#pokemon spoilers //...? sort of?

[doodlejoltik]

the EX styles for the train guys!!!!

[blaiddraws]

2/3 comms for @rwyvernarts

tfw you got worms and you just wanna show them to your bestie and she freaks out for some reason 🙄

[eclysia]

my biggest rejuvenation theory yet

[nonetoon]

Currently creating my own living hell by trying to hunt down an authentic poltchageist

[spyres]

god i just realized that king isat is like pmd darkrai if darkrai was actually well written and interesting

[wyrdle]

Scribbles of the very endearing old man lol.

First doodle is about Clavell taking in the third starter that gets left behind. Second is just my mind wishing Clavell was somehow more involved with the Area Zero stuff since he seemed to personally know the two professors (kinda wish him being their friend was a bigger thing)... and that I like the thought of him flustering amongst them/being more than friends once upon a time. I enjoy the broken poly ship, haven’t fleshed out or thought of anything much yet though. Maybe in the future when I’m a lot less busy! I don’t think he’s that much older than the other two tbh, and if i ever draw the profs more I look forward to give them some greying hairs and such muahah.

[sea-of-ash]

I've had this tgcf pokemon au spinning wildly in my brain for ages but I've finally had the patience to sit down and draw out some stuff for it! Here's Xie Lian's trainer credentials/card, and a few quick sketches-- I really don't know what happened with Altaria but eventually I just gave up on trying to fix the face haha

Still hammering out the details, but this is what I have so far:

Xie Lian, a once-great Pokemon Champion, Dianxia, is now disgraced and living in poverty. After suffering a devastating loss in battle against a mysterious trainer who calls himself White No-Face, Xie Lian is accused of not truly caring for his pokemon; he falls out of public favor. He is currently living in wild areas and forests, only venturing into towns for essentials. Despite his past status as the most powerful trainer across the regions, he avoids battling at all costs.

Hua Cheng is an infamous dark type gym leader (and the not so secret leader of Team Crimson Rain, an 'evil' team dedicated to liberating pokemon that are being abused by their trainers. All pokemon are then given the choice to leave, or remain at Hua Cheng's gym, where they are offered shelter, safety, and friendship.) He is just as obsessed with Xie Lian as in canon, because of course he is-- and his reasons are much the same.

Backstory/Random Scraps

Xie Lian has caught and then lost a legendary pokemon in battle against White No-Face. The loss of this pokemon is what started his eventual descent into despair and tragedy, Understandably.

Hua Cheng's first meeting with Xie Lian is very similar to canon: in their younger years, Hua Cheng is ruthlessly attacked by a group of older trainers and their pokemon because of his eye. Xie Lian notices the commotion and intervenes. His intervention likely saves Hua Cheng's life, and after he rushes him to the pokemon center, he stays and comforts him despite Mu Qing and Feng Xin's protests.

Months later, Hua Cheng attempts to sneak into one of Xie Lian's public battles to watch. He is discovered by the same group of trainers. Despite the trainers' mocking surety that Xie Lian holds no fondness for such a runt, Xie Lian does in fact pause his very public, very important battle to intervene once again. Hua Cheng falls head over heels in love and devotes himself to Xie Lian, because He's Hua Cheng.

Xie Lian's starter is an Eevee, which eventually evolves into a Sylveon. Hua Cheng chooses an Eevee for himself to follow in Xie Lian's footsteps-- his Eevee ultimately evolves into an Umbreon.

Qi Rong, Xuan Ji, and Gu Zi act as a sort of 'team rocket' in this au, but like the regular team rocket, they don't pose much of a threat and are oddly helpful on the rare occasion.

Shi Wudu's partner is a Primarina, Mu Qing's is a Lucario, Feng Xin's is an Infernape. Mu Qing's Lucario and Feng Xin's Infernape can't exist in the same room for more than a few minutes at a time, or else they start beating on each other without mercy.

Jun Wu owns an Empoleon and a Hisuian Zoroark. He is the current pokemon champion, and goes by the title 'The Heavenly Emperor."

White No-Face battles with a Kyurem-- in battle, it absorbs Reshiram's genes to help implement White No-Face's desired 'world of truth.'

Xie Lian frequently wakes up with leaves in his hair due to sleeping in the forest.

Shi Wudu and Shi Qingxuan are the water and flying type gym leaders, respectively. Black Water Sinking Ships does factor into this, but that's an arc I haven't fully fleshed out yet... rest assured there will be pain :)

Yushi Huang is a world-famous pokemon conservationist and functions a little bit like Professor Sycamore from XY/XYZ. She's stupidly strong but prefers to dedicate her time to revitalizing environmental areas, making them more suitable for pokemon. She is also deep in the process of attempting to woo Ling Wen.

Ling Wen owns a Malamar. With Malamar's assistance, she is able to communicate with others via telepathy. She is the psychic type gym leader, but she rarely battles because she's constantly exhausted from having to deal with other people's messes. She might possibly be hatching a somewhat-evil plot with Malamar, but no one needs to know that.

[v4shthestampede]

terapagos trainer kieran btw. if you even care

[kiwizoom]

A retelling of Chrollo's backstory in a Pokemon Universe

[oceandiagonale]

I'd actually like to think Paldea IS drowning in legislation and such, and that Geeta's team is Like That because her job is 95% paperwork and zero time to formulate battle strategy.

oh my god and when gene gets there and starts dealing with that she has time to improve her team -- which is how she gets so much stronger in the dlc 👁️👁️

[ask-impatient-samurott]

Playing around with in-game Kappa :>

[birdcatt]

started the Real eos post game. heres my thoughts on the matter

[kohakhearts]

anyone else think theres some kinda bizarre love triangle going on between the player and the dlc siblings cause thats all i took away from it lmao. cant wait for part 2 so i can take carmine on a true american date

[bog-witch-extraordinaire]

Hey since AI Sada did permanently go to the past at the end of Scarlet's storyline... wouldn't it be fucked up if you were exploring some ancient ruins in Area Zero and saw this

[saltiestgempearl]

I'm actually obsessed with this. I already loved this little guy, now I'm hooked.

[chronologically-challenged]

So, some friends and I got together and decided we wanted to make some pokemon to play around and make teams on battle revolution. We all went around and picked some pokemon one by one. It was here I negotiated with my friends to take Mew, under the conditions that it was a dumb Mew set.

Thus:

Loop the Mew my beloved.

There are 5ish separate jokes here, and if you can name all of them without looking at the tags, you win biggest nerd award.