... Pit.

I guess?

Yeah, sure.

The first Dynamax den in the area gave me a... ooh! A Nincada!

Alright, this'll be a weird battle. I don't think I've ever had a Nincada on my team before. Those guys evolve into Shedinja and Ninjask, yeah? I gotta look up how to get a Shedinja, since I've heard those guys are super powerful.

Welp, assuming I actually make it through this fight without losing the Shedinja.

Okay, so after a few minutes, I somehow managed to pull luck out of my ass, and catch the Nincada. To be entirely honest, I thought we were gonna get fucked over because someone tried bringing their Torkoal into the god damn mix.

But it worked! I now have a Nincada!

Who I will call Luck!

Now I've got Luck on my side! She's my highest level pokemon at level 20! Toast is at a comfy level 11, Guzma's a solid level 8, while Pit and Guardian are tied at level 7.

But now, I've got XP candies. Time to feed them!

They went up some good levels, and I've made my way over to Dappled Grove, where the Dynamax Den is giving me a Caterpie!

Jeez, so many bug types!

But we've got another bug type under our belt, and his name will be... Facile.

He was super easy to get, tbh.

I fed Luck a Rare Candy, and now I've got a lovely Ninjask! As well as a Shedinja!

Very worried about the 1 HP though.

Ooh boy.

But on the overland, I ran into a Vanilite! Gonna try not to kill it by starting off with some Quick Attacks. It's also hailing.

WAIT, FUCK THAT JUST HEALED IT OKAY

EMBER IS FAIR GAME THEN.

I fucked up with the Vanilite, and then it used Taunt, so I'm started to get a tad bit worried.

FUCK I KILLED IT!

Okay, fine, whatever, no big.

Didn't need an ice type anyway, I guess.

But now I'm at the Watchtower Ruins which I don't think I'm quite ready for yet. If I remember correctly, these fuckers are hard to catch with only level 11 pokemon. Sure, I've got my Ninjask and Shedinja, but at what cost?

I found a Dynamax den there, though with a Drifloon. Gonna go for it with our buddy Guardian!

Let's go!

The Drifloon has decided to cooperate, and so her name shall be... hm. Fuck it, Spinel!

I almost named her Drifty, but then I thought of the song Drift Away from the Steven Universe movie, so here's Spinel!

Over in West Lake Axewell, the first Dynamax den I saw held a Corphish! So, I'm gonna give it a whirl. I don't have a lot of good Pokemon to go against a Water-type with, as of right now, so I'm gonna use Guzma!

Ooh, I think someone's Salazzle or Qwilfish managed to poison the Corphish!

Yup, it was the Salazzle.

OOP, IT'S DEAD.

LET'S GET IT!

YEAHHHH!

Alright! Corphish has joined us! Gonna name this lovely lad Namor!

On the overland, I ran into a Purrloin!

And, lucky ol' me, I caught her!

Gonna name her... Sam!

Now I gotta protect her at all costs.

East Lake Axewell seems like it'll be fine, though it is a tad bit rainy. Gonna set up camp, play with my pokemon, feed 'em, etc. Get back to y'all soon!

I'm gonna be starting a Pokemon Sword nuzlocke! I have another one going on, but I lost all my documentation for it, which sucks.

But, I'm just gonna break down real quick.

So, I'm altering the nuzlocke rules only a tad to help fit the Wild Area in the game.

Still gonna be nicknaming every pokemon, gonna release it when it dies, gonna only catch the first pokemon i see on every route, etc.

But, when I get to the Wild Area, there will be one catch per section of the Wild Area. I'm going to count Dynamax dens in the Wild Area as another area entirely, but I'm gonna make it so each den is still within that section of the wild area.

For example, if I got to the part of the Wild Area in front of the steps into Motostoke, I can catch one Pokemon there as well as one Pokemon in a Dynamax den within that area.

Everything else will play the same as your average nuzlocke.

I've never finished a nuzlocke, but in my original thing, my starter fucking died, so I know this'll be a pain in my ass. But it'll be a fun pain in my ass.

So, with that, let's go!