#<- speak ur truth prev

[neyxmessi]

Also while we're on the topic of hair (prev anon here) can someone with functioning braincells (read: not his friends) tell da Silva to stop frying and/or cutting his fucking cabeza. My man, let. your. hair. grow. FOR THE PEOPLE. FOR YOURSELF. At this point I'd rather have him go back to his mohawk (no) than whatever fiesta he's got going on every two weeks. Curls where good!! 2017 dark curls my man!! you peaked!!

DA SILVA LMFAOOOO. Speak ur mf truth!! (I agree)

The curls were perfectaaaaaaa

^^ lowkey this mohawk was kinda cool too

[ferie-anon]

Oh im sorry its me again, i think i lack info from my prevs qq, so, ill do it again im sorry, I wanted to request for my ship from NCT (127 or dream) i love all of them thou 21🥰. My placements are Taurus sun, Leo rising, Pisces Moon, mercury aries, venus pisces, mars is in taurus & jupiter in pisces. Thank youuuu for answering and for your efforts!!! 💚💚

Hiyaa~ Your taurus sun shows you are pretty chill, making you easy to get along with others. You naturally love your comfort zone and you are quite unmovable from other opinions~ Pisces moon gives you more of a sensitive intuitive feeling to others emotions and your emotions. Sometimes you just feel it out too much, kinda like a beach wave of emotion washing over your delicate heart. You’re stubborn and have quite the driven side if u wanted to, but have a soft side and kindhearted. Mercury in aries people put it out simply, honestly, and no lying. They are often trusted by others for their opinions due to the amount of sincerity and truth you guys have. Venus pisces shows you like displaying romantic cute affection with your s/o, those dreamy things holding hands or cuddles with your partner. Pisces generally sometimes are a daydreamer of romantic fanatics, so sometimes your venus is inspired by that. Taurus mars prompts you to have a driven and determined side when you set a goal or motivation for yourself. Dilligent and long lasting, you also are usually calm and professional. Jupiter in taurus shows how you will grow by overcoming some things. For you, after you have found a stable point in your life or consistency in your actions, you are able to mature and settle peace from within and outside life. And wow ur a leo rising too :0 there’s a lot of leo risings 🥺✨💛 You come off as charismatic, there’s a certain aura that makes others notice you or have interest either in you platonically or otherwise.

In nct 127... your match is Johnny~

Oh daddy- (Jkjk I will never stop clowning Johnny for that tho :P) But yea Johnny is one of the oldest members in the group, and he can sometimes be lighthearted in a weird and funny way, and he’s mature and still retains some youthfulness. When I first saw your chart and then Johnny’s, there is quite the similarity. You are quite the hardworker when you want to, quite mature when need to. Johnny is calm usually when not cracking up jokes and making Mark laugh, he’s also one of the respected from his members and they’re scared of him- He’s an aquarius sun, and it definitely shines through with their crackheadness and unique humor. But his chart isn’t only aquarius ;)

His moon is in gemini. This adds to his child-like youthness as ppl with this placement tend to be quite the curious one. They’re curious bout new things and juggle a lot of new found interests they do, to which if it gets boring they don’t continue it. But if it’s something they’re super passionate about it, the creative flow towards it is immense as Gemini is intellectually creative. His gemini moon is sextile to your leo rising. This creates a profound attraction where you feel drawn to his energetic mentality. As leo is a fire sign, you may be able to relate to Johnny’s airy energy as both fire and air are quite similar in astrology. If air fuels fire and spreads it, fire needs air to thrive consistently. That’s kinda the chemistry of them. And Johnny of course loves your style or how you project yourself to others. Based on your leo rising, you may dress more on how you love yourself, present yourself. Leo risings are confident in their own style which transcends their impression to others noticeably, which is why they are charming and stand out at times.

Johnny’s mercury is in aquarius~ his sign is sextile to your aries mercury. Both signs are alike in the fact they have a sense of realness in their words. Aquariuses are usually innovative thinkers so in mercury, they speak on their new ideas and project it to others, more of someone who kinda invents new theories type of vibe yknow. Aries mercury share their opinions honestly, someone who is not afraid to say wut they think. Since you both are similar in this aspect, getting along communication wise would be easy and you both might even enjoy the conversations you have together~

Next, his venus is in capricorn! It is sextile to your pisces venus, and these two signs are noted to get along. They are different to the extent where they’re similar. Both cap and pisces together kinda radiate mom and dad energy, capricorn being practical and logical while pisces being soft and understanding. This is where Johnny gets more serious, as he shows his affection in his responsible actions and is family oriented. He values a responsible and also a mature s/o, but ofc not to the point where they’re dead serious 24/7 and can’t even have fun. Your pisces venus shows you have a soft romantic side, you are caring and affectionate to your partner. Johnny could find comfort on days when he’s tired from work, and you just know it so you open your arms wide welcoming him to come over. And he just crashes on to you, snuggling you as you pet his head. <3

Lastly, his mars is in leooo! So your leo rising is conjunct to his mars. Mars is the ruler of passion and actions. Johnny takes his approaches towards his goals in a very determined and fiery way. He puts his all in it becuz leo mars usually get super pumped up doing their favorite thing/hobbies. Mars also kinda rules assertiveness romantically as well since Ares is the god ruler of mars. (Ares and Aphrodite~) He loves the fiery aura you emit, how you too can be super passionate at a point. Leo mars rather have loyalty cuz they are loyal too, so he admires and loves your stable and unchanging approaches mentally and action-wise (cuz your taurus mars and other taurus placements).

Overall, I’d say this is a match force to be reckoned with 😌 Johnny is a flirt, knows how to get the converaation flowing, but knows when play time ends and all. You’re not a pushover, but not unsocial. Simple in your thinking and approaches, if you have a goal you work towards the goal, if you think this person is a good person, they probably are after you deduced from your observation and gut instinct of them. Your resolute mind that comes with a gentle sweet side offers a new interesting light to others and it’s charming. Everyone appreciates you two becuz you both are amazing in many ways. The charming mature couple~ -> 🌹💖🌿☁️✨☕️🍷🍮

[ask-gijinka-creationtrio]

clarification on that bit on gender and contemplations on other stuff

If anyone actually bothers to read this lmao

Dialga: This question was pretty much inevitable.

Palkia: I’m honestly fine with being referred to as an “it”.

Giratina: Why the hell should we worry about “it” being “dehumanizing” when we’re not human to begin with?

Something that I knew would eventually get brought up is the genders of my interpretation of the trio. The simple answer is encapsulated in the prev post: they’re dragon gods. Gender is a societal construct; sex is for reproduction. Legendary entities that represent the fundamental laws of the universe don’t really have a need for either society or reproduction. So as with the games, they’re all officially non-binary/genderless.

That said, my designs gravitate towards one or the other. One reason is that i’m not creative, bold, inspired, or talented enough to really translate that genderless attribute into humanoid form. Another is that someone pointed out to me a while ago that Palkia has a low waist-hip ratio, stiletto clawed feet, and some designs will feature a more prominent chest. That and the gendered color-coding Pokemon started doing with blue males and red/pink females, like with the menu screens starting from Gen III, the Eon Duo, Jellicent in Gen V, and Team Skull Grunts in Gen VII. 

That said, I’m not a huge fan of these reasons, as you could also make the counterargument that Palkia looks somewhat phallic. So I kinda wanna get into an Extended Rant™ on why I choose to depict my OCs the way, even though no one probably cares lmao

It starts out with the Kanji/Hanzi for “Universe”: 宇宙, Uchū in Japanese and Yǔzhòu in Chinese. You might recall it if you’ve read Pokemon Adventures. 

You might also remember if you visited that one dude on Route 228 in Diamond and Pearl who gets yeeted out of his house by Cyrus’s contrite grandfather by the time Platinum rolls around. Okay, realistically, barely anyone probably does (that guy wasn’t that memorable), but he basically says the same thing as Cyrus in the panels above: 宇宙, coined by the ancient Taoists, esoterically means something like “the totality of extension” + “the totality of duration”. In other words, the ancient Japanese/Chinese word for “universe” is lit. “space” + “time”. This is actually a somewhat obscure, unnecessary detail that even many native speakers seem to be unaware of. It also ties in heavily with the Yin-Yang 陰陽 of Taoism.

I know Taoism is more a Gen V theme, but it’s a concept implicit throughout the franchise, hence games generally come in twos, sharing complementary/opposing or dualistic/dichotomic themes. Even trios tend to have the third member as the odd one out or mediator. There’s much more to the Yin-Yang than just Truth/Ideals and I sorta wish Game Freak would explore it more to really unite the franchise as a whole around the interconnected theme of both diversity and harmony.

The Yin-Yang isn’t strictly about Truth/Ideals as much as it is about the fundamentally dualistic nature of existence and the oneness implicit in the inseparability of coexisting complementary concepts. Thus, truth and ideals are two sides of the same coin, as are time and space as relativity revealed. The Yin-Yang is vague enough to basically be an umbrella representation term for any complementary duality. It should be noted that the feminine Yin and masculine Yang don’t refer to stereotypical/conventional notions of femininity or masculinity, but rather requires an abstract interpretation.

The Yin-Yang is composed of an active component, and a passive/reflective/receptive one. More easily understood in that one aspect creates the body and the other gives it life. One which shapes/nurtures/mothers being and one which animates/directs/fathers it. Abstract interpretations of the feminine Mother and masculine Father follow suit. As do dualistic concepts like particle and wave, existence and essence, ovum and sperm, object/entity and idea/concept, magnitude and direction, defense and offense, nature/tradition and technology/advancement (Gen I & Gen II), space and time (Gen IV), truth and ideals (Gen V), night/moon and day/sun (Gen VII), and shields and swords i guess (Gen VIII).

I excluded Gen III because among the classical elements, earth and water are both traditionally considered reflective/feminine, with fire and air being active/masculine, but i suppose if you factor in Primal Reversion in Gen VI, it works. With the Aura Trio, I read something unrelated but interesting about how apparently Ohmori Shigeru hinted at parallels between the Weather Trio and Aura Trio. Can’t find the source though. Blue - Seas were the first (Alpha) source of Life; Red - fiery, desolate Lands signify the Death of all in the end (Omega); Green - Order/Balance mediates between two forces of nature that can be malevolent/chaotic left unchecked, with the trio master possessing abilities that cancel out the other two. 

Going off the rails a bit more, speaking of color-parallels, there’s probably going to be one of the subtractive colors between Gen VIII and the (highly probable) Gen IV remakes this generation, with Cyan - Dialga, Azelf, Lucas’ accents, Za-cian; Magenta - Palkia, Mesprit, Dawn’s accents, Za-mazenta; Yellow - Giratina, Uxie, Barry’s accents, whoever the third member of the Gen VIII mascot/box art legendary trio is going to be. I wonder how they’re going to incorporate the parallels tho

Anyway I digress. The ancient Daoists associated feminine Yin with 宇/Space and masculine Yang with 宙/Time by virtue of insisting the feminine aspect precedes, but even disregarding that, Space fits in with the Yin criteria of that which represents the body and Time fits in with the Yang criteria of that which initiates life.

So while they’re genderless, Dialga represents the concept of masculinity and Palkia femininity in their most pure, abstract, and universal form according to the Dao. While this doesn’t make Dialga a dudebro and Palkia whatever the hell the feminine equivalent is, in my mind, Palkia has a strong maternal instinct and Dialga is very much a dad. Giratina is weird chaotic goth aunt/uncle who gives u ur first taste of alcohol just to spite grandpa and reads fanfiction with candles and a glass of wine like it’s a fucking literary hour.

That’s my logic and explanation behind it anyhow. The distinction goes something like Palkia will concern itself more with the state or properties of something (who, what, where) whereas Dialga will concern itself more with the role or activity of it (when, why, how). As time and space are, however, they’re deeply intertwined and cannot be separated.

I might move this bit to a separate post somewhere down the line since this has already dragged on long enough, but I’ll share some thoughts on Giratina here and tie it in with the overarching topic of assigning gender roles lol. According to Game Freak, Giratina represents antimatter, but there are some inconsistencies. I know this shit has to be taken with a grain of salt because of Pokemon logic/science and whatever, but I gave it some thought regardless. My personal headcanon is that Altered Giratina represents dark matter/energy and Origin Giratina represents antimatter. Whatever tf Gira represents in Pokemon lore is based on a combination of the two, with the Reverse/Distortion World probably alluding to the idea of an anti-universe. Antimatter and dark matter are not really the same thing, but they’re both trippy cosmic constructs that sound somewhat similar, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I wanted to make a distinction because while antimatter doesn’t distort spacetime any more than normal matter, it’s speculated that dark matter (actually dark energy) does, and is responsible for the rapid expansion of the universe. 

This would also go along nicely with Gira complementing the the Spacetime twins while also complementing Arceus. It would also fit as justification for Giratina having to switch from Origin to Altered Forme upon entering the universe presided over by Dialga and Palkia, not because of the shift in spacetime stability, but rather due to the violent, annihilating reaction that occurs when matter and antimatter come into contact with one another. It’s by no means a perfect resolution hc, but it is one that I’ve gotten attached to.

Anyhoo, I designed Giratina to appear more androgynous (or at least attempted to). However, going by that masculine active/feminine reflective duality highlighted in the Yin-Yang, Origin Gira, with antimatter a reflection of normal matter, appears a bit more feminine-androgynous, whereas Altered Gira, with dark matter an active driving force for the expansion of the universe, appears a bit more masculine-androgynous (though iirc it hasn’t shown up yet and i’m not too great with consistency regardless). That was my idea behind it in any case. Origin Gira wears a binder under that big dastardly overcoat. i guess it’s technically genderfluid.

Digressing a bit, but another artistic choice was the skin tone of the trio. 0 points for subtlety on my part, but the color is Cosmic Latte, the average color of the universe. Like that bit on gender, I wanted to base it on some aspect of reality. I juggled between that and pure black with stars for freckles, but in the end i’m a lazy piece of shit who cuts corners for a living, so i settled on Primordial Clam Chowder because it was easier lmao. that’s why they pasty af

Anyways, if you have any design ideas or you wanna see a member of the trio in another form, feel free to submit your ideas or a magic anon or whatever! 

TL;DR tbh this wasn’t even a structured rant it was just me going off the rails and sharing random useless deetz. this isn’t even a tl;dr. what the fuck

[zukkaoru]

[ID: a thread of two incoming texts that say “You’re not a burden” and “Let’s fuck later”. the first text has been reacted to with a heart by the receiver. End ID]

[aki-bara]

Genre savviness saving lives over here.

The horrors never actually end btw

[helpallthenamesaretaken]

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I will never get over the fact that rick riordan's favorite way of uplifting other characters is to tear percy jackson down