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Had an idea:

Maybe one of the games in the next batch of MRU universes is the Henry Stickmin Collection, and due to the fact that All Endings Are Canon despite most of them contradicting each other, this causes a Digital Temporal Anomaly big enough that the effects extend to Luke's computer, weakening the defenses of Efficiency's Time Realm enough that the Abyss can detect and potentially infiltrate it, which ends up being what kicks off the whole time break arc thing.

(probably wouldn't be soon since we've already got a lot of balls in the air with other plotlines and I haven't thought about what the other three games could be yet but it still seems interesting)

Yeah, definitely wouldn't be soon (I PROMISE I'M WRITING STUFF, SCHOOL PREP JUST SUCKS) but I love the idea of that! Its a legit way to weaken the Time Realm and just the idea of the Henry Stickmin Collection all in one place is really funny to me

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I promise I'm writing stuff,, its just school is coming up soon and I'm prepping for that,, argrjrgrh,,,

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(once the toxic old man yaoi kicks in)

Juliano: YOU CANNOT SAVE ME!! I AM UNSAVABLE!!!!! I HAVE NEVER BEEN SAVED!!!!!!!!

Mario: ctrl + s

Juliano: What the hell are you doing? Stop that.

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Lily: I sort of did something and I need some advice, but I don’t want a lot of judgement or criticism.

Saiko: And you came to me?

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Bob as a child: I’m built different.

Bob: Like incorrectly I think.

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SMG4: Exports you as a jpeg

4: And turns the quality waaay down.

Luigi, compressed: Thanks I really needed that.

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Laharl: Brothers and sisters are natural enemies!

Laharl: Like Angels and Demons!

Laharl: Or Humans and Demons.

Laharl: Or Aliens and Demons.

Laharl: Or Demons and other Demons!

Laharl: Damn Demons, they ruined the Netherworlds!

Sora: You Demons sure are a combative people.

Laharl: YOU JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE!!!

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Cody: Why is "pretty boy" considered an insult like call me a pretty boy

Cody: Call me a pretty boy right now I want to be the prettiest boy you've ever seen

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Chris to Swag after a few drinks: I'd follow you to the ends of the earth with only mild complaining.

Swag and his crippling fear of intimacy: ...Gettin' a little too real in this Chilli's tonite

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Avatar Mario: *about his kids* These are my three beautiful daughters and my wonderful robot son. Things were a bit rough and complicated between them, their mother and I starting out, but we've sorted it out and I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Anchor Mario: *about Sonic.exe* I caught this demon digging through my trash and made the mistake of feeding him and now he won't leave me alone.

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Cursor: It's been such a long week. It feels like forever.

Manifest: It's only Tuesday.

Cursor:

Cursor: Why is it still Tuesday?

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Irene: Be honest, are you guys only hanging out with me because of the prophecy?

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*Cody runs into Mr. WPNZ and Toomp while they're hiding out*

WPNZ, awkwardly: Uh, hey kiddo! Meet your new brother!

Cody: ...Dad, that's a grown-ass man. *pulls up Toomp's extensive criminal record on his phone*

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Detoxeta: "Love is in the air" wrong. Sweet, cold embrace of Emptiness and Vengeance.

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Mina: *to Rodney in Champion form* Please stop aura farming you're fifty-seven.

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What if somebody had Impostor Syndrome and Main Character Syndrome at the same time?

"I'm the most important person in the world but I haven't earned it."

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concept. your strong fictional other, who’s treated as the one to rely on (maybe they’re the leader, or maybe they‘re the most physical) learning to rely on you. they come to you with problems they can’t tell anybody else, and you cradle their face in your hands. they melt into your touch.

you’re the only one to treat them gently, and they love you for that.

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Between the necessities of her time in CCTG and the fact her Keyblade's default form is basically a Big Heavy Club, Tulip favors a very aggressive, in-your-face, mostly grounded fighting style. As such, most of her melee training is being covered by Kairi and Terra, since the other Keyblade wielders are either air fighters, magic-focused, use something close to actual sword styles, some combination of the three, or whatever the hell Ventus is doing.

Ooo, wait, I love that. And it fits a lot, too. Tulip does kinda seem like an in-your-face fighter when you think about it.

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Today's episode was so stupid and I love it. Just pure chaos and it was perfect

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The Mario Orchestra

The Crew is putting on an orchestral concert with 4 as the conductor, and he once again brushes Mario off under the assumption that he���ll mess up the show somehow if he actually participates.

As usual, This Action Will Have Consequences.

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Out of Touch

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characters raised to be tools

Weapons. Trained, tested, forged in steel and fire. Failure is an inevitability that ends in death. Pain should not be felt--it should be recognized, familiar, and inconsequential

Martyrs. In the form of servants and princes, of leaders and underdogs. If blood is necessary, the martyr will lift their hands and offer it all

Shields. Like tempering a sword, but only to bear and not to lash out. Wounds are medals--not symbols of pride, but symbols of worth. A pretty shield is useless; scars mean a job well done

Experiments. Raised on the cold comfort of a lab table. Restraints are only necessary when they're not in their right mind. Is it honorable, to be twisted beyond recognition? Or is it just a necessary evil?

Monsters. Cruelty, caution, and regarding one as a creature beyond reasonable thought is tempering in its own right. But if you keep a leash at the right length, perhaps the massecre won't reach you. One can hope.

Idols. Pretty face, pretty name, pretty hands around their shoulders and throat. There to seduce, manipulate, force any feeling to come to the surface and twist it to their favor. Any genuinity stays locked behind the guilded cage that surrounds their pretty little heart

Trophies. Status and wealth and the traditions that keep someone at their heels, on their knees, to display and serve and decorate one's ballroom.

Sacrifices. Drenched in honorable clothes, prepared and adored and cleansed. The gift of hope at the cost of one's life. Is it taken with no fight? How can you escape the ropes you were born in?

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I was listening to some music and I,, I realized something.

The Abyss, from its instant, was anger and rage and hate. It hated and hated. It wanted everything dead for forgetting it.

Yet its children, the Code Deities, are anything but. Database loves and loves and cries whenever their creations are hurt. Duck/Clearall actively stepped in and helped during an arc, he has friends, he gets along with others. Abyssal has friends, family, and a lover. Effi, even if they haven't met anyone in canon has the mirror sprites and they do care for keeping the timeline stable, but they also care and sympathize with all the beings. Archive, who moonlights as freaking SANTA CLAUS, for goodness' sake!

The Abyss hates and hates and hates. But its children love and care and cherish.

Meanwhile, the Void, from its conception, loved. It love and cared and cradled. Its hair is the very sky that its Programs look up to.

Meanwhile, its children just.. don't care. Lady Os, Sir Expunge, and Sir Tempo never really cared. They did their duties out of obligation, not of care or cherishment. To them, everyone was below them. And so, of course, they got bored and they left. Caring for all these Programs was boring and so they didn't want to care for them. Even the Voidlings, as sweet as they are, do what they were asked to out of obligation and curiosity.

This wasn't even like.. intentional. But its interesting to me that it just happened.

The Abyss' children love and care.

The Void's children dismiss and do what they do out of obligation.

The Code Deities for SMG4 all (probably, anyway) dislike or even downright loathe being the children of the Abyss because of all the harm its caused.

The Code Deities of Alyssa's computer (the Void resides there, just in case anyone needed a reminder) are more than willing to abuse their place as children of the Void because it gives them power and respect.

Just something I started thinking about.

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So I've figured out a handful of Pokemon for my next SMG Region, which I'm calling Gralenor (no actual meaning, just thought it sounded cool)

Starters

Sqwig The Tree Squid Pokemon Grass Ability: Overgrow/(Hidden) Sticky Hold

Barkuttle The Tree Squid Pokemon Grass Ability: Overgrow/(Hidden) Battle Armor Evolves from Sqwig at Level 14

Krakent The Root Limb Pokemon Grass/Fairy Ability: Overgrow/(Hidden) Battle Armor Evolves from Barkuttle at Level 33

Tree-climbing squids that become giant tree-mimicking squids

Stocroak The Oven Pokemon Fire Ability: Blaze/(Hidden) Steam Engine

Kilniwog The Furnace Pokemon Fire/Steel Ability: Blaze/(Hidden) Steam Engine Evolves from Stocroak at Level 14

Chuggawog The Locomotion Pokemon Ability: Blaze/(Hidden) Steam Engine Evolves from Kilniwog at Level 35

Furnace/Steam Train Frogs

Flippurr The River Pokemon Water Ability: Torrent/(Hidden) Own Tempo

Tailure The Catfishing Pokemon Water Ability: Torrent/(Hidden) Own Tempo Evolves from Flippurr at Level 14

Mawqua The Gulper Pokemon Water Ability: Torrent/(Hidden) Tempo Evolves from Tailure at Level 33

Big the Cat with the tail as the fishing pole

(the theme with these guys is "wait, you're not supposed to be there," since we've got a squid in a tree, a frog in a coal mine, and a cat in a river)

Standard Pokemon

Nugglet The Mini Mole Pokemon Normal/Rock Ability: Sand Veil

Based on a Golden Mole made of actual gold

Kirec The Bolt Quill Pokemon Electric/Rock Ability: Goldenrod- The Pokemon’s gold-coated quills build up charge when battered by a Sandstorm, boosting the power of its Electric Type Moves while that weather is in effect Evolves from Nugglet after being hit by 7 Electric Type moves

Based on a Tenrec, as well as how well gold conducts electricity. Still lacks eyes like its pre-evolution

Kest The Nest Egg Pokemon Flying Ability: Keen Eye/Early Bird/(Hidden) Gluttony

Whistrel The Wind Whistle Pokemon Flying Ability: Keen Eye/Guts/(Hidden) Super Luck Evolves from Kest at level 24

Based on Kestrels

Soyl The Tiny Serpent Pokemon Bug Ability: Grassy Surge

Lonpost The Garden Serpent Pokemon Bug Ability: Grassy Surge Evolves from Soyl at level 13

Fertilathan The Garden Serpent Pokemon Bug/Grass Ability: Grassy Surge Evolves from Lonpost at Level 26

A Worm Wyrm who improves soil quality like actual worms do

Pestangle The Rat Pack Pokemon Normal Ability: Tail Twist- Functionally identical to Schooling

Based on Rat Kings

Wizish The Apprentice Pokemon Grass/Fairy Ability: Forewarn/Magician/(Hidden)Misty Surge

Carrobe The Scholar Pokemon Grass/Fairy Ability: Forewarn/Magician/(Hidden)Misty Surge Evolves from Wizish at Level 20

Sorcerad The Mage Tower Pokemon Grass/Fairy Ability: Magic Guard/Magician/(Hidden)Fairy Aura Evolves from Carrobe at Level 38 while knowing Calm Mind

Necrootish The Garden Lich Pokemon Ghost/Fairy Ability: Rising Rot- The Pokemon’s moves become more powerful the more Ghost Type Pokemon there are in the party Evolves from Carrobe if Leveled up while five Fainted Pokemon are in the Party Signature Move: Revegetate- The Pokemon can give 1/8 of its Max HP to a Fainted Ally, turning them into a Grass/Ghost Type in the process

A Wizard-in-Training Radish who eventually either becomes a wizard tower made of a Poni Radish, or turns to the dark arts of necromancy in an effort to save its traveling companions and rots from the inside-out as a consequence

Gandersly The Sneaky Goose Pokemon Dark Ability: Pickpocket/Opportunist/(Hidden) Cloud Nine

Gandersnatch The Sneaky Kappa Pokemon Dark/Ghost Ability: Pickpocket/Opportunist/(Hidden) Long Reach Evolves from Gandersly at Level 33

Convergent Counterparts of Psyduck and Golduck that are thieving geese

Twigtrio The Sapling Pokemon Grass Ability: Treegion- All of the Pokemon’s Grass-Type moves hit twice

Twiglott The Orchard Pokemon Grass Ability: Treegion Evolves from Twigtrio at Level 26

A Diglett and Dugtrio Convergent Counterpart that’s an apple orchard instead of moles

Screeleci The Noisemaker Pokemon Electric/Flying Ability: Amplifier/Radio Wave- The Pokemon’s Sound-based moves become Electric Type

Raivern The Pulse Pokemon Electric/Dragon Ability: Amplifier/Radio Wave Evolves from Screeleci after using Overdrive 20 times while holding a Dragon Scale

A bat-themed Pikachu Clone that’s also a variation on Noibat and Noivern’s "bat with speakers for ears" design inspiration

Octoldier The Armed Pokemon Water/Fighting Ability: Color Change/Sniper/(Hidden)Moody Evolves from Octillery when Leveled up by defeating a Splatink

You can probably guess what this is based on. Didn’t appear in the previous ‘dex because Remoraid and Octillery aren’t in Valon. And yes this means that Dreamy Pokemon have somehow entered Real World Regions.

Regional Variants

Gralenoran Buneary The Rabbit Pokemon Normal/Ice Ability: Run Away/Fur Coat/(Hidden) Thermal Exchange

Gralenoran Lopunny The Rabbit Pokemon Normal/Ice Ability: Cute Charm/Fur Coat/(Hidden) Thermal Exchange Evolves from Gralenoran Buneary when Leveled up with high Friendship

Anghara The Snow Angel Pokemon Flying/Ice Ability: Aerilate/Fur Coat/(Hidden) Thermal Exchange Evolves from Gralenoran Lopunny when Leveled up during natural Snow

Fluffy, wintery versions of the Buneary line based on Arctic Hares, Angora Rabbits, the Skyvader, and that one post where the prints of a bird taking off got mistaken for a rabbit getting snatched up

Gralenoran Sandai The Tundra Flower Pokemon Grass/Ice Ability: Slush Rush/Chlorophyll/(Hidden)Own Tempo

Crysdais The Diamond Dust Pokemon Rock/Ice Ability: Speed Skater- All Ice Type Moves have Priority/(Hidden) Own Tempo Evolves from Gralenoran Sandai if Leveled up while knowing Icicle Kick (Ice-type Blaze Kick with Ice Skating flavor)

Daisrala The Mountain Haven Pokemon Grass/Ice Ability: Snow Warning/Healer/(Hidden)Queenly Majesty Evolves from Gralenoran Sandai if Leveled up with high Friendship during natural Snow (not from a Move or Ability)

Technically these are the original versions and the ones in Valon are Dreamy Variants, but Valon was introduced first so it gets the Exeggutor Treatment. Based on Ice Flowers in contrast to the Dreamy Version’s Fire, Daisy’s inexplicable crystal powers in Mario Strikers Charged, Ice Skating, and Shangri-La

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The Void, seeing everyone else: Oh, they're adorable!

Void: .. oh they're traumatized.

Void: Oh, they have anxiety.

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The Abyss, watching everything implode: What a terrible turn of events!

Abyss: I love a terrible turn of events. :)

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Emulator, after Guns and Puzzles: There's no way this can get any worse.

Domaim: CPU is probably brainwashed and the Council is erasing his existence.

Emulator: Its worse! Its much worse.

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Roulette: He (Ozymandias) is an amazing Virus!

Random Program: .... he bears the blood of thousands of Programs.

Roulette: Slay✨️

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SMG4: A good romance starts with a good friendship.

SMG4: A bad romance starts with "rah rah ah ah ah, ro ma ma ga ga, ooh la la".

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Jayin: Sometimes I wonder if I've harmed anyone in my life.

Chroma: SOMETIMES?

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Juliano: Physically I'm here but spiritually I'm lying in a Waffle House parking lot somewhere in rural Kentucky, slowly bleeding out from several stab wounds.

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SMG3, on the phone with SMG4: Alright, I walked into Costco. Where are you?

SMG4: Liquor aisle, grab another cart.

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Luigi: What a lovely, quiet day!

Luigi: ....I left Mario in the grocery store, didn't I?

Elanore: I was wondering when you were going to realize.

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Lily: I hate how you're just born out of nowhere and you're forced to participate in an extinction-level civil war and get chosen by extradimensional beings as a demigod and have to lead war efforts where your friends die. What if I wanted to be a duck? Nobody asked me if I wanted to be a duck.

Diana: ...

Diana: Do you want to be a duck?

Lily, tearing up: yeah

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Encode: I'm turning evil

CPU: .. you weren't already?

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Tulip: I scored a date with the barista at Leblanc!

SMG10: Good god, I owe your uncle so much money...

Tulip: You bet on my love life?!

10: Only Dale, 7, Ranma, Daffy, Alice, and I!

Tulip: ... and only uncle Dale won?

10: The rest of us were SUPER convinced you'd close out the summer single.

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Lil Coding: I always listen to you!

SMG4: When was the last time you did?

Coding:

Coding: I almost always listen to you

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Alyssa: I eat Cheerios because they're heart-healthy, and my heart has been severely damaged.

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Forum: Look, Juliano, we're not mad you haven't told us about the whole.. Abyss thing. We're just disappointed.

Domain: I'm actually mad. I'm actually very mad.

Forum: So am I.

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Mario: *reaches for food on Meggy's plate*

Meggy: *slams down grocery store divider between her plate and Mario's hand*

Mario:

Mario: You told me you didn't take that from the store.

Meggy: And you said you didn't want any food, yet here we are.

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Mandy: If I have to go through one more day of being a character in Jayin's computer, I am going to become the villain next.

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Cassius (mayor of Vybri City): You're so mature for your age, Messiah. All children should strive to be like you. You truly earn your title as Deliverer of the Gods.

Irene, smiling while dead inside: Hahaha yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah :)

Cassius: Wonderful. Now, there are some more cult members that have been popping up and *begins to ramble*

Irene: *blank smile as she screams internally*

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sometimes Scary Mutual You Are Afraid Of is actually Awesome And Cool and you can only find out by actually talking to them ☝️

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