I wanted to see if I could draw Liko as a Gen 1 character! 💙
Instead of just changing the art style, I tried following the trends of the era to create a whole new design that looked believable for the time. For example, her outfit is based on Squirtle instead of Oshawott in this concept. :>
i am fully aware that liko is probably written to mentally separate dot and gurumin even after the Gurumin Confession Scene because she doesn't want the suspension of disbelief/magic about the youtuber she likes to be ruined by knowing the real person in the suit, but i think the funnier and gayer interpretation is that she is gay about gurumin and cannot handle the idea of these feelings transferring to the friend she actually knows in person. like with gurumin that's just fantasy but handling a crush??? in real life??? impossible. she would explode. she cannot connect the two lest she dies on the spot
also this scene is funny as fuck help me. she sounds more panicked about seeing dot half in the suit than about the initial explosion she ran over to check on her for. her being there so quickly also implies she was watching the livestream that just crashedJSAIDOFJIOSDAF
i feel like they're just taunting us. why do they look so similar. is this another Penny being related to Peony and Peonia situation?
other people have pointed out the similarities between Professor Burnet and Professor Friede, but LOOK at Friede and Drayton, tell me that's nothing???
Wait, what is that? Pikachu with a steel chair countershield!?
[Image description: Digital illustration of Ash and Pikachu (Pokemon) in the middle of a battle move. Pikachu is on the foreground spinning on the ground, creating a tornado of yellow lightning that rises to the sky while Ash stands on the background surrounded by smoke. Both are smiling. The illustration is made using blues and yellows. End description]