#brendan barry

[mariocki]

Disraeli: The Chief (1.4, ATV, 1978)

"May I ask: what will be your main concern, sir?"

"To push forward the kind of progressive conservatism that has been my ideal for the past forty years."

"You mentioned social legislation. Could you give us some idea of what you have in mind?"

"Oh, nothing too much, say... slum clearance, setting up of savings banks, shortening the working hours, legal equality between workers and employers, and the establishment of the rights of trade unions amongst other things."

"But... but that is more radical than anything ever proposed by Gladstone."

"It certainly does not sound like conservative policy."

"I want this government to represent the interests of every class - since it was every class that elected us, not just one section of society."

[strdstwanderer]

I've been raving to my sister about how much I love the Paldean Pals and now Carmine and Kieran. I thought, to commemorate The Teal Mask, I make this college with all the rival/friends characters and how I remember them.

UPDATED

And since people keep telling me that Kiki, did in fact, did something wrong.

[grey822aaa]

Cat dads with sons

And Ghetsis and n

[metropoliswhite]

the cheeky holes in the sweater, the glimpse of happy trail, the flowers... i am unwell

[spacefinch]

Pokemon headcanons: Names

These are my personal headcanons for the names of the protagonists and some of the rivals of the Pokémon games.

Kanto:

Red Akiyama

Blue Oak/Green Oak (canon)

Leaf Aoki

Johto:

Ethan Hibiki

Lyra Koto

Kristine "Kris" Mariner

Silver Rosso

Hoenn:

May Hayashi

Brendan Birch (I HC him as the rival character, meaning he's the professor's kid.)

Wally Tsuru

Sinnoh:

Dawn Yugata

Lucas Kagayaki

Barry Palmer (I HC that his dad Palmer goes by his last name.)

Unova:

Hilda and Hilbert Grayson

Cheren Kuroki-Petrov

Bianca Caro

Rosalind (Rosa) Whittaker

Nathanial "Nate" Blake

Kalos

Serena Fontaine

Calem Belmont

Alola

Elio Taiyo

Selene Yoru

Notes (mostly based on headcanons):

I HC Hilda and Hilbert to be twins, so they have the same surname.

Cheren is part Sinnohan (so the Pokemon world's equivalent of part-Japanese) and part "whatever the Pokemon equivalent of Bulgarian is."

Ethan and Lyra's surnames in my headcanons come from their canon names in Japanese (Hibiki and Kotone.)

Elio and Selene are originally from the Kanto region before moving to Alola. Their surnames mean "sun" and "night" respectively.

Nate's surname comes from the English name of his manga counterpart.

[myosotlsart]

Pan characters that are pan because they don't give a crap about gender: Lucas/Dia, Dawn/Platina, Red, Silver, Kris.

Pan characters in it for the lot: Lyra.

Here are just a few selections of my HCs for every character's sexuality. A few notes:

These characters are a set that correspond to a specific universe in my mind. In other universes, their sexuality may differ.

Most of these should be understood to apply when they are adults.

Those who are considered more 'sexual' are usually in an established relationship sometime in their future.

Leaf & May are 'open' in the sense that they both travel a lot due to their occupations and passions and don't really care what the other is doing in their spare time. Neither necessarily are out to seek relationships, however.

R.I.P Dawn. Her partners will miss her.

[cinematicjourney]

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) | dir. Martin McDonagh

[in-love-with-movies]

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

[spotted-owl-sketches]

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[coinsweepermaster]

Unhinged Pokemon alignment charts pt.1

[bearimba]

Pokemon Mini Headcanons

Realized it's been a solid minute since I've shared anything. so! here's some pokemon headcanon tidbits that have kinda been floating around in my head but I don't have anywhere to put them yet:

Barry is extremely tall. Like, at least six feet. Since he's very visibly the goofy type, it's not super intimidating until suddenly he's barreling down the street and nearly knocking people over in his wake. He's also incredibly clumsy, so it's kind of a bull(tauros?)-in-a-china-shop situation.

Leaf is part of the team that revolutionized and maintains the PSS (not part of the original team though, she's too young for that), which is of course led by Bill. Where Bill came up with the, made the team, and did a bunch of hardware stuff, Leaf is in charge of software stuff and does coding for the different programs. As for the rest of the team. well. I don't know who they are bc I haven't gotten that far.

Also, Red's sign name for Leaf is Green, as in, literally the sign for the color (the same goes for Blue). Blue's often calls her Greenie as a result.

As Hoenn's Champion, Brendan is considered a very down-to-earth and blunt person, which is great and all until you remember he's from the ✨️bearimba pokeverse✨️'s equivalent of Florida and is basically Reigning Florida Man Supreme. He's definitely done some crazy stuff but it kinda gets shoved on the back burner (that definitely isn't partially because the media pushes his more serious side in order to fight the "all Hoennians are unhinged" allegations).

Lucas is legally deaf (deaf but not Deaf, he lost his hearing as a kid) and uses hearing aids. He can kinda sorta understand people without them, but it's less like he understands the words and more like he understands the sounds that are supposed to be word, so it's way more convenient to keep them in. Whenever he doesn't want to deal with Dawn's and Barry's shenanigans, he just turns them off, closes his eyes, and relishes in the relative peace and quiet.

He's also the one who gets transported back to Hisui during the final battle with Dialga/Palkia/Giratina. Long story short (bearimba DPPt/PLA rewrite when?), his hearing aids get destroyed in the process of getting transported and he's forced to go through the events of PLA at a huge disadvantage, mostly relying on his quick wit and vast knowledge of pokemon to survive the game.

Lorelei, Karen, and Clair are all besties, and they meet up regularly to have brunch and share the latest gossip (aka pooling together their resources to gather info on their enemies, discuss the most recent affairs in Kanto/Johto, and more, all under the guise of "girls' time").

Silver and Janine first meet when Silver gets accidentally caught up in a prank meant for the E4, for which Janine very vehemently apologizes (under threat from Koga) and Silver reluctantly forgives her (under threat from Lance). They get along surprisingly well after that, especially after they both get involved in the Kanto League as gym leaders, and they eventually become pretty good friends.

Team Rocket was kinda just a shady family business until Giovanni took over in his twenties. In the 30ish years he presided over the it, he managed to develop it into a massive, multi-level and multi-department organization with their fingers in just about every aspects of the Kanto economy before their collapse. (all things considered, it's kinda funny/pathetic how things ended---he had all this power, then just threw all that and his kid out the window because some teenager happened to beat him in a pokemon battle)

Indigo Plateau (the actual plateau itself, not the League building) is pretty unique in that it's literally a plateau in the middle of a bunch of mountains. which. isn't really how geography works. Story goes, it was originally a mountain that served as the battleground for a pair of ridiculously overpowered trainers, and it got leveled in the middle of all the fighting. In honor of the plateau's legend, there was a regularly held tournament for pokemon trainers to decide who was the best of the best in the region. Eventually, some guy decided to make it an "official" event, and that's how the Pokemon League got its start before it spread and became an international organization!

[cenna-hrms]

Scenery from "The Banshees of Inisherin", Martin McDonagh, 2022

(very small format, colored pencils and watercolor)

[flightlessribbons]

Sorry I gave them noses so they're no longer as tsum tsum esque BUT ICON PROGRESS SHOT! THE GEN 1-4 GUYS! They're all done, so I'll tackle the other gens this week 👍

[metropoliswhite]

Here, have a pretty Barry offering you flowers in this trying times

[theolderguards]

MEN'S RED CARPET FASHION OF 2024 🌈

[twildflower]