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[ladylyra]

So I've been reading some of the older comics and I realized that I have no clue what happened with Anya. Would you mind expounding on what happened with them? Unless you're planning to more in later comics of course.

they're a cross-series character so i'll discuss a little of them in the ultra moon series and then their (brief) involvement in platinum 2! as was typical with my older nuzlockes i didn't cover everything in a lot of detail and just provided brief snippets.

in ultra moon, anya was an android who appeared uncannily human such that most people just assumed that they were human. they were childhood friends with tulu (being partially estranged when they met again on the team), and even he was unaware of what they really were. the team only found out they were an android when they had died; tulu brought back their body to their parents, and that was the last that he and the rest of the team heard about them until a while later.

kae would end up losing his arm in a battle and tulu reached out to anya's parents to see if they can help in making an arm for him. they agree, and when tulu goes to meet them, it turns out anya is back and running again--this time, instead of a magnemite, they are an electivire. they don't really do battling anymore; they mostly tinker with machines and do repair work, essentially carrying on the family business. they end up being the one who makes kae's arm, and while they aren't on the team anymore, i imagine they're in frequent contact, and tulu and them have worked on fixing their rocky relationship. as an electivire, anya hides less the fact that they're an android and is more open and confident about it, enough to leave indicators that they are such through their appearance.

in platinum 2, i just intended on making them have a fun surprise appearance since mason was also an android, and i thought it would be cute if they were their repairman. however, i thought about it a little more and the decided the full explanation is that they're currently working in sinnoh, sunnyshore specifically. we haven't gotten there yet in the comic, but they should be making another appearance once we get there ;)

#anya #they were a character i was sad to see leave the narrative when they did so #when i had the excuse to do something with them i was like YESS

[ladylyra]

i'm sure you get this a lot, but gosh, your ocs and gijinka designs are so lovely 🥹

tysm!!!! i can never get too many nice messages, i am so happy ppl like my characters <3 its very motivating!!

#fandom art comes and goes but the gijinkas and ocs remain #lucille

[ladylyra]

my daughter loves him. i think he looks a little gay, but whatever makes my princess happy <3

#probably a top 10 character that would have benefited from having a full comic bc you need 100s of pages to decipher his issues #i mean I KNOW his deal but you guys...sorry... #gijinka #ribombee #pokemon #pkmn #oc #original character #forsythia #lyra'sart #ultra moon nuzlocke

[ladylyra]

i love your uxie design so much ! love the hat

thank you!!

#uxie #gijinka #pokemon #lyra'sart #platinum 2 #sinnoh

[ladylyra]

gasp, its the sableye! does this mean the two year project wait is over...?

in hindsight, two years was a conservative estimate; it's not something i'm planning on starting until i wrap up my current (platinum) comic! i thought i would finish faster but i've had less time to draw than i've liked so it keeps getting pushed back, but i'm fine with that. i'm in no rush.

as for what the project is, it's an alpha sapphire comic. i do want to stress im just PLANNING on doing it, but other factors such as interest, my own time, etc. are gonna factor into me committing to it when the time comes. i have already designed some characters (like grimoire) and done a fair amount of writing and even if the project hasn't started, i'll probably end up sharing some art here or there ^_^

[ladylyra]

shadow lithology

#grimoire #oc #character design #sableye #pokemon #gijinka #lyra'sart

[ladylyra]

if this world makes you uneasy, i hope the guild is a place you can feel at home.

#lucille #souta #drifblim #empoleon #gijinka #pokemon #lyra'sart #platinum 2

[ladylyra]

Platinum 2 Comic Directory

this is two years late, but i've finally organized my comic better for anyone who is looking to have it accessible chronologically (even if i've numbered it, tumblr search is not a functional feature). if you revisit older comics, they now link to the previous and next comic, as well as any relevant side comics i may have made at that time.

any content outside of the comic is under the general 'platinum 2' tag or the relevant character's name.

if you're somehow following me without knowing i do a pokemon comic, now you do! (and you can read it if you want!)

i will be pinning this so that means you wont see "yuuto is a little milfy tbh" when you click on my blog. the utility of pinning this post outweighed my love for that anon, but please know you'll always be in my heart.

first comic: 1

full character references: main cast | galactic members | fusae and ciaran | heights

#platinum 2

[ladylyra]

I'm ngl I've been dying to ask about them and I love when you talk about your characters so I was wondering if maybe you'd be interested in talking a lil about Lucille, Lihue, and Souta? I'm kinda curious about their dynamic but also just them as characters so it's up to you how you want to answer!! Thank you!

i'll talk about them independently and then their dynamics!! thank you for asking!! sorry i talked a lot not a little

lucille is a very others-focused person; if she has the opportunity to help someone out, she will. she enjoys feeling like she is doing the right thing, of course, but she also craves the praise and attention that comes along with it. she's very expressive and silly, which can make her 'funny' to observe, but she's got a different sense of humor than someone like souta; i can't really imagine her ever making a habit of serious jokes at someone else's expense. she really just wants everyone to feel welcome and like they have a place. her greatest weakness is probably her lack of focus and her need for external validation; she has a lot of ideas in her head of what she feels is right and what she should do, but heavily relies on the discipline of others around her to help with implementation and "streamline" her goals and formulate concrete plans. She's gotten better at doing this on her own with age and experience, though, so she's been able to be more independent and an effective leader. she's constantly trying to see the best in others, and their potential, so she can get caught down rabbit holes of situations she may be better off abandoning.

lihue is all about self improvement and efficiency. she hates wasting her time and if she's involving herself in something, it is usually because she feels like there's something she can learn from it. to her, skill acquisition is how she gains self-sufficiency; relying on others too much makes her uncomfortable and she has huge issues with vulnerability. she tries to approach all emotions from an analytical lens and can come off as insensitive as a result. while this emotional neglect impacts others, it has also impacted herself greatly; she is normally very decisive, but her reluctance to pay mind to her emotions has left an experience gap, making her hesitant, scared, and unsure in vulnerable exchanges she considers far outside her depth. rather than wade through her emotions, she holds others at a distance. this is her biggest fault, and something she is actively working on; despite her attitude, which can sometimes come off as if she thinks herself better than others, she is highly self critical, and she doesn't feel like she can ever do enough to distance herself from her past actions.

souta can come off as a "just here to have fun" sort of guy on the surface, but he's far more deep than he lets on, and he takes a lot of enjoyment in seeing others try to understand him. a lot of the things he says and does are to see how others respond, noting their patterns and behaviors, information he stores for use later. because of this, it comes off like he always has a reply to whatever is thrown at him--some detail said offhandedly in a previous convo? he probably remembers that. some nervous tick? he saw that, too. as you may expect, he has a teasing problem, which can make serious conversations a struggle to attain; sometimes, this is just him getting caught up in conversations he sees as games he can win, other times it is a deliberate effort to obfuscate since he does have, to a smaller degree, vulnerability issues like lihue. because he has no memory of his life as a human, he places a great value on his current life and works to carve out a unique identity and purpose; whether that past person was good or bad, he does not want to define himself or be defined by others as someone he doesn't even view as himself. he likes to maintain a sense of independence and control over his life--he loathes ever feeling obligated to do something, and he would rather everything be a product of his own choice. to him, that makes his loyalty worth even more, right?

OKAY NOW THE SEPARATE DYNAMICS

lucille and souta have definitely gotten the most time together. he finds her authenticity and self-sacrificing nature admirable and she's very fun to watch. she's expressive and doesn't tend to hide her thoughts, so it's instant gratification whenever he does something. i don't see him as someone who is super approval-seeking normally ( he's pretty confident on his own) but i think he is a little desperate (won't admit it) for lucille to like him and to find him funny. she was definitely the one most interested in learning about his past life / backstory. the attention was a feeling he got hooked on and got really into baiting, until the point that it began to make her overthink things and for him to start feeling not seen for who he was in the present. they both enjoy being around someone they can have fun with, so they can sometimes forget to GET SERIOUS but they have some good serious moments too (she makes him more committal and honest, he makes her more introspective, both start to think a little more long term because they want the other person there, ect). i didn't plan them from the start, and i only began to explore them after lihue had left. i think comparing them as lucille's 'options' is natural as a result. souta offers a lot that lihue never did; he's a little evasive when hes a tease, but he also doesn't hesitate to validate lucille when she needs it, and he finds her reactions as a result just as satisfying. his decision to follow her also means a lot to her; she's someone who values loyalty highly, and it is difficult for her to let people she loves go. with him, she doesn't find herself questioning loyalty or if he loves her, which means a lot to her.

lucille and lihue were far more planned early-on. i feel their personalities compliment more obviously: high extroversion vs high introversion, lucille is more head-in-the-clouds, lihue is more practical and efficient. lucille's warm and accepting, lihue is critical and severe. with them, i think a mistake would be to believe that lihue was somehow the more mature one. lucille is more upbeat, seemingly "gullible", and allows her herself more vulnerability, but this permission to feel isn't immaturity; it is an acceptance she may be hurt, but she'll take the risk because she wants the chance to connect with others. lihue runs from situations she is scared of and hurts people like lucille as a result. even as she learns this to be wrong, she feels she can never recover from what she has done. it's a game of lucille forgiving and giving chances, and lihue feeling she doesn't deserve the chances or isn't ready for anything lucille has to offer. there's some merit to this; lucille shouldn't have to tolerate being hurt because she is living for someone's potential, but she truly does want lihue in her life, whether it be as a friend or something else, so she's just working on being a good person and someone lihue can rely on once she allows herself that vulnerability. another thing with them is sorting through if you still like a person or if you like your memories of them, since they did originally like each other when they were younger, and a lot of time has passed since then; they are trying to navigate this as more mature people. definitely a big hurdle is that lihue's past behavior does make lucille paranoid about the future, but she's managing this by just being realistic with her expectations and accepting she can't control lihue, only herself.

well well well……….souta and lihue. souta does not feel threatened by lihue at all; he sees her as highly predictable, easy to run circles around, and definitely easy to poke fun at. he'd probably be more inclined to be 'harsher' to her than to lucille because lihue wants to act tough all the time. since she's so self-critical, she'd probably expect that he'd be more confrontational toward her over lucille (she deserves it right?) but he isn't actually. he talks to her about it casually or just makes small jabs about it, but nothing that would start a fight. serious fights aren't his vibe and he thinks lucille can voice her feelings herself. lihue might feel a little jealous that he offers a lot that she feels she cant. BUT BESIDES THE LUCILLE FACTOR. i did intend them to be friends early in the comic. they often appeared more as a pair before lihue left the team. lihue sees him as someone who is highly intelligent but who wastes his time on things that are too inane. she doesn't see the logic in his behavior and feels he wastes a lot of time on things that don't matter. like lucille, he's distinguished from lihue by his extroversion, but he's less silly; he's also a little bit more intimidating because he doesn't see the need to be careful with her. likewise, she also doesn't waste time sparing his feelings, so i can imagine their exchanges coming off as incredibly harsh or direct, and potentially off-putting to outsiders. i think they have a 'bite' to them which has its own appeal--i think she'd eventually catch up to his teases and try to be just as ruthless back.

i definitely have my personal biases for what i feel is 'best' for certain characters and what is most narratively satisfying (whole separate conversation), but i enjoy exploring them all and think they've got interesting drama. i think about them a lot. they have a playlist. i have songs. theyre always on my mind

#lucille #lihue #souta #platinum 2

[ladylyra]

hesitance

#lyra'sart #platinum 2 #lucille #lihue #oc #gijinka #pokemon #empoleon #medicham

[ladylyra]

commission for @roadsidedeer !!

#commission #digital art #skeleton #lyra'sart #artists on tumblr

[ladylyra]

overtime

#sawyer patel #kaycee hobbes #skelekaycee #inscryption #inscryption fanart #fanart #comic #grimora #lyra'sart #magnificus #skeleton

[ladylyra]

full ghoul designs

#kaycee hobbes #royal dominguez #sawyer patel #grimora #inscryption #fanart #lyra'sart #skeleton #skelekaycee

[ladylyra]

Oh my god, Mary and Lucille would be such a beautiful disaster. What would that relationship be like? Other than quick

well as mary usually does, she would calculate lucille's usefulness to her and then use her charms to get exactly what she wants because she senses pretty immediately lucille will fold to a beautiful woman any day of the week (ignoring several red flags along the way) with an important thing being that lucille would more so be enamored with the facade mary puts up and be a little blind to her genuine values/motives (would probably be immediately turned off if she actually knew her tbh). from mary's perspective, she would definitely find lucille amusing, but not someone she takes super seriously. lucille's main desire has always been to help others and be valued by others and i think she wears this openly so mary would definitely give her the validation she needs + very readily exploit her desire to make others happy. i think mary's own fun, thrill-seeking, adventurous side with maxed out charisma would definitely appeal to lucille and they'd both have a great time around each other, with the difference being lucille seeing this as a springboard for genuine connection whereas mary is content to leave it on the surface and move on as soon as she gets bored or no longer needs her :)

#mary #lucille

[ladylyra]

yeah yeah yeah i'm a day late happy (mostly) crackship valentines day

#kirsi #lucille #mary #mura #yumi #lia #yuki #kurai #lihue #souta #pokemon #gijinka #meganium #empoleon #grimmsnarl #froslass #weavile #cresselia #swoobat #grafaiai #medicham #drifblim #lyra'sart #platinum 2

[ladylyra]

loyal ghouls

#inscryption #grimora #inscryption fanart #royal dominguez #sawyer patel #kaycee hobbes #skeleton #lyra'sart #grimora inscryption

[ladylyra]

#contributing to the weezer ecosystem #inscryption #grimora #leshy #magnificus #p03 #leshy inscryption #lyra'sart