#shieldon posts

[sturdy-and-soundproof]

You would not believe your eyes!! If ten million illumise!!

[mixtercandy]

This was the Steel Print I made for the FairySteel Zine!!

[tbshorts]

I just don't think Shinx is a very good design

Cranidos and Rampardos are the perfect Mobster Goons of Pokémon

Shieldon is a bit simple, but Bastiodon brings the party

Video scripts below the cut

Shinx:

I'm gonna get yelled at for this but I don't really like Shinx. It's sort of supposed to be an electric lynx cub, but the face with the big ears always looked mouse- or monkey-like to me, and between those double circle eyes and the tail and the markings in the ears and the big round head, it feels like it's trying way too hard to be cute and appealing, and in turn completely failing to feel electrical, at least to me.

Luxio fares better. The wild black mane makes it feel less like it's a mascot trying to sell me plushies, and it gets a lot more cat-like, although I still wish they'd do something more interesting with the yellow color in the design, something more evocative of electricity than just bands around the legs. Spiky yellow accents on the fur, a lightning bolt design on the head, just anything.

Luxray, in the end, does kinda find a hook. The wild spiky mane and fur gives the vibe of being scorched by unleashed, sparking electricity, and the intense red and yellow eyes give it a real sense of power and menace. But I still think the use of yellow is weak here, it feels so perfunctory and vanishing under the pitch black, like it's embarassed of the color, and the little spark tail, that identifying feature from the first stage, just doesn't work anymore because now Luxray looks way too edgy for it.

Grade: C

Cranidos:

Has there ever been a pokémon that looks more like a goon than Cranidos and Rampardos? Cranidos looks like a cute goon, like the dim-witted sidekick to some cartoon bully who gets a redemption arc when it turns out he just doesn't know how to make friends. The big round skull, the flat dopey eyes and those lines coming down from the mouth suggesting a cheek full of baby fat, it's just, ooh, it has so much character.

By the time it evolves into Rampardos, it fully has cartoon mobster enforcer energy, it looks like its only voice lines in a movie would be "yes boss, you got it boss, you want I should take care of him boss?" and the vibe is substantially enhanced by the dark rim around its blue skull which now suggests almost a kind of bowler hat shape. Combine that with the greater sense of danger from the many spikes and the sharper jaw shape, and you got a pokémon with some goddamn personality.

I love these guys!

Grade: A

Shieldon:

The thing about Shieldon is that the face is like 90% of the design. The body is there, sure, but it's just a generic sorta vaguely dinosaur shape in yellow and grey, utterly generic. it's the big oval face shield that's the star of the show, rendered in black to create a strong contrast with the bright colors on the rest of the design, and with those two light ridges creating a "mail slot" for the eyes to peek out, which created a feeling somewhere halfway between a shield and a helmet. I think the body could do a little more to be interesting, but it's functional and very memorable.

Bastiodon takes that feedback on board, cranking up the detailing and armoring on the body to match the now MUCH more elaborate face-shield, which, and I really like this idea, is now designed to evoke the idea of a fortified castle wall, complete with towers, ramparts and window markings, and its eyes hidden behind horns and teeth again create that vibe of a knight's protective visor. It's a very coherent theme, and really decent design, even if I think the colors are a bit boring.

Grade: B

[twodragons-blooper-reel]

How I draw Aegis! (And by extension any shieldon)

Go forth and draw shieldons!

[diurnalcritters]

Day 496

[charrfie]

top 5 pokemon

HERDIER!!!! HERDIER SWEEEEEPPPPP #1 FOREVER 💪💪‼️‼️

Reshiram

Scolipede

Snivy

Munchlax

Can you tell I'm a gen 5 fan

[1lizard-onemonkey]

Happy National Fossil Day

I dedicate this day to my boy Archeops, that goofy dino chicken

[waywardstation]

A long, long time ago I got asked about Akari’s pokemon team. I had answered it, but since then I’ve changed a lot of the Pokémon on her team, and wanted to make a proper post for it ^^

@tjs-stuffs has put in lots of thought and meaning into their own pokemon teams for their AUs, as well as analyze NPCs’ pokemon teams to see what it says about their trainers, and I thought that was really cool so I wanted to try that too when reconstructing Akari’s team!

long analyzation about each member below!

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EMBER ♀ | LVL 48 QUILAVA

HARDY NATURE

Akari’s starter Pokémon. I thought a fire-type would work well with an outgoing personality, and it would be a useful starter to have in the wild — makes camping easier with usefulness in cooking and staying warm.

And with Hisuian Typhlosion’s entries saying it’s speculated to guide lost souls, I believe it’s especially fitting for Akari since she was put there to really help out a very lost Jubilife Village and show them Pokémon aren’t creatures to be afraid of. And in my stories especially, I frequently stress that Akari is “guiding” Ingo out of this lost, empty state and will eventually be the reason why he gets back home.

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KITE ♂ | LVL 36 DRIFLOON

IMPISH NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon out in the fieldlands while doing her initial trial for Cyllene.

Lots of drifloon and drifblim’s entries talk about the Pokémon’s relation to lost people, more frequently children. And how with those who go missing, no one knows where they went. Sometimes also relates to lost souls. Akari is certainly a “lost soul” who was plucked suddenly from her time, and no one knows what happened to her or where she went.

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JELLY ♀ | LVL 41 MANTYKE

JOLLY NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon in the coastlands when she saw she couldn’t avoid swimming anymore, and needed help as someone who couldn’t swim.

Mantyke is one of the very few pokemon (if not the only one, IIRC) who evolves through a symbiotic relationship with another Pokémon, remoraid. I thought it would attribute well to Akari, since so much of what she’s doing in Hisui is based on symbiotic relationships.

She is doing what Arceus asked of her, and in return Arceus assists her where it can. She stays in Jubilife Village, but only if she does hard work and is helpful to Kamado and the Galaxy Team in return.

And in my fics especially, her and Ingo have a symbiotic relationship, both helping the other out in many ways (that are emotionally healthier and less forced than what she’s got with Arceus and the Galaxy Team).

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TRINKET ♀ | LVL 39 CHINGLING

CAREFUL NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon in the highlands when she spotted its unusual and pretty colors.

Chingling are said to be based off Suzu bells, which can be used for Shinto Shrines — worshipping places for various deities, and were around in Japan during the Meiji Era.

As someone doing what was asked of them by Arceus, a diety that is greatly respected and revered in the region (although they’re largely unknown to be what everyone calls Almighty Sinnoh until the end of the story), I thought it would be a good fit for Akari.

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FREIGHT ♂ | LVL 40 SHIELDON

BRAVE NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon within a space-time distortion in the highlands. She asked Ingo to help her name this one.

Shieldon and Bastiodon are described to be very strong Pókemon, yet they prefer avoiding conflict — they’re also impenetrable with their hard heads, but are weak to attacks from behind. And as ancient Pokémon from the past, the ones that show up in Hisui are obviously displaced.

I think a lot of these fit Akari well. She’s also very formidable in battle but isn’t really someone who often goes looking for fights (in the aggressive sense, at least). The sturdy face but weaker backside also seems to fit how I write Akari; she puts on a tough “I’m fine” front a lot, even if she’s not, and is sometimes reluctant to share her struggles. And finally, the most obvious — she’s just as displaced as these fossil Pokémon.

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POM-POM ♂ | LVL 45 RUFFLET

LONELY NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon in the icelands (specifically during the events of HFBE, she finds it without its parents).

Many of Rufflet’s dex entries describe it as Pokémon that will fight stronger opponents more out of recklessness than bravery, and Braviary’s dex entries describe it as a Pokémon that will bravely fight for its friends to protect them, even if they themselves are hurt.

I felt like this fit how I write Akari pretty well. Sometimes she’s reckless, yes, but she will take on whatever comes after herself or her friends, and will keep pushing. (Such as frequently claiming to fight Arceus to get Ingo home with her if she has to — she will follow through with this if she must!!)

[deamsgirl]

The thing about Ash and Gary's relationship is--literally no one's good opinion seems to matter to Ash as much as Gary's. Ash has never shied away from showing his emotions, but the rawest of those displays are usually reserved for near-death scenarios or goodbyes. Except for Gary. Ash cries multiple times because of Gary, with the most notable occasion being outside the Viridian Gym when Misty says Gary is already way ahead of him.

When he returns home as champion of the Orange Islands, he's most vehement about telling Gary he won--moreso than his mother, Professor Oak, or even Brock (who he just reunited with.)

He's constantly trying to impress Gary and show that he's worthy of Gary's time and attention. Desperately so, in most cases. The thought of Gary believing he's not strong enough eats away at him for most of his early journey, motivating him to keep going and getting him riled up at the mere mention of Gary's name.

He keeps his half of their shared pokeball with him in his bag, which, as we see as the series progresses, is something he only does with mementos of people who are incredibly dear to him (Misty and May being the other two.)

When Ash is disheartened after losing in the Battle Pyramid, the only person who can get through to him and motivate him to keep trying is Gary, who writes him a postcard and shows up as a vision in Ash's subconscious telling him that, now that he's beaten Gary, he better not lose to someone else. Ash immediately perks up and resolves to beat Brandon.

When they meet up in Sinnoh, Ash spends the whole ordeal with the shieldon being upset and feeling inadequate because Gary doesn't agree with his plan to go after the pokemon hunters head-on. Like, he spends the whole episode in turmoil over Gary thinking he still isn't capable enough, and when Gary finally agrees that he had the right idea all along, Ash is over the moon.

And god--don't get me started on their Journeys reunion. That could be another post all on its own.

Moral of the story: Ash craves Gary's attention and approval more than anyone else's. Also, they're in love. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[railroadlion]

i absolutely love your fossil charms and i'm thrilled to see them go up for sale online. been watching since they debuted on the original post. i want to ask if you plan on doing any more of the fossil pokemon?

Short answer: maybe

Making merch is a very speculative game about guessing whether or not your design will actually sell, and ideally you only want to invest in designs you're confident you'll make your money back from.

People love the idea of having a wide variety of charms to choose from, but in my experience, only pick their absolute favourite (And it usually ends up being one other people call their favorite too). That means even if you'd like looking at a shieldon, tirtouga, or kabuto charm, you're probably just going to sell out of whatever design is the most popular.

So rather than make charms of all the fossil mons and sell out of just one kind and have a dozen of every other kind left over, I want to focus on a select few I think will sell well and not waste the money on making more.

(at least for now. I may do a second series of different fossils in the future because I do like the idea of making more too lol)

[sturdy-and-soundproof]

Hi hello!!!!

I have another task for you today!!!!!

Go say hi to someone!!!

You can say hi to me of course but it's more fun if you strike up a conversation with someone you don't already know!!

[understandableparadox]

Final No vote Bracket

This post will last all day, winner gets added back to the contestent pool. There will be no more no vote brackets nor loser brackets after this, its a straight shot until no one is left.

[kafus]

i have a physical therapy appointment this morning so i don’t wanna start writing my post about beating platinum until after i’m done with that but i figured i’d tie up some loose ends since i wasn’t updating much yesterday

jasmine just being dropped in this game as a nod to HGSS has always been cool. a town with a lighthouse as well, just like olivine. it’s kind of wack how this cameo appearance remains in bdsp despite there not being a twin johto game to go with it lol

this dialogue that implies some cyrus lore as well… i was talking with a friend yesterday about how it’s strange cyrus has a crobat, like most of the “evil team” leaders have friendship evos barring ghetsis, but cyrus is particularly cynical towards pokemon, even his own, and you’d think he wouldn’t be able to have a friendship evo. this dialogue makes me wonder if there was a time where he was reclusive but not as far gone yet when he could have achieved that crobat evolution, and left unchecked by adults on account of “he’s fine, he’s a genius” he spiraled out of control… or maybe it’s a case of kindness, but in the wrong way, or both! who knows. kinda crazy u can miss out on this completely optional dialogue so easily

victory road was mostly uneventful, solved all the puzzles and picked up all the items and fought every trainer etc, though it did put my team through the wringer and i had to actually use the healing items i had been stockpiling off the floor for once, since i didn’t feel like walking back to the pokecenter every time.

i picked up some stray dex entries along the way too - as far as i know i’m only missing just a handful of encounters you can get before the league without evolving anything, specifically the one fossil mon you can get at this point (i haven’t checked whether i have shieldon or cranidos), and a handful of mons that can be caught fully evolved with the good rod like Seaking because they’re just SO much easier to get with the super rod and i figured i’d wait until then since fishing can be slow in this game. oh and i haven’t caught the lake trio yet since i want to actually prepare for them properly post-league (i don’t want to wing it like i did with giratina… i want them in premiers…)

and lastly i did beat barry before doing my final league prep, idk i just wanted to get it out of the way. tbh it wasn’t too bad, i had some pokemon faint but within reason. i would say more but i didn’t take notes and the battle wasn’t that crazy. however barry becomes even stronger than cynthia eventually in the postgame so i’m not insulting him at all LOL

but yeah league breakdown coming this afternoon after my PT appointment whee

[twodragons-blooper-reel]

Let's roll the bloopers!

POST LIMIT: I LIVE

Hi there! It's @twodragonsinatrenchcoat I have several Pokemon IRL blogs in the rotumblr sphere and I wanted to make a sort of hub for them! Not just for organization and a spot to hold onto ask games I enjoy- but for meme and AU purposes as well!

I'll post ooc updates as well as jokes I have while writing here from time to time as well :3

I am also happy to do blog promos, I'm bad at looking for new blogs but send me an ask with the blog name or whatever and I'll reblog your pinned

Feel free to ask any and all questions pertaining to the blogs that are listed below!

Pokemon Irl blogs are listed under the cut, all are currently inactive

Active blogs are one I'm posting on actively, Light Activity Blogs are ones I'll reblog to occasionally and Inactive Blogs are blogs I have no intention of returning to in the near future.

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Active Blogs:

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Light activity Blogs:

@celadon-arcade-champ <- new blog. Character works at the Celadon game Corner, completely unaware that it's a front for Team Rocket :]

@disparate-traveller <- A faller blog about my character Diamond who yeeted themselves into Rotomblr to hang out with their bestie

@dersite-agent-jack <- I love Jack(Bec) Noir. So have a homestuck faller blog :]

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Inactive Blogs:

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If I'm answering a question about a specific blog I'll put it in the tags as "blog talk: [Blog name]"

I'm open to questions directed at characters, directed at myself, au talking- Just about anything honestly! This is just a fun sort-of hub for my pokemon blogs.

uhhh love y'all bye for now! <3

@rotumbeast <- The spirit of Rotomblr. Might be responsible for chaos

@piplup-at-naranja <- An in character liveblog of my playthrough of Pokemon Scarlet :]

@magical-girl-evoli <- An eevee magical girl! Because I'm not immune to brain rot

@hello-am-zacian <- A real life dog got Fallered and transformed into legendary pokemon Zacian. She's having a great time

@synthetic-radiance <- Cursed Chosen named Orion, Type:Null hybrid.

@psychic-type-appreciator <- Seraphina's sister Agni. She's less of a wet cat

@ghost-type-appreciator <- A Ceruledge hybrid blog :] her name is Seraphina! She's a wet cat

@clockwork-soul-heart <- Princess Steele! She's been trapped in a clockwork kingdom by a haunted doll for the last seven years of her life.

@drifting-rocket <- Kidnapped Aegis a couple times. His name is Drifter, he's a Team Rocket Executive. He's got so many issues.

@oreburghminingmuseum <- A blog about Aegis's caretakers and the museum they work for! Mostly an excuse for a place where I can post non-shieldon fossil pokemon art-

@fields-of-gracidea <- Vio! Branded chosen of Shaymin, Sawsbuck Hybrid, tasked with taking care of the younger brandeds

@sturdy-and-soundproof <- What you probably know me from! Aegis! Shieldon boy! I'm not sure how best to explain him besides he's cute. Has a whole slew of blogs related to him which are up next :)

@mareeplings <- My first pkmn Irl blog :D I dream of returning to it someday but I can't find the inspiration.

@snarling-maschiff <- a blog with a normal person running it as opposed to all my other blogs (whoops) They like dog pokemon!

@wayward-silver <- One of 13* Silver blogs, he's a mew taking the form of his past life. Was stuck underground as a ditto for like 20 years though.

@devilisinthedeinos <- A "Sleeby" named Eris who turned into a deino after getting top surgery. There's something else behind the scenes there...

@distortion-escapee <- A blog for my personal take on giratina, related to Dakota's blog.

@dakota-and-paris <- About a girl who has had way too much on her plate for thirteen years and will continue to have too much on her plate until I say so.

*there's so many silver blogs on this website i'm not gonna keep this number updated but that's how many there was when I made the blog

[cleverfeather]

INTRO POST

I'm Maddison, or call me M, or 'M, or any variation of my username I guess. She/her now please...

I'm 18, part time bookstore employee. I only just moved into my own apartment, graduated school end of last year, top of my class... I have a support shieldon named Cilantro. I, used to have more but left them with my parents. Here's my old trainer card...

...

Anyway, um, sorry I might be just a bit, um, jumpy. Yeah.

//AND IN COMES @darlingsuperstition WITH THE STEEL CHAIR FOR THE BAJILLIONTH TIME, AIMING TO SLANDER NORMAL TYPES!

//Standard rules of nothing too gross please

//Mod is an adult

//Pelipper Mail is on

[darkx-the-dragon-kn1ght]

Pokémon Reborn Screenshot Let's Play: Chapter 31

Finally, proper timing for uploading the newest chapter once again! Hello everyone, it’s me again, and this week I’m not dealing with post-dental treatment stuff! That won’t be the case next week though, but that’s something I’ll deal with when the time comes. Nothing to worry about! Let’s focus on the now, and right now, we’re finally making some progress in the story again! Two tough boss battles in the last two chapters- but that’s done now, we can finally move on!

Well, not quite. After all, I still need to explain what that second tough boss fight was, not to mention the aftermath of said fight, because that was of some significance. Not to mention all the new Pokémon caught in the last chapter too! So let’s go over what happened-

To prepare for her fight against Kiki, Xera travels back to Reborn City to catch some new Pokémon. A storm is raging, and she finds a frightened Pansear under Opal Bridge, who she rescues and names Char.

At Coral Ward, Xera finds a Lotad on the docks. After feeding it some PokéSnax, the Lotad joins her, and she names it Lily.

Xera returns to Blacksteam Factory and the trapped DayCare Pokémon. After teleporting a Makuhita close to a cage containing a Ditto, the Ditto Transforms into the Makuhita and breaks out of the cage. Xera takes the Ditto with her at this point, naming it Mimic.

At Seacrest’s Garden, Xera catches a Ledyba and names her Spots. After evolving her into a Ledian (and also beating up an Aqua Gang grunt who stole Xera’s Magikarp), Xera returns to Apophyll Cave to trade her for a Hiker’s Shieldon, named Aspis.

After hearing readings from four textbooks in Apophyll Academy, one student gives Xera a Meditite, who she names Asano and later evolves into a Medicham.

On Apophyll Beach, Xera catches a Sandygast, who she names Suna. Suna, as well as Shimmer the Munna, are then evolved into Palossand and Musharna respectively.

With her team prepared, Xera goes to the courtyard of Apophyll Academy to face Kiki, with a still-reluctant Victoria acting as the referee. With Victoria and the students watching, Xera and Kiki begin their battle.

After many trials and tribulations, Xera manages to defeat Kiki and has successfully completed the Academy’s graduation exam. However, before Kiki can finish congratulating her, she collapses in front of everybody.

Victoria and Xera help Kiki back to her room, where Kiki laments not only how she can no longer keep her illness a secret, but also how no amount of physical and spiritual zen can prevent her body from destroying itself.

Victoria finally speaks openly and honestly to her sensei, telling how much it hurts to watch her push herself so much and lie to save face, and urging her to just be honest with everyone so they can all find a way to move forward together.

Kiki takes Victoria’s words to heart, and comes clean about something else she has been hiding, this one regarding Xera. She explains she does not actually have the Strength Machine, for it was stolen not too long ago. She had been hoping she would be able to retrieve the TMX while Xera was completing the tasks for graduation, despite the urgency of Xera’s task.

Victoria is angered by Kiki’s deception and swiftly leaves the room, with Xera following not far behind. Victoria apologizes to Xera on behalf of the Academy- right when her classmate, Lettie, walks in.

Lettie informs Victoria that several students witnessed suspicious figures in black clothes carrying heavy machinery on Azurine Island- Team Meteor, no doubt.

Victoria asks Xera to investigate Azurine Island, as she needs to stay behind to take care of the Academy and Kiki (despite how angry she is at her at the moment).

So, still confused as to how Azurine Island is going to play into this or what Team Meteor could be doing there of all places, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out soon enough. At the very least, I’m looking forward to a change of scenery, whatever Azurine Island has in store. So, time to commit more acts of vigilantism! Let’s go!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11