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tumblrinas need to see this

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these two are painfully married, it's ridiculous

I wanted to draw some actual gheys content before January ended because damn, this is their 10th anniversary year--I had to draw something, yanno?

The drawing in the middle was the very first one I doodled, but I thought it was too simple to post on its own so I just kept adding stuff to fill the space. It got a little busy lmaoSo how about I go over all of them, from top left to bottom right;

I just had to draw some smooching because the last time I drew them kissing was a depiction of them very early in their relationship, so it’s fun to compare it with this new art. From a pair of guys clumsily learning how to be boyfriends to a pair of long-term partners who are obnoxiously married <:’) And I’ll never tire of drawing Skye being so comfortable and happy. Dude deserves all the husband kisses after the shit I keep putting his ass through lol

I’m not sure what they are talking about in this one, but I’m leaning towards them shit-talking about someone they don’t like. They would have a snark-off to see who’d roast the best (it’s ash. 4kids! writing did that to him)

The first doodle! It was drawn to be a response to finding out two Disney Junior shows (Sofia the First and its spin-off, Elena of Avalor) had a Skye and an Ash because of course Disney did that shit. And of course, the Disney Skye is voiced by Harley's 4kids! VA so there's a Pokéani connection there.......KH AU shitpost material, my god. Also. Ash’s phone. That thing was bought second-hand a decade ago, and is barely hanging in there. Skye got the thing a case but Ash lost it somewhere.

Ash making an attempt to call Skye something cutest like Skye does for him, but can’t come up with anything. He’s no good at the sweet nothings game but Skye doesn’t mind at bit. His husband will happily take his name being cooed at him, no nicknames needed.

And it looks like swapping clothes is out of the cards for the boys, now that Skye has gained weight. I wanted to draw them in each other’s clothes but immediately realized Skye would not be able to get anything to fit with his waistline. Ash is fine in Skye’s baggy clothes, but the vest top is a little tight around his chest—dude got himbo boobs.

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finally got the boys future alola designs drawn up!

had trouble choosing colours for ash's shoes at first, but landed on blue so it helps solidify the accidental "ash having cool/dark colours to skye having yellow/bright colours" thing i got going on. the swap in headwear type was intentional tho!

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I don't know if you've ever consider this, but I kinda liked the idea of Skye living at Ash's house for a while becuz of his family drama going on and he refused to live under the same roof with them so he kinda just moved into Ash's house until things tuned down a little.

Would you believe me if I said that situation is almost exactly what happens in the lead up to the Galar arc, cuz it is!

For the last year or so, I've been slowly writing up a detailed timeline of what leads Skye to go to Galar so that I can possibly refer to it while writing up the Galar arc timeline. It's almost done (just need to get into the weeds on why Skye would adopt Bastion and bring him along) and it is 3500+ words long lmao

Have a chunk of info of Skye's time in Pallet Town that'll probs be fleshed out before the full release;

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Why does Sonic Skye have black markings?

Fuck if I know!

OG Skye was a blue Tails recolour without any different markings, so I think I added the markings when I changed his species from fox to a wolf/husky mix. I assume that the species switch was one of the last major things I did for mobian!Skye before permanently changing him into a human.

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da sillys

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just a couple of dudes who've been through some shit

tw; extreme transphobia talk

British transphobes are currently losing their shit over a coffee chain having a cartoon transmasc person (who's got top surgery scars) in a mural, saying that it's promoting/encouraging ~vulnerable young girls~ into "mutilating their healthy breasts via surgery". Yeah, like infantilizing and degrading AFAB (and mentally ill/disabled) people over personal choices about their own body isn't completely unhinged behaviour befitting a uber-fundie who thinks Pokémon is satanic /s

And like. . .people shouldn't be shamed or looked down upon for their scars, yanno?

*heavily sighs in trans*

Anyway.

With all that bullshit going down, I felt the need to draw something happy around top surgery and its scars, so I used the chance to practice the gheys' body shapes without their clothes covering everything up. Though the scar Ash got from Eternatus overshadows Skye's healed top scars lmao

The locket's design isn't final but I don't think Skye would want anything super ornate or something that'd make it obvious that it's hiding a Key Stone.

I ended up watching some random Johto episodes today before working on this, and the juxtaposition of canon 10 year old baby Ash and 30~ year old Greyverse Ash was. . .a lot. I'm so used to drawing Ash as an muscular adult, so seeing actual canon Ash being so smol almost feels like they are different characters skldjfdj

please don't let anyone be weird about skye's weight gain for the love of god, let this man be fat without someone being horny about it.

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twitter / kh joke

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finally got around to making a visual of ash with his galar team.

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*muffled never turn back plays*

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aggressively supportive boyf

Prior to getting his ass stuck in Alola, Skye had been looking into finally starting HRT. He had been speaking to a gender clinic in Celadon City but then yanno. . .he got trapped in Alola. He had to find another clinic in Alola who'd work with the clinic in Kanto to figure out his medical information which was totally not a complete pain in the ass--but! By the time he and Ash were doing their trials on Akala Island, the clinic gave him the go-ahead to begin taking testosterone.

The comic is set a few days before Skye gets his prescription for the first time, with him giving Ash a refresher on what'll start happening to him months down the line. While Skye does love and trust Ash very much, he is too riddled with anxiety to not want explicit approval from him to make himself feel better. its da mental illness luv

Of course, Ash ain't having Skye think that he'd disapprove of his choice for a secondbecause uhh--what kind of man does Skye think he is?! A guy who'd drop their boyfriend for something as stupid as physical changes???? aBSOLUTELY NOT!!!!

God, I've been meaning to draw this out for months and I'm glad I finally managed to get it out, even if it took almost a whole day cuz I take forever to draw comics. All for me to compare transitioning to Pokémon evolution :'U

fuckin' love ash is canonically heavily pro-body autonomy.

I had a terrible time drawing out those clasped hands. I couldn't find a good reference to help and the gheys' hand size differences were really fucking me up. Skye's hand is totally swallowed by Ash's giant yaoi hands lol I did think about ending with Skye's reaction but couldn't decide which way to go about it.

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extremely quick doodle of gheys cuz i wanna do a proper full version soon, but basically skye is surprise clinging onto ash in hopes of becoming comfortable with his bare chest being touched and now he’s too worried about regretting it if he releases ash from his gay death grip lol

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If gheys could have fossil Pokemon, which ones would they have?

This has a surprisingly easy answer cuz Skye used to have a fossil Pokémon once upon a time!

Back before I put Greyverse through a soft reboot, Skye had an Archen/Archeops named Ark.

Sadly, I don’t remember how Skye caught Ark or what the little guy’s personality was like as a lot of info from that time (over 10 years ago now oof) has been lost. I have thought about bringing him back, considering that there is a dude in the Alola games who wants to make Poké!Jurassic Park and that could give me an excuse for some fossil Pokémon stuff lol

And then there’s Ash with a Shieldon instead of his canonical Dracovish. This choice is based on the fact that he has a weird thing going on with yellow/orange ceratopsians when it comes to his voice actors. Veronica Taylor voiced Max from Dinosaur King, who has an electric triceratops partner (basically just ash and pikachu, 4kids! knew what they were doing with the casting choices for that show) and his JPN VA Rica Matsumoto voiced Cera for most of the Land Before Time sequels.

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Holy sh*t, Ash and Skye are f*kin' goblins!

you're acting as if this is new information

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yeah, something like this would happen to them, wouldn't it.

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totally forgot about this doodle from a while back, but have aunt platinum babysitting pika’s first litter lol

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And here we are 24 moons into Strike Clowder! A lot of cats ended up in the medicine den by the end of this year, so hoping they survive into Year 3 and onwards. I am hoping that someone has kits in the next year, cuz we've not had any newborns and I wanna see those potatoe sprites!

Fumblefreckle | male | 147 moons old | shameless / excellent mediator

Fumblefreckle has been doing better. He has finally gotten himself out of his grief-induced fog for Coatidance and Kestrelwhisper, and even named a new co-leader; Gravelspeck. He is also aware of Randy’s growing affection for him, which doesn’t upset him as much as he thought it should.

Gravelspeck / female | 95 moons old | strange / good speaker

Gravelspeck was shocked when Fumblefreckle decided to name her his co-leader. She is trying her best to keep the clowder in order, but she can’t say the same for her personal life. Almost all of her kits have suffered some pain, with the worst being Deltapaw dying much too young and. . .she has noticed that Brownstripe doesn’t seem to care as much as he should as their adoptive father.

Bluesplash | female | 86 moons old | ambitious / great speaker

Bluesplash ended up having a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting, which resulted in her being unable to perform her tasks during a rough time for the clowder. While she is thankful for Habanerofreeze, he is both older and less experienced than her, so she is even more desperate for an apprentice.

Habanerofreeze | male | 94 moons old | faithful / very smart

Habanero had spent most of his life wandering the countryside, learning to use all sorts of herbs for healing. He had been approached in his dreams by a spirit, who asked him to seek out and assist their clowder. After travelling for some time, he found Fumblefreckle. Despite not sharing the clowder’s beliefs, he prays for Bluesplash’s future apprentice.

Randy | male | 121 moons old | bloodthirsty / good speaker

Randy has spent a lot of time with Fumblefreckle and has fallen hard for the old tom. He doesn’t want to pressure his leader into anything, so he hasn’t entertained them becoming mates. He is proud of his apprentice becoming a warrior, but they don’t have much of a relationship.

Starling | male | 98 moons old | childish / great fighter

Starling was travelling with a group of loners when he got into an argument with one of them that turned violent. They fought until Starling thought better and ran. Injured, he was chased by the loner onto a busy dragonpath. Before he knew it, as a dragon rushed towards him, a cat tackled him. Sadly both of them were run over, resulting in Starling’s broken back and Snipleap’s death.

Currently, Starling’s survival is still uncertain. Starling isn’t bothered much by this news, as he feels like he’s lived a long life but his heart goes out to Snipleap’s friends.

Halfsprout | male | 78 moons old | careful / good teacher

Halfsprout hasn’t done much of importance this year, but he has become friends with Suncrawl and he is very concerned for her, and the rest of the cats under the herbalists’ care.

Shadowspots | male | 76 moons old | strange / great speaker

A somewhat mysterious tom who walked into Strike’s camp one morning, demanding to become a part of the clowder. Gravelspeck was rather unsettled by his sudden appearance, but Fumblefreckle admired his tenacity and allowed him to stay. He spends his free time telling bizarre stories about the animals he has met in his life.

Brownstripe | male | 67 moons old | calm / fantastic hunter

Brownstripe has stuck close to Gravelspeck, but the distance between himself and his adopted kits has only gotten wider. He still adores his mate, but Gravelspeck isn’t too keen about him at the moment.

After mentoring Lightspots, he has figured that he just isn't interested in being a mentor.

Brushlion | male | 55 moons old | bold / fantastic teacher

Having run away from a neglectful owner, Brushlion wasn’t sure where to go. He tried living on his own but had a rather bad time defending himself from bigger animals, so he sought out a group to live with. He was found by a patrol while trying to hunt on Strike territory. He feels more confident than he’s ever felt, and he is excited to prove himself worthy of his position as a warrior.

Suncrawl | female | 32 moons old | loving / good hunter

Suncrawl got humbled rather hard this year when she tried stealing food from a Man-trap and badly hurt herself when escaping it. She is still in the medicine den, dealing with an infection. Her heart goes out to her brother, as she knew he and Snipleap were very close.

Cloudlight | male | 32 moons old | vengeful / good speaker & Tawnyripple | male | 25 moons old | fierce / great teacher

These two couldn’t have had a worse year. Cloudlight has been destroyed by Snipleap’s death. He blames himself, as he was the one to come up with the idea of keeping surveillance of the dragonpath after finding a dead kittypet there early into the year. He, Snipleap, Tawnyripple and Deltapaw collectively helped bring Brushlion, Savvyshadow, and Starling into the clowder. He. . .also didn’t get the chance to say how much he loved Snipleap.

Early into Deltapaw’s apprenticeship, Tawnyripple got help from Cloudlight and Snipleap in training the younger tom. Together, the group had become closer but Tawnyripple eventually wished to train Deltapaw by himself like any other mentor should. Tragically, when he was taking Deltapaw out for hunting, they had been surprised by a flash flood and Deltapaw was swept away. Tawnyripple, Cloudlight, and Snipleap spent an entire night searching for their joint apprentice, but Deltapaw was nowhere to be found. They had hoped that he had survived, but Bluesplash confirmed to see Deltapaw within the Fallen One’s ranks.

Now Tawnyripple feels like Suncrawl and her mother were correct in their objections, and wishes that Deltapaw was given to somecat else.

Scorchsmoke | female | 18 moons old | strict / great hunter

The only one of the loner litter to not have something bad happen to them. With her brother’s passing, Scorchsmoke has thrown herself into keeping the clan fed and protected. She openly dislikes Brownstripe for seemingly being unaffected by Deltapaw’s death and isn’t too friendly towards her adoptive mother for not calling him out. She has promised to herself that she’ll be a much better parent to her future kits.

When Lightspots became confined to the medicine den for treatment for a bad infection, Scorchsmoke busied herself so she wouldn’t think about her sister’s deteriorating condition. According to Savvyshadow’s spirit, she has a secret.

Shrubpurr | female | 18 moons old | fierce / good fighter

Shrubpurr was so badly hurt by a rogue, she had to spend green-leaf recovering and could not be named a warrior alongside her sisters. Fumblefreckle gave her more than enough time to train as the only apprentice, then was named for her fierce love for her sisters.

She visits Lightspots several times a day to make sure that she is feeling comfortable despite how things are going for her.

Lightspots | female | 18 moons old | sneaky / great speaker

Lightspots’ apprenticeship under Brownstripe was a tense affair, which made her jealous of her siblings’ relationships with their own mentors–especially Deltapaw. She saw the trio of toms treating her brother almost like a younger sibling, all while she barely could emotionally connect with her adoptive father. One thing that intrigued her about Brownstripe was his encounters with Man, so when she became a warrior alongside her sister, she decided to venture into the Man village to explore.

While there, she had gotten mistaken for someone’s kittypet and ended up trapped within a Man nest for several days. She managed to escape, but only after a collar had been put around her neck. Lightspots felt like she needed to prove herself to the older cats to make up for her mistake, but she only ended up having a bad encounter with a fox–which mangled her tail.

She is currently in recovery, but infection has set in and Bluesplash is not sure if she will pull through.