#actually you can't...

[usagi-zakura]

I wanna share what I feel would be my ideal Pokémon game based on previous game features because nobody asked.

HMs... Yes I'm serious. Well...kinda. I like being able to use your own pokémon to help you in the overworld rather than random wild Pokémon like in BDSP or rentals... But don't have it take up a move slot. Maybe let certain Pokémon have "field moves" that can only be used in the overworld such as teleport, surfing or digging out of caves.

A customizable bedroom or secret base, like in Ruby and Sapphire.. Not like how it was done in BDSP where its just statues...

Underwater explorations like in Ruby and Sapphire.

A fossil hunting minigame like in Diamond and Pearl's Undeground.

Let Pokémon follow you in the overworld and make them able to keep up, instead of just disappearing back into their pokéball after a few seconds of running.

Similarly.. Let me ride any of my Pokémon that are big enough and have a suitable body shape like in Let's Go.

A plot that doesn't suck...

Stop shiny locking legendary pokémon.

Trainer customization, that's more than just 4 different uniforms and a unique hat.

Online features similar to X and Y... where its available everywhere you go, and you get little notifications of what your friends are doing or even the option to battle random strangers as you go along... just make sure that feature is optional and the challenge notifications aren't too intrusive if you decide you'd rather do something else.

While we're on the subject of online features...that whole code system that the Switch games do? Trash it. Trash it and never look back. Just tie trading and things like that to friend codes like they used to so I don't get paired with a random Chinese kid when I'm trying to connect to my brother just because we happened to use the same code! Be more like X and Y. X and Y had a nice system...

If you're gonna let me trade with strangers let me communicate. That is one problem the X and Y system had, sometimes random people would just offer to trade with me and I had no idea what they actually wanted...

Fun optional minigames with neat prices, my personal favorites are Voltob Flip, Ultra Wormholes and the photo minigame from Sun and Moon. (Which yes...I do realize that's basically Snap... just put Snap in the main series. It's fine.)

Random encounters...trash them. Overworld spawns are nicer. Just make sure they're visibly shiny. (Preferably also audibly shiny... but them not making noise does add to the challenge of finding them).

A camp/picnic system where you could play with your pokémon, make food that gives special boosts and you may as well use it for breeding too like Scarlet and Violet does... just make it easier to find ingredients, I hate having a million different ones spread across a thousand random stores in random cities.

Being able to throw items and Pokéballs directly from the overworld.

Let me skip the night/day if I want to. If you're not gonna tie it to a real world clock you may as well let me choose the time of day without having to wait a half hour.

Heck just make it like Legends Arceus but with the original battle system and abilities.

[some-pers0n]

How it feels getting obsessed with something new and then realizing you're going to spend anywhere from a week to the rest of your life thinking about it

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

hero/villain showdown but one of them has a spontaneous medical emergency and the battle gets put on hold while their archnemesis drives them to Urgent Care

[egophiliac]

the gang's all here! commence slumber party

[truuskn]

he's so cute and sillyyy 😫 my goood, look at him, just look at him!! how do we even have the nerve to pump his life with angst? my dude deserves to be happy 24/7

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Wow, this "gender free" fashion brand sure doesn't have any AMAB models.

[all-my-ocs-are-evil]

[insert poetic title here]

fun fact: this did not start out as isat fanart

(rambling in tags)

[lazylittledragon]

dndads s1 you're so special to me

[inkskinned]

i hate to say it because i'm neurodivergent and a chronic-pain-haver but like... sometimes stuff is going to be hard and that's okay.

it's okay if you don't understand something the first few times it's explained to you. it's okay if you have to google every word in a sentence. it's okay if you need to spend a few hours learning the context behind a complicated situation. it's okay if you need to read something, think about it, and then come back to re-read it.

i get it. giving up is easier, and we are all broken down and also broke as hell. nobody has the time, nobody has the fucking energy. that is how they win, though. that is why you feel this way. it is so much easier, and that is why you must resist the impetus to shut down. fight through the desire you've been taught to "tl;dr".

embrace when a book is confusing for you. accept not all media will be transparent and glittery and in the genre you love. question why you need everything to be lily-white and soft. i get it. i also sometimes choose the escapism, the fantasy-romance. there's no shame in that. but every day i still try to make myself think about something, to actually process and challenge myself. it is hard, often, because of my neurodivergence. but i fight that urge, because i think it's fucking important.

especially right now. the more they convince you not to think, the easier it will be to feed you misinformation. the more we accept a message without criticism, the more power they will have over that message. the more you choose convenience, the more they will make propaganda convenient to you.

[sadgayeddie]

Keeping in touch 🥰

[egophiliac]

once again, don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

(eventually I will get back to being less scribbly, whoops)

[trekkerac]

this is just what anxiety is like context

[sinkfood]

a round and unthreatening face

[rynli]

don't worry about it Kim

[apollognese]

It occurred to me that some people missed the fact that Ekko and Powder are already in a romantic relationship in the AU even before Arcane Ekko came in, so here's a thread:

First moments they have, Powder is already invading his personal space and is very touchy. Could be taken from the fact that Pow is touchy in general. But after the dance it gets more intimate.

2. There was no need to hold his hand but the girl has to talk her to her man asap, then adding another touch of comfort after she scolds him for not sleeping properly.

3. They draw each other with/in hearts and apparently also give each other flowers with 'I <3 YOU' notes.

4. Someone "just crushing" wouldn't be able to be this confident when approaching said crush.

4.5. Extra detail: Powder's shoes having original Ekko's outfit colours matches when Ekko had Jinx's stripes on his own during the battle.

5. She was WAY too casual during the first lean in, almost as if it wasn't the first time they've done this. Note: she's already aware there's something going on with Ekko and backed away when he did because she didn't wanna push him.

6. That's because it wasn't the first time, per confirmation on Ekko's part. He probably asked Heimerdinger what his relationship was with Powder along the way, leading him to ask the 'first time' request when kissing her was no longer avoidable.