#terapagos shine

[smilingperformer]

Nyarote hugging Liko AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH-

[rainbowangel110]

God I love this song so much

Pokemon (Shinsaku Anime) | OP | “Dokimeki Diary (ドキメキダイアリー)” by asmi feat. Chinozo

[rudeboimonster]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM NIMBASA GRAND CENTRAL!

.... imagine it's still Halloween, okay, I'm doing my best.

I organized a fun little collab in the Submas server I run of everyone drawing some fav Pokemon characters dressed up for Halloween! (... excluding the twins bc everyone would've fought for them.)

The character pulls and combinations are REALLY good, I'm delighted, I love being able to see everyone's creativity, talent, and personality shine through this!

Also here's my individual piece - Wes from Pokemon Colosseum dressed as Raziel from Soul Reaver/Legacy of Kain because it's MY event and I get to do what I want to (lighthearted). Particularly proud of the perspective I managed on the sword's hilt.

Credits under the cut to make this not too long. :)

Elio, Calem - @tuusenskona Liko, Nyrote, Terapagos - @vinlynce Steven Stone - @pixelga1axy Silver - [private] Shauna's Sableye - @skelekitty42 N - @uncannygods Laventon - @drakeflight Milo - @foxtrot-broadcasts Kalos Ash, Kieran - @bread-loaf-heart Guzma, Wimpod - @jaypgartifacts Plumeria - @anonymouspuzzler Wes - meeeeeee Summer, Pichu - @thesproutingartist Tate & Liza, Irida - @krikidilly Arven - @magicsewerman Grimsley - Zero Tabitha, Numel - @logicalloony

[magician-from-the-street]

I just wanted to share my thoughts on new official artwork for Indigo Disk...

Kieran – his crystal is shattered, it is loosing it's glow while other crystals shine brightly. His body posture is confident, and somewhat powerful, intimidating even. The facial expressions on the other hand is worried and unsure. It contrast to his in game attitude where he's mad and confident. I also think that the tera symbol behind his crystal in the distance is purple/pink which might indicate poison type.

Is that all a some sort of hint to the theory where Kieran is possessed? We'll find out soon. I think it although might symbolise that he's in fact lost. He tries to act all tough and rough but he's a sensitive and gentle soul (as nintendo said themselves in one of tweets).

Carmine – she is looking at her brother (and he is looking at her). She looks like she's shouting, all worried. In my opinion she still have hopes and believes in her brother, she wants to help him

Briar – She kinda reminds me of a villain who looks at something satisfied of what they have done/achieved but less evil. I don't think she's evil or have bad intentions. Maybe it's her reaction to Terapagos unleashing it's true power/form?? Still, we have to keep an eye on her...

Protagonists – they're just here

Thanks for reading ✨️

[ofowlsdinosaursanddragons]

I made a reference of Kieran for the "Power Always Comes At a Price" au!

Here's the major story for the AU

After being beat by Florian/Juliana In the champion's league, he decides that if his pokemon couldn't get stronger, then he will. After scouring the library for any information on humans getting stronger, he finds out about a tale of a human who became a pokemon hybrid inside the crater of area zero alongside both the tale of Pecharunt and the Terapagos of Area Zero. After going back to his home town of kitikami and capturing Pecharunt with his masterball instead of terapagos, He is sent alongside Carmine and Florian/Juliana to a trip to area zero by Briar to find the "Greatest Treasure of Area Zero" (Terapgos) and asks the protagonist if he could borrow ogerpon while they’re down in area zero. The protagonist obliges and gives him the ogre. As they ascend further into area zero, Kieran finds lost Pokémon fuse tech amongst the rubble from when sada was still working in area zero (she’s alive in this au but her fate is a whole other story on it’s own.) When they reach the bottom of area zero, Kieran grabs Terapagos and turns on the machine with both pecharunt and ogerpon also inside the machine. When the process is complete, a great ball of light shines before dissipating away reavealing the machine, now burnt and useless, and in the center of it all lies Kieran no longer human or Pokémon anymore.

post fusion, he got really screwed up after the transformation. With his head and face being the only reminder of what Kieran once was pre-chimerization. As while the three legendries were gone physically, Kieran soon realized that they began to hear the voices in his head, these voices being terapagos, ogerpon, and pecharunt. As Kieran, at first, was unable to quell the ogre and the peach's arguing alongside the cries of the divine terrapin. Quickly, this drove Kieran "feral". After Florian/Juliana and Carmine were able to defeat the crazed Kieran; He was able to regain most control of his new body afterwards.

For inspirations for the design, I based the body on the Kothoga from The Relic and the Scorpius rex from Camp Cretaceous alongside the barbs of the tripe strike from the HTTYD tv show for the toxic chain barbs that sprout from Kieran's waist (if you wanted to know what those were.)

here are the shade-less alts and the tranpsarents with shade and shadeless alts.

[rainbowangel110]

Jesus Christ this is so good. What the fuck.

I hope Lucius and Gibeon were actually truly friends once, and we get flashbacks to them one day in a future arc adventuring together and showcasing their friendship, something similar to what we got with Roku and Sozin in ATLA:

The Six Heroes Pokemon have shown the cast visions of Lucius before, and presumably Terapagos also has this ability since it was his companion too.

Then, like in the Avatar and the Fire Lord episode, show us Gibeon's betrayal, likely because Lucius saw that Terapagos was opposed to the Laquium (and probably in pain by being exposed to so much of it) and wanted to destroy it, while Gibeon was fascinated by its properties, particularly the delayed aging it granted (and given we see it drove Umbreon into a rage state, potentially have it unbalancing his mind too), leading to them clashing over it.

Perhaps Terapagos goes absolutely haywire Stellar in their fight, leading to it firing off beams everywhere and causing massive amounts of crystals to form, and Gibeon abandons Lucius to be crystallized/trapped. Tho unlike Sozin having some regrets about Roku, it's clear that Gibeon doesn't really regret his actions since he still seeks the Laquium and doesn't seem to care about what he has to do to get his hands on it again.

(Bonus points if Amethio is there to witness this vision, either after taking Terapagos back to his grandfather, or during a fight with the RVT gang for it. I want Terapagos to be like, "Oh, you think his dreams are worth fulfilling? Let me show you what he's REALLY like then. Let's see you follow him after this" and that vision to be what shakes his faith in Gibeon, the thing that drives him into leaving the Explorers for good.)

[ecargmura]

Pokemon Horizons Episode 66 Review - School Hacking Incident

We’re closing in on the finale of Terastal Debut, and we’re seeing some major growth for our young protagonists. The difference between the penultimate episode of Terastal Debut and the penultimate episode of Shine of Terapagos is very major. While both involve the Explorers, the kids are now more capable.

Like with the end of the Basics test, Clavell lets the students have fun by hosting another battle tournament. I do like that they’re so eager to let the students battle so often. The failed students are still allowed to Terastal, but it’d be the last time they do it as failed students would have to return their orbs after the day is over. Other than Liko, the only other known person who failed is Bocco, the Dot look-alike.

I do like that there are lots of callbacks of episodes 43 and 44 in this one. Episode 43 had Liko and Roy do a Multi Battle against Sidian and Coral with Liko vs Sidian and Roy vs Coral, but the battle was called off. In this episode, the same matchup from before happens, but Liko and Roy are more experienced now. Floragato is no longer a Sprigatito and Liko even uses Terastal to beat Sidian. Even though she failed her exam and is only supposed to use Terastal during the battle tournament, but Sidian used it illegally, so Liko did the same.

With Roy and Coral, no one used Terastal, but it’s nice to finally see Fuecoco get a win from Glalie after battling against it twice. One little detail I like from the Roy battle is that it was originally in the art room, but he didn’t want to destroy the artwork, so he used Kilowattrel to move to another location. It’s really sweet that he’s so considerate of the students’ hard work when it comes to their schoolwork. Coral didn’t really care if it gets damaged or not, but still followed Roy to the new location.

There also seems to be a budding rivalry between Dot and Chalce now that Dot is more involved. I hope that they’ll get another battle in a future arc; it does suck that Dot’s essentially the only one who “failed” her battle. I do like that the kids know that “Sandwich”, “Onigiri” and “Agepan” are Explorer members, but they never knew their names until now. Sidian gives Liko his name while Coral and Chalce reveal theirs to Roy and Dot. I do like that giving their names is like a sign that they acknowledge them as worthy opponents or something…

Remember what I wrote in my review of Episode 63 in that Grusha was being harsh towards Liko because he wanted her to prove him wrong? I was right! Liko did prove Grusha wrong, but in a different way, however. He was there to witness her battle against Sidian and saw that she used Terastal despite being forbidden from doing so because she has something to protect. He even mentions that Liko fights better when she’s battling for self-defense or to protect something rather than competitively. It was nice that he went all the way to Clavell’s office to change his mind about failing Liko since she protected the school from the Explorers and did not allow the incident to escalate into something disastrous. I think it’s a nice reward for Liko’s efforts. People might see it as a “pity badge” sort of thing like how Ash got some badges in Kanto out of pity, but sometimes, hard work deserves good rewards.

I was a tad disappointed that Penny wasn’t more involved with the episode. Sure, she did try to prevent Chalce from hacking the system, and that her role in the story is to be the school and league’s tech person, but it does feel odd that she seemed like she’d play an important part, but does get sidelined as the story is about Liko and co. Still, it was nice seeing more of Penny.

I also like that the kids’ second Pokemon were used in the episode. Liko let Hattrem out of her ball to heal the security guard and his Psyduck while she went on ahead. Hattrem was also the key figure to let Grusha stay back and witness Liko fight against Sidian. Roy used Kilowattrel to move locations. Dot used Tinkatink to destroy the computer, but got the wrong one. It’s nice to see their other Pokemon be more involved now that the kids have grown as capable Trainers.

I think we were long overdue for an eventual Liko vs Roy match, but it seems that the finale will finally showcase it. I think it’s the perfect way to end off this arc. They’ve been training buddies, but now they’re opponents for the friendly battle tournament. Both were rookie trainers, but now have grown so much. Who do you think will win? I honestly think it’ll be a draw.

[amelikos]

Some character notes and episode notes for HZ074, writing them down for future reference.

The episode starts with Liko, Roy, Dot and Friede meeting Diana in the Brave Asagi's kitchen. She witnesses and compliments the fact that the trio's Pokemon evolved and reveals that she has new information about Lucius. However, she challenges Liko to a battle beforehand. Everyone gathers on the wing deck to watch Liko and Diana's battle. Liko remembers their previous battle in HZ033 and how it took her and Roy everything they had to land a single hit on Windie, but feels more confident about her chances this time. Liko and Diana give the battle all they have, and Liko ends up winning. Diana is pleased at seeing how much Liko has grown with her Pokemon, and Liko says she was able to come this far thanks to Roy and Dot. Diana proceeds to agree to reveal the information she found about Lucius.

Back to the Brave Asagi, Diana starts her story by explaining her history with Hamber. She tells everyone that he is an old friend that she used to travel with sometimes and who came to her a year ago under the pretense of wanting to aid her in adventures but was actually after Liko's pendant. She learned at the Galar castle that Hamber was part of the Explorers, which surprised her as she reveals that Lucius was the founder of the Explorers, which shocks everyone as they cannot imagine the Explorers as anything else than bad guys. Diana explains that she went to towns Lucius had visited to learn about the Explorers from locals who had lived a long time. She had them fill her in on old legends and learned about Lucius and his friends. She shows everyone a picture and reveals that the three original members of the Explorers were Lucius, Rystal and Gibeon. Liko remembers Rystal's name from the past memory Basagiri showed them. As for Gibeon, Liko surprises everyone by revealing that she heard his name from Amethio, who told her that he is her grandfather. They wonder how Gibeon would still be alive after a hundred years. Diana also reveals that she found out that someone named Gibeon is the chairman of the company Exceed. Friede reveals that he used to work there as a researcher and that he never heard of a chairman before. Friede explains that Exceed was researching the Rakurium at some point before. They come to the conclusion that Gibeon was using the company to research the Rakurium, while using the Explorers to reach Rakua and that the Explorers' goal is the Rakurium that can be found in Rakua.

Over a snack break, everyone reviews their discussion. While some questions remain unanswered, such as how Gibeon is still alive to this day and what he needs the Rakurium for, they feel like they have gotten closer to the truth. Friede says he is curious about the person named "Rystal", which makes Terapagos react to her name. Liko decides she wants to go to the Crystal Pool again, hoping they could meet Rystal if the legend is true. Liko, Roy, Dot, Friede and Diana head there. They pray to get to meet Rystal while Terapagos calls out to her.

A few moments later, the pool starts shining and a woman carrying a baby appears. Terapagos recognizes her and Liko asks her if she is Rystal. She confirms that she is, but wonders how they know her and where she is. Lucius's Pokemon suddenly appear and Rystal seems relieved to see that they are okay, but wonders why everyone has them. Liko isn't sure where to start her explanation so Friede steps in to sum up the situation. He explains to Rystal that they are trying to go to Rakua with the Six Heroes to recover Terapagos's powers. He adds that through the power of the Crystal Pool, Rystal has been brought to the future to meet them. Rystal believes the explanation as they have Lucius's Pokemon with them, as well as her partner Terapagos (that she calls Pagogo). Liko and her friends are surprised to learn that Terapagos was Rystal's Pokemon and not Lucius's like they had assumed. As Rystal tries to comfort the baby in her arms who is crying, she addresses her as Leyla. This catches Diana off guard, as Leyla was the name of her mother. Rystal wonders if that makes Diana her granddaughter, which in turn makes her Liko's great-great grandmother. Rystal finally understands why Terapagos was with them and tells Liko and Diana that they are both her and Lucius's descendents, which shocks Liko as it makes Lucius her great-great grandfather.

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Overall, very information heavy episode.

Going over the battle first. I loved Diana and Liko's battle and seeing Liko being much more confident despite the type disadvantage. She remained calm, she was strategic (I love Liko's strategies which tend to destabilize her opponents) and made use of everything she learned to win. It was also interesting to me that Liko told Nyarote to take on Windie's attack head-on towards the beginning of the battle, as Liko tends to be evasive? Seeing her take something head-on like that felt like I was seeing a new side of her blossom during the battle. It felt like she was incorporating bits of Roy and Dot's battle styles in her own. Diana getting serious and going all out was so cool too! It makes me wonder if she used to have these kinds of intense battles with Hamber in the past? Either way, Liko winning against her grandmother (and everyone being happy for her) was great, I love how they depict her growth in battles. And Diana's affection towards Liko is so palpable, I really like how it keeps being brought up that she barely recognizes her and how she says these words with so much love every time.. She wants Liko to surpass her and feels proud when Liko does just that.

Something else I liked was the whole process explaining how Diana got new information about the Explorers. The whole segment was well done. Diana went to the towns Lucius is said to have visited and actually talked to people there. The fact that they mentioned that she talked to older people who lived there for a long time and how she got to hear old legends and stories and read diaries. Explaining the whole process in a convincing manner (instead of just saying that she somehow found new information and not elaborating), which shows how efficient Diana is at connecting and looking for information and the importance of generational knowledge. It also opens a world of possibilities, since it means that Lucius and his friends probably were really helpful to the people they met (just like the RVT are btw) and it shows us a glimpse of the past in small ways.. The Explorers made a name for themselves and left a positive impact on the people they met and those people still remember them and their deeds to this day.

Everyone had a specific vision of the Explorers (as in, bad people who stop at nothing to get what they want.. and Amethio wasn't shown in that sequence when they showed the other Explorers), so learning that Lucius was the founder of the Explorers was a shock to them.. The Explorers didn't begin with bad intentions. I also like how everything ties in so well together, and how the writing rewards the viewer for picking up on all the implications left here and there. We are supposed to think it's strange that Gibeon is still alive to this day and that he is too old to be Amethio's grandfather, and the writing itself points it out. How he is still alive to this day will probably be revisited later. Everyone just discussing all the possibilities (potentially someone else using the name Gibeon, etc) is also interesting. The way they all exchange information, connect everything together, and keep everyone updated is always good. Despite the amount of information, every little thing matters and is taken seriously.

The whole sequence at the Crystal Pool was also good.. I like Rystal's design a lot. And also her voice (the way she said Lucius's name at the end when she was about to reveal that Liko and Diana were their descendents felt so full of love for him). Her nickname for Terapagos is cute (Pagogo). It was great to finally get confirmation for what we've been theorizing about for so long (Lucius being Liko's ancestor). And I really like that Lucius's descendents are only girls. There is not a single man who matters in this family line except for Lucius himself and Alex (Liko's father), and I think it's neat. (Diana's husband is inexistent. The possibility that she had Lucca with Hamber is out there and it's funny, but it's not of interest. She is living her best life and has a family she loves either way.) I just like the emphasis on the female-centric narrative of Liko's journey and I genuinely find it refreshing that Lucius's family only has girls. The continuing line of mother and daughter. Grandmother and granddaughter. It's something I enjoy a lot. (Which, in turn, probably means that Gibeon's descendents are strictly boys in contrast. I hope we learn more about Amethio's family soon.)

I will probably talk/think about it after the next ep but... yeah, the whole thing about the original Explorers being strictly AmeLiko's ancestors is driving me insane. This is their Narrative And Story, which has been built up from day one and it's so rewarding seeing it unravel slowly now.. Liko is probably going to think about Amethio more differently now and feel more connected to him, knowing that her ancestors were friends with Amethio's grandfather. (She doesn't have to be his enemy. She already said that since they had the same goal, they could work together and I think learning everything will reinforce that thought in her, maybe. They can be friends, just like the original Explorers were.)

Anyway, it was overall great! Lots of implications to ponder about. Such as the original Explorers leaving an impact on the people they met in the past... which makes me wonder exactly how Lucius, Rystal and Gibeon helped others.. and that they were probably liked as people, Gibeon included. Which means he wasn't cold and ruthless in the past.

In terms of episode numbers: ep 34 is when Diana left and she came back 40 eps later. Ep 54 is when we learned of Gibeon's connection to Amethio and Friede's connection to Exceed and we're now learning more about both 20 eps later. Ep 24 is when we had the first mention of Diana finding the pendant in her house (and Leyla having a spoken role in that ep as she talked to Diana then), Diana and Hamber being friends and we're learning more about them 50 eps later.

Ep 25 was when we learned that "the Explorers were Lucius's friends" according to Diana and next week (ep 75) is when we'll learn the full story.

Also, in ep 24, Diana mentioned that Hamber had visited her "a couple months back" to aid her in her adventures.. and in this ep, she mentioned that Hamber had visited her "a year ago" so time is passing.

[kafus]

in my mind there are two possible explanations for rystal being called to the shining pool, but lucius failing to show up when they tried before:

because terapagos is rystal's partner, and not lucius', terapagos only managed to call terapagos forward in time due to their closer bond. i don't think the games have to mean anything for the anime, but this would line up with the games where terapagos calls forward professor turo/sada, who terapagos had known before

or... LUCIUS IS ALIVE... and potentially TRAPPED IN RAKUA??? the rakurium from rakua could be keeping him alive in there if the theories about the rakurium gibeon has keeping him alive is true, and maybe gibeon is trying to get back to rakua to get lucius out????

these screencaps from the episode preview really give off vibes of lucius leaving gibeon and rystal behind imo...

i am not usually much of a theorizer so i tend to doubt my own predictions but if i'm right about this theory i will shit myself

[applesjuice]

It's Wed here's a small WIP snippet to show you all why writing this fic hurts so much:

It hadn’t really hit Carmine that something was deeply, terribly wrong until Kieran’s hydrapple let itself out under a torrent of starfall, without a command from its trainer. Everything happened so fast. Terapagos scared her, Miss Briar’s obsession with it scared her. Kiki scared her. The way light bounced off of each surface of the cavern left her dizzy, terastal energy spinning out of control to Miss Briar’s shouts of excitement. Carmine couldn’t see through all the colors, heard only ringing through an eruption of light. Juliana was somewhere before her. Kiki was too. Then so was Miraidon. 

“It’s energy output is going haywire!” Miss Briar cried. She begged them to bring Terapagos under control. 

“We’ve got to get Terapagos under control!” Carmine repeated, almost in prayer. She sent out her sinischa and its chasen twitched visibly in fright. “C’mon, Kiki! You need to do something too.”

Juliana’s meowscarda was already in battle, and she stared at the girl for a moment. Unease again surfaced and floated throughout her, curling within her chest like the shower of petals dropping before her. Tears hung within Juliana’s eyes, wetted her face and visibly choked her. Carmine felt every bit of her fear that she hadn’t acknowledged welling up at them, stealing away all her words. 

Sinischa used Life Dew, and her eyes flicked to Kiki but he wasn’t there.

“It hit him,” she heard Juliana say. “The light, it hit him. I couldn’t– Miraidon. I wasn’t fast enough, and the light hit him.” She then made some vague, keening sound, and more light flashed overhead. The prism caught in it ate any terastal energy, stripping away all of their pokemons’ shine. 

Carmine’s sinischa fell, and she went breathlessly with it. Her eyes laid heavy on its ball. She called out in fear for her brother. “Kiki! You need to help her!” she cried. Her own tears were coming on quickly. Where was her brother!?

His hydrapple responded, placing itself before her as though she were its trainer. The smell of its syrup had her gut rolling, overly sweet and overly familiar like the whiff she got from her brother whenever it was they last hugged. Hydrapple stood at the ready but nobody gave it direction. 

“S-syrup Bomb!” she choked out. 

Juliana held herself stilly, hardly breathing, trying her best not to look at her with so much force that Carmine found herself faltering. One of Hydrapple’s heads turned to look at her. She reeled back from its slow, confused blink. Another head swiveled in search of Kieran, and she followed the line of its sight to its ball, sitting where five others had spilled.  

She leaned to the side, and vomited.

[krisnb485]

Yo, I just read some of your friends one-shots, and they’re super cute, but why is Liko moth-like? I don’t mind it, but I haven’t seen any explanation to it…

Ok this is gonna be very fun to answer

So basically

We were talking about Hero!Liko and came up with giving her the Terapagos antenna things as part of her quirk, and Kiki (@kafus this is your fault I hope you know that) sent this funny, completely harmless message joking abt how both Liko and Dot having antennae (one of our designs for unrestricted lizarDot had them)

And thus, the accidental mothification of Hero!Liko begun.

We made Liko be attracted to bright lights like a moth due to her quirk. It would be a funny coincidence in universe, that the glow from her own crystals made her so moth like in how she perceives light. This is one of the reasons why Dot's shining freckles are so appealing to her. And the antennae are not exactly helping her beat the moth allegations. But why does she get moth wings then?

After a fatal incident in which her quirk was taken to its limit (I will explain further if anyone asks me), Liko's body entered a state of metamorphosis, transforming itself to adapt to so many sudden changes and covering itself in a crystal coocoon of sorts. After the metamorphosis was completed, Liko realized she now had two small weird things on her back made out of crystals. And during training, she realized that she was able to conduct energy into that part of her body, which made them grow into moth-looking wings. The more energy she conducts into her wings, the bigger and stronger they become.

So yeah the mothification was really funny because it was Frosty's idea to give her the Terapagos antennae without even thinking abt moths at the moment, but Kiki's commentary sent us into a rabbit hole of insanity. And now here we are with creatureified Liko, Roy and Dot.

[smilingperformer]

I just realised the opening, AND early episodes actually, sorta suggests Liko and Roy being comparables to Moon and Sun.

[steeltraptrainer]

[A video. Kieran is getting in position. "I hope you've braced yourself. This time... I'll definitely beat you, Ferro!" He throws the masterball, releases the little creature. "Go, Terapagos! Show Ferro what you're made of!" And oh, the little turtle glows. Glows, and changes forms. It is fluffier now, with a proper shell. And Kieran's eyes blow wide. "So this is the hidden treasure's true form?! With this… I can win for sure!" Terapagos' Earth Power hardly does anything to Purrlet, but the gleaming shell it now sports does SOMETHING. The Aura Sphere Purrlet throws warps, weakens just before.

Ferro's gleaming eyes narrow. "Do it again, Purrlet!" And this time it smarts. Stings just as intended. An ability, then.

"Huh, it has a weakness? I thought this was the hidden treasure of Area Zero?!" Kieran looks stunned. "A legendary makes no god! Not always!" Ferro grinds out. Next to them, Briar frowns.

"Terapagos's power should be far greater than this... Could it be that we are missing something?" Ferro hides a groan. Then directs Purrlet into a Flower Trick, the move effective beyond compare. Purrlet's favorite, a move honed into mastery.

"How can you get critical hits, even at a time like this… What are you, the hero of this story?!" Kieran looks desperate. For good reason. Purrlet made short work of the turtle. "W-why? I thought if I just had Terapagos - if I had the hidden treasure of Area Zero, it... it would make me stronger..." He sounds broken. Like the world wasn't right anymore. "I thought it'd let me beat Ferro!" The small Pokémon looked woozy, hovering just above the floor.

"Kiki, that's enough! It's time to stop this-"

"No, something's not right." Briar frowns deeper. Behind her, Maria starts to do the same. This won't go well. There is something like a buzzing behind their teeth. "It's Terastal energy output is far too low." Oh, Ferro hates these words. "Not to mention the fact that it looks different from the illustration in the scarlet book..."

"So... Terapagos isn't the hidden treasure of Area Zero?" Kieran asks, unaware of the wince Ferro is hiding.

"No, I'm sure it is. We must be missing something - a way to transform it into the treasure..." Briar falls into thought. And both Maria's and Ferro's faces are clearly shown to fall when she gets an idea. "Of course! Terapagos is made of Terastal energy! Kieran! You must Terastallize Terapagos this instant!"

"Oh no..." Ferro whispers.

"If my hunch is correct, Terapagos will resonate with the energy from your tera orb... And the hidden treasure will finally reveal it's true brilliance!" Briar pracically cheers. And Kieran nods.

"Got it!" He throws the orb. And the area t r e m b l e s.

Lizard breaks out, in front of Kieran. Kieran, who is trying to return the shimmering, shining Godling in front of them. And the master ball breaks. The video cuts out.]

[jadeazora]

This month's Mojacookie episode illustration round-up.

As an aside, I kinda hope we get a new OP soon since the subtitle will be changing soon to something like "The Shine of Terapagos" after the first cour climax battle with the Explorers.

[asleepygremlin]

So I’ve read some accounts that Kieran managed to get the last hit on terapagos and sadly that didn’t happen on my playthrough 🥲

Instead Kieran ALMOST got it but terapagos had a sliver of hp left despite the bar clearly showing it had no hp left and I felt bad because it was his time to shine and I took it away yet again why did the game hate me in this moment DX

[b-a-l-a-n-c-3]

DLC rambles so DNI of you’re dodging spoilers

But oh my god I hate and love this DLC.

For one, I feel like Kieran’s emotional trauma surrounding the player was built up pretty well, but fell flat in resolution at the end. I feel like there should have been more to his redemption than what there actually was.

But OH MY GOD THE KIERAN CATCHING TERAPAGOS SCENE WAS PERFECT- it perfectly symbolized how angry he was that we got everything and that no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn’t be enough. Him screaming “YOU’RE MINE!” and chucking the master ball at Terapagos before it came to us was the best part. He wasn’t going to let the Ogerpon situation happen again.

Another letdown was with Briar. She had such great obsessive buildup, all for her to just…let go of it? Like I get that it put the kids in so much danger but I feel like that shouldn’t have fully snapped her out of it. Either way she had such villain potential…

I’ve only finished the main part of the DLC storyline (just up to where Amarys gives our ride the flight ability and Briar gives us her book) so I don’t know what to do next besides finish the Pokédex and do Perrin’s quest. I’ve (unfortunately) seen glimpses of stuff with the professors but idk how to get that yet :/ And I still have to get the paradox and final peach legendary.

Overall, story was pretty great, had some holes and…didn’t really explain much about how Terra crystals connect to the Time Machine (again, I’ve only beaten the main plot so maybe the hinted professor thing tells us more?) and what Terapagos really is.

Anyways I caught mine in a beast ball and named it Amaterasu (heavenly shining).