Really wanted to recreate that wholesome scene from that quiz book artwork except as a photo that totally took place at the end of xy cause why the heck not???
*insert Ultimate grandpa moment*
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ok so I found my old XY playthrough bookguide and damn.. am I happy and miffed. Long list of thoughts ahead.
As someone who enjoys lore especially now with a resurfaced interest in xy (hyper fixated on az + legends z-a), I’m bummed about the way the story turned out in later years after I played XY.
Three details I've noted: no concept art, early and first planned out ideas, lore implications of aging immortality with regards to AZ
Wished this man had concept art!! :( The book even inquires about what he could have looked like 3000 years ago (though the cutscene has shown his younger self + the painting in the museum in Lumiose city).
Second, as the images of translated statement based on the interview with Masuda suggests, the story of AZ was planned out first apparently. Wonder what happened during the development cause he only became sidelined…
Thirdly, the last image shows a side info about why AZ looks old. Now, this may have been already addressed at some point, so I may be just repeating something that was said long ago. Nevertheless, it basically states how Floette remains the same for eternity due to being fully subjected to the ample life force energy from the pre-ultimate weapon, whereas for AZ, he received the effect partially; while becoming immortal, he still aged in a natural process but at a slower rate - still not sure if this is because of his close exposure during the revival event or the aftermath of the ultimate weapon beam? Though from what I recall, he was "bathed in the ultimate weapon's light and doomed to wander forever" and not from the pre-ultimate weapon, so but I feel like it could have been from the first time the machine was used too.
last thoughts: character arc -
I really wish we interacted more with him throughout the story - as travellers then eventually friends towards the end (we need adult companions!!). Maybe we could have helped him by fighting a team flare grunt or that he turns himself in to protect us from team flare at some point hence him being in jail. Alternatively, I feel like if he had been freed before and was there to witness the legendary battle and/or lysandre, THAT would have given him a reason to try to understand the bonds between people and pokemon, what a trainer is, therefore broadening his view on the world that he had been long oblivious to, etc - all leading up to his request to battle with us. He wants to know the world better and to coexist with pokemon, thus reverting to his “old self”.
I also think that him telling the story should have been a big shift in his character because of being helplessly stuck physically & mentally and witnessing someone young and small (protagonist = floette) bearing the burden of duty in solving the big crisis and all that.
Anyhow, thank you for reading my rambles lol
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Finished exams huzzah......have not drawn sv much recently so here you go! A late-night batch of doodles
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I found a song by Sawano Hiroyuki while going through some songs for studying daydreaming and it’s called A/Z..,and the lyrics kinda fits AZ….what is this sorcery 😳 not sure if I’m able to make an animatic though…
EDIT: A mutual of mine on insta and I ended up talking from the song being a cool outro for an anime, then to XYZ, then to the question of his name and then to Ttar and the Indigo Disk. They also pointed out that my nickname is similar to AZ LOL. Maybe it was a sign after all.../j
Love when that happens.
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this was posted on patreon a month ago together with the progress video, and the original post by @marypsue can be found here 💗
this time i deliberately left in the sketch lines :”)
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Arbordrasil = arbor (tree in latin; arbor - garden alcove with trees/vines over the framework) + yggdrasil
Here's a little roughly made concept of the "A mon" based on the fan theories for fun. Tried to emphasize on the "A" motif through its contour. I could not help but give it a hooded figure design because they're cool. Besides that, I'm no good at making stats lol, I'm more into the designing and lore compartment.
If you want to check out more of my works, feel free to visit my kofi!
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Found a rather fitting nickname for AZ’s floette while looking up names for creative reasons (as much as it would be cool to nickname it, I doubt we could tbh lol). The name is supposed to mean eternal AND happens to have az, which is a nice pairing combination. Azaliya in Japanese アザリア has a nice ring too.
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Dug further and found a cool connection with its variation of Azalea (more so male counterpart) based on the flower aspect. The flower is different from the one Floette carries of course, as it seems like a mix of trillium/tradescantia zebrina. Azaleas apparently last long too. Come to think of it, the flower was found on a shrub underneath the tree in ORAS 👀...
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Thanks to someone I know at my residence, I was able to see a little bit of the solar eclipse with her borrowed glasses - it was a yellow blur (i have a terrible vision), but it was my first time seeing an eclipse so it was a cool moment!
EDIT: Later on at the peak time (3:18) I was able to align my glasses with the SE glasses and saw a curved glowing orange outline of the sun's corona, and the rest of it blotched out with the dark mass of the moon
It was amazing aaa (tried to recreate it from memory)
Hope you guys were able to experience the celestial wonder!
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