#the bond unbroken

[iobsessoverfictionalmen]

Just in case you thought I forgot about my Otto Octavius x Reader soulmate fic, I present….

“Your desires are plain to see. It’s almost too easy.” The words that the spectre spoke to Otto lingered in the back of Otto mind but he found it hard to concentrate too much on the words that the spectre had uttered when your body was pressed up against his. You were so close to him that Otto could feel your breath fanning across his lonely lips.

I 100% blame @writingkitten for inspiring this excerpt. Her post about mouthing at Otto’s bulge set off the plot bunny.

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG SM Unbroken Bonds (2019) & Cosmic Eclipse (2019) illustrations by 0313 🤩

[lovepokemontcg]

illus. sowsow "Porygon 2" from Unbroken Bonds

[kimiko24]

Me + U ❤️

[pokemon-card-of-the-day]

Pokemon Card of the Day #3258: Kyurem (Unbroken Bonds)

Kyurem was something you knew had a goal on the field. Its attack was only decently powerful and required discarding, but that was the trade you could make for guaranteed Paralysis. That made the opponent find a switching card or be unable to do anything, which could be quite powerful. This also required Energy acceleration, which did exist in a couple of combos even if said decks weren't at the top of the game. It was an interesting idea to be sure, though one that relied heavily on other decks.

130 HP was a rather good number for a Basic Pokemon, as it did force decks to get out their better attacks to take a single Prize. The Metal Weakness could have been a lot worse, as the deck Kyurem saw the most use in was around Metal got all its support. If you did use it once Sword & Shield were out, this rarely could mean an early KO but you'd have been taken out by a Zacian V if this wasn't there anyway. The Retreat Cost here was 2, making switching cards nice at times due to the discarding needed to attack.

Call Forth Cold let you search your deck for a Water Energy card to attach to Kyurem. It only needed a Colorless Energy and could help a little if you went second on turn 1, but any time after that you'd want to rely on the team to get Energy onto this.

Hail Prison needed 2 Water and a Colorless Energy and also had 2 Water Energy attached to Kyurem put into the discard pile. 110 damage was rather low considering the discarding. Oh, but there was another reason for this: The opponent's Active Pokemon was Paralyzed. No coin flip here, as it was a guarantee. If the opponent didn't have something like Switch available, you could lock something in place for a turn. This basically required acceleration to use, and the Quagsire/Naganadel combo was the typical source of this as it could retrieve discarded Energy then move it around.

Kyurem was really annoying to face for certain decks that relied on manually retreating. There were also a ton of decks at the time that ran multiple copies of Switch since they did tend to go very well with the Tag Teams with so much HP and high Retreat Costs. This resulted in a format that wasn't very nice at all for this sort of thing, though it could still have its moments. You could consider this in Quagsire/Naganadel decks since the Energy discarding wasn't nearly as big of an issue there, trying to take advantage of the less common decks that struggled to handle the Paralysis.

[t-u-i-t-c]

“One hot milk, without sugar.”

“And one Macallan straight.”

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

Kieran really turned around put his hands over his ears and went 'la la la la la not listening not listening' at Oli and North's pda

[am-to-pm]

For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

[melancholywally]

Pokémon — Kanto teams 8/?

Ground-type Gym Leader Giovanni's Pokémon team, based on his teams from Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

Artwork by:

Megumi Mizutani for SM Unbroken Bonds (Giovanni's Exile) Kouki Saito for BW Dragons Exalted (Marowak) Yukiko Baba for HeartGold and SoulSilver (Sandslash) Kagemaru Himeno for Team Rocket (Dark Dugtrio) Ken Sugimori for Gym Challenge (Giovanni's Nidoqueen, Giovanni's Nidoking) KirisAki for SM Unbroken Bonds (Rhydon)

[andromedasummer]

kids are so fucking funny. i just watched a 2 year old have a meltdown screaming "MINE! I WANT!" in the middle of the street because his parents wouldn't let him just fucking steal a dog tied up outside a shop. another toddler sprinted full speed into a shop with a giant dessicated branch followed by his mother. 5 minutes of gentle arguing before he agrees to put the stick down. comes out of store with an ice cream. picks up stick with other hand and demands mother carry it in the meantime. "i dont. want the branch. :)." fucking meltdown ensues

[thepirarucuandtheorca]

Saw the concept from this and I had to bring the idea to life, plus a little backstory for him too.

When he was only a baby, Octo was on the brink of death due to an illness. Dr. Virus was the man who saved his life, turning him into a half Monster through experimentation. The rest of his story would still be the same as mentioned in the game: never had friends growing up, was often left at home alone due to his parents always being busy, and of course a certain cat coming into his life to comfort him. The catch is that he would mostly be raised by Dr. Virus after slowly starting to make friends and the cat's disappearance, being considered as one of his greatest works yet. Some of his Monster traits would come into his human self as he aged, eventually revealing that he had became a Negative and getting his Monster form, a Nega-King Amoeba, just before the events of the game. His hands are also clawed, so he has to wear gloves to hide them.

There's now a name for the AU too. It's called "The Unbroken Bond". Freshly created by @dragoningachahell(@whentheorcinusbeorca)!

It's almost October, so here's something to welcome the season and month of spookiness. This also is my first time drawing a carved pumpkin and I'm actually proud of it(plus more Goonyan cause I haven't drawn them in who knows how long).

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[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG SM Ultra Prism (2018), Unbroken Bonds (2019), Unified Minds (2019), Cosmic Eclipse (2019), SWSH Promo (2020) & Chilling Reign (2021) illustrations by Shibuzoh. 🤩🤩🤩

[lovepokemontcg]

illus. tetsuya koizumi "Wooper" from Unbroken Bonds

[gh0stly-trickster]