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Found another little guy from Costco!

(Little being relative, he's about the length of my entire arm)

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The first Pokémon team for my Pale Cousins AU! Here's Little Ghost's team!

Ghost's team is a result of trying to create a team that is a mix of what their adventure in Hollow Knight was like and trying to apply that adventure into the Pokémon World (and yes, I do refer to Ghost with they/them pronouns). I have planned out how Hollow Knight's story would take place in the Pokémon world's context enough to have a pretty concrete idea on how Ghost meets their team!

Soul the Phantump (Ghost/Grass, Male):

Ghost's first Pokémon!

Received as a gift for Ghost's 5th birthday from their mother, Willow White (aka the White Lady)

Hatched from one of the eggs of the White Lady's own Trevenant (which is also Shiny)

Can be shy and bashful around new people, but has a rather curious personality and cares for Ghost like a sibling

Soul often stays out of his pokéball and will hide in Ghost's shadow

Picked for obvious reasons (dead ghost children and Shiny Phantump looks so much like Ghost), but my in-universe reasoning is that Ghost's family, the Whites, are super rich and privileged in this universe because Arthur White (the Pale King) is the CEO and owner of RKS Laboratories (which is an actual company that exists in the Pokémon world, it is one of the companies you can do a Poké Job for)

Honedge (Steal/Ghost, Male)

The first Pokémon Ghost ever caught!

Wanted to catch one because of their big sibling, Hollow!

Ghost has actually been trained in sword-fighting, and will use Honedge as a stand-in sword if needed

Obvious reference to the Nail, Ghost's weapon, but I planned out a moveset to reference the Nail Arts and Upgrades: Gyro Ball = Cyclone Slash (Spinning attacks), Sacred Sword = Great Slash (Huge, powerful slashes), Shadow Sneak = Dash Slash (A quick/long-range attack), Swords Dance = Nail Upgrades (Increasing the power of attacks)

Butterfree (Bug/Flying, Male)

Gifted from the Grubfather, who is an incredibly talented Bug Pokemon Breeder, as thanks for Ghost's help

A reference to the Grub rescuing, and I picked Butterfree because Caterpie looks the closest to the Grubs

Butterfree will act like the Mothwing Cloak and Monarch Wings by attaching himself to Ghost's back and giving them a boost or carrying them around

Noivern (Flying/Dragon, Male)

Gifted from Grimm as a Noibat

Has a strange affinity for fire, even knowing how to use Flamethrower when it was born

Can be rather naughty and mischievous but is arguably one of Ghost's stronger, if not strongest, team member on account of being a gift from Grimm, who... I'll talk about later :)

If knowing a Fire-type move and being gifted from Grimm wasn't obvious, Noivern is a reference to Grimmchild!

Floette (Fairy, Female)

Was given to by Ze'mer with a letter attached to be deliver to Ze'mer's lover, The Traitors' Child (who I will be naming Orchid because I think I remember seeing somewhere that the Mantis Lords were named after flowers, and I really like the idea)

After delivering the letter and a whole bunch of other stuff, Floette becomes a part of Ghost's team and serves a bit more of a support role on the team

Floette is a reference to the Delicate Flower quest, with my AU's version of it being rather different and pretty important to its plot and having no dead gays! In fact, its going to have slightly more gays because...

Scyther (Bug/Flying, Female)

Caught by Ghost as part of a trial given to them by the Mantis Tribe, where Ghost needed to find a Scyther willing to be part of

Also has a crush on and is gay for Floette! That's right, lesbian mantis and flower girl!

I'll explain more in later posts that focus on how the Mantis Tribe works in this AU, but the short version is that Scyther fell in love with Floette when the Fairy-type was under Ze'mer's ownership, who brought her along when visiting Orchid.

Scyther joined Ghost partly because she respected them as a warrior and also because she wants to be with her flower girlfriend

Including Scyther onto Ghost's team feels just a tiny bit more random compared to the others, since her inclusion is to reference the Mark of Pride charm, but I always liked how the Mantis Tribe in-game no longer attack once you get the Mark of Pride. It becomes a safe space because the tribe now sees you as part of their tribe or at least a warrior worthy enough to be a part of the tribe. In a way, it kind of gives the Mantis Tribe a bit of a homey aspect.

But yep! Here is Ghost's team for my Pale Cousins AU!

Please let me know what you all think!

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So, around a few years ago, while I was indulging in my favorite past time of creating random crossovers with Pokémon by figuring out what Pokémon teams my favorite blorbos would have, I was creating Pokémon teams for Hollow Knight characters and thought how they could fit into the Pokémon world.

Then I watched the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime and saw Lillie and thought, "Man, her family is so pale-skinned, I'm surprised the sun hasn't burned them alive, especially Gladion." And then, I remembered all the Human!Hollow Knight I've seen and thought, "Wait, what if I made them all related?" And that is how I got the idea for Pale Cousins! A Hollow Knight and Pokémon crossover where the Aether family (Lusamine, Lillie, Gladion) and the Pale family (Pale King, The Knight/Ghost, The Hollow Knight, Hornet) are all related, with Lusamine and the Pale King being brother and sister, making Lillie and Gladion cousins with Ghost, Hornet, and Hollow!

Main idea for this au right now is that the Pale siblings have just went through this au's version of Hollow Knight's story and events and are going to visit their cousin Lillie in Alola to relax and recover because they deserve it damn it!

Starring: Ghost becoming a student with Lillie at the Pokémon School while also being the vessel of Giratina, Lord of the Distortion World, Hornet training to become a Ranger and neglecting her personal health until someone forces her to actually care (as usual), and Hollow recovering from the trauma of fighting a god-like entity for years, becoming disabled from fighting said god-like entity, and wondering what the hell they should do with their life with cooking!

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What's the worst trap you see amateur writers falling into?

Not appreciating the whole story.

Scroll around "Writing Tumblr" for a few hours and you'll see something to the effect of "I was daydreaming about this big fight/plot twist/dramatic irony, but I hate writing all the stuff leading up to it!"

Everything leading up to the big third act is treated as an obligation. The 'homework' before you get to the 'fun part.'

See this enough times, and you start to realize why you see so many stories meandering around for the first two acts until they can have their big, dramatic climax. You start to see why everything that isn't a Baysplosion is considered "filler" now.

If you're only into writing to write memorable third act reveals, then everything you write is going to be terrible.

There's a video by Noralities going over an old anime, which she admits she hated at first because she was skipping the episodes that were dubbed "filler" by some idiot, and her friend who suggested it to her had to sit her down and tell her that the filler was some of the best parts. And she was in disbelief about that.

"A character-based show feels worse when you watch only the plot episodes and none of the character episodes? Say it ain't so!"

It is a moment of spectacular brainrot in what is otherwise an S-Tier Youtuber, because it's such a basic concept that some people will weirdly fight you on.

Character moments, slow moments, things that might be considered boring to a hyperactive, plot-obsessed weirdo, these are all important. Trying to have a big grand plot without these things is like trying to build a bridge without supports. If you don't have as much of a deep love for those things as you do for the big fight scene at the end, you're going to make shit, because you don't actually like writing.

There are entire genres of storytelling that don't have villains, fight scenes, or dramatic plot twists. There are NO genres of storytelling that don't have characters and character relationships as a core component of them.

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Guess who is 48 inches tall and who I found at my local Costco:

This beautiful bastard.

Isn't he gorgeous?

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Canon SW Language Refs

Sources:

Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills (2019)

Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia (2017)

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Just to make a point, every time I finished a panel of this I would export it as a PNG on the perceptual setting and use it as a color reference for the next panel

IT'S BAD

PLEASE CHECK YOUR COLOR SETTINGS

EDIT: If you're still having problems, it might help to switch from "Save/Save as" to "Export (as a) Single Layer". Just. Make SURE the box labeled "Expression Color" is set to RGB. I've been messing with this all day, and it looks like this combination of settings will allow exported PNGs to maintain their colors perfectly. To you. So far both Discord and Toyhouse still only display desaturated images and I cannot for the life of me figure out why

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Had the idea for a while, what if Ahsoka (and togrutas in general) had eyes that did the cat thing in the dark.

wonder how many times she’s scared the living daylights out of her masters and crew lol.

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Battles of the Republic

Source: Star Wars: Battles That Changed the Galaxy (2021)

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i had three fic ideas.  wrote one.  i still have three fic ideas.  this is not how math is supposed to work.

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Some of my headcanon about lekku

Twi'lek

They can "taste" emotions with their lekku, as well as harsh chemicals in the air.

They mark their kith and kin with gentle taps of their lekku. Like ants marking their colony mates.

Only Togruta can be "truly fluent" in Ryl, due to many of the stresses being done with lekku movements. Lekku lacking species can still learn the language and speak it but they'll miss certain things.

There is a thick cartilage ring at the root of each lek. This protects the part of the brain outside the skull. There is also a rope of nerves at the core of each lek. Cutting this cord is similar to cutting the spinal column. Depending where it's cut, the Twi'lek may die or survive a lek amputation.

Lekku wiggle and move and twist subconsciously. Binding them prevents this from happening. Binding is also painful and the bindings need to be adjusted as the lekku grow otherwise they'll leave deep pressure scars.

Togruta

Lekku are thick bands of muscle, with a muscular hydrostat (a modified hydrostatic skeleton). This allows for their front lekku to have a wide range of motion (from their lower jaw to the tip of their front lekku), and their back lek to slap against their backs in a threat display. They can coil their front lekku around things. (Note: Twi'lek lekku also have a muscular hydrostat system). Togruta lekku are not as sensitive as Twi'lek lekku.

When scared, Togruta rear up their front lekku and make them dance like snakes, while smacking their back lek.

There are scent glands along their front lekku. Couples often wrap their lekku together while holding hands. In Togruta-human/oid couples, the Togruta partner will wrap their lek around their human/oid partner's wrist.

While not as sensitive as a Twi'lek's lekku, Togruta use their lekku to get a better sense of something. Their front lekku also have electroreceptors, used in passive electroloction. This helps them hunt in the tall grasses of Shili, while maintaining their camouflage. This also helps them sense static charges in the air, and why the myth of Togruta being touchy during storms arose.

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Shili Provinces and Territories

Oh hey! I'm a fanfic writer who loves worldbuilding far too much. This map is my own pet project for my fanfiction series Do Not Go Gentle. Despite Star Wars having a major Togruta protagonist in the form of Ahsoka Tano for almost twenty years, we know virtually nothing about her home planet of Shili except that they have a bitchin film industry. Because I am very normal I decided to build the planet myself. So let's get into the geography!

There are only two continents on the planet of Shili oh my god I'm actually naming them: Janaki and Daksha.

The twelve provinces of Janaki, the northern continent: Khariboli, Aagan, Lamir, Siprissa, Memdt Nassr, Azzi, Šurili, Gir-Gö, Tuz, Jamgo-o, Hassannala, and Zuldunak.

Tara's Teeth is a unique island chain on the equator. It technically belongs to Khariboli province, but with the exception of a small settlement of caretakers on the big island, it is uninhabited and a protected wildlife area. Most of the remaining akuls on Shili reside on Tara's Teeth, safely sequestered from the global population. Safari tours are a popular tourist attraction.

There are three territories on Daksha, the southern continent: Shinabek, Noq, and Kayenta. The Togrutas who live down here all follow a very traditional, low-tech way of life, subsiding on hunting and moving between winter and summer villages to allow prey to rejuvenate. There's only one city, Minocqua, which with a population of 10k makes it the most populated spot on the island. Noq is almost all frozen tundra. Ahsoka's people, the Binishii, are from Shinabek Territory in the Cigonaa'agan Mountains.

And here's what it looks like as a globe :)

Feel free to use any of this in your own fics/projects/art etc if you so choose! I only ask that you link back to either this post or credit me in your notes.

(mapmaker program I used was Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator, 10/10 highly recommend)

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My favorite Headcanons for the Togruta Species

And Shili

And Kiros (Kinda)

Biology

Togruta babies are called Cubs (because I think is a cute word and bc they are aliens after all. Also it translate well to my native language, so when I say Cub I thinking of the word "Filhote" and I'm well aware I probably mixing up translations here).

They live in small groups up to 500 members (but rarely more than that).

Note: I'm saying "small" because our smallest towns have 5.000 member's, but ancient Togruta lived in actual small groups with 50 members or less.

Togruta can grow anxious if they don't have a community around them. Their species were made to live in groups.

Togruta's Montrals are capable of hearing frequencies up to 200000 hz (similar to tigers and bats) and are able of echolocate close objects.

They also have powerful noses and can recognize people from their smell.

Their eyes have a peripheral vision of 200°, that combined with their hearing and flair make them the most powerful predator in Shili.

A adult Togruta eats about 1,5kg of meat every day. Ofc there's alternatives such a rations bars that can lower that amount, but considering they feeding exclusive with meat that's the right amount to maintain themselves health.

Togruta are strict carnivorous (this cannon, but I just want to reassure the idea)

The average height is 1,9 meters for Female and 2,5 meters for Males, counting with their Montrals.

Togruta can easily live up to 90 years, some even got to 120, but they rarely live much more than that. It's a little longer than most humans, but they don't come near Mirialan's lifespan of 250 years or Yoda species that basically turn into living fossils.

Males tend to have longer Montrals while Females have longer Lekkus.

They share 80% of their DNA with Akul (similar with how humans share 90% of our DNA with chimpanzee) what suggest they had a common ancestor.

Their vocal cords can mimic sounds to attract their prey and avert other predators (such as the Akul). Trogruta Cubs were specially good at this and it's not rare see them trying to imitate sounds they find curious or funny. This also means they were very talkative, if a Togruta Cubs is quiet something is terrible wrong.

Because of this trait Togruta are one off the few species capable of learning how to speak Ithorese and Shyriiwook, although their accent is told to be sloppy and child-like.

The muscles on their legs are the strongest on all their body. They were originally a migratory species, so they needed the extra force and speed.

Their gestation period is around 7 months, a little shorter than humans. But their Cubs grow faster and usually start walking around their five mouth after they were born. They development that trait so neither the mother or the Cub stays vulnerable for long.

Togruta skin color have multiple variations, but the more common are: Orange, purple, yellow and dark blue. This colors also appear on the stripes of their Montrals and Lekkus. The flash color scheme serve two purposes: It warn their predators they are a thread (like some snakes do, the vibrant colors usually scares predators away) and it's also a sign of their health.

Health togruta have stronger colors, the more vibrant their color are the more attract they were consider to be.

Togruta are usually monogamous and tend to spend their whole life with a single partner. This whoever is changing due cultural facts, current is not expected to a individual to stick to a single partner but it's a constant event on their community.

Hybrids between other species are rare, however it's uncertain if this is due their biology or they general lack of interest of breeding with other species.

Hybrids between Togruta and Twi'Lek were been recorded although their appearance are highly inconsistent. Usually they keep smaller version of the Montrals and their Lekkus are more similar with the Twi'Lek version, thus stopping growing at a certain length.

It's said they can have hybrids with human and humanoids species (such as, idk, Mirialans), but there isn't enough Togruta in the galaxy making out with humans to know exactly what that would look like.

They change the teeth twice during their lives, one time when they still cubs and another once they hit 60 ~ 70 years. This happens so they can maintain strong teeth for all their lives.

Their canine teeth are sharp ass hell, even more so when they are Cubs. This can be a problem because Togruta bite each other as a form of affection. Also it's not uncommon for them to leave bite marks in visible places on their partners. When other sentient species saw that they thought the marks were from fighting, but turns out it's from the opposite of fighting.

(Note: I saw some other writes with similar headcanons, specially in barrissoka fanfic, and it's cute! But I'm going to make a point here that they can easily kill small animals with their bite, so I get kinda nervous when people make Ahsoka bite Barriss's neck with "all her strength" because that would probably be enough to pierce her skin. So only small bites are allowed here, Barriss doesn't need die like that.)

Togruta's Montrals and Lekkus can turn shriveley if they are raised under stressing ambients. (That's why Ahsoka's Lekkus are so short for her age). Headcanon send by @kayberrie

History/Politics/Culinary

As I mentioned the Togruta were originally a migratory species, that means they used to made camps so they could hunt in certain areas and then move to another region once the resorts became scarce. This whoever changed with time as they learned to cycle their prey with the seasons.

This is a vague example, but during spring and summer they hunt Thimiars (a rodent species from Shili) and other small prey, but as the autumn comes they start to hunt bigger prey so they can store the meat for the winter. During the winter itself they fish. Base on that their villagers are usually construed near river and always with around the forest.

Unlike most of sentient life Togruta are against the domestication of animals, so to this day they still hunt for eat, however all the food (with exception of a few ritualistic hunts) are share with the whole village. So if they can't get food for a while they will start prioritize the children and the elderly while their adults focus on solving the problem.

A exception to that is the domestication of Shilidogs, a species of Tooka (relatives to Lothcats) the Togruta adopt as a companion. The Shilidogs keep pests way from the villages and are very good companions for children. Like a real dog.

Togruta development a way to dry the meat with a space salt (that I don't have a name for yet) so they don't have to throw away the rest of their meal.

Also they when they hunt they make sure to use every single part of the animal and are very against wasting food. The feet of the prey usually is transformed into soup (which they feed the babies and the elderly bc they believe it helps their bones to grow stronger), and the organs are smoked and eaten as a delicacy (god, I hope I used that word right).

As for the actual meat, they cook only with salt but don't you dare think it's blend or without taste! Think about a Brazilian barbecue, that's how it's like.

Once their society started to interact with other planets the Togruta became very close with Wookies and Ithorians mainly because of their ability of speaking Ithorese and Shyriiwook, but also because both of these species also live in forests and share similar values towards dealing with nature.

However their relationship with the Ithorians started pretty rough because when the Togruta first meet the species they believe to be prey animals. Which they kinda are... But this is all put in the past once the Jedi came and solve the misunderstanding.

Because of the Ithorians the Togruta learned how to make the own space ships without destroying their forests.

Because the Jedi help with their relationship with the Ithorians the Togruta respect their order very much and begin to send some of their Cubs to become Jedi.

With their population growth they decide to make a new colonie rather than open the forest to expend their villagers, that's how Kiros was born.

The government of Kiros and Shili are very different. The Togruta of Kiros adopt a lot of the republic politics and build their on government in reference, naming a Chanceller of their own and a senator to represent them to other planets.

Kiros also have big cities rather than the small villagers of Shili.

Talking about Shili government, they usually spread around the planet in small villagers led by a elder council. This villagers are independent but usually live with some level of collaboration, trading goods with each other.

Because they need to deal with other species now they do elect a senator and a small government situated in one of the few big cities they have, but Shili's Togruta couldn't care less about politics and usually let their colony on Kiros deal with all the trouble. If you go to a random village in Shili and ask the name of the senator chances are that most of the people will get it wrong.

Because of this trait most sentient species believe Togruta to be less intelligent, but that's not the case, they just have a different approach to politics.

Kiros is considered a mere extension of Shili, and although they have a more development government they still answers to the people of Shili.

Their economy with the republic are based on the commerce of healing herbs that they collect from their forests. They are far from being the richest being of the galaxy, but they gather enough money to buy the essentials for their survive.

Realistic they don't need much of outside resources anyway because the way they live it's pretty minimalist.

I already mentioned a few misunderstanding others species made while meeting Togruta for the first time, and there was a actual debate if Togruta could be considered a sentient species to begin with, but luckily for them both the Wookies and the Ithorians already faced similar problems and were able to help the Togruta introduce themselves properly to the rest of the galaxy.

Culture

As you problem can see, their society are very close to nature and try the best to not break the balance of the chain by hunting more than they need or building house in animals habitats.

They are usually led by their elder and wiser members, regardless of gender.

Both man and woman engage with all types of chores: Hunting, cleaning, taking care of the children, religion rituals, you name it!

I'm not finished writing their religion yet, but the have a vast pantheon of gods for various realms of adoration. Their most important gods are the a representation of the Sun, the Moon and the death, but I'm not going into details because I don't have any yet.

I mentioned that they don't like throwing away the rest of their prey, so they carve idols, toys and jewelry from the bones and make their clothes from the skin/leather.

Ancient Togruta also used bones to make weapons, nowadays this pieces are used in religious rituals.

Speaking of religion rituals, the hunt of Akul is exclusive made for religion purposes and it's considered a crime to kill a Akul without a reason.

The Togruta are very aware they had a common ancestor with the Akul so that's why they respect the animal so much.

When a child is given to the Jedi they first make a celebration with all the members of their village so everyone can say goodbye properly. It's a joy to have one of their own in the Jedi ranks, but it's also sad to some extent because of how close the communities are. That Cub would probably had live their entire life with them and know that they have to go the village take some time to assimilate that. (So yeah, Ahsoka got a little party with mommy and daddy before Plo take her to the Jedi temple).

Raising cubs is seem as a community work, so it's not rare to leave your kids with the neighbors while hunting or working. Usually is some elder man or woman who stays with the cubs since they can't work as well as they once did.

Some parents make straps bandages in their Cubs Montrals so they can grow in certain patterns. This is especially popular among the Togruta from Kiros and it is a mere esthetic proceed. It doesn't hurt the cub because their Montrals still soft.

They made a holiday to celebrate their friendship with the Ithorians! They invite their alien friend for a three day party as a way to say sorry for trying do hunt them down when they first meet. The Ithorians are a strict vegetarian species, so the Togruta gather exotic fruits to give as a present. The Jedi send represents from both species to act as mediators in case of conflict, but ever since they stated their partnership, hundreds of years ago, they never had any conflict ever again. They truly became best buddies! (And I like the idea of having this alien festival between species that are so different. Let me have my exotic aliens!)

They used theatre to record their history, so instead of books they told teach using their plays. Usually they are full of exaggerated acrobat acts and sometimes songs. Yes, they have musicals!

Their musical instruments are also made of bones and they particular found of flutes.

Kiros is specially connect with all forms of art and their government had imported Togruta plays to all around the galaxy. Their acrobats and singers are praise and recognize as one of the best of the republic. But that's actually why the Zygerian were so interesting on making them slaves on that incident on the Clone Wars.

The children games are usually a sort of exercise to teach them how to hunt, so if you go to one the their villages you problem going to see children "hunting" each other, lefting bite marks everywhere and being absolutely chaotic, but this is considered normal so the adults don't really care. Other species say that Togruta Cubs are usually a nightmare to be around. Their best friends (aka the Ithorians) are still scared of their children.

At some point in ancient history Togruta started to cook theirs meals, but they still eat raw meat on some occasions and specific rituals.

Besides the festival with the Ithorians Togruta have a few holidays they celebrate with their village. They really like a party and even the people of Shili have a special love for the art exhibitions they do during theses events.

That's it for now.

Please feel free to use any of these headcanons if you like them. Also I would love to talk more about them, so you can make comments or ask questions if you have any.

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