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[hinamie]

Blushing yuuji please?

u make a compelling argument

[beif0ngs]

everyone on tumblr @Buggy the 🤡 right now 

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Bonus 12: Beware the Grapes of Wrath.

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[mrroxs-workshop]

Gonna try and predict the easter toons designs

[droppingartintotheinfinite]

hyperfixation got me down bad

(remember to click the images for better quality! this brush looks shitty at tumblr’s default resolution lmao)

[charlotte-family-apologist]

Today's doodles :DD

Okay I was originally going to have him say something but his horrified expression was too good I had to give him the hat

[srnileforme]

est_rvp look at us 👀

[strawberryicemoon]

I'm still thinking about Pokemon Horizons 89. I mean. Pokemon's anime just did something for the first time. Something it could never done before because it never could have been allowed to do that. Pokemon Horizons is allowed to be traumatizing.

Not that nothing traumatizing never happened to any Pokemon characters including ash before, or that death was a huge taboo bc the ghost type literally exists, but there is a BIG difference between an episode about grief due to losing a loved one to age or illness vs. a tragic accident in front of the protagonists eyes. Or vaguely alluded to neglect/trauma played for laughs. It's not about what happened so much as the impact of the event on the story going forward.

And before you say Ash has died, or that Lucario died, or Friede isn't dead, there's a big difference between the death of a character we just met, or that dies in backstory, or is brought to life right after (and also the movies just get a bit darker in general) than a character who has appeared in a majority of episodes so far and is close to the main cast. Pokemon just killed off a main supporting character. A member of the main cast. And not from something like old age, but a young healthy man. Now I don't think Friede is actually dead ofc. They would never.

But the characters do.

For a year. At least.

They're letting the characters marinate in that devastating loss.

And even if we the audience find out Friede is alive in a couple weeks, they still let his fate hang in the air for several weeks. And even if we the audience find out his fate, it will likely will still be some time yet before the characters do and their characters going forward are going to be informed by this trauma in a way that Ash never could be. Because Ash couldn't change. So anything bad that happened to him had to be something that couldn't directly, tangibly affect him going forward. Things that could be pushed into the background and ignored by the writers. The writers can't ignore Friede's death, he's too central to the plot, the kids growth up until this point and the seasons iconography. The plot is going to have to completely pivot around this event.

Like yes we are getting a Time Skip, and that is HUGE for Pokemon. But that Time Skip deeply tied to Friede's fate. The time skip is a whole year where the characters have been pulled away from the plot because of the loss of Friede, the 6 heroes, and the framing of the Rising Volt Tacklers as the villains by Spinel.

So it's kind of a big deal to me is that they just functionally killed 3 people (and a Charizard) in one episode. Two of these are definitely permanently dead. One of whom was a member of the main supporting cast. Again, its not that people (villains mostly) haven't occasionally died. The point isn't that they're dead per se, but that their absence has radically changed the direction of the story. They've traumatized those kids and there's no going back. "Roy forced to grow up", "Liko is depressed".

The kids post time skip will not be the same as before, and them witnessing their mentors supposed death is going to be the reason why. Like I don't think the show is suddenly going to be depressing either, that's where the year timeskip comes, in so the loss is less raw. But still.

Friede isn't quite a main character but still they "killed" A MAIN CHARACTER OFF.

The irony of people stopping paying attention to the anime because Ash left, but Ash's departure opening the doors for the Pokemon anime to go wild is not lost on me.

[evilgoof]

just some gameplay pics because i'm genuinely not fucking with uni right now.

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[askoverkill]

I SKIPPED THE MAIN ROOM AAUGHGHGHHH TIMELOOPS!!!

frick it i'll post and then repost that one aughghhh

[edgymegatronus]

actually literally generally no need to make him hot

[mikkomacko]

Him and I Forever

A little mob Nico dad mood board because I can’t stop thinking about it

[petorahs]

this game has been living rent free in my head for 8 months now ._.

[redo-rewind-if]

Small report this week! The current path is shaping up to be a doozy. 😬

Next Update (Chapter 4):

Opening: 100%

Avoid August/Confront Him: 100%

A Normal Day at Work: 100%

You Can Fix This, Right? 🤡: 20%

Keep Your Friends Close...: 0%

Avoidant Route: 0%

Oh boy, things are getting intense in this section. I wish I could share more, but it's hard to without any spoilers. Just know that the plot is really starting to amp up and MC is not having the best of times lol.

Hopefully I'll be able to share a snippet next week (I tried to find a good one for this past week but everything felt too spoilery, y'know?).

[ironworked]

Hmm, time to do a speculation-wishlist hybrid for the last three episodes of 911 s8, based off nothing really:

8.16: Bobby's funeral, obviously. We left the 118 physically apart, and I think we'll pick up with them grieving mostly in solitary, each in their own way, with Buck trying to be there for everyone. The episode might end with a group scene, maybe a meal, where they tell stories about Bobby. Could be Tommy's there to catch Buck when he finally lets go at the end of the day, but maybe Buck holds out for a bit longer and Tommy is 'just' there for support anyways, or maybe even breaks the ice sharing a memory of his. This one might be more about showing Tommy fully included in the 118+ than about straight-up Bucktommy.

8.17: team is working together but things aren't gelling, they're out of step. They're still grieving and the new normal (Captain Gerrard) isn't going over nearly as 'well' as the first time. Maybe Eddie looks into the chance of coming back but Gerrard isn't having it. If they want to go dark, they could give Chim a drinking problem (of course that vodka bottle from the funeral could be a one time thing, I'm just spitballing). I don't think Tommy will be in this one. Mid-to-end episode, the mass casualty event starts/strikes.

8.18: I think this one will be where they throw themselves into the work and find a new rhythm, maybe with more Bobby!flashbacks as each of them tries to get out of peril (or into it to save someone). Maybe Hen starts overriding Gerrard as Captain, and the rest follow her. Eddie volunteers. Then a time jump? small timeskips during the end-of-season montage? I don't know. However we get there, I think each character will get a bittersweet happy 'ending' to end s8 on a happy/hopeful note: May and/or Harry moving back in with Athena? one of them entering the fire academy; Hen looking up/submitting Captaincy paperwork; Eddie really, finally deciding between El Paso and LA; Chim and Maddie welcoming baby Han #2; and Buck and Tommy getting back together.

[livelaughlovepedri]

✨manifesting✨