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The Catalyst.

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"i want a dislike button on ao3" so you want less fanfic. even if you don't think you want less fanfic you want less fanfic. because when people start getting dislikes on their fanfic they will want to write less fanfic. hope this helps <3

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Amourshipping and Ameliko? I love you /p

Ahahhah it was baffling because I went from Amour that generally has a lot of content and then Ameliko that it's so rare fjjsd

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Me Meilleure Ennemie ft. Coldplay - A Sonic and Nine PMV

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All the illustrations for Chapter 10 of Pokémon Light & Darkness: Devil wears Prada

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Brock and Ilaria from Chapter 10!

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Hii, do you know where I can read Fertile Ashes? Your miraculous au, I don’t really know how to work tumblr and I seen a post on ur insta about it!! It looks really cool, please let me knowww!!

Hello!

This is a main post with most of the info!

I didn't write a fic or such because my friend is actually going to make it, while I'll make the art. She was interested in it and wanted to join the project, but some little things are going to be changed. I don't know when she will be ready to post it though, as she is very busy and wants the whole thing to be finished before posting.

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shit ton of people are repeating the thing about hayao miyazaki saying AI art is an "insult to life itself" and just as a reminder he was talking about the zombies that team made that were intended to be scary in how much they shook, but instead reminded him of his disabled friend. the insult to life itself was referring to the team trying to make scary real symptoms that people live with.

it was a quote about ableism. if he has said other things about AI type stuff, that is a different thing. but that specific quote was about ableism.

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My guilty ship doods: Delia x Meyer! Since I couldn't find their ship name, as I'm probably the only person in this world who likes it, it's honor and duty for me to call it "#LemonFlowershipping". 🍋🌸 And I will corrupt you all to ship it too😤

Context:

After Ash became Pokémon Master (SM and JN are not canon in my universe), he gifted Delia Mimey, tickets to travel and all the necessities. For years, he saved up so that when the moment came, he could give his mother something she always craved: her own journey. Delia could never start her own journey, but such a precious dream never really dissapears, so Ash made it work somehow! And Delia starts her own journey across various regions, trying everything from gym battles to contests and showcases. She doesn't have a set goal, nor she wants a new career, she just wants to live the present and have fun. During her stay in Kalos, she meets with a group of Pokémon poachers and somehow joins forces with Blaziken Mask. The two don't know who the other is, until much later. When the masks are off, the two can really start to bond, beyond being simply grateful for what the other's children had done for their own. Delia wanted to be a trainer but couldn't, Ash's dad promised her a life of love that could almost make her feel free. But only ended up getting her chained even more to Pallet Town when he left. Meyer was a trainer, but gave it up for his future lover, who then died from childbirth after delivering Bonnie, leaving him in a similar situation. Somehow, their heart to heart brings Delia to ask Meyer to join her on her journey, as to help her friend to live, even if partially, his old dream. Blaziken Mask might find a a new partner in heroing... And so, on the road, something slowly but strongly develops...

There would be more but it's spoiler of my fic so I can't say fwkffj

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I'm still thinking about Pokemon Horizons 89. I mean. Pokemon's anime just did something for the first time. Something it could never done before because it never could have been allowed to do that. Pokemon Horizons is allowed to be traumatizing.

Not that nothing traumatizing never happened to any Pokemon characters including ash before, or that death was a huge taboo bc the ghost type literally exists, but there is a BIG difference between an episode about grief due to losing a loved one to age or illness vs. a tragic accident in front of the protagonists eyes. Or vaguely alluded to neglect/trauma played for laughs. It's not about what happened so much as the impact of the event on the story going forward.

And before you say Ash has died, or that Lucario died, or Friede isn't dead, there's a big difference between the death of a character we just met, or that dies in backstory, or is brought to life right after (and also the movies just get a bit darker in general) than a character who has appeared in a majority of episodes so far and is close to the main cast. Pokemon just killed off a main supporting character. A member of the main cast. And not from something like old age, but a young healthy man. Now I don't think Friede is actually dead ofc. They would never.

But the characters do.

For a year. At least.

They're letting the characters marinate in that devastating loss.

And even if we the audience find out Friede is alive in a couple weeks, they still let his fate hang in the air for several weeks. And even if we the audience find out his fate, it will likely will still be some time yet before the characters do and their characters going forward are going to be informed by this trauma in a way that Ash never could be. Because Ash couldn't change. So anything bad that happened to him had to be something that couldn't directly, tangibly affect him going forward. Things that could be pushed into the background and ignored by the writers. The writers can't ignore Friede's death, he's too central to the plot, the kids growth up until this point and the seasons iconography. The plot is going to have to completely pivot around this event.

Like yes we are getting a Time Skip, and that is HUGE for Pokemon. But that Time Skip deeply tied to Friede's fate. The time skip is a whole year where the characters have been pulled away from the plot because of the loss of Friede, the 6 heroes, and the framing of the Rising Volt Tacklers as the villains by Spinel.

So it's kind of a big deal to me is that they just functionally killed 3 people (and a Charizard) in one episode. Two of these are definitely permanently dead. One of whom was a member of the main supporting cast. Again, its not that people (villains mostly) haven't occasionally died. The point isn't that they're dead per se, but that their absence has radically changed the direction of the story. They've traumatized those kids and there's no going back. "Roy forced to grow up", "Liko is depressed".

The kids post time skip will not be the same as before, and them witnessing their mentors supposed death is going to be the reason why. Like I don't think the show is suddenly going to be depressing either, that's where the year timeskip comes, in so the loss is less raw. But still.

Friede isn't quite a main character but still they "killed" A MAIN CHARACTER OFF.

The irony of people stopping paying attention to the anime because Ash left, but Ash's departure opening the doors for the Pokemon anime to go wild is not lost on me.

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But the narrative will still say Marinette is right

It’s one of those weird instances where the narrative is contradicting itself from one word to the next bc we know damn well the crew fully intended to portray Gabe as heroic and redeemed at the end of S5 and that they’ve never had the intention of letting Adrien learn about his dad but now they’re doubling back and placing the blame entirely on Marinette for her involvement while still insisting their S5 narrative was good. Yeah no I ain’t playing with that

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"Cap, look after everyone for me"

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Legacy...

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Do you think Tails would ever let Sonic brush his tails? Would love a doodle of Sonic being both excited and slightly tearing up at the fact that Tails trusts him enough to do so 🥲

At the same time, Tails is only slightly annoyed by his drama queen of a brother (he loves it)

Awhhhhh, thats such a sweet idea. Often times I think about that Tails doesn't have much time to take care of himself, due to always working on something or getting distracted easily. So having Sonic take care of him is always such a joy to see!

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team sonic on the way home!!

love love LOVE drawing them in realistic environments!!! BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSEE

could say this is them on their way home from nyc in a train station to green hills 😼 (after sonic movie 4)

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amy does not tolerate the baby being taught bad words >:(

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Izuocha week day 1: Voyage/Nostalgia