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in case you were wondering how things went down at the pokemon world championships this weekend:

-during the top 8 of the TCG masters division, chilean player fernando cifuentes was running a gimmick deck that consisted exclusively of four iron thorns ex and a whole ton of control-focused trainer cards in a strategy that either completely shuts down opponents or shits the bed entirely

-through skillful play and some good luck, fernando made it through 2 days in a tournament with over 1100 players to get to the quarterfinals

-fernando lost 2-0 to ian robb, who was running regidrago vstar (widely considered one of the best decks in the current format)

-in an overexuberant victory celebration, ian did what can only be described as a jacking-off gesture, on a stream with tens of thousands of viewers run by a company with very firm player conduct expectations

-the judges determined that this warranted a penalty of game loss, but for some reason, rather than applying it to ian’s next game in the semifinals, they applied it to the one he had just won in the top 8

-(it should be noted that the prize money for making top 8 is $15k while top 4 is $20k, so this jerking gesture cost ian robb $5,000)

-nearly an hour after fernando came to terms with his loss and the end of an impressive run, he was told that he was to get back on stream because he’s now playing in the semifinals due to winning by default

-the player he was up against in the semifinals was playing a deck (miraidon) that happens to get shut down hard by iron thorns’s gimmick, so fernando wins the semifinals

-said player, jesse parker, had notably had an undefeated run throughout the whole tournament up to this point, and likely would have continued that streak had his intended semifinal opponent not gotten a game loss penalty for miming a lewd act on stream

-meanwhile, the other semifinal winner is japan’s seinosuke shiokawa, running a deck (roaring moon) that players had largely written off as underwhelming months ago

-the grand finals are on the following day, so saturday evening was abuzz with a lot of people baffled by the absurdity of the situation

-come sunday afternoon, the grand finals are set to begin, with fernando cifuentes running iron thorns and seinosuke shiokawa running roaring moon

-it should be noted here that the roaring moon deck doesn’t rely very much on abilities, so iron thorns’s gimmick has very little effect - this is basically an even matchup

-fernando wins the first game of the set, and seinosuke wins the second

-the third and final game of the set is a bonafide cheek-clencher, with both players reaching a state where a single KO will win the game, but fernando manages to clinch it at the last minute

-and that’s the story of how a guy pretending to jork it led to the first instance of a pokemon world champion who also lost the quarterfinals

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Winter 🚇⚡

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some doodles of my fave little nimbasa guys

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I just had a thought while thinking about your possession au.

So I know you posted some joke art about Ingo confronting a Zoroark acting as his (possessed) brother, but what if the Zoroark WAS trying this time.

So imagine ; Ingo with maybe Lady Sneasler and Irida walking through the Alabaster Icelands, and they get confronted with a Zoroark. It takes Emmet's form and starts terrorizing Ingo, taunting him with "You'd never hurt me!" and everything F!Emmet said before.

And Irida watches as Ingo, her cool and collected if a tad lost warden just... shrink back in fear.

Now just about any sane person would be afraid of a Zoroark, but she can tell that this is MUCH more than just that. This is *personal*. He normally never hesitates fighting Zoroarks when they take the forms of others, but this time he is terrified of hurting the man behind the illusion, and of the man himself.

Judging from everything the illusion of Emmet is shouting (even illusions and how they behave have *some* truth to them), and the way Ingo is terrified, she deduces that maybe the place or family Ingo originally came from wasn't ideal, to say the least. Ingo frantically telling Irida that he loves his supposed abuser only reaffirms her concerns.

Eventually, this becomes somewhat of an open secret among both clans that Ingo's 'man in white' is, to say the least, not good. And how is Ingo supposed to dispute that? He loves this person, and he vaguely feels protective of him, but he also feels afraid whenever he think of him.

Cue Emmet somehow getting into Hisui.

For some extra angst, he took care of his F!Emmet situation, somehow. (Maybe when they both went to Dialga to go to Hisui, he went 'wait a moment, you're not supposed to be there' and separated them)

Naturally, when Irida finds out that the man in white is actually here, she panics. Everyone tries to a. Keep Emmet from finding out Ingo is even here (which doesn't work, he came here KNOWING Ingo is here so he can tell everyones lying to him), b. Know Emmet's location at all times, so that c. They can steer Ingo in the opposite direction of where Emmet is, for his own safety until they can either get Emmet to go back to where he came from, or do some (incredibly biased) investigation.

Cause Sinnoh help them if Emmet IS actually as bad as they suspect, cause if he is even half as good as Ingo, then the amount of people who could potentially stop him can he counted on one hand.

Sure, he SEEMS nice if a tad intense, worrying about his brother, but who's to say he's not just a good actor?

I dunno, maybe the climax is Emmet finding Ingo but the Ingo protection squad (consisting of Irida, Sneasler, etc.) is keeping him back and throwing the not completely baseless accusations at Emmet, him saying "hey I was possessed by a future alternate version of myself, but hes gone now I swear" ("well that's awfully convenient"), and Ingo has NO IDEA what do to (cause he said that once, didn't he? He said that the thing was gone, but then it wasn't, so he has no idea if he can fully trust him or not).

OR, F!Emmet arrives still in Emmet's body and just starts tearing through everything to find Ingo. He's an unstoppable force that will not stop until he finds his brother. And he is nearly everything that Zoroark showed Irida. They are desperately trying to keep Ingo away from him, to no avail.

What're your thoughts on this? Do with all this what you want, and thanks for reading my rant.

OK SO THIS WOULDN'T BE CANON PER SAY (more like an offshoot au?) BUT SOME INTROSPECTION ->

so i might have explored this very idea in a couple of discord dms! but for the most part, yes, ingo would be very much scared of the man in white/the zoroark since his last days with emmet were very much tainted with future emmet's influence, but i wouldn't say f!emmet went so far as to abuse him - emotionally torment for sure tho. still, ingo would very much react, even with amnesia, with a sense of fear and apprehension to seeing him. mixed and very confusing feelings

when emmet does finally get to ingo in hisui in the actual au, him and his future self has actually teamed up (as the last installation suggests). that isn't to say emmet is angry at his future self (bc he is FURIOUS even now at how his future self treated ingo and made the last few weeks he had with his sibling so miserable for everyone) but they have a sort of ceasefire since they want the same thing rn

but similar to your ask, ingo doesn't react positively. he still doesn't remember much but he knows that: 1) he knows this figure and that he is someone important to him 2) does not want any harm to come to him 3) he, for the life of him, is scared of him. the clan is rightfully ultra suspicious of them and maybe puts him on watch (and maybe subjecting him to various interrogative talks to get him to explain everything) that the emmets accept without much fight -> f!emmet feeling extremely guilty for what he has done and believes he deserves the treatment/deserves to not be forgiven + emmet knows that the clan is protecting his brother and can't fault them for handling the way they do

f!emmet and emmet both have a lot of work to do if they want things to go back to the way they were, if they even can

BUT YEAH VERRRRRRRY LONG RAMBLE BUT VERRRY INTERESTING NONETHELESS SKSKK

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dont tag as ship

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just ingo

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i had a very bad week so i wanna make something to make me happy but like :")))

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on the submas posting grind ,,,, here's some recent art for an au i'm working on!

in this au, emmet goes mad over the loss of his brother, deciding he's going to stop at nothing to bring him back. he spends the next 5-6 years tracking down arceus and studying the arts of necromancy to bring back the now 400-year-old corpse of ingo, now forever stuck in the mentality that he'll never leave hisui even when he is firmly back in unova. the dead never cope well with change, after all.

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He is Emmet. He is a Subway Boss.

He repeats this mantra several times, and each passenger made well aware. Each passenger lost to his Eelektross. Each time, he laughed it off. Each time, he congratulated them on a battle well fought and sent them on their way.

Each time, he missed his brother.

Emmet had grown to miss Ingo's antics. The slight shoulder taps his brother would use to drag Emmet out of a slump. The loud boisterous ‘Bravo!’ he would call out after each battle.

He is Emmet. He missed how Ingo's Haxorus’ earthquake would render Eelektross unconscious.

What a silly thing to miss.

Sat upon the plush subway seats, Emmet's chin tucked between his pointer knuckle and thumb. His eyes closed, a smile pressed against his lips. The knowledge of the missing frown that usually accompanies his grin does not elude him. It sits in his chest, nesting its way into the crater permeating his heart, building a home out of the shards of Emmet's mask.

If Emmet could muster up the courage to move, he would be well on his way home by now. It was the lump in his throat and the shake in his wrists that compelled him to stay seated.

The train had stopped. It had remained stopped for a while. He sat in his seat for as long as the train had been stopped. He had been stopped.

He was stagnant.

He was Emmet, and he had stopped growing as a Pokémon trainer. He had thrown himself into other things.

Other things, being, finding Ingo. He needed to. He was Emmet. He had to.

Teeth bit the inside of his lip, gloved fingers curled around dampened slacks. Emmet’s eyes slipped shut.

He wished he had bore witness to Ingo's departure, at least.

It wasn't something he was used to yet. He still awoke each morning expecting his brother to have made breakfast or his chandelure to be chattering away at him like usual.

Emmet nearly always made far too much to eat for dinner, waiting at the dining table until far too late into the night. Waiting for the door to open and the telltale signs of Ingo’s arrival. His hearty chuckle, and boisterous greeting, delighted that dinner had been made and was waiting. The ever so subtle grin that would spread across his face as he hung his hat and coat, sitting across the table from Emmet.

One night, he was here. The next he was not.

One morning, he had made breakfast. The next he was gone. His pokemon, his home, and his brother left behind.

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My first submas fic? Tell me how silly it is haha (incredibly nervous to post ANYTHING)

All in all, feedback,,is very heavily encouraged because I have no idea how to write (I have like 3 more wips for them)

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card tricks! 🃏✨

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very fond of this idea

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also i,, haven't posted in forever

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What the nuts...!?

Pebble | They / Vys / Bun | Adult

pokemon sideblog, please ignore the placeholder name 🙏🙏🙏

Hi, I'm pebble!!! I draw and write a lot, and maybe I think too much about some weird train twins.

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Mostly Submas, Volo, N, will tag accordingly !! Occasionally ill yap abt deoxys and my other fave pokemon . Might post some drabbles or whatever.