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evolve already so I can fight you properly --- no❤️

favorite dynamic: grown ass man squabbling with a child over petty nonsense. man got his shit absolutely rocked by said child ages ago and refuses to let it go.

can't exactly be brave and chivalrous if your hobby involves trying to beat up your baby-faced rival (and getting strange looks in the process) man, i love red rescue team :)

(spoilers for blue/red rescue team below)

i just think their relationship is funny- especially with context

charizard spends a good chunk of the story as this brave, cock-sure explorer- part of the illustrious team a.c.t.- but he's chill. he's both a bit logical while also being a meathead at times. and he meets burr one day in the square and he's like, "oh, a little friend? hi :)" and said 'little friend' immediately looks up to him and gets stronger and he's like, "cool, cool. keep getting stronger kiddo" but he's not taking it seriously

and then... his little friend just... never evolves??? but they continue to get stronger over a few years??? and charizard is thinking, "no worries. some pokemon are just like that," and it's back to business as usual. man's busy.

cut to the exile arc and gengar starts pinning all the natural disasters on the protag due to whiscash's story. charizard's leader- alakazam- is like, "shit. we gotta kill the children, guys. we gotta get rid of them but like... in an honorable way. for the people. we're totally the good guys here"

and charizard who's also part of the makeshift firing squad is like, "bet. i don't want to do this little friend but like,,, if we catch you,,, make sure to fight us for real- like full power, pretty please?" to make himself feel less guilty. and they do catch up to the hero and the partner later on top of a mountain.

charizard immediately squares up- this man wastes no time whatsoever- and is like, "i've been waiting to throw down with you two punks. how dare you actually manage to make it all the way to the middle of boon yonder. square up immediately"

and the fight scene. in the dx version particularly. charizard and his crew are fighting with the kids and charizard's thinking, "shit... these kids got hands." tyranitar is getting the sandbag treatment, charizard is getting blasted from every direction, and alakazam is quite literally fist-fighting the partner in the corner. there is no arena; it's a boxing ring. like, it's implied that both sides are getting their shit rocked.

nobody wins. nobody loses. ninetales interrupts, tells the story and outs the truth and it's all's well that end's well. yadda, yadda, yadda... and in the background, charizard is mentally making notes of when to schedule a rematch with those damn kids because charizards are ALL about fighting stronger opponents and he'll be damned if he loses to babies. not on his watch. he needs to be the strongest.

cue the end of the game. charizard's 'little friend' has bested several legendaries and has literally climbed into the heavens to stop a cataclysmic extinction event from happening via beating up a literal dragon.

and charizard man, he's salivating. he's foaming at the mouth. he's so ready to beat up his friend...

and she's still smol. she still looks like a baby. she hasn't evolved despite the partner already having done so- girlie has not aged a single day. fellas, it's been years at this point. charizard's 'little friend' is now a whole ass adult

and charizard can't fight her. fighting children is usually frowned upon in any circumstance and due to some kind of bro-code involving charizards, he can't pick on 'weaker-looking targets' so now he's just... pathetically begging for his friend to evolve so he can properly kick her in the teeth for sport.

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currently collecting the big-back secret treasures in spmd with the boys. the never-hungries. the snacks supreme.

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woo, it's that time of year again! i couldn't participate in last year's art fight but i definitely am this year! god, it's gonna be a real free-for-all considering that 90% of my mutuals are all on the same team

hrngh: https://artfight.net/~casualSnickers

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June 2025 Session coming soon!

🌞 Greetings passengers! This weekend we invite you to our newest session: "Retro Summer Beams & Midsummer Dreams!" 🌈 Get ready to dive into a dreamy world of 80s/90s vacation vibes, summer forest adventures, and possibly questionable fashion choices!

The event runs June 27th–July 1th 🌿

And don’t miss our 🌸 Flower Crown Mini Event! The mini event will be for official Pokémon characters and Pokémon- while the doodle sessions will be free for all.

We’ll see you there!

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seeking knowledge

me when i bring home a cool-looking orb instead of the perfect apples my boss told me to get (our house will explode later because of this)

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reject evolution; become old the way arceus intended.

burr refuses to evolve for personal reasons and thusly changes ever so slightly between each game (ignore gti). features like horns and spines are literally dried-on mud & clay that flake off. same ol' shapes. different colors. more scars.

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still warming up and breaking out of art block but this time, no lizards were involved. darn.

is this you @fujii-draws ???

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drawing some reptiles to recover from art block. yippee, it's my red rescue team duo just chilling admiring how much money they have.

they both used to be small. itty bitty babies. mangrove evolved the natural way through power whereas burr just kind of microevolved over time out of sheer spite.

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officially canon, boys were breaking all our bones with this one

Fanart for @casualsnickers fic "three fallers". I think about this dumb comic every time jaku is thrown into the torment nexus lol. Poor thing.

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Greetings! This weekend we invite you all for Pokemon Museum opening! No matter if you are a fine arts connoisseur, Tyrantrum Park fan or you just want to chill with water and bug pokemons - our place is perfect for you!

Opening time: 23rd May!

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The 2025 Hero and Partner Week prompt list is here! The written version is in alt text. Feel free to send an ask if you have any questions!

Explanation of “previous prompt”: use a prompt from one of the previous prompt lists, found [here], [here], [here], and [here].

The event begins June 1st! Have fun, I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone makes!

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you know, i wonder what it felt like on team act's behalf, being essentialy forced to capture and kill two innocent kids who only ever looked up to you and wanted to be like you... for the greater good of the world and all...

let's be real... two half-trained kids versus three fully-evolved, highly-skilled adults would've been a massacre if ninetails hadn't stepped in when they had.

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Gotcha-!😜 You thought that April Fools was behind us? Ha ha~! April is a perfect month to celebrate everything what's funny, silly, cute and happy! This time, we would like to invite you all for absolutely-not-serious session! Have fun! 💖

The event runs from April 25-28th, starting at 1PM UTC. The mini events will be for official Pokemon characters and Pokemon - while the doodle sessions will be free for all.

But wait, there's more! - on Saturday at 1PM UTC you can participate in Super, Special And Very Serious Art Class hosted by BeastKonoha! The class will be streamed on their Twitch account and later uploaded on Youtube if you miss! https://twitch.tv/beastkonoha/

Happy April Fools! 🥳

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correction: it was a 4 v 1 victory... somehow.

i was gonna go fist fight benga in black city today for sport but i made the decision to try the doubles line instead thinking that i'd be defeated on the first set of seven; i was wrong

maybe i should go commit strategy crimes against ingo next...?

btw, the versus recorder video for this is posted below. due to nintendo wifi having been discontinued way back when, i have to manually record these victories when they occur so apologies in advance for the quality.

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#0604 - Eelektross

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I really love all of your PMD stuff! I'm excited to check out your Submas content too once I've slept!

bet. good to hear it!

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round. friend-shaped. iconic, dare i say. in the world's weirdest polycule. also, could he be anymore obvious as to his mission being a trap? "i was simply testing your strength, my fellow explorer" YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR. super pmd kept him as a bastard man and i wholly appreciate it.

been thinkin about dusknoir and his less-than-optimal history with the player

i do feel like dusknoir should've been given more screen time pre-betrayal as there was never really any backstory as to him being all-knowing and wise. that and the fact that he just never came off as being inherently trustworthy during my initial playthrough of the game. big hulking ghost type... and he's also a warm, jolly fellow? something's not adding up here.

in my own version, dusknoir isn't a famous pokemon nor is he world-reknowned. he's strong, he's knowledgable and he's intimidating. he's been in the past plotting and scheming the same amount of time the hero has. and after all, you don't need other team members to become an explorer.

word would probably reach him via travel about the time gears going missing and he'd immediately scour every inch of the continent for info, eager to throw hands with grovyle only to run into officer magnezone who's investigating the case alongside their fellow magnemites. dusknoir would make up some believable excuse that he's a hobbyist explorer looking to catch grovyle to bolster his own reputation and after explaining what he knows, chief magnezone would take him back to treasure town to have him work exclusively with the wigglytuff guild. it's magnezone who spreads the rumor that dusknoir is well-traveled and intelligent.

dusknoir is both thrilled and exasperated as he now has more access to information via chatot (who actually has the history, skills, documents and reputation of being a head of intelligence) and via wigglytuff's connection to other groups- that, and he now has to work harder to conceal why he's really trying to stay ahead of the guild in tracking down grovyle. he'd be damned if somebody gets their hands on that detestable lizard before he does.

he just lurks around treasure town, mostly in the guild discussing possible locations for the time gears. sometimes, he's gone on solo missions. sometimes, he's in the town buying things. it's understood that he's literally just there to reap the social reward of capturing grovyle and nobody makes a big deal about him just showing up and helping. talking to him is completely optional- he still puts on the fake jolly voice and is very social- but he doesn't really take notice of burr or watts since they're both just guild apprentices doing mundane tasks... that and one of them eats rocks.

one day, he tells chatot that he needs to take a break to reservice his equipment and is pointed specifically in burr's direction to get his wonder orbs repurposed; something only the wigglytuff guild knows about. it's canon that nobody really knows where wonder orbs come from nor how they get their power; they simply exist. same thing with wands, scarves, looplets, etc. not even dusknoir knows the deal with where dungeon items come from or why they replenish themselves.

to dusknoir's knowledge, the only person he once knew who could tinker with wonder orbs without breaking them was grovyle's lost partner... the one who's orbs grovyle still uses to escape being caught. the one who's been conveniently off the radar for some time yet. dusknoir takes the time to ask burr to repurpose his wonder orbs and as she does, he recognizes that she and grovyle's partner share the same name, the same mannerisms, and the same way of actually disenchanting and enchanting orbs (via heat, pressure, and a bit of footprint rune know-how). it's when he catches watts casually making a joke about burr's amnesia to another apprentice does he finally begin to put the pieces together.

the issue with the water float arises. marill & azurill come to the guild looking for hero & partner and make a big scene. almost immediately, burr quietly pinpoints that it's in amp plains (via the dimensional scream ability) and leaves with watts to go and retrive it, dusknoir tagging along because he's familiar with the luxray clan lore and because he has no idea how burr would be able to pinpoint the water float's location so quickly having overheard her.

he comes in handy for the luxray pack and for chasing off team skull once they're found out. the three of them take the float back to town and deliver it back to the marill brothers only for dusknoir to take them both aside later and question their abilities. watts is completely ordinary apart from his relic fragment but being the talkative one, he persuades burr to tell dusknoir about her special ability and to keep it a secret that burr is actually a human.

it's a done deal after that and dusknoir immediately begins laying the bait for both grovyle and his amnesiac partner.