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I've always thought it was because he wasn't near any sources of vortex energy and that maybe that's what finally did him in. Prolonged exposure=prolonged life span

Think how in the fallout universe, Constance Blackhall had the Krivbeknih in her custody and the longer it remained in her possession, the longer it made her life span be. But after it was stolen, she died. Now obviously, it's not a perfect match but that's the best of what I got and how I like to look at it.

Okay, I seriously feel like we need to bring this up because NOBODY seems to talk about it. (There will be Doctor Who spoilers from the ninth and tenth doctor in case you’re new to the fandom)

If Captain Jack Harkness is immortal, (as in he literally cannot die) and he is also the face of Boe in the future… How did he die as the face of Boe??

It is literally stated AND shown many times throughout Nuwho that this man cannot die-due to Rose making him immortal-yet in the episode “Gridlock” of season 3, he (The face of Boe) just dies??

He has survived countless gun/laser shots, radiation, extreme heat, and much, much more, so how does he just die from old age, of all ways to die. I understand that he lives for billions of years, and that is relatively a colossal amount of time, (compared to the average human lifespan) but it is still clearly stated that he is IMMORTAL meaning he CANNOT DIE.

The answer might be really simple and I’m just dumb, but I don’t care, I just really want to understand how he died because it makes ZERO sense.

(Sorry for the little rant 💀)

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I read this really cute Alex/Carter fic earlier and now i’m fixating over that ship. Give me CONTENT pleaseeee.

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I hate to be a spoilsport about this, but this has actually been debunked.

Oh, as long as I’m spouting Final Destination nonsense theories, I have another one:

William Bludworth is going to be revealed as having been death itself this whole time.

PLEASE.

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The calm before the storm...

SISSY SPACEK as CARRIE WHITE

CARRIE (1976) dir. Brian De Palma

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You all are so right.

SISSY SPACEK as CARRIE WHITE CARRIE (1976) dir. Brian De Palma

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Submitted by nugoober

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When fictional and/or fictionalized couples are better than real couples #relatable

Me at school vs me when i see some cute Spongebob ship i like.. Which is just about all of them :p

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Don't worry, the woodchipper thing is dubiously canon, in other words non canon on the grounds of it being in a bonus feature for the 3rd film :)

I refuse to accept the wood chipper accident as canon. Thomas and Kimberly are still alive and deserve all the good things. 😤

Final Destination 6, if you break my lil fangirl heart I swear to God-

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I said Cartex because it sounds right and is the one I've seen used the most.

Of the creator of this thing up ⬆️

You have this now:

Carter x Alex is real guys.

Btw:

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Ok fair enough.

wait what?? the ending to this movie ??? makes no sense?????? whuh ?? huh???? whattafuck????????

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Alex didn't die because Carter saved him. And Carter only did it because Alex saved him from dying on the track earlier on. DUH! Your favorite boi saved your least favorite boy. Alex does "die" after the film, albeit offscreen.

Also, I'm stealing your tomatoes lol and giving them to Sam for his cooking.

wait what?? the ending to this movie ??? makes no sense?????? whuh ?? huh???? whattafuck????????

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QUICK AND FINAL UPDATE ABOUT ANN

Hello to anyone and everyone reading this,

I just wanted to make a quick post to let you know that Ann aka scarlxrdgxkillyourself24 have talked it out in private, i apologized to her for everything I had said in my posts about her after reflecting on it for a while, she understood & forgave me, we managed to settle our differences overall, and hope that we can move on from this. I took down the 2 posts for exactly this reason. If you and someone else managed to talk it out and settle it in private successfully, then what's the point in keeping these posts up? I know I could have done this sooner. Like I said, I reflected over it for a while and decided it would be best to resolve it in private. Nonetheless, thank you for your understanding and have a safe day.

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Ok, so this is what I think is going on with Pokemon Legends ZA... (+ why I think gen 5 was seemingly skipped over & which starters that I think will be getting a new regional form in this game)

If you're reading this, that means that you are at least somewhat aware of the announcement of Pokemon legends ZA and are probably upset that they didn't address gen 5. To start off with, it's no secret that even GameFreak thinks that the way they executed Gen 6 is incomplete. Whether you love or hate gen 6, I think that that's something we can all agree upon. I mean, like you, I too was also yearning for Pokemon Z to be a thing just to wrap it all together.

But I may or may not have also hoped for a pokemon W, in the event that Pokemon and GameFreak decided to go back to the format of having 4 games like how gen 1 started for some reason as a kid. I mean we literally have 5 rivals in X and Y ffs. But then again, that would really amount to there being 5 games, not 3 or 4 if this was the case. Considering in most of the games' lore and saga surrounding them, the rival is what one of the games is named after, followed by a side character, and then most importantly, the protagonists as well.

All joking aside, we all wanted Pokemon Z to happen. Collectively and don't you deny it. But that never happened, causing Zygarde to get screwed over for no reason in the process and hardly any explanation as to how we could get AZ's Floette, since it was in the code as an obtainable pokemon after all.

But now that we have the announcement of Pokemon Legends ZA, it could finally be complete. And to tell you the truth, it's unclear for now as to whether or not it'll take place in the past or even in the future. And the trailer isn't really helping much in determining this either. For all we know it could start off in modern times and then move into the future like most of the theories that I've seen suggest. Or I could be wrong on that. But if in the event they decide to have it take place in the past or even mix it up a bit, I'm gonna share w/ you rn, which of the starters I think will be featured and are therefore likely to get a regional form like the Hisuian starters did.

Let's begin by addressing all 9 generations by eliminating the ones that obviously won't work and explain why (+and an additional Legends scenario on where they would probably fit best):

First off we have gen 1 (Bulbasaur, especially Charmander, and Squirtle) - Not the main starters.

None of these guys could work because of one major reason: they already have Megas, so it would be pointless to give any of them (especially Charizard) a regional form and considering Kalos features megas, it would then also lead to the unnecessary plothole of giving the regional forms a mega form as well. But considering that a return to Kalos could mean a return of mega forms potentially, what they could instead do is give Charizard (and Mewtwo) a Mega Z form as well, since they are the only 2 with more than 1 mega forms we've seen. And who knows maybe other pokemon could get a new or additional form as well. Of course I am also not ruling out the possibility that maybe we could see the starters in the wild as well, kind of like how, despite not being the main starters in the game, we saw the sinnoh starters and their evolutions in the wild back in Hisui, even though by modern times, we can't find them anywhere in any of the gen 4 games, except in the Grand Underground in the remakes. which would call back to how we could get a 2nd starter in X and Y. But a game scenario as to where any of these guys could fit better in is if we had a legends game that was set in a tropical region, kind of like Alola, in the case for Bulbasaur and Squirtle. As for Charmander, maybe we could place it having a regional form in a pokemon region based on a country that features a dragon as one of it's symbols (like the country of Wales). So in other words, either a legends game based in Galar, any of the 1st 3 regions, or even a region based in China.

Gen 2 (Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile) - These guys also wouldn't work because for 1. we already saw Typhlosion back in Legends Arceus and 2. the designs for both the Chikorita and Totodile lines don't really give off any French vibes to me. Like with Bulbasaur and Squirtle, the only legends games I could see these 2 gaining a regional form in would be somewhere tropical and coastal, like in Alola or somewhere else, like Australia, considering Meganium's flower on its neck and it's antennae make it resemble a Hibiscus flower. Plus, France, or anywhere in Europe for that matter, doesn't have any alligators or crocodiles living there natively. But keep this in mind, we'll come back to this in a while for now.

Gen 3 (Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip) - Another easy elimination on the grounds of how they already have mega forms. And like the Kanto starters, I am also not gonna rule out the possibility of them being able to appear in the wild. But even that's a weak claim, considering that if we look at all the animals that have inspired them, the only one that is likely possible if we ever end up seeing in the wild is Treecko, because of how geckos are found in the wild in France. As for Torchic, Torchic's only claim to france is how a chicken called the Red Junglefowl is referred to as the "Bird of France", because of a statue that was erected in France in 1760. Mudkip is even trickier since most of the animals that are said to have inspired it , according to Bulbapedia, namely mud puppies and mud skippers can't be found anywhere in France. Plus Axolotls have been shipped to France and the axolotl's there are only in captivity as a result. So where do I think these guys would fit best if we were to ever get a legends game featuring any of them. Well, for Treecko, I'd say somewhere Topical and forested. Torchic could be somewhere in Southeast Asia, or just simply back in Kanto or Johto. Additionally, I also saw this one piece of fanart of Blaziken's regional form looking like it came from the wild west (if you know what I'm talking about, you know). So perhaps, a Texas-based legends game could work for Blaziken too. For mudkip, probably somewhere up north in North America, like Canada for example, since that's where some of the critters that I mentioned Mudkip is based on live.

Gen 4 (Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup) - This one is pretty easy and is the first possibility. I'm talking about Piplup and only Piplup because of how it's final evo, Empoleon is based on French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, so this seems pretty solid to me. Now as for why I don't see Chimchar and Turtwig as viable fits for this game. Well, again, they also similarly don't seem very french to me either. Chimchar, I could see in a legends game set in any region that's based in a savannah like setting, or even in any region based in asia (Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn included). And for Turtwig, this is more of a monsterverse reference, but I'd say that they should have turtwig appear in a region that's based in germany. Sort of like as a reference to how Methusaleh destroyed a village in Munich, Germany and slept on the remains, tricking onlookers into thinking that he was just part of any ordinary mountainous region. But if Pokemon were to do something like that, they could very well easily base a legendary, rather than an entire regional form for a starter, or alternatively, they could somehow introduce a paradox form for Torterra to make that reference, but I could be wrong and possibly overthinking this entirely altogether.

Gen 5 (Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott) - Here we have our second possible regional starter, that being Snivy, whose own final evo, Serperior, is referred to in the pokedex as the Regal Pokemon, and it's overall design and its noble aesthetic does look like it could slot in pretty well with Kalos as its main grass starter. Plus, if this is true and Serperior does end up getting a Kalos-based regional form, this could mean a potential hint to the gen 5 remakes, and Unova already does make a lot of french references even prior to Kalos' reveal, from some pokemon like Escavalier, to mythical pokemon like Meloetta and Keldeo. I also enjoy the rather amusing thought of giving a regional form to Serperior that looks like Marie Aintoinette, but I keep forgetting that she was Austrian, not French. Even so, they could give Serperior one form that looks like Joan of Arc and have it resemble a dame, thus returning the snivy line back to having legs, like how Legends Arceus decided that Lilligant shouldn't skip leg day in its regional form. Samurrott wouldn't work, because like with Typhlosion, we already saw its hisuian form. Which just leaves us with Tepig, pigs are common in a lot of places and are native to Europe, but for some reason, I just can't see it having a regional form that's Kalos based. But maybe I'm wrong. As for the legends game that could fit with tepig and its line, it could probably go anywhere. But probably alola could fit where they could just ditch the fighting type that was part of why no one liked Emboar and make it be part psychic, ghost like Typhlosion, or even dark to reference the wild pig problem happening in Hawaii.

Gen 6 (Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie) - This one is by far the most obvious as to why none of these guys are gonna get regional forms of Kalos, because their normal appearences are already their forms and additionally, like with the Gen 1 and 3 starters, it could be the same situation as how we saw with the sinnoh starters being wild pokemon in legends arceus. But if they aren't getting any forms here, then where else could they be? For Chespin, remember that fanart I mentioned earlier when I talked about Torchic, Chesnaught was also in there too, given a more prickly regional form akin to a cactus. So chuck it in there with Blaziken I guess. Fennekin could fit in Galar and be given a regional form that channels, emmulates, and references famous fictional and powerful sorcerers (ala merlin, dumbledore, gandalf, etc.). Frogs are common in a lot of places, France included, and is also a slur aimed at French people for their supposed diet of frogs. But Froakie, as I said earlier, is already a Kalos starter so it can't get a Kalos form. But because it's evolution line is themed around ninjas, prehaps I could see it in a coastal Asian-based region in a legends game, or again in either Kanto, Johto, or Hoenn (mostly the 3rd one because of Hoenn's coastal setting). Or even like the Phillipines. Or Australia, like with Totodile.

Gen 7 (Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio) - This one is a 2nd possiblity in terms of water starters, but I'll get to that in just a moment. Rowlet is easily eliminated because of the existence of its final evo's hisuian form. Litten can't work either because of how tigers are not found anywhere in France and more common in places like India and Bangladesh, which are also where I think a possible legends game with Litten as one of the starters could work in, making it be part psychic. Alternatively, they could also have incineroar in Japan and have it be looking like a sumo wrestler (It would basically be Alolan Persian 2.0 but better). Or in Paldea, and/or another Latino/Hispanic vibe country, and have it reference macho libres, like Hawlucha. Of course, this would mean the fire-fighting final evo starter curse would start back up again after years of not being seen since Emboar (I'm sorry, but I don't see any other way in which this could work any better). And lastly, popplio. Popplio could work because of how Primarina is an opera singer and france did and probably still does have famous opera singers. However, this where the connection stops dead and as to why Primarina doesn't have as strong of a claim to Kalos than Empoleon, is because of where its name was inspired from: Primadonna, which is Italian. So alternatively, if Primarina can't work in Kalos, then perhaps if we ever get a legends game that's based in Italy, then it could go there instead.

Only 2 more generations left, we're almost there.

Gen 8 (Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble) - Grookey right off the bat doesn't mesh with the French vibe with me and Rock n' Roll isn't really the 1st thing one could think of when they think of France. I would probably say if we ever get a Legends game that is based somewhere up in the northeast of the US (like Unova maybe), anywhere else in the US, or even just straight up in Unova. Scorbunny seems like a good choice for a fire starter, until you realize that almost every country in the world outside of Britain has a soccer league or has ties to another country's soccer league. Sobble also wouldn't work unless they decided to probably give Inteleon a look resembling a french highway man (which is basically a robber on the road who jumped mostly rich people and robbed them of their money). Plus, some highway men were also British as well, like Dick Turpin for example, which circles all this back into a neat little bow. Also, this is the last time I'm bringing up that piece of fanart from earlier, it could work in a wild western setting in a Texas based region, like Chesnaught and Blaziken, where in there, it is also given a form that looks like a criminal outlaw, but this time from the wild west.

And last but certainly not least,

Gen 9 (Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly) - Now this is one where anyone of them could fit, but some links are still fairly weak. Sprigatito's final form Meowscarada could work considering that France had masquerade balls, but masquerades, like with the term Primadonna, are of Italian origin. Meaning that if Sprigatito were to be a Pokemon legends game starter, it would probably be in the same region with Popplio. But if they still hypothetically chose to have Sprigatito as a starter in Kalos, they could probably give it a look also resembling a highway man, like with Inteleon. Or a plague doctor look (I wanted to say this for Delphox, but then I remembered that Fennekin is already a Kalos starter, but even so, if Pokemon legends ZA decides to bring back megas and this time give the Kalos starters megas too, or if they decide to include paradox pokemon, the plague doctor could be a good design basis for Delphox in regards to either of these forms. And now back to the post). Skeledirge could also potentially work like w/ primarina, considering it also sings. And that would be perfect, had it not been for how Latino/Hispanic-centric Skeledirge is designed to be, from its name to its design. Meaning that it could also work in an Italy-based region in a Legends game (obviously not alongside Meowscarada just so we're clear). And lastly, Quaquaval, aka if Joskue from Jojo part 4 was a pokemon. It could also work if it were given a Court jester based regional form. But then again, this could work in any country that used to be a monarchy and happened to have a court jester in their rulers' court during the medieval or renaissance period of that country.

And there we have it, my reasons on whic starters fit and work with Kalos and why some others don't. Who knows? Maybe I'm right about some of these. Maybe I'm wrong. But as I said earlier, we don't know where ZA is going to happen for now, and it's possible that I just completely wasted my time, making all this be bullshit.

Now lastly, as to why I think gen 5 was never skipped over and that they are instead saving it for later. Well let's recouperate and analyze this a bit further, beginning by addressing a pattern that I have noticed with the past few remakes and when they've happened. You guys ever noticed how every time a remake happens, it's always on a generation that has an even number. Of course, the only exception to this is how the Gen 1 remakes happened on Gen 3. But I'll touch upon that as well.

Gen 2 remakes = Gen 4 (Same graphics and assets, but tweaked a bit, so it matches up with the original storyline from gen 2).

Gen 3 remakes = Gen 6 (Same graphics and assets, but tweaked a bit, (and even perfected according to some) so it matches gen 3's original storyline).

And the most recent remakes also follow this trend too. (Kinda.)

Gen 4 remakes = Gen 8 (Different graphicss from Sword and Shield and the exact same story as the original w/ very few changes).

So what exactly does this mean? Well I'll tell you what it doesn't mean: a consistent pattern of 1st 2 games, a 3rd game that's kind of like the precursor to the kind of pokemon dlc we have today/DLC, and remakes. Because this what we all must have thought would happen after gen 4. But it didn't. So ditch that empty hope that it'll ever be like that.

Alright, so if this pattern is true, then what does this say about the gen 5 remakes? And if we were to apply this logic onto the Gen 1 remakes, shouldn't they happen in Gen 2 and not Gen 3?

Well, to answer that first question. If we apply what I call the "x2 rule", where we take the generational number that has not a remake yet and multiply it by 2, our answer is that the gen 5 remakes will most likely happen in Gen 10, which is potentially a few years from now. So, there's your answer. From now on, I don't want to hear about how you think a remake is going to happen in this generation or immediately the generation that just had a remake. Because it's clear to me that a consistent pattern that is similar to how Resident Evil treats its remakes of its past games will never happen. Unless this'll be another trend that pokemon breaks again like with how as of gen 9, fire starters being based on the zodiac is unlikely to happen for the forseeable future. What would the gen 5 remakes look like? Will they follow the same pattern as gen 4 did? Just a carbon copy w/ few changes in the story? Or will it be different and it potentially returns to the way the gen 2 and 3 remakes were handled? Who knows?

Now, as for the 2nd question, let's say hypothetically this is intentional, why don't the gen 1 remakes happen in gen 2 and they happen in gen 3? Well, look at the graphics of gen 2 and look at the graphics for gen 3. Notice how one looks more fleshed out than the other? That's because by gen 3, Pokemon has become an official franchise at this point. The remakes couldn't have happened in gen 2 because pokemon was still in its infancy at the time. Lockstin once said something along the lines of how pokemon in its infancy 2 ggenerations in very likely didn't have many ideas for future games after gen 2, but after gen 3, they knew they had a franchise on their hands.

But then again, maybe this was actually intentional. Maybe it wasn't. Maybe we were supposed to have a consistent pattern of a remake happening every generation originally and at some point they hit a bump in the road and had to make changes. One more thing, where do the Let's Go games fall into this?

Well, I don't really consider those to be remakes in the same sense as what FRLG, HGSS, ORAS, and BDSP had going on. They were more like a game that screams that it was made as both a cashgrab to Kanto and an experiment to see what a Pokemon game on the Switch would be like.

So what does this say about the other gens after gen 5? I personally think they probably wouldn't be called remakes, as they are all already in a 3d setting. They would be more like remasters if anything. And the closest thing to a remake that could expand upon the lore for these gens is what Pokemon Legends arceus was to bdsp and gen 8 as a whole. But they would still follow the same rule as the others: 6 x 2 = 12, 7 x 2 = 14, 8 x 2 = 16, and 9 x 2 = 18. Would it continue like that or even that far in general? Pokemon is a phenomenon at this point, so of course it will for the forseeable future, unless something happens, like in the event they actually DO run out of ideas for real. As for the pattern itself, let's stick to it like this from now on. At least until Pokemon breaks it.

So what do you think? Did I miss anything? Let me know.

Also this is the fanart I mentioned: https://www.deviantart.com/gooompy/art/Wild-West-Starters-908520128

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Hahahaha, guess what I caught?

Ash's Bayleef as a Chikorita.

SPOILERS: it's not ash's chikorita really. The joke here is that the first chikorita I caught is a girl in Violet.

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I just thought of something

Ok so you know how we now have 2 water bird starters in pokemon currently: Piplup and Quaxly?

It's got me thinking. What would a 2nd fire bird starter and grass bird starter look like?

I think I may have a possible idea for each.

But before we continue, let's briefly recap what each types of starters are based on. Before Scarlet and Violet, we know of how there was a clear trend and tradition as to where they get their inspirations from.

In the case of all the Fire Starters, it was the Chinese Zodiac. Even though Cyndaquil, despite being classified as the fire mouse pokemon, looks nothing like a mouse or a rat and looks more like an anteater if anything. Of course this was before Fuecoco, who is a crocadile, which isn't one of the animals on the Zodiac, and its line is more based on something that crocs do with their mouths, rather than anything mystical.

Next we have the Grass Starters, which are based on extinct animals from a time long past, namely dinosaurs, like in the cases for pokemon like Meganium or Torterra, an extinct family of apes for Rillaboom, and an extinct type of bird, in the case of Decidueye. Meowscarada kinda follows this trend. I say "kinda" because while the Iberian Lynx is still around today as of making this post, according to Wikipedia, it is labeled as an endangered species, meaning that it could potentially at some point down the line die out and become extinct, which still counts.

And lastly for Water starters, they are mainly based off of Aquatic/Marine life, which really does not need much of an explanation.

So now that we have identified what the key patterns are for each type, here's my ideas:

2nd fire bird starter would be based on a phoenix. While this is also not an animal on the Zodiac either, it's also a creature of great importance in various mythologies, including Japan's mythology. As being a symbol of rebirth. Now, I know what you're thinking, technically, we already have this thing already partially going on with Skeledirge, who has that little bird-shaped soul on its snout. Well, true. But that bird isn't it's own entity. I could see this go in one of 2 ways. Either it's a completely different pokemon completely unrelated to Skeledirge, or we could have for the first time in years, a similar situation to pokemon like Slowbro, Slowking, or Mantine. What I mean in the latter is that, maybe, hypothetically speaking, they do make Skeledirge's bird into its own separate being, even giving its own dex entry referencing Skeledirge as well. And if this were to be undertaken, then this would mark the first time that this has happened with the starters. Additionally, this 2nd starter would probably part-ghost type, in reference to how phoenixes rise from the dead. Also making it be the 1st starter since rowlet, to have starter that has 2 types throughout its line. Now as for a region that I see this pokemon being a starter for: Well, considering that Pheonixes are more notably prevalent in more Medditeranean countries, I'd say a region that's probably based on Greece and/or Egypt. Alternatively, it could also be present in a region based in China, since there are hints in Scarlet and Violet that we will visit a region based on it in the future.

2nd grass bird starter, keeping to the trend of extinct animals, there were a lot of choices for extinct birds to choose from, but the most iconic choice, in my opinion at least, would be none other than the dodo bird itself. Now I know that we already have doduo and dodrio, but they look nothing like it. They look more like a cross between an emu, ostritch, and a kiwi bird, rather than a dodo. Plus, they are only based on the dodo bird in name only. I also had a rather crackpot theory about how a potential dodo starter should also double as a doduo pre-evo. However, I quickly discarded this idea as I felt that it wouldn't make much sense, as: a. Doduo and Dodrio have never been established as starters in any of the games and b. they do not have any attributes that would make them be considered in grass starters, neither in appearence nor name. The only thing that could possibly make this possible is if doduo and/or dodrio were to be given a regional form and/or covergent evolution (basically what we saw with wiglett and toedscool being this to diglett and tentacool respectively). But then again, this would complicate a lot of things in the grand scheme of things in this series. Now the region that I could see this pokemon appearing in: a region that's based on Mauritius, in reference to the country in East Africa that was the home of the dodo before it went extinct. But that probably won't happen anytime soon. So we'll probably have to wait a while.

So, anyway, those were my ideas. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Let me know in the comments below.

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I just caught Ash's snivy in the indigo disk dlc!!!

Spoilers: It's not actually ash's snivy

The joke here is that the first snivy i caught is actually a girl!

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My theory in regards to the loyal 3

Warning: TEAL MASK and INDIGO DISC SPOILERS

Ok so I just found out about this pokemon called Pecharunt and it looks awfully familiar. That's what I thought to myself upon hearing its name and seeing what it looks like. But upon further inspection I realized that it resembled the chains on the bodies of Okidogi Munkidori, & Fezandipiti. At the same time, a dark thought began to occur to me. I thought surely this can't be for real. But when I went to consult Bulbapedia about this pokemon, I found a bit more that supported my theory. Ladies, gentlemen, and people in between and out, I propose to you that Pecharunt is a parasite.

Yeah what we may be looking at here, may make you have 2nd thoughts and may even make you feel sorry for the Loyal 3. To start off with, as I just brought up, it looks like the chains on the bodies of the loyal 3. It's also the signature ability that all the loyal 3 members share.

Another clue that points to parasitism is how Pecharunts poison seems to enchance the abilities and desires of both people and pokemon. But it also causes them to be subjugated and controlled by it. The dex entries for the loyal 3 confirm this to be the case, as after each of them gained the chain on their bodies, it boosted their abilities and made them manipulative and aggressive. Part of Pecharunt's name according to bulbapedia comes from the word Petulant, which is defined as sulky or having bad manners according to google. Which I guess is why Pecharunt is also part ghost, as some ghosts and spirits tend to be wicked. Peacharunts own ability, poisone puppeteer and signature move, malignant chain also support this.

There's also how their categories are the Subjugator Pokemon for Pecharunt and Retainer pokemon for the loyal 3. Subjugator is defined as to bring someone or something under someone's control. Retainer is defined as something that is holding something in place. Meaning that this could possibly imply that the loyal 3 were once normal and innocent pokemon. And either they came across Pecharunt at some point before Ogerpon's story, or it found all of them and put those chains on them making them fall under its control and amplifying their abilities. Probably even causing their corruption to begin with. And this corruption would set off the CHAIN of events leading up to their encounter with Ogerpon and by extension the events of the Teal Mask as a whole. See what I did there?

The mochi also may possibly be related to the Herba Mystica somehow, as the Loyal 3 can become gigantic. Just like how the Herba Mystica made the titan pokemon that we face in the main story larger too.

So yeah, that's my theory of how the Loyal 3 maybe helpless victims of parasitism. And I can't help but feel how this parallels what happened with Nihilego and Lusamine back in sun and moon, as the poison there also similarly amplifyed Lusamine's wicked personality. But unlike Lusamine, it seems the Loyal 3 are too far gone and the chains are part of them now.

Also keep in mind that this isn't me suggesting a connection between an ultra beast and the loyal 3, just stating a parallel here nothing more.