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zukka-fic-recs · 1 year

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Hello! I am totally new to reading Zukka and would love some recommendations. If you've already done this, please feel free to just link to another post! I would love a few recs of what you consider to be "must-reads". I'm open to any length or rating (although I tend to read rated E), I would just love to start with a few that are phenomenal :)

Hi stavro!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Zukka fics!

Here's a Zukka starter pack for you, I limited it to 10 fics to stop it from getting too unwieldy, but it was really difficult to keep it so short tbh, so if you want more lmk!

Zukka Must-Reads

Blue by blacklipscurse

Available on Ao3, Complete (Part 1), Teen, Slowburn, Canon-Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Blue Spirit Zuko, Secret Indentities, Ba Sing Se, Angst, H/C, Homophobia, Physical Disability, Humour / Humor

Wordcount: 192,682

This fic is a whole damn phenomenon in this fandom and it's phenomenal to match! The way the characters are written really draws you in. It's a very emotive fic and I truly cannot emphasise how funny blacklipscurse's writing is, I laughed a lot. Especially at Zuko, and sometimes Sokka. 😅 There is a sequel but it's a WIP and Blue can stand alone. :)

absence of heat, excess of destiny by theycallmesuperboy / @baegarrick

Available on Ao3, Complete, Gen, Canon-Compliant, Alternate Universe - Soulmate, AU - Soulmate-Identifying Marks

Wordcount: 4,336

Absolute classic, and I love soulmate fics so for me this is top tier.

Real Slow by surveycorpsjean (Ao3) / zanimez (Tumblr)

Available on Ao3, Complete, Mature, Post-Canon, Fluff, Smut, H/C, Angst, Ambassador Sokka

Wordcount: 21,490

The way their relationship gently unfurls in this is very satisfying. Highly recommend!

Hallowed by HairCrescendo / @sword-and-stars

Available on Ao3, Complete, Explicit, Smut, Fluff

Wordcount: 4,615

Smouldering smut and fluffy feelings. I'd recommend all of HairCrescendo's work tbh, they're a fantastic writer and they have about a dozen more Explicit works. ;)

three words that become hard to say (I and love and you) by overcomeeithlongingfora_girl / @overcomewithlongingfora-girl

Available on Ao3, Complete, Explicit, Smut, Praise Kink, Subdrop, Domdrop, Light BDSM

Wordcount: 2,977

This fic is hothotHOT, and yet also so sweet and emotional it makes my heart hurt. Bring a fan and some tissues.

Courtesan by lesbianophelia / @mendontprotectyou

Available on Ao3, Complete, Explicit, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Light Praise Kink

Wordcount: 2,200

So scrumptious I just want to eat it. Prepare to feel things. 🔥

For Peace and Zuko by BeersForQueers / @omgbeersforqueers

Available on Ao3, Complete, Explicit, Slowburn, Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage, Future Fic, Canon-Divergence

Wordcount: 43,277

Speaking of classics, honestly you could read anything and everything by BeersForQueers and I would recommend doing so! They're a longtime member of the fandom. They were there for this ship when it needed it most (I want you to know that I just blew a kiss to the sky). Having said that, For Peace and Zuko is one of my absolute favourites. The sequel Ice Cave makes for a lovely epilogue.

when the prison doors are opened by alternatedoom

Available on Ao3, Complete, Explicit, Underage, Sickfic, Angst, H/C, Voyeurism, Animal Killed for Food, FWB, Imprisonment, Dub-Con

Wordcount: 164,648

I don't know if this counts as slowburn given... ahem, the progression of things. On the emotional front, perhaps. Their relationship development is messy in a delicious way, really twists you around into such wonderful spirals... Idek if I'm making any sense, that's what this fic does to my mental capacity! Every character interaction is just so so good and the way the tension gets ratcheted up and then unwound is captivating. I could gush about this fic all day, but instead I'll just leave it at: it's really, really good and you should read it.

In the Soft Light by CSHfic and VSfic

Available on Ao3, Complete, Teen, Slowburn, Pining, Canon-Divergence, Alternate Universe - War Ended Early, Angst, H/C, Firelord Azulon, Miscommunication, Pining, Underage Drinking, AU - Moon Spirit Sokka, side Bakoda, Sickfic, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Bed-Sharing

Wordcount: 83,904

Some of my absolute favourite authors in this fandom and all of their work is fantastic quality. In terms of spot-on characterisation, wonderful descriptions, plenty of humour to balance out the angst... Their writing is masterful, and this is one of my favourites of their fics. They have more mature/explicit works as well. ;) (Side-note: I absolutely adore Zuko in this fic).

(do you take this jerk to be) your one and only by jatersade

Available on Ao3, Complete, Teen, Slowburn, Angst, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Arranged Marriage, Bed-Sharing, Misunderstandings, Pining, AU - Royalty, Alternate Universe - 100 Year War Ended Early, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

Wordcount: 55,846

I love the arranged marriage trope and I love it when authors play around with the gang's status as the children of royalty and world leaders, and this fic does all of that so well. Jatersade's pacing and the quality of their charecterisarion really elevates this fic.

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I wanted to keep this list to complete fics, but I do have to mention feels like we only go backwards by oldpotatoe, because although it's a WIP it is iconic.

Also, a personal favourite of mine that has been discontinued (but didn't end on a cliffhanger or anything) is invisible string by wilteddaisy (taotu). I have it saved to my phone as a PDF for when I need a comfort read, that's how much I love it.

#zukka fic rec #zukka fic recs #atla #sokka/zuko #zukka #zuko/sokka #Zukka starter pack #Zukka must-reads #Zukka classics #This is just a short list I know this isn't all the Zukka classics #I can already think of so many that aren't on this #But have mercy even putting this together took me hours 😭#Good thing I missed my flight and had to take a 4 hour bus so I had the time to compose this huh 😅#Maybe my psychiatrist was right about me having adhd...#Anyway if you'll excuse me I have some rereading to do!#There are some recs in the notes too now 💕

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epicspheal · 11 months

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Where's My Sister's Purrloin!? A Hugh Analysis

"Yeah… OK! Let's go get your Pokémon! There's something I have to do! And to do that, I need someone I can trust besides my partner Pokémon. A person I can trust! That's right! I'm talking about you! You seem like you've got good instincts!" <- Meeting Hugh outside of Aspertia City

Oh Hugh! Definitely one of the most misunderstood rivals. Also one of my favorites (also that seems to be a trend with the characters I like but that's a topic for another day). Hugh is our sole rival in BW2 and he's a rival with one of the most unique motivations for a rival character in the franchise.

Let's start by looking at Hugh's name which is rather straightforward. In all of the translations it's a homophone for the word Hue which is a major property of colors in color theory. He follows the naming conventions of Cheren and Bianca in that there all color themed which harks back to gens 1 and 2 where the main characters have color names (which makes sense as gen 5 was a bit of a soft reboot to the franchise in some respects). Of note his German, Spanish and French names of refer to the famous painter Henri Matisse who was known for his Fauvism style which opted for strong colors, again reinforcing the color symbolism. Interesting to note that Hugh as a given name that has mix of Irish and Germanic origin meaning "mind, intellect and spirit" with it actually being an anglicized version of Gaelic "Aodh" which means "fire". Hugh is certainly very intellectual, spirited and fiery especially when it comes to getting his revenge on Team Plasma and getting his sister's Purrloin back.

Next to look at his team. Like many rivals, he gets a traditional starter, but it's one that he raised from an egg. One that's actually stronger than your starter on the type chart. But honestly I think his signature Pokemon (based on what we see in Pokemas) is his Bouffalant. Bouffalant is described in a few Pokedex entries as be wild and reckless charging at everything. Which is quite reminiscent of Hugh during much of the game when it comes to Team Plasma. Indeed when you take a look at the rest of his team members you'll see that often times Hugh opts for high-risk, high reward moves such as Wild Charge on his Eelektross and Bouffalant (which gives recoil), Giga Impact on his Unfezant (forces the user to not use any move after atacking, leaving it vulnerable), Fire Blast/Hydro Pump/Leaf Storm on his starter (high powered but not 100% accuracy).

Which when you look at his character overall, makes a lot of sense. He's very passionate but the passion veers into recklessness in many respects.

Hugh gets a lot of flak from the community for going on and on about his sister's Purrloin. But people do that forget this is his driving motivation. And also most Pokemon characters tend to repeat themselves (which is less a symptom of them being bad characters, but of the writers not knowing how to vary dialogue that gets the point across without being repetitive).

But yes Hugh's very unlike most rivals in that he really isn't concerned about the rivalry. It's not that Hugh is a jerk. He's very kind to the player and generally respectful of others outside of Team Plasma (to whom he does not show a lot of mercy to in the beginning). It's just his primary goal isn't besting the protagonist. Rosa/Nate just so happen to be friends that he challenges to see if they can keep up with him while he takes down Team Plasma. In many ways he expands on the role carved out by Silver, who also was more concerned strength for the sake of defying his father than dealing with the protagonist but just didn't mind antagonizing them when they crossed paths. And Gladion and Marnie also fall in this trend as being more concerned about a goal that's not just "I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was".

"You're a little worried? Are you KIDDING me?! Your Pokémon might be lost forever! Whatever! I'll look! ! Help out!" <- On Flocessy Ranch

This a line that sticks out to me as it occurs when the owners of the Floccessy Ranch lost their Herdier and Hugh is extremely upset…more upset than Herdier's actual owners. At this point in the story he hasn't revealed the whole bit about his sister's Purrloin but this line is good foreshadowing to the eventual reveal. He's seen the trauma first hand of a stolen Pokemon can do and it causes an immediate reaction

"Shut it! You guys are the worst! You talk about saving Pokémon, but you're just Pokémon thieves! Don't think I'll ever forgive you!" <- Meeting Team Plasma in Virbank

Now I know Pokemon isn't known for writing but I honestly feel like they were doing a good job in slowly revealing more about Hugh and his motivations as we continued to encounter him during the journey. Once again we're adding more to Hugh, that not only has he probably seen a Pokemon get stolen, but that Pokemon was stolen by Team Plasma. But more importantly you can see a major flaw of his. That he is struggling with forgiveness as we see that he constantly references not forgiving Team Plasma throughout the game

"Five years ago… Team Plasma stole my little sister's Purrloin. It had been given to her as a present. I was only a little kid… I couldn't do anything… So… So that's why I have to get stronger!" <- Nimbasa City

And here's the big reveal. Now what sticks out to me is how powerless he felt. Of course this is a common trope with young characters who have been in serious situations to feel powerless and become hellbent on getting stronger to the point it kind of blinds them in a way (cough Paulo cough). But it's nice to see this in Pokemon with Hugh. It fits into the underlying theme of BW2 that deals with progression and how the region of Unova as a whole progresses from the events two years prior.

Given that Hugh states that Purrloin was taken 5 years ago that means that Team Plasma had been starting their public operations 3 years prior to the events of the original Black and White Games (we know of course N had been groomed by Ghetsis to be king as a young child but this gives us confirmation of them starting more public operations earlier in the timeline). Hugh, his sister, and countless others in Unova had been suffering the loss of their Pokemon for half a decade and that's heartbreaking.

Hugh: "Wait! I just remembered. Clay… Why? What's the reason? Why have you forgiven Team Plasma?" Clay: "There's always room for folks to grow and change, ain't there? And, if ya only go after what ya think is right, ya might end up rejectin' all thoughts and opinions other than yer own. That's mighty dangerous." Hugh: "Hmph… Is that one of those compromises adults are supposed to make? Whatever! I'm gonna fight Team Plasma! Oh yeah, what were you wanting to show us?" <- Clay and Hugh after the player wins the Quake Badge from Clay

This exchange is really important as while Hugh at the moment isn't truly ready for forgiveness from Team Plasma…it's shows he's not so closeminded to the idea as if he were, he wouldn't have even asked Clay why he had forgiven them. He's still resistant to the idea of forgiving Team Plasma as we see in later moments he's vary wary of working with ex-Team Plasma members to fight off Neo Team Plasma, but all hope is not lost. This is an important first step in his overall growth.

"That's the ONLY Purrloin in the world that my late grandpa caught for my little sister!" <- On the Plasma Frigate for the second time

This is a huge line for me. I've seen one too many people joke over the years "It's just a Purrloin, LUL. Why can't he just go get another one for his sister" and it lowkey irks me. Like his late grandfather went out of his way to catch that Purrloin for his sister. That's special. And even if their grandpa was still alive, or if someone else had of caught it, it doesn't change the fact that Hugh's sister bonded with that Purrloin. That's not a bond you can simply replace. Who knows if another Purrloin and his sister would've bonded the same way. It shows a great deal of maturity on Hugh's part to understand what that Purrloin meant to his sister compared to those (both in-universe and out) who say it's just as easy as replacing the Pokemon with another one.

"Wh-what? Don't mess with me… That's someone else's Pokémon!" "Sorry… This situation is messing with my head… I just don't know what to do… I finally found my sister's Pokémon, but now it's glaring at me… Why?!" "… … Hey… … If we let Team Plasma do whatever we want… There'll be more sad Pokémon like Purrloin and Kyurem…" <- On the Plasma Frigate for the third time upon finding his sister's Purrloin

This is such a poignant moment in BW2 for me because Hugh finally finds his sister's Pokemon…only for it to glare at him because it's now used to being under the Shadow Triad's control. You can feel his hurt through his words because this was his goal. This moment. And now he's not even sure he can bring this Purrloin back to his sister. Give Hugh a hug because he deserves it.

"Thanks to you, I accomplished what I set out to do during my journey! I wish I could've shown you my little sister's huge smile! This is my thanks!" <- Victory Road

We get a chance to meet Hugh in Victory Road and we get to hear some good news. His sister and Purrloin have been reunited! It's really touching to see such a good ending for him and his family. Hugh's dialogue is also much more relaxed in Victory Road now that his mission is over. It's good to see him more at ease after him being so wound up the majority of the playthrough

"What? I heard that Team Plasma left many Pokémon behind when they fled. And I'm helping find their real Trainers… That aside… Since you're here, you should have a battle with me before you go!" <- In Driftveil for postgame rematches

And even better? Hugh's begun to forgive Team Plasma (well at least the part that was genuinely following N). This is a huge step forward for someone who was pushing Team Plasma grunts out the way earlier and being hellbent on vengeance. Hugh honestly has one of the most satisfying conclusions for a rival in my opinion. He gets his goal, he learns a valuable lesson in accepting that (some) people can change, and he doesn't have to feel inferior to the player who is constantly beating him.

But Hugh's not done there! When he arrives in Pokemas we get to see him featured in two prominent stories. The first one is Revel In Rivalry where he gets into beef with Bede. It shows that while he has grown he still is a bit quick tempered seeing how easily provoked by Bede he was. But he learns to calm down and come to a truce much faster than he did with Team Plasma (granted there were more dire circumstances there) showing how he had grown from his journey.

Then of course there's the Unova Villain arc where this time it's Hugh that has his partner Bouffalant stolen. And to make matters worse he's been captured alongside N. What I loved about the Unova Villain arc is the focus on Hugh's growth. Yes, he's still very hotheaded. But he's learned to trust and forgive seeing as how he figured out N's identity well before Ghetsis told him in an attempt to break the partnership the two had formed while in captivity. Pre-character development Hugh would've flipped his shit on N. But hearing him talk about the people who spoke so highly of N (referencing the fact that Hugh works with the good part of Team Plasma to get the stolen Pokemon back to their trainers) and him saying he trusts N shows how much he's grown. It's really heartwarming to see him and N team up against Ghetsis' sorry ass.

So yeah, Hugh's a great character that I feel like needs more love in the fandom.

#rival hugh #hugh pokemon #pokemon bw2 #pokemas #character analysis

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rivalsilveryuri · 4 months

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wait what is ur favorite gen if it’s not gen 2

OK. so this is the worlds most complicated question 4 me aside from "whats your gender and sexuality" (there are no other questions) like.. UGHHH i literally CANNOT answer this without going on a HUMONGOUS essay not kidding. though if i DO it'll be really rambly.. and. not go anywhere really... (guess what?! point of no return V)

Favourite pokemon gen is a VERY difficult question for me. its easier to say my least favourite gen. Which would be gen 8. because it feels just… boring and forgettable in a way that .. no other gen feels? And is honestly a total mess in my opinion, but.. not in the way gen 9 sorta was? Cause while i definitely have a lot of gripes with gen 9, I do think theres a decent amount of positives and stuff to work with, and stuff that WORKS, and things that really stand out. ..compared to how bland gen 8 felt 2 me. And pointing out which gen im neutral about is fairly easy, aka sinnoh. (might need to really replay it and think it over tbh)

(though theres always one thing that complicates this and its like. the remakes? because sometimes i like a main gen game or hate it, and then i have opposite feelings about the remake, so its like. is the remake…. technically the gen of the origi… ok. whatever, this is a whole complication, i think i'll just go with like. whenever i say favourite gen it just means "favourite region" and remakes can count as well (minus gen 4 sorry ur remake was Like That) to make this easier)

And sayign which gens i Like… But don't tend to feel .. TOO much about ? like kanto… gen 1 has sooo much rep and content that its like.. frlg is fun, (and so is its SECOND remake, good lird) but theres not too much 4 me to chew on .. in . a.. deeper sense? aside from blue, red and leaf, personally. It's not bad! But I don't think anybody's really rearing to say gen 1 is undoubtably the best game mechanics.. visual.. story.. or.. anythin wise. it aint BAD.. but its not really.. much more ta me……

(also i'll specify, mechanics/ gameplay are like.. yes theres type additions, ability changes, oh and the split early on and myah myah and some games have gimmicks and other stuff like mounts, and supposedly bw/bw2 is harder [base game, not hard mode]-

(which. dude did you know. like. this is fucking silly to me but.. upon beating the maingame of black you unlock hard mode. "okay well, whats the issue?" well. upon beating the main game of white. yyou um. get. easymode.) (like im sorry but why the shit would you make DIFFICULTIES VERSION EXCLUSIVES…….. WHO PLAYS THROUGH AN ENTIRE POKEMON GAME.. AND IS LIKE "ah yes wait let me delete my save and do all of that again but like. even easier" W.. WHY… WHY IS… EASY MODE… UNLOCKED… AFTER BEATING THE GAME,, WHY IS HARD MODE A VERSION EXCLUSIVE???? A GENUINELY INTERESTING FEATURE N CHALLENGE?? i know people have probably said this before but its SO baffling to me. what a design choice)

-…but generally the core is the same, and ive never particularly ran into a bump in pokemon games, so it isnt really TOO much of a gripe to me. i love meaningless grinding. i was the worlds most boring little kid, i would start up a pokemon game just to grind to level 40 immediately after getting a starter for FUN. i could watch paint dry for hours i do NOT mind. The only time gameplay comes up is just. How Much is there to do? yknow? how much content.)

but my feelins on kanto are ironic cause i like johto more. sorryyy! i think johtos just more fun 2 me, partly because silver is SOO personal to me, and what they did with kanto was just a more welcome shakeup 2 me tbh. and i like the sort of feeling parts of it give off, and like. yes theres the big hole of like. team rocket being even MORE of a wet fart in that game than b4. likr sure hgss DEFINITELY gave it an overhaul but it still wasnt .. GREAT… since it was the lowest presence an evil team kind of had (until gen 8.) and while yes, they were trying to contact giovanni, and giovanni .. was.. there .. he just got time travel assassinated.. its still kinda.. eh? and being one of the games with a HUUGE identity crisis in the way that gen 2 is forever stuck to gen 1 in a way… gen 1 isnt? but shrug. I don't really mind it. OH and i love silver in crystal. he's so so funny in crystal, whats wrong with him… and i like the legendary beast stuff! i like it, it feels pretty fucking cool.. and eusines funny. pokemon crystal is so fascinatign 2 me i want to pick it apart with my teeth, i love the aesthetic, the music, everythin. (even if the late grind is HORRIBLE) ..but idk if gen 2 is my favourite. We'll.. get back to this later .

SO WHAT IS? Um.

See .. this is kinda where i have 2 now explain a timeline. I KNOW. i know. .. (said through tears) You're just gonna have to sit down with me here because i am so insanely autistic about pokemon. pokemon has been my special interest since i was a tiny pea brained baby. i was literally known purely for pokemon when i was younger because i would NOT shut up about it. (….and here i am writing an unneccesarily long, entire essay. well.) My first game was xy. when i was . uhh .. gosh.. somethin likr… 9? i couldnt finish it because i genuinely couldnt read and got stuck on that furfrou puzzle. i know. its so insanely easy . its unreal. But i gave up. and i didnt have any internet so it stayed that way. for several years. I KNOW. OKAY. leave me alone…

but in the meantime i got oras and. this is when the autism kicked in . severely….. i fucking LOOOVE ORAS . ORAS HEADS LETS GOOO LETS RISE WOOO WOOO IM SOOOOO BIASED. UNREAL-Y BIASED. CRITICAL THINKING DIES HERE WOOOOOHOOOO . and . its a whole thing. i love the way oras looks. its so so so pretty, like. SHOCKINGLY pretty dude. I also really like the weird fusion oras and xy had of like. chibi models, the realistic (? i have no better description 4 this. models used in cutscenes and battles), AND the art. which was definitely unnecessary but i think the eeny weeny models were cute.. Also oras' music. i know its NOT original but i really like the way they remade it. yes the trumpets are almost absent, and some major changes were made to some tracks, which were devisive but honestly? i really like the original soundtrack (because the way rse's soundtrack sounds is really impressive) and the remake is just very lovingly done imo? it just feels nice 2 listen 2…

but . all my.. Current, More Developed Brain Opinions aside. at this point i could read. amazing development. so, i liked lisia. hated brendan. (we had beef.) thought wally was odd but fun, and i REALLY liked zinnia… and of course maxie and archie and their admins too.. and by the way, i liked this game SO much, that i completed the entire pokedex at age 10/11. for fun. so its safe to say i . may like oras. i liked it SO much i then pestered one of my older brothers when he was over to find a tutorial for that segment in xy.. and eventually beat that too. i like gen 6, but i understand a lot of people DONT, and thats understandable. lysandre is SUCH a mess, so are the rivals, but i generally found it charming. though i definitely understand why it was received Very Badly. but xy isnt my favourite.

A few years later, a bit older, when i was then 12.. i played gen 7…. and really liked it. but i dont have too much to SAY about it. (this could honestly be because i didnt replay gen 7 again, having one savefile for my entire playtime. and while i still have an unreal amount of time in usum, i didnt obsessively replay it like i did with oras.) but there's nothing 4 me 2 say that hasnt already been said.. i liked gen 7. completed the dex when i was 12. i liked lillie and gladion and hau, (and i think people either A) dumbed them down way too much, or where excessively critical over hau being. Nice. which….) and team skull.. which is one of my favourite evil teams below magma/aqua, and its definitely one of my favourite gens. but i think… people have said it before but sm had the better story, usum had the better gameplay. usum is JAMMED full of sooo much content its unreal….but i HATE what they did with lusamine. also the ultra recon stuff was kinda … uhh. it was REALLY hyped up in advertising like "oooohhh who are these mysterious people?!?!?" and they just kinda… didnt have a presence??? at all??? like. umm. ok . but i like gen 7. … i like halves of gen 7.

Then . ..gen 8 came out. and uhh. well. I lost a WHOLE lot of faith. cause when it came out almost.. …5 .. years ago .. stars abovr . i got really pissed. cause i HATED IT. i played through it, i wanted to give it a chance, and it was .. fine.. at first. but then i started thinking about it. and thinking about it. and you heard a LOT of things about it at the time. and then i hated it. i hated pokemon . and then i did not touch this game series for the next four years. I heard NEWS about pokemon, but i just kind of grew more spiteful over the years and stuck my head further underground.

#VOICEMAIL #good lird. i am SO sorry for the person i become whenever I talk about pokemon #i never get to ramble about it to this degree . WORDS GET AWAY FROM ME </3 #I HAVE 2 REBLOG 2 ADD PART 2 . HELP ME. SORRY.......

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thebladeblaster · 6 months

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Kinda a spiritual successor to if *insert Pokémon* evolved like a Digimon😅. In this case it’s what if the Pokémon protags had Digimon.

This is Gen 1-5 I’ll do the others later. Their partners are based on the starters they chose it masters.

No brainer of course he gets the fire lizard. As for him going in the virus direction a bit that’s because Red has Mega Charizard X.

Anyway as the og boy he probably uses a crest or something to evolve his partner. His dark Digivolution is at the perfect level as a reference to Tai.

Honestly with Ethan I just stuck to the whole flame thing and giving him a flaming partner that is not a dragon or dinosaur.

I kinda just gave them armors for funzies but only Ethan would probably actually use it. I imagine Silver having Dianamon and they end up jogressing their Digimon in the final battle.

Unfortunately for poor Brendan I couldn’t find anything to serve as a super ultimate. If anyone has any ideas then tell me.

3rd one so…Biomerge? I think that would be especially cool with Bloomlordmon.

MOnKeY. Enough said.

I guess since he’s number 4 that alternatively spirit evolution is on the table 😅. I mean…your throwing hands in Legends Arceus so maybe it could work. Especially since Digimon Frontier has a lot of holy figures involved too.

Overall kept to the samurai theme with Oshawott. I imagine his mega gets influenced by the dragon stone.

He 100% evolves his Digimon the same way Masaru does. This boy is clinically insane enough to throw hands with Pokémon in the manga. No I’m not joking.

I’ve decided that Black is either immortal or a Pokémon because those are the only explanations for how he isn’t dead. So go right ahead and fight those digital monsters Unova man.

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tf2heritageposts · 1 year

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the mercs and which pokémon generation would be their favorite:

scout: strikes me as either the douche who actually liked sword and shield or someone who’s new to the series and only has played pokémon go or scarlet and violet

pyro: gen 2, specifically crystal. likes the sprite work the best and tries to shiny hunt for pokémon they think look the coolest or the cutest

soldier: barely understands how video games work, but his favorite is gen 5 because it’s based off america, specifically pokémon white/black 2. he blasts through the story by overlevling his starter and braveriary he named uncle sam in all caps because he didn’t realize there was a lowercase option, then uses shock and awe as he sweeps the place with no regard for super effective moves or strategies. sun tzu would be ashamed

demoman: while there was a dlc for sword and shield for an isle based off scotland, there’s no way in sweet hell he’d actually like those games, let alone ones based in britain. he’d probably like gen 3 or 4, ruby and platinum respectively. he plays competitive very casually, and only really plays the lower tiers because he finds them more fun than the higher tiers. also they have his favorite pokémon in them

engineer: honestly, he’d probably like any of the games, but i think he’d love gen 1 specifically for it’s interesting glitches. god knows he’s the type of guy to look for ways to fuck up a game like pikasprey. he’d probably like yellow the best

heavy: uhhhhh my brain says he’d be a genwunner, but considering he has a lit degree, he’d probably like gen 5 since it has one of the best and most mature stories in the series. would choose black/white 2 but prefer white 2

medic: he’s a genwunner i’m sorry i love him but he only has the gameboy games and nothing else, on original carts too. he doesn’t have a real play style, he mostly just plays the games over and over every time he’s bored. may try speedrunning it sometimes. he has all three but he prefers blue

sniper: probably either gen 3 or gen 7, though he specifically plays the games to collect critters and not really to actually engage with the story or do competitive or whatnot. he has the national dex completed on every save file he does. plays emerald, fire red, and honestly he’d probably play sun or moon

spy: gen 6, it’s based off france come on. he plays competitive and will bully everyone else for their “bad competitive teams” because everyone else tends to just use their favorites. he also plays only OU and UBERS because he’s lame like that. he also has both games because he’s fucking rich and has two ds’ he trades to himself with

bonus:

merasmus: gen 4, but he likes the gen 2 remakes the best. when soldier isn’t pissing him off he does shiny hunts and uses magic to manipulate the odds because he’s an impatient motherfucker. plays heart gold

pauling: probably wouldn’t care about pokémon honestly, but she strikes me as the kind who’d actually like the spin-offs the best, specifically any of the mystery dungeon games, but specifically gen 4

saxton: realistically he’d probably break a game console and call it for kids, but if he did manage to like a game, he’d like the pokken games or scarlet and violet, and doesn’t care which one it is

#not a heritage post #side note demoman would woop spy’s ass in competitive #even the higher tiers #he understands you can use your favorite pokémon as long as you know how to synergize them right #also he’d use gimmick strategies just to piss spy off #not baton pass he’s not that much of a douche #he’ll use FEAR just to make spy’s little competitive heart explode

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becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys · 1 year

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Because I have no impulse control and enjoy seeing you roast people who approach you because your 'not an expert' expertise...

What in your opinion is the best starter pokemon (gen 1-3)

Ooh, this will probably start a war

Gen 1

Bulbasaur! :D

In fact I also like Charizard well enough, but the first Pokémon I ever had was my lovely Bulbasaur Daffodil. He remains the one Pokémon that I persistently keep bringing through the generations from game to game, with the result that he is now my oldest surviving Pokémon. The same one. Still my first and best.

He is a big grumpy potato flower and I love him.

Squirtle bores me. These days so does Charizard really. Very overused. But then, so is the entirety of Gen 1.

Gen 2

What an awful fucking generation from start to finish. Abysmal. Entirely lacking in charisma, sense or artistry. Utterly swagless. Everything in it that's any good was either an addition to an existing line (Crobat) or later given an evolution to make it good (Mamoswine). Bitchless and appalling. Yeah I said it.

Picking the best starter is like being asked to choose between a dirty napkin, a used hanky or a mouldy sock. I guess Cyndaquil, with Chikorita second? Honestly there's not much in it.

(Apologies to anyone who unaccountably holds Feraligatr as their favourite and you should feel no shame because the world is rich and varied and fascinating and you are a beautiful thread in that tapestry but I also implore you to get better taste)

Gen 3

NOW WE'RE TALKING!! All three charming, all three with excellent design. Actual thought went into these to fit their ecology into a wider world. Sceptile is an ecosystem engineer species! It grows new forests from its own seeds! It very nearly wins, in fact, but they shafted it on the mono-typing (I will wax lyrical about the brilliance of Mega Sceptile after barely two mouthfuls of wine however, what a fucking INCREDIBLE turnabout. If only that had been the standard actual design. Sigh.)

But BLAZIKEN! Beautifully cute as a Torchic, lanky teenager as a Combusken, and then the glory of its final form being a six foot ninja chicken here to do cock fighting.

Not my fave starter of all time, I don't think, but it's high on my list and it certainly wins in the first three generations

#pokemon #asks

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teecupangel · 11 months

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Ok but.... Pokemon. What if pokemons were real and everyone would have they own team (maybe not 6, but 2/3). I MEAN GHOST TYPE WOULD BE SO GOOD. Also i cannot unsee at least one assassin having Nickit! It's pokedex entry has written that they are very silent and It erases they own tracks with swipes of its tail. THAT IS STEALTH. Also thievul can marks they targets with scent that help them stalks it. Like the bird in newer games. (Sorry for my english!)

(Your English is perfectly understandable :))

I am totally unqualified to make Pokemon teams for AC characters as I have only finished one Pokemon game: Red. I am soooo unfamiliar with all the Pokemons (hell, I don’t even know what gen we are now???). I mean, I played Black, X, and Let’s Go Eevee but I never finished them. XD

So all I can offer you is this:

Desmond gets booted into Detective Pikachu AU idea

And these unorganized notes:

Whatever Pokemons Desmond gets, he must have an Eevee that does not evolve at all. This is to represent his endless possibility. The only possible Eevee evolution I think we should allow is Sylveon because we all know he’s going to spoil that Eevee. Two other possible Pokemons he could have are a CastForm that forever stays sunny whenever near Desmond (and is really more like a pet and doesn’t go to battle) or a Solgaleo. Just… give him a sun-themed Pokemon for the irony.

Going with the Eevee idea, his ancestors all have one specific Eevee evolution. Edward would have a Vaporeon, of course. Altaïr would either have Espeon (a reference to the psychic-like powers of the Apple) or a Jolteon (pokemon.com has Jolteon as the fatest of the Eevee evolutions). Ratonhnhaké:ton would have Leafeon or Jolteon if Altaïr has Espeon. Ezio would have Flareon (because I am mean and making this a Cappadocia reference, sorry Ezio). Haytham would have a Glaceon or an Umbreon. (Or, if we’re killing off Edward anyway, give Haytham Edward’s Vaporeon)

Altaïr would definitely be the cover-all basis type of trainer so, yeah, he’d have 6 Pokemons of various types (some even dual types).

Considering Nickit’s habit of stealing, I can see Edward or Ezio having a Nickit.

Honestly, all of them having a Thievul might make sense. Like they’re an unknown shadowy organization that’s known for (1) wearing hoods, (2) having Thievul and some kind of (3) Ghost-type Pokemon on their team.

I think Mary should have a Gardevoir and that Gardevoir stays with Edward after her death (I mean, if Mary dies in this one. I’m not saying we should kill Mary, just saying…)

Evie and Jacob having Nidoqueen and Nidoking would be funny. Like… their father gave them the Nidorans as their starter Pokemons. Even funnier is if Evie has the Nidoking while Jacob has the Nidoqueen. Or, if you want them to have newer Pokemons, they both received a Charcadet when they were young and Jacob’s evolved to Armarouge while Evie’s evolved to Ceruledge. Just, they should have one Pokemon that’s like different evolutions of the same Pokemon (or opposite of the other’s Pokemon).

I think Shay should have a Froslass as a reference to how Rogue lets you travel to icy parts and how the last parts are set in an icy location (not counting France).

I can’t explain why but I think Arno should have a Greninja and they’d be a tag-team.

Of course, Eivor gets a Corviknight.

I honestly like the idea that Desmond, Altaïr, Ezio, and Ratonhnhaké:ton all have an Alcremie because someone got them to twirl around and strike a pose to evolve their Milcery… who records the entire thing. (I’m betting it’s Edward. It has to be Edward)

Minerva appears as a Gothitelle. Hell, she could be pretending to be Desmond’s Gothitelle. Idk, Gothitelle can predict the future (or just the lifespan of the trainer?), it sounds right that Minerva is Gothitelle or something.

I have this conundrum. I kinda like the idea of Altaïr, Ezio, and Ratonhnhaké:ton having distinct Pokemons related to one another. Now, my first thought would be they would each have Kanto starter Pokemons to show how they’re the first main characters of Assassin’s Creed. Or, you know, they would have the legendary birds of Gen 1 instead to show their legendary status. But, at that point, I thought, why not just give them the Raikou, Entei, and Suicune setup from the Detective Pikachu AU? At some point, my brain goes why don’t they just have a Deoxys each with Desmond having a normal form, Altaïr getting the speed form, Ezio getting the defense form and Ratonhnhaké:ton getting the attack form?

And that’s when my brain gave up and went “Fuck it, give Desmond Arceus. Lol.”

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quillpokebiology · 10 months

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Ooc: Places that I think should be pokemon regions

I want these so bad omg.

Texas, USA

As much as a dislike Texas, a region based on it would be nice. It could also bring a lot of neat pokemon. Imagine the wild areas too!

South Africa

Or just an African region in general. I don't have a reason for this other than the cool pokemon that could come with it, and I have pokemon OCs that are from a pokemon version of South Africa. It probably won't happen because Japan has a lot of xenophobia and racism, but I can hope (They added a Hawaiin region and I know that's US territory, but all 3/4 Kahunas were Hawaiin and dark skinned, so it could be closer than we think)

Egypt

5th grade me made an Egyptian pokemon region called Asaro. I never worked on it much, but I remember making a ghost type eeveelution that was a mummy (it was a regional variant of the OG ghost type I made). If they were to ever make an African pokemon region, Egypt would be the best one.

Italy

I literally have no reason for this other than I think the towns could look nice.

Australia

I think the next pokemon region is going to be Asutralian because each gen gives us a hint to the next (Example: Pokemon swsh showed art of a cherry and a grape in the hotel, which is pokemon sv). For Pokemon Scarlet, we got an image of a mountain that resembles a mountain in Asutralia.

I think an Asutralian region would be super cool. I actually had an Australian region in 5th grade called Sonin, and I want the Australian region to be real so bad to bring 5th grade me peace.

Midwest, USA

Reason? I live in the Midwest, and I want a region where I can stand in and be like "Omfg, I live here." Specifically, I live in Nebraska, but the entire midwest is the exact fucking same, so it doesn't tmatter if they choose one state or combine all of it. I even have some cool fakemon ideas! Example: a cardinal fakemon that looks like a thief, a maid raccoon because they're actually pretty clean, and the early grass types you find that turn into hot plant ladies could be corn. My friend actually made one when we were younger, and I made a map of it during quarantine. I remember making a cool town that was underground and held a ground-type gym leader.

China

I don't have any reasoning for this. I just think it'd be neat. OH WAIT! I just remembered an old fakemon I made named Fumo! It was a starter for a Chinese based region I don't remember the name of, and it was a red panda. I remember liking it a lot, and I might redraw it some day!

India

India is a really big place, and it'd probably be the biggest region. Honestly, they might just have to choose a section of India. But India has a lot of culture, and also has 1 billion people, so a lot of fans would be able to relate to it.

Mexico

There's actually an artist @voidarkana who is working in a Mexican region on their insta. I'm actually surprised we haven't gotten one, or at least hinted at one sooner (I can because Japan is xenophobic as hell). Buy there could be cool things with a Mexican region. And could you imagine the mythical and regional variants??? Imagine an Alebreje pokemon, or a Dia de los Muertos Houndoom!

Brazil

I made one in 5th grade (I made a lot of shit in 5th grade). I don't remember what it was called. I think it was Bravo or something? Idk. I want this because RAINFOREST WILD AREA. Imagine climbing on these massive vines with the newer graphics, and being able to go on the canopy! Or imagine a town in a rainforest and it'd be a cool treetop city! It'd be like Fortree city, but so much better!

Germany

Germany has a lot of culture, which I think would be fun to explore in pokemon. Plus, they could make SO many pokenon off of the Grimm's fairytales.

California, USA

California is gross, expensive, and polluted irl, but it could be super nice in a pokemon game.

Canada

I made a Canadian region named Calle in 5th grade, and I liked it a lot. It's where I had a Buneary regional variant that was ice type and had these cute little slippers. And one of the starters was an ice type hare, and I thought it was super cute.

Greece

A YouTuber had an idea for one, and I liked it a lot. I don't remember who made it, but they had the idea of the gym leaders being based off the gods, and the champion being based on a Greek Hero. That'd be so cool!

#ignore how if they did all of these it would be in the span of 42 years #rotomblr #pokemon irl #pokeblogging #pokeblog #irl pokemon #pokemon #pokeblr #rotumblr #pkmn irl #pokemon roleplay #irl pkm #ooc post

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themothsnest · 2 months

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Time for a half asleep and very hungry ramble about Legends Z-A

Most important thing

Legends Arceus is NOT a fair comparison for Legends Z-A as they are about completely different Pokémon and have their own stories and gimmicks! Legends is a series that focuses on a Legendary/Mythical and something heavily associated with them. For Arceus it was Sinnoh/Hisui & Creation Trio and those were the main story focuses of that game. For Zygarde it's all about the ecosystem and the core of Z-A will be Urban Redevelopment in Lumiose City WHICH FITS WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE LORE OF ZYGARDE!

What I personally want from Z-A

I mostly just want them to make use of Complete Forme Zygarde by having a LEGITIMATE threat that puts the ecosystem in danger and warrants it's true form. In case you haven't witnessed people suffer through Dynamax Adventures Zygarde, Complete Forme is a cunt and I am a dickhead who would like to endure more rage & suffering.

I also want to see the return of MOST of the 48 Megas with exception of the 7(???) Legendary/Mythical ones since honestly I just don't care about them (or Mega Audino) enough to really be excited about them potentially returning. Beedrill & Gallade were both in XY but didn't get Megas until ORAS so I'm mostly gunning for ORAS Megas belonging to Pokémon that were in the 450 Kalos Dex over the XY Megas.

NEW Megas for Pokémon like Pyroar, the XY Starters and/or whatever the Z-A Starters end up being is absolutely on the list especially with how few of the Megas are even for the Pokémon that were introduced to the series in the Kalos games back in 2013.

Megas OR Alt Formes for Xerneas and Yveltal would be a bonus considering how little they got in comparison to Zygarde during & after XY and how an entire theory in canon is about how Megas are linked to them and the previous time the Funky Crystal fired.

Furfrou. My shiny one from Ultra Moon is going to be the FIRST Pokémon I transfer from HOME as soon as Z-A is compatible with it.

Oh and uh a Goliath Genocidal Ginger Twink cameo... I guess

Zygarde

Definitely a Pokémon that does not need a Mega or new Forme since it went from 1 to THREE in the gen 7 games and Complete Forme was legitimately the hardest boss fight in Dynamax Adventures.

I would enjoy seeing a development of it throughout the story with it going from Cells to 10% to 50% as we approach the climax of Legends Z-A before becoming 100% as well as a bit of an explanation behind why it's battle eligible forms are a dog, a snake and a king.

Actually exploring it's relationship with Xerneas and Yveltal is also something we need considering the fact that canonically it can completely neutralise and overpower the pair of them and the fact that it's Xerneas & Yveltal that are required to fire the Funky Crystal.

Map

I don't particularly mind that currently available information is making it seem like the entire game takes place in Lumiose City. Lumiose splits into 5 sections with them all meeting at The Tower and it allows for there to potentially be 5 artificial environments to allow Pokémon from diverse habitats to exist within the city like how the Indigo Disk split Blueberry Academy's Terrarium into 4 sections.

We could potentially have 5 additional areas of Kalos that we are required to go through in order to collect information for the 5 areas of Lumiose to adapt to specific environmental needs but that hinges on future reveals that we will definitely be seeing throughout the year.

It's safe to assume that Lumiose will be scaled the absolute fuck up in Legends Z-A so it won't be the short trip around like it was in XY.

#pokemon #pokemon legends za #zygarde #pokemon xy

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princess-of-the-corner · 3 months

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As the foremost Chole expert which starter would she pick for each generation?

You know I was gonna say 'mostly fire types' then I went down the list lmao

Gen 1- Charmander

Bonus Gen 1 - Eevee

Gen 2 - Totodile (reminds her of Fang)

Gen 3 - Treeko. Gotta have that cool factor

Gen 4 - Piplup!

Gen 5 - hm. I think she'd have a tough time choosing this time. I'm gonna lean Snivy though?

Gen 6 - Fennekin! 100%

Gen 7 - Popplio because she is a Fairy Type at heart!!(seriously the pokemon au gives her a Fairy team)

Gen 8 - Grookie! Tempted to say Scorbunny because it reminds her of Alix lmao but honestly she likes the little monkey!

Bonus Gen 8 - Cyndaquil Hisui version!

Gen 9 - Sprigatito but Fuecoco holds a special place in her heart!

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adobe-outdesign · 1 year

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Squirtle line? I actually like the first two stages, but not Blastoise. I miss that fluffy tail Wartortle had and sad Blastoise didn't keep it in.

(Note: This is a rollover review from yesterday; all other asks will be answered tomorrow.)

Squirtle's got a pretty classic design. It's mostly just a normal turtle at this stage—starters often start out fairly plain—but the bipedal stance and curly tail add just enough flavor to keep it from being bland. I also think the use of color here is strong; a nice aqua color for the body to convey the water-typing, and a counter-shaded shell that helps give the body definition. I wouldn't have minded the shell being more of a red than a brown (the anime actually over-saturates it to red constantly), but otherwise I have no real complaints here.

I also want to give a special shout-out to the mouth shape. The beaked look is reminiscent of a snapping turtle, and is just inherently more interesting than having a generic curved happy mouth.

Wartortle, in my opinion, is where the line starts to get interesting. The addition of some lovely feathered ears, coupled with an even curlier tail, now lighter than the body, pushes it from "fairly standard turtle" to "cool monster design". It also gives it a theme; specially, it's based on the minogame, a turtle associated with immortality with seaweed growing from its shell. Hence this 'dex entry:

A few other tweaks, such as a more blue-ish body color and the addition of claws, help further separate it from Squirtle while still keeping it a logical continuation of the elements there. I do think the body's blue color could've stood to be darker for contrast's sake, and the lighter blue might've made more sense as white, but as a whole, I'm a big fan of this design.

If Blastoise always looked completely disconnected from Wartortle to you, that's because: it is. Originally, Blastoise had a pre-evo in the form of what seems to be a sleepy turtle with bubble canons (left), and Wartortle had a more minogame-esq evo (right); both lines were designed by two different people. It's likely they were merged into one line because the original 190 needed to be cut to 150 due to file size restrictions, and two turtles might've seemed redundant.

I can't offer any opinions on these designs designs as all we have are the terrible Gen 1 backsprites, but I have to say that while it does make sense to want to merge the two to keep both designs, it probably would've been better to keep them separate. While the colors and shell designs help with coherency a little, the minogame theme is gone completely, along with all of Squirtle and Wartortle's most distinctive features. In addition, the sudden appearance of guns, different mouth, different tail, segmented forearms, and different underside pattern feels jarring.

This also leads to the side-effect of Wartortle now feeling disconnected; I can potentially see how Squirtle leads into Blastoise, but it's clearly going off in a different direction. While I love Wartortle's design and think it's the strongest of the three, it probably would've been best to adjust it to better fit the new direction when they merged the lines.

All of that said, Blastoise's design in isolation is fine. The design has some good bulk to it that makes sense as a creature with powerful canons, throwing cat ears on a turtle helps it to be a bit less "normal", and the way the guns are integrated into the shell is neat.

I do feel like the guns themselves are too mechanical, as these were the "what exactly is a 'Pokemon'" days. They clearly have machinery in them and can move and adjust position, something only artificially made or modified Pokemon sport nowadays, so it's just weird that Blastoise is basically part cyborg. The actual cannon idea is fine, but it probably would've made more sense if the water came directly out of protrusions in the shell.

Mega Blastoise is at least not too complicated, but honestly, this design never did it for me. I feel like the over-exaggerated top-mounted canon makes it look like it's going to be knocked over by the force of its own blasts. The smaller arm canons with extra shells are interesting, but overshadowed by the larger one too much, and the random pointed chin and "brows" make it look less like Blastoise to me. It's not terrible—better than Venasaur's mega, in that it at least changes things in a meaningful way—but nothing particularly interesting.

Also, why the hell was this not water/steel?

G-max Blastoise, on the other hand, I love—it's one of the few times I prefer a g-max design over a mega. All of the awkwardness of the mega is gone in favor of just giving it a central-mounted cannon, which feels much less forced while still helping to emphasize the guns. This is also compounded by giving the shell a multi-layered shell, which feels like a natural extension of the cannon holes in the original design.

I do however question one of two or the more minor things in the design, such as the random triangles on the legs/tail that add nothing or the underbelly being red, which reduces contrast. I also feel like the cannons would've made more sense and been less cluttered if there was just one larger cannon in each hole instead of two. However, I think this is a strong design as a whole, and I honestly kind of like it more than original Blastoise for at least going all-out and giving us a more unique turtle design.

Overall, I think that Squirtle and Wartortle have a very strong set of designs, but ending with Blastoise makes little sense continuity-wise. Blastoise's mega looks a bit awkward; the g-max is a far superior design. Overall, some solid concepts here only bogged down by Gen 1's file size limitations.

#squirtle #wartortle #blastoise #mega blastoise #pokemon #pokemon reviews #gigantamax blastoise #long post

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pankomako · 4 months

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someone i follow posting about pokemon got me thinking about it again so im just gonna make my own post. but like. personally? im so bored of playing pokemon. now i say this as someone whose first mainline game was sun/moon, but i find every time i pick up a pokemon game, i play it for maybe a month or two and then get bored and drop it again before i can even finish it. i own plenty of pokemon games but have only beat i think two. see the thing with it is i love the concept of pokemon - collecting creatures, battling with them and evolving them - but the gameplay and the repeated narrative formula are what im tired of.

i think what pokemon needs to draw me back in for real is to do a TOTAL refresh. clean the slate of pokemon and introduce new ones without bringing any back (except MAYBE a few like the obvious pikachu), have a whole new narrative, please no gyms this time but im ok with defeating bad guys; maybe even rework the battle system a little, have a way to level up mons that's not tedious and maybe even fun, have more ways to INTERACT with your mons oh my god. honestly just combine elements of pokemon interaction from the past 3 gens. i want to pet AND feed AND wash AND play with them. AND more character customization. especially body type and facial features for the love of fuck. and let us dress up our mons too that would be fun. it can be purely cosmetic. let my starter wear a little hat in battle. i would also love to see more prominent personalities in mons?? imagine if they had different behaviors based on their personalities instead of it just affecting stats.

actually, they dont need to nix gyms entirely, but i'd prefer they not be REQUIRED for progression. like i like how the last gen had the 3 different paths but you kinda had to do all of them for the story, right? i like the idea of having different options for doing things with your pokemon, but i think the best way to execute it is to have the player choose which one they want to mainly pursue and make the rest optional. like how some gens had pokemon contests but they weren't required for progress like gyms. i'd say keep gyms, bring back contests, maybe throw 1-3 more options in (one of those could be filling out the dex), have the player choose one to focus on to track progression while they work through whatever the main story is.

just, i want them to make it NEW, and make it FUN. i think their first mistake was choosing to repeat the basic plot structure of the first games anyway

(alternative idea though: pokemon game that involves traveling the WHOLE world. visiting ALL the regions instead of being contained in one. imagine that)

#game freak should hire me. i can be their ideas guy #30 bucks per one idea. no less #would love to make my own creature collector game but im not super interested in being a game dev

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marxthedumdum · 20 hours

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crimsonoak fanchild hcs cheer everyone 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

✶ fast foward 9 months to when steven and daisy have children (or a single child, you do you) ✶ (but for this one i'll assume they have 2 children, one boy one girl) ✶ (and have whatever steven can do with missingno trademark passed onto them) ✶ both children would have some kind of black-ginger gradient as their hair color, dark-skinned, green-red heterochromia eyes or just green/red or a mix of the two colors ✶ i honestly have no idea for personality, so the boy could be the one shy kid whos waiting to release the energy inside him (<- aka waiting for something to happen to pop off, like galar's darkest day and whatever happened in hisui) and the girl be,,, maybe somewhat like melony from galar. mellow and out-going, uses gen z slang like skibidi, fanum tax and ri- /j ✶ ill name them devin (boy) and sevyn (girl) ✶ ^^^ i used a random name generator for this ✶ (but (again), imagine them as anything and have any name you want! this is just what I think how they look like) ✶ ANYWAYS. onto the actual hcs ✶ insert image of steven screaming "DAISY WHAT THE FUCK SHOULD I DO" while daisy got compressed into a stiff red rectangle by the babies' crying (and when he manages to calm his children by himself, he apologizes on behalf of them glitching tf out of daisy) ✶ daisy advising steven to teach their kids how to control their glitchy powers or else shit will get out of hands like the event above ✶ when daisy and steven isnt home, devin casually Fucks Up his and his sister's entire room because steven gave the children candy earlier and he went zoom ✶ ^^^ also insert him running around the walls, ceiling, floor, and the exterior of the house too ✶ steven + them staring at daisy with puppy eyes when she brings home a family sized fast food meal ✶ devin would be a MASSIVE bloons td/papa louie games fan and so is sevyn,,, they would also like roblox (istg if some of yall introduce them to regretavator /silly) ✶ devin loves ice cream rolls and sevyn loves sausages, especially the giant german (what would be the pokemon version of germany???) sausages ✶ once these two get their own pokemon tho, INSTANT rivals. ✶ they remind steven of red and blue and he finds it adorable :) ✶ (and yes, theyre warned NOT to use magical glitch stuff outside) ✶ we got steven w charizard, mike w blastoise, daisy w venusaur, so lets give devin and sevyn pikachu and eevee as their starters to comeplete the gen 1 starter circle ✶ (the lets go's pikachu and eevee specfically) ✶ devin casually sweeping through the region like its a speedrun ✶ meanwhile sevyn is the pokedex completionist

#pokepasta #strangled red #strangled red steven #crimsonoak #crimsonoak shipping #headcanon

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fortune-maiden · 21 days

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Gates to Infinity First Impressions:

- I had passed on this game when it first came out because I’d been following the prerelease news and there were Questionable Decisions that turned me off the game entirely. Well…

- Starter Selection. It really is That Bad but honestly, I like Gen V a lot more now than I did at the time this game came out so it’s fine. I went with an Oshawatt/Axew duo :D (I’m sorry Snivy T_T)

- I FEEL SO POWERFUL! Idk if this game is easy or if Super was just Hard but oh my god does it feel good not being two shot by literally everything from the first dungeon

- on the other hand partner AI is awful compared to Super :/

- They really just…. hand you a Virizion…..

- Dunsparce is cute ;w;

- Quagsire too!

- The writing doesn’t feel as charming as Super’s but I do like the cast already and I do feel like this game is doing a way better job setting up its antagonist than Super did (I’m spoiled on the story. This game is over 10 years old at this point ^^”)

- I now know which game to blame on Super’s terrible dungeon design though. Fun fact: stupidly long corridor maze floors were an ENDGAME design in Rescue Team & Explorers

- At least there’s no hunger in this game (unlike Super >.>)

- I can forgive the starters and the bad dungeon design. But I still cannot forgive the single worst decision this game made that single-handedly soured me on it way back when: 1 job request at a time. I don’t care that this game is 12 years old. Bad game design is bad game design.

#and literally no other game in this series made that terrible design choice #pokemon mystery dungeon #gates to infinity

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bethanythebogwitch · 9 months

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It's been a long time coming, but we have reached the end of the series where I examine the real-life inspirations for every non-fish aquatic Pokémon. Today, I’ll be going over those introduced in gen IX. For previous entries in this series see gen I part 1, gen I part 2, gen II, gen III, gen IV, gen V, gen VI, gen VII, and gen VIII. To see my previous series where I covered the inspirations for all fish Pokémon see here. I’m saving starters and legendaries/mythicals for their own series. I will be including two paradox Pokémon even though we technically don’t know if they’re aquatic (we never see them in their natural habitats) to keep this post from being too short. Also if you’re looking for Clodsire, check the gen II entry.

Paldea gave us many things, one of them being the end of the tadpole trio. Like Poliwag and Tympole before it, Tadbulb is a tadpole, the larval form of a frog. It’s also a lightbulb.

(image: a tadpole)

Bellibolt is an adult frog that is also an avocado. Specifically, it is a halved avocado with its belly organ being the pit.

(image: a halved avacado)

Speaking of its belly organ, that is based off of a plasma globe, a common toy that looks like a ball filled with electricity arcing off of a smaller, inner ball.

(image: a plasma ball, the king of children's science museums)

Bellibolt’s eye-like organs are a form of defensive mimicry. Eyespots, fake eyes, are used by many species as ways of deterring predation, often by making it look as though it has already spotted a potential ambush predator or by making it seem like part of a much larger animal. Bellibolt’s eyespots are likely a reference to the Cuyaba dwarf frog, which has large eyespots on its rear. The frog’s eyespots can release poison while Bellibolt’s can release electricity.

(image: the behind of a Cuyaba dwarf frog with its eyespots visible. I will restrain myself from making any crude jokes)

Finizen and Palafin are dolphins and I’m honestly surprised it took 9 generations to get a dolphin Pokémon. They seem to be based primarily on the bottlenose dolphin as its pretty much the default dolphin in pop culture. Picture a dolphin in your head, that’s a bottlenose. It also draws inspiration from the striped dolphin, as both have a stripe going down their sides.

(image: a striped dolphin jumping from the water)

Finizen also drawn from dolphin behavior as they are very curious and playful. The bubble ring they play with is a direct reference to real dolphins blowing bubbles to amuse themselves. When it evolves into Palafin it adds superhero to the dolphin influence. Zero form Palafin looks almost identical to Finizen, but it is actually a hero hiding amongst the citizens, ready to put on its costume and save the day. It needing to switch out to become its hero form is reference to the trope of superheroes needing to get into a hiding spot to switch into their costume incognito. Think Clark Kent ducking into a phone booth to change into Superman.

(image: a comic panel of Clark Kent using a phone booth to get into his Superman costume)

The superhero gimmick may also be a reference to stories of wild dolphins saving people who are drowning or being threatened by sharks. It is primarily based on western superheroes, though some of its design elements are suggestive of sentai heroes. Its shiny form being black references orcas as well as the hero turning to a villain or getting a darker redesign. Think Spider-man’s black costume period. I’m not entirely sure how dolphin + superhero resulted in possibly the ugliest Pokémon design in the history of the franchise. It’s a shame because I really love the concept, I just wish it’s design didn’t suck Stunky ass. Besides superheroes, Palafin’s humanoid hero form draws from the boto encantado, a legend from around the amazon river of river dolphins who can take on the form of humans to come on shore and engage in partying and seducing humans.

(image: artwork of a bota encantado in human and dolphin forms. source)

I swear I once read a similar legend where the resulting human form only had one leg, but I couldn’t find any references to it so I may be mixing up completely different legends. The one leg would fit since Palafin stands on its tail.

The first of our paradox Pokémon is Iron Bundle and I don’t really have much to say about it. It’s just a robotic Delibird. I feel like the future paradox Pokémon in general and very uninspired designs, with Iron Valiant being the only one that’s not just a robot version of a present Pokémon. As a Delibird variant, it is based on a penguin. I may specifically be a rockhopper penguin due to the spikey ruffs of feathers on its head.

(image: a yassified rockhopper penguin)

The other big inspiration for Delibird is Santa Claus, being a red and white jolly fellow that carries around a sack full of presents. The bird with a bundle aspect might also reference the popular image of storks delivering babies. Iron bundle adds some more references to winter activities and toys. Its head can pop off like a jack-in-the-box and its tail seems to be a snow globe. The tail could also be an artificial snow maker machine. Its feet look like skis and could be either water skis or snow skis. If its tail is a snow maker, the snow skis probably fit better.

Walking Wake is an interesting one as it’s allegedly the ancestor of Suicune, a Pokémon that magically created by Ho-oh instead of being a natural creature. This confused me until I came across the fan theory that none of the paradox Pokémon are actually from the past/future. Rather the terastal crystals of area zero have the ability to warp reality based on people’s wishes. An example of this is the crystals allowing the AI professor to be created despite that kind of technology not existing in the Pokémon world. In this theory, the crystals created the paradox Pokémon in response to the professor’s expectations of what past/future Pokémon would look like. This would also explain why the Pokedex entries all describe the paradox Pokémon as being similar to creatures from rumors or a National Enquirer style conspiracy magazine. The professor being familiar with these accounts would shape their expectations of what past/future Pokémon would be like and therefore how the crystals created the paradox Pokémon. This explains why a unique, artificial being like Suicune (and with the new announcements, Raikou) could have an ancestor. It’s just someone’s idea of what a prehistoric Suicune would be like brought to life. Walking Wake looks like Suicune combined with a therapod dinosaur. Its ability to walk on water comes from the original Suicune, but also from a basilisk lizard. These lizards can run on the surface of the water for short time periods thanks to their speed and very broad feet, an ability that has granted then the nickname “Jesus lizard”. Basilisks also run on only their hind legs when running on water, fitting with Walking Wake being a biped.

(image: a basalisk lizard running on water)

Its twin tails both have a wave shape and come out from behind and at an angle. This makes them look a lot like the wake left behind by a boat.

(image: a boat wake as seen from above)

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With what I assume is the last dlc for SV, I thought I'd make a post for me to come back to later compiling the teams I used and other significant pokemon I've caught or used to some capacity.

I'll make a small blurb for each, including more teams under the cut

Base Violet Team:

Nyastolfo the Meowscarada, the starter. Admittedly he's not my favorite of the paldean starters, that actually goes to Skeledirge. But I wanted Ceruledge, and I wanted a colorfully diverse looking team, so I went with the weed cat. He's probably a little silly but the most dedicated pokemon.

Benji the Pawmott, who despite his size is a little powerhouse and one of my favorite pikaclones.

MickDonnaGoof (shorthand for Mickey, Donald, and Goofy) the Wugtrio, who may not really be a legitimate separate pokemon in my eyes and is more of a glorified dugtrio regional variant. But I still like her.

Caliburn the Ceruledge, the sole reason I chose Violet to begin with and has consistently been one of my favorites. She's potentially one of my strongest pokemon ever and the first I ever had change Tera Types, and the only one to do so TWICE. Fire to Ghost to take on Iron Leaves on our own, and then from Ghost to Stellar to completely ascend her.

Clodina the Clodsire, who is probably the most universally loved gen 9 pokemon for good reason. So friend shaped. Also the clean up when she was on my team.

Ceterry the Cetitan, who has the cutest encounter story. I was going to use Baxcalibur, but while in Glaseado Mountain I saw a little Cetoddle come walking up to me by itself. Didn't attack me, just smiled and danced. I didn't need to fight it at all and just tossed a ball at it, and it joined me. Probably my fondest memory of a Pokémon willingly joining my team without a battle.

Teal Mask Team

Shogun the Hisuian Typhlosion, who was caught after I finished Legends Arceus and finally got a chance to shine in Kitakami. Originally I wanted to use my Silver Typhlosion or my Hisuian Samurott from LA, but both were too high a level, so I compromised on Shogun, who was just right.

Racer the Yanmega, my first Kitakami capture within moments of arriving. A real glass cannon but a fun one, and honestly I've always wanted a reason to use one.

Fesh Pince the Poliwrath. Technically my third Poliwrath, but my first one from Fire Red is long gone and my second one is from a fan game- that's who Fesh Pince is named for, also the YouTube poop series lol. He's reliable enough

MorMarnie the Morpeko, who is probably the weakest but cutest of the teams I've put together in SV. In fact I've noticed each team has at least 1 designated cutie, so I'm okay with that.

Hollabax the Baxcalibur- admittedly I caught him in Paldea, but never got around to using him until Kitakami, where I brought him in to fix up the aesthetics of my team. If Racer is a glass cannon, Hollabax is a glass hammer, who dishes out some decent damage but goes down very quickly. Still enjoy what he adds to the team.

Yoginator the Blood Moon Ursaluna- funnily enough, Scout the Furret was in his slot before he came along. This guy's quest was really fun and amazing, and he about wiped my team before Scout saved the day. I got a funny pic of him absolutely loathing being on my team that's somewhere on my blog and it sends me every time. He kinda sucked in kitakami but got better.

Indigo Disk Team

Dojikiri the Shiny Hisuian Samurott, who was the first pokemon I successfully bred specifically to be shiny that wasn't by accident. When I found out Blueberry Academy was in Unova, I wanted to use a Unovan starter- but the problem is that I've used EVERY starter, even ones I dislike, and at the time I thought it was going to be an early pick and really didn't want to re use any of them. So with the criteria met, I bred for my favorite starter, Hisuian Samurott, the best of all worlds tbh. In battle he kinda sucked at first, which is hilarious considering how powerful his dad is (Muramasa) and his namesake being the PERFECT Japanese sword that killed Shuten Douji- but eventually he came into his own as a master of sword moves and became super reliable.

Texas PRIME the Paldean Fire Tauros. Paldea got good fire types, I've always wanted to use a Tauros, so I transferred this from Scarlet. He's reliable enough and pulled through when I needed him, but he's kind of got a Worf effect going on.

Iron Giant the Golurk. Originally I had planned to use a Rhyperior, but they fucked up Home so it would not work until the day after Indigo Disk officially dropped, and I did not want to trade, so I made use of Iron Giant and got attached. Yes he knows Fly but it's not as cool as I had hoped.

Arches the Archaludon, probably the most powerful on the team and definitely the one I relied on most. Once I got him set up with Electro Shot, he was one shotting pretty much everything. He's a bit slow but tanky.

Gelo the Reuniclus- designated cutie of the team and I'll hear no arguments. Gelo was basically Arches and Dojikiri's Rain Dancer partner for the most part, but he got a few good wins along the way. I imagine hugging it is kinda sticky.

Beakers the Toucannon- admittedly I originally thought about it only to make the aesthetics come together for the team, but I am really surprised at how good it was. Beakers is no Corviknight or Talonflame, but his Skill Link basically made him invaluable with Bullet Seed and Rock Blast. Genuinely and pleasantly surprised with him, and I imagine we use him like a Tommy gun.

Honorable mentions

Scarlet "Ash" playthrough team, no nicknames, in which I went through as if I were writing another Season with Ash as the protagonist

Violet reserves:

GarganaclBOI the shiny Garganacl

Gaga the Espathra

Tyranitron the Shiny Iron Thorns (not pictured: a non shiny Iron Thorns I also used)

Iron Jugulis (no nickname)

Emi the Tinkaton (if you're reading this, yes I did name it after you because it's so you coded)

Miraidon, no nickname but he is the best doggo

Scout the Furret (Silver 3ds transfer)

Iceslash Alolan Sandslash (used for Drayton's trial)

Dipper the Hydrapple (formerly the Dipplin I used briefly in Kitakami)

Muramasa the Hisuian Samurott (my Legends Arceus starter and brief Kitakami body gaurd, father to Dojikiri)

Ogerpon, who isn't nicknamed but we love our adoptive daughter

Tyson the Annihilape (formerly a Primeape from Leaf Green from over 15 years ago)

And of course

the Egg Hatching Team

Ditto the Japanese babymommadaddy slut

Blaze the Talonflame (original XY transfer)

And Pyro the Magmortar (original black 2 transfer)

Trying to decide my favorite of the teams I've made. It might be a tie between Kitakami and Blueberry, but I still do love Ceruledge, Clodsire, and Pawmott a bunch.

Although I bitch a lot about performance and story choices I personally disagree with or wish they would have expanded upon, one thing I love is making teams and immortalizing them for me to look back on fondly. This was probably the largest cast I've assembled in any pokemon game with fresh teams for each playthrough and dlc, backup mons, and transfers for fun.

The decision to make a new team for the dlcs was definitely a great decision, as it allowed me the opportunity to use Pokémon I never thought I'd ever really use in official capacity, such as Yanmega or Toucannon.

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