#its our world but with pokemon

[anirritant]

umm i guess im treating this like an au now ahah

pmd2 darkrai hasn't had time to figure out wtf is going on (he's been here for like an hour tops). he's lost his composure immediately lol

[vaugarde]

okay so as a gen 5 stan who does adore the story in bw and bw2, and now that gen 5 has experienced both a vicious hatedom that wouldnt hear a single positive thing about the games, and now a super protective fandom that insists they were perfect and had zero flaws... can we admit now that the bw1 story at least was. a little mid.

[adobe-outdesign]

Does alcohol exist in Pokémon? Illegal drugs?

not only does alcohol exist but you can make it via Shuckle canonically

[kohakhearts]

anyone else think theres some kinda bizarre love triangle going on between the player and the dlc siblings cause thats all i took away from it lmao. cant wait for part 2 so i can take carmine on a true american date

[killuazedykeremade]

there being a tag on this site under “me too unless your a jew” being used by people who only take a little arguing that they think brown people deserve to be raped and brutalized and actually they deserve the land over those “greedy” arabs

[gourde]

Just to clarify, I don't hate Palworld just cause it's clear a fair amount of the designs are stolen assets/AI generated, it's also cause it's got racist adjacent content. That bothers me the most, really. And also people saying "It isn't confirmed that the designs are AI generated" when ummm. Just look at them. There is near no thought put into them with random little "bits" slapped onto them for detail. It's just marketable. That or they steal fan designs. Also the developers previous projects include NFTs and unfinished games, one of which being a BOTW clone. Like IDK the game may be fun but I wouldn't want to support it at all???? I don't get people ignoring all this just cause it's "fun" and 4chan levels of edgy.

[tequila-starlight]

Stormy Night, Warm Embrace

PLEASE READ ALL TAGS BEFORE STARTING! ALL TAGS BELOW CUT!

Fandom: Pokémon

Character(s): Friede, Amethio

Ship(s): Friede/Amethio, Mentioned Amethio/Zirc, Mentioned Amethio/Spinel, Mentioned Amethio/Sidian

Platonic Ship(s): -

Content Warning(s): Implied toxic relationship(s)

Rating: Explicit

While waiting out a storm, Friede spends the night in the arms of his unlikely saviour.

That was when it clicked. Or rather, it was when Friede was forced to acknowledge the feelings he tried so hard to ignore.

He had always wanted Amethio. Not just his body, but also his heart.

READ HERE ON AO3

Tags

•One Night Stands

•Jealousy

•Kissing

•Oral Sex

•Anal Fingering

•Anal Sex

•Barebacking

•Creampie

•Top Friede (Pokemon)

•Bottom Amethio (Pokemon)

•Aged-Up Character(s)

•Friede’s 23 and Amethio’s 21

•Angst

•Amethio gets a little violent at times but Friede doesn’t mind

•Hints at Amethio’s toxic not good very bad workplace in the form of old injuries

•In this house we ignore canon when it’s convenient

•Written before horizons episode 44

•Amethio has very briefly mentioned relationships with Zirc Spinel and Sidian

•Pocket Monsters | Pokemon Horizons: The Series

•Not Beta Read

•No beta we die like Wattrel’s screen time

[did-you-fall-for-a-shooting-star]

The last time I cried over missing my boyfriend was when I was drunk and 3 time zones away. Now Im sitting in my own bedroom, sober as can be, and I cant get him out of my damn head

[rayveewrites]

Concept: A Pokemon game with Legends-style gameplay set entirely in Ultra Space.

[zz-chikorita]

If your characters were in the ABO universe, what would they each be? (Leon, Guzma, Plumeria, Kukui, Molayne, Kalani, any of the grunts?)

So... *sweats* um full disclosure, I'm not the biggest fan of ABO. I don't hate it or anything (I've read a few entertaining ones in my time), but I don't think I'd ever find myself writing one. That being said, this is all hypothetical for fun, so I don't actually have an issue with answering this question. However, when I look at my story, I can't help but think about how fundamentally conflicting the ABO system is with the concept of māhū, something that is mentioned and explored multiple times.

I'll talk more about all that below the cut, but I'll go ahead and leave the TLDR here with the answer to your question:

Alphas- Kukui, Plumeria, B.

Betas- Molayne, Kalani, Leon

Omegas- Guzma, A.

For those that are not familiar, māhū is an identity in indigenous Hawaiian culture that translates roughly to a gender that is "somewhere in between." Thus, the entire notion of gender and what makes a man a man and a woman a woman is far more fluid than, say, a traditional western interpretation. I say that this is fundamentally conflicting with ABO because the ABO system is, by design, rigid- all people are broken up into very specific categories based on both gender and sex. Also, although it is not depicted this way in every ABO au, an individual's free will can often be overtaken by instinctual/biologically driven impulse. Needless to say, this is extremely counter to many aspects of the story, but most importantly, one of its underlying themes about how people grow and change over time (for better OR worse) and that the world and relationships (whether they be romantic, platonic, familial, or whatever) are NOT black and white.

[cometchasr]

brave new world

he wasnt supposed to be here.

this wasnt how it worked.

it was supposed to be the other way round! humans were supposed to land in the pokemon world, not... whatever this was!

but it happened anyways.

... oh well, at least he had friends... even if this world felt disgustingly oppressive.

but he would fix it! that was his quest, right? like how humans only came during times of great danger.

... right?

[adhdvane]

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when clock turned midnight last night (er this morning) a vaporeon outbreak showed up... 16 defeated and THIS BABY BOY SPAWNED IM ABOUT TO EV TRAIN A THIRD GODDAMN VAPOREON IN THIS GAME LOOK AT HIM GO

[robinaa]

i have a whole indulgent silly au where basically Akari is truly isekai'd from a world like ours, where pokemon is a game/franchise, and lands in Hisui absolutely hyped out of her mind to be there with real pokemon. Rei is the 'should be' protagonist and is the main one fed up at Akari for treating 'life like its a game'. Also she ends up appointed to work with Ingo, because he's also an isekai'd guy and Rei and they just have a bunch of found family adventures.

Also i headcanon that ingo never learned to make pokeballs and always just buys them. some habits are hard to break!

[fandomsandfeminism]

Be careful: nostalgia likes to link arms with fascism.

I've seen a lot of talk about how millennials are especially prone to nostalgia. How technology's rapid evolution left our childhoods as a distinctly different world than our present. How we cling to our childhood hobbies and IPs as a way to heal our inner children, etc etc.

And there's nothing inherently wrong with nostalgia. I still play pokemon games and am in the middle of rewatching Yu Yu Hakusho. You're allowed to love the things you grew up with.

But we need to be careful.

Conservatives, nationalists, and fascists *love* to evoke a ☆mythic☆ idealized past- when men were men, when America was great, upon which to build a fixed and solid identity. Any progress away from this idealized conception of the past is thus decay- corruption and ruin. Nostalgia underpins a fascists worldview and allows them to justify any violence against the forces that would further degrade society away from its perfect past. Protecting the past comes to justify all sorts of things in the present.

We need to be very careful about what we allow our nostalgia to mean to us, what we allow it to excuse or justify.

This is not *just* about Hogwarts Legacy, but Hogwarts Legacy is a good example of it. When you can invoke your nostalgia- that golden beautiful past where you felt safe and special- what are you willing to ignore? What harm are you willing to allow? What will you turn a blind eye to if doing so makes you feel like you've recaptured some of the magic from the past?

Tread carefully, friends. This HP bullshit may have been a test that you passed, but it will not be the last time when our sense of nostalgia may conflict with progress and morals. Always remember that you can love something from the past without letting it dictate the future.

[darksilvania]

ZUKALAKA [Azucar + Calaca] Ghost/Fairy The Sugary Skull Pokemon Abilities: Familiar Scent* Dex: "Legend says this pokemon was born when a wandering soul possesed a candy offering left at an altar. Its body is made from sugar, paper and wax, with a sigle lit flame that represents its soul. They gather during the night, its burning flames and sweet aroma filling the night, attracting all kinds of spirits." Moveset: -Shadow Sneak -Astonish -Sweet Scent -Decorate

Evolves from ZUKALAKA at level 18

PANDERMORT [Pan de Muerto] Ghost/Fairy The Bread Pokemon Abilities: Familiar Scent Dex: "Its soft and warm body resembles freshly baked bread, and the sweet scent coming from its burning flame completes the illusion. It attracts lost souls with its appetizing display, trapping them inside its bones to carry them back to the grave" Moveset: -Play Rough -Disarming Voice -Belly Drum -Destiny Bond

Evolves from PANDEMORT at level 40 at nightime

COMPARKA [Comparsa + Parca] Ghost/Fairy The Float Pokemon Abilities: Familiar Scent Dex: "They gather in groups during those nights when the veil between worlds is thinner. They travel in long processions, calling for those souls that might be lost in our plain, to help them back into the other side. The flame on their heads burn with a sweet scent that is said to remind you of home." Moveset: -Last Respects -Infernal Parade -Perish Song -Will-O-Wisp

*A warm and sweet scent that fills the field, it lowers the opponents def and spd. when they enter the field.

Day of the Dead pokemons, they were made 2 years ago but I decided to finally finish them this year, they are inspired by several elements from the "Dia de Muertos" celebration

ZUKALAKA is based on the "Calaveras de Azucar"

PANDEMORT is based on "Pan de Muerto" in some of its more traditional forms

COMPARKA is based on the floats for the "Dia de Muertos" parade

And all of them carry elements from the traditional altars, like "papel picado" and candles

[wishcloak]

Hey can we talk about like, the political and economic state of the world right now? Have you seen the shit happening in Hoenn?

i really DONT want to get into politics. like, yeah, wallace became champion and now hes stealing our tax money for elaborate water features in his bedroom and is calling it "the swamp" or whatever. ive seen the magazine covers with him posing in bed with his shit eating grin holding a glass of wine or whatever.

im sick of hearing it!! like what do you want me to do? challenge him? i only have 1 pokemon and its level 7. leave me alone.