#thanks polly.

[lunarharp]

..polly pocket au.. (<- a type of doll.)

[pollyannawog]

Started my semi-yearly mother 3 playthrough

[zu-is-here]

Commission for @janeelyakiri ♪ Thank you so much for your support! (〃ω〃)♡

[damonalbarn]

Damon and Russell Barrett from Chapterhouse circa 1991 possibly at Syndrome club night in Oxford Street photo by Polly Birkbeck [X]

[avpol]

Last bundle of comms from yesterday!

[eskiinox]

omg you take doodle requests??? would love a Polly :] (I miss my wife tails..)

I MISS HIM SO MUCH ITS NOT OKAY

[ploompkin]

Made a monster prom/camp/road-trip oc and their name is just one big mushroom pun because that’s just where I’m at in life. Anyway I’m already unhealthily attached to them.

Bonus doodles:

[dpurut]

polly…….. maam…….. awwk🦜 gaaaaaauk🦜

[amphibia-a-day]

Day 1095 of Amphibia Screenshots

Episode: Scavenger Hunt

[sonicseriesroboshowdown]

{SONIC SERIES ROBOT SHOWDOWN: FINAL ROUND!}

View the bracket breakdown here!

[pollyanna-nana]

Finished the epilogue (blew thru it quick through the power of having somewhere to be this morning) and Oh My God. It was so good guys I dhdhdjeondnd look it makes me so sad that these games are so rushed and bad mechanically because Scarvio has the best writing in the series BY FAR imo. I love my goofy ass kids. So happy to see Kieran’s character arc come full circle and he trusts and believes in himself again. I’m gonna miss these guys and the Paldea games soooooo much I hope gen 10 goes just as hard in the writing and characters department

[oodlyenough]

So now that you finished the 6 games, Just curious. what is your opinion of Apollo?

(I haven't played SOJ's dlc case yet but I don't even think Apollo is in that one? So...)

I think my feelings on Apollo are a resounding... "he's okay". Lmao. Which sounds harsh? I don't dislike him, and I found him pretty enjoyable to play in AA4 and AA6.

What sucks for Apollo as a character is that 4 sets up a lot of potentially interesting relationships for him (the betrayal of Kristoph as his mentor, awkward half-mentor half-resenting relationship with Phoenix, his friendship and secret siblinghood with Trucy, whatever is going on with him and Klavier) and then 5 and 6 have no interest in any of those. Phoenix and Apollo's relationship just gets watered down into, I don't know, whatever they're going for tbh -- some kind of straightforward hero worship, which is boring and a disservice to both, and Trucy and Klavier basically cease to exist as characters in 5-6. So then both DD and SOJ have to reinvent the wheel with new characters/relationships for Apollo, to differing degrees of success.

I think AA5 Apollo was the worst, not even that I was like ... mad at him or anything, just that I felt his characterization was so bizarre and his story was so underwritten and it detracted from the game's main character, which should have been Athena. Clay was the weakest attempt at making the audience emotional over a relationship they never saw and a character who never had a line of dialogue. "I'm fine" is just not that emotionally resonant a catchphrase to begin with. If we're going to explore a cynical Apollo, we could've done that based on the events of AA4, Kristoph and Phoenix both, not the death of Clay.png

But AA6 Apollo's backstory was more interesting to me. I thought the relationship with Dhurke was surprisingly well done by sequel trilogy standards, lol, I liked that Apollo had quite a prickly reception to begin with and the slower rebuild of trust there was interesting. As justifications for a retcon go, him being so bitter and hurt about the abandonment that he hasn't wanted to think or care about Dhurke or Nahyuta for years works pretty well. I think fandom probably doesn't like the ending of Apollo leaving the WAA to be with characters they don't like much (Nahyuta and Rayfa), but frankly after those three games I think Apollo striking off on his own is for the best, lmao.

So I guess I feel he's enjoyable moment to moment, but across his so-called trilogy his character work is patchy, and you're left more with a build-a-character outline for headcanons and fanon. I can see why that appeals to people. I like him but he's not a character I want to spend hours fleshing out where canon did not, through fic etc. For me there are just too many other characters in the franchise who interest me more and make me more inclined to put that work in.

[dontbehorridhenry95]

important question

do you think the fandom has a bias towards simon and paul??

because i sure as hell do

and it's kind of getting on my nerves ya know??

like ok i get meredith is awful

but so is simon!!

and don't get me started on paul

that guy had a grudge against a ten year old for like three and a half seasons!!

at least with polly she's somewhat civil and frankly her only crime is showing up at henrys place without notice and just expects people to stop what their doing and talk with her

[bruhstation]

He's such a magnificent bastard I am pushing him down the stairs.

The “L” hand pose good lord. no holding back…. no mercy….. the utter disrespect is insane. so cold. this picture encapsulates the core of Casa Tidmouth spencer

[damonalbarn]

Alex, Damon and Justine leaving the pub looking slightly worse for wear, early 1992, photo by Polly Birkbeck [X]

[avpol]

HEY I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!

I'm opening up some quick comms, if you send me a $10+ ko-fi i'll draw your favorite character or oc! for $20+ i'll make it a color special.

just tell me the character or DM me an oc ref when you donate!

rbs appreciated!!