#gibeon's zygarde

[scraftyisthebest]

Thinking about how Hamber and Amethio are pretty similar to each other in how they see Gibeon, and it shows a lot in the recent episodes. Both of them suspect Spinel's intent to betray and use Gibeon for his own aims and while Hamber isn't directly involved in the Laqua arc right now he's shown similarity in how he acts relative to Gibeon.

Like Spinel is established now to just be using Gibeon for his own aims, but he acts like a total yes-man to Gibeon and outwardly acts as though he's completely loyal to the man and will serve his will unquestioningly. Gibeon seems to be unable to notice that Spinel intends to overthrow him for his own aims and favors him because he believes Spinel is his most loyal servant.

Meanwhile Hamber despite being the second-in-command of the Explorers and Gibeon's butler is genuinely loyal to him but also doesn't fully go yes-man and sometimes acts of his own accord. Which is something Amethio himself takes after. Like that raid on Diana's castle way back then was entirely of Hamber's own will and not sanctioned by Gibeon. He decided to assuage his own curiosity after Amethio went rogue but found valuable information and confronted his old friend Diana personally about Terapagos. He does things like assist Amethio even after the latter was put on probation and help him get to Laqua. Amethio says he inherits his grandfather's will but does not intend to fight by his side. Which is shown in how often he goes rogue, if he sees it fit for Gibeon's good, something Hamber would often do.

It's funny though, Gibeon has a fundamentally twisted idea of who he thinks he should surround himself with and listen to. He favors Spinel mainly because Spinel validates him and goes yes-man for everything he ever does, never challenging his worldview, all the while he's underhandedly using him for his own personal gains. Amethio and Hamber genuinely love Gibeon but they won't fully obey him and will do things on their own if they think it's for his good. Yet Gibeon sees Amethio's actions as betrayal and sees him as a traitor and suspends him, seeing him as a disgrace, even though Amethio loves him and cares about him and wants to do what is for Gibeon's betterment, even if it means turning against him in battle, which is what he's about to do in joining forces with Liko, Roy, and Dot to stop him. Hamber helped Amethio get there which shows how alike they are.

Gibeon's twisted idea of who he thinks are his real supporters also shows with Lucius. Gibeon saw Lucius trying to stop the Laquium way back then as a betrayal, saw Zygarde's attempts to stop him as betrayal, even though what they did was for his own good and because they actually cared about him, recognizing Laquium as a threat that needed to be stopped. Meanwhile he approves of Spinel because he always says yes to everything Gibeon does, even though Spinel is a rat who is using him and intends to throw him away.

Rambled a lot but Gibeon's twisted mindset of who his real supporters are and who he should listen to is interesting. I dunno if it's part of the effect Laquium had on him since it made him more deranged and monomaniacal once he got close to it, but it's interesting in that regard.

[lavyyulu]

Sometimes your partner pokemon is a dog, a giant snake or billions of cells scattered across the world

[lucie-foselle]

「今さら謝罪の言葉など」　"It's too late now for you to apologize" - Explorer Gibeon & White Zygarde

「そうだな…あの時もっと君と話し合うべきだった…」 "Yeah...I should have talked with you more back then..."　- Explorer Lucius & Black Rayquaza

For the final climax of "Pokémon Horizon's" first arc, I decided to make a redraw of Lucius's and Gibeon's eyecatches from ep 87. I absolutely adored to go through the hype of those lasts episodes and I loved the way the story unfold. Gibeon is now one of my favorite characters, and one of my favorite antagonists from Pokémon, hands down.

I printed a set of postcards with those illustrations, that you can buy on my Ko-Fi shop. Shipping is free and worldwide, so don't hesitate to have a look if you want to get one set for you are a friend and support my art! ✨

🌸https://ko-fi.com/s/39ac14d74e 🌸

[jadeazora]

Gibeon and Lucius's eyecatches!

[grey822aaa]

I love Gibeon

It's also funny that there is more dynamics between them than between Lucius and Rystal 🤪

I mean it's more than nothing

[hothotmiso]

[ena-the-eepy]

What if Lucius just grabbed Gibeon by his handle and dragged him off to the nursing home for Bingo Night after the boss battle

Also RIP Spinel’s crotch💔

[crystallization-of-our-dreams]

more horizons roleplay Tumblr doodles because I'm obsessed with the little chaotic community we've all created here

[paulok3tchup]

Rakurium

This one was made over this frame of the opening cuz I thought it looked cool

[thena0315]

[foxceus]

lucius is always going to rakua and never getting a job

[scraftyisthebest]

With the recent reveal of Gibeon owning a Shiny (White) Zygarde, many people have been trying to use this to insinuate that Horizons may take place in a separate continuity/timeline/universe from Ash's story.

However, I disagree, and I think that not only does Liko's show still take place in the same continuity as Ash's story, but that such sentiment is frankly something that goes without saying. If they truly wanted to create a new, separate continuity, why wouldn't they just use a new version of Ash to establish that? And in such a case, I believe they would be much more liberal about using legacy characters because such characters would be new versions of them, not the ones we know: the fact that they're largely avoiding acknowledging legacy characters for the most part implies they're still out there in the world Liko and Roy are travelling. It would also needlessly complicate things like potential meetings which have immense marketing value like an Ash and Liko meeting down the line. The world Anipoke has taken place in is so large and has gone through so much worldbuilding with still more potential for even more, that Ash and Liko can viably exist in the same world without crossing paths. There's no business or storytelling benefit to making Horizons a new continuity, as Liko and Roy are fundamentally different characters with a different space in the world from Ash to begin with, and it would be a total waste if they just dropped all the worldbuilding they had done over the past 26 years. Thus, it is most certainly in the same continuity as before.

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Now on to my main point, I think there is a much simpler explanation to the existence of Gibeon's Shiny Zygarde that can justify why it exists even with the existence of Squishy and Z2, and in that same world. And one that I think may raise very interesting implications for this story and where we may be headed. Also one that mirrors the games, particularly SV and its deal with Terapagos and the Paradoxes.

I believe that Gibeon's Zygarde, alongside the Black Rayquaza and the rest of the Six Heroes who were believed to be Lucius's companions, are honorary Paradox Pokemon who were magically willed into existence by the power of Terapagos.

It is easy to miss, especially if you don't stop to think about it, but Terapagos's power, aside from being the harbinger of the Terastal phenomenon, is the power to create paradoxical things. It can "create" things using its power, things that originate from human imagination to those who believe certain things about them, but when you stop to think about those things, it makes no logical sense for them to exist in the way they are explained.

This is especially evident in the actual Paradox Pokemon from the games. Sada and Turo willed them into existence using their "time machine" and believe them to be Pokemon from the ancient past and distant future, or the one we "see" in the Crystal Pool being from alternate timelines. But as their names imply, their existence is a paradox: their whole deal is that they're not supposed to actually exist, and yet somehow, they got willed into reality and given life and physical existence. The dubiousness of their existence is enforced by their drawings in the Scarlet/Violet books, created 200 years prior to the game's events by Heath and his expedition team, contradicting the fact that Sada/Turo only created the time machine 10 years prior to the game's story. The dubiousness of how they came to be is also reinforced by their only other mention being in the Occult magazines, which are questionably trustworthy at best. We know that their existence started in Area Zero, a place filled with Terastal energy thanks to Terapagos, thus the latter is the creator of them.

The paradoxical nature of Terapagos's power is also reflected in the Crystal Pool event at the end of Indigo Disk, a place where you can seemingly talk to the dead, and Terapagos summons a Sada or Turo who was alive, supposedly before they created the time machine. And you give them Briar's book in exchange for the Scarlet/Violet book. But the more you think about this event, the less it actually makes sense, and the only conclusion you can make is that if it were our own Sada/Turo, the entire game's timeline would implode upon itself.

Now on to the anime, Gibeon is now known to have been a companion of Lucius. Lucius and his friends have the stories of their adventures chronicled in books and legends. This incidentally also parallels how the Paradox Pokemon are chronicled in Scarlet and Violet the games. But when you stop to look at everything, aside from Terapagos, the nature of the Six Heroes' existence is incredibly dubious at best, to the point where it's questionable if those six ever actually existed, or if they did, how they came to be. The same would likely apply to Gibeon's Shiny Zygarde. The Black Rayquaza is the biggest example: aside from being a Rayquaza, it is always shown glowing and crystallized, likely surrounded by Terastal energy. It may have even been created by and willed into reality by Terapagos itself, literally formed by Terastal energy. This is sort of hinted at very early on, when Liko's pendant, which was Terapagos, and Roy's special Poke Ball, which unleashed the Black Rayquaza, resonated with one another, and the Black Rayquaza didn't emerge until it resonated with Terapagos, which may imply that it wasn't actually in there and Terapagos used its power to will it into existence, alongside the other five heroes. The other Heroes seem to have abnormal traits as well, such as a giant Arboliva and two of the heroes being legendaries, and they only "awakened" once the Black Rayquaza did. This may imply they weren't real, and the only one of Lucius's Pokemon who wasn't willed into existence was Terapagos itself, who used its power to "create" companions for Lucius and its friends.

The same may apply to Gibeon's White Zygarde as well, who may have been willed into existence by Terapagos. This Zygarde, along with Rayquaza, are the biggest anomalies not just in their different coloration, but that they were literally owned by someone, which in the anime world should not be possible as major legendaries like them are largely above being owned by Trainers. Them being Paradoxes willed into reality by Terapagos would explain this.

This is most certainly an interesting turning point, and may raise a lot of questions to the true tale of Lucius and his friends, and what Rakua truly is. One thing is certain though: Terapagos and its special powers surrounding Terastal energy and the creation of paradoxical things seem to be playing a major role here.

[lavyyulu]

Chat (Zygarde), kill this guy

[jadeazora]

Floragato evolves into Meowscarada! Also, can we appreciate how far Liko has come? Like, she wasn't the "protagonist" type character when she got Sprigatito, she was timid and didn't ask for all the crazy shit that was going on around her with the pendant and attempted abductions, but she's gotten a lot more confident, physically backing up her partner and saying she'll protect everyone! I really do love her growth!

[grey822aaa]

Making a fucking keychains for myself

[hothotmiso]