#i can gif haunter again!!!!!!

[nevesmose]

Bandages on Broken Souls: A Nostramo Culture/Lore Post

Sometimes I think about the wee lower-deck people that were all covered in bandages in the Night Lords Trilogy. Why so bandagey? (Bandagepilled wrapmaxxers, not beating the bandage allegations, etc)

She glanced at the wretch, who was unhealthily tall and sexless in its overcloak, keeping its face behind stained bandages. Several others lurked close to the door, whispering amongst themselves. It was impossible not to smell their sweat, their stinking, bloodstained bandages, and the rancid oil-blood of their bionics.

Those ones. The attendants providing for Octavia's needs as a Navigator. Octavia's attendants.

It turns out ADB does tell us a bit later on:

The chlorine reek of them offended his senses, the way it rose in a miasma from their antiseptic-soaked bandages, as if such trivial protections could ward against the changes of the warp.

This is very interesting to me for a few reasons since it can lead to various interpretations about Nostraman culture, even though it's important to bear in mind that what we're seeing is the degraded situation after however-many thousand subjective years of dicking about in the Warp, Eye of Terror etc.

They believe, or at least Ruven the POV character here thinks they believe, that warp mutation can be defended against with purely physical items i.e. bandages and disinfectant. While it's easy to point to examples of people from all kinds of cultures in the setting using spiritual or metaphysical ways to protect themselves from the warp, I find it interesting that this doesn't seem to occur to the Nostramans.

In fact, unless I'm remembering it wrong (always a possibility tbh) other than a small mention in one of the Gendor Skraivok short stories about there being a secret Lectitio Divinitatus cult among the serfs, there seems to be very little spiritual/religious belief organic to Nostramo itself.

That makes some sense, I think. It is after all Space Gotham, a world of armoured groundcars and looming starscrapers where everyone is living under some form or another of very high pressure just to survive whether that means getting their next meal or keeping their position in high level gang politics. Whatever beliefs the original settlers brought with them to the Sunless World were, I imagine, ground away over time as generations passed and people had other, more visceral concerns.

There are a few scenes in the 1984 nuclear war TV movie Threads that take place in the period about 10-20 years after the bombs have fallen. It's clear that the by now rapidly deteriorating survivors of the pre-war world are trying as best they can to provide some kind of education for their post-war descendants, but this is extremely limited and relies on what they can gather together from whatever books, VHS tapes etc happened to survive the war:

"The skeleton of a cat! A cat's skeleton!"

And we can see that it simply means nothing to the children and young adults whose entire existence revolves around basic survival - mostly food and the things they have to do in order to get it.

This, in a way, is what I think happened to whatever beliefs in anything beyond the material that may have ever existed on Nostramo by the time we see it in the Crusade/Heresy era. It's a sad, stunted little world and I feel immensely sorry for the nasty, skeevy people it produced.

Another factor affecting this would of course be the Night Haunter. You don't really need to have a spiritual/metaphorical figure or system dispensing rules and justice when Konrad is actually real and inside your home making it brutally clear what his views on law-breaking are.

So, in my usual roundabout way, we come back to the bandages again. My view, as I've expressed before in my ramblings, is that Konrad didn't truly eradicate crime on Nostramo so much as eradicate the appearance of it.

There's a legend from Ancient Greece about a Spartan boy training to be a warrior which I'll post as a screenshot below since I think we could all do with a break from my writing style for a bit:

"He could steal and suffer and die rather than be found out" is the relevant part here I think. Much like the idea that snitches get stitches or the mafia code of omertà where one's value in society and life itself hinge on a mutual keeping of silence against any and all authority figures.

We know that even before Konrad arrived, Nostraman society functioned on a gang allegiance basis, so already fertile ground for a very insular and secretive type of culture. But then we add the Night Haunter to the mix and the numbers spell disaster for you at Sacrifice the social pressure in this direction ramps up massively.

It's also made very clear pretty much everywhere that Nostramo is a vicious, predatory society. There's a description in one of the Skraivok stories of Phy Orlon, the canonical smallest saddest uwu-iest Night Lord:

It astounded Skraivok how such a vulpine little thing had made it through the selection process. Even bulked by legionary gifts, Orlon still managed to convey the impression of feebleness. Towards the end, Nostramo had been providing only the dregs of the dregs. No wonder Curze had levelled the place.

Weakness was like the scent of blood in the water to the Night Lords. Legionaries like Orlon would always attach themselves to those they deemed powerful, for protection. That explained the ridiculous batwings welded to the top of his helm in emulation of Sevatar, and why he had appointed himself as Skraivok’s adjutant.

It's like prison or high school. Even the transhuman supersoldier Nostramans still function this way. What hope do ordinary people have?

Not much at all, I think. Just in order to survive day to day it'd be necessary to conceal any injury, weakness or deformity at the risk of having it being ruthlessly used against you by just about everyone.

So we come back to the bandages again. Told you I'd get there eventually. We see that the attendants are in fact completely covered in bandages Joshua Graham style:

‘Lord,’ they hissed through slits in their faces that were once lips. Their bloodstained bandages rustled as they shifted and lowered their weapons.

[...]

She raised a bandaged hand, as if she could possibly bar the warrior’s passage with a demand, let alone with her physical presence.

I can imagine the impulse to cover up and conceal any weakness applies very strongly to warp mutations of any sort. Curdled and degraded over millennia roaming the immaterium in the bowels of a ship with the changes becoming worse and worse the longer they go on, it would be plausible for this to develop into a need to cover up and disinfect every inch of oneself in order to maintain some pretence, however flimsy, of being a capable human being.

The saddest part of it for me, though, is that all of the attendants are like this. It's a situation where everyone is quite literally in the same boat, undergoing the same suffering, and yet they still retain this deeply-ingrained need to hide and conceal themselves from each other. It feels like even here, ten thousand years after its destruction, Nostramo's poison is still influencing them, still flowing through their veins to keep them separated, afraid, and deeply alone.

Oh wow, a few paragraphs from ADB somehow led to a great long wall of text. Congratulations if you've made it this far!

PS: This being ADB I feel obliged to consider the possibility of Ruven either lying or being mistaken. I don't think this is likely since he is a) also Nostraman and b) a sorcerer meaning that if there was any spiritual aspect going on he would more than likely have the requisite cultural/magical knowledge or experience to be aware of it or otherwise detect it. Ruven is a conniving goth thot but he has no reason to lie in that particular bit of his own thoughts.

#night lords #lore #nostraman culture #lore post #wh40k #warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #horus heresy #nostramo #warhammer lore #in this house we respect Hound who deserved far better than what he got #nightlordposting #is this domestic lore? i feel like it is #domestic lore #this will be the 327th post in which i have mentioned Threads (1984) and i have become exceedingly good at it

[pompompinkdandelions]

I’ve caught Suicune (named Barkrealis) and Lugia (named Tranquility) but I’m about to give up on Raikou & Entei 😭

I deleted Mean Look from Haunter so I could trade him with my husband’s Gen 1 game and turns out there’s no way to relearn moves so that was very not smart !

I’ve accidentally encountered Raikou and Entei once each and they fled immediately.

When I started to purposefully hunt them, I have my under leveled Gengar out with hypnosis. It took a very long time to encounter anyone. I almost had Raikou but he broke out, woke up and fled. I quit the game and reloaded. Encountered him again. Almost had him, but repeat of last time. Thought, okay great. I can just keep reloading.

But nope. For some reason he is gone now. And I don’t know which direction they move or if I just need to start over. It really doesn’t seem worth it lol. I’m so disappointed. I’m not a 10 year old with nothing else to do, so I think I’m gonna have to call it quits on this for now, sadly. But it’s always gonna feel incomplete until I finish this 😔

Should title this post “30 year old plays Gen 2 for the first time” or something. I feel like such a newb

#at least I got two of the legendaries… #I HATE roaming encounters sooooo much #finding them in the first place is hard then making them stay is hard then catching them is hard #it’s just not fun #lugia was hell too with how they spam recover #I kept resetting that one because at least it’s a fixed encounter! #I’m 30 but I didn’t grow up with these games so yes I am spoiled with newer less punishing game design #Brittany plays Pokémon

[beezonia]

Random ask time! Could you share your thoughts on our favourite narrative haunter Claire Foley please? 🩵⌛️

Hi Nina! Thank you for the ask

Claire, sweet sweet claire

Honestly such a sweet soul but just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

To me claire is wonderful, she’s smart and instantly knows what she joined in on was wrong and strives to right the wrongs because of this

We see her finally get to watch her partner do what he does and enjoy it, she’s proud of him and obviously wishes she could live with him again

But Claire knows her time is limited and because of that she stays away in the background so hershel can do what he does to change the future and make sure clive suffers no more

She goes back for clive when no one else would, showing her regret and kindness in one, she takes the blame saying it’s scientists and their curiosity that caused this

Claire knows the only way to right the wrong is to save those who were hurt by it.

And I love her because she’s flawed, she knew and regretted trying to change the future instead welcoming death to make sure time stayed linear

She never got to live but died knowing Hershel was somewhat happy and she had done something to right the wrongs

God I love her Nina

#answered #professor layton #professor layton and the lost future #claire foley #lost future #bee rambles

[medea10]

Medea Plays Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: Part IV

Get ready for some of the most shocking things you’ll ever see in a Pokemon game.

Huh?! Wait, what?! Haunter...evo, evolved in an in game trade. It wasn’t a sick joke this time. This sweet lady, didn’t give her pokemon an Everstone.

Thank you.

Okay. I last left off at the end of all three routes. Well, near the end. It’s not over until you face several people in battle.

Clavell admits he was Clive the whole time. Even though, you can totally tell it was him all along and his disguise is on par with season 13 Team Rocket.

Clavell says he’s the real hacker and head of Team Star. You must now face him in battle. After the battle, he says he’s not really the head. And then gets in mucho trouble for battling in front of the school. Miss Tyme don’t play that. The real head of Team Star is really...

Oh hell no. Penny, you are not going all Slim Shady on me here.

What in the...whoa now! Penny, you’re a smart girl. You mean to tell me she doesn’t see Director Clavell standing right there in that bullshit pompadour.

After battling Penny and her all Eevee-lution team, she gets almost teary-eyed when disbanding Team Star and abandoning her friends.

But, they’re loyal to Penny. So they’re going to return to school. The school won’t expel the rebellious five. Penny might face some harsher consequences because...

Well...that happened. But thankfully, she wasn’t expelled and Geeta is going to use her skill for the benefit of the league. Now for the end of Victory Road.

Just face her in battle (again). And same for the end of the Titan storyline. Face Arven in battle. After you do all of that, time to finally visit the hellhole of Paldea.

For this mission, you will need Arven, Penny, and Nemona.

And they all get along like what you would expect. A geeky introvert, a battling nutjob, and Mommy issues put together in one room.

Bruh, you are not helping. Cyllene in Legends Arceus is sounding more positive than you right now.

OH HELL NO! THIS AIN’T HAPPENING!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I’M WALKING ON AIR

I NEVER THOUGHT I’D FLY THROUGH THE SKY

FLYING AWAY ON A KORAIDON AND A PRAYER

WHERE COULD I BE?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I MIGHT DIE!

I hope you enjoyed that musical interlude. I was really worried I had to use the controls on my console to get them down the crater.

We land and the professor identifies us in her...usual manner. Hey, she first identifies you in the game by saying your school ID number. You would think that was her quirkiness. But as you progress...it isn’t.

Koraidon refuses to leave his pokeball, so you have to go on foot. First, you have to go to all of these stations and press buttons to unlock the professor’s ultra-secret lab.

On the way to these stations, you run across these primal pokemon (or in Violet, futuristic).

Whoa, that ain’t no cute Jigglypuff. Yeah, these pokemon do attack. The ones that do attack you, you cannot catch. You’ll get your chance when you go down further.

In each station, you learn a little more involving the professor. Including that she has a time machine and that Koraidon is really a prehistoric form of Cyclizar. I guess that means Miraidon is the futuristic version.

And like in the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnabar Island, there are journals scattered about in each station. Geez Professor Crazy Bitch, that boy has a name. Once you get to the 4th station, things get crazier.

Yeah, there’s your biggest clue about Professor Crazy Bitch.

Oh come on, if you haven’t figured it out.

She’s a fucking robot.

We finally make it to her secret lab. But then, a stronger Koraidon intimidates your Koraidon. And now, a bunch of paradox pokemon have come out of the lab to fight you.

Thanks again, Professors Big N***a and Crazy Bitch.

Yes, that’s what I call the two professors. I stand by it. Now, you can finally meet the professor...sort of.

Yes, she’s a robot (or A.I.). The real Professor Crazy Bitch died while protecting Koraidon. Which is why the 4th station was a real shithole. She asks you for your assistance with stopping the time machine. She does warn you that she might go berserk and fight against you.

She wasn’t lying. Her whole team consists of powerful paradox pokemon.

Including Pokemon’s second attempt at giving us a member of KISS in pokemon form. You defeat Professor Crazy Bitch and then...

Don’t worry, it’s only going to continue to hurt.

And now you must fight against more-powerful Koraidon. None of your pokeballs will work. The professor is glitching. And the only option left is to let your Koraidon fight against this overgrown, mutant bicycle. After all of that, it’s time for the professor to sacrifice herself to the time machine.

And she’s gone. Arven has a whole lot to process with everything that has happened. We all do.

Stop!

Just stop. Nemona, read the fucking room. Arven’s parent is dead. We all watched this woman glitch out and disappear before our eyes. Calm your tits and shut up for a minute or two.

Now is when you get to the ending credits. And yes, they play the entire Ed Sheeran song, Celestial. So it wasn’t just a promo song for the advertisements, it got into the actual game. Good on you. After this part of the game, you finally obtain a Master Ball from Clavell. There are other uses for that ball later in this game. I’ll probably mess with that later, for now...

Thus, the Academy Ace Tournament was born.

Okay, Penny is officially my spirit animal.

Before the tournament can start, you have to help Geeta with gym inspections. And that means fighting all 8 gym leaders in a rematch.

Okay, now you can compete. After this first tournament, the setup will be random with who you will face. This time, you are set to face off against Geeta, Miss Dendra, Arven, and Mr. Jacq-strap.

This dude is always getting in trouble.

After all of that, you can do these post stories with the teachers and your friends.

Nurse Miriam is going to be a teacher next year.

Arven is going to be a cook.

Nemona is going to get horny off battling.

Larry is still Larry.

THEY’RE THE SAME PERSON!

Penny, watches and encourages her Team Star buddies as they reemerge back onto school grounds. And once you get closer to your friends, they invite you back to their dorm room.

I know many people would live like this.

I think this is my last post for a while or if and when they decide to drop a DLC for this game. This game has been fun. Once you get past the glitches.

The many, many, many, many glitches. I’m not going to complain. As long as the game doesn’t crash or gets corrupted, I’m fine. I know that the glitches and bugs were a big drawback for many. I mean, if we’re paying $60 per game, you expect quality work. But Game Freak has been on strict time-crunches with the past several games and it shows. That’s why I’m usually lenient when it comes to this subject.

I’m enjoying the open world feature and I do love the stories that came out for this. I promise you that these games aren’t as intense as Legends Arceus when it comes to the pokemon themselves. That just means the pokemon don’t attack you physically. That’s never going to leave us now. Honestly, if you’re able to overlook the glitches, you’re going to have a fun time.

Time for a sandwich break.

#pokemon #arven #penny #nemona #professor sada #team star #director clavell #gengar #koraidon

[alyssacbatt]

If the EthGoesBOOM characters were in Pokémon type gym leaders: part 2

(OK I’m back and I’m doing it again remember I will spin a wheel of Pokémon types that the characters will have and if you wanna draw this be my guess, it your art and it can be anything you want, and let's get started)

Male Pokémon:🚹

Female Pokémon:🚺

Others/no gender:⚧️

1. Toy Freddy

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Fighting type. Me: “Fighting type..??🤨 but Toy Freddy is a gentleman, he will never fight anyone however the wheel landing on fighting so he’s a fighting type now.”

Pokémon: 1. Mienshao🚺 2. Heracross🚺 3. Pangoro (Shiny)🚺 4. Poliwrath🚺 5. Throh🚹 6. Hawlucha🚹

2. Toy Bonnie

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Fire. Me: “ he is on fire🔥…!!!! Get it. He’s on fire… ok I’ll shut up right now.😅

Pokémon: 1. Cinderace🚹 2. Flareon🚺 3. Marowak (alolan)🚺 4. Arcanine (Hisuian)🚹 5. Volcarona🚹 6. Quilava🚹

3. Toy chica

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Fairy. Me: “ yes I am waiting for this finally someone get a fairy type.”🤩

Pokémon: 1. Gardevoir🚺 2. Sylveon🚺 3. Togetic (Shiny)🚹 4. Alcremie(Ruby Cream)🚺 5. Slurpuff🚺 6. Ninetales (alolan)🚹

4. Mangle

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Water. Me: “I guess this is ok.”🤷🏻‍♀️

Pokémon: 1. Primarina🚺 2. Milotic🚺 3. Mareanie🚺 4. Sharpedo (Shiny)🚹 5. Gyarados🚹 6. Lapras🚺

5. Puppet

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Electric. Me: “I don’t know about this, I mean the puppet as a electric gym leader🤨  that sounds a little weird, but I had to do it.”

Pokémon: 1. Rotom (Frost Room)⚧️ 2. Joltik🚺 3. Xurkitree⚧️ 4. Ampharos🚺 5. Vikavolt🚹 6. Boltund🚹

6. BB & JJ (yes both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each .)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Poison. Me: oh dear, they gonna make a lot of chaos.😅

Pokémon: BB; 1. Skorupi (Shiny)🚹 2. Ivysaur🚹 3. Slowking (Galarian)🚺. JJ; 1. Haunter (Shiny)🚺 2. Nihilego⚧️ 3. Croagunk🚹

7. Shadow Freddy & Shadow Bonnie/RWQFSFASXC (again both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each.)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Ground. Me: still don’t know about this one, but I can try my best. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Pokémon: Shadow Freddy; 1. Golurk⚧️ 2. Steelix🚹 3. Garchomp🚹. Shadow Bonnie/RWQFSFASXC; 1. Gliscor🚺 2. Flygon🚺 3. Runerigus (Shiny)🚹

8. Withered Freddy & Withered Bonnie (both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each.)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Ghost. Me: “I can kinda see it 🧐.”

Pokémon: Withered Freddy; 1. Gengar🚹 2. Banette🚺 3. Sableye🚹. Withered Bonnie; 1. Duskull🚹 2. Trevenant🚹 3. Spiritomb (Shiny)🚹

9. Withered Chica & Withered Foxy (both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each.)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Flying. Me: “ I can see it in Withered Chica but Withered foxy… I don’t know about that”.

Pokémon: Withered Chica; 1. Xatu (Shiny)🚹 2. Unfezant🚹 3. Woobat🚹. Withered foxy; 1. Charizard🚹 2. Talonflame🚹 3. Yanmega🚺

And that’s it for today I will make a part three in probably sooner or later but right now I’m really tired and take me like a hour to make this 

Bye 👋🏻

#ethgoesboom #fnaf #fnaf au #fnaf puppet #fnaf toy freddy #fnaf toy bonnie #fnaf toy chica #fnaf mangle #fnaf bb #fnaf jj #fnaf shadow freddy #fnaf shadow bonnie #fnaf withered bonnie #fnaf withered chica #fnaf withered freddy #fnaf withered foxy #pokémon #fnaf ethgoesboom #ethgoesboom au

[legolasghosty]

I posted 2,186 times in 2022

That's 2,186 more posts than 2021!

138 posts created (6%)

2,048 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@juliepatterson2010

@michelangelinden

@saladbroth

@missjoolee

I tagged 740 of my posts in 2022

#legolas tag - 125 posts

#legolas ask - 82 posts

#julie and the phantoms - 76 posts

#legolas answers asks - 53 posts

#jatp fanfic - 50 posts

#willex - 49 posts

#jatp - 41 posts

#alex mercer - 28 posts

#willie jatp - 23 posts

#ask game - 16 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#and alex has now seen enough little bits of bobby through willie's stories and the house that he knows trevor won't turn his back on carrie

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Hello, I think that if Julie and the Phantoms got a second season(let me live in dream world for a sec here), they should up the rating just a bit for like one episode, exclusively so 2 things can happen. 1. So Willie and Alex can properly make out. They deserve it. 2. So Willie can fully cuss Caleb out for all the manipulation and trauma and stuff, again, cause Willie deserves to be able to do that, and Caleb deserves to cower in fear at the wrath of this usually friendly, happy skater ghost boi. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

143 notes - Posted July 22, 2022

#4

Let Alex Mercer be the pettiest haunter.

While Luke and Reggie are blasting music and turning on showers to scare people, I think Alex goes a bit subtler. He lives(dies) to cause millions of minor inconveniences. Like taking the ink cartridges out of all of the pens(and I mean all of them). Or unplugging power chords just enough that it looks fine but won't actually charge stuff. Or the water pressure in the shower being really weak for no apparent reason.

When Alex full on haunts someone, he doesn't want them scared, he just wants them annoyed and miserable. So he just makes them have lousy days by messing up all their stuff.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

(bonus, Willie finds out about this and goes, "Hey, do you know how to use a seam ripper?"... And then the chaos just grows and they have little haunting dates of ripping seams and moving around all the CDs on people's shelves.)

146 notes - Posted July 7, 2022

#3

Okay so I did a thing... There's a point in Heartstopper (the show version) where Mr. Ajayi tells Charlie, "Don't let anyone make you disappear," and that just... stuck in my brain last night. So... here y'all go! They are all formatted to be a phone background or something, so feel free to save them if you want to use them for that.

See the full post

151 notes - Posted July 4, 2022

#2

Annabeth: hey, Percy, I'm bi.

Percy: *seaweed brain confusion* Annabeth, don't you know like five languages or something? You're like quinlingual or something.

Annabeth: *face palms* Babe, no, I meant bisexual, as in I'm attracted to girls and guys and stuff.

Percy:..... Isn't everyone?

This is fact, fight me.

167 notes - Posted March 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hey JatP gang. I know it's been a rough year, both with the show and in people's personal lives. I just wanted to hop on here and say that even if we all drift away to other fixations or hobbies or pieces of media, there will still be a huge piece of my heart here for all of you. In 2023 when Julie throws her cap in the air at her high school graduation, I love you. In 2024, when the band releases their first full album, I love you. In 2025 when Alex and Willie have a small wedding in the Molina garage, I love you. In 2026, when Edge of Great hits platinum, I love you. In 2027 when they start their first world tour, I love you. In 2028 when they win three Grammys, I love you.

And in 2032, when Alex chases Reggie all over their huge studio for saying that he'd be the one to leave in a blowup, I love you.

In 2035 when they release their sixth album, I love you.

In 2041, when Luke is able to stand and speak and hug his dad at Emily's funeral, I love you.

In 2049, when they raise over a billion dollars to help LGBTQ+ youth through a series of charity concerts, I love you.

In 2054 when they play at Ray's retirement party, I love you.

I could keep going, but I think you get the point. This show, this band, and this fandom will live in my heart forever, even if we aren't all still talking 20 years down the road. I love you guys, happy anniversary.

192 notes - Posted September 10, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #awww this is sweet

[808plus39]

667. July 23, 2022

Going to the beach for baby PJ’s first birthday. The last time I went to Magic Island was when we went to the beach and Sasha showed her swimming moves. This time around I didn’t go to the beach. It was a lot busier than the last time. I guess you can say more people are here now that summer break is coming to a close.

The food was great. I got to see my friends and their babies. Not to mention the photo cards for the both of us. Ironically the haunter sticker for you came in good fortune for your shiny 3 star today. It was manifested. I can’t wait until we can go to the beach once again. At least by then I’ll be in even better shape.

[monarchisms]

【Fire when ready!】

#gavin free #achievement hunter #achievement haunter #first spoilers #haunter spoilers #timestamp is 4:16 #link to the episode is in the bottom left of this post #big love to jeremy nedahert for sharing his first account w/ me <3 #i can gif haunter again!!!!!! #it's good to be back!!!!!! #i am so happy~ #unrelated. but gavin is the mvp of this season #he's gone thru so much. proud of him :) #e's gifs #queue

[project-lab-rat-pokemon]

Project Lab Rats Pokémon Card Collection

So I have decided to start collecting Pokémon cards again. Call it nostalgia, or being plain geeky but it the urge came out of nowhere. I used to have loads as a kid and I have no idea what happened to them. So I’m starting my collection from scratch.

This is my folder. It’s the best for two reasons. I can add as many card sleeves as I need into it rather than being restricted by a fixed amount and secondly it has Mew on it. And let’s face it, Mew is FUCKING awesome. If you disagree I will literally start a Pokémon fight with you.

You can probably see there are a few cards in there already. I’ve been buying a mix of random blind packs, job lots, and specific individual cards so far. I won’t lie I went in blind. It turns out that in the time of being a 10 year old kid to a 34 year old kid there have been A LOT of Pokémon card sets released. The last Pokémon game I played was Pokémon Black. I have no idea who half the Pokémon are or what half the cards are. What’s a VMAX? Man it’s all changed since I last played “Got, Got, Swap” on the playground with them. So basically how do I decide what cards to get because there are literally thousands? So here is my breakdown of what I will be collecting:

1: I grew up with the following sets: Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge. These 6 sets are the main ones I will collect. Any newer cards will be thrown into the folder if they fit the second criteria, but those 6 sets are the main ones I’ll be going for.

2: I grew up with the original 151 Pokémon. Yeah, I played the games featuring future generations but it’s the original generation that I had as cards and feel nostalgic from. So any cards I acquire featuring the original Gen 1 Pokémon will go in the folder.

3: Although they are not Gen 1, some Pokémon have developed further evolutions in newer Generations. Although they are not a priority, they will be collected. So the following Pokémon will be going into the folder:

1. Bulbasaur

2. Ivysaur

3. Venusaur

4. Charmander

5. Charmeleon

6. Charizard

7. Squirtle

8. Wartortle

9. Blastoise

10. Caterpie

11. Metapod

12. Butterfree

13. Weedle

14. Kakuna

15. Beedrill

16. Pidgey

17. Pidgeotto

18. Pidgeot

19. Rattata

20. Raticate

21. Spearow

22. Fearow

23. Ekans

24. Arbok

25. Pichu

26. Pikachu

27. Raichu

28. Sandshrew

29. Sandslash

30. Nidoran♀

31. Nidorina

32. Nidoqueen

33. Nidoran♂

34. Nidorino

35. Nidoking

36. Cleffa

37. Clefairy

38. Clefable

39. Vulpix

40. Ninetales

41. Igglybuff

42. Jigglypuff

43. Wigglytuff

44. Zubat

45. Golbat

46. Crobat

47. Oddish

48. Gloom

49. Vileplume

50. Bellossom

51. Paras

52. Parasect

53. Venonat

54. Venomoth

55. Diglett

56. Dugtrio

57. Meowth

58. Persian

59. Perrserker

60. Psyduck

61. Golduck

62. Mankey

63. Primeape

64. Growlithe

65. Arcanine

66. Poliwag

67. Poliwhirl

68. Poliwrath

69. Politoed

70. Abra

71. Kadabra

72. Alakazam

73. Machop

74. Machoke

75. Machamp

76. Bellsprout

77. Weepinbell

78. Victreebel

79. Tentacool

80. Tentacruel

81. Geodude

82. Graveler

83. Golem

84. Ponyta

85. Rapidash

86. Slowpoke

87. Slowbro

88. Slowking

89. Magnemite

90. Magneton

91. Magnezone

92. Farfetch'd

93. Sirfetch’d

94. Doduo

95. Dodrio

96. Seel

97. Dewgong

98. Grimer

99. Muk

100. Shellder

101. Cloyster

102. Gastly

103. Haunter

104. Gengar

105. Onix

106. Steelix

107. Drowzee

108. Hypno

109. Krabby

110. Kingler

111. Voltorb

112. Electrode

113. Exeggcute

114. Exeggutor

115. Cubone

116. Marowak

117. Tyrogue

118. Hitmonlee

119. Hitmonchan

120. Hitmontop

121. Lickitung

122. Lickilicki

123. Koffing

124. Weezing

125. Rhyhorn

126. Rhydon

127. Rhyperior

128. Happiny

129. Chansey

130. Blissey

131. Tangela

132. Tangrowth

133. Kangaskhan

134. Horsea

135. Seadra

136. Kingdra

137. Goldeen

138. Seaking

139. Staryu

140. Starmie

141. Mime Jr.

142. Mr. Mime

143. Mr. Rime

144. Scyther

145. Scizor

146. Kleavor

147. Smoochum

148. Jynx

149. Elekid

150. Electabuzz

151. Electivire

152. Magby

153. Magmar

154. Magmortar

155. Pinsir

156. Tauros

157. Magikarp

158. Gyarados

159. Lapras

160. Ditto

161. Eevee

162. Vaporeon

163. Jolteon

164. Flareon

165. Espeon

166. Umbreon

167. Leafeon

168. Glaceon

169. Sylveon

170. Porygon

171. Porygon2

172. Porygon-Z

173. Omanyte

174. Omastar

175. Kabuto

176. Kabutops

177. Aerodactyl

178. Munchlax

179. Snorlax

180. Articuno

181. Zapdos

182. Moltres

183. Dratini

184. Dragonair

185. Dragonite

186. Mewtwo

187. Mew

That’s 187 Pokémon to collect with currently just under 100 sets of cards to collect from so that should be enough to keep me going from now. Where there are Holo versions and Non Holo versions my priority will be to get at least one version and I can focus on getting the other further down the line.

My cards will be filled in as close to Pokèdex order from Gen 1 as possible rather than the common numerical order. I will document cards as I get them while also documenting ones I have obtained prior to this blog, so while the cards are in order, do not expect them to be posted on this site in order.

So now that my goal is set: Obtaining every version off those 187 Pokémon from the original base set all the way up to the Brilliant Stars Expansion.

I look forward to the (Expensive) Journey and hope you enjoy it too.

(Below Image from https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/retrogamingblog2)

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[stillchaoticlogic]

Descent: Chapter 3

Pairing: Leon x Reader

Leon only thought he was the most powerful trainer in Galar...

He never battled you though.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

So I was trying to find a badass gif... there are none our boy is a floof. I gave up and used the most ridiculous one I could find. Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Off with Her Head

The smirk on your lips is almost sinister as you regard the groaning Leon across from you. You delicately sip your coffee while Leon lays face down on the kitchen table. Who would have thought that the Unbeatable Champion Leon is a lightweight? It had only taken a shot and a couple of beers for Leon to be tipsy and yet the moment that Miles bought the whole bar another round ‘in honor of his new friend Leon’ you knew this would be it. That final shot had knocked the former champion out. You had struggled to get him back to your car since he was practically dead weight at that point. Also, very affectionate… Apparently, Leon is a very affectionate drunk and had it been anyone other than Leon latching onto you for hugs and cuddles you would have thought there was a hidden agenda. But honestly, you just believed that Leon enjoyed affection and you weren’t that mad at how his solid body had felt pressed against you last night. You won’t tell him that though. 

His hair is mussed up from the number of times he’s run his fingers through it. Another groan escapes his lips as you push the pain killers and water closer to him, the sound of the glass on the table apparently too much for him to bear. 

“You have a surprisingly low tolerance for someone of your height and build.”

You hear him grumble something incoherent under his breath in annoyance, but you pay him no mind. 

“You need to deal with yourself Ace, we have training to do!” You sing the last part loudly, mostly just to snicker at the groan of pain and the light thud of his head hitting the table again. You laugh outright when the thud is followed by curses. 

“Language, Mr. Former Champ! You wouldn’t want your fan club to hear such profanities come from such a pretty mouth.”

You glance over your shoulder to see the scowl on his lips and his glare. You send him a sly smile in answer before you head out of the room, “Be in the car in twenty minutes!” you call over your shoulder as you do. 

You hear a sigh from the kitchen and repress your giggle as you head to your room to get ready. Having not known where Leon lives, you had just simply brought him home with you and laid him out in your guest bedroom. You would be annoyed at the late start if not for the glee you got from Leon’s hangover. 

At half-past noon with a greasy breakfast sandwich in Leon’s hand and a warning that he will promptly be kicked out of your car if he throws up, you head down the road. Leon is wearing a pair of dark shades to protect his eyes from the bright light and despite your amusement at the situation and desire to torment him more with loud music, you need him to be able to focus, so the car ride to the training ground is mostly silent. Once there Leon seems to be feeling better now that he has eaten and taken some medication. You hand him a bag filled with supplies and a large water bottle. 

“Where are we going?” he asks, clearly not trusting you after the events of the night before. 

“There’s a mountain over there that we will be climbing.” Glancing over at the peak in the distance he groans as he regards it. 

“I’m not sure I’m up for this today…”

“Well I’m very sorry his highness got shit faced last night, but you should have stopped if you didn’t know your limit.”

Leon looks affronted before conceding that you are right. He hangs his head down in defeat before he takes the bag you gave him and puts it on his back. His team is strapped to his belt and once he seems ready you head off down the path towards the mountain.

“Do you have any other Pokemon other than the team you showed in the championships?” The question is innocent in and of itself but he seems suspicious. 

“A few others why?”

“You need some variety in your team. One of the reasons you are at a disadvantage is that everyone already knows your team. You should have a few that you rotate out so there is a surprise every once in a while.”

“What about your team?” he asks suddenly. 

“What about my team?” you ask glancing over your shoulder at him. 

“What Pokemon do you have?” he asks curiously. 

As if waiting for his moment to shine, your Gengar, Akuma, breaks free from his Pokeball and grins deviously at Leon. 

Leon grins as he regards your oldest friend, “Your partner is a Gengar?” he asks happily. 

You smirk as you gaze down at him fondly, “It is, Akuma has been with me for a long time. Isn’t that right Aku?” you ask him in a sweet voice. Akuma giggles but leans happily against you, demanding affection. Resting your hand on the top of his head he happily reaches up and takes your hand. 

The two of you happily make your way down the trail and once you get to an open field you release the rest of your team. Leon’s eyes widen at them and their obvious adoration for you. A Salazzle with a healthy glow to her scales slides up to him first in curiosity, cocking her head from one side to the other. Next, a Toxtricity comes lumbering up behind the Salazzle with a confident smirk on his face followed closely by a curious Nidoqueen. The rest of your team is sticking close to your side and consists of a Toxapex and Dragalge. The Toxapex clearly wants nothing to do with him and the Dragalge looks like it wants to attack him, but doesn’t by wrapping itself around its trainer as a sign of protection. 

Leon looks only mildly uncomfortable as he regards the Pokemon around him, “Don’t worry… they all really are quite dangerous, but very well trained.”

He sends you an unamused look as he watches the group of poison type Pokemon inspect him. When they are happy that he is of no threat to their beloved trainer they leave him alone and meander back to your side. 

“Why don’t you release your team as well? They need the exercise, this is for them after all,” you encourage as you tilt your head with a smirk. 

He nods, suddenly looking very serious before unleashing his team, first Charizard followed by Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Seismitoad, and Rhyperior. And despite how serious he is about training you can see how he loves and cares for his team. His team regards you and yours curiously if not a little warily. You notice how his Charizard seems to almost hover over him in concern. 

“Let’s go,” you say calmly as you turn to head through the field as you make your way to the mountain in the distance. Glancing over your shoulder you check to make sure they are following you. His Dragapult glides up next to you to tentatively inspect you only to be met with a hiss from Lady, your Salazzle. The Dragapult merely narrows his eyes and hisses right back. There is a roar from Charizard and Dragapult answers by floating back over to his team. 

“So you have a poison type team? Why poison?” he asks as his long strides brought him in line with you. 

“They are underappreciated but dangerous. Honestly, most people shun them because they are scared or intimidated.”

“Isn’t that why you choose them? They are intimidating?” 

“Nope… Aku was my first friend and everyone was always so scared of him when we were younger even though he was the best friend I could have asked for. The other kids wouldn’t let us play with them and when he evolved into a Haunter, it only got worse.”

Leon nods, “I see…so what did you do?”

You shrugged, “I decided that I was going to train and one day I found Sahara and Tsar. They were so cute and tiny at the time.”

“Sahara and Tsar?” he asks in confusion. 

Your Nidoqueen lets out a roar before quieting and you chuckle at her antics, “Tsar is her mate, my Nidoking.”

His eyes widen, “You have one of each?”

You nod as Sahara nuzzles your shoulder. With a giggle, you swat her away and all of a sudden you aren’t the feared High Queen of an underground organization, you’re just a trainer with her team. Leon shakes his head trying to get that image out of his mind. He can’t forget who you really are, but despite his musings, he can’t help but see you in a slightly different light. 

You both battle your way up the mountain and allow Leon to take the lead. He grows stronger with each battle but you can tell he’s holding back. 

“What’s the problem?” you ask as you regard him skeptically. 

“Is this really going to help?” he asks as he turns towards you his own brand of skepticism in his eyes.

“What do you mean?” you square your stance and cross your arms. 

“What makes this training any different than what I do already?”

“It’s probably not,” you answer calmly. 

“Then what’s the point?”

“Precisely. What is the point?” you ask.

He furrows his brows as he regards you, “To get stronger.”

“Nope. You’re already strong, you lack some stamina, but not much really. You’ve lost something though. What is it?”

He scoffs and his fists go to his hips, “You mean my title?”

“Something more important than your title.”

He frowns, “I don’t understand.”

“We are out here to find what you’ve lost,” you tilt your head as you regard him.

He grits his teeth, “The only thing that I’ve lost is my title and I’m not going to get it back out here.”

“Are you angry you’ve lost it?” you ask cooly.

He narrows his eyes, “What I’m feeling is none of your business.”

“So you are…” you murmur softly.

He looks away from you, avoiding your eyes.

“Did you know that Akuma chose me as his trainer? I was pretty isolated when I was kid, I didn’t have friends and my family didn’t really have time for me. It was all about the business,” you begin to pace back and forth in front of him as the memories flood your mind. “I would wander off and be gone for hours and no one would even know I was gone. There was an old cottage on the property and I would play inside and around it. One day there was a Gastly hiding in the shadows. He was scared and alone. No one wanted a creepy ghost type just like no one wanted to have anything to do with the little girl who lived in the house at the end of the road.”

“Why are you telling me this?” he asks in confusion. 

“Because that day a little unwanted Gastly followed a little unwanted girl home and they were never alone again. Akuma has been my partner since I was a child just like I’m sure that Charizard has been there for you. Right now you need to find what you’ve lost and only you know what that is.”

“I told you! I lost my title.”

“Your title isn’t who you are. Try again.”

“Fine! If you’re so smart let’s battle!”

“You won’t win,” you say calmly.

“You don’t know that.”

“I do,” you say simply before you turn and walk away. “You aren’t ready to battle me.”

The ride back to your home is silent as Leon fumes beside you. You roll your eyes before you go into your house and come out with an egg. 

“What’s this?” Leon asks as you hand it to him. 

“It’s an egg and your new means of training,” you say calmly, leaning against the car that Leon has yet to get out of. 

“You want me to raise an egg as training?” he asks incredulously. 

“Yes, you will know soon enough,” you murmur cryptically as you get back into the driver’s seat to take him home.  

“I don’t get it…” he murmurs gazing down at the egg in his lap. 

“You have lost something, Leon, and that egg will help you find it.”

“How?” he snaps, annoyed with you.

“If I simply tell you the lesson you will learn nothing.”

He glares over at you but keeps silent the rest of the way.

“Oh, by the way…” you say as he’s about to get out of the car, “You should pack tonight.”

“Why?”

“We’re going on a bit of an adventure.”

Leon blinks at you in confusion, “Absolutely not.”

He gets out of the car and gathers his things before shutting the door. .

You roll down the window to continue your conversation, slight annoyance in your voice at his behavior, “Be packed tomorrow morning, or be unprepared because we’re going.”

“Where are we going?!” he yells through the window as you roll it up.

“You’ll see,” you say with a Cheshire grin.

The next morning dawns and with a frustrated growl you bang on Leon’s door. You know he keeps denying your calls and quite frankly you are not having it. Walking up to the door you simply pick the lock on the door and walk right in. 

“You would think the Ex-Champion would have a better security system…” you murmur to yourself right as Charizard rounds the corner looking as fierce as ever. The moment he sees it’s just you, his fire dies and looks more tired than anything. Vaguely you wonder how worried he is for his trainer. 

“He’s not ready is he?” you ask the large fire lizard.

He just shakes his head before leading you into the next room. You see a lump under the covers of a king sized bed with long purple hair flowing out of the top. You can’t help but think it looks a bit lonely. Such a large bed, but so empty. 

“Come on, Leon,” you say in annoyance, “we have a plane to catch,”

He rolls over and blinks in annoyance at you, “I’m not getting on a plane with you.”

You roll your eyes, “And why not?”

“Because I don’t trust you. You run an underground ring of illegal Pokemon dealing.”

“Do you know who I sell those illegal Pokemon to? Your friends. I’ve made more deliveries to the people in this very apartment complex than you care to know about. The elite of Galar want what they want.”

“I don’t believe you…” he practically pouts, but you can tell that he knows. 

“Listen Big Boy… You can either accept that you have made this choice, or deny it. I don’t care either way. What I do care about is my team and my reputation. You have put yourself as well as my team in danger and I expect you to do the big boy thing and deal with it. Now get up, we’re going to Kalos.”

You turn and head out the door before you hear his questions. You glance over your shoulder as a singular ‘why’ floats from the room. 

“Because you need to see more of the world.”

“I’ve seen the world!” he pouts as he stumbles out of his bedroom and into the living area. You head towards his kitchen and start rummaging through his cabinets.

“What are you doing?” he asks mildly offended that you are just looking through his things, even if it is just his kitchen. 

“Coffee, I would assume you would like some before we head out, perhaps breakfast as well.”

He looks less offended at your answer, probably because you were going to feed him, and directs you to his coffee and the green protein infused smoothie he usually drinks for breakfast. 

“So much kale…” you murmur as you stuff hand-fulls into the blender and roll your eyes at the noise the high powered contraception makes.

Leon emerges with his bag packed looking far more put together than he did an hour ago. 

“You never answered my question about why we are going to Kalos.”

“I have business and you have training,” you say putting your sunglasses on and heading towards your car. He follows along reluctantly before he throws his duffle bag into your back seat, his team strapped securely to his belt. 

***

The tower in Lumiose city reaches up to the sky and for the first time you watch Leon forget about being a Champion or not being a Champion. He’s just being Leon. 

“You’re welcome to wander the city and explore while I get some work done. Do you want to grab dinner when I’m finished?”

“You don’t want me to go with you?”

“No, you don’t want to go with me,” you say with a smirk, “Just enjoy the day, we’ve got some training to do tomorrow.”

“What training is that?” he asks absentmindedly as he regards the shops and restaurants around him. 

“I’m taking you to a battle mansion, you’ll love it.”

“Really?” he asks, whipping his head around to face you, excitement in his eyes. You just nod with a smirk on your face as you leave him to his devices. 

Walking down the streets of Lumiose city, you come to a cafe where you are to meet your contact. Negotiations are underway to set up a group in Kalos. Certain pokemon were in high demand that are native to this region. You order a coffee and sit down at one of the tables. A few moments later a man sits down across from you, his own beverage in his hand. 

“(Y/N), I presume?” he speaks lowly a confident smirk on his lips. You narrow your eyes.

“Indeed.”

“Follow me, the boss is waiting for you.”

You nod before you get up and follow him into the back room where a man with blonde hair and striking green eyes awaits you. He’s wearing a silvery gray suit with a deep green dress shirt, the buttons around the collar unbuttoned and displaying a toned chest. Just enough to tease you. 

“Jean, I presume?” you ask your hand gripping Aku’s Pokeball in case you need him.

“No need to be so tense! Have a seat, I love lunches with beautiful women,” he says with a smirk and flirtatious wink. 

You don’t relax as you take a seat across from him and cock your head to one side, “you say that like you don’t have them often.”

“Often enough, but none quite as exquisite as you,” he purrs, offering you a bit of the food that was prepared beforehand. You know better than to eat what is before you though. 

You smile sweetly before you fix him with a look, “Down to business.”

“I was hoping for a chance to get to know you.”

“There will be plenty of time for that after I’ve heard your proposal,” your tone is light and airy, amicable, but you know how the game works. 

The male before you narrows his eyes minutely before he smirks, “Of course, business before pleasure, a lady after my own heart. I propose we open trade routes specifically for Litleos and Flabebe. My team will gather them in exchange for Dreepy and Applin.”

You cock your head to the side, “I don’t believe that’s a fair trade, Dreepy and Applin are significantly harder to find, especially Dreepy whereas both Litleo and Flabebe are almost common.”

“The heart wants what the heart wants and the hearts of Kalos want Applin and Dreepy,” he says with a shrug, as if it is entirely out of his hands.

“It sounds to me as if I would be getting the short end of the stick, Applin and Rookidee are moreso on par with your request.”

“And of Dreepy?”

“If you want Dreepys you will need to give me something better than Flabebe. I am already able to source them Alola.”

He scowls before his tone lightens, “What about Mega Evolutions?”

“What about them?” you ask flatly, acting far more bored than you actually are. 

“You can Mega Evolve your Pokemon anytime and anywhere, there are no restrictions unlike your region’s Dynamax….”

“Go on…”

“With my help you could be uncontested.”

“Are you saying you will outfit me and my team with Mega evolution equipement?”

“Your partner is a Gengar correct? Think of the power he could have…” You do consider it. You’ve heard of the power that Pokemon that have the ability to mega evolve have. Such power...

“How many Dreepy do you want for this power?”

“One hundred,” he says without flinching. 

“I will consider your proposition and get back to you within the week. I need to take it to my associates.”

“Of course!”

“I will be off then,” you say as you move to get up.

“What of your lunch?” he asks good naturedly. 

“I have someone waiting for me so I really must be off.”

“Well he is very lucky then…”

You regard the man in front of you for a moment, vaguely wondering his intentions. With a single line he has made you suspicious. 

“Indeed,” you say with a saccharine smile.

Leaving the cafe you can’t shake the feeling that something is wrong and when you are cornered in an alleyway by the lackeys of the very man you had just spoken with you aren’t surprised. There are five of them each with their pokemon at the ready to take you on. You regard the lackeys with boredom rather than fear. As if you haven’t been ambushed before, such amateurs. 

“It’s nothing personal,” comes a voice from the rooftop, “your associates are merely more cooperative.” 

Glancing up you see Jean standing there gazing down at you with a wicked smirk.

“Oh? You’ve spoken to my associates?”

“Our agreement was as many Dreepy as I would like if I could get rid of their boss. I fully expected you to be dead by now my dear.”

You roll your eyes and with a flash, Akuma is standing by your side looking all the more menacing as he regards his opponents. 

“You know what to do,” you say without even blinking. 

Akuma giggles before he seemingly vanishes into thin air, the sound of yelps and cries of pain assault your ears as Akuma in a single blow takes out his opponents.

“I didn’t become who I am by being easy to kill, you’ll have to do better.”

“How is this for better?” he unleashes a Houndoom and with a glow of the jewel around his neck he mega evolves. 

You curse under your breath as you regard the fiery dog before you. 

“Akuma! Destiny Bond!” Akuma nods before he glows a deep purple. 

“Crunch!” 

Houndoom rushes forward landing a solid hit on Akuma who just grins and bears the pain. You grit your teeth as the Houndoom effortlessly throws Akuma away. He hits the wall before he falls to the ground. He weakly stands up before hypnotizing the Pokemon before him. Houndoom shakes his head trying to rid himself of the drowsiness, but fails and falls into a deep sleep. 

“Nightmare then Hex,” you say glaring up at Jean. 

He smirks at you as Akuma unleashes the attacks unto the dark type pokemon. It doesn’t do much damage but the moment that Houndoom wakes up you know it’s over. He unleashes one more attack that sends Akuma to the ground and due to the bond forged between the two of them, Houndoom falls as well. 

“Very good…” purrs Jean, “You do live up to your reputation. Let’s see how well you do with my Garchomp.”

Garchomp roars as he lands before you, you pull your Dragalge, Silette, and ready her for battle. 

“Do you think your little barnacle can defeat me?”

“You made a mistake siding against me,” you say calmly, ”I’m going to show you how.”

The battle is over before it’s even really begun and you know for a fact that Jean relies entirely on Mega Evolution. Once his mega evolved Pokemon has been defeated the rest of his team crumble like cake. You climb the stairs on the fire escape to reach the top of the building where Jean is standing, still shocked at what just happened. You hold out your hand and he glares at you in defiance. 

“I want the band.”

“How dare you-”

A deep growl from Moxy, your Salazzle, has him handing over the band and you look at it curiously before you tuck it away. 

“Who are you working with? Who wanted me dead?” you more so in annoyance than fear. 

He smirks before he shrugs carelessly, “They called themselves Diamond and Clubs, they intended to pay me handsomely to take you out when they found out that you were coming for a meeting in Kalos with me.”

“I’m keeping the band as your payment for losing to me. I will give you fifty Dreepy each for Gengarite, Beedrillite and Venusaurite.”

“Your allies have turned against you, how do I know you can hold up your end of the bargain?”

“I have two hundred Dreepy waiting to be moved as we speak. I am the only one with access to the system housing them and my personal team is loyal. Whatever they hoped to pay you, I can pay more.”

“They said you were lethal, I didn’t think you would be this ruthless as well…”

“If I wasn’t dangerous, they wouldn't be trying to kill me…”

“Touché,” he says with a smirk, “I need an hour then we meet at the tower for the exchange.”

“Perfect.”

Once you are alone in a small department store you quickly head to the changing room and change your clothes and shoes. You heal your pokemon in preparation for what is to come and quickly make your way to where you are to meet Leon. 

You see his long purple hair and head towards him, grabbing his arm you pull him along beside you, “Change of plan.”

“What?!”

“Clubs and Diamond are trying to kill me so we have a short amount of time to gather supplies and get to a safe house.”

“Kill you!?” he exclaims. 

“Keep your voice down! I have an exchange to make, then we get out of here.”

“How are you so calm?!” 

“Panicking will do nothing. We have to get to safety, they know about you so we need to stick together and get somewhere safe. I just need you to trust me on this.”

He looks serious as he nods at you.

At the base of the tower, Jean is leaning casually against it as you walk up to him. Leon is about a hundred feet away watching the whole exchange in fear. You hold out your hand and he places the bag in it with the Mega stones you asked for. You nod in acceptance as you hand him the code to the storage unit. He checks it before he nods at you. 

“I hope we can do business in the future,” he says, pulling you hand up to his lips for a kiss. 

“You tried to kill me…”

“Business,” he says with a shrug, “And a grave mistake obviously…” 

“Obviously,” your voice gives nothing away as you gaze at him coldly. 

He merely smiles pleasantly at you before you turn on your heel and walk away. A shout from Leon has you casually snapping your fingers. Hemlock, your Vileplume which was happily hiding amongst the flowers unleashes a stun spore into the air as you casually put on a gas mask. Several people, including Jean fall to the ground paralyzed. 

“Thanks for the Mega Stones, your treachery will not be forgotten.”

You hear a wait leave his lips as you just roll your eyes, “In fact,” you say as you casually walk up to him ignoring the screams of the people around you, “I’ll take these.” You flip him over and pull another mega band from his wrist and upon further inspection pull a bag of mega stones out, “for payment.”

His eyes widen as you show him what you have taken before you quickly pull out a Pokeball and release a Weezing. 

“Smokescreen,” you say as you step into the fog. 

The entirety of the park has been thrown into chaos and if it wasn’t for the Pokemon dealers being arrested for theft then you would have had more problems to deal with. 

“What happened?!” Leon asks as he dutifully looks away as you change from the clothes you had been wearing before you hand them Moxy so she can burn them. They are ashes in the wind in a moment. You put on a charming sundress and glasses as well as a bright blonde wig. Leon stops when he turns to look at you in the cheery yellow dress as you smirk at him. 

“Close your mouth, Leon, you’ll attract Cutiefly,” you tilt your head to the side, “Unless that’s your intention?”

He glares half heartedly at you before he crosses his arms with a huff.

“Oh stop will you? Everything is fine!”

“He had a gun, he tried to kill you.”

You fix him with a steady look, “I knew what his intentions were the entire time, but we needed these,” you say holding up the bag of mega stones. 

“What are they?” he asks, taking the bag from you. 

“Mega stones, there is one for Charizard and Garchomp.”

“Huh? I don’t want these! They are stolen!”

You tilt your head, “You’re going to need them for protection and we need to get out of Kalos as fast as possible.”

He clenches his teeth as he thinks over the situation, the stress clear on his handsome face, “fine…” he concedes finally. 

You hand him the band and dig out the stones before you hand them to him. 

“You better buckle up Ace, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”

Notes: I hope you enjoyed this! It turned out much longer than expected but I doubt anyone's complaining! Please drop some love and tell me your thoughts! A thank you to my Betas Pluto and Serene!

#leon #pokemon leon #leon scenario #leon x reader #leon imagine #pokemon #pokemon fanfiction #pokemon scenarios #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon sword and shield imagines

[ask-giovanni-and-ghetsis]

After an entire lifetime I played my old, rotten and dusty Pokémon Yellow edition again and it's truly become a running gag to call Pikachu "N", so my "Internal Dennis" can crawl out of the depths of hell and yell at it whenever something goes wrong.

Like..

Pikachu faints after getting b*tchslapped by a Pidgey

-> "You're a disgrace to my family, N.."

Forgot to buy enough antidotes, paralyze-heals, repels etc.

-> "For f*ck's sake, you could've told me, N!"

Scyther or Chansey flee while trying to catch them in the Safari Zone

-> "Goddammit, N! It's all because of you!"

Pikachu whining around while being in the Pokémon Tower

-> "Ye afraid of ghosts? Ha! Don't be a pussy, N."

Forgetting to heal my Pokémon

-> "N, we've already had this.. You could've told- wait.. No you couldn't because you're a goner. My bad."

Not winning in the Celadon Game Corner

-> "F*ck you, N. Now I've lost my money because of you!"

Fucking up in the Pokémon League

-> "Great! Now I have to do everything AGAIN because you're too slow / weak! I swear to God, "Ilona" (Haunter) & "Giovanni" (Dugtrio) are so much better.."

Generally not having anything better to do

-> "N, you lil' shit.."

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..Yes, I know. Maybe I should burn in hell for that. But you know what? "N" still LOVES me (and I actually love it). Whenever I talk to it, it throws tiny hearts into my ugly face, so it's perfectly fine. I'm an awesome "father" and nobody can tell me otherwise.

CHANGE MY MIND

#the quarantine made me totally lose my last remains of sanity #ghetsis #n #pokemon yellow #pikachu

[medea10]

Medea Plays Pokemon Sword: Part III

The NO BEDE episode!

I do like these random campsites on the different routes. You can tinker with different curry recipes and see their different pokemon. So far, the Eeveelution tent is my favorite.

I got a cute shot of Umbreon and Espeon. And then I visited an all-cat tent!

Oh dear God.

Okay, these are some judgey-ass cat pokemon. They don’t like me making the curry.

Time for Circhester. I’ll check out the hotel first.

Don’t worry, it wasn’t a murder. Apparently some berries went missing.

True culprit.

You sir, are no Phoenix Wright.

Let’s head to the gym.

A trap? Are we talking about pitfalls or landmines? Because I really don’t want a, “SURPRISE! Your leg just blew off”.

Fuck this gym.

Like seriously, fuck this gym.

Melony’s gym in Pokemon Shield is going to be just as screwy as this one, isn’t it? I’ll find out when I play Shield.

Thankfully I made it through Gordie’s challenge with my limbs in functioning order.

Let’s head off to Route 9.

These guys again! They’re crazy fucks, but I love them.

This is the part of the game where you get the bike upgrade that allows you to ride on water. Just heads up if you’re going to retrace your steps in earlier parts of the game, on the other side of those waters lays some pretty powerful pokemon (level 50+). Just FYI.

So the Yell twats shut up all of Spkemuth so Marnie and I have to go in through the back entrance.

At least this place isn’t like Po Town in Alola. I have to pay to get my pokemon healed at their center. This center thankfully has a Nurse Joy.

Okay time to meet the gym leader Piers...oh God.

I already have a severe distrust for this guy if he’s British and has the name of Piers. And you can all blame Piers Morgan for that! Because Piers Morgan has the likability of a chapped ass-crack.

So what’s this guy like?

OH MY VARIOUS DEITIES!

It’s like if David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, and Sid Vicious all puked on a pentagram made of Hot Topic gear and this fucker emerges.

I fucking love this.

Can I get tickets to your next show?

Can I officially join Team Yell?

But first, gotta get past the tossers in the gym challenge.

Okay...this feels like I’m walking in Downtown Oakland...AT NIGHT.

Why is there a Kanto Mr. Mime he...oh, who the hell cares?

I have a feeling that I’m about to be yelled at from these blokes in the window.

Fucking psychic!

Oh my God, these fuckers are insane.

*snorts*

Marnie is officially best girl.

Okay 7th gym battle time (no Dynamax).

Needless to say, I got my badge.

And I made Team Yell cry (even the pokemon).

Then we get a brother/sister moment between Piers and Marnie. Yeah, they’re siblings.

No Gym Leader Marnie for now.

Also, I say Piers is trans, try to change my mind.

I’m already tinkering with story ideas now!

Immediately after winning the 7th gym, an incident happens.

And Champion Hammy comes in to save the day!

See what I mean?

I’m gonna take a break from gyms and go back to the wild area to...

You know what? I’m sick of you fat squrrelys coming unannounced when I’m trying to get rare berries. For fuck’s sake, fat squirrely looks like the Gilbert Grape mother squirrel from that one American Dad episode.

Anyways...made some new dishes with some rare items.

I feel bad for that last one. We’re gleefully eating Slowpoke tails. Why does this seem so wrong?

And now ladies and gentlemen, fucked up Pokedex entries!

The last several games have given us some pretty messed up entries. Let’s see if Sword continues the tradition.

O____O

What in the actual shit?!

I know this one’s on my team and I nicknamed her Hepburn. Now I’m wondering if I should rename her...

Yuno Gasai

So it purposely aims for someone’s face? What a dick!

Oh ghost type pokemon, don’t ever stop being fucked up!

Uhhhhh...if I remember correctly, Haunter licked Ash’s Charmander in season one.

In fact, this moment was shown in the first OP theme FOR OVER 80 EPISODES! That’s the second time Charmander almost died if that’s the case!

So Gourgeist’s body gives off sounds of wailing souls in Hell? Mind if I steal from the Nostalgia Critic?

“A FAMILY PICTURE GAME”

These children you’re guiding, are they alive or dead?

It eats about 8 lbs of sugar a day? Do pokemon develop Diabetes?

This...makes sense.

I mean Galarian Darmanitan kinda resembeles Stinky Wizzleteats and he’s been known to steal food from people around this time of year.

Oh yeah...I made it happen...

Winston evolved.

And I immediately had regrets. Especially after watching Pokemon this morning and seeing this little breadloaf!

Koharu, never evolve the thunder-butt.

Another evolution happened.

Congratulations! Your Assistant Sonia has evolved into Professor Sonia.

Final gym time.

God, I hope that isn’t an ad for male enhancement drugs.

I defeated Raihan and his double battle challenge.

This dude took a selfie while Dynamaxing.

You and Leon seem to be more than just friends.

I think I found the cog in the Leon x Sonia ship.

More like an 8 inch dick-wrench, eh? Nudge Nudge, wink wink, say no more!

Now that I have all 8 badges, I can capture all those nuclear strength pokemon in the wild parts. Like...

No way!

Oh, fuck naw!

Get away from me you floating rice balls!

I’m looking for Ditto, not you fast mother fuckers!

I did manage to get a few decent catches like Gallade and Glaceon. As long as I don’t run into anymore surprises...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Nope, still can’t handle Mr. Mime.

To be continued.

#pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #mr. mime #espeon #umbreon #gordie #raihan #leon #sonia #professor magnolia #piers #marnie #team yell #meowth #glalie #bewear #yamper #boltund #haunter #gourgeist #swirlix #hattrem #stunky #darmanitan