#hehehe Carmine... :3

[pocket-ghostie]

AAAAHHHHH!!!! I LOVE THE WAY YOU DRAW HIIIMMMM!!!!! I might have to re make his reference image now :3

Tbh I've never really loved how his design looks, but you draw him SO well!!!!

Hehe, he is very silly c: I like your headcanon too c:

HUZZAH! I FOUND HIM! I'VE LEARNED HIS NAME!!

I'm not sure what you did sir but you are not useless, you look so silly hnnrghvsksh

Carmine. I am most CERTAIN that he is Lily's brother, cuz she mentions her brother in the latest chapter

Isn't carmine like some sorta red or smth

IS CARMINE A GINGER-

Ahem anyways fanart for @pocket-ghostie because I love her characters

I kinda loosely based this on both the og design and how the story describes him

Man the quality be doing me dirty

but loOK AT HIM

He don't wanna hurt no one, not even Charlie

Also I feel like he uses his bandages as lassos because yes (he's a cowboy!/jkjk)

And I headcanon that he draws on his arms when he's bored and shows them to Lily later

[123artist-freak123]

silliest goobers >U<

Reference:

[star-arcana]

Liko and Kieran- White and Black: A Pokemon stories comparative analsis!!! Part 4: The Obstacle!!!

Hello everyone and welcome to Star-Arcana's first part of his analsis of Liko and Kieran, their storylines and how they are the ultmate foils and counterparts to one another. this part will focus on their outwart similiarities, their journey's start and how they differ from one another! The other parts are linked to the intro, which you can access here, if you want to watch them first! So without further do, let's start this:

The Descendants Obstacle!

Each good story needs an obstacle for the hero or even for some other characters to overcome and both Liko and Kieran have one in Amethio and Carmine respectively...yes, Carmine fulfils the same role to Kieran as Amethio does to Liko! As I teased, we aren't done with Carmine...heheh...I told you:

Carmine is a interesting character in this analysis. She is one of the few ones to appear in both storylines and serves as A foil to like, 3 characters in total!

The first two I covered last time, this time, she is the foil of Amethio!!!

Amethio, the Explorer

Amethio is not Liko's brother, in fact, he is on the opposing side of the RVT, the evil organization known as the Explorers, or rather was, since he got fired, and in time this post was released, Spinel took over the organization...so he is now a bonafide Ex-Explorer! Hehe...Spinel could learn from Drayton how to roast...anyway...where was I?

Yeah, Amethio wasn't just an Explorer, he is also the grandson of the Explorers late leader, Giboen, and the son of Exceed's former president, Crave. Unlike his father however, he was determined to serve his grandfather Gibeon, who want to enter the paradise known as Laqua to gather Laquium, a life-force energy-like mineral that can enhance one's strenght and make them long lived with an endless potential for renewabless given that it can multiply itself. This was the goal of Gibeon and Amethion, even in exile and took his grandfather's will to make the world of Pokémon much better with Laquium. He did all of this with a rather stoic and cold attitude, showing very little emotion aside from some annoyance towards Friede and anger towards Spinel, his mean rival. In addition to this, he was not above lying, manipulation, hostage taking, theft and using violence. Often being an enemy to Liko, he wanted to take Terapagos from her, leading to bitter battles against one another and her friends.

So a rivarly between Liko and Amethio was formed!

Despite this, Amethio showed an honerable side to his personality, and even defended Liko from an deadly attack once when battling Rayquaza. And when he saw how dangerous Laquium truly was, he began to doubt it's usage, as Spinel turned his Umbreon with it aggressive and after a series of events, entrapped Amethio and Liko inside in a cave.Amethio when trapped here with Liko, helped her got over her doubts after Grusha failed her unjustly during her terestal course, giving her the confidence to continue finding a path to become stronger. Liko was made to reflect on her goal to become stronger to get closer to Pagogo and protect it, and felt that she failed with the result of her last test. Amethio then asked her if this was enough to give up, with a tone of disapproval, as he felt like this isn't enough, which made Liko realized through she shouldn't give up because of one failed test, and decided to find another way to gain more power.

This act of kindness from Amethio here was even so kind, Spinel used this to unfairly frame Amethio for treason, which resulted in Amethio getting expelled from the Explorers, with his grandfather not wanting to hear him out. Afterwards he wants to contact his father for more knowledge about a substance known as Laquium, one that is tied to Lucius's and Terapagos's adventures, but his father rebukes him, not even acknowledging his existence. So Amethio still continued to learn more about Laquium and found out about Spinel's plan with this mineral.

And as it turns out, he learned more and more about his Grandfather's past, with Hamber(Amethio's mentor and second father to him) and even Lucius filling in on this conflict once he entered Laqua. Hamber first comes with a distored version of this story from Gibeon's perspective, and then in Laqua with Lucius and Gibeon revealing the full truth and danger of using Laquium as Lucius also revealed that it's invasiveness could spread throuhout the world and destroy it. Amethio, having seen how dangerous it is with Liko, and Lucius's knowledge of this substance danger, has now convinced him to stand against his Grandfather and make him see the light by showing him, just as Lucius believes, that the bond between humans and Pokémon, the faith in the future of those living in it is stronger than any Laquium Gibeon wants to use, and he did. Thanks to Amethio and the RVT's efforts, as well as Lucius's encouragment and wisdom, Gibeon died happily letting go of Laquium and wishing the best for his descendant Amethio, wishing him to follow his own path with Ceruledge!

Thus Amethio is now the successor to Gibeon, right? Well, Spinel through sheer luck and some science used his Laquium sphere project on the Six Heroes, who were too exhaused to resist this substance, as they had just expended much of their power with Pagogo to purge the Laquium. The only one to resist it was Rayquaza, but the damage was done, Laqua is now mostly in shambles with Spinel having taken over not just the Explorers, but Exceed as a company...so what happened to Amethio? Is he dead or working underground? However the case, he is the true successor of Gibeon and will carry the wish of his grandfather to make the world of Pokémon better for all and, most importantly, follow his own path!

So how can he be a foil to Carmine?

The Cold-headed and Hot-headed Obstacle

Amethio is, as it seems like, the total opposite of Carmine, even to her position in the story; he is cold, stoic and an enemy of the Descendant, while Carmine is fiery, explosive and an older sister of the Descendant, thus an ally to Kieran. But that is only the surface, there are a lot of similarities between them, and a lot to contrast them with:

Both are older teenagers that oppose the main protagonist (Carmine is this to Juliana/Florian at first) of their stories and were really mean towards them. They also began to show they softer and kinder side over time, warming up to the heroes after getting closer to them, but in the process, had a nasty falling out with one of the family members that while before had a quite strangled relationship with, until they reconciled. That member is Kieran for Carmine and Gibeon for Amethio. They both also experienced massive failures and even more massive losses afterwards:

Spinel took over and presumably Amethio goes into hiding, while Carmine saw her brother growing insane and she ended up possessed at one point.

Funnily they even feuded with a white-haired and golden-eyed, carefree guy, Friede and Drayton respectively (It would not surprise me if they are actually brothers). In fact, Amethio and Carmine feuded with the the same one, Friede, with both of them hating him for constantly one-upping them.

However their most important similarity is that they ultimately opposed the Descendant's goal to learn and bond with the Legendary most vital in both stories; In Liko's case, it's Pagogo (Terapagos), while in Kieran's case that Pokémon was Ogerpon. Amethio and Carmine did that in service of their families and based on understandable reasons:

Amethio was given a rather distorted version of Gibeon's adventure to Laqua since his birth and believed therefore blindly in the Explorer's version of events. He therefore had an earnest wish to fulfill his Grandpa's dream out of love and loyalty towards him and believes in his goals to better the world, which while genuine, was tained by obession over a destructive ore and made Amethio pursue and attack relentlessly Liko, to take her Terapagos away to gain access to Laquium.

Carmine also likewise was given an equally distorted history of events in the form of the tale of Ogerpon and the Loyal Three. Because of this, she and her brother had a little conflict over the true nature of Ogerpon, whom Kieran believed to be cool and not nearly as bad as the legends made it out to be, wishing to befriend it. It was not until Carmine learned the truth from her grandpa that her opinion of Ogerpon changed, but she was also made to promise to keep it as a secret from her brother by her grandpa. She also kept this secret in part of wanting to not make Kieran feel left out to have not met his idol Ogerpon before, as well as having initially feared the ogre and not wanting him to get hurt.

Both in the end found themselves in paths opposed to their wishees and despite some accomplishments in stopping an ancient evil, they found a new one rising: Spinel having taken over the Explorers, while Kieran became the new champ of Blueberry and a far darker and more dangerous trainer.

So overall, they were both antagonists with a softer side underneath and while they did some bad things, most of it is for understandable reasons, even if Carmine is less excusable. But there is one area they are similiar to one another that isn't obvious: Their Pokémon Team!

Similiar Pokémon Teams and how they showed their greatest stenght and failings

Their similarities also extend to their their Pokémon:

Amethio and Carmine have a regional Bird, Corviknight and Toucannon respectively, one is from a Cold region (Galar), the other is from a hot region (Alola), showing their contrast in personality, while being similiar.

But the biggest similiarity is between their aces, Ceruledge and Sinistcha are both Ghost types born from the regrets of a dead human that inhabited an enchanted object: A Sword master's armor and a Tea maker's cup respectively. Their pokemon thus further enhance their role in their story and creates a theme for Amethio and Carmine as characters that they share: Well-intentioned people who both failed often and have to deal with the bitterness of defeat and dissapointed the ones they cared the most for, though in Amethio's case, he was innocent, while Carmine was guilty every bit of it.

Both reconcile with this person, eventually, but Amethio clearly was the better influence, since he had in the end a healthier relationship with his reformed Grandpa before he died, and in regards to Liko, he helped her, the Descendant of Lucius in this story to develop more healt. Because of him, Liko developed more confidence in battle.

Carmine meanwhile just does really nothing to really help Kieran , and it was up to the player to fix this issue with her brother. In fact, Carmine has more or less helped Kieran being less confident in battle through her bad attempts of helping him, as well as her bossy attitude towards him.

The Irony of it all

The Irony and biggest contrast is that Amethio has helped, as an enemy, due to his honorable nature Liko more than one might think, and not only helped her grow more confident but also managed to help her grow stronger and even aided her in the battle against Gibeon, and will propably do the same a year later in the story as helpful, almost older brotherly figure.

Carmine on the other hand, as an ally, due to her fears and worries acted dishonerable and hurt Kieran more than one might think, and not only stifled his growth and even kept him with a severe lack of confidence which made him in spite of it grow stronger and hardly ever aided him in any battle, as they were often in opposite sides by the end of it, and the final battle in Mochi Mayham, has her being possessed by Pechurant, and Kieran with the player had to stop that Pokémon to free Carmine and the rest of the town. So Carmine is not the best older sister here.

The way how often the lines between enemy and ally can get blurred when faced with difficult and diffrent situations often has us shocked and realize that often we can either rescued by our suppossive enemy, or be betrayed by our supposive ally. And in the end, both meant well, only to be punished for it, albeit for opposite reasons.

That is in my opinion why I find these characters interesting to compare that in spite of their obvious diffrences, they aren't so diffrent and reflect very much how they could be at opposite sides of the spectrum, maybe Carmine would have helped Kieran better if she wasn't his guardian and like with Juliana/Florian, slowly befriended or even come to an understanding with Kieran. Whereas Amethio as a guardian of Liko would have undermined and even betrayed her trust in the end, even if he was meant to protect her. But the matter of fact is. The obstacles our heroes face have more shades than they appear to have, but only one would help the other grow as person, while the other prevented that growth from happening.

Why this all happened and what we can learn from this!

I believe the reason why is that Amethio believed in the idea of following his own path, in the choices we can each make rather than making choices for us, as Carmine did with Kieran by constantly bossing him around, demeaning him and keeping secrets. So their mottos are opposites:

Amethio: Follow your own path!

Carmine: Follow my path!

Because of this diffrence in beliefs, as well as being a theme of freedom vs control like in the last part, these two ended up having initially similiar roles, yet brought diffrent outcomes to the ones this analysis is most dedicated to, and shows how brilliant such comparative analyes can be!

What we can learn is that a good obstacle is something or someone that helps you overcome hardship like Amethio does, and he does his job superp, whereas a bad obstacle like Carmine blocks your path and makes hardship more of a detriment than anything, a result of Carmine doing a poor job here.

The Descendants dealt with diffrent antagonistic forces, that also started out in diffrent positions, but also had, despite some interesting similarities...equally diffrent effects on the Descendant.

Liko would through this face her challenges better and get the approval of someone else aiding her and despite her period of depression, we get up again. Kieran on the other hand would through this face his challenges far more burderning and recieve no approval of someone that should have aided him and only when faced with death let go of his darker path.

Next time, I discuss two other characters important to Liko and Kieran, and they might have played an even greater role for the outcome of the Descendants of their respective stories!

Trivia: Amethio's name comes from to amethyst, a purple mineral while Carmine's name comes from the word for crimson with her japanese name Seille meaning red currant. So both are Scarlet (Carmine) and Violet (Amethio). Fitting with Gen 9's theme of Scarlet and Violet!

Stay tuned for more!

[ellakinito]

The prince...

Characters: Dark Choco cookie, Dark Cacao cookie, Lavender Snowdrop cookie, Second watcher, Advisor 3, Healer 2

inspired by gaecactae Tw: Shitty writing by me, death, isolation, trauma :>

The Dark Cacao kingdom, located on the foot of the Great icing ridge, was ruled by King Dark Cacao cookie, but was a kingdom's king complete without a queen? The kingdom didn't wait long until Dark Cacao proposed to Lavender Snowdrop cookie, a fair, beautiful, and brave woman. The king and queen were very happy, the citadel beamed with life when the news broke of a successor to the king was soon to arrive, everyone was excited to meet the successor.. But sadly, the queen had fallen ill shortly after the prince was born..It was on that night that a tragedy would change the king forever...One of the royal advisors and second watcher walked into the throne room, a sad expression on their faces.. "Your majesty...The queen...she didn't make it..."

Those words sent a pang of sadness, pain, and other feelings through the king like a lightning bolt..Dark Cacao cookie stood up, a shocked and pained expression on his face. "Wh-what?! She didn't make it?! What do you mean?!"

The king's voice was choked up with pain and sorrow, he couldn't believe it..the one he loved most was now gone...just when they had finally had the son they wanted...Second watcher sighed "I'm sorry my king...the healers couldn't do anything to save her...We'll leave you to have some time alone." The advisor and second watcher walked out of the throne room, the king stood there, tears threatening to pour out of his eyes, what would he do without his queen..his precious Lavender snowdrop..The cookie who brought a smile to many cookies' faces, the cookie who always had the calming scent of lavender with her..The cookie who meant a lot to Dark Cacao cookie.. The days passed, the king was silently grieving in his study, the incense of lavender in the air, reminding him of Lavender snowdrop cookie as he looked at a vase of lavenders. "My sweet lavender...What will i do without you? You didn't deserve this fate...You never got to meet our son.." Suddenly one of the healers entered the room, a concerned look on his face. "Your majesty! The prince won't stop crying, I-I know your still grieving but we're desperate, can you please help calm the prince down?" "Lavender snowdrop cookie...she would've wanted me to be a great father to our son...and it is my duty now that she is gone...Alright, I'll try.."

The king walked into the prince's room and saw the baby prince, no older than 3 weeks, crying in his crib. The king gently picked up the crying prince "Oh Dark Choco cookie...It's alright, I'm here.."

The king paused when he noticed the prince's eyes, they were the same carmine color as the queen's "Ah...You have her eyes. Look at you, your just as beautiful aren't you? And just as observant too..A true gift from the witches.." The prince stopped crying and looked up at his father, and giggled with a smile on his small face "Hehehe, ahaha!" "Yes, hello there. It's me..your father.." A smile formed on the king's face as he hugged his son close "Hah..Your adorable...I promise from this day forward, no harm will ever come to you..I promise my little boy…” And with that, the king made sure that the prince never left the citadel grounds, out of fear that the same fate that befell the queen, would befall the prince as well...

[subbykittyboythoughts]

raspberry charcoal lilac carmine steel

dick on main... who do u TAKE me for some kind of harlot? some kind of... sexual deviant? gaspp.......

hehehe tyyyy <3

[lucyvaleheart]

hey!

lilac, carmine, and forest, naturally.

<3

hehehe hiii mommy~ 💗

yeah, that tracks ;3 russet, reverse lilac, steel, sapphire, carmine, reverse forest, mulberry back at you <3

[jils-things]

May I errrm may I errrmmm

Can I get 8, 9, 10, 14 and 16 for Layla ☝️🤓

LAYLA BRIAR... OMGGG MY BEBE HAVE A DRAWING. ENJOY. MMWA

8. what is your self insert’s orientation?

SHES DEMISEXUAL/ROMANTIC WEE :3

9. who are your self insert’s closest friends?

it's very hard to determine what is kan.to like in this future so i cant really tell who's present or not (but i do know for sure that most of the classic trainers are. old. LMAOO) but i like to think she has her own group of aroma ladies (trainer class name) aka a bunch of ladies who indulges in scents :3 i like to think layla is a bit of an odd one out of the bunch in terms of how she presents herself (goth/naturecore girlie) but she's still very much welcomed by her aroma buddies heheh

10. how do the other characters feel about your self insert and f/o’s relationship?

AAAOUUYHU CARMINE WWIWI 🥹🥹🥹 it would be a shocker for him at first but he would be happy to know shes with rhys! very supportive as well. carmine would definitely go to layla and be all like "please take care of him 🥺") (bonnie and clemont style from pk.mn xy anime) and rhys is like STOP. I'M AN ADULT. AJSHHEHSJS also, i mentioned somewhere that rhys and layla are in a secret relationship! so the only person to know this is carmine :3

14. what hobbies does your self insert have?

its part of her job to be a florist and sell flower bouquets but its a hobby turned into a job :3 she loves her work! she also likes singing to herself - layla's not really the type to sing next to someone and she usually does it alone (aka working) and her hums are really lovely to hear 🩶🩶 (something that rhys gets special privileges to catch on heheheh) she loves singing romantic slow songs because it goes nicely with her soft yet deep voice<333

16. freebie! name a fact about your self insert you want everyone to know.

she really likes spooky topics too, supernatural stories and all that stuff. she's the type of girl who would watch cor.pse bride every night as a kid eheheh totally a big ti.m burt.on kinda fan frfr

[zerosuitsammi3]

sage, lilac, carmine, lemon

(im slimegirl-selkie)

Hehehe why no one want tell me why I'm guilty pleasure. Hehehe muah :3

[hardly-a-p3rson]

uh um... forest.... sapphire...carmine..?

hehehe <3 I'm not the best test subject but I'll do my best :]

[lowrisemiller]

being pedro pascal’s secret controversially young gf . ݁𝜗𝜚. ݁₊

a smau — f!reader in college to be a script writer ༘⋆🎥˚ ༘ 📄

based on my fic charity case the idea to create a smau for this was ib my love <3 @inbred-eater

pedro is 45-50 fem!reader is 23

your username is filmgrainbaby

filmgrainbaby

liked by kelsebb6

filmgrainbaby— if film major why stats? anyways im so bored i let kelsey convince me to donate to a charity for a free celebrity lunch :p

kelsebb6 girl I want you to win so you can tell the bloodthirsty fans(me) what pedro pascal smells like 😈

filmgrainbaby uh that’s literally insane and even if I do win (which is highly unlikely) I wouldn’t ask a question as CREEPY AS THAT

randomnpc omg did u do the stats hw?

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4 weeks later

filmgrainbaby

liked by kelsebb6 and others

filmgrainbaby— life the last few weeks <3

jaylovie scripts look so good

filmgrainbaby replied ty!!

kelsebb6 OMFG was that the fit for the lunch??😏😏

filmgrainbaby replied YEAH but let’s not talk about it here ok…

kelsebb6 replied oh wait why not DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?????

filmgrainbaby replied kelsey omfg dm me

kelsebb6 replied OMG WAIT WHO IS THAT IN PHOTO #2????? IM GOING TO UR APARTMENT

filmgrainbaby replied KELSEY! IM AT WORK

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pascalispunk

liked by mssarahcatherinpaulson and others

pascalispunk— productive old man

fanumber1 omg you’re not old😩

luxpascal_ oh yeah how was that charity lunch?

pascalispunk replied Went way better than expected. Call me

luxpascal_ replied ooo tea

pascalispunk replied …tea? 🤨

fangirl23 how can he be fine and talented😭🤭

mssarahcatherinpaulson groooovy

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filmgrainbaby

liked by kelsebb6 and others

filmgrainbaby— fade into you ⋆.ೃ࿔*

kelsebb6 hehehe muahhaha ik somethin everyone doesn’t

filmgrainbaby replied kels respectfully shut the fuck uppp

kelsebb6 replied hehe 🤐

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1 month later

pascalispunk

liked by bellaramsey and others

pascalispunk Good food. Better company. No complaints.🍷✨

oscarisaaaacofficial Call me next time you go out without me

pascalispunk replied ;)☎️

bellaramsey i’d like to formally request dessert pics

florencepugh ✨better company✨ say more with less king

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popcultureupdategossip

liked by kelsebb6 and others

popcultureupdategossip— Pedro Pascal spotted last night in LA with a possible date? 👀 Sources say she’s not an actress. More updates soon.

mandodivorceme if it’s not me he’s literally cheating 😭

filmnerd420 I heard she’s literally in FILM SCHOOL???? the layers??? the symbolism???

pedrobabygirl im gonna be so normal about this (i’m not)

softpascalcore as long as he’s happy and she’s kind 🫶 (but i will investigate)

mollyontheinternet the way he’s walking on the inside of the sidewalk 🥲

barbievsoppenheimer HE FELL FOR A CIVILIAN. WE HAD A CHANCE LADIES.

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hehe that was my first smau 🫣

i’d love ur comments + reblogs are much appreciated

find out how this drama resolves in my upcoming fic !!!! (coming soon)

divider by- @cursed-carmine 🏷️ @inbred-eater @zevrra @xodilfluvr @millersdoll

[nyanbinary-perineum]

Hmmm... charcoal, navy, sage, lilac, steel ♡ Also carmine, but nb 4 t instead ~3~

hehehe, thank you :3

[soundofastar]

TYYY KAE TYYY !!!!! Did I tell you why I love infodumps so much ? Because 99% of the time, they convince me to do research and learn more about something, which luckily enough I love doing. Probably one of my ABSOLUTE favorite things to do. Research is just so fun ??? I love learning. It's so great and refreshing ( when it isn't school work coughs ) but hey, even that can be fun sometimes. So thank you Kae, I will indeed be spending tonight, and the day I have off tmwr researching CAIN, because it sounds fun and I am a SUCKER for anything related to that kind of stuff, and yoy have peaked my interest yet again. ( also I finally took my braids out so that's fun and one less of a thing to do tmwr )

If anything sounds weird, it's because I am sleeping deprived and is typing without my glasses

-Ulysses loving anon

YAYYYY!!! i love infodumps too, especially of things im not knowledgeable on, so i very much agree with you!! (even sometimes at school, you end up finding cool things in the boring topics...) CAIN is, like, 10 dollars, but theres a lot of cool things about it! i do have my exorcists listed on my toyhouse, but ill instead give you the ids of my main 3 exorcists, of which carmine is fucking dead 1. NEPHEL WARHOL

2. MYLINUS ANAGKE

3. CARMINE HEOFAI (rip)

i love these girls (my lesbians) so enjoy! hehehe (i did also get neon into CAIN. evily.)

[subbykittyboythoughts]

carmine, steel, charcoal, lilac <3

hehehe yaaaay ty ospreyy, i like ur posts too :3 a lot :3

[girlpenis-redux]

lilac steel carmine n lemon =3

(also charcoal if you'd like that !!!!)

HEHEHE THANK U DEAR !!!!!!!!!! <3

[caelan0d]

Steel and carmine (platonic) ❤️

Hell yeah brother you too hehehe <3