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>> Pardon promo'ing my own stuff, but currently prioritizing getting this move rolling, hence why updates may be slow for awhile :"D With how Not Fun being in Florida is while being trans, feeling the need to try to get outta here.

Thank you to anyone that reads this!

HELLO apologies for the random post, but as of now, I have a commission sheet now available!

Currently saving to eventually move up north before the end of the year! Any commission earned will go toward resolving any debts remaining and toward moving supplies!

Thank you for reading! You can either contact me via the email address in my TOS, here, or on BlueSky!

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(So, this means I've got to do something for it. I do just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who is following. I never thought it'd be possible for me to get this far with my silly, little Absol but here we are. I can't express my gratitude enough. It makes me happy knowing people like my stuff enough to follow. Guess I must be doing something right!

Art/design raffle!

Here's the dealio. 1 entry is one reblog. Another entry is a comment on this post telling me which character is your favourite and why (this can be across all of the blogs). So that's two entries in total.

Winners will be drawn 6th April using the ✨ magical random wheel generator ✨. There will be 1 winner. If you win, you get either a piece of art of a character you want drawn or you can ask me to design a character for you.

Some examples of artwork and designs to give you a little idea of what the vibe will be for what you get:

Artwork - A fully shaded piece of an oc of your choice - Half body.

Design - A design for you to do whatever you want with it.

Good luck everyone! And again, thank you all dearly! Your support means everything to me!)

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happy Munday! hope you're doing well! question for the week: imagine your muse/oc is now a part of either your favorite or the last piece of media you engaged with (book/series/game/movie etc). how would you adapt them to fit the new setting? what would change, what would stay the same?

>> Oooooh, I'm going to go with MH:Wilds since that's been real fun and admittedly my gf got me into MH in general over the years LKDNGKJFG.

Okay, as a heads-up the answer is largely going to discuss major spoilers for Wilds! Mainly because plot point reasons. Yeah.

Just in case you don't open the readmore, thank you very much for the question!

In keeping with what I remember from the Guardian Monsters, the cast would likely be multiple Guardian smaller and larger monsters. Admittedly while I'm not as sure what monsters they would be on-hand (or if I wanted to go crazy with the ideas, maybe some of them would be Guardian Palicos, I'd have to remind myself of lore).

Ngl that would be super interesting to mess with, mainly due with how different Guardians are in terms of how they actually function and their repercussions on the ecosystems on the game. Definitely something I'd need to ponder more.

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Do you have a pokesona?

>> I would like to have one! I just have yet to have a design that personally works for me. :'v

I've designed multiple over the years, especially around my faves (I think I've tried: Eevee, Snivy, Zangoose, Meowstic/Espurr so far. There's likely more that I forget). I'm just absurdly picky with what a Pokesona should look like for myself for some reason. Ironically, even with me redesigning my fursona over the years, Chimera's still been easier than a Pokesona zlgkjhdkrgf. I've already tried making hybrids too with no luck.

Some day, I will make one that fits for me. >:) Eventually.

Thank you very much for the ask!

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Happy Munday! Anything you're looking forward to hitting on this blog?

>> A LOT KSFJGNDFKJG. That later chunk of 2024 was painful because I badly wanted to get back to things, but ideally this year will be different. 💪

I really really want to spill the beans on Aeri's whole deal as well as current Castelia City stuff, alongside the deal with ~gesturing towards these four weirdos~.

There's also. The upcoming chapters. I at least have very rough outlines for how they can start and as things progress, I'll get the chance to reread the notes and. Scheme. I'm excited about it all!

Thank you very much for the question!

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What would you say is the main creative inspiration behind this blog

>> HELLOO also apologies for the delay, i had A Days

The main one I'd consider tbh is Night in the Woods. In later 2022, I was replaying the game and a lot of how the start came out and this current arc served as big inspiration! (Alongside some future stuff that isn't here yet but fingers crossed, we get there eventually). Plus admittedly, the game alongside some other factors finally pushed me to get started with the blog. When I made a personal playlist for the blog awhile back, a good chunk of the OST is on it, and I still revisit it to think through certain plot points.

It's far from the only inspiration on the blog (a lot of main ideas w/backstories existed in earlier incarnations, but I want to say I'm very happy with this current form at least, no longer feeling the itch to Remake It Again like I have before), but NITW's already a game that means a lot to me (Like. So much. I maybe rewrote this part 5 times, then failed in figuring out how to explain it without spilling a lot of personal details about my life at the time lkngfkd). That said, there's a strong chance I'm going to revisit it again in a year or so.

Thank you so much for the question!

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Munday: outside Pokémon, which franchises are you interesting in right now?

>> WOOO HELLO

Besides Pokemon, my biggest fixation is one of my constant interests, aka Cardfight! Vanguard. Recently a unit in the game got an updated which I am so glad because He Lookes Amazing. That and I got ahold of Dear Days 2.

This is Magnolia Patriarch. I am winning atm xjfbdnf like THIS ART IS SO GOOD AND THE SKILLS HE GOT TOO

(Illustrated by かわすみ!)

Besides that, I've been getting into Monster Hunter more! Wilds came out recently and while I have some minor complaints, the unique monsters from this title like. Rey Dau is maybe in my top 5 now, thats all I gotta say fjdjcbd

Tysm for the ask!!

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>> For once, I'm actually available for a Munday!

Feel free to send any Munday asks if you wish! I'm feeling chatty today jdnfnexjhd

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♡ Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! ♡

To: @pknerd-chimera

From: @daily-azurill

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…You’re taking me with you, right?

NO!

Of course not! You got me into this situation, so, no. You get to sit here and think about what you did. Bad Bug.

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After navigating through a lush, thick jungle, you find yourself at the edge of a vast looking desert. A pair of strange looking Pokemon also appear to be having a heated coversation.

Approach them?

Ask Box is Open | Ask Hints

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(@ask-pokecats) Annalisé approaching the Braixen hybrid. As she starts to look at him, she's a little shocked because she's noticed him

"MIAOU! B-bonjour... P-pardon, I was just curious z-zat why... I-I agree, zis place is cold, I probably need longer shoes, haha... Anyways, qui es-tu? I-I mean, can you introzuse yourself?"

She smiles at the end, albeit being a lil nervous towards him.

[ @ask-pokecats ]

He seems to ease up a little as the feminine Meowstic spoke to him; somewhat. Her indirect admission of basically following him definitely put him off from completely lowering his guard.

[ ID: A two panel comic of the Braixen-hybrid at first looking towards Annalise with an awkward glance, before looking away. End ID ]

The way Annalisé stammered had him assume she's really just cold. He wonders what she's even doing out here if she isn't prepared.

Emmet: "You know, you should be more careful where you're going..."

pknerd-chimera asked: (@pokege-ne-project ; Wesn) Brr... It's freezing out here, that's for sure.. Wouldn't that mean- "Hey there! Did you want anything for out here? There's some blankets I can get if you're both cold!"

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[ ID: Another two panel comic, in which the Braixen-hybrid, now revealed as Emmet, is looking at Wesn with a somewhat wary face. Upon focusing on ROCK though, he smiles a little. Emmet's appearance is as described on his character page, linked below. End ID ]

ROCK pauses a moment, turning towards Emmet and Wesn both. She speaks; though anyone that isn't a Psychic-type fluent in her language couldn't tell that.

[ ID: Another two-panel comic, in which ROCK responds to Emmet in a language only he seems to understand. ROCK's appearance is as described on her character page, linked below. End ID ]

Emmet: "Huh. Good to know you're ok, at least."

Emmet: "But really, neither of you should stay here too long."

[ The Braixen introduces himself as Emmet. ]

Ask Hints have been updated. Character page unlocked! Emmet's and ROCK's pages are also unlocked.

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Im in a small pickle-

So im going to be boosting my commission more often now because my girlfriend got fired from her job (I mean, not bad since it was toxic/manipulating there but still sucks so much)

I would appreciate it if you could at least check my commissions out and boost them Any help will be great for me,incase something is needed or one of us has an emergency.

I sell stickers (and some adopts that are left) in ko-fi shop and I take commissions!

Shop:

Commission:

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The pink Reuniclus puts their white board down and wipes it clean with a swipe of their hand, finger spelling another message before holding up to you again with a big smile. It's surrounded with hearts. "we have teas, coffees, and sleepy snacks!! bad dreams bothering your naps? i'll eat them for you! take your ease."

"any questions?"

The Nap Cafe is Open for Business!

Services/Ask Hints | Character | Rules

More info under the cut!

This is a quiet cottage with a deceptively large interior. Visitors are encouraged to lounge where they'd like!

The only entrances are the large, circular push door towards the middle of the room and a much smaller version of the same door attached to one of the trees. Anyone can enter through either as long as they fit.

The other side of the room (not pictured) has more large couches with pillows piled on and spilling onto the floor, plentiful bookshelves, small wooden tables with stool seats, cabinets with old-fashioned game items (mancala beads, checkers, chess, marbles, jacks, etc.), and a door partially obscured by curtains.

[pokege-ne-project]

Im in a small pickle-

So im going to be boosting my commission more often now because my girlfriend got fired from her job (I mean, not bad since it was toxic/manipulating there but still sucks so much)

I would appreciate it if you could at least check my commissions out and boost them Any help will be great for me,incase something is needed or one of us has an emergency.

I sell stickers (and some adopts that are left) in ko-fi shop and I take commissions!

Shop:

Commission:

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trade with @pknerd-chimera @pknerdchimera !!!

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(@pokege-ne-project ; Neo-Ka) .. Well. Weird situation. "Yo, kid." Neo's looking at Sammy, though also looking around juuuust in case. "... The hell's that Rosita lady's deal?"

Sammy slightly jumps in place.

"Ro- Rostia's deal? She.. Oh, she just thinks that she's everything and a bag of orange berries because she has her own gym- and runs her own town. She's one of the less humble of all the other leaders around. What doesn't help too is that she doesn't show me with any respect. But then again.. She doesn't treat anyone that's not from outside her town with reapect."

[Neo-Ka, @pokege-ne-project]

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Ask Karma

Okay so since we're dispensing advice into the community for our newer members, I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring with an ask blog etiquette item that I think people have somewhat neglected recently: ask karma.

Ask karma is the practice of sending asks back to people who have sent you one. When someone sends you an ask, it is generally expected that you will send one back in return. It is to your mutual benefit to do this since now not only do both of you have asks in your inbox to work with, but it also exposes your blogs to each others' followers and can potentially gain you new readers.

Ask Calls are a Two-Way Street

Generally speaking, when someone makes an ask call, you should view it as a quid pro quo situation. Unless the person explicitly states in the post otherwise, they usually wants asks back in return for the ones they're sending out. While this is not always the case, like with me where I have way too many asks already and don't need more, more often than not, this is the expectation and it's bad form to not do so.

It's the equivalent of borrowing someone's pencil in school and never giving it back. At the end of the day, it's not super consequential, but the person whose pencil you just took isn't going to be super happy that they gave that to you and got nothing in return. You feel me?

This is especially true for written blogs, who I have noticed tend to get hit by this the most. Written blogs can get through their posts a lot faster than most art blogs and therefore need asks more often. But they also tend to get a lot fewer asks!

I experienced it myself during the PokeAskMagi event where I sent out around 20 asks from @askthewhiterocket and got back 7 in total for the entire event. By comparison, Shaymin Cafe also sent out around 20 asks and got approximately 12 in return. Not a lot more but it's still a better ROI especially consider Shaymin Cafe was the far less active of the two blogs during the event.

Everyone who sent an ask to Ask the White Rocket also sent one to Shaymin Cafe, despite the majority of the blogs I interacted with getting asks from BOTH of my blogs. In addition, during my final ask call for Ask the White Rocket, I got 1 ask in return for like 5 sent out, even after explicitly stating that the inbox was empty and I wanted asks.

I realize Shaymin Cafe is a popular blog and since I had two blogs, people probably ended up just sending an ask to the more popular blog of the two since Shaymes is a fun character and such. But the same thing happened last year when Shaymes wasn't even an active character and I was really only answering asks from Kyo's blog. To be quite frank, that's unfair to the written blogs, and unfair to me too.

It takes time to send asks. Ask hints make it easier, sure, but not everyone has them. Additionally, not all ask hints are incredibly straight forward. Some require you to read a bit in the blog's backlog if you aren't familiar with it to craft an ask that a person can work with (this is why I tend to link stuff with my ask hints). Some people might also want to double check the rules of a blog first or read up on the characters to ensure they're not sending a human character to a blog that doesn't allow them, or a Gengar to a character with trauma from ghost-types without expressed permission from the creator first. This goes doubly so when you're sending asks out from multiple blogs, like I was during the event.

That effort should not go unrewarded, so the least you can do is send an ask in return! It's just good manners.

This also goes for Munday asks

Admittedly, I am pretty bad about this myself, so we're going a little pot calling kettle black, BUT it's generally good form to also send Munday asks back to people who send them to you. Now if they're not open to Munday asks or w/e then no sweat it's fine, but let's be real, we all like to yap. We all like to talk about our characters. We all enjoy answering Munday asks, so spread the love and send asks back to people who send them to you.

Part of the reason I don't really make the effort to send out Munday asks much anymore and part of why I don't open for Munday as frequently either is candidly I got very tired of sending out like a dozen Munday asks to everyone I saw open for Mundays and then getting like... 2 in return. There were a couple weeks back in like July-August were I quite literally got 0 Munday asks, and it was incredibly disheartening. Like, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed coming up with questions for other people, but it was also a total downer to sit there the entire day waiting for asks to come in and then never getting any. Not even one asking how my day was or how my weekend went. Total and complete silence.

And sure, thinking of questions is hard, I get it! You wanna know my secret? When I was sending out Munday asks regularly, I googled first date questions or improv icebreakers. There's so many great questions to ask people from those. Sure, they can be be incredibly shallow and I'm sure any veteran ask blogger whose been at this a while has probably asked and answered whether they like coffee or tea better. But I'd rather answer that ask for like the fourth time than get nothing because then I'd at least get the opportunity to talk about my thoughts on both for a minute.

This also goes quadrupley so for the memes. There are times where I see people reblogging memes and going the whole day without any interaction because they're a smaller blog. And I'll admit, I straight up have sometimes gone on anon and sent them like three asks back to back because I didn't want them to feel like no one cared about them or their characters. They deserve to get a bunch of asks too, that's part of the fun!

And I think with memes the not sending asks in return is far less excusable because usually there's emojis or numbers that you can literally just copy and paste into the ask box. I cannot tell you how many times I saw blogs I'd never met before reblogging a meme post and it took me all of five minutes to go pick a random emoji and a name from their cast page and drop that into their inbox. It is quite literally that easy.

You should also, generally speaking, send an ask to the person you got the meme from too. Whether they were the one who created it or simply just brought it into popularity, sending them an ask for the meme is a nice way to say thank you for letting you use it too. It took time and effort to create and/or find that meme, and I guarantee you they did not do it simply because they wanted other people to use it on their own blogs. They did it so THEY could answer asks from it on their OWN blog. So give them the opportunity to!

FAQ

The blog I want to send an ask to has (insert species of character) and my blog doesn't interact with that (or vice versa).

That's fine! You don't have to send an ask in character if you don't want to. Sure that's the norm, but if the casts of your blogs are incompatible for some reason, then by all means just don't send an in character ask.

The blog I want to send an ask to doesn't have readily available/up to date asks hints.

You have a couple options here. You can read back through the blog to see what has recently happened to get a feel for what might be a good ask. If you're lucky maybe they'll have a taglist somewhere that'll make backtracking easy. But if not, skimming is fine too. Otherwise, just directly DM the blog and ask them what kind of ask they want. I've done this several times and that can be a great way to get a blog exactly what ask their looking for.

The blog I want to send a Munday ask to is doing a meme I don't want to engage with.

Send them a normal question then! I guarantee you they wouldn't be opposed to answering something opposed to the meme, and even if they don't respond, they'll at least know you tried to return their ask.

The blog that sent me an ask said in their ask call they don't want asks in return.

No need to send one back then! If they said they don't want any, then they aren't expecting any in return. I do this all the time! Sometimes we just like sending out asks for fun and that's a-okay!

The blog I want to send an ask to has closed their inbox.

That's okay! In this instance, it is perfectly reasonable to not send an ask in return. If they've closed their inbox, they're likely not expecting asks back. So you're totally in the clear to not send one in return. No need to go crawling through their submission box to send one in (people actually don't usually like this). Just maybe keep an eye out in the future for if their inbox reopens!

Unless they like explicitly made a post asking for asks within like the last day. In that case please tell them because they probably forgot to open it again (happens more often than you think).

In short, please exercise Ask Karma. If someone sends you an ask, please send one back! Thank you!