#the curious and the shiny

[choccy-milky]

✨ pokémon AU! 🔴✨ clora is mainly fairy & psychic (bc shes sweet but also smart) whereas seb trends towards fire/dark (even tho i only ended up giving him 1 dark pokemon...shhh) i originally gave him a houndour, bc dark + guard dog was such a perfect combo for him, but arcanine ALSO suits him and is way cuter so i had to go with that 🥹 and i had to fit in a raven and a snake pokemon somewhere bc...cmon🥰 BAHAHA

TYSM to the anon who inspired this!! it was so much fun

[babykittenteach]

More drawings while I play with new inks.

[iamthepulta]

Going down the rabbit hole of mercury poisoning and archaeological toxicology in South America has me losing my mind. I'm overwhelmed and out of my league but it feels like all the pieces are fitting into place and they're all bad and I can't stop now.

[martyrbat]

honestly i dont think people appreciate bruces little klepto tendencies as much as i do.....

[loupy-mongoose]

regarding the old comic, i realized something but wasn't sure if i was right Peirce(Percy) the cyndaquil is shiny(?) yeah? i don't think we have any other shinies in the current comic aside from 2(?) *akoya and Sulfur i think. if your counting the current / liden roots and also BLH. that and given we've seen clover's redesign and Jamie's will we ever get to see them in the comics current (LR/BLH,etc) my next ask i'll seperate from this one to avoid spoilers <3

I'm afraid you're off with the shinies. Akoya and Sulfur are, yes, but so are Tol the Chimecho and Linda the Roserade.

However Pierce is not shiny. (I think I would've pushed myself harder to finish the comic if that were the case, lol) And just for clarity, Percy, the Crobat, is also not shiny. (Amazingly, I did end up getting a shiny during that Nuzlocke, but it was late in the game and one I knew I wouldn't use. A Diglett I named Button--The rarest option of the Route~)

I have to point out that the "By Lavender's Hand" arc is ended--it ended with Randy's transformation. That feels so long ago aaaaa However, when the story picks back up, the Lindens will still be in Kanto, and I would love to include Jamie into the mix someday.

[chevelleneech]

Blocking every former and supposedly on the fence Buddie shipper who feels the need to tag Buddie on their posts where they claim to want Buddie to happen so badly or are in a dilemma about it going canon, because they’ve, “Seen the toxicity in the fandom and can’t take it anymore.”

Bullshit. They’re making up excuses to jump ship, when it’s really not necessary.

If you don’t want to ship Buddie, don’t ship them. It’s not against the law. It won’t get you excommunicated from the 911 fandom either, but it will make you look like a fool for acting like: 1) you didn’t know there were toxic fans in the fandom to begin with — as there are in all fandoms, or 2) there aren’t any toxic fans among the BuckTommy fandom.

You can’t claim to be tired of toxic Buddies for saying BT is bland or lack chemistry or LFJ is ugly or whatever else, when there are BT shippers saying the same exact things about Buddie and RG. Both sides have toxic fans, the only difference is that BT shippers currently have canon on their side, so those of you jumping ship are able to feel more validated in leaving.

Fans wanted Buck to be queer for nearly as long as the show has been out, and not once has anyone really shipped him with other people. Josh here and there, Connor occasionally, and that one prophet who wrote about him and Tommy. But majorly, it’s been Eddie. As such, toxic fans have been toxic when it came to any and every relationship either of them were in, so what makes Tommy any different? Did y’all really expect all the toxic fans to be happy with yet another love interest they weren’t looking forward to?

Not only that, but again, there are also toxic BT shippers, and fun fact! They didn’t pop up out of nowhere nor were they born out of defense of Buck and Tommy’s extremely new coupling.

I promise you, those same people were die hard Buddie shippers waiting with bated breath for Buck or Eddie to kiss each other or a man in general. They got it with Buck, so now they feel the need to belittle everything that came before in hopes that Tommy won’t be written out. They don’t care about character development or chemistry or Buck as an actual character either, proven by the many many posts across Tumblr, Twitter, and Tik Tok framing them as in love and smitten.

Claiming Eddie doesn’t mean anything to Buck. Claiming Tommy was a knight in shining armor. Claiming (and this is truly the fault of lazy writing and Tim and co trying to give themselves an out for under developing BT) Buck not talking about Tommy is a sign of happiness.

BT is sexual attraction first and foremost, and that’s all we know. Which is fine, I’ve said before, s8 will hopefully expand on them and their relationship if that’s the plan, but until then, there’s nothing there. Meaning there is nothing about the ship to defend the way some of their fans are doing, but somehow that’s more acceptable than Buddie fans defending Buddie? Sure.

Point is, if you’re jumping ship, go ahead. You don’t need to explain or more aptly worded, lie about why. Toxic fans exist on both sides. Most of you would just rather deal with the ones on the canon side of things, because it helps you feel better. Less embarrassed or anxious, maybe? I don’t know, because regardless of if Buddie ever goes canon, they’re not real, and there is no reason to feel anything if it turns out their shippers were wrong.

But I have to ask, what’s going to happen if BT does end? What will be the excuses for all the trash talking and belittlement of years worth of theories? What will y’all say to rectify putting one toxic group on a pedestal over the other? Because that’s what’s happening. BT shippers are being given full clearance to act like shit to people simply because their ship is canon, so what happens if that changes? What happens if Buddie does go canon? Where will all the high and mighty attitudes go?

[good-beansdraws]

Happy birthday @fayesdiary !! I've been having a blast playing UT/DR with you, and wanted to draw something fitting :3

I'm so grateful for all our time together! It's always enjoyable, funny, or just peaceful <3 Here's to another wonderful year -- you deserve only the best ✨️🎂🎉

[funkbun]

question for oc havers: what are y'alls opinions on the sites Character Hub and/or Unvale

(putting those two together because I've been confusing one for the other for some time now)

[sysig]

Can’t, too busy flirting ♥ (Patreon)

[ticenchantedtoc]

I had a really hard time picking the last six favorites for this list because there are just so many pokemon I like! After seeing @haveyouusedthispokemon share a lot of these polls, I wanted to include more of my less popular favs like the Chikorita line and Klinklang, but most of the pokemon I ultimately chose made it in for sentimental reasons.

In no particular order, here are some honorable mentions for the pokemon that just barely didn't make the cut: Farigiraf, Mega Absol, Espeon, Dusknoir, Slither Wing, Alolan Ninetales, Sneasel, Xerneas

[bittersweetblasphemy]

had a fucking bizarre dream last night that led to me fucking the Grinch. woke up. thought to myself, "wow that was a fucking bizarre dream." went back to sleep. immediately had a second, completely different dream that ended with me also fucking the Grinch. even had a moment just as we were going to bone like "wow just like my dream."

these fever dreams are getting... something.

[superstarsnivkins]

so ready to start a stupid ass grind in pokemon that isn't even necessary yahooo

[thewildrescuersfanpage]

Do you think Stacy was ever reported missing? Also, do you think a village kid will catch on? If they know which direction miram’s house is in (who’s claiming to be her guardian) but yet never see Stacy come or head to that direction, someone might catch on.

I definitely think Stacy was reported missing--after all, Stacy's parents and she herself were seemingly on record. They kept the secret of the wolves as explorers but they didn't seem to be keeping THEMSELVES a secret. You need so much paperwork to get a helicopter. Plus Stacy's mother mentioned Stacy's dad's artwork was well received by the public, so he was probably well known, definitely enough that fans would at least notice his absence. And Stacy was their daughter. Stacy mentions herself in Sentinels in the Deep Ocean that she probably has files reporting her missing, and uses the fake name Daisy for that reason.

I could see someone in the village catching on, especially someone Stacy is friends with, or an enemy (like Mathilda Lemming, searching for things to tease Stacy about), or just a nosy neighbor. I could also see Stacy catching on that they're catching on and like. spending the night at Miriam's just to throw them off her trail. she's like katniss everdeen how she schemes and plots

[quikyureblogs]

FIXED Tink's shiny because she deserved better