#TEAM MAGMA SWEEP

[choochooboss]

October Magma event approaching!!

Choo chooOOOoo...! "A swift, chilly autumn wind sweeps past you. As soon as it fades, a letter lands by your feet. You look down and notice that the fancy looking envelope bears your name. You get a little nervous not seeing who sent it.

You flip the sealed envelope in your hands a few times while thinking what to do about it. Eventually your curiosity wins and you decide to open it up. It reads...

"Pasio Glamour Fest. Starting on Saturday, October 28th-30th. At Magma mansion. We are expecting you."

It's time for another monthly Magma event! Wooo!! Here is the event guide, make sure to check it out!

Main event theme: design a special costume OR a Sygna suit for any official Pokémon character(s) and draw them strike a pose!

What's a sygna suit you may ask? For those who don't play Pokémon Masters EX: it's a stylish costume themed after the character's partner pokémon! However, the pokémon doesn't have to be originally in the character's team, so you can choose your inspiration freely and make them pose together!

Please don't worry about picking the same character/pokémon as others. I believe each of your design will be unique! You can also pick a pokémon the character is already partnered with, like sygna suit Emmet & Archeops!

Halloween themed costumes are appreciated but not required! Also they don't need to be cool and stylish, you can go totally silly and/or cute with it! If you don't want to make your own design or nothing pops in your mind, you can make the character cosplay as other characters (can be outside games/Pkmn series). Just write down in the piece who they're dressing up as!

You can draw as many designs as you like, but you can reserve up to two slots at the start: if your pieces reach the coloring phase/show good progress, you can reserve more slots!

If you already have a design prepared, you can use that no problem! Working on your ideas in advance is recommended! Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but you can draw your piece in other art program than Magma (or traditionally) if that suits you better! Just make sure to DM me your piece(s) by the end of October 30th!!

For free doodle session we will have a dedicated page for ghost type pokémon! We also have a grandiose ballroom for your OCs & favourite characters to enjoy the spooky atmosphere and show off their moves. I also hear there is a mischievous little witch running around & turning naughty people into joltiks..! Trick or treat?

All aboard!! I hope you'll have a spooktacular time with us!

[aceofintuition]

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There are very few holes that Maxie finds trickier to escape than those of their own making. It isn’t something they consciously realize, of course—if they did, then they wouldn’t keep constantly digging themself new ones. In hindsight, not addressing the whole… vampirism bit was probably a bit of an obvious mistake, but it had seemed so much easier to just sweep the whole thing under the rug at the time, rather than deal with all the questions and rumors and that one dumb grunt who would probably try to throw a pokeball at them just to see if it would work.

In their defense, they’d rather thought that it would be one of the easier matters to address, given the other actions of questionable legality that Team Magma was prone to engaging in. Pale skin? Understandable of a redhead, surely. Extreme tendencies towards staying indoors? Well, the Magma HQ was inside of a mountain, after all. Hood up and mask on whenever they were outside? Merely a way to keep their identity out of the press.

And none of those were a problem. No, the problem was keeping the nature—and by extension, management— of their condition limited solely to Tabitha, who then had to go out of the country on business that also required Courtney’s specific expertise, which meant that Maxie absolutely had to stay behind to act as leader.

“It will be fine.” That was the curt dismissal Maxie had given a week ago.

…Obviously it was not fine. But it's easy enough to sequester themself in their office and talk to absolutely no one. Up until Team Aqua decides to take advantage of Courtney and Tabitha’s timely absence, anyway, and that necessitates their expertise on the field. A field where they can positively taste the tang of blood on the air, clawed out of pokemon on either side.

And then, to make matters worse, they realize they’ve somehow ended up in a secluded little cove of the forest to oppose Archie, far away from the rank and file of both their teams. And that damned man has the audacity to walk around in the sun with his neck just exposed like that? He’s always so rude, and if Maxie didn’t know any better, they’d half expect him to have done it on purpose, just to torment them.

Well, they’re better than the base desires of this stupid curse or whatever it was. They’re better than it, and they’re only walking over into his personal space to tell him off for choosing today, of all days, pushing a finger into his chest, and they’re only going to bear their fangs a little and—

“OW! What the FUCK, Maxie!” Archie shrieks, pushing them away and clapping a hand to his bleeding neck. “I thought you were going to kiss me, you fucker!”

Oh shit. Maxie pauses, their senses taking too long to register any information other than his blood on their tongue. “It’s not—I can explain—“

They pause, their brow furrowing.

“Wait, you thought I was going to WHAT?”

[maiaspen]

Hey “Oblivion Gin” readers!

I swear to the Force that I am working hard on the finale for you! 💚 My writing confidence took a bit of a hit last month. I am human. I go through feels, sometimes inconvenient ones.

Thank you to all of my readers for continuing to support and encourage me. I’m hoping to have the story finished this month. 💪

Here’s another little teaser for you. The scene picking up where my last teaser left off. Here

I also have glorious supporting art by @kana7o to treat your eyes 😏

Please remember that this is a very rough draft, what ultimately makes it onto ao3 will be heavily scrutinized 🧐 these are just the raw words as they pour out of me. 

Thank you all for your support! I can’t wait to share the full finale with you 💚💚💚

xo Maia

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Chapter 9 excerpt…

Anakin doubles his already quite doubled efforts to hustle, weaving pedestrians and commuters on citibikes and landspeeders. He’s aware that his surroundings are Coruscant-rush-hour-level-of-loud, and that it’s daylight; but only because Orea Dea’s singular sun has teamed-up with the Force to highlight his Jedi targets.

Entering the crowded spaceport, Anakin decelerates to a sneaky jog. The Force insists that he assess the situation before drawing his lightsaber and trimming Fisto’s tentacles (and testicles).

The pair of Masters are standing – huddled shoulder-to-shoulder– next to a cargo freighter that looks like it’s being prepped for take-off.

To Anakin’s tremendous relief, Obi-Wan’s posture is strong. He’s handsome as ever, fair head and facial-hair have been groomed to perfection. He’s dressed in his boots and tunic, which the medical staff was kind enough to launder. All of the sweaty-oily-mulchy- bloody souvenirs from their crab droid and ass face battle royales have been cleared away. Obi-Wan looks the epitome of a proper Jedi Master. But Fisto . . .

The droid wasn’t exaggerating.

Anakin gasps as bewilderment sweeps like a blizzard through his mind, whiting-out thoughts of all else but what Fisto is wearing. Or rather– not wearing.

(Thank you @kana7o for this Fisto sketch💚)

The Nautolan is clad in a darkened leather toga – a toga that looks like it’s been sized for Master Yoda. The skirt portion brushes his thick thighs, barely concealing his dignity. If there is a gust of wind – or if Fisto even raises his arms to stretch – everyone in this spaceport will see his cock and balls! Unless he’s wearing underwear, which Anakin strongly doubts. And the green bastard is wearing the toga like he’s doing it a favor. His muscles are bursting out of the garment. Those chiseled biceps and pecs belong on a Holomovie screen (probably a porno), not a public spaceport. There are younglings milling about!

Has the Nautolan been working-out obsessively the whole time they’ve been hospitalized? Gaining muscle and losing modesty?! Even from eight meters away Anakin can count his eight abdominals.

The ‘outfit’ includes knee-high strappy sandals, which accentuate his strong calves, and even– is that a collar? And, yes, Fisto is wearing a collar. A leather one with a metalloid loop. It’s like he’s begging to be latched by some kinky leash.

Master Kit Fisto is hotter than fire. He’s center-of-a-sun, liquid magma hot. How his toga hasn’t burst into flames, Anakin does not know. And, right now, Obi-Wan is reaching upward . . . laying a hand on that bulging bicep and squeezing—

“MASTER!” Anakin screams as though Obi-Wan is touching liquid magma! With a mighty Force-leap he closes the distance, landing before the Masters and snatching Obi-Wan’s hand. Anakin holds his Master’s hand to his chest like he’s saved it from a brutal roasting.

Obi-Wan makes a face like Anakin has pissed in his morning tea.

So, Anakin counters: pushing his bottom lip out, going for the most adorable pout he can muster. The kind of expression that always softened his mother’s irritation when he was late for their evening meal. To Anakin’s surprise, Obi-Wan actually blushes. Really blushes. Anakin is certain his rouge can be seen from outer space. Did touching Fisto actually burn him?

Suddenly, Anakin can feel his Master’s Force signature again – vibrating and sizzling like it’s super-heating. But Master Kenobi quickly regains control of his dermal blood vessels and his shielding, retaining the aurora of one who is cool and centered.

“I’ll take this back, thank you,” Obi-Wan says as he pulls his hand from Anakin’s grasp. He then offers a small but earnest smile, adding: “It’s good to see you up and about again, Anakin.”

“Thank you, Master. I can say the same to you–” Anakin starts, intending to ask what-in-all-the-hells is going on, when Fisto clears his throat.

The Nautolan grins broadly, teeth glinting like pearls under the sunlight. Anakin orders himself to keep looking at Fisto’s teeth. Not lower, not lower. “It is indeed good to see you both up and about,” Fisto declares. “I spoke with Master Windu this morning. The Council is sending a team to sluth-out what happened to the senator’s shuttle. They will arrive tomorrow, at which time you two are to take their transport back to Coruscant. I’m afraid our little shuttle is officially out-of-commission.”

Anakin processes Fisto’s words out loud. “So. Master Fisto, you won’t be . . .” he pauses. Pushing the obnoxious optimism from his voice is like trying to shove against a stubborn bantha. “ . . . you won’t be joining us on our voyage to Coruscant?”

Fisto smirks as though he is a stubborn bantha. “No.”

Anakin’s signature surges like a double nova! He barely resists cartwheeling all over the spaceport! He and Obi-Wan will be traveling back to Coruscant together and alone.

And are they spending the night here alone, too? Or is Fisto in his ‘little slut get-up’ going to be the third wheel?

“What’s with the, um,” Anakin waves his hands vaguely about Fisto’s ensemble. “The whole . . . whore look? And where did you get that outfit anyway? Are you going somewhere dressed like that?”

Obi-Wan cringes at Anakin’s words, but Fisto’s already broad smile only widens. “I’m being deployed. Immediately,” Fisto points to the nearby cargo freighter. “It’s an undercover mission. I’m being smuggled to Nal Hutta as a pleasure slave. I’m to be sold upon landing to my . . . target. I cannot divulge any further details, you understand. And, Skywalker, the Council has wardrobe sources on nearly every Republic planet,” Fisto says as though Anakin should know that. Which he does, he just didn’t know that the Republic’s sources kept skimpy togas on hand.

The weight of Fisto’s words take a moment to sink into Anakin’s brain, but when they do . . .

Anakin shakes his head, wanting the weight to be gone. “Hold on, the Council is sending you alone?”

Fisto nods. “They are.”

“Kit is quite capable of handling himself,” Obi-Wan interjects carefully, sensing Anakin’s . . . what? His concern? No. No way. He’s not concerned for Fisto safety. He’s fucking thrilled that Fisto is going away. Far, far away.

Anakin scoffs, though the sound comes out as more nervous than he’d intended. “Yeah, of course. I mean, obviously. But . . . is the mission dangerous? Are you going to have to perform sex duties and–?”

“Anakin. Kit cannot share any further details with us,” Obi-Wan scold-reminds, though Anakin can now sense that his Master is concerned. Obi-Wan turns his attention back upon Fisto, and smiles with warm reassurance. “I am glad for this opportunity to see you off, Kit.”

“Me too,” Anakin says, then turns an accusatory glare upon his Master. “Though, how come neither of you were planning to include me? I couldn’t sense you, Master. And if I hadn’t returned to your sickbed when I did, and interrogated that awful droid, then I may not have even found you on time.”

Obi-Wan lowers his voice as though trying to sooth a hostile assailant: “I needed to have a private word with Kit–”

Anakin intercepts his Master’s defense. “A private word, huh? Is that the only private thing you needed to have?”

Obi-Wan’s eyes narrow fractionally, but his smile doesn’t falter. “Besides, Anakin, the medical droid reported that you were occupied.”

Uninterested in Obi-Wan’s paltry excuses, Anakin turns his accusatory glare upon the scantily-clad Nautolan. “And you! Couldn’t you have changed into that on the freighter instead of schutta-strutting around this port?!”

Amusement flickers over Fisto’s signature and within his eyes. “The droid crew has been programmed to thoroughly shackle me upon boarding. While I am an apt-multitasker, I’m afraid that I cannot undress and redress with my arms, legs and neck bound.” Fisto looks to the cargo freighter, which is flashing its ‘five-minutes-to-launch’ warning. He reaches behind himself, and Anakin only now notices that Fisto is wearing a leather satchel. He rummages within the satchel until he finds something that makes his signature ping with delight.

“Ah, here,” Fisto pulls out the half-empty bottle of Oblivion Gin. “The Council has granted you both the evening free. You have orders to relax, and I am ordering you to . . . indulge,” his grin thins into a cheeky smirk. “Enjoy.” Fisto hands Obi-Wan the bottle. Obi-Wan accepts the gin as though Fisto is giving him a writhing whip-snake.

“Oh, oh . . . really, I cannot accept. This is far too . . . generous,” Obi-Wan almost sounds flustered.

“I insist,” Fisto pushes the bottle at Obi-Wan with oomph, and he begrudgingly accepts. “A shot or two will do you good, my friend. And you,” Fisto’s dark eyes find Anakin’s, flaring with equal parts challenge and warning. “You may need three or four shots.”

“ALL ABOARD!” A mechanical voice blears loudly from the cargo freighter. “WE WILL DEPART IN TWO MINUTES.”

Anakin opens his mouth to say something . . . say thank you? Say goodbye? Say good luck? But it’s suddenly like all of this planet’s air has been sucked away into space, and no words come out.

Anakin feels Fisto’s large, cool hand on his right shoulder, offering a brief squeeze of reassurance. Then he watches as Fisto grants Obi-Wan the same gesture, which Obi-Wan returns.

“My comrades,” Fisto says those two words in a way that makes Anakin’s heart-clench, though he doesn’t know why. “Our physical bodies do not have forever,” Fisto’s gaze sweeps from Obi-Wan’s to Anakin’s and back again. Under the brilliant sunlight Fisto’s blacker-than-black eyes are not black at all. They are a warm honeyed-gold, flecked with blue from the sky. “Time is short, and most of ours is filled with brutality and turmoil . . .” he flashes those too-perfect teeth. Again. “So, go on then, fill as much time as you can with happiness.”

“ALL ABOARD! WE WILL DEPART IN ONE MINUTE.”

“May the Force be with you,” Fisto bids them, then turns on his sandaled heels, tentacles bouncing, and sprints for the freighter.

As Fisto rushes away his toga skirt flares upward and –

By the Force.

Fisto is definitely not wearing any underwear. And his bare ass . . . well, it looks just as holoporn-worthy as the rest of him. The Nautolan probably possesses the two most flawlessly firm green globes in the galaxy. And, really, Anakin expected nothing less.

Several nearby senients squeal in horny delight – like they’ve been flashed by some celebrity heartthrob. An older female Rodian swoons and sways on her feet like she’s about to faint. Fortunately her traveling companion steadies her, though his jaw has nearly dropped to the walkway.

Anakin is surprised to hear himself laughing, and, damn, it actually sounds and feels . . . good. “May the Force be with you, too, Master!” Anakin calls after Fisto, straining his voice over the whirring engine and roaring thrusters.

“May the Force be with you,” Obi-Wan barely whispers. Anakin doubts Fisto even heard him, though he’s certain that the Nautolan feels the sentiment.

Anakin and Obi-Wan watch as Fisto’s tentacles disappear up the closing loading ramp. Within three heartbeats the freighter launches into the bright sky, fading away toward the outer rim.

Anakin’s mirth fades along with the freighter. A new concern has wriggled into his brain. “Does Fisto even have his lightsaber? He can’t possibly be keeping it inside that satchel. The first thing the slavers will do is search his belongings.”

Obi-Wan frowns thoughtfully. “He would not be storing it in the satchel, no.”

“Then where . . .”

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My next update with be the final chapter! 🥲

[cassioppenny]

hits you with the milesverse beam. do u have anything on any of the evil team admins 👀 IF NOT i would like 2 hear more about the b2w2 kids.....................

hmmm for evil team admins im planning to have the gen 2 rocket admins show up during rgby. they won't be like major characters or even the main recurring rocket guys (jessie and james are already taking that role lol) but like they'll cameo a couple times. like the nugget bridge guy is the purple disguise guy

ariana is silver's mom and mars is his older sister... i want to give the magma and aqua admins more screen time idk what exactly i'll do with them though yet... the flare scientists would probably be doing evil science things on serena or something... that's basically it so far

ANYWAY B2W2 KIDS!!!!!! rosa and nate are ideals and truth aligned respectively but more of them representing absence of truth and absence of ideals. kinda like how black is the absence of light and white is the absence of color!

rosa is a compulsive liar who is constantly lying to everyone she meets. she's scared of people finding out the truth about her so she hides behind a million facades. her parents are big ghetsis fans so rosa ran away from home to get away from them.

she stole her snivy from bianca and ran off to go on a pokemon journey like a normal kid. hugh chased after her because she stole a pokemon and after rosa and hugh battled bianca just let her keep snivy and told hugh to go with her and be her friend. hugh was pretty against this at first because he thought she was with team plasma but they eventually become best friends :3. rosa is scared about hugh learning about her past because she doesn't want to lose her first friend.

also also rosa LOVES movies. she was a sheltered kid but watched a ton of movies as a kid using a laptop she stole that she filled with a ton of pirated movies. because of this her perception of what is a "normal kid's life" is a little skewed lol. she wants to become a movie star thinking that her becoming famous will make her a "normal kid" (it won't). she meets yancy and she learns that being a famous movie star isn't going to make her a normal kid like she wanted to be. also lightpinkshipping sweep or something

nate lives in his older sister hilda's shadow basically. she's a pretty well known competitive pokemon player that people love watching the battles of. nate looks up to her and thinks that in order for people to like him he needs to be just like her. he has no real dreams of his own and just wants to do what his sister does.

he befriends rosa and hugh in nimbasa and decides to go travel with them so he can train his pokemon. during b2w2 he learns to find his own dreams and make his own identity separate from being hilda's little brother

hugh doesn't give a shit about truth and ideals he just wants his fucking cat back. he also wants to figure out what rosa is hiding from him....

[weirdlet]

Due to changing schedules, we're going to be wrapping up this campaign in a condensed fashion over the next few weeks. Our mage's player is out for work, so his character is off leading other teams against other giants, while we take on the Fire Giant king, intending to take down the dragon's worshippers before setting ourselves against a near-godlike Ancient Red.

So we're teleported to the basalt doors of the volcanic palace of the fire giant king. Trinidad kicks them open, and then we slink in to what seems like an initially deserted hall. There's fire-resistant tapestries all about, and Glory and Alain sneak in ahead to try and scout it out.

Turns out there's a guards room behind one of the curtains, and Glory slips in behind the curtain and asks 'hey- whatcha looking for?' in classic Bugs Bunny fashion, only to drive the fire giant guardsman out into the hallway, where he is ganked before he can make much noise. Up the halls, we start encountering ettins, and take out one before seeing at the far end of the hall that there's the king upon his obsidian throne.

Glory slips behind another curtain, finds himself suddenly underfoot of a fire giant servant holding a massive serving platter, followed by a guard, and lies his ass off. "I'm so sorry I'm late, I'm tonight's entertainment, I'll just be over here behind the curtain, waiting for my cue-"

Panache is a wonderful thing. The servant sweeps on, the guard walks past- and Glory hamstrings him on his way to attach the rest of the party.

Things are getting wild- as more guards converge, the king disappears, the alarm goes up, and there's not just fire giants, but gnolls and hellhounds being led by a chain devil start showing up. Glory flies up in the air after slaying one guard- only to almost get smashed down again by the sword of another, before he can fly away from being swatted like a fly. After that he uses his one application of Burning Hands to plow through a line of the only thing not flat-out immune to fire damage around here- the gnoll pack. They want to break and run, but they're more afraid of the giants than they are of us-

The hellhounds get off their leashes and rampage amongst us, burning off the last of the gnolls around Maeve the Paladin and Trinidad the barbarian. Alain keeps picking at things from the shadows with his psychic daggers, while Glory keeps smashing into giants' faces and flying away before they can hit him again. I was mistaken about the master of the hellhounds being a chain devil, he was just a regular fire giant, but he got up into the scrum too, howling about us having killed his favorite dogs.

The hall of this volcanic palace is lined with pillars, that are actual, literal lava tubes- the keeper swings his sword through one of them, covering his blade in magma, and throws himself and it at us. Glory keeps diving at him, still stabbing at him every chance he gets, but he's furious-

I've been rolling 18s all night. Alain had a brief stint of decent luck, and then went back to his usual 2's and 1's- until I say that's bullshit and give him my last inspiration point, whereupon he pins the Houndkeeper through the eye with a lance of psychic energy.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The servants have mostly fled after having thrown their trays at us. But way over yonder in the hall- there is a fire giant wielding two enormous iron tower shields like the wings of some ungodly bat, and he's coming at us like a very determined glacier.

Trinidad winds up and aims with a javelin all the way down the hall. It flies like a thunderbolt-!

-and plinks off the sheltering shields. The dreadnought then looks at us, slams the shields against the ground, and fires off a salvo of iron spikes at us. Obviously, this is Not On. Two rounds of that, and he finally shouts that the throne room of King Snurre is sacred, and we should flee for our lives, oh ye unfaithful.

Runs at us.

Through the patch of ballbearings that Glory had laid in the path for someone else.

KA-BANG!!!!!

Sliiiides to a stop in a shower of creaking bolts and shrieking armor in the middle of a circle-gank led by Paladin Maeve with a third-level SMITE. And another SMITE. And a Barbarian RAGE, and finally Alain the revenant brought back for justice gets at him with his psychic knives and there is just so much cronching and creaking and screaming metal and it is so, so unpretty, folks, I shudder to think-

Haha, no, this is great!

The hall is quiet for the moment, with noises in the distance telling us there's more fight to be had, but we take a moment to breathe and look around ourselves and figure out that the most likely path of the king is the secret passage from behind the throne.

The passage deadends, but we find three levers- one for a northern door, a southern door, and the one we just came from. If pulled in the wrong order, they'll set off some kind of gas-trap. Trinidad punches through the northern door. Behind that is a cavern with a lumpen Fomorian, ready to thwack us with a club. Despite being bolstered by our holy companion, the magical giant gives Trinidad the evil-eye and curses him. Not being one of the fullplate-wearing giants, though, he's pretty squishy- and behind him is a flight of stairs leading to a massive treasure room, clearly the rewards intended for a triumphant band.

Were we younger and more callow, there would be time for rolling around in money like Scrooge McDuck, but the southern door beckons. There's the distant sounds of belling hellhounds, but as Trinidad knocks down the doors we get blasted full in the face with six different gouts of hellfire.

Glory feels like he's standing in a warm breeze, and then wrinkles his nose and yells about them mussing up his hair. Everyone else has evasion, good saves, and our friendly neighborhood paladin by their side, so we're mostly good. Through the door, the pack of hellhounds is guarding a giants' royally fancy bedroom, and a giant and giantess flee from it out the other way and slam the door behind them in the escape tunnel.

Trinidad and Maeve are in the thick of it with the hounds. Glory zips in over their heads and casually slices one of the hounds out of existence (nat 20 and 8d6 of sneak attack damage, doubled). Alain teleports ahead of us, and between the two of them Trinidad and Maeve have little trouble with the hounds- especially with Trinidad's crackling electrical aura!

On down the hall. The royal couple have still more fire giant bodyguards, set to bar our path. They're big and scary- but they're also big enough to get in each others' way, and that gives us the advantage.

Right up until Glory fumbles an attack- he drops his rapier between the two, and on his next move dives to retrieve it- only somehow Acrobatics is like one of my least-pumped skills that I don't have a negative in, so he has to duck an attack of opportunity and just barely misses getting a wing nicked, grabbing his sword and rolling back along the ground to get clear of the melee. Thankfully the rest of his companions have cleared out the hellhounds, and he gets the chance to get back in the air and keep being literally the most irritating gadfly that ever stabbed a giant's face.

Then a lucky backswing by the one remaining guard just about cleaves our paladin in half- Glory dives and feeds her his best healing potion, then turns around to distract the giant while her bones knit back together, hissing like a cat.

Maeve gets back on her feet, and absolutely destroys the last guard with her frosty longsword.

What's left now, is to find the king and his queen. Alain sweet-talks the lock with knowledge from a past life, and gets us past the door into the final saferoom- or at least, the passageway to the final saferoom. Alain shouts 'cowards!!' at the hiding royals, but it doesn't make much of an impression on them. They keep running- and it turns out the final saferoom is actually a passageway back out to the great hall where we first came in. But we're catching up- the king's in fullplate, the queen in enchanted robes, and we didn't come this far to leave without ending the threat.

The king throws a fireball, but Trinidad bowls right past it, undeterred. Glory divebombs the king, slashing and running, while Mave heals herself further and runs to catch up with the pack.

The queen summons.... weasels. The weasels cannot quite manage to get past the heavy stone door, and we choose to ignore this nonsense.

It's hard. It's terrible. It's bloody work. But we prevail, and at last, Trinidad gets the killing blow on Snurre, and we proclaim victory to the giants. It's been a long session- like 25 rounds of combat- and I have class in the morning, so we wrap that up double-quick and next week it's on to level 16, our final leveling in this campaign that had been meant to go to 20. But it's been so damn much fun on the ride.

Catch you on the flip side, when we probably all ride down the gullet of an Ancient Red.

[capricious-syrpents]

She Trick On My Room Until Turn Order Reversed

Hiiii I'm Malus! I'm a student at Blueberry Academy, but I'm not from Unova, I'm from Kitakami, and I USED to go to Naranja-Uva until I transferred to work on my battling. I was in League Club until one of the other fuckers at this school from Kitakami BETRAYED MY TRUST and kicked me out for some stupid bullshit reasons cause I wasn't the specific guy he wanted to beat the shit out of and was projected to sweep the league within the month. Apparently I won a hydrapple based measuring contest I wasn't aware I was even in. OH WELL. They will now not let me back in the damn club. It's fine I'm in music club now and I taught my Iron Crown how to play the Nokia Arabic ringtone.

What's an Iron Crown? A little guy I found when I trespassed into the crater. Her name is slicer and I love her. Don't worry about it.

I also don't normally talk like this but I need this intro to look good.

My Pokemon

I got seven of them! My main team is:

Slicer \ Iron Crown \ N/A

Calamari \ Malamar \ Male

Fruit Basket \ Hydrapple \ Female

Mycelium \ Amoongus \ Male

Magma \ Incineroar \ Male

Nightlight \ Dusclops \ Male

I also have a Porygon-Z named Glitch that I swap in occasionally!

As for the core (lol) of my strategy, Fruit Basket is filled with 7 syrpents just like is common for her species, and they're names and roles are:

Gala - commander

Honeycrisp - fore-wyrm

Jazz - fore-wyrm

SnapDragon - fore-wyrm

Lucy Glo - fore-wyrm

Rave - core-wyrm

SugarBee - core-wyrm

and I love them all very much.

I think that's it other than

TROUBLE TRIO FOR LIFE!!!

THE OOC SECTION:

Hi! follows come from @vibossvi and i also run @yveltalreal. general boundaries are the same.

pelipper mail and musharna mail are on, magic anons are off on this blog, and pelipper malice and musharna malice are off as well, although this might change. ic anon hate is fine within reason. in general please be normal.

dont be a bigot, dont be a zionist, dont be generally a bitch, and we're good. love wins. mod is an adult, character is not, and im not comfortable with outright nsfw, and please be careful with suggestive shit. non-explicit silly jokes like the one i made at the start of this post is fine but ehhhh nothing more. if you need any more clarification on shit check the yveltal blogs ooc section

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

How magma oceans may affect the evolution of hot exoplanets

Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system.  

To date, nearly 50% of all rocky exoplanets yet discovered have been found capable of maintaining magma on their surfaces, likely because these planets are so close to their host stars they orbit in fewer than 10 days. Being so close causes the planet to be bombarded by harsh weather and forces surface temperatures to the extreme, making it all but completely inhospitable to life as we know it today. 

Now, in a new study, scientists have shown that these sweeping molten oceans have a large influence on the observed properties of hot rocky Super-Earths, such as their size and evolutionary path.  

Their research, published recently in The Astrophysical Journal, found that due to lava’s extremely compressible nature, oceans of magma can cause lava-rich planets without atmospheres to be modestly denser than similarly sized solid planets as well as impact the structure of their mantles, the thick inner layer that surrounds a planet’s core.  

Even so, since these objects are notoriously under-studied, it can be a difficult task to characterize the fundamental workings of lava planets, said Kiersten Boley, lead author of the study and a graduate student in astronomy at The Ohio State University.

“Lava worlds are very odd, very interesting things and because of the way we detect exoplanets, we’re more biased to finding them,” said Boley, whose research revolves around understanding what essential ingredients makes exoplanets unique and how tweaking those elements, or in the case of lava worlds, their temperatures, can completely change them.  

One of the most well-known of these mysterious burning worlds is 55 Cancri e, an exoplanet about 41 light-years away that scientists describe as home to both sparkling skies and roiling lava seas.  

While there are objects in our solar system, such as Jupiter’s moon Io, that are extremely volcanically active, there aren’t true lava planets in our stretch of the cosmos that scientists can get up close and personal to study. However, investigating how the composition of magma oceans contributes to the evolution of other planets, such as for how long they stay molten and for what reasons they eventually cool down, can offer clues into Earth’s own fiery history, said Boley.  

“When planets initially form, particularly for rocky terrestrial planets, they go through a magma ocean stage as they’re cooling down,” said Boley. “So lava worlds can give us some insight into what may have happened in the evolution of nearly any terrestrial planet.”  

Using the exoplanet interior modeler software Exoplex and data collected from previous studies to construct a module that included information on several types of magma compositions, researchers simulated several evolutionary scenarios of an Earth-like planet with surface temperatures from between 2600 and 3860 degrees Fahrenheit – the melting point at which the planet’s solid mantle would turn to liquid.  

From the models they created, the team was able to discern that mantles of magma ocean planets can take on one of three forms: the first in which the entire mantle is completely molten, the second where a magma ocean lies on the surface, and a third sandwich-esque model that consists of a magma ocean at the surface, a solid rock layer in the middle and another layer of molten magma that lies closest to the planet’s core.  

The results suggest that the second and third forms are slightly more common than planets that are completely molten. Depending on the composition of magma oceans, some atmosphere-free exoplanets are better than others at trapping volatile elements – compounds such as oxygen and carbon necessary to the formation of early atmospheres – for billions of years. 

For example, the study notes that a basal magma class planet that is 4 times more massive than Earth can trap more than 130 times the mass of water than in Earth’s oceans today, and about 1,000 times the amount of carbon currently present in the planet’s surface and crust.  

“When we’re talking about the evolution of a planet and its potential to have different elements that you would need to support life, being able to trap a lot of volatile elements within their mantles could have greater implications for habitability,” said Boley.  

Lava planets are a long way from becoming habitable enough to support life, but it’s important to understand the processes that help these worlds to get there. Nevertheless, this study makes clear that measuring their density isn’t exactly the best way to characterize these worlds when comparing them to solid exoplanets as a magma ocean neither significantly increases nor decreases its planet’s density, said Boley.  

Instead, their research reveals that scientists should focus on other terrestrial parameters such as fluctuations in a planet’s surface gravity to test their theories about how hot lava worlds operate, especially if future researchers plan on using their data to aid in larger planetary studies.  

“This work, which is a combination of earth sciences and astronomy, basically opens up exciting new questions about lava worlds,” said Boley.  

The study was supported by the National Science Foundation. Other co-authors are Wendy Panero, Joseph Schulze, Romy Martinez and Ji Wang, all from Ohio State, as well as Cayman Unterborn from the Southwest Research Institute.  

IMAGE....Lava worlds are likely still in the early stages of their evolution, as some theories suggest Earth too was once entirely molten. Photo: Getty Images

[poke-admin-showdown]

ROUND 2 ANALYSIS: A PATTERN EMERGES

round two voting has concluded! and as is usual, i have some things to say about it

first of all, this round marks the entrance of our four highest seeded contenders - plumeria, the shadow triad, eri and matt. the title of this roundup post was originally going to be "MATT'S HERE NOW" but his match was actually significantly tamer than others, and there's something else i want to talk about more

almost half of our contestants going into the quarterfinals share three attributes: a red theme, bobbed hair, and capacity for (possibly feral) violence. mars, courtney and mela have significant support within the demographic of people voting in this bracket. now, i doubt the hair is really doing anything, i think that's mostly a coincidence, but it is interesting and pretty funny to me how that's worked out.

starting with mars: she's feral and we all love her for it. there have been enough tags about mars being feral that i'm going to have enough to make an entire tag compilation post at the end of this bracket. she's the star of the most one-sided poll this round, winning against petrel by 88% of votes. this is also our most-voted poll with 161 votes at time of writing. tumblr LOVE mars.

secondly, courtney: a significantly closer match this time against her team magma colleague tabitha, but still a clear win. i thought this match would have been a lot closer, and i saw some great arguments for both opponents in the tags, but in the end courtney won by 65%. that's pretty significant! i was honestly half expecting tabitha to win. i would like to officially state that i hope our banner isn't influencing results even though it is correct.

and finally, mela. i was not expecting her to get this far, i'll be completely honest. she has rage in her heart, yes, but she's also wearing those big ol boots. i spend a lot of time thinking about garment construction and how it would limit movement in a fistfight and in mela's case, i believe her boots would hinder her. She was seeded below Atticus for this exact reason. but she's taken down a galactic commander (rip saturn you tried) and her ninja-themed bestie, and i'm very curious to see how she'll do against her next opponent. will the angry bebooted teenager make it through the quarterfinals or will her reign end here? who know! not me!

other things of note: jupiter made it through round two, but with significantly less of a winning margin at 56/44% at time of writing (which is also our closest match), with a reverse sweep, since Oleana had an initial lead. i'd chalk this up to her opponent - while i haven't played swsh, i have heard a few things about oleana, and she does seem like the kind of person to fight dirty. unfortunately for her the tumblr consensus seems to be that jupiter would fight dirtier. the #jupitersweep dream lives on For Now.

a fight i wasn't expecting to be as close as it was is (one of) the shadow triad vs rocket executive archer. i don't know if archer has secret combat tricks i don't know about and that's why he got 34% of votes but that was genuinely a surprise to me considering he was up against an actual ninja who can appear out of thin air and stuff. pretty impressive on his part honestly.

finally, and related to my last point, we've lost two more villainous teams this round. team rocket has lost all four of its representatives in one round and is now entirely out of the running. we also lost macro cosmos's only representative, oleana, who did her best and i'm very proud of her.

the teams left in the running are teams aqua, magma, galactic, plasma, skull and star. most of those only have one representative left but galactic and star have two. i don't have too much to say about this, but i do think it's interesting and worth noting.

and now, funny tags time!

(courtesy of @/edgeanescence on the matt vs ariana poll)

(courtesy of @/spaghettiwolf on plumeria vs proton)

(courtesy of @/pixelchaos00, also on plumeria vs proton)

(mars vs petrel compilation, courtesy of @/clefaiiiry, @/salon-maiden-anabel and @/quarterdollar)

[misterbaritone]

Excavallion may had the most spectacle of the Primeval whatever’s so far but I think Vulcan Bolla is my favorite fight. Giant magma Porunga creates a frantic match with his wide sweeping attacks and the literal, unironic waves of lava he flings at us. Combine that with the fact we gotta team with that asshole Id and you’ve got a pretty fun brawl.

What comes next tho…

[vgrc-llc]

Roof Algae Stains: What Causes Them?

𝐀 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐋𝐋𝐂 / 𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂⁣

⁣Have you ever looked up at your roof and thought, “Wow, is that a modern art masterpiece or just my roof going through a mid-life crisis?” Well, if you've noticed some unsightly dark streaks or stains, it's probably not an abstract painting but a common issue known as roof algae. Fear not, because at 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐋𝐋𝐂 (𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂), 𝐖𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐊!⁣

⁣𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐔𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐞?⁣

⁣Roof algae, scientifically known as Gloeocapsa magma, is a tiny blue-green algae that thrives on the limestone filler used in asphalt shingles. It's like a mini all-you-can-eat buffet for these algae, and boy, do they love it! This algae is usually carried by wind or animals and, once it settles on your roof, it starts its feast.⁣

⁣Now, you might wonder, “Why does it only appear on certain parts of my roof?” Great question! Algae are pretty picky and prefer the northern and western sides of the roof, where it's cooler and moister. It's the roof equivalent of choosing the shady side of the street on a hot, sunny day.⁣

⁣𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞⁣

⁣As the algae feast on your shingles, they produce a dark pigment as part of their survival mechanism. This pigment acts like a sunscreen for the algae, protecting it from the sun's ultraviolet rays. Think of it as the algae’s natural SPF. The result?⁣

⁣Those unsightly black streaks that make your roof look like it's been through a goth phase.⁣

⁣𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒, 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐒 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋!⁣

⁣Now, before you decide to go up there and give those algae a piece of your mind, remember our motto: 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒, 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐒 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋! Climbing up on your roof can be dangerous, but luckily, you have VGRC at your service. We're licensed and insured (𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄 #𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐆𝐂𝟕𝟕𝟎𝐋𝐖) and we know a thing or two about evicting unwanted roof guests.⁣

⁣𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡⁣

⁣At 𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂, we offer more than just a simple wash. We provide a full roof spa treatment! Our services include gutter cleaning, roof blow-offs, roof washing, and house washing. We're like the roof whisperers of Spokane County, WA. We gently persuade the algae to leave without causing any damage to your shingles. How do we do it? With our top-notch, cleaning solutions and a little bit of roof magic.⁣

⁣𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞⁣

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⁣𝐀 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐲⁣

⁣Remember, algae on your roof is not the end of the world. It's just nature's way of saying, “Hey, your roof is pretty comfy!” But with 𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂, those algae squatters don't stand a chance. We sweep them off their feet - quite literally.⁣

⁣So, if you're in Spokane County and your roof is starting to look like a scene from a horror movie, give us a call. We'll bring the sunshine back to your shingles.

⁣Here is a joke. How about this one: Why did the algae go to the party? Because it was a shingle's event!⁣

⁣Remember, with 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐋𝐋𝐂, your roof is in safe hands. We'll ensure that your roof is not only clean but also algae-free, restoring its original glory. After all, a clean roof is a happy roof, and a happy roof makes for a happy home!⁣

⁣𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐬⁣

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⁣#𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬 #𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 #𝐍𝐨𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 #𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡 #𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 #𝐕𝐆𝐑𝐂𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 #𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 #𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐖𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 #𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 #𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞⁣

⁣

[crystalelemental]

I beat my Omega Ruby run, with the rematch against Steven and everything. The team was Blaziken, Delcatty, Mawile, Roselia, Claydol, and Relicanth.

Blaziken kicked off this miracle run, pulling Adamant Female on the first shot. I wound up going with a Bulk Up set with Blaze Kick, Sky Uppercut, and Earthquake, right up until the Sidney rematch where a miss on Sky Uppercut cost us the entire match (we were like 10 levels under where we needed to be, Zoroark swept from outspeeding). Then it became Brick Break. It's a pretty fun option, Mega Blaziken with the Speed Boost gets ridiculous, and Blaziken is super strong against 3/5 of the league.

Delcatty is, and I say this very seriously, the MVP. Early on, Skitty kinda just hung out. It couldn't do much, but occasionally it could throw out Wake-Up Slap on a Mightyena and pick up some EXP for itself. But once we got Shadow Ball, Delcatty began to contribute, taking out the majority of Tate and Liza's gym. After we beat Wallace, we went and got Ice Beam and Thunderbolt, and the Calm Mind set just took off. Turns out, this combination handles Phoebe, Glacia, and Drake really well. The only hiccups were Glacia's Walrein can one-shot, and Drake, if he gets Screech off on Flygon before we take it out, can take Delcatty out with Haxorus. Otherwise, Delcatty wound up sweeping most of the rematched League. Whole Phoebe sweep (with Leech Seed support during setup), nearly full Glacia sweep (Walrein on), half of Drake's team, and even the finisher on Steven's team against Claydol, Aggron, Carbink, and Metagross. Delcatty rules now.

Mawile is the old standby, and of course it's a mega. I found the mega stone before we even got the mega ring, so I figured yeah, this is fine. I wanted to shift off of Gardevoir for Claydol, so Mawile could come in now. Standard Play Rough, Iron Head, Crunch, and added Brick Break. Realistically, it can handle the entire Elite Four, but the damage starts to build on it and eventually it gives.

Roselia was chosen because I wanted to do Leech Seed/Toxic Eviolite stall. It was actually pretty fun! Unfortunately, Roselia's defense is terrible even with Eviolite, so it...did not contribute as well as you'd hope. Super Training feels relatively necessary for it to tank as well as you'd want.

Claydol is...fine. I kinda hoped for better? It's a Calm Mind set with Ancientpower, Earth Power, and Extrasensory, but it didn't really contribute much for the run. I guess being weak to the first three of the E4 and bad against Skarmory who knows Toxic does it few favors. It didn't see a ton of play. Its big contributions were...kinda soloing Team Magma. Claydol's a lot better in Ruby, as it turns out. Immunity to their Ground moves, supereffective against the many Camerupt and Golbat. Mightyena is a problem, but you can outspeed and probably one-shot with Earth Power.

Relicanth is the last winner. It shows up. SO late. Even after taking great pains to get one with Rock Head, I wound up just...not using it much, because it lagged so far behind in level. It's like level 30 when you get it, and my team was around 40-44. It's just too far behind, and I was already kinda burning out of things at that point. So sad to say, Relicanth didn't see much play. I wish it had. I used it a little in some dire failed runs of the rematch league, and let me tell you, Head Smash hits like a truck. If it kept up in level, that would've been fun.

[meganuzlockediary]

Pokemon Emerald Elite 4 Team!

March 4th

It is time to face the elite 4 and Champion this is the team I have chose.

Up First is my boy Camerupt! With Magma armour for an ability, Hardy as a nature this guy can pack a massive punch when needed. His current moveset is Earthquake, Eruption, Rockslide and Amnesia. A lot of the elite 4 is special attackers. He may not have much definite use but he is a solid back up.

Next up is Sandbag the Hariyama! Honestly been a great pokemon this game! Being able to take and deal hits with his huge hp and attack! His only real use will be Sydney but after that we will see where he can be of use. He has a careful nature and the ability guts so I will be poisoning him before we head into the league. His moveset is Bulk up, Strength, Brick break and fake out.

Next is Lanturn, My answer to Wallace and Drake. Possibly a little underwhelming stats wise but he will do the job. He has a Hardy nature and the ability illuminate which sucks. His move pool is Surf, Thunderbolt, Ice beam and confuse ray.

Next up is my faithful starter and all around baddass Swampert! With his Adamant nature and great typing he has little to worry about in this league. His current moveset is surf, Icebeam, Earthquake and protect. Hopefully he will be useful against Drake but will be a great back up.

Now for the first of 2 new mons introduced to this. Jaws the Sharpedo is my speedy attacker and my main answer to phoebe after Banette went down. It has a calm nature and low defences its ability is rough skin and its current moveset is Agility, Ice beam, Surf and Crunch. A last minute addition with only a little EV investment. (and accidently overlevelled.) BUT My final pokemon is aimed to give me the final advantage! The edge I need to win this game once and for all!

I present!

Linoone! Yes I am going for the belly drumming linoone strategy. I need a sure fire win for this as the league looks so goddamn scary and this should be the way in. His ability is pick up and his nature is Mild but thanks to his moveset he will be unstoppable. Belly Drum, Return, Protect, and substitute. Unfortunately I have already used my shadow ball tm on Banette so he will be unable to sweep Phoebe but the rest of the elite 4 we should be able to manage just fine with him. Touch wood.

The strategy is in place and I am just praying for luck and that nothing goes wrong. Wish me luck!

[sunyshorewaves]

Oooh, OP your poll has sparked many thoughts. I had to actually think about it for a second, and in the end, you've got a point, it all comes down to Team Rocket and Plasma 2.0. The thing about the other teams is that they're honestly, kind of soft. In the murder department that is. They may be organizations capable of summoning or capturing Legendaries, but what kind of battle are we looking at? A Pokemon battle between grunts? Team Rocket is getting sweeped, I'm sorry. I had more trouble fighting Team Aqua in my run. Raticate with Hyperfang is a monster though.

Judging by your comment, if it's an honest FIGHT between organizations? TR has been around longer. Aether Paradise, despite it's dark side, are still just employees at a conservation center. The UBs won't help them, the protag caught them all. Magma and Aqua nearly destroy the planet, but they won't be pulling a move like that against their rival gangs. They're the only group that was remorseful and tried to help the protag too. Cyrus is still lost in the distortion world, rip. Kudos on having admins of your own, but neither of them far as I recall (having never played Sinnoh games but I haven't heard about any crimes of theirs from fandom yet asides from bombing lakes) come close to the Rocket admins, they've got a Proton for Arceus's sake. He had a whole crew of grunts armed with knives deep in a cave chopping off Slowpoke tails to sell on the black market.

Team Plasma may have Ghetsis down for murder and some mean people that stuck around with him, and actually succeeded in terrorizing Unova and freezing the place over for a bit and trying to kill the protag, but his grunts would CRY if they faced Rocket. We've actually SEEN how mean Rocket grunts can get in anime specials, in killing Marowak, in their grunt sprites carrying whips and MAYBE tasers if I'm not mis-remembering another source. Oh you've got Gene splicing tech? So do they, they created a whole ass Legendary. They held Sliph scientists hostage for research, caged up countless Pokemon in labs and casinos, took over a Radio tower with more hostages, forced evolution tech to lead to rapid Magikarp evolution into angry Gyarados, imagine if they unleashed that onto the ocean? I've seen a fic where 100 of them sunk the S.S Anne in honestly that most wild Rocket scheme I've seen to date. Oh yeah they also took the S.S Anne hostage.

There are so many implications of other shit they had involvement in, in dark Kanto war AU theories. the DANGER of Giovanni hiding his identity for years while all doing all sorts of crime bureaucratic stuff in the background, that general shady jazz of making deals with crime bosses, messing up, and getting "vanished" ok so maybe too much fic influence goes into this, but LOOK Victreebel and Golbat are such murder Pokemon. Interpol and their literal SWAT Teams that were sent to find them in the Pokemon Generations Special? the super cameras they use catch images of their agents? feels like a movie damn, these guys are legit. what's Plasma, but a wayward religious cult aiming for dictatorship? where your grunts are wishywashy and half of them leave in the sequel, while Rocket grunts are loyal to their boss? you sweet talked citizens into releasing their pokemon? they lured gullible trainers in with nugget bridge, people down on their luck in the slums of society, bullied a whole town, disrespected a grave site, pushed people down the stairs, another hostage in Mr. Fuji, threatening hostage meeting with Silph boss before bombing the first floor and escape helicopter in Origins, had suspicious history with the "good guys" in Kanto's government and big names. stole so many things. god just. fucked up crime list continues. Archer just casually discussing selling Cubone skulls when they evolve, the danger of Petrel's impersonations, Proton's anger issues + being their cruelest and scariest member, THAT is who Giovanni has chosen as TR's first line of defense, y'all getting fucked up. Ariana plays dirty (as double battle mechanics didn't exist back then, ganging up on us until Lance physically pushes her away from us bc he is also down for violence) and is just as willing to be vicious because TR is a WAY OF LIFE unlike Admins in other gangs who just grouped together with their boss for a single Legendary Pokemon purpose and changing the world, TR was built on crime. "I may have been around during the day, but now I'm doing my real job." dare I ask? all the dialogue of not going easy on children, on showing how mean adults can be, like yeesh. and of course, last but not least, TEAM RAINBOW ROCKET, cause Gio really gonna make all y'all other Team bosses his b- anyways, I probably missed stuff cause the list is extensive but you're right OP, Gio's got a gun.

anon. I love you dfhjmk,ljhgfds. I can't even add to this you've said everything I'm saving this forever

[cassioppenny]

top 5 pkmn rivals OR top 5 non-pokemon video games :D

starting with rivals...

5) silver

he is so silly his favorite video game is probably unironicly shadow the hedgehog. i think it's sad he has never interacted with red once not even in pokemas which is so weird to me. milesverse silver and red (also leaf/green but she's from an alternate universe so she doesn't count) are brothers (same dad) so uh yeah. more milesverse lore silver basically tried impersonating red during the main story ethan like immediately figures out he's full of shit not only because he looks nothing like him but also silver dropped his trainer id so lmao. the team rocket grunts he fights don't realize though. so uh yeah the meow meow

4) blue

kanto trio sweep. i love blue a lot but like specifically the made up version of him in my head and also anything post gen 1. gen 1 blue by himself isn't like incredible or anything though he is easily the best character in gen 1 by virtue of being the only character with more than four lines. though milesverse gen 1 era blue is my little meow meow i have given him every mental illness

3) cheren and n

i don't know who i like more so i put them together. very swag dudes i like them a lot

2) all of the sv rivals

i love them so much i had to put them all on here but i didn't want to put any of them higher than eachother i love them all equally they are my besties for real

1) wally

walter my little meow meow he was born in a wet cardboard box all alone i will protect him with my life he is my little guy. here's some milesverse lore he's like basically the main character in the gen 3 adaptation though brendan is like thoroughly convinced he is. wally, brendan, and may end up calling themselves team sky when they start going against magma and aqua. wally kinda just blurts it out during the part at the waterfall place and the gang rolls with it. also wally summons rayquaza like how the player does in emerald so uh yeah wally swag moments. he also becomes champion at the end

and now vidya games

5) sonic 3 & knuckles

i love sonic <3

4) sonic adventure 2

i love sonic <3

3) undertale

undertale sweep i love undertale so much. when i was a kid i though aus were so cool i made an au where all the characters were pokemon. i love that game. i actually like deltarune more but it's not done yet so undertale takes its place for now

2) persona 3

it's an incredibly wonderful game about living your life to the fullest even though death is inevitable with characters i adore. it is also a game created by a guy who said that he has never had a friendship with a woman and it shows. never play a persona game worst mistake in my life 0/10 don't recommend. it is also one of my favorite games of all time. special mention to the new content added in persona 5 royal actual peak fiction it is so good and on its own could be my favorite game of all time. too bad it's still persona 5. persona 4 is just bad for the love of god never play persona 4

1) kingdom hearts 2

i am. a big fan of kh. sorry for liking the disney game i can't help it. the kairi in my url is in fact kairi kingdom hearts. i will defend her honor to the end of times no one gets to bully her when im around. i kinda hate the kh fandom though specifically the people who are really invested in the ships there is a lot of misogyny there i fear. back to the game kh2 is fucking amazing it's so fun to play and the ending is so cool and the first four hours is good actually fuck you. hashtag kairi sweep give her a game square enix you cowards

[lostonehero]

Former gym leader Maxie

Because we all know Roark (or whatever the rock type gym leader name is in sinnoh) looks like a younger Maxie

Maxie's pokemon have been trained to pretend to faint Archie is furious when he finds out

"I like to see you smile even if we were enemies."

Archie has no good retort but still demands a real battle against his boyfriend

Maxie has two teams his team magma team and his gym leader team

Maxie is furious when Courtney tells Archie that he used to be a gym leader which causes Steven and Wallace to want to battle him

Maxie sweeps the floor with both of them with his old gym team

[ask-professor-laurel]

You’ve mentioned Team Rocket before, but what are your thoughts on some of the other criminal organizations and teams around? Does Galar have any, or is it just Team Yell bothering Gym Challengers specifically.

Frankly I can't stand any of them. I'm gonna exclude Team Skull and Team Yell from that, because they're more... nuisances, really, than anything, and Team Yell hasn't really been around since the end of the last Gym Challenge. Team Skull doesn't seem to really be doing much besides causing a hassle for some trainers, but they're pretty chill, as far as I've been told.

I really do just personally hate Team Rocket, which I think I'm very fair to do. I think Kanto and Johto need to get it together and stop sitting back and letting trainers deal with them- seriously, between their Elite 4 system and their champions, they shouldn't be letting regular trainers deal with these very dangerous people. Someone's going to get themselves killed when they run into a grunt or an admin who actually knows what they're doing and isn't a low-level grunt. Speaking from experience.

Team Aqua and Team Magma, I'll admit, sent me into hysterics when I read about their whole thing. It happened when I was quite a bit younger, so I don't remember the broadcasts and such, but reading about it after? I cannot begin to describe how stupid they were. Legendaries shouldn't be bothered for many reasons, especially legendaries as powerful as Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza, so I don't know what they were thinking going after them. Pure arrogance, really, thinking anyone could control a legendary. As if Kyogre wouldn't eat them all without noticing. I think it's hilarious they've all but disbanded.

Team Galactic presents much more of a threat and I hear they're still crawling around Sinnoh, even without their leader. Cyrus? I think? His admins are probably still around. Anyways, they literally wanted to destroy the entire world, and had access to the perfect legendaries to do so. The fact that they're still around makes me nervous, in all honesty, because Sinnoh is host to... a lot of legendaries. With a lot of power. If they get close like that again, I just hope they don't rely on trainers to take care of it. Sinnoh has the same problem as Kanto and Johto; leave it to the trainers to do it, even though their champion is RIGHT THERE.

Team Plasma. I mean, they seem to be doing fine now, what's left of them anyways. Hard not to hear about that one when, what was it, didn't an entire castle just emerge from the ground? I don't know what's up with Unova but they're another region with a surplus of regional legendaries who can cause a lot of very real problems if taken under the wrong hands. I hope they don't start crawling out of the woodwork again, they're like Team Galactic to me. They make me nervous.

I know Kalos' presented a big threat but I'll be real, they were very... forgettable. They didn't really get anywhere, if I remember right. I mean, sure, Xerneas and Yveltal are terrifying forces of nature, but they didn't get too far with trying to get their hands on them.

Team Skull are just a nuisance. They're more funny than they are a threat, really, and their leader reigns them in when they're being too much. They've done a good job of sweeping it under the rug, but that Aether Foundation was definitely up to no good, and personally I think they had a lot more involvement with those Ultra Beasts showing up than they want to admit. Haven't been able to actually look into it, it's all covered up behind so many classified stickers and passwords that it's about impossible to get to from the outside.

Team Yell are hilarious. I'll say it; I thought they were hilarious whenever I ran into them, though I'm sure the Gym challengers hated their guts. I would've hated them when I was doing my own Gym Challenge, to be fair, but as someone on the outside? Hilarious. I hope they keep doing it. As for Macro Cosmos, I don't really consider them evil, it was really just Rose and Oleana doing wildly unethical things. Can't stand either of them, but with Rose it's a bit more personal.

I don't know what other regions are doing, but they really need to get it together. I think the Elite 4 and champion system they have just don't work- the Elite 4 is clearly just four of the strongest trainers they can find, across the region, and the champion is just the "strongest" trainer in the region. The champion also doesn't do much in those regions besides battle, same with the Elite 4. Here, being champion is a much more political position, with a lot of responsibility attached. When things go wrong, it's the champion's responsibility to step up. It's why we have long-reigning champions and why the tournament itself is so hard- you really have to prove your strength. Though I wish they'd stop letting kids compete- a 10 year old has no business being champion.

We have a much more effective method than a lot of other regions. And we've proven it- Team Rocket hasn't tried to come back for years after Leon scared the living daylights out of all of them. Rose is in jail, he would've been arrested even if he hadn't turned himself in. We crack down harder on bad people here, and there's a lot more involvement than just... regular trainers. I personally get involved in plenty of cases, everything from people trying to make their own bad guy teams, to shitty trainers who abuse their Pokemon. Honestly, other regions could learn a lot from how we handle things here. There's more to being a champion than keeping your title, and run of the mill trainers aren't an effective substitute for actual justice.

This got long, sorry, I just have a lot of opinions on these teams and organizations and how there's a lot of failings in how they've been dealt with.