#fusionbolts

[diabotsis]

just remember, you two, i'm always watching!

[oneiricfallacy]

“Sure thing, do you like s'mores?”

[aelirus]

"Why do you even bother being here? Couldn't you just go off to your stupid empty void of a universe or whatever it is and feel sorry for yourself there? You're obviously fighting a losing battle here." @fusionbolts got permission from ghetsis to be an annoying little brat

"Should I get someone with more sway over Ghetsis to remind him that you are not to step foot in my quarters?"

He's entirely unphased by the elementary attempt at bullying, only bothered by the unwarranted infringing of his personal space.

A mythic Pokemon-turned-human was interesting, but he didn't care to exchange idle conversation with it. If he wasn't going to learn anything of use from this exchange, he'd rather not have it.

[exnusquam]

@fusionbolts

[dragonplated]

@fusionbolts || it's mandatory i'm told

"Yes, I've been told as much." He's never been one for social small talk. Was this small talk? He thought it might be. "Why not? He thinks you need to get some experience." He was probably right, too.

[fusionflared]

its MY blog and I can thread with myself if I want to // @fusionbolts

The only time they can stand to be themself anymore is in the rare, quiet moments in between. In private, truly in private, with only their sibling to hear.

Here, he's a young boy. He's Phoebus. He can only bear to hear the name his father gave him coming from Elpis.

"What do you think this world's version of Unova is like?" He muses, sitting next to them with knees curled to his chest.

[galarglory]

@fusionbolts Asks her for real because they are just Like This: "Hey champion girl! Is everything okay here? In Galar, I mean? 'Cause those raid den thingies seem bad, and the Dragon Force here feels like its sick! I think there's something weird going on here, but I've never been here before and I dunno what it is."

Well these are some pretty hard questions to answer especially when asked by a stranger out of seeming nowhere. Where does she even start? How does she even start? What would Leon do in the situation? He'd probably be honest and reassuring. But she's not sure she can be as reassuring as Leon always is. If Leon were still champ he'd probably have this all fixed and figured out already...

"Umm... Everything's as good as de next place?" Yeah, reassuring.

"Ah mean we got our problems like any other region does but Ah like tuh t'ink we're a pretty solid place tuh live or visit. De Dynamax Dens 'ave neva hurt no body, well long as everyone's careful with dem." Of course people have been hurt in the Dynamax Dens. But it was rarely the dens fault themselves. Usually the people got too close to a Dynamax Pokemon or they tried to drop too many wishing stars into a den at once. There have been times people had adverse reactions to the dens however. Migraines caused, aches in injured body parts worsened, a lot of trainers were told to visit their doctors for a check up and permission before entering the dens. So maybe she shouldn't say the dens have NEVER hurt anyone...

"De Leagues got some pretty tight rules bout explorin' 'em 'nd dere's plenty a waivers yew gotta sign before yew can so much as set a pinky toe in 'em. As fer de... Uhh Dragon Force? Ah've neva heard a dat, sorry. Oh! But if yew're new 'round 'ere Ah'd be happy tuh show yew about!"

[diabotsis]

triad? take the shot.

"Hey, did you guys know there's a trick to beating Ghetsis' ninja bodyguards? All you gotta do is—"

[fusionbolts-a]

damn. imagine not having the perfect url from day one.

[doublebattled]

stealing my banner from my other blog because fuck it I might as well. detailed headcanon on Isshu, ancient unovan history (nothing that could be construed as modern, literally just up to the Heroes of Truth and Ideals), and the surviving culture. All of this is written AS IS KNOWN BY MODERN DAY HISTORIANS. This is largely why I am writing it on this blog instead of Adair's; lots of names are omitted because those have been lost, it's incomplete and in places not actually wholly accurate to the slightly more detailed version of canon that would be found over on @fusionbolts. I also have a lot of links embedded to other headcanons. So lets get into it.

The Foundation of Isshu

While the vast majority of Isshu's history is forgotten to time, there are a few oral traditions and folktales that have persisted, one of which being the most foundational to their culture: the founding of Isshu and Isshurem's pact with humankind. As expected, the details of the tale are somewhat fuzzy, being literal centuries old, but the core of it remains fundamentally the same:

In the distant past, there was a time when the differences between humans and pokemon seemed impossible to bridge; they lived entirely separate from each other and fought often. At this time there lived a young boy who was born with a gift that allowed him to speak with pokémon. This boy, who walked freely between the worlds of human and pokémon, sought out the Great Dragon, arbiter of balance, to help him bring about peace between their kinds. They forged a pact, that human and pokemon kind would walk side by side forevermore.

At least, that's the general gist of it. (A longer version of it exists on one of my older blogs, if you're so inclined. Fair warning I wrote it like five years ago. Probably more.)

This foundation myth is fundamental to Isshu's spiritual beliefs and their relationship to pokémon, information which can be found here. However, Isshurem has always been core to its belief system as the nation's sort of guardian deity, with the name "Isshurem" itself literally meaning Guardian of Isshu. In the old days, leadership of the nation meant being Isshurem's partner.

The Golden Age

Very little is known in detail about the golden age of Isshu Culture as much of it was destroyed, lost to time, untranslatable until very recently, etc. Part of it is the result of Unova's very tumultuous history and the eventual fall of Isshu, and part of it is just due to the fact that it's a very, very old culture and a lot of their written history fell victim to time. BUT,

The Golden Age of Isshu was, as the name would imply, the height of their civilization, but historically speaking—virtually none of it still remains. The only structures still standing from the Golden Age are the League Building and Dragonspiral Tower. Historians who have been able to study the few remaining writings from the era have also managed to learn something about "seals", a form of ancient "technology" developed by the people of Isshu that made their quality of life quite remarkable by ancient standards. It's also what gave us Golett and Golurk! Nobody knows how, though. The Golett that exist are... all of them. Ever. The art itself has been lost, but remnants of it remain in modern Isshu art and traditional crafts.

The original written language of Isshu has also largely been lost—or so it was thought until the Abyssal ruins were uncovered and translated, allowing them to serve as a sort of Rosetta Stone for the original alphabet. The modern version still follows many of the same grammatical rules (and uses the same pronoun system!), but beyond that, there's little resemblance.

In short: little is known about Ancient Isshu, but it was believed their civilization was highly advanced for the time. They were, perhaps because of their advanced technology, or perhaps due to their distance from many other regions, an extremely isolationist culture and did not have much exchange, cultural or otherwise, with the other large civilizations at the time. That was, until...

The Fall of Isshu

Short version: colonialism happened.

The long version: Paldea, Kalos, and Galar sometimes just got done fighting a real big war and somebody (we won't name names) set off a superweapon and just decimated both armies entirely.

Wars are very expensive and this was a large problem for everybody, so with this on top of it, two of those countries came out pretty broke and the third was having its own problems with a giant space worm and some dogs. It was a bad time! The solution? INVADE SOME OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT IT!

Again, this is a particular part of history that is not especially well-documented from the Isshu/Unova side of things. Historians know that Isshu's rather limited military force was not prepared for the attacks, which made them a pretty easy target. We also know the then-sovereign of Isshu was killed in the ensuing conflict, and the original dragon was presumably quite badly wounded, which ultimately led to Isshu's utter defeat at the hands of invading foreign forces. (It is believed that the Abyssal Ruins, dating back to that general era, are a tomb or memorial for the last King.)

This is the period in which most of Isshu culture was lost. Either it was taken by foreign forces (which is why we have Golett outside of Unova!) or destroyed utterly. For the next two centuries, much of the remnants of these people lived in the northern, mountainous regions of their country, where they could live more or less in peace. At this point, the Village of Dragons becomes the last bastion of Isshu civilization, and remains that way for... pretty much the rest of their history.

The Isshu people were not treated well during this time, as tends to happen with colonialism. I will not go into heavy detail as I think we can all fill in the gaps as to what that means, but it wasn't a great scene. (Slightly further detail on all of that and the leadup to the Unovan Revolution can be found here.)

In the meantime, the three major countries that had done that colonialism and also had done a war with each other right before... started fighting again. Shocking. It was less of a full-on war and more infrequent, but definitely regular territorial squabbles that, unfortunately, the remaining Isshu got dragged into. So you know what that means!

The Unovan Revolution / Foundation of Unova

Two brothers and a dragon do a revolution! Again, this is not an especially well documented period of history, but it is heavily mythologized thanks to it being the precursor to Reshiram and Zekrom. The short version is a couple of guys found Isshurem, who most people thought was dead, and it helped them do a revolution. (The full story is much more complicated than that, but you get the idea.)

As you can imagine, this was incredibly important. Arguably, the foundation of Unova was the only thing that allowed Isshu culture to survive in any form during the modern day. But it wasn't without its problems. As with any colonial state, people were, uh, having some complex feelings about who rightfully belonged there and who didn't, the direction of this new country, etc. etc., which would inevitably create a schism between the two brothers who started the revolution, and... Well, we know the story from there. Three dragons!

The ensuing conflict(s) and family drama would drive the then-kings to their deaths and leave the dragons stuck in rocks for a few millennium while the new Unova got to mythologize them.

There is reason to believe that while the Heroes of Truth and Ideals were both in agreement of trying to restore and preserve Isshu culture (generally accepted as being the culture they came from), their successor let it languish for unknown reasons, presumably political. (Ironically, it's pretty well known that their successor was the progenitor of the Harmonia royal line... Harmonia being an Isshu name.)

Modern Isshu Culture

As to be expected, there are still remnants of Isshu's culture and people within Unova, particularly in the northeast. While it's been through some extremely tumultuous times, even after Unova's founding, there have been some troubles with homogenization. But, nevertheless, there remains a handful of people who consider themselves Isshu and keep a few key cultural practices (copy and pasted from another headcanon, you're welcome):

1. Isshu do not (traditionally) use pokéballs. Tradition is to find and befriend a partner pokémon without catching them. Now, mind you, in the modern day and age, this isn't always practical, so some would opt to capture a pokémon after formally befriending them, particularly if their partner was especially large, dangerous, etc. However, a partner pokémon is typically kept outside of their pokéball as much as possible.

2. Isshu do not eat farm-raised meat, but wild-caught meat is acceptable. Again, practically speaking, this is somewhat difficult in the modern day: that accounts for, y'know, most meat products. Depending on where they live, many Isshu are effectively vegetarian or pescatarian. (The rules regarding animal byproduct, like in gelatin, are a little loosey goosey, but it's generally regarded as fine: ultimately, it abides by another core principle of Isshu culture, which is to respect the body of what you hunt/kill as to not let it go to waste. What isn't used should be returned to where it was found and returned to nature.)

3. Though far from a hard rule by any means, Isshu marriage tradition dictates that the couple exchange emblems of their partner pokémon when engaged, so the couple is symbolically always together. It's all very cute.

4. The major cultural holidays take place on the summer and winter solstices, with the latter being the cultural new year, much like how other cultures recognize a lunar new year. Minor holidays are on the equinoxes.

5. Again, this is far from a hard rule, but music is a very important component of Isshu culture. Many of their core mores and norms are born from concepts that are, culturally and linguistically, tied very HEAVILY to music. As such, it's extremely common for Isshu children to learn how to play an instrument.

[prmafrost]

forgot to mention that among the ppl i trust and am likely to interact w more/prioritize them are also abby @fusionbolts / @crystalprofessor / @ranseiuniter but she dont count cause shes gay and got cooties /lh

also felix @fairymint but hes JUST gay

[skullkxd]

@fusionbolts has some input:

"If the magnemite is fine with it I think could. But I think if it evolves the paint would start to rub off and chip. So maybe you should graffiti a Magnezone instead?"

“Okay, fair point, but another point — th’ paint ain’t permanent? So you could wash it off and repaint it, or give it touch ups, or whatever it wants, you know?

Also, like, what about other steel types? Could you paint on those ones too if they were chill about it?”

“… do you think I could graffiti a magnemite? Like, if I asked the magnemite super nice and it was chill with the idea?”

[pokemontrainerjay]

Magic Anon!

Aeroblast AtralBarrage BehemothBash BehemothBlade BlueFlare BoltStrike CollisionCourse CoreEnforcer CrushGrip DarkVoid DiamondStorm DoomDesire DoubleIronBash DragonAscent DragonEnergy DynamaxCannon ElectroDrift Eternabeam FieryWrath FleurCannon FreezeShock FreezingGlare FusionBolt FusionFlare GmaxOneBlow GmaxRapidBlow GlacialLance Glaciate HyperspaceFury HyperspaceHole IceBurn Judgment Land’sWrath LightThatBurnsTheSky LusterPurge MagmaStorm MistBall MoongeistBeam MultiAttack MysticalPower OblivionWing OriginPulse PhotonGeyser PlasmaFists PrecipiceBlades PrismaticLaser PsychoBoost Psystrike RelicSong RoarOfTime Ruination SacredFire SandsearStorm SearingShot SecretSword SeedFlare ShadowForce SpacialRend SpringtideStorm SteamEruption SunsteelStrike SurgingStrikes TechnoBlast ThousandArrows ThousandWaves ThunderCage ThundurousKick V-Create WickedBlow WindboltStorm

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For the time it took me to write this magic anons are probably off

You got off easy this time :)

Wha what the what the fuck just happened HOW AM I ALIVE???

[exnusquam]

@fusionbolts

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"Oh yes, I'm very cringe. And when you're old enough, you'll be just as cringe as me, just you wait."

[dragonplated]

“ isn’t that nice ?? we’re all just little clumps of stardust , walking around . ” ( @fusionbolts )

"Aren't you the broken half of a dragon."

His cape flaps dramatically as he stares out to sea, before Lance finally turns back to Zekrom. "Quiznos wishes to battle, by the way." Definitely ruined the whole mood but he has no idea what to actually say to the stardust thing. Are they? Maybe that's just Deoxys.

[wahrhelt]

@fusionbolts

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Shut UP! Don't you have some class or whatever to study for, babyface?