#god i wish i had a sylveon

[cryptids-lobelia-garden]

I managed to pull this together in the middle of an Absolutely Horrible work day! Yay! (Writing this is probably part of what got me out of a stress and caffeine induced panic attack) Unfortunately I didn’t get it edited on time to post on time, but Hey! It Exists :D Anyway, people should write more characters having autism shutdowns. It’s very frustrating being barely able/unable to talk (I am autism btw)

Anyway, this one’s very environmental. I feel like the timespace distortions in PLA could have been a LOT more horrifying, and I’m here to deliver! Warnings: animal attack (again), uuuuhh what do you call this.. time and space are being bent and torn around him and it is some sort of cosmic horror or something idk what that term means exactly I just know it’s what comes to mind, but uuuh yeah this one’s kinda tame actually.

All of mine so far have been pretty tame, let’s be honest. I promise I can write other stuff we just haven’t gotten to the Good Stuff I Have Planned yet

Day 5: Reckless

Takes place some time after the battle atop Mount Coronet. (After day 4 of this event, far before day 3, which happened before days 1 and 2)

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Volo should have known this would happen when a strange energy started to fill the air. He should’ve known this would happen when sparks started to fly.

He thought he had more time before it did, thought he could pick a few more berries from this tree and run.

He should’ve known better than to test his fate, especially in a distortion that he had indirectly caused. Arceus has a sense of humor, after all, and Volo is no stranger to the cruelty that fate seems to love to bring him.

Scents from past and future flow into the air, and he can hardly breathe, stumbling as the ground morphs and shifts under him. One moment, he’s standing on the grassy hill, and the next, a structure he doesn’t understand appears out of nowhere, trapping him inside.

He scrambles his way out a window and brings his fingers to his mouth, whistling as loud as he can.

But Toge doesn’t come. She can’t hear him in the storm.

I could die here.

The realization sends chills down his spine.

He’s been confronted by his own mortality plenty of times in his life. It’d be a surprise to hear someone hasn’t, really, in a world as dangerous, as cruel as this one. Wild Pokémon attacks that aren’t immediately deadly can still be incredibly dangerous later, after all, and there’s a myriad of other dangers in this world.

Volo happens to be particularly good at getting himself into bad situations, and fate has always seemed to be especially cruel to him. He’s faced death plenty of times.

But it’s never felt so close.

He could run from murderers and wild Pokémon. He managed to strike a deal with Giratina when they met, he learned everything he could forage so he would never starve, he had even escaped the wrath of a particularly powerful zoroark, which is an impressive feat, considering the fact that even the normal zoro put plenty of people on the death toll.

But he can’t run from this. Not when he can’t breathe and the ground itself doesn’t seem to work as it should, flickering in and out of existence at the drop of a hat.

He curses himself for his stupidity as a terrified steelix shrieks, a sound like boulders tumbling down a mountain. It’s moving too quickly to see where it’s going, barreling straight towards Volo.

He just manages to dodge out of the way, ducking and rolling behind a tree- but an electric attack hits him, and he shrieks as his whole body jolts from it, falling to his knees.

It’s hard to move, he’s shaking, his muscles are spasming.

He can’t run.

Paralyzed.

I’m going to die here.

Something falls into his hands, a strange device. Some sort of bracelet, with a thick, flat face.

It lights up as he touches it.

He frantically presses back against the tree as an alpha raichu steps forward, holding the strange device up.

He’s about to move to throw it in desperation-

And then something he touches on it creates a shield of pink and blue energy, surrounding him just as the raichu tries to hit him with a Thunder.

He can breathe.

Volo scrambles to his feet, catching his breath. “Is this- some sort of shield..?” It moves with him as he walks- no? It’s moving with the device.

He scoops it off the ground, shaking his limbs out to try to get the rest of the electric attack out of his system, and he sprints towards the outside of the distortion, carrying the device with him. The ground materializes beneath his feet, holding steady even as it breaks around him, and he thanks fate for finally giving him something good.

Some attack hits the shield, and he yelps as he’s thrown, but he isn’t hurt by anything except his own bad landing. Scrambling back to his feet, he runs the rest of the way out, jumping through to the outside of the bubble of distorted land just as the timespace storm starts to swirl.

Terrified pokemon shriek as they’re swept into it. Volo nearly throws up as he sees human remains inside, swirling with the rest.

And, in a flash, all of it is gone, leaving no sign of what just happened but specks of shimmering pink dust, floating softly to the ground.

He’s in a cold sweat, shaking as he stares at where he was almost swept away. The trio would RUN INTO these. For FUN, to collect the things inside.

What the HELL is wrong with them!?

He takes a few shaky breaths, collapsing to his hands and knees. The device makes a clicking sound as it wraps around his hand, but he pays it no mind for now.

Okay.

Okay, I’m okay. I’m alive. I’m okay.

..I have nobody to blame for that except myself. I shouldn’t have stayed when the storm started to gather. And for what, a few handfuls more of berries? That wasn’t worth the risk!

He stares at the strange device, which has moved to his wrist. There’s numbers on the front, though he’s not sure what they’re for.

It’s a miracle I made it out. And it’s because of this wondrous device..

It’s locked itself around his wrist somehow. He can’t see the locking mechanism- it looks like a clean band, aside from the face. The only sign as to its origin is some strange lettering on the side, though he doesn’t really recognize the characters. He knows he’s seen them somewhere before, though.

With some experimentation, he figures out he can move the device up and down his arm, but he can’t take it off. It’s comfortable no matter where it is, fitting perfectly to his skin, but it won’t go over his hand, despite obviously having the capability of doing so.

Fascinating..

Okay, he’ll deal with that later. He stands, making his way back to the little camp he’s set up.

He’s still feeling a little stiff with the after effects of a fairly mild electric attack paralysis, but he’s not too hurt- he must’ve not been hit too bad, thankfully.

Volo sits at camp, dumping out his bag and counting the supplies he’s managed to gather.

If he finds a way to preserve the food, what he has gathered today will be enough for a few days. So the progress towards what he and his Pokémon need to survive the winter is slow, but it is progressing.

The extra berries he grabbed are enough for two extra meals for Toge, so there’s that, at least.

Was it worth the risk? No, not in the slightest. Not when he can easily gather that safely.

But does it make him feel a little better about it?

Absolutely.

He looks up as a shadow falls over him, quickly moving to catch Toge as she flies into his chest. “Hey!”

She squeaks happily, shaking her bag- and that’s the sound of a bunch of apricorns. He can also see the leaves of a few different edible plants and medicinal herbs sticking out.

Volo smiles, cuddling her close. “Thank you, sweetheart,” he murmurs, burying his face in her feathers with a quiet sigh. “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

~~~

PARADOX DETECTED

A young woman leans over to look at the alert, brushing curly red hair out of her eyes. “Oh! Well, that explains where he got his watch.. That is a dangerous paradox, wow. Very lucky it didn’t break anything. Dialga must have helped..” She sighs, tapping a few buttons on her watch and sending a quick message to Management. “..Dragons. I need to figure out how Eclipse got it off so I can update the security systems.. What a bother.”

[onestepbackwards]

How would PLA react to the player ranting about how they wished they could sicc their Pokémon on Kamado? I talk about it a lot like “if I could I’d have my Sylveon strangle you” when I get annoyed. You don’t have to answer!!!

"God, if I had my Sylveon, oh I'd strangle you with their ribbons!"

It had become a classic line, or something similar they all would hear from you.

It's kinda interesting, hearing a god or deity of some sort so upset.

It's especially harrowing to hear that deity curse you out specifically.

The hero tries to hold back a smug look in front of Kamado, who they were passing. After all, he did banish them. How could they not revel in Kamado's disdain.

He could only look annoyed and tired about it. You had been especially cold to Kamado since the beginning, and no one seemed to be able to do anything about you, or the Hero, even if an odd voice and presence followed them.

Now, though, he supposes this is what he at least deserves for his foolish actions. Kamado sighs.

He still tries to ignore the looks and snickers when you threaten him from the sky with another pokemon.

[dead-dove-product]

CW: Spoilers for Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Series + Movies)

Pokemon teams for the Holy Quintet (help wanted)

This was initially meant to be a fun little thought exercice, but I ended up being really dissatisfied with some of the teams, and wondered if anyone could help? I'd appreciate any assistance given. Thank you 🎀

(Below are the teams I came up with, with Pokemons who don't fit as well as the others in bold.)

Madoka :

Arceus: In the Pokemon universe, Arceus is pretty much a god. It created the universe, created the first Pokemon (Mew) and overall fulfilled a role similar to the one of a deity, which I thought was fitting for Madoka, as she herself becomes a "god" (or at least is referred to as such by Homura).

Audino: Audino is an extremely sensitive Pokemon, able to hear people's emotions, and sense when an egg is about to hatch. This last part, in my eyes, made Audino an extremely interesting Pokemon to give Madoka, as I assume it would be able to sense when a Soul Gem is about to turn into a Grief Seed. Audino's normal form also match Madoka magical girl design, while its mega evolution pairs well with Ultimate Madoka's design.

Another Pokemon that could fulfill a similar role and fit Madoka just as well would be Blissey. Audino or Victini could be switched with Blissey to give Madoka a team more representative of her character.

Decidueye: The only Pokemon I could think of that uses an arrow.

Jirachi: The Wish Pokemon.

Sylveon: The Intertwinning Pokemon. According to its Pokedex entries, Sylveon can't stand fighting, and will use its ribbons to calm fights. Considering how many times Madoka tried to stop fights among her fellow magical girls to take place, Sylveon felt like a logical pick. Additionally, it matches her color scheme and overall them, and it only felt appropriate to give Madoka a Pokemon with ribbons considering the emotional value her little hairbows end up taking (Sylveon's ribbons also remind me of the Incubators' second pair of ears).

Considering that Madoka spends most of the series not as a magical girl, but as a normal girl, considering whether or not to make a wish and what wish could be worth it, Sylveon could be switched with a simpler Eevee. This would allow Mami to get a Sylveon of her own. However, because a lot of Madoka's team is meant to fit her magical girl aesthetic, I do still think Sylveon might be a better pick for her.

Victini: The Victory Pokemon. It doesn't matter how many times Homura had to go back in time for it to finally happen, Madoka finally ended up winning against witches for good. This could be seen as victory (Victini) being on her side.

Other Pokemons that would fit the last spot of her team nicely would be Blissey (mentioned earlier) and Cherrim, the Blossom Pokemon who looks like a Sakura flower, Madoka's motif.

What the current team would look like (a size chart tool was used to make sure the scale used was correct, based on production notes for Madoka and Pokedex entries for her team):

Homura :

Dialga: The Time Pokemon.

Espeon: While Umbreon might seem like a better fit for Homura, both need to reach a certain friendship level to evolve which fits Homura perfectly considering that Madoka was her only friend, and this is what motivated her to go back in time to save her in the first place. What makes Espeon a better fit than Umbreon in my eyes (on top of its Psychic type which makes sense for Homura) is how much of its Pokedex entries actually focus on its unwavering loyality to its trainer. One of said Pokedex entries even says that Espeon developped precognitive powers in order to keep its trainer from harm which perfectly parallels the relation between Homura and Madoka.

Espurr: Espurr might look stoic and expressionless, but according to the Pokedex, an Espurr is constantly franticly fighting to keep its own psychic powers contained. It not only mirrors Homura's behavior throughout the series/ first 2 movies really well, it can also mirror her struggle to keep her Witch form contained at the end of the Rebellion movie.

Iron Valiant: Iron Valiant is the Paradox form of Gardevoir/Gallade (it's from the future).

I considered giving it to Kyoko due to its appearance and the fact it has a spear, but ended up deciding against, considering Homura having a Paradox Pokemon made more sense in my eyes.

Gardevoir: To protect its Trainer, it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole. Additionally, like most of Homura's team, it can see the future. Need I say more?

Xatu: Xatu is said to be able to see the future without ever being able to change it, which is a fate shared by Homura in the previous timelines, as she tried to change things without ever managing to change the final outcome.

Overall, I think Homura's team might be the most accurate to her character out of all the girls. This is what the current team looks like (same as Madoka, I used a comparative chart tool to determine their sizes, but I had to size Dialga down a little, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see Espurr at all):

Mami :

Blastoise: The only Pokemon I could think of with "guns".

Leavanny: Leavanny is a Pokemon with motherly instincts, that seems to enjoy taking care of smaller Pokemons, similarly to how Mami seems to enjoy taking care of younger magical girls. It is a Pokemon who makes clothes for younger Pokemons, and in the Rebellion movie, Mami made Bebe's clothes by hand. Leavanny also has a gentle dispositions, safe for when you attack younger Pokemons (which, once again, is reminiscent of Mami).

Ribombee: Ribombee just... Looks like Mami. That's all the reason there is, they just work so well together.

Cinccino: Considering I gave Madoka a Sylveon, I couldn't give Mami one as well, so I decided Cinccino would have to do ribbon wise. Cincinno's furr also defflect attacks and is remarkably soft, but unfortunately, this is a pretty weak argumentation.

Any member of Flabébé's evolutionary line could easily replace Cinccino, as they have access to Vine Whip which could serve as a sort of substitute for Mami's ribbons. They also have a flower motif, like Mami herself (transformation scene + Soul Gem).

Polteageist: Mami serves tea to Madoka and Sayaka upon meeting them, so I guess a tea Pokemon could make sense?

If you have any suggestion for a Pokemon to replace Polteageist, I'm listening, it is far from a perfect fit for Mami.

Slurpuff: Charlotte/Bebe/Nagisa is the Dessert Witch, and in the Rebellion movie, her and Mami are very close. It makes sense for Mami to at least have a Pokemon reflecting this.

Other Pokemons that could fit this idea would be Tandemaus, which could serve as a reference to Charlotte's familiars, Banette, who vaguely ressemble Bebe, or Hatenna for the same reasons.

Once again, here's how the team look:

Sayaka :

Alomomola: To my knowledge, Alomomola is the only Water type Pokemon with the Healer ability, and I really wanted Sayaka to have a Water team. According to the Pokedex, Alomomola is also covered by a special membrane that heals other Pokemon, and it likes to heal the weakened. Considering Sayaka's wish, I thought it made sense.

Another ability that would fit Sayaka would be Water Absorb, which is an ability Pokemons like Vaporeon or Quagsire can get, and either would fit Sayaka's team.

Gallade: Gallade has a sort of knight theme going on, with his Mega Evolution even getting a cape, like Sayaka.

Keldeo: Keldeo as a Pokemon reflects Sayaka's journey fairly well. To get to its resolute form, Keldeo is said to need to endure hardship, but before that, Keldeo is described as an enthusiastic learner. Once in its resolute form, the description (in Sword and Shield) are more focused around how strong it now is, which reminds me of how Sayaka viewed herself: at first excited to become a magical girl, then a little less, then not at all, she only saw it as a duty and completely drowned herself in it, and I think Keldeo is a good Pokemon to reflect that.

Primarina: Primarina reminds me of Oktavia, with the music theme and mermaid tail.

Samurott: Another Pokemon with swords, who protects order and is insistent on rules being followed.

Kingdra: I just needed a last Pokemon for Sayaka

Both Kingdra and Samurott could and probably should be changed, however I don't really know what to put in their respectives places. Any recommendation or direction would be appreciated.

Kyoko :

Blaziken: A Pokemon with powerful legs, and blazing punches, because I couldn't think of a Pokemon with a spear.

Pokemons holding a spear or with spear related moves could and probably should replace Blaziken.

Garchomp: While I couldn't think of a Pokemon with spears, Mega Garchomp has scythe like wings. It's also a Pokemon who is said to hunt (and thus eat) a lot, and who tends to have a feral nature. Some media describes that a strong bond with the Pokémon and their trainer is needed to Mega Evolve, so I think her having a somewhat feral/distrustful Pokemon to get along with would be the kind of challenge she'd enjoy for some reason.

Morpeko: A constantly hungry Pokemon, who WILL become mad if hungry, which I thought was fitting.

Rapidash: Rapidash is canonically a competitive, brave and proud Pokemon with a fiery temperament. That sounds a lot like Kyoko (to me at least).

Volcanion: A Fire-Water type Pokemon, to symbolize her relationship with Sayaka. It's also a Pokemon that self isolates.

Volcarona: The Sun Pokemon (at least one of them). Considering how many cultures associate the sun with divinity, and that Volcarona, in Pokemon, was depicted as a deity of fire, I think it fits her backstory. On top of that, some people think Volcarona scatters burning scales to start fire, while others think it's to rescue those suffering from the cold. Considering Kyoko's view on helping others and how this is reflected in her actions, I think Volcarona is a great fit for her: you can't be sure of its intentions, all you can observe is how it acts. Similarly, while Kyoko hunts witches, you can't be 100% sure of the reason why, because despite her words, she doesn't act like she doesn't care about others.

Sorry if this was a (especially) long post, and thank you to anyone who reads and/or has suggestions to help improve their teams.

[ask-team-misfit]

"Are you feeling better?" Sirius asked, "Considering you're not currently lying on the floor I will assume that is the case... I do hope the nausea lessens with time." He sighed, now that Lief was somewhat sober the Meowstic seemed anxious to be talking to him, almost as if he was worried he would get upset again. He definitely couldn't cope with another round of insults from Lief, even so, he continued. 

"Perhaps now I could properly apologise for my earlier actions, I was unaware of how much distress you were in at that moment and it was wrong of me to become upset at you for stating your personal feelings and dislike towards me. You should be allowed to not speak to me and avoid me at your own discretion without me interfering and tricking you." His voice slowly became sad and quiet as he spoke, "You don't have to like me. I'm sorry for subjecting you to my unwanted presence earlier... Though your words still bother me, I should not expect you to be aware of why... nor to care. But, I do hope you can forgive me, If not. That is all I wish to say to you."

In his focus on making sure the scarf was in one piece, aside him forgetting even speaking to Sirius before, the sound of the Psychic-type's voice surprised him. It was a repeat of his earlier, initial reaction when he spotted him as a humanoid; he didn't peg the guy as a social sort at all.

In fact, it made him jerk up so suddenly, that he toppled into the pool he had just dumped an ungodly amount of soap into.

He'd rush back out in a panic, spitting and coughing and gagging, his fur sopping wet and revealing how skinny he truly was. Just prior he was still somewhat sleepy; but now he appeared much more awake.

Lief: "CREATOR OF GODS I THINK THAT GOT IN MY-"

His movements slow, and he quieted down, upon making eye contact with Sirius.

And he proceeded to stand back up on his hind legs and try to make like he wasn't startled.

Even as pathetic wet lumps of what was formerly his stored pollen puffs fell splat on the floor in a gross pile, making his tail look even more like a sad, shaggy mop. Even as his wings jitter and shake off the excess water.

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, with a mono-color background. He is shown from the neck up, with his face slightly angled away from the viewer towards the left. He appears rather dismissive, glancing away towards the right with even narrower eyes. His face is flushed in red, literally so as the blush is shown in color. End ID ]

Lief: "Ahem. Uhh. First of all, you didn't see that."

He was trying very hard to be casual. Deep down, he felt so, so embarrassed. All that really came to mind was his first encounter with the Seer.

But something else bugged him about this encounter, that made it feel different than before. Something that tickled his brain on the fringes of his consciousness, related to the prior series of events he still struggled to recall.

Wo-Chien had said he argued with a Meowstic. Surely he didn't mean this Meowstic...

Lief: "Also, you really gotta work on that. Did you always sneak up on people like this? If I hadn't known better, I'd assume you were actually a Dark-type. Or even a Ghost-type... if I met one."

A pause. It seemed he only now realized all of what Sirius just said to him. He blinked with confusion.

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief similar to the previous image, but with a different expression. He looks puzzled, or curious. His left eyebrow is noticeably raised, while his right eyelid is lowered somewhat. He is frowning visibly. An angular question mark is floating next to his head at the left. End ID ]

Lief: "And... wait, you're what now? Apologizing?"

[storm-eye-the-umbreon]

: You're the one called Storm Eye yes? Teron asked me to stay by your side and in return I shall share all he has kept secret from thee. Storm Eye: If he has secrets to keep I don't think it's fair for you to share them. Who are you? Kho: I am Khoshekh. Brother by bond not blood to Teron. Someone he has never told you of I am certain. Storm Eye: And why would he not mention you? Kho: For it was my wish. I am leader of a cult that shall not be known to you just yet. Storm Eye: That... that sounds like something related to Teron. And if it's not I don't think there's any harm in you being around. Kho: If I may ask, can you tell me your story? That which began upon your creation by Arceus Sarii.

... The angry god, with a twisted sense of justice. You know him already. "Yes but others might not. Surely you know there's a nearby crowd who listens. Other-worlders like to lean on the broken veil you know." I thought the world became less stable with your approach. "No need to worry over the fading. I think they are only here to listen, not to trespass. Not like you have a say in the matter, your child and partner are both from another world that has made a permanent change to Arceal." Do you want the story or not? "Apologies. Proceed."

The flame of wrath, blind brutal justice. I had no clue how horrible he was when he created me. Only that I knew the intense hatred and betrayal that Teron held for the god.

I came into this world confused, hurt, without memory, and lacking control over my body. A monsoon kept us both wet and miserable for the long slow walk to the edges of Arceal. Even without memory though I felt what Teron's body refused to forget. Immense sorrow, a broken heart, and extreme fear. He took my existence as a curse at first because that was the intent when Sarii forced him to share his body with me. He yelled internally for me to shut up and leave... But something happened when he heard my own voice with a trembling fear answering him.

He softened his tone. I didn't know why his attitude changed so quick. And I was scared when he gave me full control of our body and told me to keep walking. It hurt. My paws ached, I was extremely thirsty despite the heavy rains, I felt for the first time the hunger and weariness he was protecting me from. He knew if he kept control with his own thoughts we would both die.

And he did not keep his thoughts to himself. On the journey to... well, to a place I didn't know at the time. Well it was the outskirts near Damonia, I don't know why we didn't go there first, he never said. But on our journey there, he helped pass time by talking of his family. Of his espeon partner Vivi and their twin kids who both were loved enough to be sylveons.

The more he talked of Vivi and the kids Terra and Vyrin, the more our body ached and felt weary. The more I wished he would tell me who I was and where we were going. The more I wished for him to cry and beg for control of our body. Instead he talked of sneaking out of royal chambers in his youth to have fun with Vivi. Of the stars and weather that were present when his kids came into the world. Of how close the two were and that he was glad they never fought. Those stories in particular his voice did waver.

We got to the outskirts and traveled until we were at the mouth of the disappearing river. And we collapsed until another espeon found me. She told us the weather that day was unique and we were only in the eye of the storm. She was the first to notice I was not Teron. The first to notice we were two unique individuals who were forced to share a body. And she introduced herself as Solaura and asked me to name myself. I had no ideas at the time but eye of the storm felt apt enough. And so I became Storm Eye that day.

She was patient and understanding. I felt anger but not towards me even though her eyes stared directly in mine. I felt shame that was not mine but Teron's and he finally cracked and asked for control. I think without Solaura I would have never known how horrible Sarii was to Teron. He would not have said anything to anyone but her, not even me.

Teron was crowned king of Arceal and he was held in high regard by everyone except Sarii. Sarii only saw him as a puppet to play with until he got bored. All it would take is to be angered and Sarii would ruin his life. Teron doesn't know what he did to anger Sarii, maybe he did nothing at all. Arceus Sarii had always been the embodiment of wrath and ruler of Arceal. Uxie Ayro, a much older god, was the one who chose, fathered, crowned, and made a ruler of Teron. Sarii had no say in the matter and that may have been the only thing that made him constantly angry. Whose to say.

In Sarii's wrath, Vivi was murdered for being an 'unfit queen who distracts the king' despite also having the favor of all of Arceal. Sarii made sure Teron see her turn into nothing but ash from his power alone. And his daughter Terra was sentenced to execution as well. Those who feared Sarii dared not go against what was asked and only wore hoods to avoid the gaze of Teron as they held him prisoner and marched him to the front of the execution. He noticed something that would shatter the rest of the kingdom once they noticed it too and allow his escape.

His son Vyrin had always been kind and boisterous wherever he went. Some may speak against Teron and question his decisions, some were jealous of Vivi, many did not know Terra and her softspoken words, but none had anything ever negative to say of Vyrin. Many called him a cure for any sorrow. Not to mention his own unique fur color for a sylveon. A striking blue reminiscent of the sky. But that day his fur was painted over in pink. Terra was nowhere to be found.

In the span of two days Teron lost his home, his wife, his son, and feared he had also lost his daughter. To a god he joked with, held meetings with, and thought he could mildly trust despite his blatant anger. He still refuses to tell me how he escaped, only that Vyrin made everything that follow become a blur in his memory.

In his escape Sarii was enraged and cast a curse on him. I think it was meant to be much worse than what I am to him because Giratina Chocolate took the brunt of the attack and bought him time. She was too late for her original intent to save Vyrin at Terra's request. She could only help Teron escape. The attack took it's toll on Chocolate as I think she is still unable to leave the Reverse to this day and Teron is forever grateful to her.

All of this as it was told to Solaura began to make me hate Sarii far more than it seemed Teron could. I was the one that urged us to find a way to kill the mad god. I was the one that forced Teron to take his life. But he was the one that found the resources and methods to make such a thing possible.

This country has been under several pantheons and there are two points in history that seem concerned with godkillers. The first is what we sought, ancient magic from before there was a distinction between god and mortal. The other seems forgotten wholly outside the moving cities whose names I forget. But this ancient magic was imbued into artifacts long buried under endless sand.

These exporations to find ruins and artifacts did lead into some good luck for me. Mostly because Teron refused to take contol of our body and let me explore individuality. During those adventures I was accompanied by my now daughter Etsuko as she was searching for her mother Magdalene. It was nice to finally meet her and well, I suppose I started to understand what it felt like to love someone. That only drove my hate for Sarii and what he did to Teron even more.

I was stupid. We found a candle of golden ichor said to burn the blood of gods. I shouldn't have brought Etsuko with me to fight Sarii and I don't know why Magdalene wasn't more angry at my lapse of judgment with that. I'm lucky it worked out that we were all safe in the end and did manage to kill Sarii. But still all I did was too risky and I do regret that aspect of it. I am glad Teron was a constant presence through the whole journey but I do wish his reaction to Sarii's death was less somber.

Then again I think my hate did outgrow his own and with Sarii dead it has petered out until recently. I think my curse to Teron is that I feel and voice his emotions more strongly than he can. I think that's why we split. Terra is headed back to the executioner and he did not want my anger. I hope he knows what he's doing.

"He does. He is on his own quest to save her and I trust you he is not alone. Thank you for sharing the story though I think you more rambled it than told it. I'm sure you can bring up details if prompted but I won't pry any further."

I forgot you were listening. It was just nice to talk about.

[tomwaterbabies]

i kept seeing those pokémon asks and for some reason it made me wanna play a pokémon game even though i’ve never played one in my life ever . so my cousin gave me their copy of legends arceus (i guess he had another idk) and i’ve been playing as peter pan it’s pretty fun. he’s got a sylveon named thimble and i’m gonna grind with it until it kills everything in one hit. would highly recommend getting an emulator of some kind and pokémon roleplaying as a blorbo it’s been awesome

train and fight brother

oh my god hello for the love of god hello look at him he's so cute....... and thimble dear LORD ur Mind. thank u. thank u. wishing peter and thimble the best im excited for thimble being ready to kill

while i probably wont play pokemon to blorbo rp i AM thinking of dnd blorbo (ur fault btw)

train and fight. train and fight

[cbreg]

Your new terrible Pokemon team: Trubbish, Sylveon, Sableye, Cutiefly, Croagunk, and Dedenne!

Trubbish Number one reason you’re garbage queer representation.

I can't stop talking about Gl*e

Sylveon Pick the three gayest Pokemon. Bonus points for explaining your choices.

Mr. Mime, Gardevoir, Darkrai. I will not take any questions about my choices.

Sableye Weirdest type of YouTube video you enjoy watching.

Okay, I used to love Slenderman projects omg. It was a really interesting phenomenon of found footage horror and I lived for it!

Cutiefly Mutual you’d like to have an Up style montage with? (You meet, you live a happily married life, one of you dies tragically, etc.)

Oh god......I don't know? I really don't wish for anyone to die tragically :(

Croagunk What’s a gross but satisfying thing you enjoy doing?

When that direct deposit hits. Like, fuck working but like.....I like getting paid....

Dedenne A cartoon character you had a crush on as a kid.

There was a brief time when The Crimson Chin could have my h*le and I hate myself for it.

[ogamagirl]

WELL friendos, it looks like it’s gonna be a stressful week. I did a little think last night to de-stress myself, so I figured I’d share it here with y’all as well; maybe it’ll be fun for you to look at too.

It's been a while since I've documented The Plush Hoard, so I went through it this evening!

A few notes before we begin!

-Before the "but where do YOU sleep" comments come in - I move them around when I sleep lol. The vast majority of my plushies are up on my top bunk nowadays (which u purposefully cannot see because after I was done taking pictures I just started tossing em up there and didn't feel like making them look nice jskdhgf;;; ) - I only keep my very favorites with me. Every time I blog about my plushies I get that comment and it's not funny anymore ;; -I am not a collector that keeps my plushies on shelves or behind glass cases; one of the primary reasons I love collecting plushies is because I love soft textures, so I love hugging and cuddling with them. So some of them are pretty beat up at this point! I also have a cat and if you have a cat, you know cat hair Everywhere is just a fact of life, so if you happen to see any...sorry! I cannot possibly de-cat-hair my entire apartment at all times. -I am not a photographer and my bedroom has crappy lighting, so these pictures aren't ~the prettiest~; the point of this is for me to just have some fun talking about one of my hobbies! -I have cultivated this collection over years and years and years; as I said, it's one of my hobbies, and it just brings me joy!

That said, THIS GON BE A LONG POST LMFAO, so if you're on board, hop under the read more and we'll get started uvu

We shall start with the non-weeb plushies skdjfhldfg, which is the smallest cohort |D;;; of special note are the baby penguin from Sunshine City Aquarium in Ikebukuro, the moose my parents got for me in Alaska, the big doofy red panda my college roommates got me for my birthday one year, and the dragon. THE DRAGON IS WEIGHTED. The dragon is delightful oh my god all plushies should be weighted;;; 

Ghibli plushies! I got the vast majority of these while I was physically in Japan - the only two that I didn't were the foxsquirrel and the Totoro on top of it. The soot sprite I got at the Ghibli Museum itself uvu 

Digimon plushies! I wish there were more decently sized Digimon plushies TAT;; (I like bigger plushies because they are easier to hug ok) The Culumon and Viximon (? I think I'm remembering that name right: Renamon's in-training form, the yellow fox blob sdjfgdfg) are bootlegs I am very sorry ;;; My Digimon Plush Goal is to somehow find an official Culumon someday TAT;;; I rlly like Culumon there was a period of time in elementary school where I drew nothing but Culumon so lol. 

Random fandom plushies! Lessee, what's represented here...Sanrio, Hamtaro, Madoka, Heartcatch Precure, Higurashi, OneShot, Made in Abyss, Re:Zero, Undertale, and Deltarune! Ralsei's hat and glasses obviously come off...I, full disclosure, do not know where they are. They are probably under my bed somewhere sjkdfghsdg;;;; 

OK HERE WE GO: most of my plushies are Pokemon plushies. What can I say...they're just so much fun to collect TAT;;; first up are a couple groups of miscellaneous babbies; you will soon see I like collecting some Pokes over others... 

Miscellaneous babbies part two! See the lil Riolu? When I lived with my parents still, that Riolu was Joji's favorite plushie to steal |D;; she would semi-regularly come into my room and take plushies from me, but that one she took far more often than any other. She's such a small dog no damage was ever done, but still...Joji these are mine, not yours! 

Miscellaneous babbies part three! This was originally meant to be legendary/mythical Pokes but then I remembered Raboot and Galarian Ponyta and was like "OH NO I HAVE TO INCLUDE THEM" I am not very good at this jsdhfglsjfdg 

'pixs! (and two Ninetales) I have a very vivid memory of watching the first episode Vulpix appeared in in the anime and wanting a plushie of one so bad, but alas they were certainly not readily available to me yet, so I carried around a Simba plushie I had that evening pretending it was a Vulpix xD so if little me could see my Vulpix collection now she'd be very happy!! 

'vees! ...I like me an Eevee, what can I say. There's actually one Eevee that's missing from this pic - I told you I'm not very good at this |D;;; 

...oh there were TWO Eevees missing and I stuck them in this pic lol I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I TOOK PICTURES OF HOORAY anyway, Eeveelutions! I obviously favor certain evolutions over others |3 Eventually I would like to get at least one Espeon, Glaceon and Leafeon, just to say I have them all. But there is one more Eeveelution that I couldn't fit here... 

...cause she BIG. My life-sized Sylveon takes the prize of biggest plushie I own. She hangs out at the foot of my bed uvu (also her ears are top heavy/don't have any wires in them so they've clearly flopped backwards...but she cute any way you slice it TAT) 

THE PIKAS. ...Somehow I thought I had more Pikas than this. (Oh wait, I DO...they're just coming later cause they're in a special category |3 ) this is still a good amount of Pikas! Detective Pika is extraordinarily soft he's very good TAT;;; also two Raichu cause I don't have enough Raichu to take a separate pic of. 

Mimis! I have a couple other Mimis that are also in the special category coming up hehe. Big Mimi was stuck in customs for a month after I got him so I'm glad he made it home eventually TAT;;; 

HERE WE GO I have...a lot of Litten. Litten is my baby. Best Poke-kitty for me. I love my Litten TAT///// 

PICHU PICHU PICHUUUU!!! My ultimate baby TAT///// Pichu so good...so happy to have so many Pichu...aaaa///// but wait, there are Absol here too?? Well, yes, of course. For I am a Pichu and my love is an Absol. So. I had to take pictures of the plushies together uvu 

Some Large Friends that got their own picture. That rolly Charizard was the first thing I ever won from a crane game; I was ridiculously proud of myself |D;;; 

SPECIAL CATEGORY: Halloween Pokes!!!! The PokeCen always has an Extremely Good Halloween campaign and it makes me angry...they're all so good...TAT//////// 

Aaand! Best for last!! SE plushies T//u//T The middle two Souls are very beat up, ahaha....I've had the smaller one for over a decade and the bigger one for almost a decade, so...they've gotten a lot of love//// (plus it is also funny to tease Soul - u know I'd give u a hug over the plushies any day baaaaaabe u3u) I really want to get Liz, Patty, and Tsubaki too, but Tsubaki is SUPER hard to find and I don't want to get Liz and Patty and not her TAT;;; there are also Excalibur plushies...............but I think I'm ok without an Excalibur plushie sjdkfghsdfg OH also not pictured; I do have a plush Shinigami glove |D

So! There it is! The hoard! If I were a dragon this would be my treasure hoard! It was nice to go through this so if you went through it with me I hope you had fun too!

[druddigoon]

so i’m supposed to be working on scholarship applications but instead of writing 500 words on why i should receive money (bc i’m poor) i typed out 1.4k words of bederia smh

anyways cheeky au where bede feels feelings

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> Nervousness, worry; something heavy building up in the heart, weighed down like a lagging tail; the bearer of bad news. Guilt. 

Bede lifts his arm up the second Gloria makes a move to get up from the couch. 

“Leaving?” he says. 

“Yeah.” It’s little more than an act nowadays, less for his benefit than Gloria’s. “It’s going to take at least a week to travel to and back from the dynamax sightings they want me to investigate, and I’d rather arrive back in time to catch the tail end of that fair you’re helping set up.” 

She’s wading her way around the coffee table when he grabs her hand. 

> Guilt, stronger now. Concern, rolling off in waves; can’t take deep breaths when the water line’s over your head. Resolve, don’t look back. No fear. 

No fear? Fear and concern usually go hand in hand. If she’s worried about running into a dangerous situation, why isn’t she scared about it? 

It takes him a while to realize she’s worried over him. 

“I’m not mad at you,” he blurts out, “This is your job, you’re the only one qualified enough to handle dens over five stars, and you’re doing it so Galar can be safe. I’d be an idiot to get mad at that.” 

“I know, I just wish it doesn’t have to be--” Gloria cuts herself off in the middle of her sentence. 

Doesn’t have to be like this. There were a lot of things that didn't have to be: Bede’s disqualification, the Eternatus incident, Gloria’s stepping down a year into her championship. Wistful ideations did not rewrite the stars. Both knew it very well. 

> Melancholy. Guilt loses its edge, dips down into resignation. 

She’s staring at the cluster of mushrooms starting to grow from the ceiling, glowing gentle hues of pink, blue, and green. For the umpteenth time, Bede wishes he could read thoughts instead of emotions. Doesn’t have to be like this. 

He sighs, lets go of her hand. “Come on. I’ll come to see you off at Hammerlocke.” 

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Rule Number One: Never talk about your ability. 

Rule Number Two: Avoid touching anyone unless absolutely necessary.

Those were the two fundamental laws Bede set for himself during his time in the orphanage. Stories too grotesque to be put into words, stark terror and raw emotion. They blurred together to the point where he stopped caring--stopped reaching out, beat or intimidated anyone who tried to him. He withdrew. 

Compassion fatigue, he’d heard the social workers discuss, after his main caretaker quit. Emotional exhaustion leading to a decreased ability to feel empathy for others. The cost of care. He often wondered if he had that too, how others’ emotions were often so strong it had washed away his own, the dull ringing in his ears after he lost contact. Or maybe he’d always been like this. 

The first rule was broken when he accused his foster father of cheating, when he gave him a slap on the back after coming home from “work”. A day later he was picked up by Oleana, and told he’d shake hands with Macro Cosmos’s pawns during meetings. 

The second rule spiralled downwards when he accidentally bumped into a challenger, back in Galar Mine No 1. 

It’s such a hassle. So much easier to hate someone when he doesn’t know them. Rose is a man brimming with hope for the future, too bright to hold in a handshake for long. Oleana, once her obsessiveness and exhaustion and contempt for Bede has been whittled away from the manicured fingernails digging into his shoulder, is a woman who adores her saviour ever since the day he took her off the streets. He remembers the pity officers doled against his skin when they had to restrain him to be brought back to the orphanage, the desperation of a slipping boy when Hop’s knuckles bit into his lip. 

So much easier to hate when they weren’t all so human. 

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In Ballonlea, where the sun fails to filter through the thick canopy of trees, time loses its grip. There is no such thing as a day and night cycle when all light comes from bioluminescent mushrooms, shining here before you were born and after you leave. 

Hammerlocke, in contrast, seems to be bathed in the light of the sun. Dying rays outline castle walls against a wash of red and gold, and shadows stretch over corners, gothic. The air is warm; he’d read somewhere that the obsidian masonry was designed to absorb heat during the day and release it at night, which saves them from temperature fluctuations as a mainland city near the wild area. Save for a few stragglers, the streets are empty. 

Bede is the first to arrive at the pokemon centre, teleported by his hatterene. 

Gloria wouldn’t arrive in a few minutes--she always liked taking the corvitaxi, watching the region pass by beneath her. Bede would accompany her if he didn’t have motion sickness. The last time they rode together had been...messy. 

He’s flipping through a curry catalogue in the lobby when she bursts in, windblown hair and old leather bag and all. 

“Sorry, I had to take a detour to get my stuff. Completely forgot about that, or I’d have brought them to your house.”  Golisopod lumbers in after, bags comically hanging on its upturned scutes. “Hope you didn’t wait long?” 

Bede checks his rotom-phone. Half an hour, but she doesn’t need to know that. “Yes, a whole fucking two minutes. I thought you were fine spending a month in the woods wearing the same clothes, eating berries and roots like a neanderthal.” 

“Oh, I hope Sylveon pukes on your pillow tonight.” The jab didn’t have much force to it, and he doesn’t need to touch her to see her stress; they’ve been around each other long enough for him to notice the incessant tic of her right foot, how she keeps running one hand over another as a soothing gesture, in the absence of his. 

(It’s endearing. He usually looks down at people who fail to disguise their fears, sees them as weak of will, but this is Gloria. She’s the girl who’d faced and captured gods, the girl known to take on the most unstable regions of the wild area and come out alive; she’s also the girl who released them after making sure they wouldn’t cause harm, the girl fretting not because she might be risking her life, but because Bede will miss her. It’s cute.) 

He sees her off at the Hammerlocke gates. Gloria has her back to him, checking maps, while her golisopod is already making its way down the stairs. The gap between them seems to be growing wider, and he wants nothing more than to reach for her shoulder. 

That would be crossing a boundary. They’d talked extensively about his ability, and she’d said yes, it’s okay to touch her, she had nothing to hide from him. But just because he has her consent doesn’t mean he’s privy to her feelings at the moment. 

Gloria closes her map, taking one step down the stairs.

Another step. Stops. 

She looks back. 

Whatever she sees on Bede’s face makes her turn around and run towards him. He doesn’t get a single word in before she throws her arms around him, almost barreling him over. 

> Courage, the strength to keep walking even though each step is a battle; confidence, the rain that washes away all doubt; hope, the fiercest of them all, a steady mantra of We’ll be okay.

He grips her tight, wishes for once he could speak his emotions like she’s speaking hers. Settles for balling all his conviction into a whisper. “You’re going to do phenomenal, you’re going to pummel whatever that dynamax pokemon is without breaking a sweat, and I’ll wake up a week from now with a million messages of how you kicked their ass. Don’t worry about me.” 

He can feel her smile from the shift of her cheek. “And I’m going to come back to Ballonlea’s first town fair sensationalised on the headlines of every media site, and finally get to ride on a ferris wheel that isn’t always ‘out of order’ like Wyndon’s is, because you did a great job bossing people and pokemon around. Don’t worry about me.” 

They let go. 

Gloria heads down the stairs to her golisopod. His skin burns warm as he watches them meet up, as they round the corner, until they are gone. 

[profsalixwillow]

It’s barely past dawn as Salix slips out of the lab in a wetsuit with only a rucksack and two pokemon in tow. It’s not exactly a nice day, but that’s how he prefers it. Overcast meant the clouds were low enough to block out the mountains to the north west. 

He gears up the small boat he has moored just off the beach pier just down from the lab. It’s mostly white but with green accents and a silver wing hand painted on the stern. He double checks his bags, making sure he brings food and water for himself and the pokemon. He has his ocarina tucked into the side pocket of his bag as he slings it into the small yacht.

His old sylveon hops up onto the stern. The old eeveelution is going grey around the muzzle now, they lived longer than other eeveelutions thanks to their typing giving them a natural advantage but they still faded eventually. He’d outlived his original pikachu, although he now has another, a descendant of that one, on his shoulder. 

He hops into the boat, unmooring it and pushing off. He’ll sail the first few hours before switching to the engine. He enjoys sailing properly and if it wasn’t for the fact he had to be back before midday then he’d probably be out all day. 

Chuu is sat at the bow while Sylv has gone down into the cabin out of the way. The pikachu’s ears perk up a little after an hour. It’s the signal that he was looking for. There’s nothing for miles, just ocean and clouds. 

He drops the anchor, pulling the handmade ocarina from his bag. Stepping up to the bow, he starts playing, it’s a simple tune to start with, but it rings true and slowly gets more complicated the longer he plays. Once he’s finishes, Chuu is stood fully upright. He points at the water, bouncing slightly as he sees something deep down. 

Salix puts the ocarina down and straps flippers and goggles on. “Chuu, are you and Sylv gonna be okay while I’m down there?” The pikachu nods, squeaking confirmation and giving him a salute. He laughs, rubbing the pikachu between the ears before turning, slinging a simple large cloth drawstring bag over one shoulder, taking a slow deep breath and diving into the deep blue. 

There's nothing here. It’s just wide blue water that fades into dark nothingness for as far as the eye can see. He starts swimming straight down, his breathing regulated with expert experience. 

He gets nearly 400ft down before there's glowing eyes to meet him. It’s pitch black down here to the normal eye, but he can see through the gloom. What no one can see is his own eyes are glowing to match the ones much larger than his own. He makes a hand movement, sign for ‘hello’, the beast of the sea huffs in his face. It makes a head movement, turning to allow Salix to grip onto his neck before leading him further down. Holding his breath feels easier against the sea god’s back, he knows Lugia is probably using some kind of magic to help not drown him.

With Lugia’s help they reach the goal. A crashed airplane. It’s missing its tail and is half buried in the sand of the seabed. The only wing he can see looks like it’s been ripped off. He can’t see it anywhere. Salix glances at his diving watch. 600ft. 8 Minutes. He moves to the cockpit. The glass is gone, shattered on impact. A lot of the plane is decaying. Taken by the ocean like all things were. There’s no bodies left, those would be the first things to go. But he does find small personal effects. Some leather boots, part of a leather jacket, remains of two pairs of goggles and a bracelet. He collects all of them, placing them in his bag. It’s not much, but he tries to collect anything he can to bury. 

He swims back a little, using a small waterproof diving camera to take pictures of the plane, trying to make out any of the writing still intact on the side. He can look it up later to try and trace it. 

He gives a nod to Lugia as he puts the camera in the bag, who turns and allows Salix to grasp his neck again. With the things collected, they start their ascent. It takes much less time then when he went down. 

They break the water gently, and Lugia allows Salix to swim back to the boat. 

I found a cave around 300ft down to the east. There’s a submarine too. 

Salix pulls himself back onto the deck, trying not to gulp air as his lungs recover their deep dive. “Tomorrow. Okay? I’ll come back out tomorrow. I need to get back and bury these and I have a meeting at 1.” 

The old beast stares at him, his head barely above the water. He makes a low rumbling noise that sends shivers through Salix’s bones. 

Very well. 

“Keep looking okay? Thank you though. I’ll get donuts for you next time you want to come to the lab.” 

Bubble tea too. Moltres was talking about it yesterday. I wish to try it. 

“Okay and bubble tea.” He laughs, placing the bag to one side so he could unstrap himself from the flippers and deposit his goggles too..  “Donuts and bubble tea.”

Lugia nods very slightly and gives a low cry before diving again, disappearing back into the deep. Salix sits and watches for him a moment, before the white shape disappears into the gloom. 

Chuu hops over from where he was lay, lifting the towel he had found for Salix while he was gone. Salix takes it, starting to dry his hair off. 

“Right, time to head back. Should be able to bury these, sail back to the house and then get a shower in time for that meeting.” 

[asurising]

top 5 fairy-type pokemon 👀

put “top 5” anything in my ask and i will answer | Accepting!

This one was…surprisingly hard. When I looked at this ask I was like “Yeah okay this is easy I know my favorite fairy types-” but as it turned out theres only like 4 fairy types I don’t really like and only like 3 I don’t really have an opinion on…2 and 3 were easy though.

Honorable mention’s: The ones I think are really cool but I can’t say much on them ‘cos I’ve never used them or have only recently started warming up to them: Florges, Comfey, Whimsicott, Ribombee, Mawile.

Gardevoir. This is gonna go in reverse cos I can’t count down from 5 using in built features-I dunno man it’s hard for me to explain some of these cause there aren’t many to choose from. I either really like fairy types or just kinda don’t have an opinion. (except you Azumarill and Marill, my irrational disdain for you will rage on forever) but I dunno man, I always kinda liked sleek designs and recently (like within the last year recently) I’ve really started warming up to Gardevoir? Furry memes aside it’s a really pretty Pokemon and aesthetically I really like it to a point where I caved and made it one of my other muses main pokemon in their Pokemon au.

Diancie. My favorite legendary! I can’t really explain this one because it kinda came out of nowhere but honestly? It’s just cute. I think Diancie is cute. I like pink things (Assuming the pink is done right) and I really like it’s design? the colors are nice and I wish to hold its hand

Primarina. This one is where the list gets easier because I loved Primarina immedietly. When SuMo was still on the horizon and the starter evo’s got leaked Primarina made me pray to god they were real (and they were). Theres something about Primarina that makes me love it? it’s just so elegant and I honestly considered giving Gold one for a long time because of how much it didn’t suit him and how I thought it might be fun to play around with the idea of Gold having Pokemon that don’t work with him. there are actually shades of that in Gawain to this day!

Togekiss. Admittedly it’s pretty recently that I’ve started liking Togekiss as much as I do. I never really disliked Togekiss but I never really loved it either, back when I first made Gold he didn’t even have Togekiss, his flying type was actually Crowbat. After a while though I thought it might be interesting to have Gold interact with a big cuddly baby and writing Golds Togekiss made me really love it  because of how much time I had to spend thinking about it. A lot like Typhlosion except I still don’t really love Typhlosion or anything I just kinda like it now.

Sylveon. It’s not even a contest. Not only is Sylveon my favorite fairy type Pokemon it’s my second favourite pokemon in general after Infernape. Back when I started playing X&Y I didn’t have many opinions on Sylveon, I thought it was cute and everything but I didn’t love it or anything, but I wanted to try out fairy type so I gave Sylveon a go and ooooooooh boy. Unintentionally I ended up doing a Sylveon only run through X&Y and I loved it so much. My friends and I memed up how good Sylveon was because when we battled it didn’t matter what I did, so long as Sylveon was good to go I still won. Sylveon was not only the first time I really got attached to a Pokemon in a game, it was also the first Pokemon plush I ever got, and I’ve had a Sylveon on every team I’ve battled with since then! I just…I really love Sylveon. Lucas recently enabled me giving Gold one and I’m just…I’m so happy. Bonus points because Valerie also has a Sylveon and Val is probably one of my top 5 gym leaders? she’s up there.

@pixylate

[sidespromptblog]

Morality’s Remorse: Part 1

(Note: This is a sequel to Deceit’s Hunger, if you want to know what the heck is going on here, please read that story before this one. It’s on AO3. That is all.) 

As much as Patton had wished that everything had resolved itself after he had brought Deceit back from the clutches of the dark sides, as much as he had wished that they had gone on to be one big happy family, he couldn’t have been more wrong about it. He couldn’t even lie to himself and say that things were just a little rocky, because there were times when he was in the same room as the others that Roman, as well as Logan, would either just up and leave, or they would refuse to look at him. What hurt the worst though, had to be with Virgil, he had happily watched as Virgil and Deceit professed their love.

When Deceit had been laying on the carpeted floor of the hallway after they had just narrowly escaped Despair’s clutches, he had watched as Virgil cradled Deceit’s face in his hands a look of intense worry curling over his face. Just for that worry to immediately turn to embarrassment on Virgil’s face as soon as Deceit opened his mouth and spoke.

“God I love you…” Was what the deceitful side had uttered, while his eyes had a seemingly impossible amount of wonder, Deceit looked at Virgil like he was looking at the moon and night sky like the first time. Deceit looked at him like he couldn’t believe that Virgil was kneeling there in front of him, like some dark mysterious knight in shining armor, and Virgil looked back at him.

To be honest, it was exceedingly adorable as Virgil had gripped the front of Deceit’s button up shirt, the collision of their lips had been a messy and uncoordinated one but that had seemed to make it all the better for them. As Virgil finally pulled away from the kiss, his eyes were swimming with tears, but at the same time, he had the kind of smile that at one time Patton had only been able to pull out of him.

“Do..Don’t you ever do that again you hear me? Don’t you ever leave me again.”

Another kiss sealed that promise, but all the while Patton’s ribs ached and burned when he breathed in, and as the two new lovers were professing said love Patton attempted to stand up. Just to garner the attention of the others as he finally moved.

A stare, a single solitary stare was what said it all for Patton, the burning stare from Virgil, Logan, and Roman was what had told him right then and there.

The guilt, pain, and near crushing disappointment pressed down on his chest like a heavy stone intent on crushing him. It should have been obvious at that very moment, but it took him nearly a week later to understand what that look meant.

They didn’t forgive him, even with how he had helped Deceit in the end and how he had brought him back to Virgil, they would never forgive him for what he had done in the past.

Patton gripped his pillow now, and biting into it as he heavily breathed out the moral side attempted to muffle the weary sobs that were coming up faster and faster. His ribs protested the actions, as they did with anything that required him to breathe heavily or in this case cry until he had nothing left to cry about. His entire upper torso felt like it had been placed in a vise lately, with practically everyone ignoring him, it had become impossible to make any conversation with anyone.

Even just a hello! At this point, he would take even that if it meant one of the sides would talk to him.

His fingers clenched the fabric of his pillow tighter and tighter, it physically hurt to curl up into a ball at this point, so he just laid there weeping into his feathery soft pillow, as the memories of nostalgia floated freely around him. Trying to suck him in, trying to make him stay, because if he stayed then he wouldn’t have to go back out and see how the others were ignoring him. Come to think of it-

No!

That traitorous line of thinking was one that he would not endorse again, if he stayed here then there was a good chance that he wouldn’t ever leave again, and despite it all, he was needed, Patton, Thomas’ morality was very much needed. Even if the others didn’t like him, and even if they only saw his mistake, he was a needed facet of Thomas’ mind and his critical thinking, as Logan had once told him.

He couldn’t just stay here and never go back out, as tempting as the notion was for him.

It was then that a sharp pain pinched his stomach along with a low grumbling noise, it was usually around the time that he went downstairs to get something to eat for dinner. Adjusting his schedule had taken a while, so that he didn’t accidentally intrude on the others dinner. He had made that mistake once and only once, when he had gone downstairs the moment that he had smelled something absolutely fantastic cooking. Just to find that four plates had put out.

One for Logan, one for Roman, one for Virgil, and...one for Deceit.

They hadn’t even thought about including him or even coming to get him when Roman had finished cooking, and it had hurt all the more to see what else, but spaghetti on their plates, and most likely his own recipe from his cookbook that he kept in the kitchen.

That night he hadn’t cared about the pain in his abdomen as he curled up tight, he tried to remain as silent as possible as he cried. But he had always been a loud crier when he was in any sort of pain, and now it was kind of his downfall, to be honest.

As per usual he took his time when getting up, making sure to take slow and steady breaths as he did, once he was up things went a lot smoother and a lot faster. Creaking the door slowly open, and holding the knob in the usual way so that it squeaks when returned to its original position.

Patton held his breath, listening for the sound of voices downstairs, or any of the usual sounds that came with a group of people occupying one space. Silence answered his own silence. He was good to go.

Although, his careful movements didn’t end with him shutting the door, as he made his way down the stairs, skipping the usual steps that would squeak or groan when stepped on. He would hate for any sound that he made to wake one of the others up, and then..then he’d have to deal with them looking at him, and he wasn’t sure if he could deal with that same flat stare that said nothing and everything all at once.

When he made it to the kitchen Patton felt the sigh of relief that had been pent up inside of him rush out all at once, which certainly didn’t help his sore midsection either. But it was a pain that he learned to ignore for the time being as he made his way over to the fridge.

There’s gotta be some leftovers, maybe I’ll have cereal tonight or..or I’ll cook some eggs or an omelet!

Squinting his eyes at the glare of fridge’s internal light, Patton brightened up at the methodical nature that came with just looking for something to eat. If he was cooking then it was almost like he could pretend that he wasn’t just making food for himself, that he’d have other people to eat with and that he’d get to share. Or that he wasn’t really alone right now.

“Hey…”

The suddenness of the new voice started him, making Patton raise his head abruptly thumping it against the top of the fridge before he hastily drew it back out, ignoring the throbbing of his skull as he spun back again.

The words died in his throat at the sight of Deceit, with his hand awkwardly holding his arm while he looked to the floor, Deceit was already in his pajamas. The cute silky button-up pajamas that was spotted with top hats and snakes, and Patton would have made a remark on the outfit, about how it seemed to suit Deceit, or even how the green of the base color brought out the color of the other’s snake eye. He would have, he really would have. But he felt the rubber band ball of those words lodging itself firmly in his throat, refusing to let anything pass.

Deceit must have seen the sheer nervousness on his face on his face, as he then smiled. “Virgil isn’t asleep, I didn’t just come down for a glass of water...can I not join you?” The words despite only some of them being lies, were pretty easy to decipher and the moment that he did, Patton felt his tensed up shoulders sagging in relief before he hastily nodded his head.

Watching Deceit clamber onto the counter, sitting much like Virgil usual would, warmed something inside of Patton. He was being talked to, Deceit was talking to him without giving him that stare, he had smiled at him without a hint of malice.

Deceit though, seemed to watch his every move as he cracked the eggs in the pan, adding chopped up bits of basil, chives, and parsley. Before then adding a good helping of cheese and everything else that normally went into making an omelet. Deceit’s eyes followed the movement of Patton’s hand, as he flipped the cooking egg mixture over and over a few times.

“You know…” The deceitful side eventually broke the silence between them. “I totally told you my name did I?”

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[the-apocryphal-one]

DR x Pokemon: Super Dangan Ronpa 2

And here’s the second part of my DR x Pokemon crossover AU, this time with the cast of the second game! These guys were even more fun to design teams for than the first cast. As in the first post, let me know if you strongly disagree or agree with any of them--it is just for fun, but discussion can be fun too!

You can find Part One here!

Lots of super common ‘mons here. Sorry Hajime, but it fits with your normalcy, complex about said normalcy, and inability to pay the Reserve Course fees (you can’t afford to catch anything good). The two exceptions are Eevee, which is also Normal but has lots of potential, like he does; and Larvesta, which is weak but will become a god-like entity if you can evolve it. Hmm, does that sound familiar to anyone...?

...also sun imagery goes really well with Hajime’s full name meaning “to face a new day”. I just couldn’t pass that by.

All his Pokemon are shiny. Because of course they are.

Ultimate Lucky student = Unfezant. Granbull is a reference to the dog he used to own. Garbodor is because he thinks of himself as trash. Delibird and Clefable both have luck-based moves (Present and Metronome). M-Ampharos is because he wants to help hope shine brightly...and it has fluffy white hair. 

Additionally, some of his Pokemon have accuracy problems and so need his luck to help land hits—Delibird has the ability Hustle, Clefable has Sing, M-Ampharos has Zap Cannon, etc.

Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

Real talk, the reason he only has Dittos instead of Mimikyu or Zoroark is because those two pretend with disguises and illusions; Ditto pretends by actually turning into whoever it’s copying. 

On a happy note, he can tell his Dittos all apart, always.

His three dragon types are references to his family name (nine-headed dragon). I did consider giving him three Hydreigons to make the pun complete, but it doesn’t really fit him. As for why these specifically, Haxorus is awesome, Dralage’s ambushes and ship attacks have criminal vibes, and Goodra represents his inner soft side. Honchkrow is based off a mafia boss, which I know isn’t yakuza but still carries the same connotations. Krookodile and Mightyena are more underworld type ‘mons.

I find it abhorrent that we have like 800 Pokemon and not a single one is hamster-based. Togedemaru comes closest, having four of them is obviously meant to reflect the Four Dark Devas. Greninja looks like him, just look at the scarf. M-Houndoom is a literal hellhound, nothing fits his ‘ruler of hell’ shtick better.

The three monkeys help him with cooking. Miltank provides milk (and jokes, I’m sure), Tropius fruit, and Lickilicky is because of his perverse nature.

Hitmontop and Emboar are both Fighting types, with Emboar in particular referencing his BURNING SPIRIT. Passimian is based off football, which as a team manager he surely has experience with. He’s got Zebstrika because lightning flies out of his eyes, and Bastiodon because Mechamaru. Skuntank farts when sent out, referencing his toilet humor.

Wimpod is a coward, like him. M-Sharpedo is there because of his shark teeth. Klinklang is literally a bunch of gears and he’s a mechanic. Machoke, Ambipom, and Donphan all help him in the workshop—Machoke isn’t fully evolved because he just wants help with heavy labor, and doesn’t have anything near Sakura’s martial arts training.

She shares Porygon-Z with Chihiro because she’s an AI. Komala is because of her sleepyhead nature. Crobat and Delcatty reference her hoodie and backpack. Sylveon is a major ‘power of friendship/love/hope’ Pokemon. Azumarill references her relation with Usami--though I admit, I went back and forth between it and a shiny (pink) Lopunny for ages. Ultimately, Azumarill’s Fairy type and matching Usami’s round body won out.

I had only three things in mind: fighting types because she loves to battle strong opponents, fire types because she’s a hothead, and Acrobatics because she’s a Gymnast even if she doesn’t care for it. In fact, her entire team except Hitmonlee can learn Acrobatics, and Hitmonlee is apparently partially based off acrobats anyway.

Half her team are dance-based to help with her performances, like Sayaka. The other half references her bullying and general nature. Liepard is called the ‘Cruel’ Pokemon, Toxapex looks cute but is highly poisonous, and Heatmor represents her ant-squishing. Froslass gets special mention for representing both halves--it’s a dancer (and it even wears a kimono!) and is known to be pretty cruel too.

Hoooo boy Mahiru gave me a hard time. We have no photography Pokemon and she doesn’t have any screaming standout quirks. So I went off her desire to make people smile. Sunflora, Ribombee, Jumpluff, and Ludicolo all seem like they’d help in that field. Drampa is pretty gentle with kids, so I think it’d be good for entertaining them and setting up shots. M-Kanghaskan likes taking care of others, referencing how Mahiru is the ‘team mom’.

Like Leon, she has an Exploud for sound amplification; in fact, all her first three are very much noise-based Pokémon, a lot louder than Sayaka’s gentle singers. Shiftry is a reference to her long nose sprite. Magmortar can make a dramatic entrance with smoke and create pyrotechnics, like in DR3. Finally, she has M-Manectric to help with light shows and because she finds it electrifying.

Samurott is a samurai, Farfetch’d uses a sword-like weapon, Seviper uses its tail as a sword, and Aegislash is literally a blade. Skarmory’s feathers were used as swords in the past. Whimsicott satisfies her love for fluffy things, and was a present from Fuyuhiko against his family’s orders (they wanted her team to only reflect her being a ‘tool’).

Blissey and Audino are the two Pokemon that immediately leap to mind when you think ‘healer’. Alomomola and Florges also make good ‘clerics’; Almomola has Healer and learns ‘Wish’, while Florges gets both ‘Wish’ and Aromatherapy. Wishiwashi and M-Banette represent her yandere side; Wishiwashi is a crying, timid thing, but becomes so terrifying in School Mode that Gyarados run from it. Meanwhile, Banette wants to inflict pain on the person who threw it away, and Mikan has lot of pent-up anger towards her bullies.

Persian and Serperior for the same reasons as Byakuya. Her ghost-type represents her liking for the occult. She has a Scizor (not Mega, though) because her admiration for serial killers translates to borrowing the signature ‘mon of the most notable one. Escavalier is her knight. And finally, as the princess of a military nation, I think she’d easily have some powerful dragon-type, and Charizard-X’s aesthetic looks like something she’d like.

AKA ‘stop having fun guys’. Tangrowth matches his hair :P The next four are all hard to raise pseudo-legendaries, befitting his Ultimate Everything. Volcarona is the same one Hajime had, and has multiple meanings for Izuru too: it was also considered a ‘savior’ (aka a hope) in ancient Pokemon times, and while he only kept it because he didn’t care to switch it, he still has it, representing how there’s a little bit of Hajime left in him. Speaking of, Volcarona was mind-wiped too, and the rest of Hajime’s team were disposed of by the Steering Committee :(

Finally, over half his team is capable of Mega Evolution; they just can’t, because that requires a strong bond between trainer and Pokemon, and Izuru lacks that. I also came pretty close to giving him Nihilego (for their shared apathy), but it’s an Ultra Beast, so it doesn’t really count.

Credit to @oceanairwonderland​ for Izuru’s sprite!

[sunnynoki]

12, 19, 22 for the pokemon asks!

12.: What/who got you into Pokemon?

pokeani! my brother would watch b/w on netflix, along with indigo league and whatever else was on there, so ive always be familiar with it. years later, the reason i picked up pla was because of the promise of a change to the formula! i saw clips with more open world play, along with cutscenes with an actually expressive protagonist, which is what turned me off from swsh.

before this i had picked up lets go eevee, but it never really... i didnt really like it! i love the open world of pla and the more action and free flow between overworld and battles just GAH i love pla so much its so good. regular pokemon formula isnt my cup of tea, but pla is everything i couldve wanted and MORE

19.: Which evil Pokemon team is your favorite?

dunno! as this is my first pokemon generation, i dont really have a lot of choices. i guess theres miss fortune sisters of pla, and team rocket of pokeani, along with whatever teams i could remember from the regional pokeani's. but honestly the teams the ruby/sapphire are so funny like one team is like "fuck water. all my homies hate water" and the other is "fuck land. all my homies hate land" and then rayquaza just vibe checks them. god bless. idk if they would be my fave though. if i had to pick it would be the pokeani team rocket! we love a chaotic evil found family

HEY COMING BACK AFTER LOOKING OVER THSI i cant believe i forgot team skull. theyre so funny in pokeani theyre like "fucka u! [gets their ass wrecked in a battle] ah shit FUCKA YOU!!!" GOD bless. i wish my memory served me better but ya :'D honorable mention!!

22.: If you were a gym leader, what would your typing/theme be?

FAIRY OR FLYING. those are my two favorite types. when i doodled a gym leader-sona ages ago i went with fairy typing, and since i adore sylveon i'd be more likely to go for that. we need more fairy flying pokemon though theres just togetic/togekiss. i love its cloud lookin ass, but i would love more. also the day we get a flying type eeveelution im just. exploding. fyi.

[atrainernamedradish]

Ranking Eeveelutions [Worst to Best]

I’ve seen many of Poketubers making a list ranking their least favorite/hated Eeveelution to their favorited one. I personally don’t have any Eeveelution and anything I put on this list is just nick picking at best. Eevee will not be on this list, but for anyone who cares, it’s my favorite Pokemon of all times.

8) Sylveon

I don’t have any battling history with this Pokemon. While I have nothing against its design, I’m actually not too fond of it. The ribbons are a bit much and the colors are a bit funky... Its shiny is also very lackluster since it only changes one color on it. Maybe once I use on I can better appreciate it. Till then this is where it sits on this list.

7) Flareon

I barely used one once upon a time on a ROM of Leaf Green and I regretted evolving my Eevee into that. Generations 1-3 weren’t kind to Flareon due to the physical special split not existing yet and it shows. Maybe I can properly use one in the later generations where I can utilize its great attack stat.

6) Umbreon

I‘ve never used one. It can be very bulky working as a stall tank and that very much appeals to me. ...other than that I feel as though Umbreon is very overrated because everyone’s inner edgy teenager has a hard on for it. I also wish its shiny was a different shade of blue. Not fond of that Tron blue...

5) Vaporeon

This Eeveelution is undeniably beautiful~ It also has a lovely sprite/model cry to boot! It also has great bulk and special offense, and I’m glad I used one in my first playthrough of X. It was a majestic beast who helped carry my team.

4) Glaceon

My real introduction to this Pokemon was in a fantastic ROM hack called “Pokemon Dark Violet”, though it is a great game it is unfinished and the creator isn’t going to finish it, but i’s worth a go for anyone who wants to try it~ Anyway, that Glaceon was a special powerhouse! She took lives! For as much as people bitch about how frail the Ice typing is and all its weaknesses this is a solid choice for any Ice type lover. I really need to use one in a playthrough of the official games.

3) Jolteon

Jolteon in my opinion is the best out of the original 3 Eeveelutions. It’s fast and hits hard specially, and it’s one of the best pure electric types, in my opinion. Whenever I play Kanto I almost always used a Thunder Stone on my Eevee.

2) Leafeon

I simply adore its design~ It’s just so cute in design and so is its sprite/model cry~! And despite being a frail typing, which is easily one of my top 3 favorites, it hits hard and fast! I had been wanting one of these since Generation 2, and I’m not gonna lie, I’m still butthurt over the fact that you can’t evolve it with a damn Leaf Stone! (And don’t get me STARTED on the whole Ice Stone fiasco!)

1) ESPEON

Oh. My. GOD. I love this thing! It is so sleek and majestic and I love it! When I first saw this thing it was love at first sight. I wanted one. And by God I did get one. My Eevee finally evolved into one after barely beating Champion Lance with her as my last living Pokemon in the day time! And after that Espeon shredded through teams~ She literally one-shoted Sabrina’s Alakazam! For me that was revenge for her being a total cunt in Pokemon Blue. But Espeon is my favorite because it’s a well designed Pokemon with good stats, and I’m always happy to use one if need be~

[cyberramblings]

3DS: Time for Playtime

It's been fun getting a Wii U lately, but I wanted to look back on all the use I've gotten out of my 3DS in the last year by running down my most played games.

Super Smash Bros. - 154 Hours

This is still my most played game after recently getting back into the 3DS, despite playing zero Smash in that time. I played a lot of this game when it came out and then leading up to the release of Ultimate. This game was a godsend for someone like me who didn't own a Wii U but wanted to stay involved with the series.

Pokemon X - 56 Hours

Again, this is from when I first got my 3DS. I played this one over a whole summer vacation off and on! I still can't decide how I feel about XP Share.

Pokemon Ultra Moon - 51 Hours

Okay, this one is this high because after beating the game, my girlfriend tried to catch all the Pokemon and collect all the totem stickers. I really enjoyed this one, but the Ultra Necrozma fight kicked my butt.

Link Between Worlds - 49 Hours

I actually own the special edition Triforce 3DS which came bundled with this game! As my first game on the system, it is no surprise to see it so high, even though I got stuck on the final boss. I consider this to be one of the best Zelda games.

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - 41 Hours

This one makes a lot of sense. When I played all that Smash Bros before the release of Ultimate, this was the one other game I played during that time, to the point of actually beating it and a good chunk of the daily puzzles! I even missed a college lecture because I was so wrapped up in the climax.

Pokemon Alpha Sapphire - 27 Hours

Finally, a game I played recently with no shenanigans or excuses. This was an interesting "book ends" with Omega Ruby, as OR was the first Pokemon game I played in my recent endeavor to play them all, while AS was towards the end. Backwards of their names, huh?

Pokemon Omega Ruby - 26 Hours

Fitting that this game should be so close to Alpha Sapphire. I would think that one of these two games would've been left running overnight or somehow had the playtimes differ more, but it somehow makes me hapy to see them side by side. I appreciated Wally's Theme much more the second time through.

Pokemon Y - 23 Hours

Considerably less than the time I spent in X all those years ago. This was one of the last Pokemon games I played in my recent playing of all the games, since I had already technically beaten X. It was a lot of fun to revisit though, and I love Sylveon!

Ocarina of Time 3D - 21 Hours

This one also makes sense, since I owned it during my original teenage years of owning the 3DS. I can't believe I paid 40 bucks for this just to get stuck on the Forest Temple for years! OoT doesn't resonate with me the same way as everyone else seemingly.

Pokemon Red - 19 Hours

Again, this makes sense. I think this was the third game of my recent Pokemon marathon, right after Alpha Sapphire and Ultra Moon. It was a short run thanks to an overlevelled Venasaur and the three legendary birds. I enjoyed crushing this game.

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy - 16 Hours

This is the game I just finished. I love the series and it was nice to finish it out. I think the ending was silly but the presentation value was nice to see.

Pushmo - 14 Hours

This was my go-to breakfast game for weeks, but phone-scrolling has replaced it as my morning activity while eating.

Shovel Knight - 14 Hours

This used to be the premiere downloadable title on 3DS. I think this game still holds up, but it has lost the sheer novelty of being a Kickstarter retro success over time.

Shin Megami Tensei IV - 13 Hours

I liked Persona 4 so I thought I would like this. It was too difficult for me back then, but now I don't have the patience. This was one of the games I actually paid 15 bucks to download back in highschool.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - 13 Hours

The first of my several attempts to get into Monster Hunter. I bought, played, quit, and sold this game all back in high school. I would later go on to buy, try, and sell Monster Hunter World as well. It just isn't for me.

Metroid: Samus Returns - 12 Hours

I tried and hated this game on PC emulator, but it has a lot more charm on the actual system. I still generally dislike the melee mechanic but I generally enjoyed this game. It helps that I even beat the original first! Hopefully Dread fixes the few things wrong with this game.

Kid Icarus: Uprising - 12 Hours

I don't know if I ever fell in love with the "unique" control scheme of this game, but I definitely fell in love with all of the characters! This was a great one to play with my girlfriend watching. It's also great to have more of a context for Pit, Palutena, and Dark Pit in Smash now!

Pokemon Sun - 11 Hours

I haven't beaten it yet, whoops.

Rhyhm Heaven Megamix - 11 Hours

One of the last purchases I made before the Switch came out and killed my 3DS playing nearly permanently. I paid 30 bucks! As much as I love this game, I don't know if it was worth that.

Super Mario 3D Land - 10 Hours

A rare game that I played before AND after the rift of me playing 3DS. It's...fine. Definitely Mario.

Picross 3D: Round 2 - 9 Hours

I have always loved Picross and this is no exception. I really should dive back in sometime!

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 8 Hours

I just can't get into it, I've tried but I can't.

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright - 8 Hours

This was actually a birthday gift! I was very excited for the concept but hugely turned off by the time travel and setting. I need to give it another shake, perhaps after replaying some of the Ace Attorney games.

Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D - 7 Hours

One of my few highschool digital purchases. I played a lot of Mercenaries in 6 and 5 (which this is based on, seemingly). It's...fine. But I should have just replayed Revelations on 3DS instead.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy - 6 Hours

It was 7 bucks at GameStop used, so I guess I almost got a 1:1 ratio of hours to dollars. I would've enjoyed this game more now, after playing FF7 Remake.

Pokemon Picross - 6 Hours

Free AND Picross? Yes, but also grindy and scummy. I wish you could just buy a physical copy of this game with everything unlocked.

Paper Mario Sticker Star - 5 Hours

Ten dollars on clearance was too much for this game. Maybe I will try it again sometime knowing ahead of time that it is a joke of a video game. I spit on this game's grave.

Mario Tennis Open - 5 Hours

A lot of the games I acquired within the last year have much lower playtimes, so I was not expecting to see this game this high. I guess I played a few tournaments. I feel like I quit because Waluigi cheated, then played just the tutorial of Mario Golf before quitting that too.

Elite Beat Agents - 4.5 Hours

This game rules.

Tetris Axis - 4.5 Hours

This game drools.

Kirby Planet Robobot - 4.5 Hours

Cute game, but I only play it with my girlfriend.

New Super Mario Brothers 2 - 4.5 Hours

I am surprised it is this low considering I got stuck on the final boss in single player and beat around 2 worlds in coop.

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - 4 Hours

I need to play more!

Super Smash Brothers Demo - 4 Hours

Hell yeah this was such an exciting time to be a Nintendo fan! Trying to get ahold of this demo was like getting a Willy Wonk golden ticket. I was so excited to play as Mega Man, Villager, Mario, Link, and Pikachu even if just on Battlefield.

Kingdom Hearts 3D - 3.5 Hours

A surprisingly competent action RPG. This game kind of reeks as part of the PS4 collection, but it really shines on the original version.

Layton's Mystery Journey - 3 Hours

I like the idea of playing as Layton's daughter, but I don't like having a talking dog and an insufferable simp as sidekicks. I hope the next game just returns to the original crew.

Mario Kart 7 - 3 Hours

It's...Mario Kart. Not a ton more to say.

Mario Party Island Tour - 3 Hours

I have trouble keeping the different 3DS Mario Party games separate in my mind, but anything that's not Top 100 is fun with friends. Top 100 only has one, miserable board! Why???

Ultimate NES Remix - 3 Hours

A great game for pick up and play, but not for long sessions.

Art of Balance Touch - 3 Hours

Recently got into this. Tons of fun until the difficulty gets a little too high!

Warioware Gold - 2.5 Hours

I completely beat this game and it is still this low. Fun, but hard to recommend at any price but free.

Luigi's Mansion 2 - 2.5 Hours

Cute game....but feels hard to play for more than 20 minutes at a time.

Dead or Alive Dimensions - 2.5 Hours

Again, all I did was beat the game and then quit. Surprsingly competent for a 3DS fighting game, but too barebones with content compared to Smash.

Boxboy - 2.5 Hours

I feel like I played this game way more. It's cute and fun, but now I have a hard time picking up the puzzles where I left them.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Demo - 2.5 Hours

This tricked me into buying the game! Dangit

Mario Party Star Rush - 2.5 Hours

Oh god, I can't keep this one and Island Tour straight.

Pokemon Shuffle - 2 Hours

I feel like I played this one way more, but that is probably because the phone version also exists.

VVVVVV - 2 Hours

Beat the whole game! Not a bad way to spend time, but this makes it worth only 2 dollars according to my 1:1 ratio of dollars to hours.

Final Fantasy Explorers - 2 Hours

I like some things about this game but I just cannot play anything related to Monster Hunter.

Tri Force Heroes - 2 Hours

This suffers from "Overcooked syndrome" where you have to rely on your teammates so much that it becomes a total chore.

Theatrythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call - 1.5 Hours

I played that much just to unlocked multiplayer.

Super Street Fighter IV - 1.5 Hours

I think I paid for this game full price back in high school and then barely played it. I've always tried to delude myself into thinking that I can play real fighting games that are not Smash.

Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX - 1.5 Hours

Again, I feel like I played this game for days and days. I suppose rhythm games feel like time slows down when you play them. Thumbs up for including Puyo Puyo! I am surprised this game released in the West at all.

Rune Factory 4 - 1.5 Hours

I got this far as a favor to a friend. I just can't play any game where there is an optimal way to act that sounds exhausting but possible to me. I know I could easily talk to all the NPC's every day... but I do not want to.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 1.5 Hours

This was exclusively played with friends. Not a fan.

Pokemon Rumble World - 1.5 Hours

Free games. Novelty as a kid. No time for them as an adult. Nothing about this game is appealing beyond the price point.

Attack of the Friday Monster - 1.5 Hours

My biggest memory of this game is playing it on the schoolbus when a little kid asked if he could play/watch and I told him I was playing a boring game that he wouldn't like. As cute as this game is, yes, it is boring and not very fun.

Sonic Generations - 1.5 Hours

I somewhat enjoyed this game until the Shadow boss fight. Can't figure it out. Not fun.

Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn - 1.5 Hours

Cute, played it with girlfriend.

Super Mario Land 2 - 1 Hour

I think I got this with Club Nintendo points?

Rage of the Gladiator - 1 Hour

Medieval offbrand Punch-Out.

Mario Party: The Top 100 - 1 Hour

ONE BOARD?!? At least it has the storybook minifame from gamecube Mario Party.

Trace Memory - 1 Hour

Bought used from GameStop. I was told it was a hidden gem, but I didn't have the patience.

Mario and Sonic Rio 2016 - 1 Hour

Cute game to play with friends but some of the minigames suck. Thumbs up for less common Sonic characters.

Azure Striker Gunvolt - 1 Hour

Not bad, just helped me realize that I don't really like Mega Man style games all that much. The genre of "Mega Man" just feels like a Metroid with no exploration or meaningful progression.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - 1 Hour

I tried to get into this franchise but it is so booooorring and slow and unappealing to me.

I've been rounding to the half hour, so the next game is Zelda Oracle of Season at 44 minutes, which would round down to half an hour. I will take that as my cue to finish here.

In conclusion: games I owned longer tended to be played longer. Shocker. This was all just an excuse to ramble about Nintendo games anyways.