#pokemon research/resources

[jaybug-jabbers]

Gen 3 Beta Pokemon 'Dex - Page 3

Continuing the beta pokemon, previous post is here.

Name: Hipo [ヒポ]

My Notes: A pastel blue hippo that seems to have a baby bonnet-inspired frill on its head.

Name: Charmin [チャーミン]

My Notes: Some kind of baby pokemon. Might be a beta Happiny, just based on the egg and the pink coloration, as well as the frills on the side of the head. There are no evo notes or data though.

Name: Piper [ピッパー]

Type: Normal

Category: Lottery

Height/Weight: 1'4'', 17.6 lbs

Pokedex Entries:

It changes into different forms during evolution, but the cause of these transformations is unknown, attracting the attention of Pokémon researchers.

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Its biology is mostly unknown. It doesn't seem to have a visible mouth or ears, but it reacts to sounds and light, which has been confirmed.

Additional Gamefreak Notes:

A Pokémon that evolves through transformation. When it evolves, it transforms into various different Pokémon.

Evolution: Supposedly able to randomly evolve into any pokemon

My Notes: Unlike Ditto which can transform temporarily into any pokemon, this guy would have been able to evolve into any pokemon pernamently. I imagine if they went through with this they probably would have put a few limits on it and prevented it from evolving into legendaries/mythicals, though. I also imagine Piper probably would not learn many moves before evolution, since anything it evolved into would also have access to those moves-- unless they were to make an exception for Piper and have it forget the moves of its previous incarnation.

Name: Snoun [スノウン]

My Notes: Apparently it's a snowman moth. Honestly a cute idea, though the sprite can use some refinement. We did eventually get Frosmoth of course, but this shows they were thinking of an icy moth for a long time.

Name: Panpamu [パンパム]

My Notes: A toy monkey with cymbals. By the way, if you google 'Jolly Chimp,' a vintage cymbal-banging monkey toy, be prepared for some very creepy photos. Anyway, this pokemon was probably based on it; the toy itself was based on organ grinders training monkeys to bang symbols.

Name: Bonbongo [ボンボンゴ]

My Notes: These two do not have index numbers next to each other, but it's still possible Panpamu would have evolved into Bonbongo here. Keep in mind, there is a vintage boxing monkey toy that was made in Japan.

Name: Shiomagune [シオマグネ]

My Notes: A crab with magnets for claws. The "hair" are magnetic metal filings. The use of magnetic filings as hair would later be seen in Probopass and in Sandy Shocks. We also have "hairy" crabs with Crabominable (based on the yeti crab) and Klawf. Despite all that, I wish we had this magnet crab, a Water/Electric crab (my speculation on typing) would have been cool. This is one of my favorites.

Name: Torchin [トーチン]

My Notes: A strange snake with four stubby legs and a tail on fire. HRP's notes say that this pokemon was reworked into Seviper. I don't see much in common with Seviper, other than the fact they are snakes. But until I gain access to the original files, I'll have to take their word for it.

Name: Ponku [ポンク]

Evolution: Evolves into Tanpu

Name: Tanpu [タンプ]

Evolution: Evolves from Ponku

My Notes: TCRF calls these vacuum cleaner pokemon. I . . . guess they are? They're pretty weird looking vacuums if that's what they are. Interestingly, this guy seems to have fins and looks fish-like.

Name: Paootsu [パオーツ]

Evolution: Evolves from Spinda

My Notes: We could have had a badass Spinda evolution! I'm sad.

Name: Suiba [スイバ]

My Notes: I can't figure out what they were going for here. At any rate it seems part Steel-type.

Name: Lighli [ライライ]

Type: Flying/Dragon

Category: White Dragon

Height/Weight: 11'10'', 385.8 lbs

Pokedex Entries:

Lives a nomadic life without a fixed home, attacking by wrapping its long body around opponents and striking with a sharp beak.

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Its entire body is covered in white scales. When it flies through the sky, its scales scatter, creating a sparkling trail of light in the sky.

Additional Gamefreak Notes: A Pokémon that does not settle in one place. It has no sense of territory and lives a nomadic life. Its entire body is covered in thin, hard, white scales. When it flies, the scales scatter and sparkle. It wraps around the enemy's body, constricting them, and finishes by striking with its beak

Evolution: Evolved from Swablu

My Notes: Believe it or not this was beta Altaria. Altaria went on to be refined into a very different kind of birdlike dragon, and it's possible that elements of Lighli were then used for Rayquaza (a long, snakelike flying Dragon). In the sprite scratchpads, Lighli's design was updated to be closer to its concept art:

Name: Shaboo [シャボー]

My Notes: This thing terrifies me. That is all.

Name: Hakogame [ハコガメ]

My Notes: I feel like they were cooking with this one, they just needed to refine the idea some more. Possibly this guy was scrapped in favor of-- or changed into-- Torkoal.

[pokemonshelterstories]

ive been trying to research how typing manifests in pokemon moves, and i know professor kukui has written a lot about that, but the publishing company that has his papers has them locked behind a paywall! are there are any resources i can access for free to research this kind of stuff?

ugh, what a pain in the ass. if you send him an email you might be able to get copies of them- though i've had much better luck actually getting a response from his wife! he's the kind of guy who checks his email once in a blue moon, which drives me insane because i send probably 10 emails a day at least.

i'd also recommend checking out the professorssafarizone discord or reddit, as members there will gladly help you get access to papers and books that you're looking for. i've actually met with several professors who share their own works through there! it's a great place to meet people in different fields of pokemon study.

[acepalindrome]

I’m not in college anymore and don’t have the time or energy to invest in doing a whole research project, but I think it would be really fun to research the role of technology in horror, scary stories, urban legends and so on. I was thinking about horror that deals with physical media, like the VHS in The Ring, or stories about finding a cassette tape or CD at a yard sale that has some kind of curse or haunting connected to it, or all the creepypastas about used Pokemon cartridges that have Something Wrong with them.

This is a fairly recent phenomenon since physical media hasn’t been around all that long, but now the world is becoming increasingly digital and stories like those are phasing out. So that creates opportunities for horror that deals with digital media, and especially the internet. Not even just horror where the source of the scary thing is the internet, but horror that uses the internet as a vessel to tell the stories.

I love the Kisaragi Station story, in which a women is stuck on a weird spooky train that makes no stops, and starts posting to an internet forum on her phone to ask for help identifying where she’s going. She keeps posting updates, and eventually posts that her phone’s battery is dying and that she’s going to try to make a run for it (at this point in the story she was trapped by a spooky man.) And that’s the end!

I love the elements of this story using an internet forum to offer a believable way that this story is being told, as opposed to, ‘I heard this story from some guy who heard it from some guy etc.’ It’s a person posting her apparent own experiences to ask others for help in a way that people often do! And that she had a mobile phone to update the story in ‘real time,’ again, this is fairly new! A lot of old horror stories will deal with the fear of being isolated and unable to contact anyone for help, but in the modern world, almost everyone has a phone and a way to reach others. So we have to take this into account with horror! Being able to contact people outside the train doesn’t help save the girl in the story, because no one can find out where she is even though she’s asking a forum that has their own resources to help. Because she’s stuck on the train to hell or whatever, and our phones can’t save us.

It’s just really interesting! How the scary stories we tell evolve with us! New things enter our world and are sources of fear and anxiety, so we tell stories about them! Hell, look at all the stories that deal with shit getting fucked up from nuclear radiation. A fairly new fear in the history of the world! Or use things in our modern world to show that all our modern conveniences and things that made our world safer can’t protect you from like, Slender Man. I really love this stuff!!

[crimmothy]

Who's making Mario and Luigi Brothership?

I'm really really excited for Mario and Luigi Brothership! I've been with the series for a long time and to finally see a completely new entry that so faithfully emulates the style of the past game while still having unique character design, and really good animation has me hyped! But after watching the trailer and screaming for a bit I had one question. Who's actually making this game? Alpha dream went bankrupt in 2019, and the studio has been gone since. As to where their staff ended up we know that Hiroyuki Kubota is at Monolith Soft, Yoshihiko Maekawa supervised the Super Mario RPG Remake and according to Stealth40k on Twitter several of the senior staff that worked on Dream Team still work with Nintendo. The director of both the Superstar Saga Remake and the BiS remake ended up working at ILCA as quality assurance support on Sand Land. The point being is that the Alpha dream staff are scattered about the industry and aren't really at one studio. It's possible that some of them are working on Brothership but we most likely won't know until release. So I started to research Nintendo development partners that have experience with RPGs and here's what I've come up with so far. -Monolith Soft( Most notable for their franchise Xenoblade but also worked on Baten Kaitos, they're notable since they've provided support for a lot of recent Nintendo games including Splatoon 3 and Tears of the Kingdom) -Intelligent Systems ( Notable mainly for FE, but recently developed the Paper Mario Thousand Year Door remaster) -Genius Sonority( Developed Pokemon Colloseum and XD Gale of Darkness, are currently working on the New Denpa Men that was announced in the direct) Camelot ( Though they're known for their more recent works on Mario Sport titles, they made the goat Golden Sun) ILCA (Recently worked on BDSP, has an former Alphadream director as well as other staff) Arte Piazza Ltd. (Has a lot, and I do mean a lot of experience on RPGS and were recently on the Super Mario RPG remake) My best guess so far would probably be ILCA? Since I don't believe they're working on anything outside of porting One Piece Odyssey to Switch, they have several previous Alphadream staff and they have at least worked on a Nintendo Franchise before being Pokemon. But it could also be a brand new studio that Nintendo hasn't worked with before or an inhouse team! We really won't know until the game releases. But I can't wait to find out who made this game so I can thank them profusely for bringing back one of my childhood favorites.

Here's the sites I used if y'all wanna learn more! Plus the link to Stealth's tweet and other resources https://www.mobygames.com/ https://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Mario_%26_Luigi:Superstar_Saga%2B_Bowser%27s_Minions_staff#Producers https://x.com/Stealth40k/status/1803226827080491008

Video on every Nintendo Dev Team: https://youtu.be/95oj9_eF25c?si=4sJW7iaqEvSHDHYg

[rough-around-the-hedges]

I'm biased but I've found a lot of grass types to be very mellow and easy for beginners as long as you don't mind your lawn being a little bit overgrown. Obviously you should check for how much space they need and if their secondary typing requires more specialized care and such, but in my experience, grass types generally have good temperaments.

Personally, I would recommend chikorita if available in your region

Asking for a friend, what’s the best Pokémon type for a new trainer to get? The fire type wasn’t the choice…charmander burned the house down and ran off. They are now seeking a safer type

the type of pokémon that's right per trainer is exactly that. Per Trainer. if you do 5 minutes of research on any given pokémon i think it'll be evident which ones are out of your capabilities. there is no one true default

[pxmegranates]

→ ❛Artificial❜

→ Pairing ; AI Turo x Reader

→ Quote ; ❛❛And in the darkness of the night, the only illumination in the room would be his eyes, as you wept quietly in his arms.❜❜

→ Genre ; Drama , hurt/comfort

→ A/N ; Sorry it took me so long to get to this, I struggled with inspiration but it finally struck so here it is!

Turo didnt believe in faith, much less would his AI counterpart believe in it. If anything, they both believed in the future, the waves of newfound achievements and exciting new discoveries. Turo wasnt one to focus on the past, rather, he focused on the future, and even farther than that. Perhaps, in some sense his ideals clashed harshly with Sada’s, who focused more on the past, the achievements already received and the things that already had happened, finding joy in discovering elements from the past that had been forgotten in favor of advancing.

Thats why, when he started feeling something weird in the way things seemed to move, the AI didnt waste any time in putting his head deep into discovering what was wrong, and what was causing said disturbance. What once started as the continuation of the deceased professor's research, now took a turn into studying this new variable, this new element that caught his attention, and with it, came his attention turning forward to you.

An interesting variable, Turo would find in you something he hadnt seen in years of investigation, yet, here you were, something—or rather someone—that proved the existence of a multiverse, and he welcomed said proof, after all, his research focused greatly in pokemon from diverse timelines, did it not? Thats what caused both of you to meet for the first time.

Breaking past pleasantries, Turo would call you forward once after you had yet again helped Miraidon regain part of its power, one of the few moments where he knew he could try to bring forward a conversation, but not bring afloat any suspicions, at least not more than were necessary to advance in his study. He’d begin simple, focusing on the present moment, with simple questions like what you were currently doing, what was it like in where you were, simple yet sufficient to gain a grasp at what he was battling with. That was perhaps when he heard it, when after what felt like weeks of research, he heard your voice for the first time.

“Kinda odd questions for a game like this” You said out in the air, not expecting any answers nor any questions, but Turo had many, in fact he had enough to bring even more questions for the next batch of questions he thought of bringing. With limited time and limited resources in the claustrophobic space he was battling in, his questions became more cryptic, more… strange to you. He started asking subtly about what you were doing, just that this time, he focused on whether your answer would focus on the “player” (as he guessed) rather than you, as the one behind the ropes.

Thats how he learnt more about you, slowly but surely, he learnt more and more, until eventually he’d learnt that you were adventurous, you kicked right back into challenges and, despite the weird events that went through in game due to his doing, you pushed forward. Often you would comment things like “Dude do you think every copy of Pokemon is personalized?” To no one to answer, but he’d chuckle at… whatever that was supposed to mean. Other times you spoke about “Kinda creepy how my bias is asking all these questions”, and once again would he chuckle, only that the word ‘Bias’ threw him for a loop, what had you meant with that? Part of him wished to come out of where he was currently in, just… walk out of Area Zero and greet you properly, greet you the way the late Professor used to do to those he met, but… He knew it wouldnt be possible. Besides, there was only so much the AI knew about the outside world, just enough for it to be useful in the current moment. Still, he wanted to know more, explore more, learn more things, a hunger he hadnt felt ever since he was created, but…

…Was he really just an AI anymore?

The question threw him for another loop when it came to his mind. He had begun questioning his existence as a created being, someone of metal, someone of artificiality. He was the future, but in between said future, came questions of who he had grown to be after what were now months of investigation of this new horizon. So, when you came to Area Zero, when you came to him, he was eager to finally do what he hadnt done in years.

“Thank you for coming to Area Zero, though I am afraid I must reveal the truth to you” He began, closely following the script of what he was meant to say, despite breaking past the code he had been studying for days on end. “I am not really Professor Turo, but his assistant, made in his likeness”

“I knew it—I called it!!” You noted in the air, yet again, not expecting anyone to answer, before something, or perhaps someone, answered those words.

“You… Knew it?”

“Huh?”

For the first time, it was Turo’s time to throw you in for a loop, questioning everything that had been happening thus far. Yet, he’d only smile, everything was going exactly as he had expected after all.

“While Im afraid to sour your momentary excitement, I must ask you some more questions about what is currently happening.” He’d say, walking off to the side before lift an eyebrow at the resonating groan you’d shoot him, turning quickly to face you with a confused face. “Is, something the problem?”

“More questions, great…” You mumbled to yourself, oblivious to what was happening currently, to what was really going on in between the code and the binary.

Turo would hum for a bit, bringing a hand to his chin as if in thought, yet, before he could even bring up an answer, a question would bring him out of the loop he was in for a long time ago. You’d ask to the air, yet again, what was really happening this time, why out of sudden had these words seemed to be directed straight towards you, and perhaps thats when it clicked on your mind, even if the thought was too wild, too weird to be considered fair, to be considered a possibility, you clicked your tongue and asked yet again.

“Are you… perhaps… aware this is a game?”

The question would bring his mind turning and running, like a machine beating fast and rough, you denied yourself almost instantly, but for Turo, this seemed to be the missing cog in his whole scheme, the entirety of things he had been researching but had close to no answer to it all. If this, if all his existence seemed to revolve around a game which someone controlled, then that would explain the strange things he had been experimenting, albeit not explain the reasoning behind his sudden awareness in said stage. It was strange, it was a sudden revelation, a shot of luck in the darkness. But he caught it, he took it in his hands and ran with it, after all, would there ever be a chance like this in the future?

“Could you, say that again?” He asked, almost as if begging to whoever was out there to answer him.

“What?”

“A game… Talk to me more about this game”

Granting his request nonchalantly would bring afloat a strange relationship between the both of you. Stuck in that part of the game, you’d answer Turo's questions, and Turo would finally (and more comfortably) advance in his study. While there were elements that he was already aware of, he’d become… amused, if anything, about certain other elements of your reality that caught his attention, like the lack of pokemon, or the lack of technological advancements in certain topics. He’d lift his eyebrow specially regarding topics of investigations made, almost making you read word by word certain papers regarding such investigations, which prompted a set of rules to be created regarding what you and he could do with each other’s resources.

You compromised on some, and he compromised on others, you bought the online pass as a compromise, and he stopped asking too much as another compromise, despite his hunger for knowledge often coming unfed… but not for long. His investigation would draw him to explore past the limits of the “game” he was in, but not enough to break through the “screen”, instead, his insatiable curiosity would be filled to the brim with investigations and papers he managed to find using the hidden web browser in the switch. The drawback? It lasted only 20 minutes, which wasnt a bad time limit, he could read quickly and efficiently, yet, there was a sensation of disappointment when it came to the fact he could only advance so much, plus not being able to keep his resources for too long of a time.

“Im so tired…” His musings would stop for a moment, then, hearing you come about the apartment. Your voice had become enough to break his concentration, but at the same time, the routine of hearing you come up, pop up and nonchalantly call out to him, it was starting to become…

… warm.

“What are you up to while Im gone?” You’d ask him, and he’d lose focus again after unsuccessfully attempting to regain it. “I mean… I leave the game on as part of the deal but… Is there… really much you can do there?”

“I read” He answered, coldly and perhaps too bluntly, causing you to roll your eyes, not like he could see it though “Papers, works of science… This world you’re in is…”

“Interesting? Yea you already told me…” You groan, fiddling with the controls of the switch before setting it down.

“Right…” He answered, looking down back at his writing, neat scribbles forming words and shapes, he’d nod quietly, before looking at the you that was in game. “...”

He’d stare at it for long, long moments, perhaps as if waiting for something to happen, but the coldness of Florian’s eyes and his purple uniform were less than appealing to the professor, and suddenly, he wondered what you were like. By your voice he knew you were an adult, the only thing he knew was yours, truly yours, but the rest? A mystery. Time had passed ever since your first meeting, time had passed ever since he first had knowledge that he was aware of his existence inside a game, and even with your nonchalant attitude, he found himself… yearning for something more than just chatting.

“Why did you call me bias once?”

“Jesus fucking christ you scared me—”

He’d stare at you blankly, not fearing to repeat the question again as you fumbled for your words. He wondered what your reaction was, after some research he had come to learn the meaning behind “bias”, yet it still confused him, and humored him, that you would use such a word for him. So, he’d ask, and in your nervousness you’d manage to dodge the question, which only brought his curiosity up more. Like a quiet disease, then, feelings of curiosity and yearning creep through his circuits, he felt the need to know who you were, what you did, the things you liked, the things you didnt. He yearned for more, yet to him his feelings felt like a mystery.

So he asked again, once, this time receiving an actual answer from you which would bring far more questions than answers.

“Thats… weird…” You’d begin “Are you sure you’re an AI assistant? You sound quite humane…”

“Please answer the question.”

“I mean… It sounds like you’re falling in love…”

You were confused, you had skipped past the bias stage rather tactfully when he asked, yet now he asked about feelings creeping on his back, feelings about infatuation and love, perhaps tingled with an obsession you could only seem to find reason in his seeming hunger for knowledge. Yet for Turo, this felt like a life sentence. Love was deadly, he knew that too well having the knowledge from the past professor, who died in a search for a better place for his family. But Love was also intoxicating, filling his mind with scenarios and ideas. He found himself at a standstill then, between the need for knowledge and the feelings that suddenly creeped up on his mind.

Yet when the day came that you didnt greet him back, was perhaps the day that he made the final decision on said topic. It was rainy, or so he thought, at least out of Area Zero the air was humid which indicated rain or a chance of rain. He could hear muffled crying, or at least what felt like crying, prompting him to ask what was wrong, yet the answer wasnt one he expected.

“My boyfriend left me” You cried, a muffled noise that Turo couldnt fully comprehend, yet he made the best out of the words in the bunch. “Just, im not in the mood to talk today, do your thing and leave me alone…”

“But-”

“Leave me alone! You’re not even real anyway…”

In your mind, you thought it all to be a dark dream, one you’d wake up from sooner or later. But for him, he finally found the answer to his question, deciding to make a drastic turn that may or may not bring him to the same level as the befallen professor Turo. He’d imvestigate the code yet again, utilizing previous methods to try and break free from it. If he couldnt break free from Area Zero, then Arceus, let him break free from the confines of the switch. It’d take him a week, a long, arduous week, before he’d finally be able to see it, the limit from which reality and fiction blended. He turned back for a moment before turning forward, and stepping out of the confines of the game.

He’d come about inside a room, quaint as it could ever be with few elements that he noted could be yours, little trinkets, posters, an unmade bed which he carefully prompted himself to make, and a rainy day outside of the window. Today was rainy, yesterday it had been rainy too, and tomorrow it’ll probably be rainy as well. He hummed as he heard the fumbling of keys, before coming out of the bedroom into the rest of the apartment.

As you’d come inside you wouldnt see anything out of the blue, considering he didnt have time to deal with the rest of the mess. Scattered tissues, scattered plates of food, almost my chance had you and him crossed paths when you passed towards the living room, and thats when it happened. You didnt have the voice to scream, but you did have the energy to run to him and hug him, feel his body for a moment, his arms and torso, the scent of stillness and robotics, sterility, and ultimately, the realization that he was there, standing, unsure of the next course of action.

“Turo” You’d start, tears pricking your eyes as he looked down at you. “Is, is it really you?”

“... Yes, I am real, arent I?” He’d say calmly, perhaps a bit coldly, but with two arms wrapping themselves around your body with calmness, he’d sigh.

“... Dont leave” You’d say, dropping to the floor with him following you suit. “Please…”

“I wont” He’d answer, and in the darkness of the night, the only illumination in the room would be his eyes, as you wept quietly in his arms.

[cafe--tables]

Character Ancestors part 1: (kaluva)

(Zinzolin’s ancestor) Vio: 

a man of the Arceusanic religion. He leads the main church of the Arceusanics in Kaluva. He’s is a the leader of the church in Kaluva. he serves his community and his kings to the best of his ability. He has a hatred for the warm weather, often praying for Arceus to make the cold seasons longer. Like his descendent, He is quite intelligent and respectable. Attempting to help make decisions with the young princes and king.  He is kind, optimistic, loving, religious and believes that there’s always something good about someone.

(colress’s ancestor) Colton:

Colton is a philosopher and a man of scientist, he dabbles in a bit of alchemy as well. Colton could Go on and on about his research Getting into things he shouldn’t. He’ll push the limits of anything and anyone. He was originally from kaluva but visits his friend and test subject, Dennis. He holds all his supplies in a large backpack, he has everything a person would ever need and maybe extra. The princes are his patron, helping him to make items that keeps the kingdom safe. 

(Ghetsis’s ancestor) Dennis: 

Dennis is a soft spoken man. He’s a happy person, living with the pokemon who he calls his friends. He treats them like people. He can understand and speak with Pokémon. For this and his past, He’s an outcast to the rest of people in kaluva. He was raised by zoroark in the Alabaster Icelands, isolated from all the people in Jubilife Village. Colton often gives him food and resources in trade for assistance in his experiments. He’s not book smart but he’s certainly smart enough to live in his environment.

(Ingo/emmet/drayden’s ancestors) Ralf and Chester:

Chester, is usually a relaxed and empathetic person. A real go with the flow type of person. However he can get really angry at people when they touch his equipment. He works as an engineer for the train, fueling the train as it goes. Not interacting with any passengers. He appears nice and kind to passengers until he’s bashing your head in for borrowing a tool of his. He cares a lot for Elec and Ralf, He’d protect them from anything he can.

Ralf is the older sibling. He is a loud and abrasive on the outside. He appears to be intimidating with a permanent hostile glare. However in truth he’s a caring person to all and any passengers. He’s the conductor of the train, he makes time to help make everyone as comfortable and happy as possible. He so sweet to make crying babies laugh and smile at the sight of him. He has pockets full of candies to give to young children, to help their parents out.

Ralf has an extremely large collection of litwick and lampets that light up the tunnels. Progressively both Ralf and Chester have been losing pigment (from the lights slowly eating parts of their souls) in their hair making them become grey instead of their natural black hair.

They care for their new employees, one of them is strange but they care deeply for them. Jackie has been great help to them

(elesa’s ancestor) Elec:

Elec is an electric type gym leader and artificer. Helping the train men by building some parts that they need to run. Helping them to uses electricity to heat the water in the boiler to create steam. But still be able to use burning fuel in a firebox in needed. He’s a very calm and stoic person. Elec likes to show off his skills with as much style and a performance to have his Pokémon in the sunlight. He admires beauty in battles and shares wisdom when ever he can. He’s originally from Hisui but moved when he became a young adult.

and a height comparison for each, I might’ve done something wrong but eh

[kafus]

hi I have a question thats kind of general in terms of gaming. Mastering mechanics or maxing some if not all aspects of certain games is pretty enjoyable to me and obviously I appreciate that about some of the stuff you do, my question is on whether you think mastery most readily comes from actually using guides and online references or people who just do and explore every crevice of everything themselves. I had like a two hour convo with a friend but she couldnt really figure out an answer!

aw i appreciate it lol

tbh i don’t think i can say either way though because… i think both are required, usually? it does also depend on the game some i think, but like, for example i literally only play pokemon pretty much, and it would be ludicrous to re-document everything about pokemon myself, figure out everything about pokemon myself. sites like bulbapedia exist for a reason. that would essentially require the ability to read assembly and do software decomp to be considered a “master” of the game or a mechanic in it, which i just don’t think is reasonable! and knowing how to efficiently find & understand information about niche mechanics online is part of the skill, i think

that being said, reading guides online cannot replace hands-on experience and self-research. obviously if you want to master something you have to actually do it and that’s no different with video games. i think generally if you are really experienced with a game and playing it enough to be considered in some way a “master” of it you will naturally learn more about it or discover new things about it by playing it, including stuff which may not even be easily reference-able online

this ask makes me think of speedrunning and how popular speedgames have community resources and guides, but then when someone gets really acquainted with a speedrun, they may discover new routes or glitches on their own. this is basically how i feel about the topic in general including outside of speedrunning lol

[pokemonranch]

I would love to get a pokemon when I leave for school, but those dorms are tiny. Luckily there's a lot of outdoor and green space on campus where pokemon are welcome to play around, but do you have any recommendations for little guys who wouldn't mind being in a little dorm? Ground and water types are my favorite, but I love anything!

Many Water types can be safely kept indoors in a water tank but can also enjoy the outdoors! Small guys like Poliwag, Mudkip and Shellos are calm and like to just hang out in a water tank, are relatively easy to keep, and aren't loud, so they're appropriate for where you're stayin'.

On the other hand, if you don't have the space or resources to get a proper water tank to keep 'em in, you can research 'mons like Shieldon, Carbink or even Shuckle, as they also do well in small spaces. They're not Ground-types per se, but most of 'em Ground -types like to dig, create small dust clouds, or eat furniture, so they're not the safest/cleanest ones to kept in a college dorm!

[clowngames]

Do you feel like talking about game development?

https://youtube.com/shorts/0w3hnaUo-50

I can't speak on Palworld as a game because I haven't played it, watched any footage of gameplay, or seen any trailers, but I can aggregate some commentary by gamedevs I've talked to along with some research I've done to confirm we're not all just making shit up.

Palworld is Pocket Pair Inc.'s second major release, and it's an Early Access game while their first game is still, also, in Early Access.

The banner from their other Early Access game, Craftopia, is this:

This doesn't bode well for Palworld's future. Note that it is February at time of the screenshot taken, and more distressingly a "bugfixing update" is worth celebrating 4 years into Craftopia's development.

They have two previous releases which are an AI-art-based social deduction game and a gacha card game. There's no nice way to say this, but the types of games in their portfolio bring to mind an amount of startup capital that makes the Early Access model unnecessary. In particular, there's no circumstance in which a game dev company simultaneously needs the early return of the EA model and also has the resources to split their studio off to make a second one. The reason they're using this model is as a metric of gauging interest to figure out how to divide their resources according to demand and to show to their investors that they're doing well.

Finally, they're working on another game at the same time as Palworld and Craftopia: Never Grave - a metroidvania roguelike with visuals similar to Hollow Knight and the capture mechanic of Super Mario Odyssey (complete with throwing your hat at enemies to possess them).

All of this paints a pretty clear, if cynical, picture of their business strategy. Pocket Pair is simply making other people's video games, but faster.

To be clear, I'm not accusing them of plagiarizing. I think Palworld is pretty distinct from Pokemon in fairly obvious ways, in the same way that Craftopia is distinct from Breath of the Wild. In addition, both games are borrowing game mechanics and ideas from more than one game each.

But at the same time, the vibe I get is less "taking inspiration from multiple sources" and more "seeing what is successful about multiple sources and combining them with the goal of making something appealing." Gamers like farming, so we added crops. Gamers like third person shooters, so we added that to Pokemon. There's no consideration for thematic cohesion or vision. I think the reason there was a controversy involving the suspected use of AI in Palworld is because there's an evident absence of artistic intent which mirrors the way AI generates images or text.

Pocket Pair Inc. is the cover band of game developers. And with Palworld they happen to have learned the crowd pleasers.

That's not to say there's no artistic value to Palworld, or even that the game isn't worth playing, or fun, or "good," whatever that means. Objectively speaking, making a game that appeals to so many people it breaks records is an accomplishment worth paying attention to, and quite frankly if that were me I'd be pretty proud of myself. But I can't help but think about that post about AAA games all being the same because studios are afraid to take risks without risking capital and then think, Palworld is a manifestation of the same problem.

[jaybug-jabbers]

Gen 3 Beta Pokemon 'Dex - Page 1

So the teraleak has revealed a whole bunch of beta gen 3 pokemon. I wanted to go through them all one by one and present the gathered information on them in some Tumblr posts. HiResPokemon (HRP) is keeping a spreadsheet of this info, but I find it incredibly awkward to scroll through it, so I wanted to present the info in a format that's easier for me to read (and perhaps for others too).

I'm going to start with the beta pokemon that seem to have been entirely cut. This will no doubt span several posts since there is a 30 image cap per post.

One final note, we do not have equal amounts of data on all of these beta pokemon. For many of them we only have sprites and a name. For others, which were far closer to being included in the game before being cut, we have a lot more info.

Okay, onward to the beta 'mon!

Name: Boyatto [ボヤット]

My Notes: HRP notes this yeti pokemon was possibly inspired by a yokai called Ashiarai Yashiki. (I gotta say it seems uncomfortable to have a mouth on your foot, though)

Name: Bii [ビィ]

My Notes: It appears this pokemon's data was in the process of being swapped over to Wingull; its name is listed as キャモメ(Camome), its typing is Flying/Water, its Category name is Water Bird and its height/weight are Wingull's as well. As such we don't know actually much about this pokemon, other than it looks like a bug type. I am not sure what they were going for with this bug's design, to be honest.

Name: Kuroboshi [クロボッシ]

Type: Rock

Category: Black Stone

Height/Weight: 1'8", 50.7 lbs

Pokedex Entries:

It's impossible to understand what they're thinking because their expression is always the same. When stared at, it makes one feel unsettled.

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After the rain, they can be seen rubbing their wet bodies with leaves, polishing themselves. They seem to be satisfied when they are shining black.

Evolution: Evolves into Claydol

My Notes: This was apparently inspired by a roly-poly toy, which rights itself if you push it down. While I do feel as though Baltoy matches up with Claydol a lot better, it's a shame this little guy wasn't re-used as a seperate pokemon.

Name: Toroiika [トロイーカ]

My Notes: Previous beta squid pokemon include a couple from Red/Green, and a drill-armed Squid from Gold/Silver. At least we finally got Inkay!

Name: Ubausagi [ウバウサギ]

Type: Normal

Category: Foster

Height/Weight: 2'7'', 27.6lbs

Pokedex Entries:

If it has no offspring, it will seek out a small living thing and place it onto its back.

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A Pokémon that wraps its tail around to make a cradle while raising its child on its back. Sometimes it bonds with a different creature.

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It can run 50 meters in 7 seconds flat. Sometimes, it may accidentally drop its child. It brushes its teeth by gnawing on hard objects.

Additional Gamefreak Notes: Its stats are average strength, high speed.

Signature Move Ideas:

'Milk Time' - Withdraws from the battle forcefully to feed milk to the child on its back.

'Tantrum' - The kids on its back throw a fit, screaming loudly, which lowers the opponent's attack power.

My Notes: Literally the best scrapped gen 3 pokemon, fight me

Name: Biskyal [ビスキャル]

Type: Grass

Category: Everlasting Summer

Height/Weight: 2'4'', 17.6lbs

Pokedex Entries:

Lives in warm regions, often acts in groups, becomes very noisy when three or more are gathered.

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It is said that giving one of its head petals to a loved one will make love come true. It gets furious if someone tries to take its petals.

Additional Gamefreak Notes: Born in tropical regions. It is weak to the cold. As long as the temperature is high, it can survive in even the most polluted environments, showing remarkable toughness and resilience. Its personality is selfish and self-centered. Only females exist.

Evolution: Evolves into Rillidiy

My Notes: HRP notes that this pokemon may have been cut due to the controversy surrounding Jynx (which would have been fresh in the minds at Gamefreak, at the time).

Name: Ryllidy [リリディ]

Type(s): Bug/Psychic (previously Grass)

Category: Red Spider Lily

Pokedex Entries:

It has long antennae that are highly sensitive, capable of sensing subtle air currents to understand the thoughts of its enemies.

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It mesmerizes opponents with its dance-like movements and deep gaze, putting them into a hypnotic state. Only females of this species have been confirmed.

Additional Gamefreak Notes: The part that looks like a skirt is actually part of its body, and its legs are properly hidden inside. It excels at sensing the emotions of others, using its antennae to feel the opponent's aura. It can manipulate others at will. It is often seen standing still, gazing at the sunset sky.

Evolution: Evolves from Biskyal

Signature Move Ideas:

'Hypnotic Gaze' - Puts the opponent to sleep and manipulates them at will, allowing the user to command the opponent's moves. The opponent must be in a sleep state for this move to work.

Other Moves: Sleep Powder, Stun Spore

Name: Kanbok [カンボック]

Types: Grass/Water (previously pure Grass)

Category: Shrub

Height/Weight: 4'7'', 154.3lbs

Pokedex Entries:

Stores a large amount of water inside its body, which it can expel in a shower-like fashion while spinning. It's particularly useful during hot summer days.

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Drinks more than 100 liters of water per day, and its leaves on its hands wilt if the water stored in its body runs low.

Additional Gamefreak Notes: By spinning, it creates wind with the leaves on its head and hands. It usually hops around to move. High defense. Can learn water type moves.

Evolution: Was going to evolve into an undecided pokemon which then would have evolved into Tropius

Signature Move Ideas:

'Sprinkler' - a regular physical attack where the body spins rapidly and shoots out water.

Name: Komari [コマリ]

Types: Ghost (previously Psychic)

Category: Spirit

Height/Weight: 8'', 3.3lbs

Pokedex Entries:

Is known to guide those who are lost in deep forests with the sound of its horns. Seeing this Pokémon is said to bring happiness.

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Shakes its head side to side, producing a clear, bell-like sound similar to a xylophone, using the tones to communicate with others.

Additional Gamefreak Notes: It inhabits deep forests, and its ecology remains unknown. Its horns have a bell-like structure, and when it shakes its head, it makes a 'kaka' sound. When humans or Pokémon approach, it rings its horn to signal its companions. It communicates with its companions through the sound of its horns. It does not have a mouth. When angered, it emits ultrasonic waves from its horns, overwhelming its opponent. Extremely high special defense.

Signature Move Ideas:

'Exit Path' - Forces the opponent’s Pokémon out of battle and makes them switch to another Pokémon.

'Echo' - Reflects the opponent's move back at them.

My Notes: Because its name is a combination of 'Kima' ('the space between trees') and 'Fairy,' if this pokemon were ever made a reality in modern times I think it would be Fairy typing.

Name: Monorabi [モノラビ]

My Notes: Some of these pokemon have critique notes included with them; for our little one-eared rabbit friend here, the note was 'Looks deformed.' That note seemed especially mean and uncalled for, I really like this bun.

Name: Stanbu [スタンブ]

My Notes: The critique for this one was 'too much like Sudowoodo'

Name: Rikugin [リクギン]

Name: Aarei [アーレイ]

Name: Otoma [オトマ]

Type: Water

Category: Scale

Height/Weight: 1'4'', 5.5lbs

Pokedex Entries:

It produces sound by spinning the disc on its head. Each individual produces different musical scales. The sound varies based on the size of its body.

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When eight of them gather, they start a performance. It inhabits ponds.

Additional Gamefreak Notes:

Uses its tail to flick the disc on its head, creating musical notes. The scale of the notes changes with the size of its body. Lives in small ponds rich in water plants. When its peers gather, they start playing lively music by the water's edge.

Evolutions: Evolves into Keromeelo

My Notes: While we do eventually get the sound-themed Tympole line in gen 5, that family line looks so very cursed to me and I think I prefer the DJ tadpole here.

Name: Keromeelo [ケロメーロ]

Evolutions: Evolves from Otoma

My Notes: It was critiqued for being too similar to Politoed. HRP spreadsheet notes something disturbing, that the orange strand that makes up the shape of a clef note may indeed be this frog's intestines (similar to the swirl in the Poliwag line being its intestines)

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[heimsresearchcenter]

Welcome to the official page for the:

Heims Pokémon Research & Rescue Center !

(Find more information below this divider and cut!)

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First of all: Who are we?

The Heims Research & Rescue Center is a location in the Gledai Region, meant to monitor the behavior and evolution of Pokémon, as well as rescue any of these Pokémon if they were to be in danger.

The Gledai Region has reached an all time low in temperature in the matter of just a few years, a phenomenon we have yet to understand. Mount Heims happens to be the coldest place in the region!

So we dedicate our time, energy, and resources to helping and understanding the people and Pokémon of our home. Not only that, but the biggest mystery of the Gledai region, what has happened to our climate?

This page is ran by me, Bruce, one of the top researchers at the facility. I’m only in my 30’s, but man, I sure feel older in this weather, haha.

My dear Pokémon, an alolan vulpix, was surrendered from an unethical shiny breeding system, not only for shinies but for beauty contests. We brought her to health, and they allowed me to officially adopt her. You can call her Baby.

Bruce, what Pokémon are currently in your care?

Well, if you’re talkin’ Pokémon I have official taken in as my own, there’s Baby (Shiny alolan vulpix mentioned before, female), Pea (Snom, male), and Gertrude (Arcanine, female)

But if we’re talkin’ the ones I’m nursing back to health and researching for my job..

We got

Lucy (Dusk Gledai Lycanroc, Female, Caring for)

Whisper (Phantump, Male, Researching)

Beanie (Dad, M), Weanie (Mom, F) Meanie (Kid, M), and Teeny (Kid, F) (Gledai Maushold, Caring for collaboratively, in bad condition / being monitored)

But aside from Pokémon, most of all, a task I’m proud to have been assigned, I am one of the people responsible for trying to find the source of the Gledai regions change in weather. I haven’t quite found any significant information yet, it’s unfortunately a more confusing mystery than we first thought…

What Can We Do?

All you nice little people out there on Rotomblr,, Rotumblr? Ah, forget it. You can send me some of them asks and such. Like about me, Pokémon, or something else. Talkin to me is cool. I’ll keep all of ya updated, and my coworkers might even pop in time to time.

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OOC // Who are YOU?

You can call me Maxie, I’m 18. I run a few other blogs on this site! This blog has no particular dni, aside from basic criteria (MAPS, Racists, Homophobes, Transphobes, etc), proshippers/darkshippers, and people who sexualize pokemon. Do not let this be a reflection of the rest of my morals, this is a Pokémon irl rp blog with a random region I made up WAAAAGHH

References:

Bruce Robillard (MC)

Story-Connected Blogs:

Chrissy:

[tigerarainbowra-blog]

Tigera, your art is very beautiful and unique! I always recognise your style when I see it. Do you think you can provide some tips on developing such a unique style? I’ve been trying, but it is a struggle. Thank you, and I understand if you cannot !

Thank you very much!! Yes, somewhat. Ysee the thing is, I never focused on having a "style". I've always just tried to draw things i like as exact as possible. I also often study art I happen to see and I think is amazing is well done, which often makes me test new approaches in my art. I never really understood other artist obsession with "having my own style", you will always draw things that exist or have existed, from the world your brain can perceive and comprehend, or from other fictional works. Nothing is quite new, and that's great! Because it means you can stop stressing about being 100% unique. And perhaps you might come up with a cool concept that people haven't heard of before who knows. But that aint all. I didn't get to my level by just doing that and sitting down, I studied basic principles. These are the building blocks, the base concepts, that you can use to make your art: shapes, volumes, shading, color, composition, values, perspective, etc... If there's a word/concept in there you don't understand, RESEARCH IT RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Be curious, observe things around you carefully. Pretend you are a fucking scientist in a lab and you have a bunch of cool liquids and you can mix them up with not much consequences, try things!! It's ok if you fail it, you'll be fine!! Also for studying said principles, here are some ressources:

I didn't get the luck of being able to attend an art school, so I'm self taught. We are EXTREMELY LUCKY to have a library of knowledge available to us at any time called the internet, USE IT.

So just have fun, I know social media nowadays makes it hard because of peer pressure and shit, but please, make art because you love making art and because you love whatever it is you are drawing!

TLDR: calm down, it'll come in time. I'm here right now because I kept drawing my pikachu plush when i was 6, and a buncha pokemons and Spyro and shit. You'll be fine! Good luck, have fun, and stay curious! OvO

[pokemonshelterstories]

Would you similarly recommend Anorith? I realize getting one can be fairly expensive but I've heard of some folks raising very loving Armaldo.

again, not really unless you've already had experience with their unique environmental needs. because they start out as largely water-bound pokemon, you need to already be adept at maintaining a warm, dark saltwater enclosure. these guys foraged on the seafloor for food, so providing them with a proper environment can be tough.

there's also the issue that anorith, in addition to being tricky to get your hands on, don't have nearly as many resources available for someone starting off who needs advice. many people who raise them are researchers, and a lot of veterinarians aren't specifically prepared to treat fossil pokemon.

the reason i recommended wimpod as a good beginner bug type with a longer lifespan is that their care needs are more forgiving and accessible for someone looking for their first companion. fossil pokemon don't really fall into that category.

[leggerefiore]

HI UM ! Do Not Think I missed that giratina volo tag in your latest post 👀... Not a real request request but i would love to hear literally any and all of your ideas about him pretty please 👉👈

mmmmm

okay

full-blown imagines because he's on my Mind.

cw: pokehybrid au, volo shenanigans,

💫Giratina Volo📜

⭐️ From the moment he came into existence, he was aware he was not meant to be. A being like him was not intended to be created by Arceus's thousand arms, but he simply came into being alongside the annoying protectors of space and time. They were just as shocked as his creator to him. His appearance was more of an imitation than there's with how he resembled the humanoid form of the god before him. Arceus faltered for a moment but shook their head. A gentle, gloved hand reached out for him. He attacked it at once.

⭐️ It was then his banishment began. The distortion world was boring and empty. He was alone, too. He observed humans from his realm. Gilded plates cupping his face and growing into horn-like appendages. Dark, tendril-like wings spread from his back a tail came from his lower body, denying him the human idea of legs. His loneliness grew worse through the years, making his anger and distaste to for the god who took no responsibility for him grow. He cursed her as he gazed himself in puddles. Coming from nothing, the only thing he could take a form with was from her.

⭐️ It was during one of his many rages, in which he destroyed more of his realm than he expected that he found himself creating a portal. Entering a land that Arceus favoured, he gazed at a group of humans being chased by the wild pokemon of the region. His form changed, and he felt legs standing on the ground under him. His wings truly appeared a pair on his back. A plan began to form into his head as the shadowy portal closed behind him. The Temple of Sinnoh at the top of Mt. Coronet held his answers.

⭐️ He observed, still. Just in the background to wait for Lady Arceus's attention to fall on him. Another pokemon made by the goddess herself fell through after his portal opened and grew amnesic. The goddess of Space, Palkia had taken him into her clan after. She and Dialga's actions mattered little to him, as they both failed to close his portal. It would not be long until one had to enter the form they were created in to stop it. Their following rampage against the other would be enough to force Arceus to fix it herself. He felt confident in his plan.

⭐️ That was, until another person fell through. This person was human, unlike the previous one. He was curious as they quickly struggled in the new world they landed in. Jubilife put them into a harsh trial to prove themselves before accepting them, still with the scorn of being an outsider. It was as he watched them battle and adapt, he realised just what was happening. It was then he approached them, as they remained on their own out in the wilds of Hisui for the research they were assigned.

⭐️ You were obviously entranced with him the moment he stood before you. It was obvious he was nothing like any of the other people you had met, even barring the clan leaders. His tips to you were an invaluable resource, and it was clear he already managed to get some level of affection in your mind. It was easy for him to figure you out, simply observing you from both your world and his own. He even felt an odd emotion towards you, watching as your struggles to protect your land barely garnered praise and acceptance.

⭐️ “You seem lonely,” you told him once as he helped you with a situation. It caught him off guard. Well, of course, he was lonely. He was banished into his own dimension for attacking his creator. Company was a rare thing, and he would admit you were one of the first people he had spoken to in likely centuries. A few times he had come and gone from his realm only to be sent back after causing harm to the other world. A couple of those times were to stop Palkia and Dialga from fighting with each other. It left him astounded they even managed to settle their differences to exist in the same space at once, as it were. Your hand grasping his reassuringly made him take it away. He returned to his realm, feeling disgusted.

⭐️ He watched curiously over you after his banishment. A certain place in the region held someone he knew would help you, but he almost felt awkward to approach. The woman there was an obvious extension of Arceus, but he felt terrible watching you stand banished from your home with nowhere to go. His sudden appearance and hand on your shoulder made you jump. The blond took you to her easily, her stormy eye staring into him knowingly. She offered to help you easily and scolded him lightly. He helped you with your trials alongside his counterparts, to his mild annoyance.

⭐️ “... Would they forgive you if they knew you were partly why they are here?” Cogita asked him as he began to walk away. His head whipped around to see a certain emerald and crimson tinge in her eye. For now, he chose to ignore the opportunity. This plan was failing, and a new one had come to mind. She only drank her tea as he truly left her home. You were none the wiser to their exchange. He did enjoy witnessing the battle of the two fellow legendaries as you tried to help them. The red chain subdued one, but the other soon grew frenzied. You somehow managed to quell them and be accepted back into the team that had turned its back on you.

⭐️ Your newly brought curiosity spurred on by him mentioning a certain someone was entertaining to him, too. He was already with his own plate, that being one from the cave he emerged in, but the others were a mystery to him. He had a good idea of where they were and has you assist him in looking. His inhibition told him that you were likely the only one able to obtain them. You agreed to go with him, naturally. Volo was unable to hide his smile.

⭐️ He felt annoyed with the strange urge that overcame him as you both sat near the tent. Your blankets were orderly and fine, but he wished to rearrange them. You titled your head as he got up and did just that, moving them into a more nest like shape. A small laugh came from you, and you accepted it. “You really are a dragon like Irida and Adaman,” you smiled at him and laid in the nest, “... It gets cold here at night. Do you want to cuddle?” Part of him wanted to tell you off that he would make you colder, but another half truly desired some form of physical contact with another. He did not think he had ever slept so peacefully as he had when laying beside you. It was a bit rage-inducing, the effect you had over him.

⭐️ He helped you through all the challenges slowly and perfectly, which ended in all the plates obtained and brought to the destroyed Temple of Sinnoh. It almost felt too perfect. He could feel the look of annoyed terror on Arceus's face already. Of course, that was only after he saw the distress on yours. It was easily revealed that everything that led to you being here, to the struggles of defeating Nobles, to Palkia and Dialga fighting and nearly ending the world was due to him. This time, he properly introduced himself as Giratina. The battle that followed was brutal, as your refusal to give him the plates made him fly into cool anger.

⭐️ Slowly, you pushed him back further and further until there was no more struggling to follow. His breaths were heavy as he quickly began to summon a portal before another blow could be landed on to him. What caught him off guard was you following him into it. You held on to him tightly. In his strange world, you watched as his form shifted into the one more adept for moving around this realm. “... I could trap you here,” he threatened, “You could never have a chance of returning home to wherever you truly came or Jubilife.” You shook your head, but still refused to let him move too far from you. The portal closed, and he sighed. “Don't you hate me?”

⭐️ “No,” you said simply, “I love you, actually.” He stood dumbstruck by your words. What was wrong with you? Did him trying to kill you and overthrow Arceus go over your head? Did you just not care? “... I said you seemed lonely, didn't I? I see why if this is where you live,” you gazed around the realm. It was devoid of people, and its geometry was weird. He wanted to call you insane and force you from his dimension, but he could feel it was pointless. Besides… If you were offering to stay with him, he would not be so opposed. There was something uniquely pleasurable in his mind about corrupting Arceus's chosen one. “I'll never let you leave,” he threatened. You just laughed and pecked a kiss to his cheek.

You, however, did not make it another hour before asking him to let you get your stuff from Jubilife.

He let you.

[subject-classified]

To those unaware: Former Aether Foundation president Lusamine is no longer in charge of the Aether foundation, following her untimely disappearance 15 years ago. The current director strives to continue her research but in a much more ethical way.

With that disclaimer out of the way, hello multiverse, we are the Aether Foundation! I know many of you may not be fond of us for various reasons, many of which to do with actions taken by previous management across the multiverse, but I assure you, we have spent the last decade and a half striving to make the foundation what it always should’ve been: A place to learn about the extraordinary things just beyond our grasp!

Our official mission statement, written by the director, is as follows:

- To study parallel timelines/the multiverse at large to gain a better understanding of both and how they interact with our universe

- To study creatures that reside outside our own dimension (including but not limited to: Ultra Beasts, alternate timeline legendary or mythical Pokemon, Pokemon that may not exist within this universe but do exist in others, Pokemon from different time periods, and so on) in hopes of learning as much as we can about them, in order to put this knowledge to good use

- To protect this universe from any outside or divine threat that we may have the resources to deal with (within reason)

These goals will be worked towards within ethical means at the foundation.

I will be the person most often on this blog, but the Director herself will be on here at her leisure, as well as a few others.

We hope to work towards a better understanding of the multiverse!

(This is a villain blog, so ic anon hate is allowed!)

(Hub blog is @the-writer-of-stars and main is @hoiimtemmi)

(Ooc to be added as necessary)