#AWESOME MUTUAL!!!

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Who's your favorite Sans?

For. No reason at all. Trust

Totally not killer. I hate that guy. (And cross. Cross sucks, too)

I honestly actually don't know that many aus? I just realized that

Kinda surprising tbh

I might do some research and come back to this eventually.

(YOU DONT GOTTA CHECK THE TAGS I ACCIDENTALLY STARTED RAMBLING AGAIN, AS I DO)

[pigswithwings]

transmission

[suzylind]

My piece that I made for the @sonicshadowzine hard to believe this was a while ago. But I had the joy of drawing more Pirates!

I had a really fun time with this!

[sak-supernatural]

I know you technically can't have mutuals on ao3, but also abso-fucking-loutely you can! The people I see in the comments and kudos of the fics I read when I leave my comments and kudos, the people I see in the comments and kudos on my own fics, anyone I have had a present comment section conversation with. Basically, if I recognise your user and you (might) recognise mine then I consider us mutuals 🫂. To anyone who knows me from ao3 hi, hello 👋 don't be afraid to come say hi here, or slide into my ask box (I can't promise anything, but requests and prompts are always open @sak-writes, leave ur ao3 user and I'll tag you in it if it gets written).

[sweetmapple]

Y’all think they ever [REDACTED] each other’s [REDACTED] in the Dream Lands?

[ang3linthesnow]

me and my mutuals

[eggytrain]

Franky drawings, again !!!!!

And some wips.

[scribz-ag24]

I've recently seen again a post talking about the Sableye and Dusknoir's relationship so i'd like to put my two cents in the discussion, for I love screaming into the void about PMD. (this isnt meant to discourage any other interpretations btw this is just my take on theirs and Dusknoir's relationship, bc I think they're very fun characters and I am very glad the game actually gives these minions a bit of relevance in se5).

Tbh I don't buy that Dusknoir treats the Sableye nicely, at least not out of kindness. I don't think he's a tyrant or inexplicably mean, of course, and I think his minions ADORE him, but i also believe that doesn't mean he's nice to them, sth that i consider meaningful for their character arcs.

Throughout the entire game he's exclusively giving them orders, in se5 he concocts a plan that involves thrashing them MULTIPLE times (he's lucky Grovyle isn't one to try and kill enemies in battle ig), and the cherry on top is that the first time we see him being fully genuine he does this:

(yes, he is in turmoil in here, but there's not a single thing implying that 1. this is an unusual response towards the sablye, 2. dusknoir feels bad for it at some point or is surprised at himself, 3. this has any impact in the sableye at all. You can argue these reactions happen off screen and we don't see them, they don't happen bc they have pressing matters to attend to or they happen after they return to life, and that's perfectly valid, but i'm sticking with what the game shows us, here.)

I must say, though, the fact that the Sableye, despite having been almost mindless pokémon up to now, STAND UP TO AND ATTACK Primal Dialga for their boss and even try to look after him despite him ordering them to check on Grovyle and Celebi first is SO important to me. they are goons to the bone and they love that scheming ghost so much.

My own view is that Dusknoir is generally polite to them (you wouldn't randomly break your own revolver or weapon without any reason, would you?), but is quicker to get mean with them than with people he doesn't know or he is seeking to manipulate. He doesn't care about their behaviour as long as they get the job done, which is why I think the anime thing of the Sableye climbing onto his shoulder isn't that remarkable, rather it's a very cute moment, one that is showing how they've been working together for long and how their size difference affects their interactions, but it is not necessarily conveying an affectionate bond (this is a bit random, but it reminds me of Disney's Jafar with Iago lmao. throw your pet sableye at your enemies so they mock them and then return to your shoulder). Additionally, Dusknoir letting the Sableye onto his shoulder is probably as close as we are gonna get to a villain turning around in his chair while petting a cat in PMD lol.

[this isn't meant to be a one-to-one comparison, it's just a detail i find cute and shows that this gesture can have multiple interpretations, with none being the only right one]

Leaving that aside, I hesitate to claim Dusknoir trusts his Sableye as allies, as Grovyle makes a point in the main story of how the Sableye (your Sableye, he says, as if objectifying them; not friends, but tools, weapons at Dusknoir's disposal) are lacking compared to the way hero/partner/grovyle support one another (power of friendship and hidden information babyyyy). The Sableye are used to Dusknoir's way of doing things, though, I'm sure. They know what happens when he's displeased, after all.

I think, most of all, the Sableye are meant to look disposable: they are 6 identical pokémon that almost act like a hivemind, and we are not supposed to think at all about how we may hurt them in battle any more than we do with the angry Manectric pack or random dungeon pokémon. This, I believe, is why the game has them stand up against Dialga and gives them unique dialogue at the end of se5. They're meant to show their inner shine, just as Dusknoir managed to do. They suddenly gain an individuality they had never shown while they were working to maintain the dark future.

Where they abandoned Dusknoir in the Old Ruins, now Grovyle has motivated them to look for their dignity and fight for a better world, and that starts with protecting their leader from Primal Dialga's rampage, and supporting his new objective and allies in their quest to save the future. In their own small way, they've also grown as characters throughout SE5.

I believe that, overall, Dusknoir saw the Sableye as tools, but thanks to their growth and clear care for him, there's a possibility he might start to see them (and by extension other pokémon) in a more genuine, less pragmatic / objectifying way in the future. Now that Dusknoir has the chance to live a fulfilling life, he may learn to care for others without surrounding himself by so many walls. If anything, I think their future is quite bright. Not that the Sableye would mind if he still thrashed them around, though lol, they're clearly not bothered much by it (special episode 0 had a great depiction of the sableye imo, you can check that romhack if you haven't yet).

In conclusion, look at these little guys who adore their can-get-mean-but-is-mostly-polite boss and probably have a body count but now are good, they're so cute:

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⋆⋅☆ BNHA S07E09 ★ HAWKS ☆⋅⋆

↳ dedicated to Eva (@hokusu)

[ken-tfc]

Doodles while procrastinating English 🦾

Trickster by @yourloveaton

Featuring @sasaleletrebol

[kaprisvn]

Trick or treat!

The fae boys would love some treats! But be careful! They’ve always got a trick or two up their sleeves~

WHAT

Secret 3rd option: Retreat

What? I missed Halloween?? No I didn't wdym???

Silly little thing for @hexcii (hiya :D) and their wonderful AU The Name Game

[sen-ya]

First off, I love ur art so much. Ur style is so amazing and the stories u come up with are so fun (or sad) and I think they're incredible.

Second, Law and Luffy at the pool headcanon bc it's over 100 degrees where I am rn. Luffy cannonballs in before they even set up their chairs and Law just stares at him. He refuses to get in, so Luffy has to surprise him and push him in. He's mad, but then Luffy laughs and all is forgiven because he is the sucker for Luffy's laugh/smile.

Ahhh hello!! Tysm for the kind words! 😭❤️ funny story it is ALSO 100 degrees where I am and I have spent today recovering from dehydration and heat exhaustion 🫠🫠

[fervent-adoration]

HELLO AGAINNNNN SELFSHIPPING COMMUNITY! 👏👋

Tis I, Krueger! Doing a little selfship promo to get back my awesome mutuals while I work on repurposing this account. I really wanted something fully selfship oriented to work with... so here we are 💪

Uhh I am 18, use he/him pronouns, and I am your local wretched Pokémon selfshipper. I have 4 f/os who I selectively share with, those being Wallace, Steven Stone, Amethio, and Spinel, and I will be talking about them more than what is good for the world. I WANT TO BE YOU TO BE MY SUPER COOL MUTUAL! PLEASE LET ME IN 🙏🙏

PROSHIP/DARKSHIP AND ADJACENT DNI PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!

[idiotsyncratic0]

If you draw Takeo more, my life is officially yours.

yes boss

on it boss

o7

[guns-blazing]

By interacting with this post you agree that axis is the best uty character

[chaos-interwoven]

i know that we are all obsessed with the fact that jean has been texting renee about jeremy (as we should be) but can we just pause and take a second to think about how renee is texting jean about jeremy!

because she liked jean. no matter how serious you interpret their feelings for one another to be, she genuinely liked him. and it’s only been a couple months since jean left south carolina and moved to california. meaning that it’s only been a couple months since their moment at the foxhole court and “We are the right people, I think… This is just… the wrong time.” it’s only been a couple months since they had to walk away from each other, both pained by that, and had to come to terms, on their own, with the fact that whatever romantic feelings they had for one another would never work out. they may have mutually agreed on it, but renee was the one to step up and be like “it’s okay. i very easily could have given you my whole heart but that’s not in the cards for us.” even though she had fallen for jean. because she cares about him so much, not just romantically but as his friend. so she walked away and wished him healing and light and happiness knowing that she couldn’t give it to him, knowing they wouldn’t work together. can we take a second to pause and recognize the pain, maybe even the heartbreak, she felt over that?(1)

but slowly, thousands of miles away from each other, renee and jean accepted who they could be for each other and allowed the love in their hearts to reshape into friendship. they figured out how to exist in this current context. just as, slowly, their texts shifted from renee giving jean an escape from his thoughts to them talking like friends do, in an equal exchange, because jean was healing and found people who loved him and were helping him learn to lean in them and how to stand on his own. just like she had wished for him.

and so when renee asks about california and jean feels comfortable enough in his head to relay his thoughts to her, she starts to hear about this pseudo partner(2), sunshine captain that jean has. she picks up on how he is helping jean more than anyone else and she knows. she can feel the admiration and affection hidden and not so hidden in his words. maybe it even feels similar to what she read through his texts when they held romantic feelings for her. and even though some part of her found it to be a little painful, she gives him space to come to terms with his feelings and work through his internalized homophobia and is happy for him through it all. she is supportive and glad (and very aware which tells us jean has talked about jeremy a lot), enough so that she is comfortable being cheeky about jean’s crush to him — “The dog is also cute.”

i am just of the firm opinion that we should think about that some more. because it’s beautiful and their friendship means a lot to me. renee walker and her huge, deeply caring heart mean a lot to me. and people should recognize how lovely she is more often

very much not saying this to try to guilt trip people or something. i just think we as a fandom tend to be very male-centric and that considering things from all points of view provides more insights into all characters. and i think that considering things from the point of view of the women in the series is quite important too

not pseudo as in jeremy is not jean’s partner because he very much is. i am referring to how it is an imitation of the raven partner system which renee definitely knows about and can understand the role jeremy is sorta filling.