#the rise of darkrai

[jadeazora]

I actually like beta Alice more than her final design. She's really cute.

Also Marcus and his fucking massive forehead and no eyebrows. They did him a favor hiding it underneath that crown in the finalized movie design.

[crimfckeyt]

ghuhuhuuuu bwaaaa

[sincerely-sofie]

Assumption: You were a ma-hassive darkrai fan as a kid

(referencing this ask game)

Very much so. I watched the Rise of Darkrai as a child and was changed forevermore. I saw that McDonald's was including darkrai-themed trading card holders with happy meals and my mother didn't know peace until I possessed two of them.

[gaydiation-poisoning]

Did my yearly rewatch of The Rise of Darkrai last night and I want to explode

[calcisart]

[image id: a pen on paper drawing of darkrai and alicia from "the rise of darkrai" drawn in an attempt to replicate the artstyle of "the girl from the other side". darkrai and alicia look at each other as alicia holds one of darkrai's claws with her hand. the entire drawing is black and white. end id]

[titles-and-pretense]

When I was younger, I fell in love with the 10th Pokemon movie, The Rise of Darkrai. Me being a depressed, lonely, undiagnosed autistic teenager. And that kickstarted my love for Darkrai and its innate ability to cause the ones around it nightmares.

It is very shy, and this ability helps it stay undiscovered and safe. But it also makes others distrustful and wary around it. In the movie, a young girl finds Darkrai injured in a garden, being attacked by other Pokemon. We don't know how it got injured (it is far too powerful to have been hurt by the other Pokemon there) or why it was here, but the girl, Alicia, immediately takes care of Darkrai and tells him that it can forever stay in the garden, because the garden is meant for all Pokemon.

She plays Darkrai and the others a song on her flute and they calm down. The others are able to rest under the tree where she plays, as Darkrai watches from the shadows that it sinks into, so as not to give them nightmares. That song is later played by Alicia's granddaughter and is used to save the town from raging legendaries.

Darkrai stays loyal to Alicia and her descendants since. Just how I stayed loyal to the first person (apart from perhaps my father) who saw me as I was and loved me for it.

The towers that are in this movie, which are equipped with hundreds of tuned bells, which are later used to play the song to the raging legendaries, are inspired by Antonio Gaudi's famous Sagrada Familia. Ever since I watched that movie, I have wanted to visit it, because it looks magical to me. And finally, this week, we are going to Barcelona for a weekend and my dream will come true.

In preparation, I watched The Rise of Darkrai another time. It is a cute little movie, very simple children's story. Darkrai is still a stunning-looking Pokemon - I certainly am proud of it being my favourite. I even wrote fanfics about it back in the day.

But the music carries the movie.

The song is called Oracíon (Prayer). If you're reading this, do look it up, it is beautiful.

I hope I get to hum it, next week, in the place where it belongs. And think of lonely Darkrai, who was fortunate to find the one person who would see it as a friend. Just how I was fortunate.

[supergirlytreiner]

Poketober Day 18: Dark Type

The bringer of nightmares is making their rounds again...

[fuckyeahpokemonmovies]

Dialga VS. Palkia VS. Darkrai/The Rise of Darkrai ending + credits

"I Will Be With You (Where the Lost Ones Go)" by Sarah Brightman and Chris Thompson

[alltheoutsinfreeeee]

Hey, don't cry. Oracion from the Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai Soundtrack, okay?

[the-carrotella]

I know that your alberto posts are about to be one year old (sorry, I'm brain rotting on this guy rn 🙇) but is there any way I could see the trailer you talked about on this post? the whole thing about him being the villain is so interesting to me

Hi! Of course! Always a pleasure to meet another Alberto fan :) Here it is!

[alamos-garden-lover]

Alice here, teaching the old man to not leave his phone unattended and unlocked XD

[crimfckeyt]

dude my 3 year pokemon hyperfix from elementary came back it's so over. anyway dni if you think darkrai is evil this guy shaped my entire being as a 3rd grader i am number one darkrai fan

[sincerely-sofie]

Saw this tag from @i-never-forgot on this post (brace yourselves before clicking the link) and boy oh boy, do I ever have a story for you guys!

Bonus meme below.

[gaydiation-poisoning]

Motherfucker I've been sitting here wondering why on earth they'd bring back Darkrai and Dialga and Palkia at the same time, such a deliberate reference to the 10th movie but I couldn't imagine what would prompt it.

It literally JUST hit me that OH RIGHT

WE'RE IN FUCKING BARCELONA

[calcisart]

nightmare blunt rotation

[image id: doodle of three versions of darkrai smoking a blunt. darkrais from left to right are pokemon mystery dungeon darkrai, darkrai from the rise of darkrai movie, and pokepark 2 darkrai. pmd darkrai is coloured with his in-game sprite palette (purple body and red spikes), movie darkrai is coloured with a dark grey body, and pokepark 2 darkrai is coloured with a darker grey close to black, with blue shading. the shade of red on each darkrais spikes are slightly different. their hair and eyes remain the same except for pokepark 2 darkrai whose hair is shaded a more blueish grey than the others. movie darkrai has a shadow over his eye. there is text near each darkrai that labels them as the darkrai from their respective media. the background is light grey. end id]