#oc: jin amachi

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Team Magma are fucking nerds, who the fuck sends an intent-to-steal notice to the place they're going to steal from. That kinda goes against the point, doesn't it????? Also starting off by going " How are you. We are doing fine" hello?????????????

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some sketch requests for my dear friends <3 first are from fandoms: 1. Finland from Hetalia 2. Misaki from Bang Dream 3. Jin Ling from Mo Dao Zu Shi

others are OCs 4. Kobayashi Haru (fan character for Puella Magi Madoka Magica) 5. Sora Amachi (character from fan idol group SparkleS (by @cool-ass-cucumber) )

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Oh hey Steven.

I'm so glad I'm going out of my way to talk to more NPCs and to go to places that will be plot important. Why? Bc I genuinely did not know Steven was here. I didn't know he took the initiative to watch the mossdeep space center so the player can explore Mossdeep. Which I think is really cool! I was wondering how the pacing of this would go, since Jin wouldn't want to leave the center if no one was protecting it ( Thanks Scott) and....well Jin still doesn't like Steven lmao, but I think they can let go of their pettiness to take on the gym leaders. ( note: they don't like Steven for stupid reasons, aaaand is slightly bitter that they have been dealing with almost all the team aqua and magma stuff with Amber. This is something I want to address but I also don't want to ruin Steven's character in his genuine kindness. I think I can achieve both but I reaaaaaally gotta be careful with it)

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Shout out to this magma grunt, I hope he's doing well.

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I'm kinda realizing that Amber gets Latios, but then Latias is all alone :(

I know Jin is the obvious answer but man, they would not be beating the draconid allegations. First their Sceptile, which can mega evolve into a dragon type, then their Chosen by fucking Rayquaza, then -depending on if I go through with it- they get their own Salamence and potentially a Latias. And finally like. They doooooo kinda look like Zinnia. Mainly with the eye color, eye shape and hair. Which, I should clarify, was completely accidental, I just thought it looked cool-

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SCOTT

Unless Liza and Tate are recent additions l, how does he not know about his own region gym leaders? Unless he's not from there but that's never confirmed????

AND THEN THE FUCKER JUST WALKS AWAY. "Oh wow, this town seems stressed about something that could potentially be of danger to them. Doesn't concern me though!" BRO?!

I went from going " omg, Scott, my friend Scott!" Waaaaaay earlier in this playthrough. Jin wanted to prove their worth to him and gradually leaned into Scott's praise. But now I'm just like " this sleazy BITCH". I don't actually think he's sleazy ( ....maybe), but the more I interact with him the more I get that he is VERY business minded, and...has a way with words? That don't feel. Genuine. To me. Like in Fortree City, when he was encouraging Jin, it sounded less of someone who was genuinely cheering for Jin's success and more about Scott encouraging someone he sees of value to continue doing what they're doing so they can become a product for him.

.....Am I looking too much into this????????? I feel like I am. Are their any Scott fans that wish to enlightened me?????

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Cool as heck.

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Gonna call it a night bc I spent WAY too long catching Feebas lmao. River is a placeholder name until I can think of something more fitting.

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Me: I don't think I'll use Absol but I do wanna catch one for fun. Should be simple.

Absol:

And what's more:

Of course she has an Adamant nature. One swords dance shredded through my team-

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Scott continues to give Jin validation LMAOOOO. Though I think at this point, they aren't as eager to get it. Like they already did talk things through with their dad. Not saying they're buddy buddy now, but the talk definitely helped Jin a bit. So by this point, while the validation is appreciated, Jin isn't actively trying to impress Scott or gain his praise now.

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Also I made a bunch of gijinkas with gacha life lol. I continue to admire character designers, this shit was hard to figure out. Gijinkas Below!

Also these are some pokemon from Jin's team!!!!

Esme ( Sceptile)

Sora( Swellow)

Vex( Mawile) ( I think I already showed you guys him)

Tomoko ( Manectric)

Mirage( Flygon) ( she's not a Flygon yet in game though lol)

If there's one thing I've noticed with these gijinkas is that Hoenn loves their red/pink accent colors.

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I think I finally got a grasp of Esme? At least an idea.

Esme - Chill and easygoing, Esme is a relaxing presence. So much go that it was hard to tell if she was taking things seriously or not. This was evident in her leader skills - her lack of knowledge of the world results in recklessness, which then leads to her own team feeling unorganized - not even a unit that can depend on each other. Tomoko was the first wake up call, not being afraid to take charge when needed too. At the time Esme was kinda glad to no longer be under the pressure of "The Leader", but Tomoko made it very clear that this wasn't permanent, that the team all wants to follow Esme, not her, and that Esme needs to Buckle The Fuck Up for when they all start looking towards her for leadership. I think the second wake up call was the repeated losses at Wattson. Seeing her trainer and her team's frustration, even Tomoko, the person who honestly held this team together, not really knowing what to do.....this was when Esme realized that this team needed a real leader. ESPECIALLY when Haru on Amber's team was able to clean Wattson 's team so easily. It.... honestly made her want to do better. Honestly I think this was the real start of Esme's and Haru's rivalry. Yes, their trainers were rivals, but it was only now that Esme wanted to be Haru's. Honestly????? She probably wanted to with a hint of spite. She wanted to prove that she was the better leader ( Haru never insinuated that Esme was a bad leader ever, but did wish she took her role more seriously). She got a little of her trainer's haterism lmao. Ever since then, Esme has been much more involved with her team. She's still very chill, and still getting used to being in charge. But she's certainly taking this whole thing more seriously than a funny little trip around Hoenn.

And yeah! I'm happy with this actually. And! I can properly figure out the relationships between each team member now! Yippee!!!

Also also! It's really interesting to compare Esme as a leader to Arty. Arty was someone who was overly anxious and cautious, with a lot of self doubt. He was a very good strategist,and had the ambition for his journey. But felt like he wasn't "leader material." Like he didn't really deserve that title. His arc was him realizing he is leader material and always was. Everyone isn't just following Ames, but is following him. Even Zeke, who Arty considers the better pick for a leader. On the flip side there's Esme, who just wasn't really taking it seriously? Mainly out of inexperience and not realizing the pressure being leader creates. Her wants ( to just travel and have a good ol time) was in direct conflict with the reality ( the team looking at her for leadership and making the best decisions for them, and in general just having a lot more responsibilities). Her arc of accepting responsibility, not bc it's expected of her ( though that's kinda part of it) but bc she doesn't want her friends to feel so.... disconnected, if that makes sense. Again, Wattson was pretty big for her. She wants to be the thing that ties everyone together!....and maybe beat Haru at the whole leader thing ( Haru vc: Esme, it's not a competition....)

Okay I've rambled loooong enough lol.

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🥀 (wilted flower) - How does your character deal with stressful situations? Is their fear response fight, flight, freeze or fawn?

(for the red emoji ask game!)

Ooooooo that's a good one. Gonna do Jin and Amber cause those are the ocs I'm focusing on a lot right now.

Jin - It kinda depends on exactly what the situation is, and at what stage in their life they're at, I think. Young! Jin would definitely latch to their fight instincts, letting their anger burst out more whenever they're stressed. Anger has always been something that they're familiar with, so it's easy for that to be their response most times. However, Young! Jin is still a kid, a kid who ends up having the world on their shoulders. So while their anger and fight tend to be at the forefront, I can also see situations where they just end up freezing( though , looking at the definition for "freeze" I'm not sure if I'll call it the freeze response entirely). Their anger is overcome by their fear, and they want to hide but they physically can't. Like the air is getting sucked out of them and they just can't move.

As Jin gets older, and as their duties and champion and as a Chosen continue, they end up becoming more and more adept when it comes to stressful situations. They aren't as prone to anger, or to freeze up. They're much more calm and collected. This isn't to say the reactions they had as a kid aren't there anymore, just that it isn't at the forefront. Jin's temper is still there! It just takes a lot more to get them to rage and fight.

Amber - She's the reason that I wanted to do these asks games bc I feel like I don't think about her in detail. Hmmmmmm. Amber isn't generally a nervous person - she embraces danger most of the time. I guess when it comes to socially stressful situations, she leans into people pleaser. mode, especially when she was younger. It's kinda a stark contrast to how she usually acts - she has always been polite, but wasn't one to get walked over on. I think it's the fact that in those situations, she's hyper aware of her status as the professor's daughter, and not only wants to prove her worth as a future professor, but also not tarnish her dad's image. I...think she doesn't like those fancy scientific meet ups lol.

Outside of that, I think when she's fearing for her life, she just moves on instinct. Does whatever her heart is telling her, no matter how reckless. It's worse when she's fucking pissed. You do not want a pissed, fearing for her life Amber on your ass. You might just die.

And yeah! Thanks for the ask!!!!

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I'm most likely gonna save these for tomorrow/ later today but bro already beat Norman, Jesus Christ-

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You know, this is very interesting. From what we've seen, Wally's family is genuinely supportive of him- or at the very least happy that he's feeling much better than he was before. And yet, Wally felt like he had to sneak away, without telling anyone. The emphasis on his uncle makes me wonder if Wally's uncle is glad that Wally is feeling better, but doesn't fully trust Wally to be on his own.

I had to check if it was Wally's uncle that was with him during the scene after Norman's gym: it wasn't, rather Wally's dad! Which makes sense honestly - two dad's expressing the joy of their kids growing up, but also the sadness that comes with it. I think Wally's dad wouldn't be upset if Wally left, just very worried, haha.

Some other things to note: Wally tells the player this. He didn't have to, and yet he tells them anyway. He trusts the player to understand how he feels that much, and I honestly think that's so sweet.