#what with the hcs and such

[zz-chikorita]

@jay-gue This started out as a dm I was sending you but then it got really long so I just decided to post it instead. Fair warning (to anyone reading) it's very stream if consciousness and I can't be bothered to edit it properly:

I gotta tell you bout this raileon headcanon I was thinking about the other day. So, I think that Leon's interactions with his fans is pretty controlled ie social medias are run by PR people, he's discouraged from engaging with fans "off the clock", he doesn't have much say in when and where his appearances are etc. This is very different from Raihan who basically runs all his own shit. So, there's a lot more one on one interaction and interactions are much different just by merit of the reply to any random fan's tweet is Raihan himself. The only reason the league even let's him do it this way is because it's proven so successful (times be a changin'). Anyways, Leon is envious because he wants more interpersonal interaction with his fans, but it is what it is. Still, it looks like so much fun to go out and have fun with fans at a bar or a club or a concert... Leon's always being told to "save his voice" for work so those kinds of environments are discouraged. But Raihan can go and yell all night in some mosh pit, completely destroying his voice and then go and post a video where he's like lol I'm gonna get close to the mic and talk very soft and calmly with my hoarse, gravelly voice since I fucked it up so bad. (Have you seen any of markiplier's "quietest" let's plays? Well, it's basically that same energy. Kinda ASMR adjacent, intimate, even a little secondhand embarrassment enducing) Anyways, Leon sees these a few times and typically can't even watch them for more than a few seconds at a time because it just starts to boil his blood and hurt his chest and he doesn't know why. Basically, he just becomes irrationally angry every time Rai puts one out cuz its not fair damnit! Raihan destroys his vocal cords and gets a million comments and praise the next day, if Leon were to do that, there'd be headlines about some outrageous bullshit reasons that make no sense to why he wasn't at 100% full volume, charismatic Leon-ness. At some point it either comes up in conversation or Leon confronts Raihan about it after it happens again and Rai just laughs like 'oh he finds it annoying, now I have a new way to annoy him' so he gets up in his face and starts using the voice. 'Course Leon doesn't know how to process his emotions so he just panics and punches him or pushes him or something like that and runs away to hide somewhere because he's sweating and his face is burning and his heart is pounding and what the bloody hell is happening????

Meanwhile Rai's just like 'damn that look he just gave me was really hot'

[eydilily]

hermit family photo ! ! !

[hinamie]

post-graduation trip airport looks

[bean-spring]

Hot take and not to be a killjoy or the shipping police but people treating Viktor or Jinx's aroace headcanons as if they were canon is not the revolutionary take people think it is.

Headcanons are always all right but we have to acknowledge that they are somehow damaging when they apply to stereotypes. It might not be the case for everyone but most of the time people unconsciously assume that disability/mental illness=asexuality. These headcanons erase the freedom of attraction from people who are already seen as unable to have sexual/romantic experiences/desires, when it's completely untrue and harmful.

You can headcanon Viktor and Jinx as aroace, but I have seen people changing their minds once Viktor is no longer disabled (s2 with all of his other forms) and Jinx is no longer as mentally ill (alternate universe Powder). And it speaks wonders of how people see these characters.

"I never thought about Jinx being able to feel romantic/sexual attraction until s2!" To believe she's actually only capable of that when she's not "damaged" is incredibly disturbing. Especially since Jinx has always had a bit of a flirty personality too.

"I've always seen Viktor as asexual, I don't know why!" That's fine. You can headcanon him as ace. But I believe there is a reason behind it, most of the time, if for some inexplicable reason the "vibes" of the disabled character are making you think he's ace.

I say all of this being aroaspec myself, by the way. Headcanon all you want but going to people's posts commenting how "it's weird for you that they have romantic/sexual plots when they're clearly aroace" is not a win at all. It's a headcanon, after all, and it should be treated as such, and that's fine. But it also is damaging to spread stereotypes like these.

Of course the disabled character is asexual. Of course the mentally ill character is aromantic. It's not as revolutionary as you might think, tbh.

Fandom is not activism and it's all right to have any headcanons you want BUT some of them are filled with damaging stuff and perhaps we should look into ourselves more before treating these assumptions as something canon.

[mangoish]

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

I remember discussing Tintin casting choices with a friend from Germany and remarked how it was odd he often has an English accent in adaptations rather than a Belgian one, and my friend just replied "that's because Tintin gives incredibly strong English boy energy (derogatory)"

Here in the UK there's a lot of weird classism tied into accents. Today accent diversity and representation in broadcasting is actively pursued but in Tintin's time there certainly was a preferred accent to have.

imagine this exchange happens between pages 28-29 in The Crab with the Golden Claws

[ninjasmudge]

thats a red flag narinder, get that crown back while you still can

+ top panel without text below the cut

[shepscapades]

Surely this will have no negative consequences whatsoever!

[frownyalfred]

thinking about a Damian who was raised his entire life hearing how much he looks like his Father, how he's the blood son, how he's better than any other child Bruce Wayne has taken in, starting to buy into it like a kid does, only to hit puberty and turn out looking like 80% Talia.

[farshootergotme]

Occasionally I picture Nightwing calling Red Hood "little wing" in front of others and people looking between this huge, 6'0 feet tall man with growing white hair, and then Nightwing, a shorter man who has flawless skin, probably around his 20's, and a fit but not too buff build and they just- don't know what's happening. Is it some kind of inside joke they aren't aware of? Why is Nightwing acting as if he's years older than Red-fucking jacked-Hood?

Nightwing: Little wing, you actually were decent in that fight! I'm impressed.

Hero, who was helping during this fight as well, listening in to the conversation: little...?

Red Hood: Wow, feeling very appreciated right now. Got any other backhanded compliments in there?

Hero: Wait, excuse me-

Nightwing: As a matter of fact-

Red Hood: Nope! I'm outta here. Screw you!

Nightwing: You know you love me!

Red Hood: In your dreams, dickhead!

Nightwing: Hey! We don't use that-

Red Hood: Not listening!

Nightwing: Jeez, kids these days...

Red Hood: I'm an adult and fuck you too!

Nightwing: What? Thought you weren't-

Red Hood: See you never, I'm out.

Hero: ...

Hero: what the actual fuck?

[valeriapryanikova]

This season, on Hermitcraft...

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[zz-chikorita]

JR Character Profiles:

For fun and kind of a writing exercise, I made sort of, like, profiles with short bios for the vast majority of my characters. It's mostly for my own reference, but I won't stop anyone who wants to look through them.

🛑🚨Be warned that a lot of them contain spoilers for my stories!🚨🛑

Guzma

• Age: 28

• Alt names: Boss, G (friends), Big G (Molayne), Z'Goose (Moon)

• Class: Team Skull Boss

• Occupation: Gig worker (variety), sex worker (reluctantly)

• Hobbies: Surfing, reading scientific articles about Bug Pokémon, swimming, listening to his absurdly large collection of ripped CDs, alolan sumo wrestling

• Sexual identity: "Ya boy got enough love for everyone"

• Gender identity: "Nunya"

• Birth Region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Native Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• Ran away from home at age 16 after a certain incident that caused him to be a suspect for attemptive murder. The charges were eventually dropped, but he did not return home or to school. Instead, he joined a street gang, eventually overtaking it and developing Team Skull.

• Trivia: The vast majority of his character and personality is based on my older brother

Plumeria

• Age: 25

• Alt names: Big Sis, Plums, Plum Tree (A.), Aneki (Blue and Pink)

• Class: Team Skull Admin

• Occupation: Aether Foundation Conservation Agent

• Hobbies: Cosmetology, reading classical literature, story writing

• Sexual identity: Aro/ace

• Gender identity: Cis female

• Birth Region : Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Native Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)/White (US American)

• Father was a cop. Ran away around the age of 8 and lived with an elderly woman she would come to consider her grandmother. The woman suddenly passed away, leaving Plumeria to fend for herself for 1-2 years. Did not trust Guzma when they first met him but stuck with him since he protected her. Evidently grew to love him platonically.

• Trivia: She loves pokemon plushies to the point where she's never stolen one because she feels too guilty about it

Leon

• Age: 22

• Alt names: Lee, Dandelion (Father), Dande (Legal first name- no one calls him it)

• Class: Former Galar Champion

• Occupation: Galar Pokémon League Chairman, Macrocosmos CEO

• Hobbies: Cooking, collecting League cards, running, playing piano

• Sexual identity: Gay

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Galar

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (Scottish)/North African/Indian

• Blessed with natural charisma and showmanship, he adapted relatively well as the face of the Galar league from a young age. However, he does not have a talent for code switching and had to undergo rigorous coaching to be able to speak without his heavy southern galar dialect. His mother underwent terrible PTSD after his father's passing, forcing him to step up as the main caretaker of his younger brother. Despite this, he holds no resentment for either of them. He is still processing his loss to eternatus and loss of his champion title.

• Trivia: I would legit just scroll through Scottish Twitter back when I was still figuring out how I wanted to do his eye dialect.

Moon

• Age: 14

• Alt names: Mizuki (family, mother side), Selene (family, father side)

• Class: Alolan Champion

• Occupation: Student, Research Assistant

• Hobbies: sleeping, shiny hunting, traveling through Ultra Space

• Sexual identity: Lesbian

• Gender identity: Cis female

• Birth region: Kanto

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Japanese (Kanto), White (US American)

• She and her mom moved to Alola after her parents' divorce. Her father, a Kanto gym leader, relinquished custody of her and paid her mom out a hefty sum, allowing them to afford to move regions. She was borderline mute when she first moved since English was not her first language. Over the years, she has gained confidence and "won't shut the fuck up now," as far as Guzma's concerned. She's well liked by the people of the region for all she's done and for the liking Tapu Koko had taken to her, despite her origins.

• Trivia: my original concept for her was to be older (16 or 17) but I ended up going younger as I preferred that dynamic between her and Guzma

Hop

• Age: 13

• Alt names: Hopscotch (Leon), Hoppy (Leon), Hip Hop n R&B (Guzma)

• Class: Trainer

• Occupation: Student, Research Assistant

• Hobbies: Battle analysis, Highland dancing

• Sexual identity: "I don't like boys! I just like him, ok?!"

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Galar

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (Scottish)/North African/Indian

• He grew up admiring his older brother and studying/analyzing battling techniques, although said techniques don't come to him as naturally as they do Leon. He's not entirely aware just how much Leon played a role in raising him as a young child. Despite his admiration, there are times he feels he's walking in Leon's shadow and will never catch up to him. He's gained much more confidence after defeating eternatus, but now struggles watching his brother undergo the consequences of his defeat. He tries to be there for his brother in any way he can.

• My original concept for Hop was for him to be just a plain straight boy who has a crush on Gloria (who is a lesbian). Sometimes when I write, the characters get away from me and do what they want. In Hop's case, he really wanted to make out with Hau.

Blue

• Age: 14

• Alt names: [redacted]

• Class: Team Skull Grunt

• Occupation: Student

• Hobbies: drawing, reading manga

• Sexual identity: unspecified

• Gender identity: FTM

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Japanese (Kansai)

• The child of second gen johto immigrants. He was disowned by his mother when she found out he was trans. His twin brother, in solidarity, also left home despite his mother's protests. He is considered the more quiet and reserved of the two twins. Guzma secretly worries that the two are too codependent, unconsciously seeing a lot of his past relationship with Kukui reflected in the two of them.

• Trivia: The twins names (and thus, hair colors) were actually switched at first, but I thought that'd be too on the nose.

Pink

• Age: 14

• Alt names: Akkala (Plumeria), Kintaro (family)

• Class: Team Skull Grunt

• Occupation: Student, Surf Board Craftsman Apprentice

• Hobbies: Rugby, playing pranks, drawing

• Sexual identity: straight

• Gender identity: cis male

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Japanese (Kansai)

• He's the more outgoing and obnoxious of the two brothers, although it is mostly an act to get people's attention away from his brother. After leaving home, they lived on the streets for a couple months and while attempting to pickpocket someone, they were caught- Nanu was the officer on the scene. He did not file a report and instead brought them to the "disbanded" Team Skull house where he convinced Guzma to let them in.

• Trivia: He seems to have more screen time than his brother than I intended, but I suppose it's more natural for me (as cis) to write about a person struggling with feeling powerless about the injustice happening to the people they care about most, than it would for me to be write about a trans person and their specific struggles.

D.J.

• Age: 27 (at time of appearance)

• Alt names: Delta (interpol)

• Class: Punk girl

• Occupation: Medical Doctor

• Hobbies: Unknown

• Sexual identity: Unspecified

• Gender identity: Māhū, fem presenting

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi), Jamaican/African

• A licensed medical doctor who often treats underprivileged peoples for free. She's not known for her bedside manner and dresses "unprofessionally" according to many adults on the islands. She was an enormous influence on Guzma's personality and fashion sense. She was taken into custody for using illegal healing moves in her treatments and given an ultimatum- go to jail with no chance of parole or join the international police and use her bright mind to help them on their endevours. She chose the latter, hoping it would one day allow her to return to the islands to continue helping those less fortunate.

• Trivia: The reason her name is DJ is literally just because it stands for "Doctor Joy". My original concept was actually for her to be two people, a pair of sisters that ran a pokemon center, loosely based off me and my sibling.

Molayne

• Age: 27

• Alt names: Mo (friends), Big Mo (Guzma)

• Class: Elite 4 member, Former trial captain

• Occupation: Observatory Director, Inventor

• Hobbies: working with robotics/electronics, playing video games, weight lifting, photography

• Sexual identity: Asexual/alloromatic

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Unova

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (US American)/Japanese

• A rather soft-spoken person, he's an incredibly brilliant inventer and astronomer. Raised mainly by his young aunt, he grew up very poor. He makes just a decent living, despite the fact he invented the tech that would lead to the mass production of rotom phones. This is because he made all of his work open source because he does not believe knowledge should be locked behind a pay wall. He has somehow maintained a healthy relationship with both Guzma and Kukui after all these years. He also happens to have an enormous crush on Plumeria.

• Trivia: My original idea for Molayne was to be pansexual and actually end up with Kalani by the time the story is done. However, I had one commenter pitch me this idea about Kalani meeting Raihan and well... yeah...

Jessamine

• Age: 23 (at time of appearance)

• Alt names: Jess, Auntie

• Class: Swimmer Girl

• Occupation: Tatto Artist (main), Lifeguard, Barista, Waitress

• Hobbies: Unknown

• Sexual identity: Straight

• Gender identity: Cis female

• Birth region: Unova

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (US American)

• She gained custody of Molayne at the age of 19, being his only living family after his parents died in a tragic accident. She worked multiple jobs to keep them afloat and build a small savings, as she wanted nothing more than to be able to send him to college, since she never had the privilege. She had a brief fling with a member of the Malie Kanto gym, resulting in her getting pregnant and giving birth to her son, Sophocles.

• Trivia: She's actually a really important character to me as she was inspired by an old friend's mom, partly because of her personality and partly because I seemed to keep in better contact with her than my actual friend, which was likely the same for Guzma. This person passed away while I was writing the chapter Jessamine is in... I remember her name popping up on my phone and her husband's voice being the one to speak when I answered... But it made me really think about how we go through life and meet all kinds of people that truly mean a lot to us, but we don't spend as much time with them as we should or dont keep in as well of contact as we should because life is fickle and things happen. But this doesn't mean they weren't, or aren't, important to us.

Kalani

• Age: 27

• Alt names: 'Lani (friends), Fairy Boy (Guzma), Sharpedo Boy (Guzma)

• Class: Surfer, Former trial captain

• Occupation: Surf Board Master Craftsman, Hula Kane Instructor, Bartender

• Hobbies: traditional art/painting, surfing, hiking

• Sexual identity: Gay

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• A year younger that Guzma and Kukui and the same age as Molayne. He's a fairy type specialist and was the trial captain for the late Fairy Type Totem Pokémon, a ribombee. Guzma resented him, believing he could've been a good Bug Type trial captain for Ribombee. Once actually getting to know the boy, they became casual friends. Lani lost contact with Guzma in their mid teens for several years. By the time they met again, Guzma was at a very low point in life. They entered a purely sexual relationship, despite the undenying fact Lani has been in love with him ever since the first day they met.

• Trivia: I knew I wanted to have a Surfer Class character somewhere in the story because I was in love with the character model from the first time I saw it! Initially, he was more of a toxic exboyfriend type and Guzma's old drug dealing partner. Then, I stopped and realized the whole reason I wanted to make this character is because of how much I adore the Surfer class... so I changed the whole concept

Nanu

• Age: 55-60

• Alt names: 000 (pronounced double-O-Zero; interpol)

• Class: Police officer, Kahuna

• Occupation: Island Kahuna, Police Officer, Former Interpol Agent

• Hobbies: caring for his many meowths, sleeping, people watching

• Sexual identity: Aromantic/pansexual (does not acknowledge this and would say he's straight if asked)

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• He left the region and joined interpol to escape the pressure of being chosen as next kahuna by Tapu Bulu. He only returned after losing one of his interpol partners, someone he considers the only person he's "ever gotten close to falling in love with."

• Trivia: Another example of me trying to write a simple, straight character and then it getting away from me, haha

Kukui

• Age: 28

• Alt names: The Masked Royal, K.K. (Guzma and Molayne)

• Class: Pokémon professor, Alolan Champion

• Occupation: Pokémon Professor

• Hobbies: Battle Royal/competitive battling, traveling

• Sexual identity: Bisexual

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• Most know him as extremely bright and cheerful, although he's been known to let off steam by taking hits from his pokemon and it's an ongoing joke among his friends that he's a bit of a masochist. In reality, he does have a bit of a temper and often goes to Kahuna Hala to rant about one thing or another. He has always had a difficult time tolerating certain textures and would prefer not to wear a shirt if at all possible because of it. His degrees are mainly in cultural anthropology where he focused on studying traditional indigenous medicine, specifically MBM (move based medicine). His parents only minimally helped financially support his education as they were upset he didn't go into one of their fields (physics or chemistry).

• Trivia: Kukui's dad is based off my own dad and the emotional trauma and manipulation I endured growing up

"The Berry Man"

• Age: 40-45

• Alt names: Uncle/Unko

• Class: Gentleman

• Occupation: Farmer

• Hobbies: Fishing, percussion

• Sexual identity: Gay

• Gender identity: Māhū, masc presenting

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• A jolly, older Alolan man, his name is never actually specified. He taught Guzma how to use berries medicinally when he was a child. He knew Guzma was being abused and tried to file a police report on more than one occasion. He and Guzma's late grandfather grew up together and were extremely close.

• Trivia: I considered giving him a name, but he isn't given a name in the game and him just being "The Berry Man" has really grown on me

Kona

• Age: ~65 (at time of appearance)

• Alt names: Uncle/Unko

• Class: Gentleman

• Occupation: Pokémon Center Café Owner

• Hobbies: Story telling

• Sexual identity: Unspecified

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)/African

• A boisterous older Alolan man, he was Jessamine's manager when she worked as a barista in the café. He's extremely mischievous and likes to tell tall tales, especially to the kids

• Trivia: When I picture him, I think of one of the old men from our local Kiwanis group that my mom worked with a lot when I was itty bitty. I was a very shy, anxious child and was very afraid of him at first because he was well over six foot tall and very imposing. But he was an extremely kind, gentle man with a bright, white smile and beautiful black skin.

A.

• Age: 21

• Alt names: Aaron (pronounced Ay-Ay-Ron)

• Class: Team Skull Grunt

• Occupation: Malie Gardens Giftshop/Café Employee

• Hobbies: watching YouTube, graffiti art

• Sexual identity: Bisexual

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Unova

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (US American- New York)

• The oldest grunt currently in Team Skull. He's short tempered and not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's very good at beat boxing and is a very talented graffiti artist.

• Trivia: He has a team Skull tattoo on his upper right arm.

B.

• Age: 20

• Alt names: Blake (pronounced Bolahkay)

• Class: Team Skull Grunt

• Occupation: Thrifty Megamart Employee/shelf stocker

• Hobbies: surfing, graffiti art (is not as good as A. at it), singing

• Sexual identity: Gay

• Gender identity: Questioning, masc presenting

• Birth region: Alola

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• The second oldest Grunt in Team Skull. He's got a laidback personality and is always up for whatever shenanigans A wants to drag him into. He's also usually the one to drag A out of whatever shenanigans he gets them into.

• Trivia: He has a team Skull tatto over one of his pecs

Gene

• Age: 46

• Alt names: N/A

• Class: Cabbie

• Occupation: Leon's personal assistant, Leon's former personal cabbie

• Hobbies: Unknown

• Sexual identity: Straight

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Galar

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (England/East London)

• A loving family man, he lives with his wife and four daughters. A former army captain, he has a warm personality and cares for Leon like a son.

• Trivia: I named him Gene as an homage to @oceandiagonale 's OC, whom I love dearly. Go read their comics if you haven't, you won't be disappointed

Piers

• Age: 25

• Alt names: N/A

• Class: Galar Gym Leader

• Occupation: Singer/Songwriter, Gym leader

• Hobbies: sleeping, bar hopping

• Sexual identity: aromantic/bisexual

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Galar

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: White (Scottish/Welsh)

• To those he's not acquainted with, he comes off as cold and sarcastic. To friends, he is also cold and sarcastic but also very caring and will support and protect them fiercely when necessary. Half of his family is South Galarian and he'll often speak Scots to Leon as a way to connect with him

• Trivia: I have this hc that he's in a very healthy and completely platonic, sexual relationship with Gordie, but I haven't actually found anywhere in the story for it to come up

Raihan

• Age: 22

• Alt names: Rai (friends), Han (Leon)

• Class: Galar Gym Leader

• Occupation: Historian, Gym leader

• Hobbies: social media, photography

• Sexual identity: Bisexual

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Galar

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: South African

• His vain, borderline arrogant persona he puts on for the public is only a partial truth. To those close to him, he is rather reserved and a very respectful young man who'd rather have his nose in some historic tome than be lauded over by his thousands of screaming fangirls. He grew up in and out of foster homes, his only living family being his birth mother, who developed early onset dementia after undergoing controversial Hypno therapy to help with her drug addiction. She's more or less catatonic on most days and does not recognize Raihan as her son on good days. He tends to prefer things grouped in twos or pairs.

• Trivia: Raihan's attempt to resuscitate Leon after his battle with eternatus and the subsequent trauma it caused him is based off of my own mom's PTSD after failing to resuscitate her brother when he had a heart attack. Unlike Leon, my uncle was not so lucky, even after paramedics arrived.

Hau

• Age: 14

• Alt names: N/A

• Class: Alolan Champion

• Occupation: Student

• Hobbies: Eating, alolan sumo wrestling

• Sexual identity: Bisexual

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth region: Galar

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Native Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)

• He has an infectiously cheerful personality. However, as a teenager he has become a bit moody and it worries Hala. He still regrets not telling Lillie how he felt before she left and has "dated" a couple other people since then.

• Trivia: There's a scene I have yet to write about him that's inspired by a scene in "The fresh prince of bel-aire" where Will breaks down about his father abandoning him. I remember watching it as a child and bawling my eyes out.

Gladion

• Age: 14

• Alt names: Glad, Glad-force-flex (Moon)

• Class: Trainer

• Occupation: Student, Aether Foundation Board Member

• Hobbies: Battle Royal, anime

• Sexual identity: Straight

• Gender identity: Cis male

• Birth Region: Alola (outer waters)

• Ethnicity real world equivalent: Native Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi)/White (US American)

• A very stereotypical "emo middle schooler" type, his loving friend group brings the best out of him. He has some say in the goings on of the Aether Foundation, but Wicke was the one to actually take over after Lusamine seeing as he is just a child and doesn't need that responsibility thrust upon him.

• Trivia: He considers Wicke a mother-figure and calls her Auntie.

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[calwasfound]

heart of the sea

[xerndrawz]

i like this ship. peace and love...

[eydilily]

Your designs have me bounce around my house giggling, I can't stop looking at your art it's so gorgeous 😭

Could you draw Tango but with glasses? After the recent post that went around I can't stop thinking about it and I think glasses would look so good on your design? (no pressure tho) (just love your art so much)

Anyway, have a nice day ❤️

i think i got possessed for 3 hours . thanks for that