#i didnt like arven at first

[mintaikcorpse]

Arven appreciation post ❤️

[moeblob]

This is all because I wanted to draw Arven with a lil braid and it got out of control with me letting my kids be friends.

Some formal event and Arven is like "I'll bring this along because Penny will probably have one" and then they don't have one so he has to give them his. And he's like "ok so i have heard of a security blanket but not a security boa......".

[yeehawbvby]

finally drew arven and my OC, Max! :'D (she/her, and it’s short for Maxine)

here’s some close-ups!! (forgot to do this on my pc, so hopefully mobile saving/cropping didn’t mess with the quality too badly ;;w;;)

[s735]

11/24/22

Arevn!

[claitea]

wait there's people who genuinely despise carmine.... i get she makes a bad first impression i didnt like her at first either but did you. play the rest of the dlc or

[chidoroki]

wait a damn minute...

Peek-a-bangs trope.

The chef.

Book-smart / does their research.

Dedicated to save those most important to them.

Sad & lonely childhood (let me hug them please.)

Serious mommy issues.

[bluefuecoco]

not to gatekeep or anything, because i know my superiority on this subject comes from my fucked up taste in men

people who are like “I thought Arven was really annoying and terrible at first, and then I fell in love with him” INVALID.

[kurooo-is-here]

i am so normal about these three i swear.... (lying)

writing for: arven, drayton, and kieran

genre: selfship (x reader)

scenario: sleepy cuddles... how are they around you?

Arven:

he's a light sleeper, but he loves cuddling. he's not afraid to wrap his arms around you and pull you closer.

he may or may not start mumbling his unfiltered thoughts when he's super sleepy. sometimes it's romantic, sometimes it's sad. all he knows is that he feels safe enough to do it around you.

he prefers being the big spoon, because being the little spoon makes him feel oddly embarassed and vulnerable, ironically. he wants to be able to hold you close and keep you safe, with the comfort of knowing he can hold onto you if he ever feels scared or uneasy.

literally always giving the best bear hugs. his kisses are a bit sloppier since he's so sleepy, but he tries his best.

he won't tell you this, but he secretly enjoys it when you play with his hair. it makes him feel special.

Drayton:

bro is either awake or conked out, most of the time... so it's hard to catch him cuddling you while he's fully awake.

he lets his hair get messy when he cuddles with you. usually he likes to keep up appearances at least a little bit (which isnt saying much, because he's super lazy anyways), but when he's sleepy and around you? he just lets himself go.

he's not much of a talker when he's sleepy. he just enjoys your company above all else. as long as you're within arm's reach beside him, he's content.

he likes to listen to soft ambient music when sleeping around you. it makes him feel super peaceful and relaxed in a way he can't get from just sleeping by himself.

expect him to take lots of naps, by the way. he's usually sleepy even when he IS awake. and if you're anything like him, you can expect him to be napping next to you a lot.

prefers being the big spoon, but doesn't really care if it's the other way around. he just really enjoys your company.

Kieran:

he will only ever admit this to you in private, but he has always wanted to be the little spoon... he and carmine used to share the same bed, so she didnt mind doing it for him for a while, but he always gets teased for it later.

kieran's a little clingy when he's sleepy. if you have to get up and do something, he follows you around like a cat.

he's shy about physical affection at first, but once you're both comfortable with it, he likes to kiss your cheek and nuzzle into your shoulder.

he gets irritated rather easily if someone interrupts your eepy time with him... he won't raise his voice or anything, but he will give them a look that plainly states "Get out."

kieran has trouble falling asleep sometimes, so he takes melatonin tablets to help himself sleep. the tablets are strawberry-flavored!

his hair gets in his face quite easily when he's sleepy, so you might have to brush it aside sometimes.

[blazestar0525]

To Fix What Silence Has Broken

What would happen if the Mc was given more choices in the DLC?

In other words, what would happen if we actually spoke up and weren't silent the whole time? What if the Mc actually talked back to Carmine and didnt catch Ogerpon? The player has been a puppet and let people do the talking so what if the player actually stood up for themselves?

A/N: Round two of me writing for the DLC! And this is part one of me wanting to rewrite the entire script! But I'll get there later but here's my take on how the DLC should have ended in my opinion. I used gender neutral terms but I do mention the reader has a Shiny Umbreon since because I like Umbreon and I needed a pokemon for this scenario I wanted to write. Also i used the female mc’s name: Juliana But feel free to change it if you want when reading!

The silence was deafening as the sound of the wind was rushing through the canyon like area as the sound of the water could be heard in the background.

And here they were looking straight at Ogerpon, the strong yet adorable pokemon had a small face of determination for an anticipated battle.

But something didnt feel right, no ever since the festival nothing has gone right. They've stood quiet the whole time during Kitakami only really talking with Kieran and letting others talk over them. But now they were seeing the downside of not choosing to talk.

They allowed Carmine to lie, and they let their friendship with Kieran crumble... and for what? Just because they were afraid about talking?! They were fine back in Paldea with speaking with everyone else so what was different now?

Juliana glanced at Kieran, looking defeated but was trying not to show it as they stood with Carmine on the sidelines.

They gripped the charms their necklace in a gentle but tight way to seek some sort of comfort, they never really had any need for jewelry but they had been wearing that necklace ever since the events of Area Zero. It was a gift from Penny, Arven, and Nemona. A friendship necklace if you would to say, it was a simple gold rope chain necklace but what made it unique to them was three little charms on the necklace which represented the people close to their heart. The charms on the necklace was an Eevee charm to represent Penny, A chef hat to represent Arven, a poke ball to represent Nemona, and a sandwich to represent Miraidon/Koraidon.

The silence was broken by Carmine who was the only happy one in the situation, "“Well, this is it,” she says. “It’s time for you to catch Ogerpon.”

The Paldea Champion took a deep breath as the slowly shook their heads. "No..." They stuttered out.

Carmine and Kieran's eyes widen, but Carmine had a more angry reaction. "What?!"

"Do I need to repeat myself? I said, No." The Paldean trainer said as they looked towards Carmine.

Kieran was taken aback, he didnt know if he was more shocked that Juliana denied the chance to catch Ogerpon or that the fact that the Paldean trainer spoke. They haven't spoke since the festival, so it was a bit shocking to hear their voice again and he dare say that he missed hearing their voice.

"There's no point in me catching Ogerpon, besides why would I catch them in the first place?" The trainer said making Carmine fustrated.

"Umm, Hello! Think about it, you can use them in battle and boast about it." Carmine says not realizing that response made the Paldean Trainer more mad.

"When did it become anything about battling?!" Juliana said in a mad tone. They were done with not saying anything, they had to fix their wrongs.

They walked towards Ogerpon and kneeled down to their height, the pokemon tilted their head as the trainer patted their head gently.

"Ogerpon, you've been wronged for so many years, you've been exiled for something you didnt do. I knew the truth, Carmine did too. And instead of making things better, we made it worst and pretend not to know." The trainer started, Carmine wanted to say something for being called out but the trainers shiny Umbreon head butted Carmine's leg making the older female stay silent.

"I did the biggest thing I ever regretted, I stood silent and allowed Carmine to lie to him. We treated him so poorly and made him feel like he was unwanted in the group when that's the last thing I wanted. We made him feel how you felt..." Juliana glanced at Kieran, his face was in disbelief not believing what Juliana was saying.

"Kieran is the one who deserves to be your trainer, not me." Juliana said as they continued on. "Kieran was the one always admiring you and always wanting to meet you, he's waited for years in order to meet you because he understands you. He knows more about you in a deeper perspective. Im only an outsider who came here a few days ago and I only know so little about the legend."

"Most importantly, he's the one who fixed everything." Juliana making the pokemon look towards Kieran curiously. "Sure me and Carmine may have gotten you the masks back but Kieran did so much more. He convinced the town by himself to believe in you, I may have known him for a few days but he doesn't talk to people much but despite that he still went and done it."

"Sure he may felt betrayed, angry, and neglected towards me and Carmine and he might hate us for It which I would understand." They took a breath before continuing. "But he did it in order for you to feel safe in a town you always known and protected. He gave you the ability to not be feared anymore, I didnt do that. Kieran did."

There was a silence that went around the area but Kieran was the most in disbelief hearing Juliana‘s speech. Ogerpon turned to face Kieran as Juliana petted their head.

"Kieran is one of the strongest people I know, he can offer you the safety of a true home along with protection and love." They say, "I can't provide that, not as well as Kieran. Kieran is the better trainer for you so why would I catch you and steal you from the privilege of actually getting what you truly need. Kitakami is your home, and Kieran understand that and you as well. Im from Paldea and it will be wrong of me to take you from Kitakami."

Ogerpon was a bit teary eyed as they stepped towards Kieran, now making up their mind. Kieran was baffled and surprised, they looked towards Juliana who gave him a reassuring smile and a nod. Kieran shakily opened his arms as Ogerpon lightly tackled him into a hug.

Both of them fell down but they were both happy and laughing. Juliana smiles as they stood up and had their hands on their hips. "Now that wasn't so hard... I need to speak more..." They mumbled to themselves as they know they have one more thing to fix.

They stepped towards Kieran and offered them a hand to help him up. Kieran accepted as he stood up, Juliana took a deep breath.

"Im so sorry, Kieran... I never meant for this to go so far. I was scared to speak up and it hurted you. I would understand if you hate me but I was wondering in due time, can we start over and be friends again..?" The Paldea trainer stuttered a tiny bit as they were tackled into a hug by Kieran.

"Im sorry as well, I should have asked you more and talked it out with you then jumping to conclusions. Im sorry." Kieran said softly as the trainer hugged him back.

Ogerpon joined in on the hug pile making the two trainers laugh in joy. But a friendship was now repaired and maybe with due time they'll be more than friends. But all that the Paldean Trainer knew, was that a new charm would be on the necklace they had... a little miniature mask that looked like Ogerpon's mask, and an applin charm to represent Kieran.

[myrmonarch]

I literally cried at the end of pokemon scarlet,,, it's like Arven was obviously struggling to process his feelings about his mom, trying to sort through the complicated feelings going to see her again for the first time in a long time, trying to suppress his immediate negative reaction bc he had a gut feeling something was off...

AND THEN HE WAS RIGHT SHE WAS DEAD ALL ALONG.

And the funny thing is he doesn't even know exactly when it was she passed away bc she was already so distant with him that when she passed away all it meant was the emails stopped. FUCKING EMAILS ARE U KIDDING ME SADA THATS YOUR FUCKING SON. IK ITS IMPLIED HE WAS AN ACCIDENT BUT I DONT GIVE A FLYING FUCK I WAS AN ACCIDENT TOO AND MY MOM DIDNT FUCKING LEAVE ME TO FEND FOR MYSELF WITH NOTHING BUT GODDAMN EMAILS AND A DOG.

It's so sad bc Arven said he hated koraidon for taking his mother away from him and he was right, just not in the way he thought. Koraidon represented her work, her research, and so of course Arven resented him! She consistently prioritized work over Arven, literally making a robot copy of herself to take care of him until he was old enough to take care of himself. And in the end work was the most important to her, even over her own life. She gave her life to save Koraidon bc he represented the most important thing in her life, her research.

AI Sada seemed to care about Arven more than the real professor ever did, and I wouldn't be surprised if any good memories Arven might have had with his mother were actually with her. She says in the end "your mother truly loved you" but I DONT THINK THATS MEANINGFUL. MAYBE SHE DIDNT HATE HIM BUT SHE STILL LOVED HER WORK MORE. ARVEN IS RIGHT YOU CANT JUST FUCKING SAY THAT AND THEN GO FUCK OFF TO THE PAST.

maybe AI Sada loved him, but in the end she was a program forced to value the research and the time machine over anything else.

Man, I just don't even know how to really feel and it seems like Arven doesn't know either. Obvs Sada was a shitty mom but she passed away before she had a chance to redeem herself. Arven obviously still longs for a connection with her, but that chance was dangled in front of his face and then cruelly ripped away.

Honestly I think it would have been better if AI Sada had jumped off the podium to sacrifice herself instead of jumping into the past. It just feels like her choosing her work over Arven all over again.

😭 man I love pokemon scarlet so muchbhhhbbsnfndjd

[cyberdragoninfinity]

I would love to hear your Indigo Disk thoughts

YES!!!!!!! 💎🐢💥 full disclosure I only just finished Indigo Disk's main storyline like....less than 24 hours ago so I am still RIDING HIGH FROM THE RUSH OF IT ALL. will probably be spoilers ahead, as a head's up:

first off I love that like. right off the bat youre getting hit with cyrano and cavell old man yaoi. busting out the cute little nicknames like HELLO!!! AND then you have geeta showing up and rika is there for no reason whatsoever and it's like. well ok i think they were having lesbian activities on the plane over you love to see it!

anyway setting wise, the Big Ol Blueberry is pretty fun! I love running around and the Synchro Machine is SUCH a ridiculously fun feature (FINALLY, TRUE GAMING: Dana can run around as a Ninetales and smack a big ball around.) I love all the Unova callbacks and I LOVE THE DIFFERENT CLUB ROOM LAYOUTS!! The monochrome one made me tear up and SEEING THE FUCKIGN. POKESTAR STUDIOS ENEMIES. IN THE FUTURISTIC ONE. MADE ME FEEL SOMETHING. pokestar studios my beloved i miss it sooo much 😭 My buddy Snap was talkin about how the Terarium really kind of lacks... yknow, landmarks and points of interest, though, and god I agree so hard. I love that Kitakami had its own little set of interesting features and places to go and use as landmarks and the Terariuam kind of. Doesn't really have those. It's a bit of a pain in the ass to navigate and easy to get lost but not in a fun way.... even though you have these little neat natural features like The Pride Rock and Chargestone Caves, I wish we coulda had a little bit more :( For such a widely used part of the school it doesn't feel very 'lived' in by the students there. It would've been fun to see more gathering places aside from the Very Sterile Outside Classrooms.....

The Area Zero Underdepths, though...hooouughhHHHhhh. I just. I really have to admire the fact that Indigo Disk said "ohhh you want answers?? you wanna know what's going on in this place? fuck you, youre gonna have MORE questions after this, and theyre gonna be even CRAZIER ones." YOU GO IN THAT HOLE AND LEARN NOTHING AND IM NOT EVEN MAD ABOUT IT. GO LOOK AT THE CRYSTAL TREE DOWN THIS RANDOM PATHWAY. i neeeed to make a terapagos post sometime and talk more about it i cannot stop thinking about this little freak. POKEMON THAT SCARE ME A LITTLE I MUST SAY. POKEMON I DO NOT FEEL IN CONTROL OF. i Know they didnt make its charged terastal form look like a dream catcher for no reason. I Know its Stellar Form Looking Like That isnt for no reason. I know its borderline dangerous power and THAT LITTLE STUNT IT PULLS. AT THE CRYSTAL POOL. THAT'S INDICATIVE OF SOMETHING I THINK. >when Terapagos's cry was the sound Terastalizing has been making all fucking game. SCREAMS.

also again oh my god if you beat the main indigo disk storyline go to the crystal pool right now GO. GO FEEL SOMETHING. GO!!!!

ok well that's. less about setting and more about story though huh. well!! story wise, absolutely loved it! I know there was a lot of apprehension when the DLCs got more properly announced and we found out they didnt really center on Our Dear Paldea Friends as scarvio proper did, and yeah I definitely can see why that's a frustration and a deterrent for some (and I'm soo so excited to hang out with Nemona and Arven and Penny in the epilogue next month....peach time (: ) but for me in the end I'm really just so enamored and delighted with all the new friends you get to make in the DLC and they more than carry that little narrative's arc on its own. The Elite 4 of the BB League are all GREAT, they got nonstop autistic girls out here in gen 9 (nemona, amarys, briar ?!??!) and it ROCKS. and i LOVE Carmine so much, everyone always wants mean rivals and mean women and folks cant even handle Carmine 🙄 you can tell she genuinely has such a big heart and cares about her friends and her brother!!! and Kieran wahhh wahh kieran my newest Little Guy ;____;.... he is SO fourteen and I did not expect to go into the DLC getting really invested in a new character's arc but it's just GOOD. He REALLY feels like a loose yugioh character in Indigo Disk, he's so angry and obsessed with victory and ultimately under it all still capable of so much kindness and regret and he's just GOOD. And his champion battle was terrifying and a BLAST!! THE MUSIC RULES. HE EVEN HAD INCINEROAR.

god and all the music in Indigo Disk was a banger. gen 9 music save me. gen 9 music. save me gen 9 music.

i'm SUPER hyped to do more BBQs with my bestie and do more postgame stuff with the "hanging out with Gym Leaders" thing and the Legendary hunting and such... lots more to roll around in and have a good time with. All in all had just a great time with it, I genuinely might put Violet as my favorite Pokemon game of all time at this point! I do grow very sad thinking about just how even more fantastic this game couldve been if it had 1-3 more years to cook properly though, like..god damn. I was getting some LAG on those cutscenes, and I know I made out pretty alright in the bugs department!!

but for now i'll just be thinking about the shit that happens at the crystal pool for the rest of my life. also Indigo Disk gave me the best possible trainer ID photo i never need to change it again

[ginshariboy]

#3 and #7 for those video game asks 👀

3. 1-3 games you’ve played in the past 12 months that you really enjoyed Pokemon Scarlet

i genuinely loved this game which was a difficult thing for games to accomplish after i was consumed by elden ring and didn't want to wriggle free of its grasp on me lol. i think it has its flaws of course, i'm not going to be delulu about that but i dont know unpopular opinion but i like open world games!!! i dont know if this scale and direction will be the best to stick with in the future for pokemon but i really loved having a generous amount of freedom in where i went and the order in which i did shit. it was wild to wander off to casseroya lake and just frantically try to juke around all of the dragon pokemon a shit ton of levels above mine while screaming until i managed to get to the other side. i also just really loved the story and characters (except for SOMEBODY), got me really emotional also arven best boy

Silent Hill 3

bought the game for the first time when i was like fourteen, just finished it basically fourteen years later lol. loved the idea of horror games as a kid but i was so bad at playing them, they were mostly just prime sleepover games at the time 😂 but it was great to revisit the game after getting a lot more context for themes and the overarching story of silent hill. while i'm not as susceptible to getting scared by these games anymore, i feel like knowing more about them on top of just having a lot more uhhh life experience than i did when i first got the games helped to elevate the horror from oo spooky scary to oh god oh fuck that's the dread isn't it oh no it's hitting awful close to real life now oh shit. also it was just cool to see how bizarre and clunky silent hill could be compared to like…Nostalgia Glasses Silent Hill. it sounds like something that's all sorts of bad but i honestly liked how weird and disjointed progression could be in the games.

Baldur's Gate 3

i mean......come on i think this is everyone's choice if asked lol BUT.....plot twist, i really didn't want to touch the game initially. i loved the original games, they're literally my top favorite games, but for me, i'd given the series its kiss goodnight and i couldn't really figure out what a third game would add to the main storyline. it was pretty wrapped up and i don't know this new studio and everyone was pushing me about it and trying to make me trust the new studio but it didnt change the fact that i didnt know them, i didn't know what they were going to do with my favorite game and i was like eugh i dont wanna roll the dice and i just wanted to be left alone about it, and the bear shit happened and i was like ohhhh the legacy is gonna die because this is all people are going to focus on oh jeez scoob no one talk to me about this game ever again, baldur's gate is at rest in its tomb and i will hear no more!!!! then i played it. and i'm still working through it. but once again i was Consumed to a degree that i hadn't been consumed since elden ring. i keep making new characters because its just fun to try the game out from a completely different character from the beginning, i don't know how they fit it all in there. i know its a huge game but holy shit there's so much to it i dont even think the actual size of the game sounds feasible for all of the shit going on. i didnt think i'd give a single shit about any of the new companions but i love them dearly and i'm so happy to see my old pals minsc and jaheira but it's so hard to form a proper party because i just want everyone on my team because i love them all!!! i think if i had to choose, i do still love the original games about gorion's ward, it's a hard story to beat and i mean i've loved the game for like 20 years for a reason, but i do think 3 is a great addition to the series and manages to pay respectful homage to its predecessors for old players while still bringing the world and mechanics up to speed for modern day. anyway my first character fucked the guy who turns into a bear so whatever in that department i guess.

7. A series you’ve lost interest in Fallout

i don't say this in a bad way but i think i've lost a bit of interest in it in the sense that it's just not really at the forefront of my mind these days? i still really love the games but i mean my favorite one is 3 and i don't think i've gotten the same exact feeling from the games afterward. i know new vegas is a fan favorite and 4 was good but i was consumed by 3 lol. so it's less like eugh ew eauaugh hate it and more just i tucked it into bed and kissed it goodnight and it will awaken when it awakens.

[084392]

some more sv au things...

nemona and florian are bffs. there was a probably a rumor at school that they were dating for awhile they would hang out so much(florian may or may not have had a small crush on her at some point too)

the first time nemona was kind of like. hesitant to ask for a battle bc she didnt want to come off too strong or something....florian challenged her to a battle instead! they just kind of hype each other up a lot too.

idk about the other characters pokemon naming schemes but arvens names all his pokemon after food...

penny has about the same role as canon id imagine? florian helps her with starfall street too

florian did the gym challenge and starfall street. he did the titans too but i feel like juliana was also involved in that minimally...?

idt that? florian/juliana ever. really met their dad?

juliana became turos apprentice when she was about 12? i think that was shortly after sada left him?

during the events of the game florian and juli are about 14 maybe? i think the real prof died like. at least a year? before the events of the game?

and once again kind of inspired by @citrongarde, but. idk which. and idk how but i want either juliana or florian to get crystallization on them in area zero. yknow kind of like. ai turo did.....bc i think it could be fucked up for them regardless of who it happens to so. im torn😔

[hellahotlancelot]

Adult headcanons for the Great Crater Gang

These are my headcanons for what the Great Crater Gang (MC, Penny, Arven, Nemona, and Koraidon) are like as adults. I played Scarlet as fem MC so I'm thinking of these headcanons in those terms. You can switch things around for Violet and/or male MC as needed. Warning for spoilers!

MC/Juliana

Continues Sada's research into Paradox pokemon

Doesn't work on getting more Paradox pokemon, but studying the ones that exist

Time machine is completely dismantled, and it's existence is hidden

The existence of the Paradox pokemon is known to the public, but their existence is explained as being untouched by outside factors so they didn't darwinistically evolve

Area Zero is still off-limits to most people though

Juliana also studies the Tera crystals

Determining what they can do, where they're from, etc.

(Second question will likely be answered in DLC)

Super careful with this research, don't want a repeat of AI Sada

Married to Arven; they have a kid together, Isabella

She asked for his permission to continue Sada's studies, since it was his mom's studies

But she went to Geeta first, since the Pokemon League seems to be roughly the equivalent of the government

Story and gameplay seperation: I don't think she caught any Paradox pokemon when first exploring the crater (I didnt) and she didn't return after like we can to catch them

So in her early 20s she catches the Paradox pokemon and starts studying them

She has a YouTube channel where she explains facts about the Paradox pokemon

Because of Arven's trauma of Sada's neglect and death, she makes sure to come home at the same time everyday, no matter what

Only in extreme circumstances would she stay latter

She and Arven live in Los Platos

Penny

Pokemon League and Naranja Academy's head of IT

One of the best hackers in the world

Since she's originally from Galar, she moved to Paldea upon graduating

Still a bit shy, but has an easier time talking to people

Still keeps in contact with Team Star

They meet up weekly for team dinners

Still loves Eevee

Tbh I don't have much to say about her

Arven

Home Ec teacher at Naranja academy

Teaches mostly cooking

Great at all types of cooking now

Sandwhichs are still his best

He worked at Kofu's restaurant for a while

Great teacher, he calls students "little buddy"

Helps and keeps an eye on students who have rough home lives

Doesn't want anyone else to grow up like he did

Mabosstiff is still going strong

Arven can often be seen walking Naranja Academy campus with Mabosstiff

Makes homemade sandwiches for Juliana when she leaves for work

Was a househusband for a while when Isabella was born

A bit of a helicopter parent

Doesn't try to control Isabella's life, but is pretty affectionate and worries for her constantly

Was worried about being a parent because he never really had good parental role models

He learns a lot from MC's mom and parenting books

Calms down when Isabella enters the academy, but still constantly worries

Nemona

The chairwoman of the Pokemon League; took over when Geeta retired

The new Top Champion/La Primera

Still loves battling, but expresses her enthusiasm in different ways

Encourages battling in many different ways

Holds both casual and serious battle tournaments

Sometimes does guest lectures at Naranja Academy

Very excited for international tournaments and hosts them occasionally

Koraidon

Lives with Juliana and Arven

Pretty spoiled

Watched Isabella when Juliana and Arven were busy, but this was very rare

Good friends with Mabosstiff

Is the only Paradox pokemon to really live outside of the Great Crater/Area Zero

Juliana's caught Paradox Pokemon mostly stay in Area Zero

Accompanies Juliana on her research in the Great Crater

Favorite sandwich is Ultra Refreshing Sandwich

Still services as the main ride mon, but generally doesn't fight

The other Koraidon is caught, but mostly lives outside its pokeball in the Great Crater

[taptrial2]

based purely off of game mechanics and story (NOT performance), i don't think scarlet and violet are the worst pokemon games - that definitely still goes to sword and shield, in my opinion. they were the first pokemon games i played that really truly disappointed me. in terms of performance issues and indications of things to come, scarlet and violet are way worse. i would say its an exaggeration to call sv holistically bad - it has a lot of fun stuff going for it. it's just screwed over by performance and, like, the existence of BOTW and TOTK to compare to. they released in an unacceptable state.

but i cared WAY more about arven and his dog than any of the characters in sword and shield by a wide margin, and the character dynamics between arven, nemona, and penny end up being really fun and cute at the end, despite the story dragging in the middle. i like the pokemon materials mechanic, i thought i would hate it but its really easy to get a lot of them! what i FUCKING HATE is locking some TMs behind an additional $40 charge. i wish everyone could experience the dlc included with the main game at no extra charge! putting pokémon and events behind an additional paywall fucking sucks!

i blame sword and shield for setting the dlc precendent. take the pokemon away with dexit and make people pay to bring them back. scummy as hell. i wouldnt be surprised if the next mainline game has a battlepass system for raids - pokemon already has spinoffs that have aggressive monetization systems.

and it all makes me so angry. pokemon is hypercapitalism that sucks you in with cute creatures and i hate it. i feel like its the video game equivalent of the simpsons just going on forever. see you in gen 24.

it sucks because i usually avoid this kind of thing like the plague. i didnt buy the dlc for sword and shield out of principle despite wanting to do dynamax adventures and i still haven't. but god damn it im a sucker for pokemon and it SUCKS!!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIX TAGTREE THICKET

[deerdeardarling]

Juno & Samir

For those that haven't seen my first post about these two; they are my kbdn twins

This is gonna be just one big post about some ideas and tidbits for the both of them

Due to timeline purposes; Juno and Samir and this version of SV exist in an alt version of the Chosen au until future notice

Both of their names mean "youth"! (Well. Kinda; Samir's is closer to jovial but to-may-to to-ma-to)

They were both born and raised in Galar for at least the first decade of their lives. Once they turned 13 however was when Leon & Raihan decided they would spend the school year in Paldea; since then both their parents wouldn't be busy with the galar gym challeng

A big factor for why the family left for paldea. How maybe when the twins were young; Leon and Rai kept them out of the spotlight as much as they possibly could. Even on the rare chancr they have them in public they're always carrying them, or have them shielded/riding one of their pokemon. That is until they get too old and big to do those things (around 8 or so), and one day whilst walking into Wyhdon stadium; Samir got pulled by the arm from some reporter (either an intern that didnt know what he was doing, or a senior reporter that doesn't care) either way "Chairman's Charizard Charges Reporter" made headlines within the next 15 hours of the incident.

Nothing actually bad happened. Physically. Doesn't mean that the couple didn't immideatly start looking for a "vacation" home somewhere. And for Samir to recount this to Arven when asked why he moved to Paldea

Leon probably has nightmares about Hop and Zacian and the whole chosen thing; and how anxious he is over his two kids. Even though from what everyone (other champions that are close to chosens, other chosens themselves, Hop), it's very rare for there to be multiple chosens in the same family (the only example I can think of right now is of Dawn and Selene being sisters)

From afar, both boys look almost exactly like Raihan as a kid (aside from one obvious thing); but up close you'll notice the plethora of freckles on Juno's face and on Samir's forearms, and how their noses are more like rounded than sharp, and the most obvious is how they got Leon's striking gold eyes. (They will. Most likely, end up with Rai's height; making Leon the shortest of the family)

(Probably around the time of SV) Samir would be the one to ask why Leon and Hop aren't close anymore (they are still close. Not as close since HKA; and Hop's constantly away from doing both professor & chosen work)

Yaknow what I wasn't going to make ths canon; but considering how much I am going to get lost in this game I might as well give Juno Leon's direction blindness (Samir will be saved)

He prolly doesnt end up on the other side of the region like Leon did/does but he does get lost pretty bad (Juno and Leon share the lie of "taking the scenic route" whenever they're lost)

Juno is always over prepared (like the type to not use any items in battles "cause I might need it later!") Samir is always under prepared but he makes it out fine with type match ups and quick thinking

Also. No one knows that Juno and Samir are Leon's kids(aside from Clavell). Cause they just haven't told anyone. They mostly refer to their Da' and Baba as veteran trainers (which they kinda are) and it isn't until end game when Lee & Rai come to the school to. asset the situation; and Nemona immideatly notices

Both boys don't really want to be champion (which their fathers are in full support of); it's not that they don't want to be established trainers. Just not champions (mostly all the responsibilities it has, which is why Juno's more interest in the champion-rank in Paldea)

Okay that's all I can think of rn; if I think of anymore I'll reblog with them